Six Year Old Beverly Clark Wins Easter Egg Hunt Prize
Beverly Clark, aged six, found the first prize egg named Goldie at Armco Park during the Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt. About 5,000 children from southwestern Ohio attended. 389 eggs were found before 2:30 p.m. Patrolman Coy Hall hid the prize egg. Elaine Mitchell won the first prize egg in another category, and Cheryl Ann Loveless claimed the Tiny Tot Egg Silver.
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Beverly Clark
Armco Park
Retail Merchants Division
Middletown Area
Thomas Clark
Riverview Ave
Harold Warner
Cheryl Ann Loveless
Edward Loveless
Central Ave
Ohio
Georgetown
Loren Beatty
Beatty
Electronic Shop
Patrolman Hall
York
Middletown
Silver Spur Riding Club
Alexandria
Elaine Mitchell
Armco
Dennis Thompson
Union Rd
Jeffrey Lee McCoy
Lawn Ave
Jeffrey Johnson
Glen Ave
Oakley Piersall
Ohio Ave
Herschel Kenny
Paullin
Harold Barnhart
Kunz
Rodney Barker
Fairmount Ave
Ricky White
Superior St
John Swift
Irene
Jimmie Wenzel
Baltimore St
Mary Wardlow
Oxford State Rd
Beth Ann Fout
Franklin
Russell Bowles
George Rice
Illinois Ave
Amber Pierce
Trenton
Betty
Dick Ismourt
Egg Hunt
Goldie
Speaker Set At Maple Park
The Maple Park PTO meeting at 7 30 p m will discuss The Relationship of Parent Teacher and Child with Mrs Loig Lewis Middletown School System coordinator of primary instruction. Candidates for new officers will be presented for election next month plus reports from the May 21 lawn fete and the playgroup equipment committee.
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Loig Lewis
Middletown
Maple Park
Easter Blaze Sways Cancer Drive Outlook In Middleton
Crusade leaders report donations of 4870 toward a 10000 goal as door to door drives and industry gifts edge closer to completion. Memorial gifts from recently deceased Middletonians total about 1200, easing the shortfall. Film programs at Paramount Theater and Middletown High School boost giving with shows for women featuring Never Alone and Breast Self Examination plus a general screening at the high school.
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Cancer Crusade
Alan Cooper
Crusade
Cooper
Paramount Theater
Middletown High School
Cancer Unit
Paramount
Magoo
Local Man Injured In 2 Car Crash Near Seven Mile
Five people were injured in a two car crash at Route 73 and 503 north of Seven Mile. Ura Bishop 43 of 926 Lafayette Ave sustained knee cuts and was treated at Mercy Hospital. Paul Zirkle 41 of 1314 Fairmount Ave Middletown admitted he did not see a stop sign. Mahmoud Haj Abed 23 of Purdue University Lafayette Ind suffered possible back injuries. Passengers Walid Shtayyea 22 Oxford head back injuries Sharon C TeBo 22 Wilmington College head injuries Judy Wells 18 Western College right leg injuries. The student group was en route to Oxford at the time.
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Hamilton
Middleonan
Rss
Seven Mile
Ura Bishop
Lafayette Ave
Mercy Hospital
Bishop
Paul Zirkle
Fairmount Ave
Middletown
Mahmoud Haj Abed
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Oxford
Fire destroys George Reese residence in Indiana
A Saturday blaze at 1678 Wayne Madison Ind. gutted the George Reese home and contents. Fire officials estimate loss at 8000 dollars. The Reese family of ten was away fishing. firefighters could not locate all members.
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George Reese
Wayne-Madison Ind
South Madison Township
Poasttown Infant Killed in Easter House Fire
A small frame dwelling in Poasttown burned to the ground on Easter Sunday. One year old Ricky Miller died from suffocation and burns. Firefighters battled the blaze as Mrs Miller, who left to use an outdoor toilet, couldn't enter. Services are planned at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Poasttown
Ricky Miller
Donald Miller
North Madison Township
Germantown
Robert Laubach
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Miller
Germantown Road
Eric
Wayne
Heinrich Fuller
Germany
Daniel Miller
Peasttown
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Carmel Mathis
Henry Howard
Pine Ridge, Ky
Probation Given In Traffic Death
A 24 year old Manchester man, Donald Molen, received five years probation and a two year driving suspension for the traffic death last December of Mansel Young, 39, of Lebanon. Young was a passenger in Molen’s car when it collided on U S 52 three miles southeast of Ripley.
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Georgetown
Manchester
Mansel Young
Lebanon
Donald Molen
Young
U.S. 52
Ripley
No Rate Increase for Villages in CG&E Plan
CG&E officials clarified that the electric rate hike table excludes any incorporated communities. Northern division manager William K Robinson stated villages such as Trenton Monroe and New Miami would not see the boost.
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Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Journal
William K. Robinson
Cg&e Northern Division
Trenton
Monroe
New Miami
Second Charge Is Filed In Pony Thefts
A second grand larceny charge is filed against Theron Ledford Adams 20 of 123 N Main St held in Butler County Jail in connection with multiple pony thefts. Warrant filed in Municipal Court by B F Sawyer charging theft of two ponies worth 2700 on March 24. Ponies traced to Maine. Preliminary hearing set for Wednesday.
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Theronledford Adams
N. Main St
Butler County
B. F. Sawyer
Manchester Ave
Adams
Eight Vehicle Accidents Cause About $2000 In Damage
City police investigated eight crashes with damage around $2,000. One driver, Solomon Gray, 1907 Hill Ave, fell asleep and crossed center line at 5:45 a.m. injuring no one seriously. he was cited for driving left of center. Other incidents included three hit-skip accidents injuring two parked cars and a downed telephone pole, and several collisions causing minor to moderate damage at Yankee Road, Michigan Avenue, and surrounding streets.
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Solomon Gray
Hill Ave
Gray
Middletown Hospital
Hill Avenue
Richard Vicroy
Germantown
Rt 1
Tytus Avenue
Charles Street
Dat A. Roberts
S. Main St
South Avenue
James George
Crawford St
Richard Lampley
Baltimore St
Delores Conley
Charles Int
Trenton
Yankee Road
Michigan Avenue
Lampley
Franklin man nabbed after break in at Bolden home
Charles Roach 29 held by Franklin police after attempting to enter Mrs. Juanita Bolden’s bedroom at 822 Park Ave. He cut a window screen and fled after she screamed. Roach had been released from jail until April 1 and recently served a sentence for an assault. Bolden had helped save three children in a March 19 fire.
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Franklin
Warren County
Juanita Bolden
Park Ave
Charles Roach
Richard Satterthwaite
Roach
Bolden
John Flinchpach
Raymond Young
Sycamore Street
Abney Lane
Eaton Avenue Home Invasion Reported in Butler County
Intruders pried open a window with a garbage can and entered John Shepherd’s home at 1302 Eaton Ave late Saturday night. A wrist watch valued at 59 dollars and 3 dollars 50 cents in cash were stolen.
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John Shepherd
Eaton Ave
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Prisoners Get Big Easter Meal in City Jail
Bondsman Bill Hill provided ham and trimmings for Easter dinners to 16 prisoners in the city jail. The meals were purchased at a downtown restaurant and served as the evening meal.
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Bill Hill
Postmaster Hamilton to Speak on Postal Service at Civitan Meeting
George A. Teitlee Hamilton, postmaster since 1939, will discuss the postal service at tomorrow noon Civitan Club gathering in the Manchester Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Teitlee Hamilton
Vstal
Civitan Club
Manchester ‘Hotel
Window at Getz Store Smashed in Break-in
Employees at Geta Jewelry Co. inventory loss after a break-in last night. Police say jewelry stolen from a window display. thief used a brick wrapped in paper to smash the front show window. Detectives Poling Palmer Van Arsdale Trimble and merchant Al Carr investigated after 1 20 a m. None of the items were recovered.
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Geta Jewelry Co
Central Ave
Ed Poling
Wilford Palmer
Ronald van Arsdale
Robert Trimble
al Carr
Escapees Found After Stolen Car Chase Near Cincinnati
Two escapees from Lebanon Prison Farm, Ronald Hall and Lee Woods, both 23, of Cincinnati, stole a car in Middletown and were stopped near Mount Healthy due to a noisy muffler. officers then learned the car was stolen and the fugitives were apprehended.
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Cincinnati
Lebanon Prison Farm
Middletown
Mount Healthy
Ronald Hall
Lee Woods
Ocean area totals in 64 and 31 million square miles
The Pacific Ocean spans about 64 million square miles while the Atlantic covers roughly 31 million, highlighting the vast size disparity between the two oceans.
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Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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David Barr
Oberon Dr
Melody Duff
Manchester Rd
Jimmie Carter
Dickey Road
Cecil Conrad
Morgan St
Frank Morris
Ben Harrison
Sandra Chapman
Illinios Ave
Larry Couch
Ferrer St
Randall Frys
Bill Alexander
Beverly Campbell
Benny Brandenburg
Wilbraham Dr
Eddie Woods
Vannest Ave
Ronnie Hitte
Della
Shafer St
Diana Rhodhamel
Bexley Dr
Robin Deaton
Oxford State
Sandy Day
Dickie Wright
Roosevelt Ave
Doug Barker
Spencer Lane
Floyd Ballard
West Manchester
Randy Wooddell
Tim Knizat
Wildwood
Ed Hopkins
Grove St
Marshall Moore
Mike Hall
Blue Ball Pike
Rose Miller
Reynolds Ave
Billy Heaton
Rt. 1
Payola
Cheryl
Converse
Monument Co
Manchester GA
D. W. Snider
South Main
Tot
North Madison
Thomas Road
South Madison
Laubach
U.S
Vail Ave
Union Sanitary, Inc
Delmus Ratuf
Oxford-Middletown Rd
Wiliam Hendrickson
Fairfield
Ratliff
Harry R. Ralston
Michael Rd
Elmo Judd
Germantown Rt. 1
Edwin McGregory
Silverton
Routo
Donnie Ruffin
Somerville
Mervin Bair
West Middletown
Eaton Avenue
Hoe
Getz
Barkeley Electric Manufacturing Co
Columbia Ave
Ross
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