Local Man Escape As Train Hits Car At Crossing
Roland Carroll, 28, of 117 Webster Street, escaped severe harm when his car was demolished by a diesel locomotive at the Gilmore Road crossing south of Hamilton yesterday afternoon. He suffered only cuts and bruises, was taken to Mercy Hospital for observation, and said he stopped at the crossing before continuing onto the tracks.
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Roland Carroll
Webster St
Gilmore Rad
Ham
Ilton
Carroll
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Richard Schultheiss
Loren Gustin
Fisher Body
Schultheiss
Gustin
Civic Board Hears Report on YMCA Women and Girls Division
Middletown Civic Association board members heard a progress report on the Women and Girls' Division of the YMCA during a meeting at the Manchester Hotel. Mrs. Donald C. Osborne presented details and led a tour of the section. Dr. William E. Storer outlined the YMCA program. TC Venable provided a financial report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Civic Association
Board of Governors
YMCA
Manchester Hotel
Donald C. Osborne
College Corner Plans Reservoir
A new reservoir and treatment plant costing 109 000 will be built in College Corner. Mayor Harley Pulis announced the project awarded to Kramer Brother of Eaton. The facility will store 8 600 000 gallons from Four Mile Creek to alleviate water shortages in dry seasons.
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College Corner
Harley Pulis
Kramer Brother
Eaton
Four Mile Creek
Local arrests and fines recorded by Municipal Court
Robert Haynes aged 47 of 710 Eighth Ave was fined 25 dollars and costs for assault and battery with the fine suspended after a Wednesday City Building arrest on a warrant by Tony Staton alleging a broom strike on the head. Noah Lee Jr 24 111 Glenmore Dr Robert E Specht 27 924 Lafayette Ave and Frank Robinston 24 221 Park St cited on disorderly conduct. Myrtle Dennis 48 1115 First Ave fined 25 dollars and costs for assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Haynes
Eighth Ave
Alton H. Combs
Haynes
Tony Staton
Staton
Noah Lee, Jr
Glenmore Dr
Robert E. Specht
Lafayette Ave
Frank Robinston
Park St
Myrtle Dennis
First Ave
Charges Dismissed Against Paul Fields in Assault Case
Paul Fields, 31, of 1603 Manchester Ave, faced assault and battery charges that were dismissed. The ruling concludes the case without a conviction against Fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Fields
Manchester Ave
Drivers Escape In Two Highway Mishaps Friday
Two separate state highway accidents reported Friday left no injuries or arrests. A tractor driven by Robert Bauer age 29 of Waynesville Route 2 was rear ended by Clara Hagler age 54 of Xenia Route 2 on Route 42 south of Waynesville. 12:35 p.m. A northbound car driven by Johnny McQueen age 17 of Hamilton lost control on Route 42 south of Waynesville and went into a ditch at 12:15 p.m. Slight damage reported to both vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bauer
Waynesville
Clara Hagler
Xenia
Johnny McQueen
Hamilton
Four Held In Robbery Attack Case
Four men were bound over to the Butler County Grand Jury on $1,000 property bonds by Fairfield Township magistrate Harold J. Lins in a case involving the robbery and attack of Miss Margaret Schuler on March 15. Harold Garrett faces assault with intent to rob. Jasper Price Ed Hymer Bryant Parker Jr. charged with various counts. a 16-year-old boy was sent to Juvenile Court. The incident began after Miss Schuler accepted a ride from a man in a downtown cafe and was driven to the county where the alleged crime occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Grand Jury
Fairfield Township
Harold J. Lins
Margaret Schuler
Grand Blvd
Hamilton
Harold Garrett
11Th St
Jasper Price
Pater Ave
Ed Hymer
Bryant Parker, Jr
Pater
Butler County Juvenile Court
County Road Work Let in Butler County
Butler County Commissioners awarded two resurfacing contracts for over 200 miles of roads to local firms. Don S Cisle of New Miami won the asphalt bid at 118 054 31, with Walter Follmer also bidding 118 424 71 and L P Cavett 119 997 21. Walter Follmer captured the tar resurfacing bid at 102 258 85, against L P Cavett at 103 089 50.
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Butler County
New Miami
Don S. Cisle
L. P. Cavett Co
Lockland
Walter Follmer
L. P. Cavett
Police Briefs Report Stolen Bicycle and Arrests
Katrina Powers reports a bicycle stolen from her home on Young Street. police recovered it on Sixth Avenue. Steve Deardoff claims a portable spray gun and two rakes were stolen. Paul Barker, 21, was arrested on warrants for careless driving and other charges and released on bond to appear in Municipal Court. Eddie Hooks reports a dog bite. Sam Perry, 41, was arrested on an assault warrant and released on bond. Mrs Harold Moon reports a missing boxer. John Eller, 60, Camden Route 1, arrested on a warrant for failure to report an accident and to appear in Municipal Court. An 11 year old AWOL from the armed forces was released to Ft Thomas authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katrina Jane Powers
Young St
Sixth Ave
Paul Barker
Carolina
Sam Perry
Manchester Ave
Nellie Whitt
John Eller
Camden
Fifteenth Ave
Central Ave
Ft. Thomas
Fina Foam Promises Bright Carpets at The Central Store
An advertisement touts Fina Foam as the finest foam cleaner for wall to wall carpets. It claims brighter results than any other method and urges readers to restore colors by buying Fina Foam today at The Central Store.
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Fina
Cool Weather and Rain Expected Across The Region
Fragments describe cooler Sunday with possible showers in Middleonia and high 70s today. Spring storms bring heavy snow in Northern North Dakota up to 18 inches, drifting winds, and rain in the Mississippi Valley and Lake Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Continent
North Dakota
Milton
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Lake Charles
Auto Crash Causes High Damage on Verity and Ivndere
No injuries or arrests were reported after a collision at 10 36 p m yesterday on Verity Pkwy and Ivndere St. A car driven by 25 year old William Campbell overturned and struck a parked car owned by 45 year old Thomas Kemp, moving it 100 feet. Campbell’s vehicle sustained 450 in damage while Kemp’s car incurred 40.
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Verity Pkwy
Ivndere St
William Clayton Campbell
Oxford State Rd
Thomas Kemp
Manchester Ave
Campbell
Kemp
Survey Team Urges Cutting Europe Aid and Shifting Focus
A 55 member group of American businessmen recommends sharply reducing Western Europe economic assistance while increasing aid to Far East nations under threat from communism. They urge State Department control over all foreign aid and abolition of the Mutual Security Agency. The 4,000 word confidential report, prepared for MSA Director Harold Stassen, notes aid has met its purpose in Europe and calls for cuts in nearly all countries except West Berlin and divided Austria.
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Washington
Western
Europe
Far East
State Department
Mutual Security Agency
MSA
Harold Stassen
Clarence Francis
General Foods Corp
Stassen
West Berlin
Austria
Memorial Rites Held By Two Moose Groups
The Loyal Order of Moose and Women of the Moose held their annual memorial service Friday night. Invocations, poems, songs and a sermon were delivered by local members including Mrs. Josephine Arnold Mrs. Edith Arpp Scott Cooley and Mrs. Ralph DeBord. Father Paul of St Peter Claver Church addressed attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Order of Moose
Women of the Moose
Josephine Arnold
B. B. Bray
Edith Arpp
Scott Cooley
Ralph DeBord
Vel Spence
Glenn Chaney
Father Paul
St. Peter Claver Church
Harvey Current
Alfred Gehron
Pastor Herbert Hart Speaks at People's Friendship Church
The Rev. Herbert Hart will lead the 11 am worship at People's Friendship Baptist Church with baptism following. To mark the church anniversary, daily services start at 7 30 each evening through May 3 with a different speaker each night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hart
People’s Friendship Baptist Church
Lightning Strikes Twice In Warwick Fire Rescue
Fire Captain J R Bateman faced a chilling parallel as his unit responded to a blaze on the same Warwick street seven years after his father’s house burned. The tale echoes February 1946 when the elder Bateman’s home was destroyed by fire.
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Warwick
J. R. Bateman
Meadowlawn Church Prayer Band Meets at First Church
The Cottage Prayer Band of Meadowlawn Church of God will meet at the First Church of God located at 409 Crawford Street at 7 30 tonight.
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Cottage
Meadowlawn
Church of God
First Church of God
Crawford St
Obituary of Jesse Hamlin longtime Franklin area farmer
Jesse Pop Hamlin 84 retired farmer of Franklin Poastown Road died at 8 a m today at his daughter’s home 1020 Auburn Street where he had lived six months He ran a service station on Franklin Poasttown Road for 25 years and was a Carlisle Presbyterian Church member He leaves three daughters Pearl Hollenbaugh Nellie Back Lena Feissinger all of Middletown five sons Clyde Pittsburgh John Miami Fla Orville Franklin Route 1 Harlan and Mike Hamlin Franklin Route 2 twenty grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Funeral arrangements are at Robert Eaton Funeral Home Franklin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
Memorial services for Robert H. Jordan arranged
Robert H. Jordan 47 died unexpectedly at home and was a longtime salesman at the Middletown Sears store. He served with local police during World War II and belonged to the First Evangelical United Brethren Church and Alpha Council 326 OUAM. Friends may call Riggs Funeral Home Sunday. services follow at Stegall-Berkeide in Richmond with burial in Goshen Cemetery. Surviving include wife Ruby, children Mary Elizabeth Wells and Robert W. Jordan, and several relatives.
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Robert Henry Jordan
Winton St
Middletown
Sears and Roebuck Company
First Evangelical United Brethren, Church
Alpha Council
Ida Mae Rupp Jordan
Jerry Jordan
Ruby
Mary Elizabeth Wells
Covington
Robert W. Jordan
Air Force
Montgomery
Ala
Graydon Jordan
Richmond
Ind
Wayne Stewart
New Paris
Carol Stein
Jordans
Riggs
Stegall - Berkeide
Goshen Cemetery
Five day old Paula Males dies in Middletown
Paula Sue Males five day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Calvin Males of 610 Baltimore Street Middletown died at 345 p.m Friday at Middletown Hospital Surviving include one brother Hal maternal grandfather Fred Lehmkuhl Middletown and paternal grandparents E E Bridgeman Lapel Ind Funeral services set for 1030 a.m Monday Riggs Funeral Home Rev Louis R Walter First Methodist Church officiating burial Woodside Cemetery
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Paula Sue
Calvin
Baltimore St
Middletown Hospital
Hal
Fred Lehmkuhl
Middletown
E. E. Bridgeman
Lapel
Ind
Riggs
Louis R. Walter
First Methodist Church
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Elva Morris
Mrs Elva Morris 67 died Tuesday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after a broken hip Burial at Mainville Cemetery Mainville She had lived with her cousin Earl Carr of 308 East Mulberry Street for 18 months Surviving son Harold Odessa Texas was listed as survivor.
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Lebanon
Elva Morris
Earl Carr
East Mulberry St
Oswald
Mainville
Morris
Denver
Carr
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Harold
Odessa
Tex
Mourning Obituary for Mrs Mary Garland Morrow
Mrs Mary Garland MORROW 62 of Butlerville died Friday night at Christ Hospital Cincinnati. Survived by husband Wilbur son Eugene Buchanan Cincinnati and stepdaughter Mrs Gladys Bowling Morrow. Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday Yale Funeral Home with burial Rose Hill Cemetery Mason.
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Mary Garland Morrow
Mary Garland
Butlerville
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Wilbur
Eugene Buchanan
Gladys Bowling
Morrow
Yale Funeral Home
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mason
McClellan Funeral Set for 17 Year Old Donnabelle
Funeral services for Donnabelle McClellan 17 of 1014 Butler Street Richmond Indiana will be at Girton Funeral Home at 2:30 Sunday. Burial follows at Mound Hill Cemetery. She died Thursday morning at Reid Memorial Hospital after a two week illness. Survived by husband parents two brothers two sisters and grandparents. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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EATON
Donnabelle McClellan
Butler St
Richmond
Ind
Girton
Mound Hill
Funeral services announced for two long time residents
Mrs. Russell Florence aged 48 of 631 Ludlow Street will be inhumed or laid to rest after a 2 p.m. Monday service at Campbell Funeral Home. Mrs. Allie Hancock aged 88 of 2016 Patton Avenue will attend a 2 p.m. Monday service at Brown-Dawson.
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Russell Florence
Ludlow St
Campbell Funeral Home
Allie Hancock
Patton Ave
Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
Retirement railroad official dies in Florida at 60
M J Connell longtime Nickel Plate president's office manager died in Orlando Florida on Friday at age 60 after moving there from Cleveland. John Fish 76 former vice president of the Cen...
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Cleveland
M. J. Connell
Nickel Plate Road
Orlando
Fla
John Fish
The
Cen
Driver Hurt As Car Misses Rail Crossing
Eugene Sims, 34, of 1509 Garfield St, was treated at Middletown Hospital after an early morning auto mishap a mile south of Trenton. He suffered a laceration above the right eye. Deputies said he drove east on the Hamilton Trenton Rd extension and missed the Baltimore & Ohio crossing at Wayne and Madison Rds, causing extensive vehicle damage. Occurred at 1 30 a.m.
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Eugene Sims
Garfield St
Middletown Hospital
Trenton
Sims
Hamilton-Trenton Rd
Baltimore & Ohio
Wayne and
Madison Rds
Hamilton Lineman Survives 4160-Volt Line Contact
Hamilton lineman Louis Winsted, 25, escaped death when his right ear touched a hot 4160 volt line while transferring wires at Lincoln Avenue and Dixie Highway. Foreman Claude Ingram said he lost consciousness but was kept from falling by a safety belt. firemen lowered him to ground. At Mercy Hospital doctors found burns and shock to his body.
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Hamilton
Louis Winsted
Hamilton- Mason Rd
Winstead
Lincoln Ave
Dixie Hwy
Claude Ingram
North F. St
Winsted
Mercy Hospital
Nine motorists fined a total of 155 dollars yesterday
Nine motorists were fined a total of 155 dollars and costs in area courts after traffic violations cited by state highway patrolmen. The fines ranged from 10 to 20 dollars with offenses including yellow line violations improper passing and failure to obey a stop sign.
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Sherwood
Henry
Mulberry
Thomas Riley
Franklin
Miamisburg
Rex Weaver
Joseph Stewart
Dayton
Alfred Combs
Germantown
William Reed
William Garrison
Sharonville
Hobart Mercer
Maud
L. D. Lane
Mason
Floyd Jackson
James Steele
Hamilton
William Anderson
Ewelly Baker
Squire Lammie Bailey
Walter E. Grohl Dies. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Paymaster
Walter E. Grohl, paymaster for Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., died Friday in Cleveland Heights. Funeral services will be held Monday in Youngstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, O
Walter E. Grohl
The
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Funeral services for Andrew Jackson Layne held in Ironton
Funeral services will be held Monday for Andrew Jackson Layne former Common Pleas judge and Ironton city solicitor who died Thursday night.
Search Being Continued For Missing Miami Youth
The Butler County sheriff's office and Oxford police aided by students continue the search for Ronald H. Tammen Jr a 19 year old Miami University sophomore missing six days. Police say no new information has emerged and discount violence noting his rugged wrestling background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Sheriff's Office
Oxford
Ronald H. Tammen, Jr
Miami University
Injured man in fight reported in Middletown
Vernon Looney, 29, of 1308 Walnut Street, suffered cuts to the head, right shoulder and left knee in a fight yesterday. He was taken to Middletown Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Looney
Walnut Sr
Middletown Hospital
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