3 Found Guilty In Youths Beating At County Jail
In Butler County Court Samuel Reece 21 Clifford Harrell 17 and Eddie Joe Craft 20 Middletown were found guilty of assault with intent to kill for beating Kenneth Lyttle 18 in the county jail during the week of July 4. Harrell pled guilty earlier. all received indeterminate sentences to Mansfield Reformatory. A jailhouse witness William H Jones described a kangaroo court run by Paul Duncan and Roy Cremeans. Other defendants face separate trials for sodomy. one remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Samuel Reece
Crawford St
Clifford Harrell
4Th Ave
Eddie Joe Craft
Catalpa Dr
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Kenneth Lyttle
Shank Rd
Butler County
William H
Stubby) Jones
Earle
Jones
Lyttle
Paul Duncan
Sherman Ave
Kangaroo Court
Roy Norman Cremeans
Dayton
Larceny
Hos
Pital
Harrell
Lyttle l
Scout Unit To Meet In Boy Scout Office Tomorrow
The camping and activities committee of the Mound Builders Area Council will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the Boy Scout office. Wally Adame, chairman, will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mound Builders Area Council
Boy Scout
Wally Adame
Liberal Markets Opens New Store at Verity Parkway
Liberal Markets Inc opened its Liberal at Verity Parkway and Girard Avenue with a 10 am ceremony. City Commissioner Carmody cut the ribbon as crowds waited. Herbert Schear praised the big opening. The Middletown store marks Liberal’s first in the city, joining Dayton Springfield and Hamilton locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal Markets Inc
Verity Parkway
Girard Avenue
Francis Carmody
Herbert Schear
Dayton Food Company
Schear
Carmody
A. Schear
Dayton
Liberal Markets
John Noffsiger
Jack Dillon
Roy L. Patterson
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Marvin Burick
Liberal
Springfield
Hamilton
Middletown
Leviton Construction Co
Civitan names committee heads at noon meeting
Civitan Club holds noon meeting naming four officers and ten committee chairs for the coming year. Officers include Dr Linden Meece president Victor Mackall vice president Elliott Perkins treasurer S Sherron secretary and Barker Al Schwarz Charles Weidner and Dr R R Hasemeier. Committee heads cover program special events fellowship publicity extension chaplain sergeant at arms and cake. A color film How Do You appears at the end of the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Linden Meece
Victor
V. Mackall
Elliott Perkins
S. Sherron
Ba ‘Barker
al Schwarz
Charles Weidner
R. R. Hasemeier
Barker
William Withey
Mackall
Unne Sherron
W. H. Henry
E. W. Sherron
E. Is. Sherron
Emmitt Perkins
Tom Baird
and Schwarz
Eightteen-Year-Old Faces Larceny Pair in Middletown
An 18-year-old Middletown youth, Raymond Martin, faces two petit larceny counts from thefts in two parked autos. Police say he and three other youths, ages 16 to 17 and a Cincinnati teen, were arrested after officers stopped a car by Liberty Avenue and Park Street. Read details on the alleged thefts, other items found, and related burglary at Mustafa Grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Raymond Martin
Garfield
Donald Nunamaker
Park St
Martin
Nunamaker
Ronald Proctor
Vanderveer St
Liberty Avenue
Park Street
Middle
Cincinnati
Mustafa
U. S. 25
Hamilton County
Ptl
Paul Frisby
Carl Amburgey
Clarence Bailey
Earl Smith
al Carr
Paul Fosmer
Bolton
N. Y
Jacob Irons
West Middletown
West Chester Men Sentenced For Rape
Gerald Lee Ringersen aged 23 and Eugene Prewitt 25 of West Chester were found guilty of rape and sentenced to indeterminate terms at the Ohio State Reformatory by Judge Fred B. Cramer in Butler County Common Pleas. They abducted and assaulted a 19 year old Lebanon woman near her home around 10:30 p.m. last May 19, driving her through Butler Monroe and Maud to a West Chester area location before returning her. The victim said threats with a knife were made. the youths denied the assault and said no escape attempts were made. A restaurant carhop testified to seeing the pair and a second girl testified she was not with them. The judge rebuked the defendants for their actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrell
Fred B. Cramer
Reece
Craft
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Lyttle
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
West Chester
Fred B. Cramer Lee
Butlier County
Common Pleas
Gerald Lee Ringersen
Eugene Prewitt
Rt. 1
Lebanon
Nreen
Butler County
Cramer
Water Shut-Off Plan Announced in Local Areas
Rohe said the shut-off will permit connection of water mains under construction in the Chet Hardin subdivision to the city water distribution system. Residents in areas from Avenue Highview to Fulton Lane Ross Street to Grand Avenue and Lylburn Road and Central Avenue to Grand will be without water facilities from unknown start time to 2 a.m. tomorrow.
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Avenue
Highview
Fulton Lane
Ross Street
Sherman Avenue
Grand Avenue
Lylburn Road
Central Avenue
Grand Rothe
Chet Hardin
Three Middletown Men Enter Trusteeship
Judge J. T. Lamb admitted Donald Stiles of 1022 Auburn St Carson Arnold of 1339 Garfield St and John Puckett of 1605 Garfield St into trusteeship in a Municipal Court civil session The debts listed totaled 2310 13 526 72 and 1032 28 respectively The report also recalls Middletown firemen responding to a ring incident involving Claude Foster at 1706 Calumet Ave whose swollen finger required the band to be cut off with side cutters by 8 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
J. T. Lamb
Donald Stiles
Auburn St
Carson Arnold
Garfield St
John Puckett
Claude Foster
Frank Foster
Calumet Ave
Police Briefs Reported Stolen Auto and DUI Arrests
Robert Bowman said his 1938 model car with plate 346 MY was stolen from 1607 Church St. Police arrested Frank Ruffing, 47, at Tytus Ave and Auburn St on a driving while intoxicated charge. Flourney Patton, 42, 1702 Vermont St, arrested for assault and battery. Lawrence Smith, 39, Newport KY, arrested at the Newport Police Department on a local warrant for failure to provide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bowman
Church St
Frank Ruffing
Ardmore Dr
Tytus Avenue
Auburn Street
Flourney Patton
Vermont St
Lawrence Smith
Newport
Newport Police Department
Police arrest suspect on cadging charge in Clinton Street area
Officers yesterday arrested Randall Helton, 39, of 2203 Browning Street, at Clinton Street and Central Avenue on a cadging charge. Elza Abraham of 904 Auburn Street reported his garden hose was out Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Helton
Browning St
Clinton Street
Central Avenue
Elza Abraham
Auburn St
Boy Feared Drowned After River Disappearance
Seven year old Joseph Alva Cunningham of Columbus is missing and presumed drowned after vanishing in the Scioto River while wading with a companion on Tuesday. Local authorities search the river as the community awaits any sign of the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Joseph Alva Cunningham
Scioto River
Nickel’s Worth Not Worth Much in a Ky Diner Visit
Beattyville Kentucky tale of a young boy named Junior Brewer who asks a waitress for a cheese sandwich with his nickel. She serves two postage stamp sized crackers with cheese between them and a glass of water, no fuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattyville, Ky
Junior Brewer
Junior
Little Bird Triggers 69000-Volt Power Outage in Uvalde
An energetic sparrow attempting to use copper wire as nest material shorted a 69 000-volt transformer, cutting power in Uvalde Texas for nine minutes and causing a fatality among an unlisted customer. A swamp wallaby carries its joey in a pouch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvalde
Tex
Texas
Two Taxis Collide Against Each Other on Wet Street
Police report two taxis in Reynolds Avenue and Mulberry Alley collided as Ervin Elam Jr. 22, of Navaho Street, driving a 77 Cab Co vehicle, braked and skidded into Donnie Hubbard 21, of Vanderveer Street, with $325 total damage. Hubbard sustained $100 damage and the other taxi $225. Other incidents include Chester Miller, 32, crashing into a utility pole after losing a bottle, plus two more fender benders with $50 total damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Avenue
Mulberry Alley
Ervin Elam Jr
Navaho St
77 Cab. Co
Reynolds-Mulberry Alley
Donnie Hubbard
Vanderveer St
Hubbard
Chester Miller
Woodlawn Ave
Baltimore Street
Miller
Grand Avenue
At The Movies Lineup for Paramount Strand Colonial Dixie
The Eddy Duchin Story shows at Paramount with 1:15 4:00 6:45 and 9:30 p.m. Alexander the Great screens at Strand at 1:15 4:50 and 8:10 p.m. Uranium Boom plays 3:45 7:00 10:15 p.m. Stranger at My Door at Colonial 1:30 4:13 6:55 9:45 p.m. Zanza Buku at 3:10 5:50 8:45 p.m. Bottom of the Bottle at Dixie Cruise In 8:45 p.m. Never Say I Goodbye at 10:20 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Eddy Duchin
Dixie Cruise
Superhighway Opening Delayed Briefly in Franklin Ohio
A new four lane Ohio Route 73 project in Franklin shows two lanes open from Mabelle Drive to Main Street with other lanes due later in weeks. Officials cite striping machine trouble delaying traffic markings and expect completion of remaining lanes soon while residents protest no parking on the new highway from Mabelle to the city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Department of Highways
State Highway Department
Don Cisle
Mabelle Drive
Verity Parkway
Butler County Court Notices of Neglect in Divorce Filings
Multiple cases filed in Butler County Courts list parties including Bessie L Baker of 2115 Hill Ave against Edwin B Baker, Mattie C Thomas of Hamilton against Bennie Thomas, Vivian Walker minor of 2923 Omaha St against James Walker, Virginia Sowers of Hamilton against Paul Sowers, Lena Baechle of Hamilton against Raymond E Baechle, Willa Mae Monroe of Hamilton against John Monroe, Ruth Moeller of Hamilton against Joseph F Moeller, Irma Jean Pegg of Hamilton against Warren Pegg Jr. All actions note neglect and cruelty claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie L. Baker
Hill Ave
Edwin B. Baker
Mattie C. Thomas
Hamilton
Bennie Thomas
Vivian Walker
Omaha St
James Walker
Virginia Sowers
Paul Sowers
Lena _— Baechle
Raymond E. Baechle
Willa Mae Monroe
John Monroe
Ruth Moeller
Joseph F. Moeller
Irma Jean Pegg
Warren Pegg Jr
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Duncan
Cremean
Ender
F Jones
Charles B. Walke
Walke
James Skinner
Skinner
James E. Plummer
Foster
Rt.1
Film Service
Trannee
Central Ave
Eliteral Ave
General Electric
TYTUS
Civitan Names Committee
Pool St
Little Bird
The
Middletown Dry Cleaners Ass'n
Tattershall Cleaners
Arrow Dry Cleaners
Bandbox Dry Cleaners
Butler Dry Cleaners
Gough-Lamb Cleaners
Mathews Service, Inc
Mayfield Dry Cleaners
Merit Cleaners
Oakland Cleaners
One-Hour Cleaners
Perfection Cleaners
Joseph B. Blackmore
Ohio Rt
Franklin
Eadarday
Butler County Courts
Riggs Funeral Home
North Broad
Mr. C. J. McCullough
Clark St
Middletown, Ohio
Transistor
Geo. E. Fouch
Forest Ave
Walter Cobaugh
Jerry Porter
Mr. Elmo Lingrel
Linden Ave
Irene Valen
Rosa Marchetti
Middletown Hospital
Harley Hobson
Wilmington Road
Lebanon, Ohio
G. W. Halcomb
First Avenue
Middletown—Son
Donald Evans
Princeton
Mrs. Elmer
W. Main
Donald Mote R. No
First National Bank
Pedesi Deposit Insurance Corporation
iMain
Central
Sutphia
Armco East Gate
Monroe, Ohio
Trenton, Ohio
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