Deaths And Funerals Wilgus Combs Sr. Dies
Wilgus B. Combs 73 died at his home 500 Charles St after five years of illness. Retired carpenter born in Jackson Kentucky, he had lived in Middletown since 1926. Survived by wife Mattie two sons Harold R. Middletown and Wilgus Jr. Toledo and three sisters. Services Thursday 10 a.m. at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilgus B. Combs
Charles St
Combs
Jackson
Middletown
Mattie
Corinne Johnson
Harold R
Wilgus Jr
Toledo
Alice May
Winchester
Alma Hollon
Daytona Beach
Fla
Marie Price
Albuquerque
N. M
McCoy-Leffler
Frank Shuler
Woodside Cemetery
Associated Press
PARIS
Jean Benoit-Levy
France
United States
Tryon
N.C
Samuel A Bingham
Chicago
Samuel Bingham
New York
John D. Crowne Jr
Government Development Bank For
Puerto Rico
Evanston
Ill
Springfield
V. Y. Daliman Sr
Illinois State Register
Palo Alto
Calif
Lucy M. Cochran
Phil Cochran
Brunswick
Maine
Stanton G. Smith
U.S. Forest Service
Theodore Roosevelt
Berkeley
Stillborn Infant of Abbott Twins in Middletown
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Lewis E Abbott of 223 West Main Street Middletown was stillborn at 2 04 pm yesterday at Middletown Hospital He was one of twins Arrangements are incomplete at Oswald Funeral Home
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Lebanon
Lewis E. Abbott
W. Main St
Middletown Hospital
Oswald Funeral Home
Services set for Mrs Amanda Myers 91
Mrs Amanda Myers 91 of 3 Gressbaugh Ct. will have services at 1 a.m. tomorrow at Brough Memorial Home with burial at Evergreen Cemetery West Carrollton. Visitation today 4 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. She died Sunday at Miami Hospital Dayton. Survived by three sons including Everil of Franklin two daughters nine grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miamisburg
Amanda Myers
Gressbaugh Ct
Brough
Evergreen Cemetery
West Carrollton
Miami Hospital
Dayton
Everil
Franklin
Obituary notices for Anita Cook Joseph Riehle and Milton Sibert
Anita Cook age 25 of 835 Dayton Street has funeral services at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Brown Dawson Funeral Home. Joseph C. Riehle age 79 of 6870 Dwyer Road holds services today at St. Aloysius Church in Shandon. Milton Sibert age 61 of 7 Gordon Avenue will have services at 10 a.m. Thursday at Brown Dawson Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Cook
Dayton St
Brown Dawson Funeral Home
Joseph C. Riehle
Dwyer Rd
St. Aloysius Church
Shandon
Milton Sibert
Gordon Ave
Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
Leach Named New Head of Ohio Unemployment Office
Don ald B. Leach, 44, assistant secretary of Ohio Fuel Gas Co., will become administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation August 15. Governor DiSalle appointed him to a four year term with a $14 000 annual salary, succeeding James R. Tichenor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Donald B. Leach
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Columbus
Michael V. di Salle
Leach
James R. Tichenor
Tichenor
DiSalle
DiSale
Wellston
Party Ends In Money Loss In Middletown man reports cash he lost
Gordon Jones 216 Curtis Sr. says he cashed two checks totaling $184 yesterday while drinking with his girlfriend at his apartment. He woke to find both the money and his companion gone this morning according to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Gordon Jones
Curtis Sr
Jones
Man found dead in woods ruled suicide by coroner
A coroner ruled the death of William Glenn Huffman as suicide by hanging. Huffman, 68, was found hanging from a tree in a wooded area about a half mile from his home on Dunwoody Road. Deputies said his jacket sleeve was used to hang himself. The body was found by S C Friedly during a four hour search.
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Hamilton
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
William Glenn Huffman
Dunwoody Rd
Huffman
S. C. Friedly
Millville- Reily Rd
Rotary Club Governor Visits Middletown
Rotary District Governor Don J. Meeks of Hamilton spoke at Middletown Rotarians luncheon and met with club officers during his annual tour of 37 southwest Ohio clubs. Meeks, a sales executive at Asbury Realty & Insurance, was named district governor in June at Rotary’s New York convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Rotary District
Don J. Meeks
Hamilton
Meeks
Ohio
Tom Cross
Rotary Club
Asbury Realty & Insurance Co
Rotary
New York
Public Asked To Watch Life Saving Clinic Here
Sunset water safety instructors will hold a public artificial respiration clinic in the park area across from the pool entrance Thursday morning. The two hour session, part of a two week life saving course nearing completion at the pool, aims to educate parents on emergency response. Don Hardesty and Sam McAdow Jr. will demonstrate mouth to mask resuscitation and review back pressure and arm lift methods with assistance from instructors Jan Knepshield Sarah O Neil and Lois Roper as they move through the class offering guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hardesty
YMCA
Sam McAdow Jr
Jan Knepshield
Sarah O'Neil
Lois Roper
Reds Silent On Cheers For Nixon
In Vienna the East European press blackout hid the Warsaw welcome for Vice President Nixon. Polish officials were the only reported presence as reporters avoided detailing flower showers and cheers seen by the U S Information Agency.
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Vienna
Austria
Soviet Bloc
Richard M. Nixon
Warsaw
U.S. Information Agency
America
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Girl Hurt in Abandoned Car Incident Near Home
Five year old Rita Miracle, daughter of Sol Miracle of Lebanon Route 2, gashed her left arm on window glass in an abandoned car near her home. She received 12 stitches at Middletown Hospital and was dismissed. Roy R. Smallwood, 66, of 3110 Morgan Street, was treated for a cut to his left ring finger after a tangling incident with a saw, receiving 10 stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Miracle
Sol Miracle
Lebanon
Smoker Blamed for S100 Fire at Franklin Shed
Fire Chief Edgar Farmer says a dropped cigarette in a mattress at 819 Chautauqua Rd. caused a shed fire near a Cecil McQueen trailer. The blaze in Franklin was reported shortly after 1 a.m. and damaged more than 100 dollars worth of furniture.
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Franklin
Chautauqua Rd
Edgar Farmer
Cecil McQueen
Farmer
Fire destroys three East Toledo buildings housing grain storage
A Toledo blaze caused about 200000 dollars in damage, destroying three East Toledo structures leased by the Andersons grain elevator firm. Over 100 firefighters battled the two hour fire, a brick wall collapse narrowly injuring none. About 125000 bushels of wheat and thousands of bushels of corn were stored, and four grain laden railroad box cars burned near the elevator complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo
Andersons
Diamond Gardner reports six month earnings rise and new plant option
Diamond Gardner Corp. reports six month net earnings of 4,006,000 on sales of 91,923,000 for the period ending June 3, up from 3,577,000 on 81,170,000 a year earlier. The firm says non consolidated subsidiaries added 0.16 a share this year versus 0.38 last year. It has taken an option on 200 acres at Henderson Kentucky to build a multi million dollar plant for molded pulp packages, starting with about 100 employees and expanding its packaging operations in New York and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Gardner Corp
Gardner
Robert G. Fairburn
Diamond Gardner
Henderson
New York
Molded Packaging
Palmer
Mass
Plattsburgh
Ogdensburg
N .Y
Morris, UL
Red Bluff
Calif
Diamond
Jury rules tot's death natural in crib coats case
A coroner's jury in Denver ruled 19 month old Carol Bonner died of natural causes due to congenital heart malformation water on the brain and cleft palate. The jury noted possible oxygen lack from two heavy coats. The child's mother Shir ley Mae Bonner faces murder charges and is under psychiatric care.
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Denver
Colo
Carol Bonner
Shirley Mae Bonner
Carol
Bonner
Scout Troop 88 Advances Ten Members at Camp Hook
Ten members of Boy Scout Troop 88 were advanced during a Camp Hook session. Tender foot: Lawrence Van Gilder, Loren Ackerman, Dennis Brown, Rickey Atkinson. Second class: Roger Hollenbaugh, Lawrence VanGilder, Ronnie Moore, Jackie McGuire. Myron Bessel became star scout. Rick Schlotter earned life scout and Order of the Arrow. Bessel Schlotter and Ralph Wright earned merit badges.
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Boy Scout
Troop 88
Camp Hook
Lawrence van Gilder
Loren Ackerman
Dennis Brown
Rickey Atkinson
Roger Hollenbaugh
Ronnie, Moore
Jackie McGuire
Myron Bessel
Rick Schlotter
Order of the Arrow
Bessel
Schlotter
Ralph Wright
Rockefeller Date Definite
Steven Rockefeller and Anne Marie Rasmussen set August 22 for their wedding in Spenge Lutheran Church. Steven said Gov Nelson Rockefeller and Mrs Rockefeller will attend unless something unexpected occurs and hopes other family members join them for the ceremony in Kristiansand Norway.
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Kristiansand
Norway
Steven Rockefeller
Anne
Marie Rasmussen
Steven
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Young Rockefeller
Spenge
Polio Victim Dies After Refusing Vaccination Plea
Dayton resident Guy Robert Tomson 24 died of bulbar polio after not receiving shots. He warned coworkers to get vaccinated earlier. His family, including a pregnant wife, had completed the polio series. The death marks the third polio fatality in the Dayton area that year.
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Dayton
Guy Robert Tomson
Short St
West Carrollton
Miami Valley
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Miami Valley Hospital
James
Jacqueline
Hutchings
Dayton Power & Light Co
Counselor at Miami Goes To Ohio Wesleyan
Paul Engsberg, Miami University's freshman counseling staffer for three years, resigns to become assistant dean of men at Ohio Wesleyan University. He will join Ronald Stead at OWU after two weeks at Sigma Alpha Epsilon leadership training in Evanston. Engsberg's move reflects a Miami pattern for training student counselors, with peers Wick and Long also advancing to higher posts. Engsberg is a Lebanon, Missouri native, Central College and University of Missouri trained.
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Oxford
Paul Engsberg
Miami University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Fisher and Reid Halls
Engsberg
Ohio Wesleyan
Ronald 5. Stead
Wiliam Zerman
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Evanston, Ill
National Leadership
Miami
Thomas E. Wick
New Mexico State University
David E. Long
Indiana University
Lebanon
Central College
Fayette, Mo
University of Missouri
Life term given in Hamilton home robbery murder
Hollis Leigh, 42, of Cincinnati received a life imprisonment sentence for the April 10 murder of Mrs. Marie Hires during a home robbery attempt in Hamilton. A three judge court recommended Leigh be ineligible for parole. Two co defendants, Frank Poindexter and Samuel Decker, await or serve death and life terms respectively.
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Hamilton
Marie Hires
Hollis Leigh
Cincinnati
Fred B. Cramer
P. P. Boll
Carson Hoy
Common Pleas Court
Leigh
Frank Poindexter
Samuel Decker
Ohio
Driver Injures Back In Crash
Paul N Barker 28 of Franklin was treated and released from Middletown Hospital after a one car accident on Route 122 half a mile east of Middletown. He suffered a back injury and abrasions to a leg when his car left the road and struck a utility pole. State patrol cited him for driving left of center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul N. Barker
Franklin
Tuesday meetings across Middletown and area groups
Public notices list a slate of meetings for Tuesday and Wednesday across South Middletown and nearby towns. Groups include fire departments, Sertoma, township trustees, youth boosters, and veterans, with venues such as Amanda Fire Station, Manchester Hotel, Trenton High School, and Legion halls.
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South Middletown
Amanda
Sertoma
Manchester
Lemon Township Board of Trustees
Township Hall
Trenton
Trenton High School
Mayfield Fire Dept
Sheffield Street
Armory Sportsmen’s Club Trustees
Joof Miami Lodge
Monroe Joof Hall
Spebsqsa
Legion Home
FOE Lodge
Eagles Hall
Alcoholics Anonymous
Kline Faces Traffic Court In Village
South Charleston Ohio. Marvin Kline assistant state attorney general will face mayor's court Thursday night on a reckless driving charge from July 24 at a U S 42 intersection in Clarke County village. Police say he passed four or five cars and another motorist was arrested and fined for the same offense. Kline bonded at $25 and was released. Robert H. Terhune the state agricultural director said Kline was en route home from Columbus when arrested and has not been in Warren County since a pistol threat months ago. Terhune added Kline was hospitalized for a heart attack over the weekend but returned to light duties in Columbus.
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South Charleston
Marvin Kline
George Bridges
Kline
Middletown
U. S. 42
Clarke County
Robert H. Terhune
Columbus
Warren County
Terhune
Automobile Association
Agricultural Department
Scouts Struck by Lightning Kill Two at Ohio Girl Scout Camp
Four girls at Camp Julia Crowell near West Richfield Summit County were struck by lightning before dawn. Sally Parker aged 14 from Cleveland Heights and June Gamble 13 from Medic Pennsylvania died. Marilyn Featherstun 13 and Lynn Wiesenberger 12 were injured and treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, Ohio
Sally Parker
Cleveland Heights
June Gamble
Medic, Pa
Marilyn Featherston
Walton Hills
Lynn Wiesenberger
Rocky River
Featherstun
Medina Community Hospital
Miss Wiesenberger
Camp
Julia Crowell
West Richfield
Summit County
Ohio 303
Three Die In Ohio Head On Crash Near Jackson
A two car collision on U S 35 six miles southeast of Jackson left three men and a woman dead. Victims were Raymond Tomlin 25 and Randall Bright 32 of Detroit Donnie Shuler 24 of Dayton and Nina Schmidt 31 of Fort Lauderdale. Leo Hail 41 of Columbus survived in critical condition at Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Ohio
Highway Patrol
Raymond E. Tomlin
Randall M. Bright
Detroit
Mich
Donnie R. Shuler
Dayton
Nina M.schmidt
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Leo E. Hail
Columbus
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Tomlin
Bright
Shuler
Miss Schmidt
U.S. 35
Here
Hall
Schmidt
Sorg Net Up 63 Percent In First Half 1959
Sorg Pa per Co reports a 63 percent rise in net income for the first half of 1959 to 336 276.44 dollars from 206 181.39 in 1958. Net sales rose 2 percent to 9 912 367.58 dollars. earnings per common share after preferred dividends 71 cents vs 41 cents. Dividends paid on common stock total 25 cents in the first half and preferred dividends 2 74 per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorg Paper Co
Donald G. Driscoll
Driscoll
Soil Topic For Yew Gardeners At Middletown Meeting
Tomorrow night at 8, Diver will speak to the Men's Horticulture Society of Greater Middletown at the Firemen's Clubhouse on Carmody Boulevard Norval FE. The talk covers soil analysis testing and maintenance and the meeting is open to area men interested in gardening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men's Horticulture Society of
Greater
Middletown
Firemen's
Carmody Boulevard
Norval FE
No-Roach insect control goes on sale at local stores
Dohnsion's No-Roach offers a modern brush-on method to banish roaches and ants. The product is advertised at Gallaher's Gray's Castell's GillenCrow Dehn Howe Streifthau's Ernest Howe and other drug or hardware outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dohnsion
Gallaher's
Gray's
Castell's
Gillen-Crow
Dehn Howe
Streifthau's
Ernest Howe
Dist
Dayton Feconomy
McKesson & Robbins
Cincinnati
Smith Bros
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Wilgus Combs Sr
Abbott
Mrs
Don Meeks
Reds
Nixon
SEARS
Rner
Tot
Rockefeller
Harold
Zesto
Zesto Drive-In
Corporation Line
S. Main ST
Harold & Kathryn Agee
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Up For
Golden Age Club
Civic Association
Burton ‘Rd
Blythe - Williams American Legion
National Guard Company D
107Th Armored Cavalry
Highview
Monroe
Knights of Columbus
Golden Helmet Vfw
Order of Ahepa
Greek Orthodox Church
Dobrozsi
B. L. Dawson CO
Carrier Products
Lightning
Ruth Kirkpatrick
Sorg
TE Ee Mateo
Kopax
Office Outfitters
N. Main
Baldwin
Meloy Leffler
Homer D. Leffler
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