Truck Driver Burned To Death In Crash Near Eaton
A 28 year old Piketon driver Ray mond Lee Masters died in a rear end collision near West Alexandria on Route 35 as two steel hauling tractor-trailers crashed. Harrison Rowe of Waverly Ohio escaped injury. Both trucks were enroute Armco Ashland Kentucky to Richmond Indiana. This marked Preble County’s 11th traffic fatality this year.
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Piketon, O
Preble County
G. W. Flory
Raymond Lee Masters
Route 35
West Alexandria
Flory
Harrison Rowe
Waverly
Masters
Rowe
Master
Armco
Ashland
Richmond
Ind
Middletown YMCA Sets Open-House Week in October
The Middletown YMCA announces an open-house week for new members from October 23 to 28. Ralph Knicht, general secretary, says the 3950-51 membership drive will run during that period with committee members available each evening to explain Y programs and answer questions. Members will be categorized as participants, at large, or at work, with the latter newly added. The campaign plans next week’s detailed schedule.
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YMCA
Middletown
Knight
Resident Passes State Medical Board Exams
Eugene R. Turner of 11 Balti more St Middletown, Ohio, among 262 graduates of medical schools who passed the June state medical board exam, per Associated Press. Turner, son of Dr. E.R Turner, pastor of the First Evangelical and United Brethren Church, is a University of Cincinnati graduate and will soon receive a certificate to practice medicine and surgery.
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Eugene R. Turner
Baltimore St. Middletown
Ohio Medical Board
Associated Press
Turner
E.R Turner
First Evangelical
United Brethren Church
University of Cincinnati
Obituary for Mrs Jane Howard 56 of Aberdeen Drive
Mrs Jane Howard 56 of 214 Aberdeen Drive died at 5 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital where she had been confined for five days. Survivors include her husband William four sons Orval Jefferson Bill and Fred all of this city two daughters Mrs William Rose of Ft Thomas Ky and Mrs Raymond Nichols of Columbus and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p m at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery with Dr E R Turner officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday from 2 5 and 7 10 p m.
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Jane Howard
Aberdeen Drive
Middletown
William
Orval
Jefferson
Bill
Fred
William Rose
Ft. Thomas
Raymond Nichols
Columbus
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Rose Brandenburg
Funeral services for Mrs Rose Brandenburg 49 of 1005 Hanover Street will be held Friday at 2 p m at Grace Baptist Church Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery with Rev Howard Sears officiating Friends may call at Bradford Hayes 1213 Reyn Ave after 7 p m today The body will be taken from the residence to the church at noon for services
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Rose Brandenburg
Hanover St
Grace Baptist Church
Woodside Cemetery
Howard Sears
Bradford Hayes
Reyn Ave
Margaret Todd Franklin death notice in Reading Ohio
Margaret Jen es Todd 18 formerly of this city and Reading died Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. in Miami Valley Hospital Dayton. Survived by father Raymond Reading and brother Glenn High Point. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. Robert Eaton Funeral Home burial Springboro Cemetery Rev. H. S. Gessner Baptist Church officiating. Burial Springboro. Friends may call Vernon Parker home Upper Springboro Rd 2 p.m. Friday to Saturday morning.
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Franklin
Margaret Jenes Todd
Reading
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Raymond
Glenn
High Point
Robert Eaton
Springboro
H. S. Gessner
The
Baptist Church
Vernon Parker
Springboro Rd
Funeral services for Sylvan Jameson held in Lebanon
Funeral services for Sylvan Jameson 75 Warren County Common Pleas Court Bailiff were set for Friday at 10 a.m. at Oswald Funeral Home. Burial will be in Lebanon Cemetery.
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Lebanon
Sylvan Jameson
Warren County
Lebanon Man Willard Gentry Dies at Lima Hospital
Willard Gentry 30 of Lebanon died yesterday at Lima Hospital. Survived by widow Francis, mother Mrs Walter Stone of Red Lion, a son Willard Ray, a stepson Russell, a daughter Mary Ellen, two brothers, and five sisters. Services Saturday at 2 pm at Johnson Funeral Home. Burial place not decided.
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Lebanon
Willard Gentry
Lima Hospital
Francis
Walter Stone
Red Lion
Willard Ray
Stewson
Russell
Mary Ellen
Johnson Funeral Home
Deaths By The Associated Press Biloxi Miss Lon Ramsdell 66
Lon Ramsdell, 66, Albany New York theatrical man and longtime manager of Blackstone the magician, died.
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Associated Press
Biloxi
Lon Ramsdell
Albany, N. Y
Blackstone
Bank Employees Feted At Picnic
First National Bank employees about 80 were treated to an outing at Miami Valley Chautauqua with rides for children, bowling, boating, roller-skating and plenty of food. The picnic ran in the afternoon and evening.
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First National Bank
Miami Valley Chautauua
Teen-Ager Faces Three Charges After Restaurant Incident
An 18-year-old Franklin youth, Jackie Lakes of Route 2, entered a local restaurant at about 8 p.m. offered patrons a drink from a whisky bottle, was ordered to leave, fled, and then hurled beer cans at a patrolman and waiter when confronted again at 10 p.m. He was arrested and jailed on disorderly conduct assault and battery and resisting arrest.
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Franklin
Jackie Lakes
Franklin Route 2
Municipal Court Fines In Disorderly Conduct Cases
George Creech 32 of 9 South Leibee Street was fined 50 dollars plus costs for disorderly conduct with embezzlement dismissed. Elmer Kidd 34 of 612 Sixteenth Avenue paid 25 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct. Betty Kidd alias Betty Turvey 28 of the same address, had a disorderly conduct charge dismissed. James Briscoe 29, at large, fined 50 dollars and costs for loitering after arrest in an alley between Harrison and Monroe Streets amid prowler complaints.
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George Creech
South Leibee St
Henderson Estes
Creech
Elmer Kidd
Sixteenth Ave
Betty Kidd
Betty Turvey
James Briscoe
Harrison and
Monroe Sts
Ferguson case continues in disorderly conduct charge
William Ferguson aged 35 of 813 Seventeenth Ave was charged with disorderly conduct and the case continued until tomorrow. He entered a not guilty plea and was arrested last night in a case police described.
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William Ferguson
Seventeenth Ave
Ferguson
Abandoned and West Gate at Paramount Tonight
At the Movies Paramount lists Abandoned starring Gale Storm and Dennis O Keefe with showings at 1 15, 4, 7 10 and 10 15 p m The Gal Who Took West stars Yvonne De Carlo and Scott Brady at 2 30, 5 40 and 8 45 p m Friday Big Lift stars Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas at 1 30, 5 30 and 9 30 p m Mother Didn t Tell Me features Dorothy McGuire and William Lundigan at 3 55 and 7 55 p m.
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Paramount
Gale Storm
Dennis O'Keefe
Gal
West
Yvonne DeCarlo
Scott Brady
Montgomery Cift
Paul Douglas
Dorothy McGuire
William Lundigan
Strand Showings Preview With James Cagney Mae Clark
Thursday features Great Guy with James Cagney and Mae Clark at 2 45 5 40 and 8 40 p m Shanghai Gesture with Gene Tierney and Victor Mature at 1 15 4 05 7 05 and 10 10 p m Friday presents Trigger Trail with Rod Cameron and Fuzzy Knight at 1 15 3 50 6 30 and 9 10 p m Also Lucky Losers with Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall at 2 25 5 00 7 40 and 10 20 p m.
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Guy
James Cagney
Mae Clark
Gene Tierney
Victor Mature
Rod Cameron
Fuzzy Knight
Leo Gorcey
Huntz Hall
Draft Board Checks 190 Men On Lists
Middletown draft board in regular session reviewed 190 registrants for possible call. About 30 were found ineligible due to classification changes. The board will select 70 men for the 53 man pre-induction quota to report for physicals in Cincinnati on August 22, likely ages 22-23.
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Middletown
Wylie Mitchell
Mitchell
Cincinnati
Stolen Auto Recovered After Robbery
Detectives Crout and Blackmore recovered a stolen car in the 1300 block of Manchester Ave. It had been taken at 2 a.m. August 4 from L. M. Whitaker of 1305 Yankee Rd. Whitaker, away in Sunbury, reported his car and $43 stolen after being ordered from a cafe. A billfold with $63 was found under the seat. Whitaker said two men robbed him and forced him to drive. he escaped when the car left the road into a ditch in Montgomery County.
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Roy Crout
Joseph Blackmore
Manchester Ave
Montgomery County Sheriff's Department
L. M. Whitaker
Yankee Red
Whitaker
Sunbury
Montgomery County
Police Briefs: Parolee Dunn Released to Officers
Earl Dunn, 34, of 19 South Main St., was released to state probation and parole officers this morning after a prior robbery sentence. He had been picked up last week for loitering, fined in Municipal Court, and handed to parole officer David F. Armacost to return to Columbus. A Howe Motor Company truck reported stolen July 31 from 1701 Central Ave. was recovered by police after witnesses saw it in bushes on Glenmore Dr.
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Earl Dunn
South Main St
Dunn
David F. Armacost
Columbus
Howe Motor Company
Howe Lot
Central Ave
Glenmore Dr
Car Hole Breaks Spring. Signals Placed After Accident
Wilbur Powell, of 1721 Manchester Ave, told police he backed across an intersection and the right wheel hit a street hole, breaking a spring. Police notified the Street Department, which placed signal lights around the area.
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Wilbur Powell
Manchester Ave
Casper Ave
Leibee St
Local resident reports vehicle headlight damage after absence
Lewis Purnell of 2410 Brown ing St Dixie Heights told police his car parked on Clark St yesterday had a broken headlight while he was away from home.
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Lewis Purnell
Browning St
Dixie Heights
Clark St
Condition of Martin Elser Noted as Fair at Hospital
The condition of Martin Elser of 27 South Broad Street after a fall in his apartment Tuesday evening is listed as fair by Middletown Hospital. A stray sentence about full moons and the sun appears, but the core report centers on Elser’s status.
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Martin Elser
South Broad St
Middletown Hospital
City Employment Up 666 in May to July Period
Middletown sees a rising employment trend with 13,863 workers across 39 major local firms, a gain of 666 since May. Women make up 2,776 of the total. manufacturers added about 510 jobs while paper producers added around 180. Construction leads job additions with wholesale, retail, and service firms also hiring. About 1,170 job seekers used the Middletown Employment Service in August, 45 percent women and 15 percent veterans. There were roughly 560 job openings locally, including skilled trades and office work. Unemployment claims declined to an average of 431 per week in July, the lowest since November 1948.
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Johnson
Nenmanufacturers
Middletown
the Employment Service
Booster Club Plans Reserved Seats and Parking Stickers
Middletown Boosters Club outlined season ticket sales with reserved seats in the south section along the 40 yard lines for members. Two membership cards plus two season tickets earn a car sticker for free parking in the south lot near McKinley School. Coaches Paul Walker and Harold Mason will attend the Ohio All-Star Clinic in Toledo August 14 to 19.
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Middletown Boosters Club
Booster Club
McKinley School
Paul Walker
Harold Mason
Toledo
Walker
Indianapolis
Ind
Three Middletown Lawyers Appointed to Ohio Bar Posts
Three Middletown attorneys have been appointed to serve on committees of the Ohio State Bar Association. President Paul C. Weick of Akron appointed them on recommendation of Executive Committeeman Harry S. Wonnell of Hamilton. The appointees are G. W. A. Wilmer for corporation law, Maxwell Finkleman for domestic relations, and Jack A Casper for public relations.
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Middletown
Ohio State Bar Association
Paul C. Weick
Akron
Harry S. Wonnell
Hamilton
G.W.A. Wilmer
Maxwell Finkleman
Jack A Casper
Hamilton Nurses Pass Ohio Exams
The Ohio State Nurses Board said 417 applicants passed the June 27 28 exams to become registered nurses. Among the top six were four from Western Reserve University Cleveland led by Marcia Gleisser Mable Virginia Brunk Emma Joan Kittleberger all from Western Reserve with Mary Patricia Cornely Mt. Carmel Columbus. Other successful candidates included Mercy Hospital Hamilton Sisters Mary V Ahern Burgess L Guilloret Helen Maher Marilyn Moore Willa Slider and Joan Stitzel.
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Columbus, O
State Nurses Board
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Marcia Gleisser
Western Reserve
Mable Virginia Brunk
Emma Joan Kittleberger
Marjorie Pauline Wincer
St. Vincents Hospital
Toledo
Betty Jean Muir
Mary Patricia Cornely
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Mary V. Ahern
Mary C. Burgess
Mary L. Guilloret
Helen M. Maher
Marilyn M. Moore
Willa D. Slider
Joan M. Stitzel
YMCA Executive Committee to Meet on Pin Setting Purchase
The local YMCA executive committee will meet tonight at the Y to discuss plans to improve the bowling pin operation and vote on purchasing new pin setting up machines, said Ralph Knight, general secretary, this morning.
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YMCA
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