Mudlick Museum Fire Destroys Historic Site and Mill
Fire destroyed the Mudlick Museum and mill east of Germantown, started by a defective third floor flue. Owner Brown of Dayton, vacationing, values damage near 100000, with most antique furnishings lost. Fire crews from Germantown and Farmersville fought flames from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. The building housed the famous Mud lick Bourbon Whiskey distillery begun in 1847 by Christian Rohrer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Dayton
Ada
Germantown
Farmersville
Carl Sprang
Christian Rohrer
Mudlick Museum
Davies
Cigarette Blamed For Couch Blaze
A living room couch fire at the William Jones home 1912 Queen Ave caused minor damage and was blamed on a cigarette. Firemen also checked a minor basement fire from an overheated washing machine motor at Harold Osborne 202 Monroe St and assisted Emanuel Howard Jr. 18 at 1601 Garfield St with a left knee injury. He was taken to Middletown Hospital by Jordan Hall ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jones
Queen Ave
Harold Osborne
Monroe St
Donald Lairson
Vannest Ave
Garfield St
Emanuel Howard Jr
Huson Ave
Middletown Hospital
Jordan Hall
Workman Injured at Van Nest Riverview Sewer Project
Virgil Hicks of 2202 Hawthorne Street sustained cuts when a wagon fell on his head at the Van Nest and Riverview sewer construction site. He is a worker for Tony Vitelli and Son Construction Co and was dismissed from Middle Town Hospital after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Hicks
Hawthorne Sr
Middletown Hospital
Vannest
Riverview Avenues
Tony Vitelli & Son Construction Co
Deaths and Funerals
Obituary notices for George G. Abney 75 of Amarillo Texas Announced by Anglesby Funeral Home Middletown services Tuesday burial Rose Hill Cemetery Mason. Ansil Garlikov 81 Dayton dies Good Samaritan Hospital charter Beth Abraham member funeral 2 p m Sunday Dayton. Mrs Shirley Hodgins 75 Detroit former Middletown resident dies following stroke services Monday Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home burial Middletown Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Baker
Norwood
Walter Bunnell
Franklin
Lester Bunnell
Middletown
Howard Bunnell
Red Lion
Grace Morris
Francis Nichols
Fort Myers
Fla
Lois Clark
Dayton
Doris Jean Hannah
Anglesby
Rose Hill
Mason
Ansil Garlikov
Burbank Drive
Mannie Garlikov
Good Samaritan Hospital
Garlikov
Beth Abraham Synagogue
B'nai B'rith
Mannie
Ben
Irv
Jule
Abe
Springboro
Becky
Dora Cohen
Beth Abraham
Shirley Hodgins
Shirley Baker Hodgins
Detroit
Mich
Mrs Mabel Bailey Dies at 70 in Hillsboro Hospital
Mabel E Bailey 70 longtime Middletown resident died Friday at 1030 am in Hillsboro Hospital. Survived by son T W Bailey and Dale of Ashland Ky, four Countryman brothers, one sister Grace Gomin. Services Sunday at Lat ter Day Saints Church Sinking Springs at 2 pm with burial Olive Hill Cemetery Sinking Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel E. Bailey
T. W. Bailey
Middletown
Hillsboro Hospital
William E
Armco
T. W
Dale
Ashland
Joe Countryman
Kansas City
Tom Countryman
Independence
Myron Countryman
Cincinnati
Grace Gomin
Hillsboro
Latter Day Saints Church
Sinking, Springs
Olive Hill Cemetery
Sinking Springs
Mrs Elva B Beal Rites Outlined In Obituary
Mrs Elva B Beal 57 of Lovering Nursing Home Bethel and formerly 805 Monroe St Norwood died 8 05 p m Friday at the home She native of Red Lion and member of Mason First Methodist Church and Mason Grange Widow of George Beal who died in 19 A Surviving are her mother Mrs Mary Bunnell Red Lion and two daughters Mrs Esther Ann Murray Amelia and Mrs Mary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva B. Beal
Lovering
Bethel
Monroe St
Norwood
Mrs Pearl Hill Dies At 74 In Franklin Home
Mrs Pearl Hill 74 former Lebanon resident died this morning at her daughter Mrs Hazel Sweeney's home Lebanon Rt 2. Widow of Ben Hill she lived at 701 Clark St Lebanon previously. Survived by daughter Hazel brother Clarence Kimpkins of Franklin three sisters Nona Kirk Catharine Simpkins of Franklin Alberta Puthoff of Reading two grandchildren six great grandchildren. Arrangements incomplete Anglesby Funeral Home Franklin.
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Franklin
Pearl Hill
Hazel Sweeney
Lebanon
Rt. 2
Mrs Nellie Rich 82 Dies in Franklin Nursing Home
Nellie Glassford Rich 82 of Champion Nursing Home Franklin died Friday after residing there since March 3 She had lived in Red Lion and was a pianist in Red Lion Methodist Church widow of Gilbert Rich Survived by nieces and nephews Services Monday 2 pm Anglesby Funeral Home Franklin Burial Woodhill Cemetery Franklin Calling hours Sunday 2-5 and 7-9 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Glassford Rich
Champion Nursing Home
Rich
Red Lion
Obituary notices for Nellie E Bonbright Albert L Cox and Randy Harris
Mrs Nellie E Bonbright 80 of Corwin Avenue will be cared for at 2 p m Monday at Spring Grove Chapel Cincinnati Funeral plans show Albert L Cox age 9 of 4340 Hamilton Middletown Pike services set for 10 a m Monday at Colligan Funeral Home Randy Allen Harris of 4285 Hamilton Middletown Pike is listed with a 20 m service at Brown Dawson Funeral Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie E. Bonbright
Corwin Ave
Spring Grove Chapel
Cincinnati
Albert L. Cox
Hamilton-Middletown Pike
Colligan Funeral Home
Randy Allen Harris
Hamilton - Middletown Pike
Brown - Dawson Funeral Home
Deaths Across U S and Abroad Reported by AP
Donald M Wolin 31 Broadway theatrical producer died Friday of leukemia. Msgr Ruben Odio Herrera 58 archbishop of San Jose died Friday of a heart attack. Mark Perrin Jones 57 former Arkansas Press Assn president and publisher of the Searcy Daily Citizen and White County Citizen died Thursday of a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press New York
Donald M. Wolin
San Jose
Costa Rica
Ruben Odio Herrera
Searcy
Ark
Mark Perrin Jones
The
Arkansas Press Assn
Searcy Daily Citizen
White County
Driving Novice Loses Control Causes Crash
A Middletown woman with three days of driving on a temporary permit lost control on Lawn Avenue at 6 40 pm hit a parked wagon, then a fence, with $425 damage. No injuries. Carl Kaurich and Eugene Brown own the impacted property. Mrs Willie Riley, 3206 Yankee Rd, was cited for driving action after the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Lawn Ave
Willie Riley
Yankee Rd
Cherry Street
Lawn Avenue
Eugene Brown
Riley
Carl Kaurich
Riley Auto
Motorists Injured In Friday Highway Accidents
Three traffic incidents Friday left several injured. Billie Dennis, 34, was treated for forehead lacerations and a broken nose after a two car crash on Rt 73 near Springboro. Walter Wiswell, 42, was uninjured. George Handy, 31, sustained a separated shoulder after his motorcycle struck an unmarked dead end blockade on old Rt 127. Roy L. Downs, 27, also hit the blockade. Nannie Barnett, 35, sustained a severely lacerated knee when her car struck a utility pole on Rt 4. she was cited for driving left of center. All were treated at Middletown Hospital and released as noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Dennis
Dixie Highway
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Springboro
Dennis
State Patrol
Middletown
George Handy
Granada Ave
Old Rt. 127
Collinsville
Handy
Roy L. Downs
West Middletown Rt. 1
Nannie Barnett
West Middletown
Rt. 4
Middletown Diary debuts on Editorial Page feature
The Middletown Journal launches Middle town Diary by George Crout on the Editorial Page. The educator historian and author will share weekly sidelights on early Middletown in the Saturday edition. Crout’s history of Middletown will be published with American Legion sponsorship and he will author two nationally distributed elementary school textbooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Crout
Middletown Public
Middletown
Police Briefs: Thefts Reported From Stores and Cars
Thefts were reported including a .22 caliber revolver from Roberson Sporting Goods Store. Three hubcaps were stolen from Don Salley’s car at 2317 Wilbraham Rd on Central Avenue. Two hubcaps were taken from James Huff’s auto on S Main Street in Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberson Sporting Goods
Don Salley
Wilbraham Rd
Central Avenue
James Huff
Monroe
S. Main Street
Ohio Historian Dr. Harlow Lindley Dies
Dr. Harlow Lindley, 84, Ohio historian and former journalism teacher, died at his Columbus home Friday. He served as secretary, editor and librarian of the Ohio State Archaeological & Historical Society from 1934 to 1946. He taught journalism at Ohio State University and earlier was librarian of the Hayes Memorial Historical Library and Museum at Fremont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Harlow Lindley
Ohio State Archaeological & Historical Society
Ohio State University
Hayes Memorial Historical
Fremont
Study Without Pain Promotes Living Arts at YMCA
In Chicago the YMCA summer program Learning for Living offers a course titled the Art of Useless but Enjoyable Living. Instructor Les Paul lists painless topics such as philosophy of cheese the art of Chinese food and samesmanship to tempt students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
YMCA
Les Paul
Hamilton Boy Hit By Auto
A 10 year-old Hamilton boy, Danny Bishop of Belmont Ave., was struck by a car on Tuley Rd near his home Friday at 6 p.m. He sustained severe abrasions and was treated and released from Hamilton Mercy Hospital. The driver, Harrison Murphy of Tuley Rd., was not held by police.
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Hamilton
Danny Bishop
Belmont Ave
Tuley Rd
Harrison Murphy
Hamilton Mercy Hospital
Murphy
Richwood Youth Drowns in Cherry River
Frederick William Hobart II, 15, of Richwood, son of Harry W. Hobart of Lorain Ohio, drowned Friday in Cherry River. Companions thought he was joking as they saw him struggle. He lived with his maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs J E Kirby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richwood
W. Va
Frederick William Hobart II
Harry W. Hobart
Lorain
Ohio
Cherry River
Hobart
J. E. Kirby
Women’s Club hosts lawn fete at Friendship Baptist Church
The Women’s Club of the Friendship Baptist Church sponsors a lawn fete today from 2 to 8 p m at the church. A fish pond and meals will be available throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Club of
the Friendship Baptist Church
Germantown CO Finds No-Pressure Training Success
Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Tactical Fighter Wing completed two weeks at Volk Field under a pressure-off policy. Col. Dale Shafer Jr. led a relaxed approach amid new Alpena base use, strafing and rocketry training, and rain delays. Lt. Donald Rose topped the first week’s scores in bombing and rocketry. Capt. William Wilmer Jr. earned a marksman score in rocketry.
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Camp Douglas
Wis
Ohio
Air National Guard
Volk Field
Air Guard
Alpena
Mich
Fasf
Columbus
Springfield
Mansfield
121St Tactical
Dale E. Shafer Jr
Germantown
Paper-Manufacturing Corporation
Mead
Dayton
Shafer
Donald Rose
Kettering
Middletown
Water Refining Co
William §. Wilmer Jr
Highview Road
Four men in bar brawl at May's Cafe ends with injuries
Arnold Haddix, 19, of 304 Harlan Street, received head cuts and was jailed on an intoxication charge after police found a gang fight at May's Cafe on Crawford Street and Woodlawn Avenue. Mr and Mrs James Wallace and Billy Hall were among the attacked. others fled. A witness said a suspect was badly cut.
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May
Crawford Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Arnold Haddix
Harlan St
Middletown Hospital
Haddix
James Wallace
Woodlawn Ave
Billy Hall
Cantrell Held Without Bond in Slaying Case
Earl Bud Cantrell, 29, was ordered held without bond in the county jail by Acting Judge William H. Horr on a first degree murder charge. The homicide occurred last Monday in Portsmouth, with Kenneth Whitey Angell, 28, of Wheelersburg the victim. Prosecutor Errett Burton said the grand jury will consider the case on September 1. Cantrell has pleaded innocent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Ohio
William H. Horr
Earl
Bud) Cantrell
Kenneth (Whitey) Angell
Wheelersburg
Errett Burton
Cantrell
Strike Is Settled in Cincinnati Union Ends Walkout
Reinforced Concrete Iron Workers Union members and Greater Cincinnati contractors reached a new contract settlement Friday after a summer strike. Details were not released. The dispute centred on a wage increase from the old $3.50 hourly rate, with about 200 workers walking off June 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Reinforced Concrete Iron Workers Union
Greater Cincinnati
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Kire
Mudlick
Mantown
Here
Workman
Casuals
George G. Abney
Amarillo
Tex
Fairbanks Fibre Co
Abney
Jessie
Catalpa Drive
Zella Sharits
Toledo
Claudia Baker
San Francisco
Doris Day
Wichita
Gilbert Abney
Mrs
Gem City
Sherbet
Caece
Ethan
Com
Gill
Shereer
Gem City Ice Cream Co
Middletown, Ohio
Nellie Rich
Martha Jane Burgan
Roy Burgan
Bernice Sr
Yankee Road
Taylor Avenue
Londie Conley
Oxford State Rd
Nina McElwain
Miamisburg
L @ayette Avenue
Herman Kirby
Bill Joe Ledford
Jewell Ave
Ernest Curtis
Fulton Sa
Rt. 73
Bunnell Hill Rd
Walter Wiswell
Mullberry Ave
Wilmington
Wiswell
Colored News
Lewis E. Younce
Enon
William S. Wilmer
Germantown CO Finds
By Phil Gunby
Dodds
Verity
14Th Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Robert Kontnier
Mer
Federal Savings & Loan Assn. Savings & Loan Bldg
Central Ave
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