Three Inmates Escape from Lebanon Correctional Institute
At Lebanon Correctional Institute three inmates remained at large after escaping Thursday night by climbing from a window in the Preparole minimum security division. George Buck Lergen Jr. of Columbus, held for attempted forceable entry. Billy E. Amos, 26, and Charles Drake, 24, of Dayton, both serving 1-15 years for breaking and entering. Assistant director William Dallman said the escape likely occurred around 9 p.m. and the men were not found at bedcheck 10 p.m.
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LCI
Lebanon
Lebanon Correctional Institute
George Buck Lergen Jr
Columbus
Billy E. Amos
Charles Drake
Dayton
William Dallman
Open House At Edgewood High School In Trenton
An open house will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. tomorrow at the new Edgewood High School. Parents and the public are invited to tour the facility. Students who completed orientation yesterday have already seen the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Edgewood High School
Middletown High Band Camp Promises Big Year
Middletown High School prepares for a week long band camp at Camp Campbell Gard from Aug. 29 to Sept. 5 marking Dennis Noggle’s first year as band director. New staffer Ron Brown will handle music arranging as 143 players train for the Sights and Sounds Spectacular on Sept. 19 at Barnitz Stadium.
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Denver Noggle
Noggle
Camp Campbell Gard
Middletown High School
Ron Brown
Middletown
Barnitz Stadium
Lewis Hill
Dave Milton
Lu Ann Evans
Mona Hornbeck
Debbie Egelston
Marsha Pebbles
Debbie Surgenor
Colleen Duncan
Julie Kach
Cindy Palmer
Blaze at Sorg Arson Suspected in 9th Avenue Fire
Firemen battled a morning blaze at a vacant two story frame house at 918 Ninth Ave with an estimated loss of 5600 dollars. Arson suspected after flames rose from an upstairs room. Owner listed as Harriet Allen. Fire also damaged Sorg Paper Company Mill No 3 by a gasoline spill igniting a forklift. Another Mill No 3 fire caused 2000 dollar damage earlier. A grass fire behind 1500 S University Blvd caused no damage.
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Ninth Ave
Sorg Paper Company
Robert Curtis
Middletown
Harriet Allen
17Th Ave
Dave Baker
Sorg
S. University
Square D Company
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Lura Millan 79
Mrs Lura Quentin Millan 79 of 101 Eaton Drive died on arrival at Middletown Hospital after months of illness. Born in St Joseph Missouri she lived in Middletown 34 years and was active in Church of the Ascension. Surviving sons Robert and William eight grandchildren five great grandchildren. two other sons James and Edward predeceased. Service 10:30 Monday at Church of the Ascension. burial Woodside Cemetery. Memorials to Church of the Ascension Pisgah. Requiem High Mass 10 a.m. Monday at St Francis De Sales. Oswald Funeral Home Lebannon open visitation times listed.
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Lura Millan
Lura Quentin Millan
Eaton Drive
Middletown Hospital
Millan
St. Joseph
Middletown
Church of the Ascension
Edward
Robert
First National Bank
William of
Cleveland
James
Joseph Harvey
Woodside Cemetery
Wilson-Schramm
S. Main St
Pisgah
St. Francis de Sales Church
Lebanon Cemetery
Oswal Funeral Home
Lebanon
Arthur A. Irons Dies at 75 in Lebanon
Arthur A. Irons 75, of 104 S East St Lebanon died yesterday at home. Survived by three daughters Mrs Arthur Barrett Vandalia Mrs David Worth Centerville and Mrs William Fuller Jr Cincinnati a son Dallas Williams Lebanon three sisters Mrs W R Retallick Miss Veda Irons and Mrs J M Steen ten grandchildren and a great grandchild. Services set for 11 a m Tuesday at Oswald Funeral Home burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Funeral home open Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Arthur A. Irons
Lebanon
S. East St
Arthur Barrett
Vandalia
David Worth
Centerville
William Fuller Jr
Cincinnati
Dallas Williams
W.R. Retallick
Veda Irons
J.M. Steen
Oswald
Lebanon Cemetery
Funeral
John H. Paul of Lebanon Dies at 75
John H. Paul, 75, of 463 Columbus Ave, Lebanon, died yesterday at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. He is survived by his wife Emma, two daughters Mrs Garnet Earnhart of Dayton and Miss Rogal Paul of Lebanon, two sisters Mrs Hilda Monnig of Cincinnati and Mrs Anna Schoenling of…
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John H. Paul
Lebanon
Columbus Ave
Maimi Valley Hospital
Dayton
Emma
Garnet Earnhart
Rogal and
Paul
Hilda Monnig
Cincinnati
Anna Schoenling
Mrs Elizabeth Winglewich Dies After Heart Attack
Mrs Elizabeth Winglewich 75 of 229 North Main Street Germantown died yesterday at Alpha Illinois after an apparent heart attack. Survived by husband Floren two sons Merrel and one more son six daughters two stepsons a brother and two sisters. Mass of Resurrection at St Augustine Church Monday 10 30 a.m. Burial Woodside Cemetery Middletown. John Arpp Funeral Home. No visitations.
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Germantown
Elizabeth Winglewich
N. Main_St
Middletown
Alpha
Ill
Winglewich
Herbert Bauer
Auburn
Wash
Floren
Merre i
Elva Schul
Helen Henry
Somerville
Eugene
Raymond Winglewich
Earnest Feiertag
Wyoming
Ohio
Margaret Rhoades
Eleanor Top Miller
Cincinnati
St. Augustine Church
Woodside Cemetery
John Arpp
Bowermaster services set for Franklin widow
Kathryn Bowermaster 56 of 309 Bridge St Franklin dies Thursday at Middletown Hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Anglesby Funeral Home with burial in Woodhill Cemetery. Viewing Saturday 2–5 and 7–9 p.m. Survived by husband Earl three sons Edward and David Franklin Rev Richard Bowermaster of Colorado Springs three daughters Judith at home Doana Robinson of Middletown and Janice Lanier of Franklin three brothers Edward Robert and William Cooper two sisters Sadie Jones Mary Blazer Agnes Dearth and 15 grandchildren
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Franklin
Kathryn Bowermaster
Bridge St
Anglesby Funeral Home
Woodhill Cemetery
Bowermaster
Middletown Hospital
Earl
Edward
David
Richard Bowermaster
Colorado Springs
Cole
Judith
Obituary Notices For Three Local Residents
Mrs Opal Wagers aged 42 of 610 Walnut Street has services at 10 a.m. Tuesday per Brown-Dawson. William Adair aged 63 of 345 North Seventh Street has services at 10 a.m. Monday per Webb. George Poulous aged 83 of 33342 Maple Avenue has services today per Brown-Dawson.
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Opal Wagers
Walnut St
Brown-Dawson
William Adair
Seventh St
Webb
George Poulous
Maple Ave
Juveniles Charged in Oxford Theater Robbery
Two 17-year-olds from Middletown are jailed in Butler County Juvenile Detention Center for the Oxford Wednesday night robbery of the Miami Western Theater where manager Virgil Hall was shot twice. Suspects Howard Jones and Ivan Mitchell were identified. Jones suffered a shoulder wound and Hall is recovering in McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital.
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Middletown
Butler County
Hamilton
Oxford
Virgil Hall
Wilford Palmer
Hall
McCullough- Hyde Memorial Hospital
Howard Jones
Baltimore St
Ivan Mitchell
1Th Ave
Mefford Peyton
Jack Barnes
Jones
Mitchell
Middletown Hospital
Joseph Statum
McKinley School
Brad Stafford
Cats One Bats Zero
Police report shows officers responding to an early morning bat sighting at 820 Ninth Ave. A cat reportedly chased and consumed the bat after officers removed it from the residence. No injuries were noted.
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Douglas Hampton
William Campbell
Ninth Ave
Fire damages home in Madison area
A fire of undetermined origin caused about $6,000 damage to Carl Frye Sr.’s home at 1288 Middletown Eaton Rd in North Madison last night around 9 10 p m Firefighters from North and South Madison tackled the blaze which began in the dining room and smoke and heat caused most of the damage The Frye family was away at the time and a dog was reportedly missing from the house
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Carl Frye Sr
Middletown- Eaton Rd
North Madison
Robert Ledford
North
South Madison
Frye
Ledford
Middletown
Middletown Girl Pamela Benseler Graduates Early
Pamela Lynn Bensler completes high school ahead of plan after three years in accelerated programs. She graduates Middletown High School this week and, on September 19, will enroll as a freshman business major at Hillsdale College in Michigan.
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Pretty Middletown
Whiz-Kid
Pamela Lynn Bensler
Middletown High School
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, Mich
Pamela
T. C. Benseler
Rosedale Rd
Wilson
Roosevelt and
Manchester
Old Middletown
Girard Ave
Middletown
Tudor Hall
Indianapolis
Middletown High
June Owens
Benselers
Jeff
Nancy
Fenwick
Middletown Sues Over Miami Avenue Property Extensions
The city of Middletown filed three separate suits in Butler County Common Pleas Court to appropriate real estate for extending Miami Avenue as a public street. Defendants include John C and Josephine Calhoun, James L Sorrell Sr, Mary Sorrell, Maude K and Cecil Bishop. Total value set at 11100 dollars including temporary easements.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Miami Avenue
John C
Josephine Calhoun
Plum Ave
James L. Sorrell Sr
Mary Sorrel
Goldman Ave
Maude K
Cecil Bishop
S. Broad St
Judge Orders Probation With Harsh Metaphor for Hurley
Butler County Common Pleas Judge Robert L. Marrs placed William Clay Hurley on five years probation after he pleaded guilty to larceny for stealing a boat motor from Robert L. Anderson. The judge warned Hurley he would be an acrobat on probation and face Mansfield if he failed, likening the sentence to a tightrope walk.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Hurley
Mansfield
Sam Warmoth elected president of VFW governing council
Sam Warmoth of 173 Britton Lane Monroe was chosen president of the National Council of Administration at the VFW national convention in Miami Beach Florida. An Armco employee, he has led Ohio VFW as commander since June 1969 and formerly led Middletown VFW Post 3809 and the fourth district VFW. He sits as Lebanon Post 6069 member and was named an all American state commander for boosting membership and post development.
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Sam Warmoth
Britton ‘Lane
Monroe
National Council of Administration
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Vention
Miami Beach
Car Upsets In Ohio Road Crash Near Patrol Post
A 19 year old Hamilton youth Kenneth Miles of 490 Hampshire Rd was injured when his car drifted off Ohio 4 and overturned after veering onto both sides of the road. He was treated and released at Middletown Hospital and cited for reckless operation.
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Hamilton
Kenneth Miles
Hampshire Rd
Ohio
Miles
Middletown Hospital
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Blaze AT
9Th Avenue
Curtis
Pam Benseler
So, Main
1St Ave
Mrs. Ek. Winglewich
Mrs. Bowermaster
U.S
Union Saniterv
National Council
Madison
Whiz
Miami Ave
Wpfb-Fm
Meg
WPFB
Rue Bible
VEW
Oswalt
Westinghouse
Melampy
Central Ave
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