Deaths And Funerals Howard L Baker
Howard Laverne Baker 64 of 807 Charles St Trenton died at Middletown Hospital after a heart attack. He worked 43 years at Sox Paper Co. Survived by wife Luetta two daughters two step daughters two step sons two brothers a sister and six grandchildren. Services 2 p m Wednesday Brethren Church burial Twin Valley Cemetery. Visitation at Joseph R Baker & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Laverne Baker
Charles St
Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Baker
Sox Paper Co
Butler County
Middletown
Luetta
Godie Gllum
Dayton
Sylvia Taulbee
Mildred Ever
Harold Wenger
Henry Howard
Twin Valley Cemetery
Gratis
Infant Callie Gross Graveside Service Set
Infant Callie Louise Gross daughter of Mr and Mrs Peer Gross of 1018 Columbia Ave died at 12 55 p m yesterday about 30 hours after birth. Graveside rites were at 3 p m today in Woodside Cemetery officiated by Rev Clifford Hutchinson. Surviving are sisters Connie and Brenda brothers Radher Gene and Denzie paternal grandparents Ewing Gross Middletown maternal grandmother Sally Lou Gillum Richmond Ky arrangements by Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home.
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Callie Louise Gross
Peer Gross
Columbia Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Clifford Hutchinson
MiJcietown Hospital
Connie
Brenda
Radher Gene
Denzie
Ewing Gross
Middletown
Sally Lou Gillum
Richmond
Joseph R. Baker and Sons Funeral Home
Mrs Essie Harper Dies at 81 in Dayton
Mrs Essie B Harper 81 of 458 E Warren St died yesterday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton. Surviving are a daughter and other relatives in the Lebanon area and the community mourns the longtime resident.
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Lebanon
Essie B Harper
E. Warren St
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Obituary Notices for Grothaus Buchek and Jones
Funeral services announced for Fred A. Grothaus 85 of 114 Verlyn Place at 10 30 a m Wednesday. Paul A Buchek 69 of 838 S Fifth St to Requiem High Mass 9 a m tomorrow at St Josephs Church. Heber L Jones 986 of 1185 Harmon Ave services at 2 p m Wednesday.
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Fred A. Grothaus
Verlyn Place
Proeschel
Paul A. Buchek
S. Fifth St
St. Joseph's Church
Heber L. Jones
Harmon Ave
Klaus - Weigel
Injured Men Remain Fair After One Car Crash
Two men remained in fair condition at Mercy Hospital after a Sunday morning one car crash on New London Road near Hamilton. James F Stockhoff age 20 suffered a right leg fracture and head injury, and Carl R Rutolf age 22 sustained a severe cut on his left leg. Stockhoff reportedly lost control, knocked down five guard posts, and hit an embankment trapping him in the vehicle. Rutolf, bleeding heavily, tried to signal for help from a nearby unoccupied residence, broke a door glass, and summoned deputies who transported them to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
New London Road
Here
James F. Stockhoff
Millville-Ross Road
Carl R. Rutolf
Inc
Rudolf
Cross Burned In Yard In Middletown Police Probe
Middletown police found a burning cross in front of 2400 Superior Ave late Saturday night. It was two boards, wrapped in rags and soaked with gasoline. Mrs. Lester Bunnell saw a car with several boys drive by shortly before the incident and could offer no reason.
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Middletown
Superior Ave
Lester Bunnell
Mortuary Home Slated To Be Sold
Negotiations are under way for the sale of the Griesmer Grimi Funeral Home property at 422 N Secuno St in Hamilton. The 17 room brick building may become Center Haven a nursing and convalescent home run by Mrs Del Gentry and Mrs Christine Helton.
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Hamilton
Griesmer-Grimi Funeral Home
Secuno St
Robert Gentry
Harry Helton
Center Haven
del Gentry
Christine Helton
Middletonians Attend State Elks Officers’ Convention
Six Middletonians joined the Elks Lodge officers and spouses at the Nation Wide Inn in Columbus for the state convention and reunion. Among them were Mr and Mrs George Davies and Mr and Mrs Robert Wetzel. Wetzel serves as exalted ruler of Middletown Lodge 257 and Davies was district deputy grand exalted ruler for the Ohio Southwest District. The appointment was made in New York by Robert G Pruitt grand exalted ruler of the Elks in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Elks Lodge
Nationwide Inn
Columbus
George Davies
Robert Wetzel
Robert Green
Wetzel
Middletown Lodge 257
Davies
Rand
Ohio Southwest
New York
Robert G. Pruitt
the Elks
Atlanta
Kincaid Family Holds Reunion
The Kincaid family, longtime Middletown farm people, held their eleventh reunion at Midway Lodge in Amisburg under Cecil Bartlett. About 200 relatives from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Arizona attended as Lester Kincaid was elected president for 1965, with Ned Kincaid treasurer and Louise Williams secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Sarah Kincaid
Middletown
Midway Lodge
Miamisburg
Cecil Bartlett
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Arizona
Lester Kincaid
Ned Kincaid
Louise Williams
Notable Obituaries Across Cities
New York mourns Benjamin J. Davis 60 longtime Communist Party official who spent over three decades in prison after 1949 conviction. Hollywood remembers Louis Pollock 60 writer of The Jackie Robinson Story and The Lady and the Tramp. Charles Stevens 71 actor known as Indian Joe dies aged 71. York SC sad Caroline Coleman 42 TV personality and Broadway understudy dies from self inflicted gunshot. Jackson MI honors William K McInally 58 former Democratic National Convention alternate delegate dies of a heart attack.
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New York
Benjamin J. Davis
Communist Party of the United States
Hollywood (Ap
Louis Pollock
Jackie Robinson
Hollywood
Charles Stevens
Joe
Stevens
Geronimo
York, S.C
Caroline Coleman
York County
Jackson, Mich
William K. McIinally
Khanh's passive stance fuels Saigon unrest in Vietnam
An AP analysis notes South Vietnam's chief of state Khanh tolerates riots to avoid Diem-era brutality. Police inaction and pro government students incite further turmoil, with dangerous protests planned Tuesday. Anti American sentiment grows as U S officials fear escalation.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Kanh
Khanh
Hue
Two Scouts Dominate Pokey Griffith Swim Meet at Camp Hook
About thirty scouts from ten troops competed in the Pokey Griffith District event at Camp Hook. Rodney Hamilton of Troop 9 Excello won two events in the 11 to 13 age group the 50 yard freestyle in 30 seconds and the 50 yard breaststroke in 39 seconds. Roger Lambert of Troop 18 claimed two wins in the senior division the 100 yard freestyle in 1 06 and the 100 yard backstroke in 1 25.
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Pokey
Griffith
Camp Hook
Rodney Ramilton
Excello
Roger Lambert
Hamilton
Lambert
Ed Lindham
Troop
Bruce Sant
Bruce Boullan
Cameron Daniels
Larry Fugate
Steve Daley
Gong
Willie Mashell
Mike O'Flynn
Steve Marshell
Bob Wise
Willie Marshall
Harry Bedford
Council
Bruce Bedford
Tim Goforth
Jack Worley
Norman Humphries
Russell Esker
Police Briefs Report Local Thefts and Incidents
Garret Stamper lost 450 in Traveler checks and 50 cash at home reported Saturday. Curtis St. said someone stole 2 from her purse early Sunday. Eggs were thrown at Fred Fetzer residence on Armco Drive yesterday morning. Rickey Curry, 19, said he was jumped by two men near Chester Street railroad tracks. Billie Wilson reported a pocketbook with 42 lost near Sonis Bar and Grill on Central Ave.
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Lawn Ave
Wavelers
Curtis St
Fred Fetzer
Armco Drive
Feizer Auto
Rickey Curry
Baltimore St
Chester Street
Billie Wilson
Moore St
Sonis Bar and Grill
Central Ave
Boy Hit With Bottle at Goldman Park
Gary Williams aged 10 from 6239 Germantown Road was treated at Middletown Hospital for a lacerated leg after being struck by a pop bottle at Goldman Park yesterday.
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Gary Williams
Germantown Road
Middletown Hospital
Goldman Park
Thieves Loot Pop Machine At Union Sanitary Laundromat
Burglars broke into a pop machine at the Union Sanitary laundromat located on Park Street and Second Avenue, damaging the unit but no injuries reported. Police appeal for witnesses and surveillance tips.
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Union Sanitary Laundromat
Park Street
Second Avenue
Grass Fire at Lincoln School Ignited by Cigarette
Middletown firemen responded yesterday afternoon to a grass fire near Lincoln School at Edgewood Street and Linden Avenue. They cited a lighted cigarette as the possible cause of the blaze.
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Middletown
Lincoln School
Edgewood Street
Linden Avenue
Two Butler Democrats Probe Governor Rhodes Over Delay
Hamilton candidates Arthur Reiff and John Connaughton Jr. accuse Gov. James A. Rhodes of hoodwinking voters by delaying a special session until after the November election. They question why the $500 million highway bond issue and redistricting decisions aren’t placed on the ballot and call for delaying salary increases for officials to prioritize education and aid to the blind and ill.
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Hamilton
James A. Rhodes
Arthur F. Reiff
John B. Connaughton Jr
Columbus
Reif and
Connaughton
General Assembly
Reiff
Ohio
Public Hearing Set on Port Lots Rezoning in Middletown
City Planning Commission of Middletown Butler County Ohio schedules a public hearing August 15 1964 at 7 30 pm in the City Building Commission Chamber. The hearing considers rezoning Port Lots 1843 and 1844 from R2 two to four family residence to 81 neighborhood business district requested by Attorney Alton H Combs for Mrs Bertha O Var ge. The property lies northeast of Yankee Road near Yankee Road and 14th Avenue. All interested persons urged to attend.
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Middletown
Butler County
Ohio
Commission Chamber
Alton H. Combs
Bertha O'Varge
Yankee Road
14Th Avenue
Twirlers Win Trophies in State Baton Contests
Middletown youngsters place in NBTA and USTA baton twirling events across Ohio. Candy Bailey wins solo and hoop, and junior twirloff at Brimfield NBTA contest. Barbara Back takes third in 13-year-old category at Columbus USTA event. Lu Ann Evans earns second in 10-year-old solo and fifth in juvenile strutting. Rhonda Sue Napier claims first in advanced eight-year-old and first in primary strutting in Columbus.
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Candy Bailey
NBTA
Brimfield
Barbara
USTA
Columbus
Lu Ann Evans
Rhonda Sue Napier
Big Bird Too Big for Perch in California Tragedy
A bald eagle with a 73 inch wingspan landed on a power line and short circuited to death in San Bernardino California. The crash caused a power outage for hundreds of homes in North San Bernardino North Muscoy and Devore and ignited about 10 acres of brush from burning feathers.
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San Bernardino
Calif
North Muscoy
Devore
Teens spend billions as spending climbs in late 1970s
The report notes teenagers spend an estimated 1 billion dollars annually and project that by 1979 their yearly cash outlay will reach 21 billion dollars. The figures reflect rising youth consumer power in the era.
Motorist Tales Highlight Quips From the Road
A humorous roundup recalls Leroy Witherspoon of Philadelphia who claimed he was not drunk at a crash because police arrived late. It notes a California man without a license drawing a pension for blindness, plus a Dallas drunk who argued rights on his own property. Finally a Paris auto show joke assigns buyer nationalities by car focus, with Americans judged by horn size.
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Peo
Leroy Witherspoon
Philadelphia
Lodi
California
Dallas
Texas
Paris
Retail and back-to-school shopping tips from local stores
The notice highlights G E Appliance Center with a focus on home GE products and attentive staff. It promotes shoe lines from Poll Parrot, Scamperoo, Connies, and accessories from IRVING'S Dot Lawrence. Also mentions T Grant notebooks and art supplies, with guidance on selecting jewelry from Hobe's and political elephant pins.
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Duane’s
Connies
Dot Lawrence
Irving's
Hobe
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Howard L. Baker
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Thelma Merritt
Jsan Chalmer
Chattanoogs
Andus Bradley
Akron
Oswald
Lebanon Cemetery
Memorial Home
Mrs
Essie Harper
Tedeyter
Maytag Washers & Dryers
Meyteg
Melampy
Roesors
Eddie Stigler
Paul R. Young
Paul R. Young-Griesmer- Grim
Pleasant Ave
Elks Parley
Kincaid
H.W. Jones
Insurance Agency Savings & Loan Bldg
Malcolm W. Brown
Associated Press
Ngo
Dinh Diem
Diem
da Nang
U. S
Garret Stamper
Freddie Hart
Butler
Gov. Rhodes
R. Paul Christiansen
Ning Commission
Dodds Monuments
Mgr
Sundeys
Bill Howe
THE
Howe Motor CO
Charlotte
Middletown Shopping Prize
G.E
Taylor
General Electric
A @ Management
T. Grant
Grant
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