Middletown area deaths and services announced
Obituaries list Claude Gibbs 73 of 3204 Illinois Ave and Hattie Leak 89 of 539 Lebanon St with services planned at McCoy Leffler and Riggs Monroe chapels. Also noted are Lamar Lipscomb 25, Anna May Mount 97, Robert S. Dey 61, Helen M. Powell 64 and others with burial in Woodside GermanTown Sugar Grove and Dayton area cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Gibbs
Illinois Ave
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Gibbs
Frenchburg
Edna
Zora Hurst
Alberta Brashears
Pauline Bowling
Middletown
Zonetta Terrel
Trenton
Betty Blevins
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Nancy Fox
Hattie Leak
Lebanon St
Monroe
Riggs Monroe Chapel
Dayton Memorial Cemetery
Funeral Home
Emester Lipscomb
Wayne
Second Baptist Church
N. L. Cooper
Woodside Cemetery
Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel
Anna May Mount
Garden Manor
Hamilton
Germantown
Robert S. Dey
E. Market St
Germantown Cemetery
Charles Messmer
John Arpp
Dey
Carlton Envelope Co
West Carrollton
Helen M. Powell
Lewisburg
Good Samaritan
Three hurt in two car wreck near Roosevelt Boulevard
At 6 25 p m yesterday a two car crash on Roosevelt Boulevard near Jackson Lane injured Richard A Boxwell 21 of 4510 Roosevelt Blvd and Ernest L Wade 22 of 3945 Roosevelt Blvd with knee and forehead cuts Wade treated at Middletown Hospital Edward Jones 22 of 373 Todhunter Road and Billy Mack 20 of 2667 Audubon Drive suffered minor injuries as passengers in the Boxwell car damages were 2500 and 1200 respectively
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Boulevard
Jackson Lane
Richard A. Boxwell
Roosevelt Blvd
Roosevelt
Ernest L. Wade
Boxwell
Wade
Middletown Hospital
Edward Jones
Todhunter Road
Billy Mack
Audubon Drive
Fire calls report with multiple incidents yesterday
Fire logs show six incidents on Crawford Street Wayne Avenue Superior Avenue Garfield Street Sutphin Street Meadow Avenue. Included are a 98 year old man with no assistance needed a short in electrical wire a 7 year old with a cut forehead a child’s arm trapped and a 66 year old man with breathing difficulty all receiving varying levels of treatment or transport by squad or ambulance. All others left or were treated on scene as noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadow Ave
Virgil Wells
Two Huff petitions ruled illegal by Butler County Board
In a special session the Butler County Board of Elections invalidated the candidacy petitions of Ron and Janet Huff for Ross Board of Education due to allegedly forged signatures and referred them to the prosecutor. Also a hearing on New Miami Council candidate George Dell petitions found valid after signature checks. Dalton plans appeal and a BCI handwriting check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County Board of Elections
Ron
Janet Huff
Huff
Beechwood Drive
Ross
Boards of Education
Ross Board of Education
Butler County Board of Education
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
D. Cornell Dalton
New Miami
Dalton
George Dell
BCI
John Holcomb
Car Door Opens as Two Fall from Turning Car
At 12 40 p m two passengers fell from the right side of a turning car at Park Street and Girard Avenue. Christopher Cook ten months old received head abrasions at Middletown Hospital. The other passenger was unnamed. Debbie Cook eighteen of Woodlawn Avenue drove at 10 to 20 mph. police cited a defective door latch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Street
Girard Avenue
Christopher Cook
Middletown Hospital
Debbie Cook
Woodlawn Ave
Choir program at West Elkton for robes
West Elkton United Methodist Church choir will perform tomorrow at 5 p.m. to raise funds for new robes. A covered dish dinner follows the program and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Elkton
United Methodist Church
Woman Injured in One Car Crash on Grand Avenue
A 22 year old woman sustained chest pains and knee injuries in a single vehicle crash at 2 15 a m on Grand Avenue at Sutphin Street. Doris Shepherd of 333 W Oxford State Road drove a 1968 car off the road hitting a tree after failing the Sutphin turn. The car was totaled and she received treatment at Middletown Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Avenue
Sutphin Street
Doris Shepherd
Oxford State Road
Sutphin
Middletown Hospital
Man Placed on Five Years Probation for Hallucinogen Sales
A Middletown man Kenneth Wilhoit 2116 Queen Ave pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of an hallucinogen for sale and was sentenced to five years probation by Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer in Hamilton County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Middletown
Kenneth Wilhoit
Queen Ave
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Police Briefs Report Ladders and Bicycle Thefts
A 30 foot aluminum extension ladder worth 50 dollars disappeared from Discount Beverage Drive-Thru at 2632 Tytus Ave, per owner Howard Johnson. Paul Hamm of 201 Shafer St. reported the theft of a bicycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Discount Beverage Drive-Thru
Tytus Ave
Howard Johnson
Paul Hamm
Shafer St
Robber robs Trenton carryout at gunpoint
A man in sunglasses and a beach hat, late 40s, robbed B and J Carry Out at 9 55 p m taking an undisclosed amount of cash. Mary Woolum and others were ordered to the floor as a getaway car picked up the robber and an accomplice. Police call the case open and under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
B&j
Miami St
Mary Woolum
Cyclists to Ride for Cancer Unit in Mid Reed Event
Stan Reed Jr the WPFB program director was named chairman of the first American Cancer Society Bike-A-Thon for Middletown Butler County. The event on Saturday Oct 13 runs 9 am to 4 pm with a five mile route up to 50 miles per rider. Participants collect sponsors per mile as proceeds support the Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Reed Jr
WPFB
Richard M. Wilson
Middletown-Butler County
American Cancer Society
Middletown
Reed
The
Cancer Society
Breiel Boulevard
Carlisle Upgrades Police Communications with Federal Aid Plan
Carlisle village council approved an $800 purchase for two walkie talkies and a cruiser radio unit as part of a plan to apply for three to one federal matching funds. The measure aims to enhance police communications with potential federal aid by late 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Abney
Carlisle
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Robert Reichard
Fair sheep winners take top honors at Butler County Fair
Hamilton winner H R E Keltner and Sons of New Vienna led open sheep judging in Rambouillet Cheviot Shropshire and Corriedale divisions. Hapshire England entries dominated several classes, with Marvin Distler Cincinnati and Roger Tuesdale South Charleston among other top placers. Additional wins came from Hesseltbrock Zorn Martin Gaker and Tim George in various Suffolk Columb ia and Montadale divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
R. E. Keltner and Sons
New Vienna
Butler County
Rambouillet
Cheviot
Shropshire
Corriedale
Ram
Marvin Distler
Cincinnati
Ewe Lamb
Ewe
Roger Tuesdale
South Charleston
Ohio
Carl Hesselbrock
Okeawa
Dorset
Ram Lamb
Suffolk
Keltner
Connie Zorn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lamar A. Lipscomb
14Th Ave
Mr. Lipscomb
Gadsden
Ala
Middletown High School
Ohio State University
University of Cincinnati
Armco Steel Corp
Air Force
Anna Mount
Clifford Crawford Sr
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Dorothy Wise
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Robert Dey
Helen Powell
Farmersville
Myrtle Poff
James L. Cowl
Powhatan Point
Earl Wells
Batesville
Ind
John E. Shafer
Kramer & Moeller Funeral Home
N. Commerce St
Aubrey Bates
Sugar Grove Cemetery
Rudolph Thiem
Hamilton-Scipio Road
Klaus-Weigel
Greta Forton
Ridgewood Ave
Detroit
Charles Balsinger
Dixie Highway
Crawford St
Wayne Ave
Drew Tatnan
Douglas St
Superior Ave
Thomas Gausling
Garfield St
Scott Gibson
S. Sutphin St
Central Ave
Middletown, O
First Avenue
Pag Ray
Trenton Carry-Out
Cancer Unit
Athens
Youth Against Cancer Group
Jack Shotwell
Dallas Powers
A. Roth Dresch
Butler Builders
Cobra Co
Reichard
David Way
Richard
Nicholas
John Edwards
Jill Lane
Easter Drive
Carlisle Ponytail League
Joan Zorn
Flock
Lynn Zorn
Columbia
James B. Martin
Robert Gaker
Montadales
Tim George
Oxford
DIAL
Stephen C. Ridenour
West State St
Dodds Monuments
Verity Pkvy
Charles
Bud) Steller
Mgr
Stanley
E. 4Th St
Franklin
Stanley Tools
Electrichises
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