Nine-Tenners Honored as Nation's Best Junior Achievement
The local Junior Achievement firm Nine-Tenners sponsored by WPFB won the national top honor at the NAJAC conference in Bloomington Indiana. Miss Sharon Cowgill accepted the trophy for the 17th annual event with delegates including Edward Blevins Ronald Rennard Roberta Hartzog and Jan Frallic in attendance.
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Nine-Tenners
Sharon Cowgill
Bloomingen
Ind
WPFB
United States
Canada
Ontario
Miss Cowgill
Edward Blevins
Ronald Rennard
Roberta Hartzog
Jan Frallic
Nurse Hurt In Crash Seeks Care At Middletown Hospital
Patricia Hurt, 24, a Middletown nurse, was treated in the emergency room after a two car crash at First Avenue and Canal Street. She was listed in good condition with a head injury and bruises to both legs and shoulder. Police charged Winford Phipps, 38, with failure to yield right of way after witnesses said he ran a stop sign.
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First Avenue
Canal Street
Patricia Hurt
Verity Hall
Winford Phipps
Curtis St
Phipps
Hunt
Canal
Three Middletown Men Charged In Coca Cola Burglary
Three Middletown men including Arthur Freeman Jr and Arthur Freeman Sr are to be arraigned in Municipal Court on charges from a burglary at the Middletown Coca Cola Bottling Co. Authorities say Freeman Jr admitted breaking in and stealing 2915 dollars, including 1723 in cash and 1186 in checks. Freeman Sr and Willie Griffin are charged with receiving and concealing stolen property about 300 dollars in silver. The elder Freeman and Griffin allegedly admitted possessing loot and the son burned the checks.
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Middletown
Coca Cola Bottling Co
S. Verily
Pkvy
Arthur Freeman Jr
Curtis Sr
Arthur Freeman Sr
Willie Griffin
Eighth Ave
Freeman
Griffin
Man Fined For No Dog License
Ernest Johnson was fined 25 dollars and costs for failing to possess a dog license in Franklin Municipal Court. Judge Albert Herrick presided in Judge J. T. Riley’s absence. Riley on vacation. Seven cases were continued.
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Franklin
Ernest Johnson
Ethel Ave
J. T. Riley
Lebanon
Albert Herrick
Herrick
Riley
Edward Metcalf
Franklin Rt. 1
Robyn Helton
Manchester Rd
William Hurd
Tibball St
Escaped inmate still at large in Warren County cornfield
Albert Baird Jr., 19, an escapee from the Lebanon Correctional Institution, remained at large after slipping into a Greentree Road cornfield near Warren County yesterday. State patrols, a plane, sheriff's officers, and Springboro police chased the man who vanished at 2 30 p m and again at 3 p m. He was not thought to be armed.
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Lebanon
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Greentree Road
Warren County
Albert Baird Jr
Pilus
Springboro
Edith Hart obituary 81 Eaton court stenographer
Services for Miss Edith O Hart 81 retired court stenographer will be at 2 PM tomorrow at Girton Schmidt Funeral Home burial in Mound Hill Cemetery Friends may call today after 2 PM at the funeral home She died Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton retiring in 1945 after 42 years as common pleas court stenographer for Preble County She lived with niece Elizabeth Banta 122 Lowry Ave Survived by brothers Howard Charlies Hart Eaton Roy Hart Sylvania and sister Mrs Lucy Earman Eaton
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EATON
Edith O. Hart
Girton- Schmidt
Mound Hill
Hart
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dayton
Common Pleas Court
Preble County
Elizabeth Banta
Lowry Ave
Howard and
Charlies Hart
Roy Hart
Sylvania
Lucy Earman
Widow B R Weishaar 78 of 118 Monroe Dies
Mrs Blanch R Weishaar 78 of 118 Monroe Street Middletown died 11 05 am at Middletown Hospital after an illness begun last Friday She retired in 1937 after 20 years as a PBX operator at Gardner Richardson Co She born College Corner a long time Middletown resident member of First Methodist Church No immediate survivors Husband Joseph R died 1955 Services 10 30 am Monday Riggs Funeral Home burial Woodside Cemetery
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Riggs Funeral Home
Donald W. Cryer
Woodside Cemetery
Elmer Crow 62 Dies at Garden Manor Rest Home
Elmer Crow age 62 of Germantown Route 1 died at 2 50 pm yesterday at Garden Manor Rest Home. A WWI veteran and member of Fagles Lodge 528 he worked at the Animal Shelter south of Trenton before illness. Survived by wife Margaret three sisters and a brother. Services Monday 2 pm at Clayton Street Church of God with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Visitation Sunday 2 5 and 7 9 pm at Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home and Monday after 12 30 pm at church.
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Elmer Crow
Germantown Rt. 1
Garden Manor Rest Home
Mr. Crow
Trenton
Fagles Lodge
Salt Lick
Margare
Nannie Crow
Middletown
Elle Hite
Mollie Gillespie
Mt. Sterling
Mexico Pitts
Clayton Street Church of God
Hacker Jenkins
Austin Smith
Woodside Cemetery
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Obituary Notices for Meadows and Flenner
Mrs. Nannie B. Meadows aged 91 of 1006 Grand Blvd. will have services at 10 a.m. Monday in Webb Funeral Home. Mrs. Louise Flenner aged 76 of 721 Clinton Ave. will have services at 10 a.m. Monday in Kiaus Memorial Chapel.
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Nannie B. Meadows
Grand Bivd
Webb
Louise Flenner
Clinton Ave
Kiaus
Missing man Irvin Harvey located after days at large
Irvin Harvey 80 was reported missing from 1412 Young Street on Tuesday and found by Germantown police. He was taken to Montgomery County Jail Dayton for safekeeping and was to be turned over to relatives today.
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Young St
Irvin Harvey
Germantown
Montgomery County
Dayton
Drownings Up Toll In Preble County Tragedy
The Preble County drowning toll rises with three more deaths as the Myers twins Donnie Joe and Ronnie Joe and other victims are mourned. Mothers from Middletown react to the losses while grief confines families near the pond. The Myers boys, Taft School students, were part of the Church of God choir and known as the Myers Trio. Surviving relatives include the mother, a brother Johnnie, a sister Valerie Jean, and grandmothers Mrs. Vallie Myers and Mrs. Lillie B. Frazier.
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Donnie Joe
Ronnie Joe
Taft School
McKinley Junior High School
Middletown
11Th Avenue
Lincoln Street Church of God
Myers
Johnnie
Valerie Jean
Vallie Myers
Lillie B. Frazier
Funeral services set for Tuesday at Church of God
Services will be held at 1 p m Tuesday at the Church of God with Rev William Reynolds officiating Burial will follow at Woodside Cemetery Friends may call at the church Monday after 6 p m Arrangements are by Bailey Funeral Home
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Church of God
William Reynolds
Woodside Cemetery
Bailey Funeral Home
Three Injured in Middletown Assaults and Robbery
Three assault victims were treated at Middletown Hospital after incidents last night. Lester Drake 21 was robbed at gunpoint by three men after being forced from a car at Yankee Road and Pearl Street. William Neal 37 was struck outside Parkview Cafe on Yankee Road. Earl Frazier Jr. 34 suffered a fractured right arm after being knocked down stairs on Crawford Street.
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Middletown Hospital
Lester Drake
Strebee Road
West Middletown
Yankee Road
Lafayette Avenue
Drake
Pearl Street
William Neal
Seneca St
Parkview Cafe
Yankee Rd
Earl Frazier Jr
Burton Rd
Frazier
Crawford Street
Tragedy at Greenbush Farm Pond West Elkton
Curious crowds flock to a farm pond near West Elkton after three boys are found dead or missing following a boat trip. Rescue workers work in silence as authorities investigate the scene on a rural Ohio farm.
No Charges Filed Yet In Rifle Theft
Franklin police say no charges have been filed against a Franklin man linked to a rifle stolen from a Beech Drive home on July 12. The suspect is unnamed pending further investigation, with the weapon having changed hands about four times before the last buyer alerted the owner. Emma Balenger identified the rifle as the stolen item after her home was rummaged. a watch, radio, and billfold were also taken, though only the rifle was recovered.
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Franklin
Beech Drive
Emma Balenger
Beech
Alarms Keep City Firemen Busy with Six Calls
City firemen answered six alarms yesterday and early today with three misfires. They attended a grass fire in the 800 block of S Breiel Boulevard rear, a bush fire at 600 Florence Street, and a motor vehicle fire at 14th Avenue and S Verity Parkway in a James Foster truck from Middletown Trailer Court. False alarms were reported at Eighth Avenue and Lincoln Street, Garfield Street and Hudson Avenue, and Henry Avenue and Auburn Street.
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S. Breie! Boulevard
Florence St
14Th Avenue
S. Verity Parkway
James Foster
Middletown
Air Conditioning Commercial Refrigeration Heating Service
A business at 425 Clark Street offers air conditioning, commercial refrigeration, and heating services. Local customers can arrange installations, maintenance, and repairs through this GA area provider central to home and business climate systems.
Three Boys Die After Boat Accident at Pond
Three small boys died when a leaky boat sank in a pond on a hot summer morning. Rescue workers and police attended as ambulances carried the casualties away past a Keep Out sign while crowds dispersed.
Firman Sent Back to Hamilton State Penitentiary
Gordon Spunky Firman twenty one returns to jail after capture near Sherrodsville Ohio. He claims the four Hamilton teens joined him willingly but prosecutors say he forced them at gunpoint. Firman faces about thirty years for kidnapping and related charges linking to an Aug. 16 incident in Hamilton.
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Hamilton, Ohio
Gordon
Firman
Spring Street
Columbus
Ohio
Tuscarawas County
Butler County
Hamilton
Nelsonville
Paul Pell
Robert Marrs
New Philadelphia
Sherrodsville
Homer Leffler
Middletown
Roberta Wilkin
Ivy Daugherty
Wilkin
Mansfield Reformatory
Mabel Utsler
N.ith St
Fines For Sunday Liquor Sales At Cottage Inn
State liquor agents arrested the Cottage Inn owner George Clayton Sr and waitress Mary Lou Hise for Sunday sales of intoxicating liquor. Both were fined $25 plus costs by Municipal Judge J. T. Lamb for selling beer with 3 to 7 percent alcohol after 2 30 a m on August 14 at 3237 Yankee Rd. John T. Holman of Kokomo was fined $50 for disorderly conduct after carrying a concealed gun, with the weapon ordered confiscated. Additional fines were issued to Ora Burdge Richard E. Allison Donald Strong Paul F E Moon Jr and Frederick Franklin with various suspensions or terms.
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Cottage Inn
J. T. Lamb
George Clayton Sr
Fernwood Sr
Mary Lou Hise
Excello Trailer Court
Yankee Rd
John T. Holman
Kokomo
Ind
Holman
Old Crow
Donald Strong
Clarendon Ave
Paul FE. Moon Jr
Vannest Ave
Frederick Franklin
Columbia Ave
Clarksville Man Injured When Truck Skids In Warren County
A 33 year old Clarksville man Charles Myers was transport ed to Middletown Hospital in fair to good condition after his eastbound truck skidded 490 feet on Greentree Road just east of the Butler Warren county line. He suffered head and hip injuries in the 12 14 a m crash.
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Clarksville
Middletown Hospital
Greentree Road
Warren County
Butler-Warren County
Charles Myers
Myers
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