Civil War author Bruce Catton dies at 78
Bruce Catton, Pulitzer Prize winning Civil War author, dies at 78 in Paul Oliver Hospital Franks Frankfort Michigan near his summer home He rose to prominence after writing A Stillness at Appomattox and other works on the Army of the Potomac and Civil War era His career included roles in government service and later prolific historical volumes covering US military tradition and regional history
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Frankfort
Mich
Bruce Catton
Catton
Paul Oliver
Lower Michigan
New York
Bruce Huron
Appomatox
Detroit News
Benzonia
War Production Board
Washington
Grant
Shenandoah
Deaths Toll in Middletown Area Funeral Notices
Raymond Clifford Cowgill 60 of 94 Catalpa Drive died today at Middletown Hospital after a two year illness. An Army WWII veteran, he retired medically in 1971 from Inland Container. Survived by daughter Sharon Difonzo and son-in-law, brother Chester, and three grandchildren. Arrangements pending at Wilson-Schramm Memorial Home. Funeral services for Mrs. Stanley B. Morris 74 of Miamisburg, who died yesterday, will be held Thursday with burial at a local cemetery. Survived by two sons, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren, sisters and brothers. Services Thursday 10:30 a.m. at Joseph R. Baker Funeral Home. Burial Butler County Memorial Park. Visitation Wednesday evening. Also services for Hazell Knox 72 of 800 14th Ave. at Mount Zion Baptist Church and Woodside Cemetery Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel, with details on time. In Eaton, Louetta Crowe 56 of Dayton died yesterday at home after extended illness. Survived by husband Thomas, three sons, five daughters, two sisters, and 25 grandchildren. Rev. Bill Drake to officiate at Thursday service, burial Woodhill Cemetery. Visitation Eaton Funeral Home Wednesday. In Hamilton, death notices for Nora Mae Johnson 87 of 1801 Grant Lane and Mae Coyle 91 of 992 Campbell Ave. services scheduled Wednesday.
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Raymond Clifford Cowgill
Catalpa Drive
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Mr. Cowgill
Inland Container
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sharon Difonzo
Rockville
Chester
Wilson- Schramm
Roscoe C Smith
Clearwater
Fla
Ella Roberts
Ollie Ratliff
Fordsville
Lillian Rogers
Royal Oak
Mich
Frank Berry
Russell Berry
Maliba
Joseph R. Baker
Darrell Stapleton
Butler County Memorial Park
Hazell Knox
14Th Ave
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Paul Whitfield
Woodside Cemetery
Hall-Jordan
Franklin
Eaton
Louetta Crowe
Dayton
Robert Sargent
Oxford
Kelly Sargent
Campton
Ann Riley
Maggie Snowden
Beattyville
Bill Drake
Woodhill Cemetery
Eaton Funeral Home
Hamilton
Nora Mae Johnson
Grant Lane
Community Multicare Center
Pentecostal Church of God ‘Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
Mae Coyle
Campbell Ave
Colligan
Kiniyalocts Fund barbecue slated
The ninth annual Mike Kiniyalocts Memorial Fund chicken barbecue will be Sept 16 at Camp Hook from 5 to 7 pm. Proceeds fund camping scholarships for Scouts from low income families. Since 1969 the fund has aided 233 boys in the Mound Builders Area Council at a cost of over $6,650. Tickets are $3 for adults, half price for children under 12, and free for under 12 with a parent. Tickets from the scout office in Middletown Area United Way Building or by calling 423-6507.
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Mike Kiniyalocts
Camp Hook
Friends
Vietnam
Kiniyalocts
Mound Builders Area Council
Middletown Area
United Way
Telethon volunteers to take pledges in Warren County
In Lebanon the Council on Aging will be staffed by Retired Seminar Volunteer Program volunteers to handle calls for the Jerry Lewis Telethon to fight muscular dystrophy. Lois Freeze, county COA chair and RSVP director, leads callers from 6 p.m. Sunday to 6 p.m. Monday at phone numbers 932 2690 and 423 0876. Last year Warren County contributions topped $3,000 with RSVP help.
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Lebanon
Council On Aging
Lois Freeze
Coa
Death of actor Robert Shaw shocks film world
British actor and author Robert Shaw died suddenly near his home in Ireland from an apparent heart attack. He collapsed while driving with his wife and son, cutting short a career that included The Deep and Jaws.
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Robert Shaw
Ireland
Telethon Center Opens in Middletown for Muscular Dystrophy Drive
A telethon center will be set up at West Side Federal Savings and Loan in Middletown during the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon Sunday and Monday. Local chairman Mrs. Riley E. Spencer notes last year’s $10,000 pledge from Middletown and nearby areas. Money collected stays to aid patients in Butler and Warren counties and supports victims of 35 other neuromuscular diseases.
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Middletown
West Side
Area students gain degrees from UD and Bowling Green
Five area students earned degrees from University of Dayton and Bowling Green State University. Thomas Harden earned a master of science in educational administration, Linda Lovely a bachelor of science in elementary education magna cum laude, Lori Ann Johnston a bachelor of arts in history, Cheryl Miller a master of science in education, and Mark Mattingly earned a bachelor of science in applied microbiology from Bowling Green State University.
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University of Dayton
Bowling Green State University
Thomas K. Harden
Roosevelt Blvd
Linda Lovely
Germantown Road
Lori Ann Johnston
Douglas Ave
Monroe
Cheryl A. Miller
Gratis
Bowling Green
Mark A Mattingly
Hickory Lane
Lebanon
Trailer Fire Extinguished at Elk Creek Road Residence
Madison Township firefighters from the South Miltonville station were dispatched at 1 25 a m to an unoccupied house trailer at 4389 Elk Creek Road. Damage limited to a bedroom with an estimated loss of 150 dollars. The owner is Rhelan Smith of 4428 Elk Creek Road. A passerby reported the fire. no cause listed. Firefighters returned to station about 2 30 a m.
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Madison Townshi
Miltonville
Elk Creek Road
Rhelan Smith
Carlisle school board inspects buildings at special meeting
The Carlisle school board spent about two and a half hours reviewing school buildings in a special meeting Monday. They approved the employment of Judy Norris as art teacher at the high and primary schools and approved substitutes and supplemental assignments. The Pee Wee organization was granted use of the football field on Sept 10.
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Carlisle
Judy Norris
Pee Wee
Butler Rural Electric plans test of heat extractor in Ohio
Butler Rural Electric Cooperative led by Robert Mainous plans a test of a ground water to air heat extractor on display at its Hamilton headquarters. The unit, made by Tetco, promises up to 50 000 Btu per hour heat output and potential home heating cost reductions of 70 percent. A homes project on Gardner Road will be monitored, with infrared heat-loss photos offered to homeowners at about 40 dollars each.
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Hamilton
Robert Mainous
Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative Inc
Mainous
Germantown
Harrison
Ohio 177
TETCO
Westerville
Mathous
Ohio
Butler Rural Electric
Gardner Road
Middletown Man Harris Sentenced to Reformatory Terms
Hamilton Ohio. Clifford Harris 19 of 416 Curtis St Middletown was sentenced in Butler County Common Pleas Court to two concurrent six month to five year reformatory terms for the May 28 theft of a 1972 Plymouth and a break in at Bob's Body Shop on North Verity Parkway. Judge Arthur J Fiehrer also found Harris guilty of probation violation and ordered two previously suspended six month to five year terms to be served concurrently. He had been placed on probation last February after pleading guilty to two counts of breaking and entering and one of grand theft.
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Hamilton
Clifford Harris
Curtis St
Middletown
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Butler County Common Pleas Court
North Verity Parkway
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Harris
Reformatory
Lincoln National Corp declares quarterly dividend
The board of Lincoln National Corp Fort Wayne Ind declares a quarterly cash dividend of 60 cents per share on common stock and 75 cents on preferred shares. Dividends payable Nov 1 to common shareholders of record Oct 10 and Dec 5 to preferred shareholders of record Nov 13.
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Lincoln National Corp
Fort Wayne
Ind
Two Juveniles Appear in Theft Case at Duff's Cafe
Police arrested two 16 year old boys on complicity charges after five youths allegedly stole keys from Duff's Cafe on Charles Street. A delivery man used the keys to access a storeroom. two youths were found behind the building and later released to their parents with a court appearance ordered for today.
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Duff's
Charles Street
Caf
Police Briefs Loot Strikes Multiple Local Vehicles
Police report thefts from several vehicles and vandalism to houses under construction. Rick Birch lost six fishing rods and reels totaling 370 dollars from his car on Woodlawn Avenue. Howe Motors on Verity Parkway saw five tires and wheels worth 115 dollars each stolen from a 1978 car. Kenny Haddix reported tools, a stereo, tapes and more valued at 269 dollars taken from his van on Yankee Road. Vandal damage occurred to three houses under construction on Kilkerry Drive with windows broken tar paper torn and glue spread.
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Rick Birch
Woodlawn Ave
Howe Motors
N. Verity Parkway
Kenny Haddix
Yankee Road Westerday
Kilkerry Drive
Middletown YMCA hosts parent training for preschool swim classes
Judy Goecke, swim instructor for the Y, will lead a volunteer session at the Middletown Area YMCA on Thursday from 9 30 a m to 3 p m. Lunch will be served and babysitting provided. Attendees should meet in the Y lobby at 9 30 a m and bring a towel and swimsuit.
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Middletown Area
YMCA
Judy Goecke
Local girl wins Miami University Merit Scholarship
Mary Lynne Quinnan daughter of Mr and Mrs Brian R Quinnan 1813 N Marshall Road has received the Miami University Alumni Merit Scholarship for the coming school year The Dave and Gladys Finkelman Memorial Scholarship 250 per semester supports her as a freshman at the Middletown Campus majoring in social work and psychology She graduated from Middletown High in June and was named Noon Optimist Club Teen of the Month and WPFB Outstanding Teen of the Year She led the student council and volunteered for Doty House and the Kidney Foundation
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Mary Lynne Quinnan
Brian R. Quinnan
N. Marshall Road
Miami University
Dave and
Gladys Finkelman
Four hurt in U S 22 two car crash near Morrow
Four persons were injured in a two car crash on U S 22 west of Morrow. Betty J. Stegemoller 18 of Pleasant Plain Ohio stopped to turn. Elizabeth A Schuchter 16 of 2041 E U S 22 rear ended Stegemoller. Both drivers and two passengers were injured. Miss Schuchter was charged with failing to maintain an assured clear distance. All were treated and released at Bethesda North Hospital.
Yule card chairmen selected for Middletown ACS drive
The Middletown-Butler County Unit of the American Cancer Society selects Mrs. Mary Grey Emmett as chairwoman and Mrs. Mary Weeks as co chairwoman for the 12th local Christmas card campaign. About 45 volunteers will operate in Middletown neighborhoods and workplaces. Cards are sold non door to door with past buyers contacted. new buyers may reach the Cancer Society office at Verity Hall or volunteers. Proceeds split with half to the card maker and half to the Cancer Society supporting patient services and education programs.
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Cochairman
Middletown-Butler County
American Cancer Society
James F. Stewart
Mary Grey Emmett
Longford Court
Mary Weeks
Rosedale Road
John Emmett
Lee Weeks
Middletown
Emmett
Weeks
Cancer Society
Verity Hall
Dorothy Hegg
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MD Center
Carlisle Board
First Church of God
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Yule Card
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Verity
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