City to Open Community Center Tuesday at Lafayette and Minnesota
The city plans a Tuesday opening for the Community Center at Lafayette Avenue and Minnesota Street with programs for youth teens and adults. Director Thomas Kimbrough resigned from Middletown High School to lead the center and will run after school, evening and weekend activities with tutoring, cooking classes and potential day care centers.
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Lafayette Avenue
Minnesota Street
Thomas Kimbrough
Middletown High School
Kimbrough
Franklinite Wrecks Car In East Franklin Intersection
A 25-year-old Franklin man Ronald B. Wells suffered chest contusions and possible head injuries after a one car crash at Park Avenue and Cedar Street. Wells, treated at Middletown Hospital and later released, was cited for excessive speed after his 1966 Chevrolet skidded 111 feet and rolled.
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Franklin
Park Avenue
Cedar Street
Ronald B. Wells
Betsy Drive
Middletown Hospital
Franklin Police Department
Well
Wells
Youths Held In Shooting Near Millville
Two Hamilton juveniles, David Uhl and Norman Langlais, age 14 and 15, are held at the Butler County Juvenile Detention Center for investigation after a 13 year old, George Ehler, was shot in the back and arm in a wooded area west of Millville. Deputies say the sawed down rifle owned by Uhl was used and the youths claimed the shooting was accidental. Ehler is in fair condition at Fort Hamilton Hospital.
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Hamilton
Millville
David Uhl
Cleveland Ave
Norman Langlais
Main St
Butler County
George Ehler
Uhl
Ehler
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Two Girls Hurt In Fort Ancient Crash Near Lebanon
At 12 15 a.m. a two car collision at Fort Ancient trading post sent Doris Husser 20 of Morrow Rt 1 and Carol Rainey 16 of Pleasant Plain to Middletown Hospital with facial lacerations. Dan Rainey 18 of Pleasant Plain suffered facial abrasions and was treated and released. Details were unavailable.
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Lebanon
Fort Ancient
Middletown Hospital
Doris Husser
Morrow Rt. 1
Carol Rainey
Walnut St
Pleasant Plain
Dan Rainey
Walnut Street
Woman rescued as blaze erupts in Yankee Road apartment
Police on patrol spotted smoke from 900 Yankee Road early today and saved a resident, Mrs. Cunningham, from a burning bedroom after waking Robert Ford and a neighbor. Fire, blamed on smoking in bed, caused about 50 dollars in damage. A child in the unit was not found after a search.
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Likle Cunningham Ma Ace
Robert Ford
Russell Dwyer
Wayne Hall
Yankee Road
Ford
Sgt. Dwyer
Pts. Hall
Mrs. Cunningham
Police Briefs Intruder Tied Linden Ave Home Cash Move
William Snider of 2208 Linden Ave reported $38 in cash taken from his home after an intruder tore out a basement window screen with a screwdriver.
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William Snider
Linden Ave
Local thefts and arrests report in regional area
Margaret Howerton reports jewelry and items valued over 300 dollars missing from her Holly Avenue home. Joe Baker, 34, of Miamisburg, arrested on grand larceny warrant for about 500 dollars in property from Harvey Sharp in New Lebanon. A 17 year old boy was arrested for drugs and detained at a juvenile facility after admitting to taking pills from another youth. State liquor agents arrested Roger Hall for buying alcohol and Leo Farmer for selling to minors at Millies Cafe. Mrs Denny Reed reports 100 dollars worth of clothing stolen from her car on Central Avenue. Samuel Kiser and Robert Cox arrested for driving while intoxicated.
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Margaret Howerton
Holly Ave
Joe Baker
Miamisburg
Harvey Sharp
New Lebanon
Roger L. Hall
Park St
Leo Farmer
Camden
Millies Cafe
S. Clinton St
Denny Reed
John St
Franklin
Central Avenue
Cox cited for DUI after crash on Trenton-Franklin Road
Robert Dale Cox 25 of 2217 Queen Ave was cited for driving under the influence after his car veered on a curve struck a power pole on Trenton-Franklin Road near Ohio 4. Cox fled the scene but was later located.
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Robert Dale Cox
Queen Ave
Trenton-Franklin Road
Ohio
Cox
Middletown Teachers Welcomed By MTA Leader Wilma Wood
Wilma Wood, president of the Middletown Teachers Association, urged 100 new teachers at a luncheon to join the MTA and the broader educational team. She noted the union won the right to bargain with school officials under her predecessor Zane Roe and stressed collaboration with administrators, the board of education, and the community to improve education for Middletown children.
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Wilma Wood
Middletown Teachers Association
Manchester Motor Inn
Board of Education
Roe
MTA
Weaver Appointed Butler County Dog Warden
Ernest Weaver, 57, of 123 N Marshall Road, is named by Butler County Commissioners to succeed J. B. Carroll as dog warden. He begins tomorrow after retiring as a Middletown police sergeant with 32 years service.
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Ernest Weaver
N. Marshall Road
Butler County
J. B. Carroll
The
Humane Association
Trenton-Hamilton Road
Weaver
Middletown
Butler Board Revamps Ballot For Write-Ins
Butler County elections board plans write-in spaces for all offices after a federal ruling. Voters will use three ballots with presidential and judicial, legislative and local races, and state and local issues on separate cards. Coyle Voting Machine Co. will supply machines and seek state approval. write-ins counted separately.
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Hamilton
Butler, County Board of Elections
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Martin A. Coyle
Coyle Voting Machine Co
Coyle
Ted W. Brown
Columbus
Butler County
Middletown
Harry B. Grevey
The
Elections Board
Heartbeat Cabinet Discusses SA Help Role At Citadel
Capt Edward Canty of the Salvation Army spoke at a Project Heartbeat cabinet meeting at the Citadel describing The Salvation Army services. The meetings run through Civic agencies to boost membership dues for 18 agencies. Barrel Leisner reported a burglary of 16 sheets of plywood from a new house under construction with an estimated loss of $70.
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Edward Canty
Salvation Army
Project Heartbeat
Citadel
Capt. Canty
Barrel Leisner
Busenbark Road
Trenton
Middletown Police Gain Six Patrolmen and Two Cadets
The Middletown police force graduates six new patrolmen and two cadets after a 10 week recruit course. Duke and Rommel the police dogs receive Lassie Gold Medal Awards for meritorious action presented by Keith Wolfram of WHIO-TV.
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Middletown
Man Stricken After Minor Crash Dies at Hospital
A 75-year-old Dayton man William Park Boian died at Kettering Memorial Hospital after a minor a rear end collision on Ohio 48 near Ohio 73. A passenger, Billie Zimmerle of Kettering, said Boian briefly inspected damage before suffering a heart attack and collapsing. He was transported to the hospital by Springboro Life Squad.
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Lebanon
Dayton
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Warren County
William Park Boian
Ohio
Boian
Billie Zimmerle
Kettering
Zimmerle
Kettering Hospital
Springboro Life Squad
Deaths And Funerals Relie Johnson
Relie Johnson 79 died yesterday at his home 701 Spring Ave Franklin. Retired Stone Container Corp employee born near Springboro. Survived by brothers Jack Franklin and Lester Covington Ky. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday Anglesby Funeral Home with Rev G W Tann. burial Springboro Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. at funeral home.
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Relie Johnson Franklin
Relie Johnson
Spring Ave
Johnson
Springboro
Stone Container Corp
Jack
Franklin
Lester
Covington
Anglesby
G. W. Tann
Funeral services for John P. Watson Jr.
John P Watson Jr 46 formerly of Middletown dies in Los Angeles where he had lived He worked 42 years for Miami Valley Milk Producers Association He was a Germantown Masonic Lodge member and past Germantown Eastern Star patron Surviving wife Laura daughter Joanna Zehring Germantown brother Howard Germantown and three grandchildren Services 2 p m Tuesday United Missionary Baptist Church Burial in Woodside Cemetery
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John P. Watson Jr
Middletown
United Missionary Baptist Church
James Holloman
Woodside Cemetery
Jordan Memorial Chapel
Watson
Los Angeles
Miami Valley Milk Producers Association
Germantown
Mrs Vina Norman 72 dies after hospital stay
Mrs Vina Norman age 72 of 232 Park Street died at 10 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital where she had been a patient since July 6. Survived by husband Rev Henry C Norman five daughters two sons a brother a sister and many grandchildren. Services 2 p m Wednesday at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home.
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Vina Norman
Park St
Middletown Hospital
Henry C. Norman
Church of God
Ora Ingram
Melbourne
Fila
Clara Lowery
Richmond
Fay Lane
Opalocka
Fla
Henrietta Green
Buchanan
Mich
Naomi Bowman
Miamisburg
Homer
Germantown
Sam Roberts
Pine Ridge
Dewey Roberts
Middletown
Green Howard
Winchester
Helen Combs
Georgetown
Ohio
Lula Hollon
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Widow Jeanie Woodward Dies at 30 in Middletown
Jeanie Audrey Woodward of 1069 Marty Lee Lane Carlisle died after two years of illness. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 9:30 a.m. She was born in Middletown and lived there all her life. Survived by husband Ora a son Scottie and daughters Toni and Candy. Her father Broderick Hartman and three brothers Robert James Arnold Hartman of Middletown. Arrangements pending at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Jeanie Audrey Woodward
Marty Lee Lane
Carlisle
Middletown Hospital
Woodward
Middletown
Ora
Scottie
Toni
Candy
Broderick Hartman
Robert
James
Arnold Hartman
Germantown Man Dies of Heart Attack at Home
Germantown native Germantown Rt. 1 resident Chryst, 67, died of a heart attack Thursday at his home. He retired in 1964 as plant manager of the district facility.
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Germantown
Eugene Chryst
Germantown Rt. 1
Mr. Chryst
Davilla Rauch 78 Dies. Rites Set At John Arpp Funeral Home
Davilla Rauch 78 of 263 West Market Street dies at Washington Manor. Services scheduled for 2 p.m. tomorrow at John Arpp Funeral Home with Pastor John Keithley officiating at Ellerton Cemetery. Rauch was a Bear Creek Grange member and part of Miamisburg Daughters of America and Junior Order lodges. He was a retired Jefferson Township farmer. Survived by wife Irene two sons William Centerville and Davilla Jr Dayton a daughter Sarah Gephart Jefferson Township a brother Elmer Jefferson Township and 14 grandchildren.
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Germantown
Davilla Rauch
W. Market St
John Arpp
John Keithley
Ellerton
Rauch
Washington Manor
Bear Creek
Irene
Sarah Gephart
Jefferson Township
William
Centerville
Davilla Jr
Dayton
Elmer
Obituaries for Loma Liesner and Ollie Brooks
Two longtime residents, Mrs. Loma Liesner aged 71 of St. Petersburg Florida formerly Hamilton, and Mrs. Ollie Brooks aged 100 of 4711 Port Union Road, are listed with funeral services set for Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. respectively, per Webb.
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Loma Liesner
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hamilton
Webb
Ollie Brooks
Port Union Road
Ashland Couple Hurt In Crash
An elderly Ashland couple, Louis Pete 74 and Lulu Pete 77, were injured when their car left Route 123 near Lebanon and struck a guardrail. They were treated at Middletown Hospital and released. Driver Mildred P. Fritz 55 of Ashland was uninjured.
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Lebanon
Ashland
Lebanon Corporation
Louis Pete
Lulu
Middletown Hospital
Pete
Mildred P. Fritz
E. Woodhill Drive
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Butler Board
Heartbeat Cabinet
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Whio
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Rommel
Douglas Hazen
Ohio Police Officers Training Council
Hazen
Middletown Force
Michael S. Hall
Kenneth G. Henderson
Roger C. Knable
Harvey E. Poff
Robert L. York
Martin L. Wright
Wright
Gerald W. Gentry
Donnie W. Owens
Robert F. Carson Jr
James Dearth
Eaton Force
Ralph E. Martin
Oxford
Wolfram
Herschel Caudill
John Maggard
Ron’s
Pawn Shop
Central Ave
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Dodds Monuments
Verity Privy
14Th Ave
Robert Konthier
Mgr
Jerry Lucas
Big Lake
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