Local Woman Killed In Cincinnati Crash
Mrs Wilma Gamble McCall 10 of 934 Eighth Ave was killed early yesterday in a Springfield Pike crash near Cincinnati. Alvin Bell 28 drove the car that left the road and struck a tree. three others were injured. Bell and John Bryant 23 were treated and released. Funeral arrangements are at C L Maxberry funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Gamble McCall
Eighth Ave
Springfield Pike
Woodlawn
Cincinnati
John Owens
John Bryant
Garfield St
General Hospital
McCall
James Gamble
Ramer
Ala
Sherelyn
Wilma
James Gamble, Jr
Omas Cargill
Alabama
Middletown High School
C. L. Maxberry Funeral Home
Polio Claims 10 Month Old Infant’s Life
Michael Tewart ten month old son of Mr and Mrs Ray Tewart of 1903 Columbia Ave died at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton since 7 p m from polio. Infant stricken late Thursday evening admitted to hospital. Survived by parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Ward Taylor of Red Lion and Mrs Ann Tewart of Middletown. Private funeral Tuesday at 2 p m at Joseph R Baker and Son Funeral Home with Rev R C Caudill officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Tewart
Ray Tewart
Columbia Ave
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Ward Tayior
Red Lion
Ann Tewart
Middletown
Joseph R. Baker and Son
R. C. Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Suit Filed Over Water Works Bond Feasibility
A mandamus suit to compel City Auditor Harry Newlin to issue 1.5 million dollars in mortgage revenue bonds for water works improvements was announced by City Attorney Fred J. Schatzgmann. Squire Sanders and Dempsey advised the move due to charter wording. Contracts for three project phases were approved, with Fisher Company bid 440000 for supply mains, Walton Vorhees bid 225000 for a second phase, and Chicago Bridge and Iron bid 47320 for an elevated storage tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Fred J. Schatzgmann
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
Harry Newlin
Fisher Company of
Columbus
Walton-Vorhees Company
Upper
Sandusky
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company
Vital Statistics Debria Razor and Others Recorded
Debria Lynn Razor of Dayton Ohio Michael Tewart of 1903 Columbia We Lloyd M Hoover aged 44 of 2500 Elmo Place and Harvey E Walker aged 81 of 3111 Tyius Ave are listed in vital statistics records with ages and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Michael Tewart
Columbia
Lloyd M. Hoover
Elmo Place
Harvey E. Walker
Tyius Ave
Local Families Welcoming Newborns in Franklin and Surrounding Areas
A series of birth notices from Franklin and nearby locales reports multiple newborns over the weekend and yesterday. Names include Hitte Mowery Lowe Raich Brewer Clark Rains Porter O Neill Carroll Back and Binsburg with Galion Hospital serving as the delivery site. Grandparents listed for Morrison and Rhoades families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hitte
Franklin
Laben Mowery
Yankee Rd
Frank Lowe
Navaho St
Darilla Raich
Middletown
William Brewer
Plum St
Thomas Clark
West Middletown
Hospital patient list includes many names and origins
The hospital roster lists patients and their addresses including Robert Hart of Franklin and Marilyn Gomin of Sixth Ave among numerous others. Entries show medical or surgical statuses with names such as James Witt, Leo Schinner, Mrs. Carl Hon, Mrs. Edwin Zickgraf, Mrs. Carl James, Miss Wanda Arvin, and more from Middletown and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hart
Robert Hart, Sr
Franklin
Charles Fletcher
North Verity
Cal
Carl Hon
Askew Ave
Edwin Zickgraf
Wilbraham Rd
Carl James
Cleveland St
Dewey Roberts
Middletown
Marilyn Gomin
Sixth Ave
William J. Niederlander
Charles Lukey, Jr
Yankee Rd
Louis Diefenbach
Stanley St
Wanda Arvin
Yankee Ra
Herschel Haynes
Logan Ave
Hassan
Catalpa
George Triplett
Fleming Rd
Clarence Baker
South Lebanon
Tony Denisi
Charles St
Clarence Bowling
Brentwood St
Marietta Casson
Hubert Smith
Vanderveer
Anna Miller
Philadelphia tax examiner dies in Cincinnati hotel room
Nick Charles Prisman, 57, a Pennsylvania tax examiner, died of a heart attack in his Netherland Plaza Hotel room in Cincinnati. Police said he was in the city on business and had been treated by a physician overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Nick Charles Prisman
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Netherland Plaza Hotel
Irvin Martin
Prisman
Middletown Girl Scout Council Meeting Countdown
A meeting of the Middletown Girl Scout Council is scheduled for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Girl Scout clubroom within the Civic Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Girl Scout Council
Girl Scout
Civic Association
Haulman to Speak at Oakland Church on Translators Road
Charlies Haulman Jr correspondent of the American Bible Society will speak Thursday at 7 30 pm at Oakland Presbyterian Church on Along the Translators Road He will also show a movie The Book for the World of Tomorrow about the Bible deposited in the Westinghouse Time Capsule slated to be opened 5 000 years hence The appearance wraps the churchs monthly family night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Translators Road
Charlies Haulman, Jr
American Bible Society
Oakland Presbyterian Church
Haulman
Westinghouse
Civilization
Defective Flue Blamed for Overpeck Home Fire
A defective flue caused 3500 in damage to Olin Mardis home in Overpeck. Firemen from Overpeck and Williamsdale fought high winds but kept the blaze from spreading. The fire started about 8 a.m. and destroyed the roof and second floor while neighbors helped remove first floor contents. Mrs. Mardis was home alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Olin Mardis
Williamsdale
Area Arrow Scout Session Planned Here
Local Boy Scout Council representatives attend an Order of the Arrow meeting for Northwest Service Area Region 4 in Middletown. Announcement of next year's area meeting time and place awaits action by the executive committee at the national lodge meeting next week. Paul Parker reports gains from discussions with other Council representatives at the Hotel Bancroft in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Council
Order of the Arrow
Northwest Service
Middletown
National Lodge
Paul Parker
Bancroft
Springfield
Parker
Council
Alien Vandervoort
Robert Moore
George Harvey
Aptitude Tests Slated for 180 MHS Seniors
About 180 MiddleTown High School seniors will take a general aptitude test this week, arranged by the Ohio State Employment Service. Representatives will conduct the testing on Wednesday and Thursday with teachers responsible for scoring and post test counseling. The aim is to help steer students toward suitable vocations through a yardstick of aptitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MiddleTown Senior High
Helen Hartman
City must decide by Dec 22 on taking over Veterans Village
The city faces a December 22 deadline to apply to take over the 50 unit Veterans Village on South Main Street from the federal Housing and Home Finance Agency. If no application is made the village would stay under current management or follow Lanham Act transfer terms granting the city revenue and control of disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Village
South Main St
W. C. Rivers
Housing and Home Finance Agency
PHA
Fred J. Schatzmann
Rivers
Lanham
Rivers States
Armco Steel Corporation
Judges Declare Yale Moratorium On Divorce Cases
Hamilton Butler County Common Pleas judges P P Boll and Fred Cramer announced a Christmas holiday suspension of hearing divorce cases. The moratorium extends from December 11 to January 6, continuing a several year practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Hamilton, D
Butler County Common Pleas
P. P. Boll
Fred Cramer
Five Named To Welcoming Committee For Santa Saturday
Middletown organizes a Santa arrival welcome with five officials and two merchants association members on the official greet team. City Commissioners Francie Carmody and Charles B. Stiles join Assistant Police Chief Joseph Newkirk Fire Chief William Fishbauch Roy L. Patterson and C Richard Greathouse. The parade starts at the airport and features the committee car followed by Santa’s sleigh and a Middletown High School band. Santa will distribute candy at the VFW home on Reynolds Ave after the plane arrives.
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Retail Merchants Association
Santa Claus
Middletown
Jack Clark
Francie Carmody
Charles B. Stiles
Joseph Newkirk
William Fishbauch
Roy L. Patterson
C. Richard Greathouse
Merchants’ Association
Santa
Armco
Clark
VFW
Reynolds Ave
Prominent Local Pharmacist Lloyd Hoover Dies Sunday
Lloyd M. Hoover a 44 year old pharmacist died of a heart attack at his home 2500 Elmo Place. He led the Gillen Crow Drug Co. for ten years in Middletown having been born in Dayton and a Cincinnati Pharmacy School graduate. He leaves a widow Gertrude a son Jack a daughter Dorothy his mother Mrs Olive Hoover two sisters Mrs Edmund Phillips and Mrs Edwin Tyson and a brother Paul Hoover. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 30 pm at First Evangelical United Brethren Church with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Monday 7-10 pm Tuesday 2-5 and 7-10 pm and until noon Wednesday when the body will be taken to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd M. Hoover
Elmo PI
Gillen-Crow Drug Company
Crawford St
Central Ave
Dayion
Pharmacy School
Cincinnati
Middleown
Gertrude
Olive Hoover
Middletown
Jack
Ohio State University
Dorothy
Edmund Phillips
Edwin Tyson
Paul Hoover
Peasttown Heights
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
E. R. Turner
Woodside Cemetery
McCoy-Leffler
Middletown Resident Dies at Home at 2:15 A.M.
Tytus Ave resident of Middletown for 75 years died at his residence. A Brown County native, he worked at Advance Bag Co until retirement 10 years ago and belonged to Calvary Methodist Church. Survived by widow Florence a niece Eva Riesen Cincinnati and nephews William Atwell Cincinnati and Robert Walker Middletown. Services Thursday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home at 2 36 p.m. Rev Fletcher Shoup officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday 2 5 and 7 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey E. Walker
Tytus Ave
Middletown
Brown County
Old Advance Bag Company
Calvary Methodist Church
Florence
Eva Riesen
Cincinnati
William Atwell
Robert Walker
McCoy-Leffler
Fletcher Shoup
Woodside Cemetery
Lawrence Calyton Serves on Federal Reserve Board
Lawrence Calyton, 58, a member of the Federal Reserve Bank's board of governors, was born in Salt Lake City Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lawrence Calyton
Board of Governors
The
Federal Reserve Bank
Salt Lake City
Utah
Retired Rear Admiral George B. Wilson
George B. Wilson born in Norfolk Virginia is identified as a retired rear admiral. The brief notice notes his birthplace and veteran status without additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George B. Wilson
Norfolk, Va
Martin Gorski a Democratic congressman from Chicago dies
Chicago congressman Martin Gorski aged 63 represented Illinois fifth district and was a native of Poland. He served as a Democratic member in the U S House. Born in Poland he built a political career in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Martin Gorski
Illinois
Poland
Obituary Notice for Dr Charles Moulton
Dr Charles Robert Moulton 65 longtime Argonne National Laboratory patent division assistant director and former University of Missouri professor died at home in Chicago Funeral services are pending with arrangements reflecting his academic and research career and his work at Argonne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Robert Moulton
Patent Division
The
Argonne National Laboratory
University of Missouri
Prominent Executives Pass Away in Obituaries
Garden City New York Frederick H. Leggett 73 retired treasurer and director of Western Electric. Arlington Massachusetts Walter E. Lannefeld 68 retired executive vice president of Lever Brothers born in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
N. Y
Frederick H. Leggett
The
Western Electric Company
Arlington
Mass
Walter E. Lannefeld
Lever Brothers Company
Chicago
Frederick Wens ley Former Scotland Yard Chief Constable
Frederick Wens ley, aged 84, renowned former chief constable at Scotland Yard, credited with solving many of Britain's most famous murder cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Frederick Wensley
Scotland Yard
Britain
Cistern Hazard Questionnaires Distributed to Students
The Middletown Safety Council plans to give grade school students questionnaires to map open cistern hazards and cess pools in the city. Safety director Paul E. Wilson distributed survey blanks to schools this morning to help complete the cistern sealing campaign begun last summer. The council offers free sealing services to residents seeking to remove dangerous openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Safety Council
Paul E. Wilson
The
Safety Council
Crowley wins county peace talk contest at Oakland Church
Middletown High School senior Don Crowley captured first place in the county final for the Prince of Peace dilamation contest and will represent Butler County's northern half in the January 8 district competition. Darrell Hodge took second and the alternate post with his talk War Is A Burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Crowley
Middletown
Butler County
Dayton
Cincinnati
J. E. Amstutz
Trenton
Oakland Presbyterian Church
Crowley
Darrell Hodge
MHS
Burnese” Crowley
Butler
Amstutz
Hamilton
C. Walter Warstler
Church of the Brethren
Thomas Stubbs
Ralph Mull
The
Federation of Women's Clubs
Shirley Maxwell
Jack Ballard
Middetown High School
Donna Dichoff
Marcella Gehron
Monroe
Red Cross Urges Members To Vote For New Board
Middletown Chapter of the American Red Cross calls its members to vote in the annual board election on December 13 at 4 p m in the Civic Association library. Ames Gardner, chapter chairman, says donors of $1 or more last year are eligible, with ballots presented by nominating committee chair Robert Lukens. The activities report will be distributed at the meeting per executive secretary Dorothy Spears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
American Red Cross
Ames Gardner
Anyyone
Civic Association
Robert Lukens
Dorothy Spears
Police Briefs Report Youths Detainments and Vehicle Projectiles
Two 1%-year-old youngsters were taken into custody as police watched while they swept glass from Yankee Road near the overhead bridge. The boys admitted tossing bottles at passing cars and a BB gun was found. Hamilton police hold three Middletown men on intoxication charges and will check today. One man carried about $12 in small change and another had a Middletown resident's name in a billfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee Rd
Hamilton
Middletown
Pastor and Wife Rescued From House Fire
In Zanesville firefighters saved Rev. A. Dale Sowers and his wife from a blaze at their home. The Sowers fled through an upstairs window and were lowered to the ground by a ladder. Fire officials blamed an overheated boiler at Central Presbyterian Church pastor’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Dale Sowers
James
Dayon Birth Announcement for Razor Daughter
Debria Lynn Razor, 21 day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Espa E Razor Jr, 62 Springfield Court Dayton former Middletown residents, named in city birth notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Debria Lynn Razor
Espa E. Razor, Jr
Springfield Court
Middletown
Eight Quartets Set For SPEBSQSA Parade
Eight barbershop quartets including two former international finalists are set to perform at a SPEBSQSA parade on Saturday December 10 at Lemon Monroe High School. Proceeds benefit the Lemon Township Athletic Association which supports local youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemon-Monroe High School
Charles J. Reuthe
Lemon Township Athletic Association
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Hamilton
Lebanon
Middletown
Tunecats
Connersville
Ind
Roundtowners
Murray Stevens
Closaires
Monroe High School
George Fleming
Ray Lovely
Bud Apking
Charles Margerum
Eight Suffer Injuries In Weekend Accidents
Eight people injured in city area crashes as heavy weekend traffic continued. Anna Miller 13 suffered a right leg fracture when struck by Dr Arnold Leeds 64 whose car skidded 80 feet attempting to miss her. No other injuries reported in subsequent crashes. one porch damage incident caused by a Dayton driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Miller
Fleming Rd
Arnold Leeds
Central Ave
Park Dr
McGee Ave
Arthur Miller
Leed
Middletown Hospital
McCoy-Jeffier
Car crash injures two near Hamilton on Route 117
Fred Riley, 19, of 208 South B Street Hamilton, drove a car off a curve on Route 117 last night. Riley suffered severe leg cuts and a forehead cut. Passengers William Gutting, 19, of Missouri, sustained a concussion, knee cuts, and bruising around the right eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moute 117
Fred Riley
Hamilton
Riley
William Gutting
Missouri
Four injured in Route 4 head on collision near Middletown
State patrolmen reported at 1:25 a m yesterday a two car crash on Route 4 sixty yards south of the Middletown city line. Dorsey Elam 50 of 1202 Prospect Ave driven car collided with William A Campbell 24 of 1970 Hayes Ave Hamilton. Elam suffered a broken right knee and rib. Passengers Garland Elam 34 Raymond Elam 22 had head cuts Wanda Arvin 17 702 Yankee Rd broke nose. Injured were transported to Middletown Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Dorsey Elam
Prospect Ave
William A. Campbell
Hayes Ave
Hamilton
Elam
Garland Elam
Raymond Elam
Wanda Arvin
Yankee Rd
Middletown Hospital
Damage estimate at $500 after three-car crash at Main and Central
Police reported an early yesterday three car collision at Main Street and Central Avenue causing about $500 damage. Don O Nair of 318 Tavior Avenue was driving one of the vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
Central Ave
Don O'Nair
Tavior Ave
Chicago Deadline and Harpen at the Paramount and Strand
At the movies listings show Paramount presenting Chicago Deadline with Alan Ladd and Donna Reed at 1:15 3:23 5:32 7:40 and 9:45 p m Strand offering Harpen with John Bromfield and Alice Louis at 7:40 5:45 and 8:50 p m The Last Bandit starring William Elliott and Forrest Tucker plays at 1:15 4:05 7:10 and 10:15 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Chicago
Alan Ladd
Donna Reed
Strand
Harpen
John Bromfield
Alice Louis
Last Bandit
William Elliott
Forrest Tucker
Knife Wound Suffered by Cleophus Smith in Middletown
Cleophus Smith of 1227 Sycamore Street sustained a cut to his right hand treated in the emergency room at Middletown Hospital. Police classify the injury as a knife wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleophus Smith
Sycamore St
Middletown Hospital
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Polio
Paul E. Binsburg
Dana Richard
Sun- Gay
Galion Hospital
Galion
R. E. Morrison
S. A. Rhoades
Carolyn Taylor
Howard Taylor
Taylor Ave
Michael Alfrey
Elvis Alfrey
Howard Reedy
Frank
Harold Slaybaugh
Earl J. Jones
L. F. Gosmeyer
Kunz Ave
Edward Fabing
Charlies Lamphier
Fayetteville
Ella Mellor
First Ave
Irving Mayweather
Ninth Ave
George FE. Lykins
Ronald Hayes
and Donald Hayes
Carrie Frisby
Arthur Caldwell
Sycamore
Stephen Brown
Raymond Brown
Fourteenth Ave
Denzil Brewer
Camden
Carmen Bleedow
Monroe St
James W. Barr
Smith St
Edward Augspurger
Second Ave
Te Tao Rce
Atria TV
Charles Haulman, JR
Sened Coupea
American School
Union Trust
Cincinnati 2
Ohio
Lloyd Hoover
Knoien
Good Samaritian Hospital
Allen Scott
Morris and Son Funeral Home
Associated Press
Red Cross
Middletown Gas & Electric Service
Social
THUR
Spebsqsa Parade
George Jeffries
Poasttown
Jeffries
Linus Beckett
Robert Russell
Columbus Hall
Runny Sa
Central
Williamson
Willamson Triplife
Williamson-Ziegler Pure
Seapentin Leate
Furnace Co
Broad St
Steele
Clinton St
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