Jasper Kievit Dies Following Heart Attack at 55
Jasper Kievit a prominent Mid town industrial executive died at 4 p m yesterday after a heart attack at his 138 Euclid Street home He was vice president and a director of Crystal Waxing Company and previously with Shelby Wax Paper Company He served in World War I and held civic roles including First Methodist Church board and American Legion Survivors include widow Patricia a daughter Gloria Guise and brother Chris Funeral at First Methodist Church Saturday at 2 pm with arrangements at Riggs Funeral Home and burial in Woodside Cemetery.
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Jasper Kievit
Euclid St. W
Kievit
Crys- Waxing Company
Middlewn Hospital
Crysta
Interes
Crystal
Shelby Wax Paper Cmpany
Shelby, O
Kievits
e@ First Methodist Church
Board of Truste
Incom Lodge
Army Air Corps
Middletown
American Legion
Atrice
Gloria Guise
Ohio State Uni
Chris
Kalamazoo
Mich
First Methodist Church
Kenneth S. Learey
Riggs
Woodside Cemetery
Former June Jurgensen Dies in Florida Hospital
Mrs. L Frank McGee a former Middletown resident dies suddenly at Good Samaritan Hospital West Palm Beach Florida. She moved to Lake Worth in 1944 attended Middletown and Roosevelt schools and Miami University graduating 1943. Survived by husband parents sister and two nephews. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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L. Frank McGee
Middletown Hools
Good Samaritan Pital
West Palm Beach
McGee
June Irgensen
C. E. Jurgen
Lake Worth
Fla
Miami University
Teacha Roosevelt
Maryenrs
Jurgensen
Litsch
Cincinnati
Middletown
Florida
Hot Springs
Ariz
At the Movies iRAMOUNT Thursday
The article lists several film showtimes including Breaking Point Farewell to Yesterday Mr 880 Headhunters of Amazon Atrocities Fort San Diego Gunfire Hijack The Crisis Toast of New Orleans with multiple daily screenings and varied start times.
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Amazon
Ft. San Diego
Iday
NIAL
Riday
Central Store Employees Hold Yule Party
Central Store employees gathered at the Manchester Hotel for the annual Christmas party. Full time staff received a week's pay as a Christmas gift. part time and brief service workers also received checks and gifts totaling 2746 dollars, presented by Robert Bender for Ben Bender. The gathering featured toasts by Charles Stamp and Henry Fagan, with Santa’s helper giving gifts to guests. Entertainment included the High School Chorus directed by Helen Weinberger and a tap dance by Sherry and Zelma Kah.
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Central Store
Manchester
Robert Bender
Ben Bender
Bender
Charles Stamp
Henry Fagan
Robert Dunn
Santa Claus
Talton Kendrick
Chorous
Helen Weinberger
Sherry
Zelma Kah
Polio Victims Get $2500 In Continuing Care Funds
Butler County National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis chapter approved more than $2500 for braces physiotherapy and wheel chairs for polio victims. The group outlined its annual campaign set for January 15 to 31 chaired by Martin Thomas at Anthony Wayne Motor Sales Company offices in Hamilton.
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Butler County
National Foundation For
Martin Thomas
Anthony Wayne Motor Sales Company
Hamilton
Middletown Weather Forecast Warns of Snow Through Weekend
Middleton residents faced snow as wind and freezing temperatures grip the area. The Vandalia Weather Bureau warns of two inches more by nightfall and continued cold through Saturday. Highways remain hazardous. the State Highway Patrol urges minimal weekend travel and emergency driving only.
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State Highway Patrol
Weather Bureau
Miami
Highway Patrol
Youth 17 Faces Butler County 45th Traffic Fatality
James Kenneth Williams is identified as a 17 year old Fairfield High School senior, the county’s 45th traffic fatality of the year. He died after a Route 4 crash near Port Union Road, succumbing to a basal skull fracture at Mercy Hospital. The incident involved driver Robert Earl Huber, 16, and passenger Charles Soule, 18, with another vehicle, a truck driven by John W. Beckett, on the opposite lane. Deputies investigated. Huber and Soule sustained minor injuries. Williams was the son of James and Anna Williams of Hamilton Route 8.
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Butler County
Port Union Rd
Hamilton
James Kenneth Williams
Fairfield High School
James and
Anna Williams
Garrett Boone
Siad Williams
Mercy Hospital
Boone
Williams
Rober Earl Huber
John W. Beckett
Aged Man Ends Life After Meticulous Plans
An 81 year old man, Harry Swink, shot himself around midnight at a rooming house on 904 Central Ave. His body was found at 5:30 a.m. The county coroner ruled death by self inflicted gunshot. Swink left notes detailing funeral wishes, money for a paper boy, property disposition, and a note to a relative, E. F. Reed. He was a lifelong Middletown resident and retired painter. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Woodside cemetery. Friends may visit tomorrow evening.
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Harry Swink
Central Ave
Garrett Boone
Butler County
Swink
Fort Ancient
Middletown
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Reed
Charles Swink
Richmond
Ind
Ethel Augspurger
This
City
Hazel Roehl
Dayton
Bird Myers
Toledo
McCoy-Leffler
W. D. Brock
Woodside Cemetery
Weather Could Delay Santa's Midl Town Visit
Weather conditions threaten Santa Claus's planned trip to Midl Town on Saturday. Jack Clark, chair of the Fire Department committee, says if aviation weather does not improve the visit may be postponed a week, as happened last year when December 10 arrivals shifted to the 17th.
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Santa Claus
Middletown
Jack Clark
Fire Department
North Pole
Father Christmas
Pennington Brothers plant faces union election
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a bargaining election for inside production employees at Pennington Brothers Inc in Washington Court House Ohio to decide if workers want AFL Bakery and Confectionery Workers representation. Pennington also runs a Cincinnati plant.
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Washington
Pennington Brothers, Inc
Washington Court House
Stay At Home Warning From State Patrol
State Highway Patrol officers near Middletown warned of icy highways as temperatures dropped and slush froze. Drivers were urged to stay at home if possible as roads became extremely hazardous with creeping speeds and blocked hills. No major injuries reported by 11:30 a.m. and highway workers were placed on duty.
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Middletown
State Highway Department
Morrison Hospitalized In Dayton For Rest And Checkup
R. E. Morrison of Franklin Route 1 has entered Grandview Hospital in Dayton for rest and a physical checkup. Morrison is known as director of the Stiles Class choir at First Baptist Church on Main Street.
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R. E. Morrison
Franklin Route 1
Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Morrison
Stiles
First Baptist Church
Main St
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