McGraw Official Dies At 50
Max E. Moore age 50 of 309 S Highview Rd Middletown died of cancer at 6 50 am at Middletown Hospital after two days there Ill since May he had earlier been at Cleveland Clinic He was born in Kansas and lived in Middletown 40 years Employed by McGraw Construction 16 years and previously by Armco Steel Corp He received a 1935 medal from Charles Hook for saving a coworker Survived by wife Lenora a son Douglas of New Castle Ind and sister Mrs James Neal of Middletown Services 2 pm Monday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Rev Robert McNamara officiating Burial Woodside Cemetery No visitations Memorials preferred to the Middletown Butler Unit American Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max E. Moore
S. Highview Road
Middletown Hospital
Cleveland Clinic
Mr. Moore
Kansas
Middleown
McGraw Construction Co
Armco Steel Corp
Charles Hook
Moore
Armco
Lenora
Douglas
New Castle
Ind
James Neal
Middletown
McCoy - Leffler
Robert McNamara
Woodside Cemetery
Middletown Butler Unit
American Cancer Society
Donations Still Needed By Army Aid for Christmas Baskets
Salvation Army fund drive shows kettle receipts up 54.13 from last year while mail appeals lag by 261.94. Capt Edward Canty notes warm weather may affect mail. 355 Middletown area families seek aid, an increase of nearly 50. Wanda Beasley chairs volunteers sorting canned goods. Dora Kirchner leads basket filling and distribution for Christmas Week.
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Salvation Army Fund
Edward Canty
Canty
Middletown Area
Wanda Beasley
Colonial Theater
Dora Kirchner
Deaths and Funerals Step into Middletown Notables
Mrs. Marcella McMurray wife of Crystal Tissue Co executive M Thomas McMurray died at home after feeling ill following dinner. She was a Middletown native active in civic life and survived by husband two sons Thomas III and Michael a daughter Deborah four brothers and two sisters. Arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcella McMurray
M. Thomas McMurray
The
Crystal Tissue Co
Central Ave
McMurray
Middletown
Obituary and burglary report from regional notices
Mrs. Nettie Campbell of Lebanon aged 2 years died at Middletown Hospital after a stay since September 2. Survived by son James C Campbell, another son Arthur, daughter Jane Gillian Willett, sisters Maude Campbell and Grover Davis, brother Fitch Hounshell, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Separate note: Bertha Cleveland reported intruder stole a pistol with scope valued at 135 dollars and $800 worth of guns removed from racks, no forced entry found. Franklin notice refers to Bertha Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Campbell
Lebanon
N. M
Fitch Hounshell
Jackson, Ky
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Woodrow Hudson
Wayne - Madison Road
Trenton
Franklin
Bertha
Cleveland
Bad Bills Reported In Area
Police warn of counterfeit currency circulating in the city. Reports include two bad twenty dollar bills and two bad fifty dollar bills passed in stores, with counterfeit notes received at First National Bank and Barnitz Bank. Serial numbers cited: for the twenty dollar bill Gene 41791 A. For the fifty dollar bills D 57097728 and D 0266793 A. For the hundred dollar bill G 07720089 A.
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First National Bank
Barnitz Bank
Local Ohio police graduates earn 320 hour diploma
Sixteen law officers completed a police training program approved under a new state law setting education standards. Anson B. Cook praised the eight week curriculum totaling 320 hours, well above state minimums. Middletown Chief Howerton called the certificate a passport to employment across Ohio and urged dedication to public service.
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Anson B. Cook
Ohio Peace Officers Training Council
OPOTC
Ohio
Cook
Middletown
James Howerton
Eleven Adults and Child Become U.S. Citizens in Butler County
Eleven adults and a five year old child were naturalized in a Butler County Common Pleas Court ceremony led by Judge Arthur J. Fiehrer. New citizens hailed from Middletown Oxford and Trenton with origins including Greece Hungary Italy Turkey Canada Germany and Venezuela. Local participants included members of American War Mothers and the Order of Sons of Italy in America.
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Hamilton
U.S
Court of Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Middletown
Trenton
Maria Georgopoulos
Brentwood St
Mid
Dletown
Greece
Gyula Szabo
Erie Ave
Hungary
Harekles Aldredge
Garfield St
Edgar Antonio Rivers
E. State St
Venezuela
Anthony Joseph
Brazil
Oxford
Germany
Bernard Josef Schroeder
Pleasant Ave
Lucia Biondo
Gersam
Italy
Bere Zenop Tap
Chase Ave
Turkey
Kenneth Earl Hammond
Timberman Ave
Canada
Johanna Sara Hammond
Silvia Doreen Hammond
James Robert Rauen
Robert Rauen
Imhoff Road
Fiehrer
Harry F. Walsh
Louis Hofstadter
Butler County Bar Association
Jesse Trent
Sullivan
Beulah Lyons
Florence Peters
Jeanette Smith
Louis Rossi
Order of Sons of Italy
America
Judge Fiehrer
All
Hofstadter
Accidents Plentiful In City Injuries and damages tallied
Wet streets triggered 20 traffic mishaps injuring 13 people with two hospitalized and damage surpassing 8000 dollars. Names and addresses appear for many drivers and passengers in three car crashes at North Avenue University Boulevard and Grand Avenue Gideon Road.
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Middletown Hospital
Jim Barker
Crawford St
Carolyn Walters
Franklin- Madison Road
Joseph E. Gividen
Auburn St
North Avenue
University Boulevard
Marvin L. Cassidy
Hill Ave
Barker
Miss Walters
Gividen
Cassidy
Dosha McNew
North Ave
Student Dies In Crash Toll Reaches 59 In Butler County
A Xavier University student, Jeffrey E. Barclay, 20, of Chicago, died after a crash on US 27 south of Hamilton. Two passengers, John Hoermann, 21, LaGrange Ill., and John S. Purdy, 22, Chicago, were admitted with injuries. The southbound car veered on wet pavement and struck a tractor trailer driven by Marvin R. Dunbar, 51, of Richmond Ind. The 1966 toll in Butler County rises to 59, chasing the all time mark of 61 set in 1941.
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Hamilton
Fort Hamilton
Jeffrey E. Barclay
Chicago
John Hoermemann
LaGrange
Ill
John S. Purdy
Hoermemann
Purdy
Robert Wright
Sheriff's Department
Barclay
Ross Township
Marvin R. Dunbar
Richmond
Ind
Dunbar
Butler County
Sheriff’s Deputy Fisher Welcomes Son at Fort Hamilton
Hamilton Cpl Oram Fisher of the sheriff’s department announced the birth of a son at Fort Hamilton Hospital yesterday. The 7 pound 11 ounce baby is the couple’s second child, joining a daughter, Jo ann.
Initiation Slated By Germantown Lodge At Center Street
Middletown Eagles Lodge plans district initiation for members tomorrow at 24 W Center St starting 2 p m. Speaker is James Keliner from Buckeye Lake.
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Germantown
Middletown
Hunter Killed by Train Near Pennsylvania Rail Line
A man reportedly hunting was struck and killed by a Pennsylvania Railroad train in the morning, about 400 feet north of the railroad crossing. The identity of the victim and exact location are not fully confirmed in the available report.
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Hamilton
Fairborn Man Injured In Armon Steel Fall
Fairborn resident Ellis York remained in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after suffering head injuries from a 14 foot fall at Armon Steel Corp's Project yesterday. He struck a scaffold and landed on a concrete slab, receiving lac erations and a possible monetary loss estimate of 45 dollars.
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Middletown Hospital
Armon Steel Corp
Ellis York
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Perry
Crystal
First Baptist Church
Presbyterian
Cambridge Pa
John &. Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Conneaut Lake
Paul
Erie
Pags
J. Irving
Conneaut — Lake
Margaret Moss
Faye Cleveland
Titusville
Russell Burger Sr
Millville Ave
Proeschel
Bertha Cleveland
Frazier
Hobbs
Olds
Howerton
William Brewer
Russell Dwyler
Paul Faries
Paul M. Davis
Raymond Drive
David Frazier
Manchester Road
Paul Lewis Jr
Buena Ave
Russell Hess
Jeffery Drive
Catalpa
Eugene Prewitt
Terbein
Lenville Adams
Arthur Drive
Carlisle
Delmar Adams
Donald Isensee
Piqua Police Department
Szabo (L
Rivers
Optical Dept
1040 Central
Grand Avenue
Gideon Road
Bertha Howard
Carolina St
Donna Long
Mason
Helen Shepperd
Fisher Ave
Edward Simpson
Joel Bailey
Yankee Road
Herman Sims
4Th Ave
14Th Avenue
Minnesota St
Bailey
Sims
Trene Benson
Staple St
Iona Courey
N. University
Shafer St
Courey
Earl Burton
Carolina Ave
Sutphin Street
Eddie Gray
11Th Ave
Sharleen Sebastian
Tytus Ave
Verity Parkway
Manchester Avenue
Xavier University
Hunter
Carpenter Hurton
Hall
Philco
Selid Sete Keres
10 Steven
FMAM
Steves
Huty
New Philce
Walcot
Everell
Pao
Oie
Mac
Hall’s Radio & Television Service & Sales
Yankee Rd
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