Middletown Car Train Crash Injures Franklin Man
A Pennsylvan ia Railroad crossing crash on Forrest Avenue at 6 30 p m injured Mark Watson 22 of 1270 E 2nd St and totaled his 1955 car. Driver Malcolm Herrington 35 said he did not hear a whistle or bell. Train engineer George Dietric 50 was identified. Minor train damage. Two more accidents at North Ave Shafer St and other locations injured Ada Davis 29 and Glenn Lane 60 with damage totals from 1 000 to 450.
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Middletown
Franklin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Forrest Avenue
Mark Watson
2Nd St
Middletown Hospital
Watson
Malcolm Herrington
George Dietric
Cincinnati
McCoy-Leffler
North Avenue
Shafer Street
Ada Davis
Raymond Dr
Glenn Lane
Bellomonte ‘Sr
Middletown Safety Council Reviews Traffic Toll and Upgrades
Safety Council members discussed seven annual traffic fatalities and called for improved railroad crossing devices and lighting, removal of obstructive signs near stations, more traffic engineers and police, extra street signs with lane indicators, and a holiday pedestrian safety program. A committee to pick Oscar Award winners was formed and a luncheon speaker was secured for the Butler County Safety Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Safety Council Board
Dean Girton
Walter Magee
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
United States
Butler County Safety
Safety Council
Girton
Mitchell
William K. Robinson
Columbus
Village seeks land seizure for water tank in Seven Mile
Butler County Common Pleas Court petition by the Village of Seven Mile seeks appropriation of 0.528 acre on West Elkton Rd Wayne Township for a village waterworks storage tank. Defendants include Grace Pottenger and the Ohio Department of Highways. A jury is asked to determine compensation and ownership transfer.
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Seven Mile
Common Pleas
Grace Pottenger
West Elkton Road
Ohio Department of Highways
Middletown
West Elkton Rd
Wayne Township
Neglect and Cruelty Filings Jump Between Households Across Hamilton
A string of domestic neglect and cruelty complaints are raised between multiple pairs across Middletown Hamilton and Bethany. Names include Shirley Campbell and Kendall Campbell, Lector Collier and Black Collier, Jamies Turner and Evelyn Turner, Dura Sorrell and Rena Mae Sorrell, E Joyce Ely and Marne L Ely, Jean Risner and Roy Risner, plus Dorothy E Bowling and Dave Bowling. Several individuals reside on Webster Plum Hanover Brentwood Crawford and Grove streets.
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Shirley Campbell
Middletown
Rt. 1
Kendall Campbell
Bethany
Lector Collier
Webster St
Black Collier
Evelyn Turner
Hanover Ave
Jamies Turner
Hamilton
Gay Young
Charles Young
Carl Cropenbaker
Williamsdale
Mildred Cropenbaker
Rena Mae Sorrell
Dura Sorrell
E. Joyce Ely
Brentwood St
Marne L. Ely
Jean Risner
Plum Ave
Roy Risner
Fern Wallace
Crawford St
Wallon Wallace
Dorothy E Bowling
Dave Bowling
Pearl Givens
Grove St
District Oilmen Elect Chairman
W. A. Bourne of Toledo Ohio was elected chairman of the Kentucky Tennessee Ohio District of the Oil Information Committee of the American Petroleum Institute. The 3500 member group provides films speakers and demonstrations about the petroleum industry to groups and schools. Bourne succeeds G R Fenner of Columbus Ohio with Charles Compton of Louisville named district vice chairman.
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Cincinnati
W. A. Bourne
Toledo
Ohio
Kentucky-Tennessee-Ohio
Oil Information Committee
American Petroleum Institute
Bourne
Gulf Oil Corp
G. R. Fenner
Columbus
Charles Compton
Louisville
Home Gardeners Spend Over 800 Million on Seeds and Plants
U.S. home gardeners allocate more than 800 million dollars each year to seeds and potted plants. The rise reflects growing interest in at home gardening across communities and seasons.
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U.S
Aronoff Chosen To Represent Scout Council
Aronoff a 17 year old Middletown High senior from 901 Ellen Drive was named to represent the Mound Builders Area Council in a regional explorer competition. He holds the Eagle and Webelos awards and has earned 34 merit badges plus the Ner Tamid honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eags
Mike Aronoff
Mound Builders Area Council
Harry Aronoff
Ellen Dr
M. G. McCall
Dean Girton
Middletown Safety Council
Mary Maurer
Aronoft
Taielivision
Ohio - West Virginia-Kentucky
Eisenhower
Aronoff
Order of the Arlrow
Camp Hook
California
Philmont
New Mexico
Middletown
National Thespians Society
National Honor Society
Citizens’ Club
Civic Association
Banker With Dishonest Face? Wichita Case Of Bad Cash
A. W. Kincade president of the Fourth National Bank of Wichita tried to buy a toy red piano for a nephew with a check. The clerk initially refused payment until a secret pocket $100 bill appeared. The manager then recognized Kincade and cashed the check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kan
A. W. Kincade
Fourth National Bank of Wichita
Kincade
Amanda Girls Give Program For PTO Night At School
Amanda YMCA girls performed for the PTO in a regular school session with group singing Susan Conrad and Donna Mize played piano solos and Rita Dietz did a tap routine The Amanda Christmas play She Didn t Believe will be shown Thursday Dec 19 at 7 30 p m at the school
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Ymca
Amanda Pto
Susan Conrad
Donna Mize
Rita Dietz
Amanda
Ohio River to gain eight monitoring stations
The Ohio Valley Water Sanitation Commission plans eight new monitoring stations on the Ohio River to study radioactivity levels in the water.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Ohio River
Hamilton Native Issenman Named New Bishop of Columbus
Clarence G Issenmann 50 auxiliary to Archbishop Karl Alter of Cincinnati named bishop of Columbus by Pope Pius XII. A Hamilton native, he studied in Cincinnati and Europe, earned a journalism doctorate, and served as Cincinnati chancellor and vicar general before becoming auxiliary bishop. No departure date announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence G. Issenmann
Karl J. Alter
Cincinnati
Columbus
Pius XII
Washington, D. C
Issenmann
Hamilton
Amelia and
Innocent Issenmann
St. Ann
Hamilton Catholic
St. Joseph College
Rensselaer
Ind
Nicholas
O. P
Mt St Mary Seminary
Alter
Sylvester Huser
St. Mary's Church
Middletown Candidates Expenses Reported by Elections Board
Personal receipts and expenditures filed by Middletown city commissioners and Board of Education candidates were released by the Butler County Board of Elections. Names and amounts include William Denham 117.13, Donald M. Gose 176.52, Arthur C. Sanderson 4950, plus Board of Education candidates Jack D. Cristy 156.50 James O. Finley none, hive VE Hadley none, Mary Litsch none.
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Cityommission and Board of Eduh
Middletown
Butler County Board of Elections
Commission
William Denham
S. Sutphin St
Donald M. Gose
Carolina St
Arthur C. Sanderson
Aberdeen Dr
Board of Education
Jack D. Cristy
Poinciana Dr
James O. Finley
Orchard
Middletown Campaign Committees Report Expenditures
The records list expenditures and receipts for local campaigns. Committees include Better Middletown, Better Schools, Finley for School Board, Christy for School Board, Hadley for Election, Sanderson for Commission, Denham for Commissioner, and Gose for Commissioner with respective treasurers and amounts ranging from 107.80 to 1818.31.
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Better
Middletown
Calvin F. Lloyd
Ray W. Young
Finley
A. M. Lennie
Christy
John K. Wilkinson
Harry Hadley
Robert Q. Millan
Sanderson
Commission
New Surgery For Injured Pastor
The Rev Clifford Hutchinson pastor of the Grand Avenue Church of God is reported unchanged after undergoing new surgery yesterday at Middlestown Hospital. He was critically injured November 7 when his car struck a train at the Yankee Road B O crossing and was removed from the critical list nearly a week later and improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Hutchinson
Grand Avenue Church
Auto collision injures two on West Street in Franklin
Damage estimated at 200 dollars followed a two car crash on West Street 250 feet west of Main. John H. Bruce aged 52 from 2 West Fifth Street struck the side of a turning right driven by Robert Lewis Longworth age 21 of 208 East Third Street.
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Franklin
W. Sth
Main Street
John H. Bruce
5Th St
Robert Lewis Longworth
3Rd St
Thieves break into Dumford Trucking Co. and more thefts
Police report a break in at 1700 Plum Ave Dumford Trucking Co with a smashed window and a cash box missing about 15 dollars. Det Hand Gray led the case. Other yesterday thefts include 200 from Dorothy Oswald’s purse near the National Guard Armory and separate car parts from Robert Wilson Clifford Blanton Arthur Banks.
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Dumford Trucking Co
Plum Ave
Hand Gray
Dorothy Oswald
National Guards Armory
Robert Wilson
Franklin Rt. 2
Garfield School
Clifford Blanton
Baltimore St
Arthur Banks
Fairmount Ave
Gardner Mass Largest Baby Carriage Center
Gardner Massachusetts is described as the world’s largest chair of baby carriage manufacturing, highlighted on page twenty from the source.
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Gardner
Mass
Baby Carriage Manufacturing Center
Civitan hears Middle East briefing by insurance executive
Richard Monroe of Home Life Insurance Co. spoke to Civitan Club members on the Middle East. He called Turkey a good ally needing financial aid and noted Egypt under Nasser is discredited by Arab- speaking countries. He cited Lebanon's growth and oil issues in Israel and neighboring states. Dale Dowrey introduced him.
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Civitan Club
Middle East
Richard Monroe
The
Home Life Insurance Co
Turkey
U. S
Monroe
Europe
Russia
Egypt
Nasser
Lebanon
Israel
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Iran
Syria
Dale Dowrey
Trusteeship Granted for Tandy Adams in Municipal Court
Tandy Adams of 29 Oxford State Rd was placed under trusteeship in Municipal Court yesterday after listing debts totaling 918.96 owed to 16 creditors.
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Tandy Adams
Oxford State Rd
Limited City Commission Meeting With Three Present
City Commission to meet at 7 45 p m in City Building with three and only three commissioners in attendance chair Francis Carmody returning from Florida and Willian Denham and Arthur Sanderson present Martin Miller absent last week Charles B Stiles has resigned no emergency actions possible with fewer than four. Agenda includes Walter Follmer final estimate on 1956 T 35 street resurfacing and a resolution urging Gov O Neill to call a special session to allow state county and city employees to join federal and state retirement systems.
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City Commission
Francis Carmody
Florida
Willian Denham
Arthur Sanderson
Martin Miller
Charles B. Stiles
Walter Follmer
Hamilton
Vandals Break Cottage Windows on Carlee Drive
Six windows of an unoccupied cottage on Carlee Drive in Peastytown were shot out over the past ten days. Lt. James Davis of the Butler County Sheriff's Department said the damage, likely caused by a BB gun, belongs to Mrs. Arthur Clark of 1814 Clarendon Ave.
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Carlee Drive
Peastytown
James Davis
Butler County
Sheriff's Department
Davis
Arthur Clark
Clarendon Ave
Father and son injured in head on collision near Reily
A father Mike Cecere 71 and his son Alexander 46 were seriously injured in a head on crash on the Reily Peoria Road two miles west of Reily near a culvert. The father remained in critical condition at Mercy Hospital Hamilton and the son at McCullough Hyde Hospital Oxford after surgery. The snow covered road was the collision site and investigators continue to examine cause. Each man was alone in his vehicle.
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Reily-Peoria Road
Reily
Mike Cecere
Reily-Peoria Rd
Oxford
Mercy Hospital
Oxford Hospital
Sorg Worker Hurt by 1000-Pound Paper Bale
Delbert Ibert Austin aged 37 a baleman for Sorg Paper Co. remained in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after a bale weighing about 1000 pounds slid from a baler and struck him. Carolyn Gingerich 17 was treated at Middletown Hospital for a left wrist laceration from a broken window.
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Sorg Paper Co
del. Ibert Austin
Middletown Hospital
Austin
Baleman
Sorg
N. Broad St
Carolyn Gingerich
William McKee
Central Ave
Butler County Officers Complete First Aid Course
Butler County Sheriff's Department officers finished a five week, two hour per week first aid training. The course was led by Oxford constable Bob Darling and his assistant Gerald Rost of the Hamilton Police Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Sheriff's Department
Bob Darling
Oxford
Gerald Rost
Hamilton Police Department
Two Hamilton Women Injured In Saturday Accident Near Oxford
Mary Lou Become, 25, driver, and Nancy Kulback, 19, passengers, were hurt when Become’s northbound car skidded off U S 27 about a mile south of Oxford at 7 45 a m. Both were taken to McCullough Hyde Hospital with a fractured right ankle and bruised right arm respectively. State patrolmen described a chain reaction as traffic slowed for a right turn and a following car moved out causing Become to brake and skid into a utility pole.
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Hamilton
U.S. 27
Oxford
McCullough-Hyde Hospital
Mary Lou Become
Howell Ave
Nancy Kulback
N. B St
Become
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S. Walnut St
Germantown
Venable Musgroni
N. Verity Parkway
Elwood Street
Peter Ammentorp
Fulton la
Beulah Locke
al Fiue
Chester Fugett
McKinley St
Beech St
Wylie Mitchell
Richard Miller
Paul Galeese
W. S. Geckler
Butler County Courts
Stella Kerns
Dayton
Harry Kerns
Trenton
Liberty Ind
Dottie Reynolds
S. Sutphin Sr
Antis Reynolds
Woodlawn Ave
Dottie Ferguson
Liberty
Robert Givens
Martha Martin
Paul Martin
Jean Williams
Vernon Ray Williams
William P Clark
Gloria Sue Clark
Raleigh Donald Adams
Wilbraham Rd
Jan Adams
Dorothy Roberts
Young St
John W. Roberts
Prospect Ave
Ethel Helton
Whittier St
Billy Roy Helton
Henry C. Osborne
Decie Osborne
Park St
Jean Baker
Glenn Ave
Barney Baker
Geraldine McKeehan
Charles V. McKeehan
Agnes Bryant
Sylvester Bryant
Maria Sargent
Granada Ave
Milford Eugene Sargent
Oberon Dr
Eana Davis
William W Davis
Nell Durbin
New Miami
William Durbin
Joseph Marion Stover
Marie I. Stover
New Lebanon
Dorothy L. Greene
LaFayette Ave
James R. Greene
Hill Ave
Marie Parker Hamilton
Stafford Parker
Josephine Wullenweber
Harold Gene ‘Wullenweber
Eugene Gillespie
Betty Louise Gillespie
Helen Brown
Percy Brown
Donald Lee Stamper
Ben Harrison Sr
Wanda Eileen Stamper
Tytus Ave
Vnvorces
Eula Messer
Minor
Ronald K. Messer
Mary Adryn Craigie
Frank M. Craigie
David Black
House of Chr
District Oilmen
Issenman
John T. Me
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Civitan
Sheriff's Officers
3 Brothers CO
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