Cincinnati girl believed strangled in Kentucky
Susan Gorman, 19, was found dead near Butler Kentucky on December 3. John W. Boyd, 49, of Middletown is charged with kidnapping and held on 200000 bond in Hamilton County Jail. Officers say a letter detailing the kidnapping was found at Rinks Department Store copying machine.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Susan Gorman
Butler
Middletown
John W. Boyd
Primrose Lane
Hamilton County
Miss Gorman
Boyd
Dillsboro
Ind
Rollman Institute
Rink
Cincinnati Enquirer
First Christmas in Middletown Traced to 1779
Middletown History Society heard Mrs. Wesley Page recount Middletown’s Christmas beginnings from 1779 when Major Stites invited Native Americans to dinner through Victorian times. She cited 1839 diary references, German tree customs, early ornaments, and Santa’s first local newspaper appearance, with notes on 1852 concert and 1914 community tree.
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Middletown
Enis Potter
Miami
Wesley Page
Middletown Choral Club
Santa
Middletown Signal
Nate Kunin
Broad Street
Page
New York
Three Arrested On Hit Skip Charges After Separate Crashes
Eddie Roberts 18 of 317 Young St charged with driving while intoxicated and fleeing after striking two parked cars a sign and a telephone pole near 8 m. He allegedly hit Darlene Terrell 207 N Grimes St and Howard Stamm III 32 1801 Columbia Ave. Damages listed. Gary Williams 22 of 2908 N Verity Parkway charged with fleeing eluding resisting arrest and intoxication after an Illinois Ave incident. Williams was chased by Officer Keefe and allegedly struck him. Egelston 25 of 8746 Chamberlain Rd charged with careless driving fleeing the scene and possession of unlabeled drugs after hitting a pole on Cincinnati Dayton Rd. Car reported stolen later. Damages detailed.
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Eddie Roberts
Young St
Roberts
Darlene Terrell
N. Grimes St
Columbia Avenue
Howard Stamm III
Columbia Ave
N. Verity Parkway
Illinois Ave
Williams
Orville Howard
Texas Street
Ptl
Patrick Keefe
Keefe
North Verity Apartments
Howard
David Egelston
Chamberlain Road
Franklin
Reiff pushes audit of Board of Elections
Hamilton Butler County Commissioner Arthur Reiff says an audit of the Board of Elections is justified after contacting the state auditor. He cites missing bids for ballot printing and computer work and improper spending without proper funds. The auditor’s office expects a ruling, with no date given. Also approved is 1646 for an ice making machine for the sheriff’s department to reduce coffee costs for prisoners.
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Shawnee Culbertson Journal
Hamilton
Butler County
Arthur Reiff
Board of Elections
Reiff
State Auditor’s Office
Thomas Ferguson
Auditor’s Office
Sheriff's Department
John Bohlen
Man held after assault on police in Middletown
Roosevelt Brooks, 30, of 1006 Baltimore St., is detained on resisting arrest and assault charges after a confrontation with officers at Eighth Avenue and Yankee Road. Police found drug instruments, fought with two officers, and a crowd formed as detectives probe a possible link to an armed robbery.
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Baltimore
Eighth Avenue
Yankee Road
Roosevelt Brooks
Baltimore St
Sorrell’s Market
Brooks
Ptls
J. C. Kristanoff
Robert York
Middletown Hospital
Kristanoff
Preble County
Chautauqua Boy Died in Sear of Smoke Inhalation
Charles Beaudoin 13 died from smoke inhalation after a fire at 7 Fifth Ave Chautauqua. Roof collapsed trapping him upstairs as firemen from Miami Township and Carlisle fought flames. Loss valued at 15000 insured. Funeral services set for Franklin with burial at Woodhill Cemetery.
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Chautauqua
Charles Beaudoin
Montgomery County
Fifth Ave
Charles
Miami Township
Carlisle
Charles W. Beaudoin
Carlisle Junior High School
William
Middletown
Jack
Hamilton
Daryl
Franklin
Joseph
Columbus
Kathy
Tina
William Beaudoin
Trout Lake
Mich
Grover Sheffield
Eaton Funeral Home
Bob Bell
Woodhill Cemetery
Man pleads innocent to murder in domestic dispute
Billy Jack Batchelor Jr., 19, of 528 Ludlow Street, was arraigned in Butler County on aggravated murder charges over the Nov 20 shooting of his estranged wife. He pleaded not guilty and innocent by reason of insanity. Police say he shot his wife, fled, then shot himself in a yard nearby. Batchelor had been released from General Hospital in Cincinnati.
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Ready
Kentucky
Ben Harney
Pendleton County
Commonwealth
Larry Tucker
Boyd
Rollman Psychiatric Institute
Cincinnati
Charles Henry Fisher
Logan Ave
Middletown Hospital
Fisher
Roanoke
Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Martha
Ruth Ingram
Lloyd
Georgia Lyle
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Woodside Cemetery
James L. Newkirk
Finley St
Newkirk
Grace Baptist Church
Dona
Jack Moore
Campton
Betty Rose
Bertie Diehl
Frances Smith
Yvonne Spicer
Bertie Roberts
Florida
Abbie Banks
Howard Sears
Grace Memorial Gardens
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Hamilton
Billy Jack Batchelor Jr
Ludlow St
Butler County Common Pleas
Robert L. Marrs
Batchelor
General Hospital
Deaths of Mrs Clara Huey and William Head
Two local obituaries note Clara Huey aged 80 of 1045 Symmes Ave with services at 9 30 a m Saturday at Webb and William Head aged 77 of 1212 Wallace St with services at 1 p m Friday at Second Baptist Church.
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Hamilton
Clara Huey
Symmes Ave
Webb
William Head
Wallace St
Second Baptist Church
Only Two Fenwick Students In Wood Project
The Journal reports two Fenwick High School students Jim Sayers and Mike Fassler are involved in a wood project to saw down trees on school property for firewood. The piece suggests more students may be involved, but only these two are confirmed in this portion.
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Fenwick High School
Jim Sayers
Mike Fassler
Christmas Hours at MUM Library Middletown Campus
The Gardner Harvey Library at Miami University Middletown will close on December 13 14 20 21 26 27 28 and January 1 2 3 4. It opens 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. December 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 and 29 30 31. Regular hours resume January 5 with Mon Thu 8 a.m. to 10 15 p.m. Fri 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Gardner- Harvey
Middletown
Miami University
Middletown man given five year probation after shooting case
Charles Mathews 77 of 1304 Michigan Ave Middletown received a suspended 25 year sentence at Mansfield Reformatory and five years probation from Butler County Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer after being found guilty of felonious assault in the Sept 30 shooting of Joe Love 49 of 1203 Calumet Ave Middletown. He was ordered to pay all medical costs related to the shooting.
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Hamilton
Charles Mathews
Michigan Ave
Middletown
Mansfield Reformatory
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Mathews
Joe Love
Calumet
Ave
NOW Meeting in Hamilton About Women and the Justice System
The Butler County chapter of NOW will meet Sunday at 7 30 p m at the Hamilton YWCA. A program on Women and the Justice System will be presented. The event is free and child care is provided. Meetings occur the second Sunday each month at the Hamilton YWCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
National Organization of Women
NOW
Hamilton Ywca
Justice System
Trenton Man In ICU After Auto Off Road Incident
A Trenton man, Steve A. Whisman, 21, of 407 Sycamore Road Apt. 4, was hospitalized in Middletown Hospital ICU with undetermined injuries after his car left Radabaugh Road near Ohio 73 at 2:40 this morning. Deputies say the vehicle struck a tree with Whisman alone inside.
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Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Radabaugh Road
Ohio
Steve A. Whisman
Sycamore Road
Apt. 4
Butler County
Whitman
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Gary Williams
Cincinnati- Dayton Road
Monroe
Egleston
Charles Fisher
James Helton
Manchester Ave
Anna
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
James Newkirk
Mark Keller
Camden
Mark B Keller
S. Liberty St
Somerville
Keller
Walter L. Folmer Construction Co
Camden Loan & Building Association
Camden United Methodist Church
Helen Christmans
Camden Rt
Kay Sorrell
Eaton Rt
Gordon
Somerville Cemetery
R. C. Nein & Sons
David Murray
David Claude Murray
Forrest Ave
Murray
The
Central Life Insurance Co
David
Larry
Detroit
Michael
Dayton
Nora Murray
James
Carl
Birmingham
Ala
Opal Kuhn
Cleo Hawthorne
Dorothy Ruppert
Betty Reese
Bradenton
Fla
Ae Funeral Home
Harry Chasteen
Springboro
Funeral
Elizabeth Stubbs
Gratis
Cuba
N.Y
Rebekah Lodge
Robert
Helen Constant
Concord
N.H
Mary Traux
Otega
Mabel Pierce
West Clarksville
Kenneth Jordan
Grati
N. University Blvd
Bankamericard
Converse
Monument CO
Fenwick
MUM
Russell Nicoll
Russ
Manchester Road
Middletown Bank
WPFB
Lowrey
First Avenue
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