Snow and accidents dot Middletown after heavy snowfall
Middletown woke to four inches of snow and icy roads. Police reported 14 fender bender accidents, one injury crash in the Breiel Boulevard median involving Leon Newton, 26, of Miamisburg, who was cited for license and careless operation. Passengers suffered minor injuries. Schools closed early and local meetings postponed. Morningstar notes eight inches total this season, compares to 11 inches last winter, and predicts no white Christmas this year.
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Middletown
Franklin
Butler County Sheriff’s Office
State Highway Patrol
Leon Newton
Miamisburg
Breiel Boulevard
Ernest S. Malicoat
Kenny Kidder
Donna Kidder
Newton
Middletown Hospital
Lemon Township
Central School
Franklin Officials to Resign Turn of the Year
Dallas Powers and Thomas B. Kirby Jr. plan to resign as Franklin city solicitor and city prosecutor to focus on a private partnership. A combined duties plan is under review, with council to consider one appointee in January. Both men said they informed council members and have served about two years.
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Franklin
Dallas Powers
Thomas B. Kirby Jr
Kirby
Council
Powers
the Journal
City
Man accused of attempted rape after helping victim push car
Police probe an incident on Park Street at 9 54 p m where a man offered to help push a car then forced his way into the driver's seat at gunpoint and drove to Liberty Street where he attempted to rape the woman before she escaped and he fled north.
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Park St
Liberty St
Police Federation Honors Pt. Kristanoff for Bravery
Middletown officer Ptl. James C. Kristanoff received the Silver Star for Bravery from the American Federation of Police for saving a fellow officer during an armed robbery at an A&P store in November. One suspect was killed, another arrested, and another fled.
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Middletown
Ptl
James C. Kristanoff
American Federation of Police
Kristanoff
Carl Smith
A&p
Col
J Oe Ferguson
the American
Deaths and Funerals in Middletown and surrounding areas
Obituaries note Chester Brown aged 59 of 4809 Sherman Ave death at Middletown Hospital with services Monday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. James C Morrow 79 found dead at 165 N Main St in Camden with funeral home service Monday and Greenwood Cemetery burial. Lillie M Richard 70 of Germantown dies at St Elizabeth Dayton. service Monday at John Arpp Funeral Home Bear Creek Cemetery. Grant McCorkle 63 of Richmond Indiana dies at Reid Memorial Hospital. services and burial Monday in Richmond. Benjamin E Jasbring 74 of Trenton dies at Middletown Hospital. services Monday at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home with burial in Hickory Flat Cemetery. Burial for Mrs Miller noted. multiple survivors listed. Memorials to Mt Olivet United Presbyterian Church building fund and Llanfair Home mentioned.
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Benjamin Ellis Jasbring
Hamilton-Trenton Road
Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Jasbring
Seven Mile
Inland Container Corp
Elizabeth Young
Middletown
Jacob Ziegler
Hamilton
Wilson- Schramm
Robert Lodwick
Germantown
Lillie M. Richard
N. Cherry St
St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Dayton
George
Harvey
John Arpp
Charles Messmer
Bear Creek
Stewart M. McClanahan Dies at 88 in Nursing Home
Stewart M. McClanahan, 88, of 6413 Elk Creek Road, died at 1 p.m. Friday at Barbara Park Nursing Home where he had been a patient five months. He was born in
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Stewart McClanahan
Stewart M. McClanahan
Elk Creek Road
Barbara Park Nursing Home
Mr. McClanahan
Charles W. Howard 87 Dies in Franklin Local
Charles W. Howard 87 of 657 East Second Street died Friday night at 10 40. He was born in West Middletown and retired in 1947 as a machinist for Black Clawson Co. Survivors include a son James Middletown two daughters Esta Bridgers Almond NC and Thelma Howard Franklin a sister Gertrude Brauer West Middletown two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Eaton Walter Arnold officiating with burial in Woodside Cemetery Middletown. The funeral home will be open Monday from 4 to 8 p.m.
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Pendleton, Ky
Stewart C
Covington
Louise Sortenoi
Los Angeles
McCoy- Leffler
Helen Keathan
Woodside Cemetery
Buelah Elizabeth Miller
W. C
Kathryn) Boyle
Middletown
Llanfair Terrace Presbyterian Home
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Miller
Russellville
Ohio
Bethany Lutheran Village
Dayton
J. Lowry Miller
Howard
Helen) Hoffman
Sanibel Island
Fla
Roth
Muriel) Bertsch
Frances Linkins
Rochester
N.Y
Clyde Davis
Arthur Hook
Sun City
Ariz
Wilson Schramm
Ernest Toth
Spring Hill
Bethany
Llanfair
West Middletown
Black Clawson Co
James
Esta Bridgers
Almond
N. C
Thelma Howard
Franklin
Gertrude Brauer
Eaton Funeral Home
Walter Arnold
Hamilton Deaths On Local Residents and Former Hamilton Figures
Mrs. Elizabeth Rothermel 91 of 940 Millville Ave. dies with services at 21 p.m. Monday. Mrs. Mary Howard 58 formerly of Hamilton, now Hollywood Florida, graveside services 10 a.m. Monday. Fred Marwehe 72 of 840 Markt Ave. has private services. Mrs. Ruth Lauderman 67 of 724 Ross Ave. also listed with private services.
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Hamilton
Elizabeth Rothermel
Millville Ave
Klaus-Weigel
Mary Howard
Hollywood
Fla
Greenwood Cemetery
Fred Marwehe
Markt Ave
Klaus- Weigel
Ruth Lauderman
Ross Ave
Webb
Christmas Cheer At Local High Rises And Hospital Ward
Senior citizens at the Townhouse and J Ross Hunt Towers hosted holiday parties on Thursday and Friday. The Middletown Hospital children’s ward held its annual Christmas party yesterday with gifts from the Ruth Lyons Christmas Fund.
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Middletown Hospital
Ruth Lyons
Amy Short
Santa
Bob Bisset
Townhouse
Mamie Oliver
J. Ross Hunt Towers
Sheckler
Fire Cleanup Proceeds After Central Ave Blaze Damages S&S Furniture
Fire continues cleanup at the Central Avenue site after Thursday night blaze destroyed the S&S Furniture Co. building. Two side walls remain as crews remove bricks and glass and secure rubble. Damages include $30,000 for the building and $50,000 for inventory. other nearby buildings suffered impact though not all losses are yet tallied. Red Cross seeks furniture and clothing for families Rita Gibbs and Clarence Mitchell and lists contact 4223892 or the 219 Young St donation site.
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Central Avenue
Thursday Knight
S&s Furniture Co
Central Ave
Stan
Red Cross
Rita Gibbs
Clarence Mitchell
Young St
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Morningstar
Paul Smith
Police Federation Honors
Pt. Kristanoff
Federation of Police
Chester Brown
Sherman Ave
McCoy-Leffler
Henry Howard
Brown
Benjamin Jasbring
Beulah Miller
James Morrow
Camden
James Clayton Morrow
Preble County
N. Main St
William
West Alexandria
Jacques
Robert
Eaton Rt
R. C. Nein& Sons
Grant McCorkle
Franklin — Grant McCorkle
Richmond
Ind
Mary Lamb
Springboro
Reid Memorial Hospital
Lillie Richards
Charles Howard
Charles W. ‘Howard
E. Second St
Union Sanitary Commercial Laundry
Butler County Welfare Department
James Allen
Welfare ‘Department
The
Halsey Corp
Westinghouse
Meatkeeper
Armbruster Florist, Inc
Grand Ave
Armbruster Florist
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