Deaths and Funerals in Greenville and Franklin Areas
Katharine Katzenberger 62 of Greenville died at Greenville Hospital with two sons Joseph and Charles, 21 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Private services Friday at First Presbyterian Chapel Greenville. Arrangements Zecher Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers donations suggested to Anthony Wayne School for Retarded Children. Funeral services for Clifford Ray Griffen 31 of Pekin Road held tomorrow at Eaton Funeral Home with burial at Springboro Cemetery. Griffen died when his car struck a truck on I 75 near Rt 73. visitation today at Eaton Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katzenberger
Katharine Katzenberger
Greenville
J. E. Baltzell Jr
Greenville Hospital
Joseph
Charles
Albuquerque
N.M
First Presbyterian Chapel
Zecher Funeral Home
Anthony Wayne School
Franklin
Clifford Ray Griffen
Pekin Road
Eaton Funeral Home
Springboro
Obituary notices for Elmer Kelso and Judith Gibbons
Elmer Kelso 93 of 1310 Fairmount Ave Middletown died 10 55 a m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after extended illness He retired from Armco Steel 25 years in the mill and ran a Cincinnati barbershop Surviving wife Lydia two sons Melvin Wilbur a half brother Chester Kelso Burial at Woodside Cemetery Services Friday Riggs Funeral Home There was no visitation Judith Margaret Gibbons 21 Middletown native killed 9 am Monday in Maryland on a Baltimore to Washington trip to visit sister Miss Susan Gibbons Boston University student parents Vincent and wife of Fribourg Switzerland.
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Elmer Kelso
Fairmount Ave
Middletown Hospital
Kelso
Édalia
Ohio
Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Cincinnati
Lydia
Melvin
Wilbur
Dayton
Chester Kelso
Alia
Riggs Funeral Home
E. Eugene Frazer
Woodside Cemetery
Franklin
Judith Margaret Gibbons
Maryland
Baltimore
Washington, D.C
Susan Gibbons
Germantown Deaths Include Phillabaum and Van Winkle
Mrs. Sarah Belle Phillabaum age 85 of 21 East Center Street died at Middletown Hospital after eight weeks as patient. Services set for 10:30 a.m. Friday at St Johns United Church of Christ with burial in Germantown Cemetery. Friends may visit John Arpp Funeral Home tomorrow. Others include Louis Lawder 70 and Robert Elliott 42 with listed services and Mamie Van Winkle 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan
Robert Harrison Sr
Franklin
St. Mary Church
Woodhill Cemetery
Eaton Funeral Home
Germantown
Sarah Belle Phillabaum
E. Center St
Middletown Hospital
George
Charles
Middletown
Herbert
Miamisburg
Walter
Frank
Xenia
Stanley Penrod
Farmersville
Henry Penrod
Zanesville
Doris Penrod
Katherine Wilke
Cincinnati
St. John’s
Louis Lawder
Maple Ave
Webb
Robert Elliott
Lawn Ave
Mamie van Winkle
Far Hills Center 14 Million Development Pledged for Middletown
Dixie Development Corp of Middletown announces a 14 million real estate project in the Far Hills Center area east of Breiel Boulevard. Plans include 400 multi family units and town houses with 200 factory modular homes, plus 34 acres of commercial space and unsold 15 acres reserved pending negotiations. The project covers about 100 acres near Armco facilities, with construction slated for 1971 pending planning approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M-W Development Co of
Cincinnati
Middletown
Monroe
Dixie Development Corp
Breiel
Armco
Jefferson
Hendrickson Bigler
Clifford Fening
Dixie
Far Hills Center
Department of Housing
Fening
Appmney
Warren County Defers May Vote Bond for School for Mentally Retarded
Warren County commissioners approve a 550000 bond plan to fund a new school for the mentally retarded with a May 5, 1970 election. The outside-levied tax would start June 1, mature in 10 years at 6 percent, with location undetermined and local facilities shifting from Springboro if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Warren County
Robert South
James Gross
Green Knoll
Springboro
Metzenbaum enters Democratic race for U.S. Senate in Ohio
Cleveland attorney Howard Metzenbaum announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate. He will challenge John Glenn for the nomination and a possible run against retiring Senator Stephen Young. Metzenbaum advocates a campaign of promise over promises and calls for reduced space and military spending. He notes Nixon’s Vietnam policy as directionally correct and suggests a timetable for troop withdrawals. He previously ran campaigns for Young and has interests in suburban newspapers and a Cleveland parkinglot business.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Howard M. 'Metzenbaum
Jes
US Senate
John H. Glenn
Party
Sen
Stephen Young
Metzenbaum
Young
Glenn
Vietnam
Nixon
Senate
James A. Rhodes
U.S
Robert Taft Jr
Obituary notices list local services and ages
Short summaries of multiple notices include Cecil Watts 67 at Anthony Wayne Apartments with graveside services tomorrow in Winchester Kentucky John Gillum 55 of Fairfield services today and Linda Hesselbrook 73 at 3663 Millville Shandon Road Requiem High Mass today at St Aloysius Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John St
Brown-Dawson
Cecil Watts
Anthony Wayne
Winchester
John Gillum
Fairfield
Webb
Linda Hesselbrook
Millville Shandon Road
St. Aloysius’Church
Dayton marked 66th anniversary of powered flight
The 66th anniversary of powered flight honored Dayton Wright brothers Dec 17 1903 with wreath laying at Woodland Cemetery and the Wright Memorial. A motorcade carried civic military and aviation leaders to Air Force Museum Wright Patterson where Lt Gen James Doolittle unveiled a Curtiss R3 racer display. Gen John D Ryan later spoke at a banquet ending the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Area
James Doolittle
U.S. Air Force
John D. Ryan
Air Force
Enshrinement Set for Aviation Hall of Fame Pioneers
Aviation pioneers Grover Loe ning Donald W Douglas and Wiley Post are to be enshrined into the Aviation Hall of Fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheraton-Dayton Hotel
Grover Loening
Donald W. Douglas
Wiley Post
Aviation Hall of Fame
Middletown Man Treated After One Car Crash
Edgar Short, 65, of 6701 Allen Road, was treated at Middletown Hospital yesterday morning for a nose injury from a one car crash on Route 4 north of the Middletown corporation line at 10 o clock. His car struck a post, according to highway patrolmen. Details of the accident were not available.
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Edgar Short
Allen Road
Middletown Hospital
Rt. 4
Middletown Corporation
Short
a_ post
Franklin School Board Advances Three Major Steps
Franklin Board of Education approved a professional negotiations agreement for salary talks and joined county wide purchasing and the county vocational school district. The JVS will operate a planned 40 course program at a single county building serving Franklin Lebanon Clearcreek Little Miami Wayne and Deerfield Union. Between 750 and 980 students are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin — Board of Education
DeWitt Terry
Terry
Franklin, Lebanon
Clearcreek
Litle
Miami
Wayne
Deerfield Union
Mason and Carlisle
JVS
Hamilton
Montgomery
Franklin
Nixon Lights Up Tree Amid Antiwar Chanting
President Nixon dedicated the national Christmas tree at a White House ceremony drawing antiwar chants from about 50 demonstrators. Police detained seven people after confiscating North Vietnamese flags as Nixon urged peace at home and abroad while lights on the 65 foot spruce illuminated. Ann Spelt described the group as Washington area Grinch resistance.
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Nixon
Washington
America
White House
Ann Spelt
Ohio Legion Loses Property Tax Exemption Appeal
The Ohio Supreme Court declined to grant property tax exemption to the Ohio American Legion headquarters in Columbus, ruling the organization mainly operates as fraternal and only partly charitable. Justices Taft and Corrigan dissented on the exemption question. The court also upheld helmet law constitutionality in a second ruling, with Dwain N. Craig losing his appeal.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
American Legion
Legion
Veterans’ Organization
High Court
Kingsley A. Taft
J. J. Corrigan
William C. O'Neill
Corrigan
The
Dianola Avenue
Supreme Court
Seneca County
Dwain N. Craig
Fostoria
Craig
U.S
Truck Hits Car Injuring Driver In Butler County
Clyde Pugh, 48, of 6621 Kalbfleisch Road, in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after a collision on Kalbfleisch Road. Driver Lloyd Shackelford, 44, of 2204 Tytus Ave., was stopped in the roadway when Pugh’s eastbound station wagon struck the rear of Shackelford’s eastbound pickup. Forehead lacerations were reported for Pugh.
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Middletown
Kalbfleisch Road
Dickey Road
Butler County
Clyde Pugh
Walter Reynolds
Pugh
Lloyd Shackelford
Tytus Ave
Thefts Reported In Local Neighborhood Vehicles
Woodrow Wilson reports a $35 car battery stolen from a vehicle at New Life Temple on Trenton Franklin Road. John Myers says a stereo tape player and a gear shift knob worth $114 were taken from his car at his home on Elk Creek Road. Terry Hamacher reports two tires and mag wheels valued at $200 stolen from a garage at his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Martin Ave
New Life Temple
Trenton-Franklin Road
John Myers
Elk Creek Road
Trenton
Terry Hamacher
Ristance Drive
Cincinnati Man Placed On Probation For Petit Larceny
A Cincinnati man, Joseph Arthur Hopkn of 4714 Hamilton Ave, was found guilty of petit larceny for stealing a typewriter and adding machine from Dr. Louis H. Skimming in Middletown on May 15. Judge Robert L. Marrs fined him 500 dollars, sentenced him to six months in jail, suspended 300 dollars of the fine and jail term, and placed him on two years probation.
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Hamilton
Cincinnati
Butler County
Robert L. Marrs
Joseph Arthur Hopkn
Hamilton Ave
Louis H. Skimming
N. Main St
Middletown
Marrs
Hopdia
Trenton Father Placed on Probation in Domestic Relations
In Butler County Judge David Black’s court, 46 year old Adam Roth of Trenton was placed on probation after a no contest plea to contributing to the neglect of seven minor children. In a separate case, 29 year old Thomas Burkhardt of Middletown pleaded guilty to failing to support three minor children and also received probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Trenton
Butler County
David Black
Adam Roth
Home Ave
Thomas Burkhardt
Tytus Ave
Middletown
Burkhardt
Brownie Troop 61 Pins Earned by Amanda Elementary Members
Brownie Troop 61 members at Amanda Elementary School led by Mrs. Johnny Meadows and Mrs. Woodrow Cope received pins. Recipients include Kelly Brown Lora Carroll Theresa Cockerham Kim Erwin Melody Goble Donna Howard Nancy McGuire Christine Sparks Joyce Cope Deborah Colliver Marilyn Ewing Ann McLaughlin Missy Meadows and Lisa Neu.
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Brownie Troop 61
Amanda
Johnny Meadows
Woodrow Cope
Kelly Brown
Lora Carroll
Theresa Cockerham
Kim Erwin
Melody Goble
Donna Howard
Nancy McGuire
Christine Sparks
Joyce Cope
Deborah Colliver
Marilyn Ewing
Ann McLaughlin
Missy Meadows
Lisa Neu
Stolen Safe At Stanford Center Holds Extremely Potent Drug
A 300 pound safe containing 5 half ounce vials of M99-Ethor thine was taken from Stanford Medical Center between December 10 and Tuesday. The drug is 5 000 to 8 000 times as potent as morphine and could cause instant death if it touches skin. Police urged return of the safe or vials with location details. officials would not discuss use or origin.
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Stanford, Calif
Stanford Medical Center
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John Warreen
Roy Warren
John Jr
Richwood
Ater
John
Clifford Griffen
Judith Gibbons
Gibbon
Boston University
Vincent Gibbons
Fribourg
Switzerland
Sarah Phillabaum
H.M. Metzenbaum
Drening
Dixie Development
Far Hills
Dixie Development In
Penn Central Railroad
Michael Schiml
Dayton Tire and Rubber Co
Lamneck Street
United States
Orville
Dayton, Ohio
Pol
Franklin School Board
Grinch
Ohio Legion
Cincy
Dodds Monuments
Verity Wey
Bud) Steller
Mer
S. Broad
T-Bones
Porter
Chuck
Por
Bologna
Pillsbury Biscuits
Star Kist
Lipton Onion Soup
Killoggs
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