Memorial Service Set for Gardner Townsley Western Star Editor
Gardner H Townsley 69 longtime editor of the Western Star will be honored at a memorial service at Lebanon Methodist Church at 1 p.m. tomorrow. He died Saturday night at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after illness in his office. Burial decisions and private services were noted with various addresses, reflecting his extensive community involvement and family. He served in WWI and was a 1920 Ohio Wesleyan graduate and former trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon — A
Gardner H. Townsley
The
Western Star
Lebanon Methodist Church
Lebanon Cemetery
Oswald
Townsley
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio Newspaper Association
Ohio Historical Society
Little Miami River
Robert
James
Middletown
Armco
Middletown Works
Harrison
Huntington
Ind
Mrs Caudill Dies At 8 In Middletown Home
Mrs Mary Caudill age 8 of 803 Elwood Street died at 4 25 am yesterday at home after three years of failing health She had come to Middletown from Campton Surviving are six daughters
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Mary Caudill
Elwood St
Services held for Miss Edith Evans at Wilson Memorial Home
Miss Edith Evans died Saturday at Middletown Hospital. Services will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Wilson Memorial Home with Revs Wesley Poole and A M Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Memorial home hours are tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Evans
Central Ave
Wilson Memorial Home
Wesley Poole
A. M. Wilson
Woodside Cemetery
Memorial Home
Mrs Mabel Edwards R. I. P. in Lebanon
Mrs. Mabel G Edwards 74 died Saturday at her home 320 E Main St Lebanon Surviving are husband E Edwards daughter Mrs Dorothy Wilson Milford two brothers Luvan Greeley Maineville Harrison Greeley Loveland and sister Mrs Nellie Healey Cleveland Funeral at South Lebanon Methodist Church Wednesday.
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Mabel Edwards
Lebanon
Mabel G Edwards
E. Main St
E. Edwards
Dorothy Wilson
Milford
Luvan Greeley
Maineville
Harrison Greeley
Loveland
Nellie Healey
Cleveland
Funeral Services for William Guess Held at Zimmerman
Gratis-Services for William Guess 89 of 13 South Street will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Zimmerman Funeral Home. Burial follows in Fairview Cemetery. Guess died Saturday at Grandview Hospital Dayton. Survived by sister Mrs. Jennie Wysong of Dayton brother Perry of Bellefontaine grandchild and great grandchild.
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William Guess
South St
Zimmerman
Fairview Cemetery
Guess
Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Jennie Wysong
Perry
Bellefontaine
Camden Obituary Edward G Minneman 86
Services for Edward G Minneman 86 of 43 N Liberty St Camden will be at 2 p m tomorrow at R C Nein Sons Funeral Home Burial at Fairmount Cemetery He died Saturday at McCullough Hyde Hospital Oxford where he had been a patient 10 days Retiring in 1957 he operated midway stores at Ohio and Indiana state fairs Born Spade Indiana he had lived in Camden 20 years Surviving Martha wife a step son Joseph Rust of San Diego five grandchildren and six great grandchildren
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Camden
Edward G. Minneman
N. Liberty St
R. C Nein & Sons
Fairmount Cemetery
Minneman
McCullough - Hyde Hospital
Oxford
Midway
Ohio
Indiana
Spade
Ind
Martha
Joseph [Rust
San Diego
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices
Frank Jones age 77 of 1937 Pater Ave and Thomas Patterson age 61 of 1325 Grand Blvd have services today per Brown Dawson. Mrs Lillian Howard 79 of Cincinnati formerly Hamilton has private services via Webb. Paul Frechtling 88 of 944 Clinton Ave has Requiem High Mass at 10 am tomorrow at St Ann's Church. Charles Roof 78 of 804 N E St has Requiem High Mass 9 30 am Wednesday at St Peter's Church.
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Lillian Howard
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Webb
Thomas Patterson
Grand Blvd
Brown Dawson
Paul Frechtling
Clinton Ave
St. Ann's Church
Charles Roof
N. E St
St. Peter's Church
Truck Driver Harms Way In Ditch Crash
Earl Edward Martin a 42 year old McClain Dray Line driver from Marion Indiana escaped with minor back injuries after his tractor trailer rolled into a deep ditch on Rt 177 about 4 15 am north of Somerville Road. A northbound car crossed into his lane forcing the swerve. The cab hit a culvert and the outfit slid 154 feet down the ditch line en route to Cincinnati with miscellaneous freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Rt. 177
Somerville Road
Earl Edward Martin
McClain Dray
Marion
Ind
Butler County
Principals Echo Students Excited Over Middletown Christmas Spirit
Central Elementary Principal Korman Korn notes students share the holiday enthusiasm as Middletown elementary principals oversee Christmas plays, pageants, and decorations. Davis at Amanda Elementary reports a 110 minute show with 300 students drawing about 1,000 attendees. Rosedale, Taft, Wilson, Mayfield, Oneida and St John’s schools schedule performances and operettas with classroom parties and festive displays.
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Mddletown
Santa Claus
Homer Davis
Amanda Elementary
Ray Standafer
Rosedalelementary
Davis
George Crout
Middletown
Rosedale
Llandafer Middletown
Taft
Wilson
Crout
Mayfield Elementary
Oneida Elementary
Ruby Logan
St. John’s
Altar- Rosary Society
Jury Selection Underway in Larceny Trial
Jury selection started in county Common Pleas Court for Jesse Gibson, 30, formerly of Middletown, charged with larceny for taking six tires worth 115 dollars from Firestone in Middletown on January 6. Gibson, newly returned from Ohio Penitentiary, faces trial with Judge Fred B. Cramer presiding and Edward Lykins assisting. About 30 Fillmore Elementary students observed the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lykins
Middletown
Maxwell N. Wear
Hamilton
Gibson
Fillmore
Woman Guilty In Shooting Case In Hamilton
A 20 year old Hamilton woman, Carolyn Mae Jones of 538 S Front St, was found guilty of shooting with intent to wound. Butler County Common Pleas Judge Arthur J Fiehrer placed her on five years probation and ordered restitution and court costs after hearing the July 18 incident wounding Henry A Bonner of 122 Wilson St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Carolyn Mae Jones
S. Front St
Coats and TV Stolen From Manchester Motor Inn Ballroom
Six guests lost coats valued at 485 dollars and a portable television worth 30 dollars during a Saturday night theft at the Manchester Motor Inn on Manchester Avenue and Broad Street. Police report coats were taken from a rack outside the second floor ballroom and the items possibly removed via a third floor fire escape. Owners listed include Robert Thornton and Mrs Harold Smith among others.
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Manchester Motor Inn
Manchester Avenue
Broad Street
Chorus and Trio At Rotary Meeting Opens Christmas Program
The Middletown High School chorus and triple trio directed by Miss Helen Weinsberger will present their annual Christmas program for Rotary Club members and wives tomorrow at noon at the Manchester Motor Inn. Millard Bechtel serves as program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
Helen Weinsberger
Rotary Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Millard Bechtel
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Gardner Townsley
Eva Creech
Ethel King
Campton
Bertha Madison
Indianapolis
Trina Napier
Franklin
Velma Gibson
Nina Hobbs
Porter Funeral Home
Campton Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
South Lebanon
South Lebanon Methodist Church Ee
Sibson
GEM City
N. Verity
Breipl
E.state
Trenton
Edward Minneman
Frank Jones
Pater Ave
Korman Korn
Central Elementary School
Mark Stevens
Jeanne Burns
Robert Bush
Cynthia Bradley
Westinghouse
Melampy
Motor Inn
Coats
Robert Thornton
Graydon Drive
Harold Smith
Tremont Courts
Lodeska Howard
Burton Road
Lavenne Cole
Harrison St
Betty Fletcher
N. Marshall Road
Ymeam
Riggs Funeral Home
N. Broad, St
O. M
Elm St
Monroe
City & Stete
Qek Anne
Hoover
Dole
First Avenue
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