Springboro Landmark Purchased for Restoration
A 1960s house at the former Shellerly residence on Rt 73 in Springboro’s Country Club Estates has been bought by Jack Vice of Miamisburg. He plans to restore the 13 room home, once owned by Fred Wright, grandson of Springboro founder Jonathan Wright, and vacant for five years.
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Springboro
H. E. Shellerly
Rt 73
Country Club Estates
Fred Wright
Jonathan Wright
Jack Vice
Miamisburg
Feel a Little Guilty Dream Is Fulfilled Home From Viet Nam
Wilson Williams, 22, returned from a three year Army enlistment and Viet Nam service with the 101st Airborne Division. He arrives for Christmas at his parents Brodie and Mrs Williams on Terrace Drive, with wife Suzanne and grandson Kip visiting from Lansing. He recalls sniping, unconventional warfare, and meeting Viet Nam fighters near An Khe, while noting the contrast with life at home and thoughts of brothers still abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodie Williams
Terrace Drive
Wilson
Viet Nam
Suzanne
Middletown
John Buckingham
Kip
Lansing
Mich
Williams
Sylvia
Robert Coombs
Garfield St
Bob
San Francisco
101St Airborne Division
An Khe
Highlands
Navy
Hayes
Tragic Rt 4 Crash Kills Germantown Man in 50th Toll Update
A 24 year old Germantown man died when his sports car disintegrated after colliding with the rear of a truck parked on Rt 4 south of Kiester Road. The truck driver Lawrence Kemper of Cincinnati had pulled off to eat a sandwich and was treated for possible chest injuries. Nichols, employed since 1961 at Sorg Paper Co., was survived by his parents and maternal grandmother. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Also noted is a past fatal Rt 4 collision and a fact about the Eiffel Tower’s hydraulic presses in its foundation piers.
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Germantown
Rt. 4
Kiester Road
Food and Nichols Wine
Lawrence Kemper
Cincinnati
Kemer
Ramiway
Nichols
The
Sorg Paper Co
Joseph R. Baker and Sons
Franklin
Thomas Road
Bryniak Guilty In 2 Deaths
David Bryniak of Fairview Park Ohio was found guilty by Judge Fred B. Cramer of second degree manslaughter for a November traffic crash east of Oxford that killed two Miami University students Bruce Card and Landa Kramer. The case was referred for pretrial investigation.
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Bryniak
Card
Cramer
Jane
Union Vote Due In Blanchester
Production and maintenance employees at the Blanchester plant of Vulcan Shoe Co. are eligible to vote in December in a union election. The AFL-CIO United Shoe Workers Union seeks to represent the 199 workers, the National Labor Relations Board said.
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Cincinnati
Blanchester
Vulcan Shoe Co
Afl-Cio
United Shoe Workers Union
National Labor Relations Board
Two Die From Coal Stovepipe Fumes in Warren County
In Warren County a couple died from toxic fumes leaking from a coal stove. Mrs. Judy Peters and her husband were found unconscious. Epp Memorial workers attempted a pipe fix but the cause remains unclear. Mrs Peters’s husband, George Peters, was working in Columbus when the incident occurred.
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Judy Peter
Epp
Franklin Accidents Injure Several in Twin Crashes
Three people were injured in two separate crashes involving eight vehicles in Franklin. Edward L. Profitt, Janice Knotts, and Scott Gay suffered minor injuries and were treated at Middletown Hospital. Profitt was cited for failure to yield. Knotts and Gay faced reckless operation charges as police detailed a five car sequence on S Main Street and Rt 73. Damages totaled over $220 for the bus and parked cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Edward L. Profitt
Winona Drive
Middletown
Janice Knotts
James E. Knotts
S. Dixie Highway
Scott Junior Gay
Franklin Rt. 1
Profitt
Escapees From LCI Are Caught
Two Lebanon Correctional Institution escapees, Leslie Guthrie age 18 and James D. Doon age 18 of Hamilton County, fled last Saturday. Guthrie was spotted by Butler County deputies near Canal Road and surrendered after two shotgun blasts. Doon was believed in Cincinnati police custody, per LCI Superintendent Alvis. The pair had been trustees at the dairy barn when they disappeared Saturday evening.
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Lebanon
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Here
Butler County Sheriff's
Cincinnati
Leslie Guthrie
Canal Road
Guthrie
Todhunter Road
Rt. 4
James D. Doon
Hamilton County
LCI
R. W Alvis Alvis
Cincinnati Department
Dean
Driver Serious After Accident In Butler County
William P Gravett 60 of 1404 Bernice Ave Middletown was admitted in serious condition to Mercy Hospital Hamilton after a possible sleep accident on Rockdale south of LeSourdsville. Gravett's car hit a tree, was demolished, and he suffered a skull fracture and head injuries as deputies said he was returning from work. In Middletown a 22 year old woman, Carol F Howard, escaped serious injury when her car ripped through yards and struck a porch before hitting a parked car and a wall. Howard was cited for excessive speed. Police report the car jumped a curb and damaged multiple yards and vehicles on Yankee Road.
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William P. Gravett
Bernice Ave
Middletown
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Rockdale
LeSourdsville
Rt. 4
Robert Davis
Butler County Sheriff's Department
Gravett
Davis
Carol F. Howard
Yankee Road
Howard
14Th Avenue
Catherine Thomas
Thomas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Springboro Landmark Purchased
Phyllis Hayes
Butler
Kemper
Bert Nichols
Ellie Beatty Smith
Eiffel Tower
Keister Road
Olds
Thomas Henry Barker
Howe Road
Trenton
Dee
Butler County
Donnalynn Underwood
Wildwood Road
Marine Corps
Warren County
Gay
Edwin Arnold
N. Main Street
Jackson Street
Ollie J. Moore
Moore
Georgia Bryant
N. Main St
By Vic Wells
Reed-Klopp
Weil
Diane M. Becker
Leslie Lane
Reed-Klopp Family
Central Ave
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