Death Gift to Tommy Brannon at Christmas
Four year old Tommy Brannon of 2222 Grand Ave died after a cancer battle. An eye was removed earlier in hope of prolonging life, but death came Monday at 1 40 p m. Illness moved Middletonians to send cards to his joy in the mail. services set at St John’s Church and Woodside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Brannon
Bernard Mnon
Grand Ave
Tommy
Santa
John Albert
Patty Ann
John Sora
Loretta Brannon
Woodside Cemetery
Ztopm
Schramm Funeral Home
Man wielding ice pick shot at Middletown home
Paul McKnight of Mississippi, 22, was shot in the right hip and hospitalized after an altercation at 343 North Main St. Police say McKnight and companion David Butler, 22, drew an ice pick on Walter Hurd’s home residents who then fired a 38 caliber pistol. Both weapons were taken to police headquarters. McKnight’s condition remained unchanged but not serious.
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Middletown Hospital
Paul McKnight
Mississippi
McKnight
Ber
Butler
Seven Babies Born Christmas Day at Middletown Hospital
Christmas Day births at Middletown Hospital include four boys and three girls. The first arrival, a boy, came at 4:33 p.m. to Mr. and Mrs. Creed Perry of Franklin Route 2. Additional newborns include three more boys and two girls born to local families on Christmas Eve and the following morning, listing multiple households and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Creed Perry
Franklin
Perry
Charles Sweatt
Nineteenth Ave
John Carte
Middletown
Benjamin Reed
Leroy Theodore
Webster St
James Blanton
Brentwood St
At The Movies PARAMOUNT Showings and Times
On Wednesday and Thursday Too Young To Kiss plays at 1 20 3 25 7 35 and 9 40 p m Pals of the Golden West shows at 1 15 3 49 6 20 and 9 00 p m Superman and the Moleman screens at 2 20 4 55 7 35 and 10 20 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Holiday Hospital ER busy with Christmas injuries
Emergency room staff at Middletown Hospital treated multiple injuries from Christmas Eve into Monday morning. Cases included finger lacerations from a crane hook incident, a fractured right arm, a left wrist fracture, a puncture wound to a foot, a fall resulting in head injuries, and burns from touching a hot oven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
William Wilmer
Highview Rd
Dora Roberts
South Main St
Franklin
Lil Braden
City Hotel
Pat Long
John Long
Grand Ave
Two Fined In Arrests By Patrol
Two men faced Middletown and Hamilton courts after State Patrol arrests. Stanley Coning, 35, of Seven Mile, fined 200 dollars and costs with six month driving suspension for intoxicated driving. 25 dollar license plate transfer fine suspended if transfer completed within 24 hours. Vernon Rice, M, of 1260 Dayton Street, Hamilton, arrested on Route 129 for intoxicated driving, fined 100 dollars and costs, with one year driving suspension.
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Middletown
Hamilton
Stanley Coning
Seven Mile
Coning
Ben Worcester
Vernon Rice
Dayton St
Harry Walsh
Armeo Names Sales Head for St. Louis Region
Armeo appoints Arrick as assistant district sales manager for the St. Louis area. Arrick, a University of Illinois graduate, first joined Armeo in 1927 as a sales engineer in Middletown after the formation of the parent company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armeo
St. Louis
H. M.ee
Ieee Eenae
Arrick
University of Illinois
Middletown
Christmas Not Yet Ended For Salvation Army
Salvation Army leaders say Christmas activities continue through Thursday with a Sunday School party at the Citadel at 7 30 p m. Donations totaled 3492 32 for the annual Christmas drive. 34 area families received aid via local agencies. Staff delivered baskets on Christmas Day to area convalescent homes and Lebanon Prison Farm.
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Kenneth D. Sharp
Salvation Army Corps
Citadel
Perton
Miltonville
Army
Lebanon
Damage Is S775 In Nine Accidents
Nine city accidents reported Monday and yesterday totaled 775 in vehicle damage. One passenger, James Haney, a Great Lakes Naval Training Station employee, was injured. Harold Haney’s car was rear bumped by Thomas Lowe’s vehicle on Main and Ninth. Otto Brown faced DUI and license issues after a Garfield Street collision.
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James Haney
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Main
Ninth Ave
Haney
Harold H. Haney
Buena Ave
Thomas R. Lowe
Curtis St
Otis Brown
Ottawa St
Garfield St
Brown
Marshall Wolford
Two Injured In Franklin Car Crash
Two persons were slightly injured when their car skidded on a city street and crashed into a tree. Eugene Fitzpatrick, 23, of Middletown, and Clay Fitzpatrick, 18, of East State Street, were treated for forehead lacerations and released. Driver lost control while trying to pass another car. front of the car sustained about $300 damage.
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Franklin
Stetasen
Middletown
Eugene Fitzpatrick
Lewis St
Clay Fitzpatrick
East State St
Clay
Petrce
South River St
Offender Spoils Franklin Record
Police in Franklin report a Christmas crackdown as an old offender is jailed on intoxication charges. Chief O E Chamberlain notes prior efforts to clear the jail before the holidays. The suspect’s release would have spoiled Christmas for others.
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O. E
Chamberlain
Chasnerines
Bastille
Hunter Loses Hand In Midwest Hunting Accident
Walter Reynolds, 28, of 8A Veterans Village, Middletown, lost part of his left hand when his shotgun discharged after he slipped in snow while hunting alone near the Great Miami River. He was taken to Middletown Hospital by McCoy Leffler ambulance where the hand was amputated and his condition was listed as satisfactory.
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Middletown
Walter Reynolds
Veterans Village
Reynolds
Great Miami River
Wilson Motor Freight Station
McCoy- Leffler
Middletown Youth Enlists in Air Force
Arthur Robert Eissle, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Eisele of 11 Ardmore Drive, Middletown, has enlisted in the Air Force. A 1950 Middletown High School graduate, he will report to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas for training per station commander Luther Gregory.
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Army-Air Force
Middletown
Air Force
Arthur Robert Eissle
Arthur Eisele
Ardmore
Middletown High School
Lackland AF Base
San Antonio
Tex
M-Sat
Luther Gregory
Reservist Discharged From Active Marine Duty
Local Marine recruiters report Cpl. Billy Paul Winebarger, 26, a reservist discharged from active duty. Former Maxwell Paper Company employee, he enlisted in October 1948 after serving in the Asiatic Pacific area during World War I. He resides at 129 East Sixth Street, Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Billy Paul Winebarger
East Sixth St
Franklin
Maxwell Paper Company
Asiatic-Pacific
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Howard
Candy Kitchen
N. Central Ave
Holiday
Howard Hiteshue
Park St
Hieshue
Armco Steel Corporation
Elizabeth
Salvation Army
Middletown Bankers Association
First National Bank of Middletown
The
Oglesby-Barnitz Bank & Trust Co
George Fowell, Sr
Yankee Rd
Edward Wynn
Fleming Rd
Tytus
Verity Pkwy
Hanover St
Thornton Reed
Tytus Ave
Ato
Edward A. Mockabee
Melvin L. Hall
Queen Ave
Dorothy Bechtel
Seventh Ave
Hall
Moore St
Meadow Ave
Manuel Ely
Pershing Ave
Alva Terrell
Carolina St
Willard Banks
Central Ave
Wilhe Lo
Milton
Seventeenth Ave
Verity
Pkwy
Eighteenth Ave
Manuel Fitzpatrick
Route 2
Clinton St
Hunter
Eac
England
Rardes
Black Patent
John Ross
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