City Donated Nativity Scene at Sunset Park Arrival
A Sunday 3 pm program at Sunset Park will present the Nativity Scene a Keep Christ in Christmas project. Francis Carmody chairs Middletonians reception with Knight Goodman presenting on behalf of the committee. The event includes carols,invocation by Rev Oberlander benediction by Rev Weber and remarks by Mrs Herschel Bennett. The scene opened last Tuesday and will remain until Jan 5 with life size figures and live animals as part of a growing display.
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Sunset Park
RMA Mlas Aeeees Eens Encanitos
Francis Carmody
Knight Goodman
Journal
Bennett
Burglary Strikes Ben nett Drug Store in Franklin
Franklin police report an early morning burglary at Bennett Drug Store on Main Street. Approximately 100 dollars was taken, with 61 from one register and 39 from another. entry likely through a rear window. Harold Bennett, former city council chairman, owned the store. The thieves missed a larger sum in other cash drawers.
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Franklin
Bennett Drug Store
S. Main St
Harold Bennett
Franklin City
Champion of Liberty to honor Jose de San Martin in stamps
The next Champion of Liberty stamp issue honors Jose de San Martin the Hero of the Andes. The two stamps will be issued in Washington on February 25.
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Andes
U.S
Jose de San Martin
Washington
Deaths and Funerals for Two Young Auto Victims
Funeral services are set for Judy Sohn 16 of Germantown and Henry Smith 20 of Middletown after a Rt. 4 crash near Germantown. Judy's services are Tuesday at Avalon Cumberland Church with burial at Woodhill Cemetery. Henry's service is Tuesday noon at First United Baptist Church Hamilton with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Judy is survived by her parents a brother and sister and four grandparents. Henry leaves a mother two sisters and six brothers. The wreck occurred when Smith's auto passed and struck a turning car driven by Frank Wilson Jr. 29, injuring no one in Wilson’s vehicle while Sohn and Smith died at the scene or en route to hospital. Witnesses described the car as flying through the air before stopping.
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Rt. 4
Germantowna
Judy Sohn
Rt. 1
Germantown
Germantown High School
Avalon- Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Middletown
MccCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Woodhill Cemetery
Franklin
Adam Sohn
Donald
Nancy Howard
Carlisle
Weldon Blevins
Carl Sohn
Henry Smith
Riverview Dr
First United Baptist Church
Hamilton
Lucy Johnson
Trenton
Woodside Cemetery
Susie Smith
Loig Kelley
Miamisburg
Floyd
Frank
Paul
Dayton
Eugene
Gerald
James West
Miss Sohn
Mr. Smith
Smith
Montgomery County
Frank Wilson Jr
Wilson
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Coffee Pot Nearly Starts House Fire In Franklin
Franklin firefighters reported a pot left boiling on a kerosene heater at Mrs. Loraine Shusnard’s Wilson Drive home nearly caused a blaze. Assistant chief Howard Harville said heavy smoke damaged the interior after the kerosene was smothered before arrival.
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Franklin
Loraine Shusnard
Wilson
Howard Harville
Harville
Cops Probe Misdirected Truck Plates Case
Charies Root of 1901 Yankee Road reported receiving a pair of truck license plates addressed to the Brown and Root Co. He denied knowledge of the firm and the plates, which were held at police headquarters as the inquiry continues.
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Charies Root
Yankee Rd
Brown and Root Co
Root
Explosion damages grain elevator control building in Lima
A massive blast at a grain elevator complex near Lima Ohio caused 100000 to 500000 dollars in damage. Firemen attributed the explosion to a gas pipe leak and grain dust ignition in the 210 foot control building, with no injuries reported. Flames spread but were contained, and 12 million bushels of grain remained undamaged.
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Lima, Ohio
APS
Collision on Yankee Road injures two drivers
A two car crash occurred on Yankee Road at Meadow Avenue yesterday afternoon involving Grant Hughes 22 of 2925 Omaha Street and Rocky Ventry 32 of 3112 Brend Drive. Minor damage reported and no arrests.
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Yankee Road
Meadow Ave
Grant Hughes
Omaha St
Rocky Ventry
Brend Dr
Police Briefs Include Arrests and Thefts Across Town
Ernest C. Bishop, 42, Ellington Kentucky, arrested for driving with out license plates on Rt. 73. Sam Tutt reported 45 to 50 light bulbs stolen from his Christmas decorations on Flemming Road. Kenneth Bryant reported theft of a raincoat from the National Guard Armory on Main Street. Loss set at $30.
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Ernest C. Bishop
Ellington, Ky
Sam Tutt
Flemming
National Guard
Main Street
Kenneth Bryant
Wilmore Dr
Obituary of Harry G. Bissell 69 Lebanon resident dies in Dayton
Harry G. Bissell 69 of 116 Mound Street Lebanon died at 11 55 p m Friday in Grandview Hospital Dayton after a Christmas Day stroke. He was a manufacturers representative and is survived by his wife Inez three sons J W Bisell and T P Bissell of Detroit and H P Bissell of Lebanon one daughter Mrs Elizabeth Savage of Geneva Switzerland. Services set for 4 p m Monday at Oswald Funeral Home Lebanon with cremation to follow.
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Harry G. Bissell
Mound St
Lebanon
Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Bissell
Inez
T. P. Bissell
H. P. Bissell
Detroit
J. W. Bisell
Elizabeth Savage
Geneva
Switzerland
Oswald
James B. Mize 79 Dies After Stroke at Middletown Home
James B. Mize, 79, died at 9:35 am Saturday at Middletown Hospital after a stroke at his home 1922 Fleming Rd. He worked 40 years in shipping at P Lorillard Co. until relocation. Survived by wife Lily died 1954, two daughters Evelyn Howard and Nellie Wells, a son Alma, seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren, sister Fannie Pearson. Funeral at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Kauneral Home Wednesday 10 am. services 2 pm officiated by Rev. R. C. Caudill. burial Woodside Cemetery.
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James B. Mize
Middletown
Fleming Rd
Mize
P. Lorillard Co
Lily
Evelyn Howard J
Nellie Wells
Alma
Germantown
Fannie Pearson
Richmond
First Church of God
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Kauneral
Richard Cole obituary in Middletown burial Monday
Richard Cole 73 died of a heart attack Wednesday while visiting his daughter in Fort Lauderdale Florida. He will be buried in Middletown Cemetery Monday. The family holds visiting hours 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home. Services Monday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home officiated by Rev. Edwin Bobbitt and Rev. Henry Howard. Cole was an electrician with Sorg Paper Co until retiring two years ago.
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Richard Cole
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Middletown
Mr. Cole
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Edwin Bobbitt
First Christian Church
Henry Howard
Hodson Civil War of Middletown Worker 62 Dies
Homer M Hodson 62 of 112 S Main St Middletown died Saturday after 40 years as an Armco Steel open hearth worker He served in World War I and was a member of the American Legion and the Masons Survived by his wife Edith a son Charlies of Chicago a daughter Mrs George Huber Germantown a sister Mrs Ennis Marshall and a brother Harley Funeral home is McCoy Leffler with services incomplete
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Homer M. Hodson
S. Main St
Armco Steel Corp
Hodson
American Legion
The
Masons
U.S. Army
Edith
Charlies
Chicago
George Huber
Germantown
Ennis Marshall
David H. Ross 60 Dies of Heart Attack in Lebanon
David H. Ross 60 died Friday morning of a heart attack while driving on Ohio 63 west of Lebanon. He lived at 210 N. Cherry St and worked as a mechanic at Bertsche's Chevrolet until retiring eight months ago. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Surviving: wife Frances, son Paul of Middletown, daughter Mrs. Bruce Bartlett of Kent, Ohio, and five grandchildren.
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Lebanon
David H. Ross
Ohio 63
Ross
N. Cherry St
Bertsche
Chevrolet Agency
Oswald
Frances
Paul
Middletown
Bruce Bartlett
Kent
Ohio
Car Is Robbed in Franklin Driveway Christmas Night
Franklin special report says superintendent Kenneth Koons reported a car break in on Christmas night. A wheel and tire valued at 30 dollars were stolen from his driveway. No suspects named.
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Franklin
Kenneth Koons
Art Ave
Taken
DiSalle Taps Tub Of Ohio Cabinet Choices
Gov elect Michea V DiSalle announces multiple appointments including Edward A Stowell as superintendent of the Insurance Department and Mary Gorman as director of public welfare Both veterans of law and public service Stowell holds Toledo ties and Gorman is Hillsboro native wife of Robert N Gorman The cabinet includes Margaret Mahoney as director of industrial relations and Richard C Crouch as head of the Liquor Control Dept with several holdovers from the ONeill administration.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michea V. DiSalle
Edward A. Stowell
Woodmont Rd
Toledo
Ohio Department of Insurance
DiSalle
Mary Gorman
Wyoming
Cincinnati
Stowellig
Cubbon and Rice
New York Life Insurance Co
University of Toledo Law School
Toledo and
Lucas County Bar Assas
Mental Hysiete Council of
Board of Community Relations
Urban Renewal Commission of
Stowell
Cleveland
G. Paul Stowell
Batavia
Ill
First Congregational Church
Frank J. Lauche
Richard C. Crouch
Dayton
Everett S. Preston
Elyria
Grant Keys
James Maloon
Robert H. Terhune
Washington Court House
C. William O'Neill
Ralph E. Dwork
Robert A. Haines
Herbert B Eagan
Richard M. Larimer
O'Neill
New Democratic
Thieves Looting Parking Meters Roil Chicago Revenue
Chicago reports a 400 percent rise in parking meter looting. Superintendent Louis P. Farina says about 20,000 of 30,000 meters have been rifled this year, costing roughly $2,000 weekly and jeopardizing the meter program.
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Chicago
City Bureau of Parking
Louis P. Farina
Suspension Sought for John Perry Driving Record
An application to suspend John Perry's license for one year was filed in Common Pleas Court by George C. Braden, state registrar of motor vehicles. Perry, 48, of 109 Manhattan St., has 12 points from traffic violations, including six for leaving the scene of an accident and six for driving while intoxicated, both from Middletown Municipal Court.
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John Perry
Manhattan St
Common Pleas Court
George C. Braden
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Perry
Middletown
Springfield Choir Set to Sing at Bethlehem Temple
A choir group from Springfield will perform at Bethlehem Temple First Pentecostal Church located at 1219 Young Street at 3 30 p m in the afternoon.
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Springfield
Bethlehem Temple
First Pentecostal
Young St
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