Donham resigns from Middletown City Commission after 15 years
Donham a longtime Middletown official resigns after 15 years on the City Commission and eight years as chairman. He urges patience, local initiative, and community effort to solve city problems as zoning, air, and housing laws are cited as achievements. His replacement as commissioner will join Butler County on Jan 1 after the year end transfer meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Donham
Donham
Denham
Mary Lord
Man
Butler County
Death notices for John Neu of Monroe
John Neu 50 of 130 E Elm St Monroe died at Middletown Hospital at 1155 p.m. yesterday of leukemia after a five week illness. Requiem mass set for 10 a.m. Monday at Seven Dolors Church Monroe. He was an Armco Steel Corp employee for 27 years and life long resident. He survived by wife Esther two daughters Judy Johnson and Carol two sons John David and Lt Charles Michael six grandchildren and two sisters and three brothers. Memorials to American Cancer Society or Leukemia Foundation. Funeral by Monroe Chapel Riggs Funeral Home. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitation Monday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Neu
E. Elm St
Monroe
Seven Dolors Church
Neu
Middletown Hospital
Armco Steel Corp
Nell
Mary
Ocennie Youtsler
Carol
John David
Middletown
Charles Michael
Fort Gordon
Vera Harmon
Stamford
American Cancer Society
Leukemia Foundation
Monroe Chapel
Riggs Funeral Home, Inc
Mrs Elva Sullivan Rites Held In Shaker Heights
Mrs. Elva Britenbecker Sullivan 81 a former Trenton elementary teacher dies after a stroke at her Shaker Heights home. Funeral arrangements by Brown Forward Funeral Home in Shaker Heights. Survived by husband Wayland two daughters and one grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva Britenbecker Sullivan
Trenton
Shaker Heights
Brown Forward Funeral Home
Mrs Lillian McLean Dies at 69 in Middletown Hospital
Mrs Lillian McLean aged 69 of 4816 Jefferson Road died at noon yesterday in Middletown Hospital. She is survived by one daughter Mrs Shannon Connolly, who shared her home. Burial is incomplete at Wilson Memorial Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian McLean
Jefferson Road
Middletown Hospital
Shannon Connolly
Wilson Memorial Home
Obituary: Carl South 51 Somerville
Carl South of Somerville dies at Fort Hamilton Hospital at 1 40 a m after a stay since December 24 He worked for Armco Steel Corp and served in the Army during World War II He was born in Jackson Kentucky.
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Carl South
Somerville
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Hamilton
Mr. South
Armco Steel Corp
Jackson
Funeral arrangements incomplete for Eva B. Morton
Eva B. Morton 76 of 1317 Park Ave Eaton died yesterday evening at Reid Memorial Hospital Richmond Ind She was native of Preble County and member of First United Presbyterian Church Eaton Survived by husband Myron son John L Morton Merced Calif and three grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
R. C. Nein & Sons
Eva B. Morton
Park Ave
Eaton
Morton
Preble County
Reid Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Ind
First United Presbyterian Church
Clarence Schrader 83 Dies After Heart Attack
Clarence Schrader 83 of 686 West Central Avenue Carlisle died at Middletown Hospital at 1 a.m. today after suffering an apparent heart attack yesterday evening. He retired in 1951 from Maxwell Paper Co. Survived by two sons Phillip Franklin and Donald Carlisle. Services 3 p.m. Tuesday at Eaton Funeral Home with Rev Homer Knabe officiating. Burial at Fairview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Clarence Schrader
Central Ave
Carlisle
Middletown Hospital
Schrader
Maxwell Paper Co
Phillip
Donald
Eaton Funeral Home
Homer Knabe
Fairview
Funeral notices for Elsie Mack and Ruth Snoddy
Mrs Elsie Mack of Dayton and Mrs Ruth Snoddy of San Diego may call at the McCoy funeral home. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Visitation is Monday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the McCoy funeral home in West Liberty Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Ohio
Elsie Mack
Dayton and Friends
Ruth Snoddy
San Diego
Calif
Services for Willie Thomas Funeral at Tried Stone Baptist Church
Willis Thomas 41 of 158 N Main St Franklin died Monday at Middletown Hospital Burial in Woodside Cemetery services at 1 p.m. Monday at Tried Stone Baptist Church officiated by Rev Herbert Hart Bailey Funeral Home will host viewing tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Man) Thomas
N. Main St
Franklin
Tried Stone Baptist Church
Herbert Hart
Woodside Cemetery
Bailey Funeral Home
Thomas
Middletown Hospital
Services for Mrs Weatherby held at New Era Baptist Church
Services for Mrs Robbie Mae Weatherby 39 of 1123 Kunz Ave are at 1 p.m. Tuesday at New Era Baptist Church with Rev Samuel Baldwin officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Visitation is Monday 7 to 9 p.m. at Bailey Funeral Home. Mrs Weatherby died Wednesday in Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbie Mae Weatherby
Kunz Ave
New Era Baptist Church
Samuel Baldwin
Woodside Cemetery
Bailey Funeral Home
Weatherby
Middletown Hospital
McMillan R B 73 Dies At Home In Maineville
Ronald B McMillan 73 died yesterday at his home in Maineville. Surviving are a son Ronald of Covington Kentucky a sister Mrs Irene Wright of California and a grandchild. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oswald Funeral Home. Burial in Hopkinsville Cemetery.
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Lebanon
Ronald B McMillan
Maineville
Ronald
Covington
Irene Wright
California
Oswald Funeral Home
Hopkinsville Cemetery
Mrs Ida Cunningham 77 Dies at Carlisle Care Center
Mrs. Ida Cunningham 77 of 1109 S Marshall Road died at 9 p m yesterday at Carlisle Care Center where she had been a patient since December 10 She lived in Middletown 15 years Surviving are three daughters Mrs Maurice Angel Mrs Frank Wade of Butler sville Ind and Mrs Joseph Reynolds of Richmond Va a son John Wright of Bryden Va two sisters Mrs Laura Bain Georgetown Ky and Mrs Anna Russell Great Ky 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren Services will be at 10 30 a m Monday at Riggs Smoot Baker officiating Burial will follow at funeral home tomorrow from 7 to 9 p m
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Ida Cunningham
S. Marshall Road
Carlisle Care Center
Middletown
Maurice Angel
Frank Wade
Butlersville
Ind
Joseph Reynolds
Richmond
John Wright
Bryden
Laura Bain
Georgetown
Anna Russell
Great,Ky
Riggs Funeral Home
Smoot Baker
Woodside Cemetery
Mary Lee of Lebanon Dies After Illness
Mrs. Mary Lee aged 74, sister of John Alexander of Lebanon, died at Elsah Illinois after a two month illness. Survived by a daughter Mrs. Ronald Crisswell of Alton Illinois and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lee
John Alexander
Lebanon
Elsah
Ill
Ronald Crisswell
Alton
Death of John Rose 64 Middletown Ky Resident
John Rose aged 64 of 4010 Jewell Street died at 2 25 p m yesterday at his home. Born in Wolfe County Kentucky he leaves his wife Belvia four daughters Geraldine Combs Irene Soley Ann DeBord Rena Smith three sons Linville Michael and Charles all of Middletown two brothers Jesse Germantown Henderson Lexington Kentucky two sisters Rhett Mitchell Mary Thomas Nan Deaton and 200 grandchildren Arrangements are incomplete at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rose
Jewell St
Wolfe County
Belvia
Geraldine Combs
Irene Soley
Middletown
Ann DeBord
Franklin
Rena Smith
Germany
Linville
Michael
Charles
Jesse
Germantown
Henderson
Lexington
Rhett Mitchell
Mary Thomas
Detroit
Nan Deaton
Jackson, Ky
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Mrs. Poppy Stacy Dies at 87 in Trenton
Mrs. Poppy Stacy of Burke Street Trenton died yesterday at her residence. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Monday at McCoy Leffler Edward Kirk officiating with burial to follow at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poppy Stacy
Burke St
Trenton
McCoy-Leffler
Edward Kirk
Woodside Cemetery
Stacy
Dorothy Keyser, 54, Trenton Beauty Shop Owner Dies
Mrs Dorothy Keyser 54 of 5903 Howe Road Trenton died at 620 PM yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a second heart attack this month She had run a beauty shop on Central Avenue for 11 years before moving to her present address in 1958 and continued in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Keyser
Howe Road
Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Keyser
Central Avenue
City Commission Approves Emergency Zoning Measure
Read in 1 hour 54 minutes, the 131 page zoning ordinance passed unanimously as emergency law. Residents sought compromises on C-1 and P-1 zones near Manchester Meadows and a Radio Station WPFB site. Braden parcel and bank estate land were shaped into P-1 and D3 zones with single family protections retained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Manchester Meadows
Manor
Harold Dilworth
Wicklow Drive
Sawyer
George Elliott
Paul Braden
Braden
WPFB
Elliott
Miami University
Rosedale Road
Braden Commission
First National Bank
C. A. Jones
Nelbar
P-1
Atco Avenue
Twdldletown
Miller Road
Don
Prep- Davis
Paul Presta
Vannest
Commissioners
Erty
Beauty shop and ceramics studio owner dies
The article notes the death of a local businesswoman, owner of the beauty shop and ceramics studio. The only immediate survivor is her husband, George, with the family services held at Riggs Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Riggs Funeral Home
Memorial Mass for Petty Officer Hartkemeyer in Hamilton
Requiem high mass for Petty Officer 2 C John Hartkemeyer 22 son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Hartkemeyer 2481 Salvatore Place will be sung at 10 30 a m Monday at Queen of Peace Church Burial to follow at St Stephen Colligan Funeral Home tomorrow 6 to 9 p m Hartkemeyer was killed December 17 when his Navy patrol boat was struck by a rocket in the Mekong Delta Vietnam
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
C. John Hartkemeyer
Ralph Hartkemeyer
Salvatore Place
Queen of Peace Church
St. Stephen Cemetery
Colligan Funeral
Hartkemeyer
Navy
Mekong Delta
Vietnam
Effie Amburgy dies at 67 in Dayton area funeral set
Mrs Effie Marie Amburgy 67 of Dayton died yesterday at home. Survived by five sons Earl Lebanon Bob Waynesville Russell Virgil Fairfield Williard Dayton and six daughters Gale Bailey Franklin Jack Souther Morrow Elna Dare Donald Taylor Cecil Shaw Wilmington John Grooms Bellbrook and Roger Johnson Lebanon plus a sister Floyd Amburgy South Lebanon and six brothers William Spencer Toledo Lewis Ray Spencer Roy A Z and the Rev Evertt Spencer Lebanon. Services 10 am Monday at Lebanon Church of God with burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin Oswald Funeral Home to host visitation tomorrow 2-4 pm and 7-9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Amburgy
Lebanon
Effi
Marie Amburgy
Dayton
Lee
Earl
Bob
Waynesville
Russell and
Virgil
Fairfield
Williard
Gale Bailey
Franklin
Jack Souther
Morrow
Elna Dare
Donald Taylor
Cecil Shaw
Wilmington
John Grooms
Bellbrook
Roger Johnson
Floyd Amburgy
South Lebanon
William Spencer
Toledo
Lewis and
Ray Spencer
Kentucky
Roy
A.Z
Evertt Spencer
Middletown Backs Clean Air and Fair Housing Laws
Middletown enacts a fair housing ordinance and a clean air law in a swift, joint vote. The housing rule mirrors federal civil rights law with mediation by the Citizens Council on Human Relations and specific exemptions for small owners and certain multiunit buildings. Violations carry fines up to 500 dollars, while the clean air measure delays effect for two years to permit installation of smoke controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
U.S
Ohio
Butler County
Hamilton
Tilmon A. Ellison
U. S
Citizens Council On Human Relations l
Pair Nabbed In Station Robbery
Two Middletown men aged 32 and 34 were jailed on armed robbery charges after the early morning hold up at the Clark service station on Verity Parkway Clin Arlington Creel. A customer description led police to stop their car within minutes and found the loot and a pocket knife in the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Clark
Verity Parkway
Clin- A— Srt
Ton Creel
Vail Avenue
Danny Robinson
Roosevelt Ave
Robinson
Don Zimmers
Kesling Drive
Springboro
Franklin widow dies after murder suicide attempt
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Thompson, 56, of 1101 Dale Ave, Franklin, died after a May 8 shooting in a murder death by own action incident involving her husband Walter R. Thompson, 74, who also died from self-inflicted wounds while moving into a Dale Avenue home from Candler North Carolina. Survived by mother Ethel Sheets and sisters Thelma Kaiser and Harriet Glossip. Funeral arrangements set at Eaton Funeral Home with burial at Woodhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Mary Elizabeth Thompson
Dale Avé
Walter R. Thompson
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati
Thompsons
Dale Avenue
Candler
N. C
Eaton Funeral Home
Ethel Sheets
Thelma Kaiser
Harriet Glossip
Dale Chambers
Woodhill Cemetery
Funeral
Union Denies Damage In Fire Fighters Clubhouse Vandalism
David Taylor, president of the Miami Carey Independent Union, claims union members or guests did not damage the Fire Fighters Clubhouse on Carmody Boulevard. He provided three suspect names and says the incident occurred between 2 and 4 am Tuesday after his party ended. Police report notes about $150 in damage and 12 broken windows, while the clubhouse group cites 24 windows and other repairs pending. A local man was treated at Middletown Hospital for a stab wound suffered at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmody Boulevard
David Taylor
Smith Ave
Miami-Carey Independent Union
Taylor
J. Steven McCue
Fire Fighters Clubhouse Association
Middletown
Municipal Court Fines Jail Terms Judge Balks Disorderly Conduct
Judge J. T. Lamb’s municipal court handed a string of penalties including fines and jail sentences. Notable cases: Evean Jent 35 fined 200 dollars, three days in jail and one year driving ban for intoxicated driving. Gary Edwards 22 fined 200 dollars, one year driving ban, three day suspended jail. Several defendants faced fines for disorderly conduct and weapons offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Lamb
Evean Jent
Clark Sr
Jent
Gary Wallace Edwards
Baltimore St
Elisha Miller
Taylor’ Ave
Vada Miller
Charles Sr
Roy H. Spicer
Browns Run Road
James Glasgow
Oon Drive
Tom Lapsley
18Th Ave
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Ray Brown
Joe Lewis
Bohman
John Neu. Monroe
Esther
Judy Johnson
Jerry
Oxford
Gertrude South
Miami
Fla
Dorothy Schultz
Ethel Miller
Lucile Shadasky
McCoy- Leffler
Mrs
Elva Sullivan
Eva Morton
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
Willie Thomas
R. Weatherby
Ronald McMillan
Mrs. Poppy Stacy
Jim Bohman
Journal
East End
Juengling
John Hartkemeyer
Union
Eugene Campbell
Howard Ave
Edward Gale Edwards
Vanderveer_ Sr
Sandra Edwards
Paul Coldiron
Manchester Ave
William E. Moore
15Th Ave
Thomas Frisby
Moore St
Calvin Arthur Cross
Bill Marcum
Pershing Ave
Wendal Taylor
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