Officials Take Oath For Butler County Commissioners
Several Butler County officials were sworn in as the new terms began. Judge Fred B. Cramer administered oaths to David Black Gordon Augsburger John W. Wendel Robert Marrs Earl Hogan Joseph T. Kiep Paul Pell Jesse Pochard and Ross H Snyder with Snyder noted as Middletonian joining the county commission after a recount. The ceremony included a robe presentation to Judge Black and drew relatives and four generations of the Pochard family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Black
Domestic Relations Court
Gordon Augsburger
John W. Wendel
Robert Marrs
Earl Hogan
Joseph T. Kiep
Paul Pell
Jesse
Wendel
Wend
Pochard
Ross H. Snyder
Butler County Reports Safe Driving Period With No Fatalities
Butler County drivers received a pat on the back as 92 speeders and violations were recorded from Friday to Tuesday. No fatalities occurred during the period, despite a high statewide death toll. Mrs. Irma Soule, secretary of the Butler County Traffic Safety Committee, defended the county’s record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Irma Soule
Butler County Traffic Safety Com
Raeteslaen
30-Day Term Suspended For Driver
Judge J. T. Riley presided over eighteen Munici pal Court cases in Franklin. Paul Carpenter, 23, Franklin Rt. 2, fled the scene of an accident and received the heaviest fine plus costs and a jail term suspended for six months except work. Johnnie Birchfield, 22, 1500 Church St., reckless operation, fined 25 dollars and costs with days driving suspension. Robert Cunningham, 24, Miamisburg, fined 10 dollars and costs for failure to maintain unassured clear distance. Bond forfeitures included James Agee, 21, Middletown, 15 dollars. James ?, Middletown, 15 dollars for reckless operation. Huey Davis, 2, 509 Forest Ave., left of center line, 30 dollars. Franklin Vaughn, 18, Franklin Rt. 2, speeding, 15 dollars. James Buckner, 22, Miamisburg, speeding, 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
J. T. Riley
Paul Carpenter
Franklin Rt. 2
Nermer Nein
Johnnie Birchfield
Church St
Robert Cunningham
Miamisburg
James Agee
Sherman Ave
Middletown
James
Huey Davis
Forest Ave
Franklin Vaughn
Franklin Rt
James Buckner
Club hears of newsstand drive against indecent material
Middletown Optimiste heard Glen Bathalter, manager of the Federated Credit Bureau Inc Cincinnati speak on crusade against indecent literature and newsstands. Bathalter urged news dealers to refuse books and magazines that glorify crime depict crime and feature lewd photographs during the Manchester Hotel meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Glen Bathalter
Federated Credit Bureau, Inc
Cincinnati
Bathalter
Credit Bureau
Manchester
Young Ladies Working Club Meeting at Carlisle
The Young Ladies Working Club will meet next Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Grace Beachler, just south of Carlisle.
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Carlisle
Young Ladies Working Club
Grace Beachler
Miami University To Host National Aviation Workshop 1957
Civil Air Patrol confirms the 1957 National Aviation Workshop will be held at Miami University from July to August 9. Over 1,000 high school teachers from across the nation are expected to attend, with tours of aviation industries and visits to military and civilian aviation facilities. CAP and sponsor Air Force cooperation fund the event, including scholarships and an air lift to participants. Dr. Mervin K. Strickler Jr. will direct with a 150 member staff and extensive briefing materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Miami University
Civil Air Patrol
Bolling Field
Miami
CAP
United States Air Force
Air Force
Walter R. Agee
National Science Foundation
Mervin K. Strickler Jr
Middletonian sworn in as Marrs aide in 1952
Middletown attorney William E Rathman was sworn in yesterday by Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer as an assistant prosecuting attorney the first Middletown native to join the st Ohio bar Since then he has joined local veteran and service groups and will work from the First National Bank building to assist Prosecutor Marrs in Middletown area investigations. All officials must be channeled through the prosecutor's office at 116 High St Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
William E Rathman
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Middletonian
St, Ohio
Marrs
Prosecutors Office
High St
Hamilton
Spisak Heads Escort For Polar IGY Survey Mission
CWO Andrew Spisak son of Mrs Helen Spisak of 1205 Yankee Rd is among 18 U S Navy officers chosen to escort a team bound for the Polar International Geophysical Year station at McMurdo Sound Antarctica. Dr Paul Aoe in Washington heads scientific work at the IGY station. The Curtis departed Dec 27 in San Diego with Spisak reporting by letter that the three month mission will relieve half the Seabees at the base.
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CWO
Andrew Spisak
Mra
Helen Spisak
Yankee Rd
U. S. Navy
Navy
Richard EB. Byrd
McMurdo Sound
Antarctica
Paul Aoe
Washington, D. C
IGY
Calif
U.S
Curtis
Spisak
Nita
Carol Jean
San Diego
Antarctic Post
Middleton Residents Quietly Weather Snow Day
Middleton residents faced yesterday's snow with extra caution and reported no traffic or industrial accidents. Weather observer C. T. Morningstar noted fourteen hundredths of rain and snow, and temperatures fell from a high of 41 to a low of 24 degrees by six this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
C. T. Morningstar
U. S
Youths To Face Federal Charge In Interstate Auto Theft
Two 16 year-old Hamilton youths were served a federal warrant charging interstate transportation of a stolen car. FBI agent Ed Mason said the youths admitted thrill thefts and would face sentinces before U S Commissioner Graham P Hunt in Covington Kentucky. Cincinnati police said they were dividing loot from several burglaries when arrested.
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Hamilton
Ed Mason
FBI
Cincinnati
Weda
U. S
Graham P. Hunt
Covington
Fire Damages Home in City View Heights Attic
City View Heights volunteers confined the blaze to the attic at Samuel Sapp’s residence 1631 West Elkton Rd. about $1,000 in damage. Chief Richard Estes said the fire, believed to be caused by an overheated stove, occurred early.
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Hamilton
City View Heights
Samuel Sapp
West Elkton Rd
Richard Estes
Woman Slightly Hurt As City Bus Strikes Pedestrian
Susie Arnold was treated for shoulder and side injuries after a city bus hit her at Garfield Street and Hudson Avenue. The incident happened as the Ortman Stewart Transportation Co. bus pulled away after unloading passengers. Police listed multiple minor auto accidents across Middletown on snowy streets with various damage amounts.
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Middletown
Susie Arnold
Syramore St
Garfield Street
Hudson Avenue
Ortman- Stewart Transportation Co
Ludlow Cole Jr
Car Strikes Restaurant In Franklin Crack Crashes Wall
A motorist said wet brakes caused his car to jump a curb and strike the Victory Restaurant on N Main Street. The 5 05 p m crash caused about 500 in damage to the wall with a 10 by 10 foot hole. No injuries reported. Driver Donald Fink 24 of 10 Hudson Ave cited. Restaurant owned by Robert Faust was closed this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Victory
N. Main Street
Donald Fink
Hudson Ave
Robert Faust
Gl Escaped Brig Suspect Sought By Middletown Police
Middletown police have been alerted to search for Kenneth Isbell an 18 year old from 3719 Sawyer Road who escaped from armed guards at Fort McPherson in Georgia. He is described as feet tall 165 pounds with a fair complexion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Kenneth Isbell
Sawyer Rd
Ft. McPherson
Woman Refuses Bail and Stays in City Jail
Police said Freda Koehler, 32, of 2420 Grand Ave, refused to post bond and remain in the city jail after her 6:15 a.m. arrest on a disorderly conduct charge in the 1930s block of Central Avenue.
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Freda Koehler
Grand Ave
Central Avenue
Injuries Reported In Butler County Road Crashes Friday
Five persons were injured in three Butler County accidents Friday night, with James Lee Murphy 19 and passenger Gracyne Ferguson 16 admitted to Mercy Hospital in fair condition. Other victims include James Brandenburg 36, Elsie James 18, and L. C. Johnson 37 treated for chest, leg, and head injuries, while Bobby Mullins 22 escaped harm in the first crash.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Sheriff's Deputies
Mercy Hospital
James Lee Murphy
Beckett Sr
Jand
Gracyne Ferguson
Chestnut St
James Brandenburg
Franklin St
Elsie James
Washington St
L. C. Johnson
Lane St
Brandenburg
Murphy
Elmer Grabel
Hamilton-Trenton
Overpeck
Bobby Mullins
Logan Ave
Mid
Eight Charges Filed In Clash Of Greenbush Families
In Greenbush Preble County seven people face eight charges after a family clash between the Gayhart and Trent families. Trent brothers John Roland Stanley and Nathan seek attorneys with cases continued to January 8. Chester and Vester Gayhart also expected in court.
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Greenbush
Eaton
Gayhart
Trent
Preble County
Gayharts
John E. Ernst
Trent Brothers
John
Roland
Stanley
Nathan
John Burke
Chester Gayhart
Middletown
Vester Gayhart
Lima
John Trent
Roland Trent
Stanley Trent
Bertha Woodruff
Nathan Trent
Obituary Carrie Conarroe 75 of 1901 1st Ave
Mrs Carrie Conarroe aged about 75 of 1901 1st Ave died at 3 30 pm yesterday at the Fairfield Rest Home Hamilton where she had been a patient since August 1955 The wife of Howard Conarroe she formerly worked for P Lorillard Co Survived by husband and one son Service at 2 pm Monday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Conarroe
1St Ave
Fairfield
Hamilton
Howard Conarroe
P. Lorillard Co
McCoy-Leffler
Woodside
Walter Puthoff Rides Five Years Ago Obituary
Walter Puthoff died five years ago. Services and burial were held December 23 in Elrobean. Surviving are his wife Mary, two sons Leroy of California and Walter Jr. of Cincinnati, and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rida
Elrobean
Mary
Leroy
California
Walter Jr
Cincinnati
Miss Alice E. Stewart 74 Springfield music teacher dies
Services held for Miss Alice E. Stewart of Springfield a retired music teacher and sister of William Stewart of Waynesville. Rites were at Richards Memorial Home and a second service is planned at the Flag Methodist Church in Gallia. She died Thursday and is survived by three brothers and two sisters.
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Waynesville
Alice E. Stewart
Springfield
William Stewart
Flag Methodist Church
Gallia
Stewart
George M. Vint Rites Held in Dayton Burial at Calvary Cemetery
George M. Vint 72 of Graymont Ave Dayton father of Peter Vint Waynesville died Wednesday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after 36 years residence. Funeral at Resurrection Church Dayton 9 am Monday with burial at Calvary Cemetery. Survived by wife Mary and four daughters among others.
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Waynesville
George Michael Vint
Graymont Ave
Dayton
Peter Vint
Resurrection
Obituary notices list multiple local deaths and funeral times
Gustave A. Webr 87 of 435 Fair Ave services 10 30 a m Monday Proscher Funeral Home Howard Manifold 61 of 1718 Grand Blvd Requiem High Mass 9 a m Monday St Veronica Church Mrs Robert Means 32 of 183 Carmen Ave private services Monday Campbell Funeral Home John Holman Nutter 89 of Bond Ky services 2 p m Monday Pro Isobel Funeral Home Mrs Caroline M Hoffman 67
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Gustave A. Webr
Fair Ave
Proscher Funeral Home
Howard Manifold
Grand Bivd
St. Veronica Church
Robert Means
Carmen Ave
Campbell Funeral Home
John Holman Nutter
Bond
Pro
Isobel Funeral Home
Caroline M. Hoffman
Franklin Woman Struck By Auto In Heavy Snowfall
Mrs. Mamie Bixby, 79, of 128 S Main, Franklin, was injured after being struck by a car driven by Bertelli Melton of Carlisle while crossing Main Street near 2nd Street during a heavy snowfall. She sustained hand abrasions and was treated at a doctor's office. Police say Melton was traveling slowly and did not see her.
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Franklin
2Nd Street
S. Main Street
Mamie Bixby
S. Main
Bertelli Melton
Carlisle
E. 2Nd Street
8. Main
Main Street
Proeschel Funeral Home Services This Monday
At 9 a.m. Monday, Proeschel Funeral Home will provide services at 559 Main St. The notice lists the address and the time for the community observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
Proeschel
Charles Francis Locker Coe Dies at 66 in Palm Beach
The Palm Beach Post and Times editor publisher Charles Francis Locker Coe 66 a famed writer on prize rights and prohibition era died Friday. He served as attorney former motion picture executive and radio announcer in Palm Beach Florida with a long career in media and law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach, Fla
Charles Francis ‘Locker Coe
The
Palm Beach Post and Times
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Ross H. Snyider
Butler County Commission
Cramer
Snyder
First National Bank of
Threelman County
Garret J. Boone
Judge Black
SALES
Melampy’s
R. C. Caudill
First Church OF God
Crawford
Logan ST
J. Herschel Caudill
Ralph Hall
Blue Ball
McClelland Smith
Atco Ave
Shafer Street
N. Sutphin Street
Edward Orman
Crawford St
Dorothy Short
Moore St
Ss. Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Donald Anspach
Spring Ave
Warren Taylor
Alameda
Iat Penfield Avenue
Young Street
Charles Hoke
Germantown
Carl Byrd
Navaho St
Sutphin Street
John Campbell
Bellomonte St
William Arkill
Orchard St
1St Avenue
Howard Eyler
Middletown Rt. 3
Noah Dawson
Franklin Rt. 1
Richard Blume
Pershing Ave
James Thienemann
West Middletown
Clark Street
Vail Avenue
Paul Steigerwald
Tytus Ave
Jobie Bishop
Old Oxford Rd
Grand Avenue
Highland Street
Dorothy Fike
Baltimore St
Ben Walters
West Elkton
Mullins
Boyd H. Smith
College Corner
U.S. 27
James T.roach Jr
Howman Ave
New Miami
Rt. 129
Hamilton-Scipio Road
Roach
Mrs
Walter Puthoff
Alice Stewart
George M. Vint
Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Association
Mary E. Strodtbeck
Associated Press
Tytus
Dohn Hardware
ICKS
Bill Beeny
Evangelistic
God's House
Bible School
Howard Sears
P. FP
Wilmore
Middletown, Ohie
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