Eight Webb children homeless after Port Union fire
A Port Union family of eight lost their two story home on Princeton Avenue in a blaze discovered around 4 p.m. The five surviving children aged 2 to 19 were saved by two older sisters who led them to safety. Fire officials said the fire started in a detective room heater and spread rapidly, with Union Township and Fairfield fire units assisting. The family is staying with neighbors as relief efforts coordinate furniture and clothing.
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Port Union
Princeton
Lowell Webb
Lowells
John Herbert
Union, Township
Tw Union Township
Fairfield
Herbert
Webb
Metal Specialty Co
Cincinnati
Frank Minges
Minges
West Chester Garden Club
Lakota High School
Vacancies Open in Mahoning Valley Vocational School Programs
Two new training classes start Monday near Youngstown at Mahoning Valley Vocational School. A few vacancies remain in electric appliance repair and custodian groundskeeper courses with all expenses paid and a weekly allowance. Applicants 16 to 21 may be sent from the Ohio State Employment Service, 1207 Vail Ave, for immediate or February 14 registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahoning Valley
Youngstown
Ohio State Employment Service
Vail Ave
Obituary of Nathan F Bowles 83 of 2208 Lamberton St
Nathan F Bowles 83 of 2208 Lamberton Street died 5 55 p m Saturday at Logsdon Nursing Home Hamilton where he had been a patient since September 15 he had been in failing health ten years A native of Owsley County Kentucky he lived in the area for about 30 years He is survived by four daughters Elsa Brownfield Alexandria Kentucky Violet Marshall Metamora Indiana Zona Lonicker Middletown Irene Smith Toledo six sons Clayton Wauseon Charles Seward Alaska Clarence Middletown Lee Gordon Franklin Donald New London Ohio three brothers Finley Booneville Kentucky Ballard Falmouth Indiana Henry Irvine Kentucky three sisters Frances Thompson Covington Kentucky Nelle Combs Beattyville Kentucky Marie Peters Falmouth Kentucky and 36 grandchildren and many great grandchildren Funeral services will be at 2 p m Tuesday Riggs Funeral Home Burial in Millville Cemetery Public viewing at Riggs Funeral Home 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m Monday
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Nathan F. Bowles
Lamberton St
Logsdon
Hamilton
Bowles
Owsley County
Elsa Brownfield
Alexandria
Violet Marshall
Metamora
Ind
Zona Lonicker
Middletown
Irene Smith
Toledo
Clayton
Wauseon
Charles
Seward
Alaska
Clarence
Lee
Gordon
Franklin
Donald
New London
Ohio
Finley
Booneville
Ballard
Falmouth
Henry
Irvine
Frances Thompson
Covington
Nelle Combs
Shoplifters Take Suits and Coats From Montgomery Ward
Police report shows three women’s suits valued at 45 dollars each and four coats at 50 dollars each were taken from Montgomery Ward on N University Boulevard yesterday afternoon. Billy Powers of 3912 Jewell Avenue reported tools valued at 300 dollars stolen from the rear of his house.
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Montgomery Ward
N. University Boulevard
Billy Powers
Jewell Ave
Praying Woman No Blessed Good Here
A 94 year old Maineville man, Robert Riechel, reports a 50 year old woman came to his home on Maineville Rt. 1 to pray and bless his house. She allegedly robbed him of 200 dollars from his wallet after blessing furniture and clothing.
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Lebanon
Maineville
Warren County
Riechel
Quake Devastates Greek Heartland triggering emergency aid
A predawn earthquake in north central Greece near Karditsa injured two seriously and left hundreds, possibly thousands, homeless. The quake prompted a government emergency declaration from Larisa to Karpenisi as rescue units worked through snowbound, landslide blocked roads to reach damaged villages.
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Greece
Larisa
Karpenision
Aeronca Credit Union Elects Schlotter Head
Schlotter elected president of Aeronca Employees Credit Union at annual meeting held at Elks Country Club. Board directors Murphy Sandker Irwin elected for three years. officers also include Danner treasurer Buchl secretary Frashier assistant secretary treasurer. Dividend declared 4.42 percent for 1955. 73 new members. loans $316,620. savings $307,508. assets $393,000.
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Aeronca Employes Credit Union
Elks Country Club
James Murphy
Frank Sandker
George Irwin
W. F. Schlotter
Franklin St
Sandker
Eugene Danner
Billie Buchl
Chester Frashier
Dorothy Secrist
Vic Thomas
Schlotter
Pelley resigns poverty office amid War on Poverty critique
Dr James H Pelley a Miami University professor and Democratic primary candidate for the 24th District resigns as field specialist in the Ohio Office of Opportunity after stating the War on Poverty is mismanaged at national and regional levels while supporting the act's goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
James H. Pelley
Ohio Office of Opportunity
Miami University
Ohio
Pelley
Skeleton Not That Of Girl In 51 Crash
Indiana authorities say the skeletal remains found near Aurora are that of a 50 year old woman, not the 16 year old Loretta Marcum Gordon once thought possible. Gordon, 16, drowned along with Cpl. John Little in the 1951 Warwick Road crash near Hamilton when a car skidded on ice into Four Mile Creek. Little’s body was recovered the next day. Gordon’s has never been found.
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Hamilton
Indiana
J. Garret Boone
Butler County
Aurora
Ind
Loretta Marcum
Gordon
Marcum
Man 73 Dies in Two Car Crash Near Perry Ohio
Louis Creveling, 73, died Saturday after a two vehicle collision on US 20 near Perry in Painesville Ohio. The crash occurred about five miles east of town.
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Painesville
Ohio
Louis Creveling
Perry
Here
Thieves Steal Cash at Davidson's Photo Shop
Six men scattered as one kept Mrs. Jeanette Davidson from serving a customer at Davidson's Photo Shop in the Middletown Shopping Plaza. At least $75 in cash and several credit cards were taken from behind the counter. one man may have lifted a wallet. TWO 12 YEAR OLD boys were referred to Butler County juvenile authorities after causing about $200 damage in the YMCA locker room. They knocked over a vibrating machine, valued at $178, and ripped a wash basin worth $30 from the wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson
Middletown
Jeanette Davidson
Butler County
YMCA
Death of Bishop's Son Ruled Death by Own Action
James A. Pike Jr, 22, son of Protestant Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike, died of a self inflicted gunshot in his Hudson Hotel room. Police found a rambling note ending with Goodbye and drawings of a rifle and falling bird. He had studied at Cambridge University and had just returned to the United States.
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New York
James A. Pike
California
James A. Pike Jr
Hudson
Cambridge University
England
Pike
United States
Broadway
London
Episcopal Diocese of
Young Pike
Free Seed For The Birds At Park Board Secretary Says
Park Board headquarters in Goldman Park will give away two pound bags of bird seed free after 9 30 Monday morning. Mrs Pauline L Haines park department office secretary says Middletown Kiwanis Club through its conservation committee distributes seed each winter with park department help. The club recently donated 200 pounds that disappeared in a day and 500 more has been given to start Monday morning.
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Park Board
Goldman Park
Pauline L. Haines
Park Department
Middletown Kiwanis Club
Evry
Hopper Reappointed Ohio Regional Director of Four Chaplains
Hobart W. Hopper of 2916 Wilbraham Road is named Ohio regional director of the Chapel of the Four Chaplains for a fourth consecutive year by Rev. Walter H. White, chaplain in Philadelphia. The Armco Steel Corp employee just returned from his fourth visit to the chapel and has given talks about the four chaplains who died February 3, 1943, on the torpedoed troopship Dorchester. Hopper also serves as chaplain of American Legion Post 218.
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Hobart W. Hopper
Wilbraham Road
Ohio
Hopper
Walter H. White
Philadelphia
Armco Steel Corp
American Legion Post 218
Five Minor Accidents Reported by Middletown Police
Middletown police investigated five fender-bender accidents yesterday with total damage estimated at 520. Percy Barnett, 30, of 1309 Baltimore St. was charged with backing when unsafe after backing into Cheryl Ratcliff's car at Cherry Street and Yankee Road, causing 90 damage to the Ratcliff vehicle.
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Middletown
Percy Barnett
Baltimore St
Barnett
Cherry Street
Yankee Road
Cheryl A. Ratcliff
Oxford-Middletown Road
Ratcliff
Rita Shoots For Ohio Honors As Junior Miss
Middletown teen Rita Rae Coleman 17 will depart Tuesday to rehearse with 19 other Junior Miss contenders for state honors in Xenia. The Lemon Monroe High senior competes for a $500 savings bond and $500 cash, plus a shot at the national title in Mobile Alabama.
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Middletown
Rita Rae Coleman
Rita
Roy L. Coleman
Coleman
Finley Sr
Lemon-Monroe High School
Xenia
Mobile
Ala
Car Fire Causes $25 Loss on Arnold Drive and Circle Drive
Middletown firefighters blamed a shorted switch under the dashboard in a car owned by James Elder at 6555 Jennifer Lane for a blaze yesterday afternoon at Arnold Drive and Circle Drive. The fire caused about $25 in damage.
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Arnold Drive
Circle Drive
Middletown
James Elder
Jennifer Lane
Otterbein selects Westerville sophomore as winter queen
Otterbein College in Westerville crowned Eileen Coad a sophomore coed from Westerville as winter homecoming queen during Saturday ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westerville
Ohio
Eileen Coad
Otterbein College
Leg Stretcher Gets 30 Days
Nineteen year old Ronald Wright of Parkamo Avenue jailed 30 days in the Cincinnati Workhouse and fined 100 dollars after pleading guilty to two burglary counts. Judge Robert Marrs bound Wright over to the grand jury. a larceny by trick charge was dismissed after Wright fled police seeking a request to stretch his legs. He was re-arrested Monday night at relatives home.
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Hamilton
Ronald Wright
Parkamo Avenue
Cincinnati
Robert Marrs
Wright
Two Brothers Held In S60 Theft At Roberson's Sporting Goods
Two brothers aged 12 and 14 admitted to Middletown police they took 60 dollars from a purse in the Roberson's Sporting Goods office on Central Avenue Friday afternoon. Louise McClain of 1205 Barnitz Street owned the purse. A store witness identified one youth. The boys were released to their parents for juvenile authorities.
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Middletown
Roberson’s Sporting Goods
Central Avenue
Louise McClain
Barnitz St
Butler County
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Blaze
Nathan Bowles
Mrs. Powell
Heart Association
Middleton
Athens
Kardhitsa
Atlantic Treaty Organization
Aeronca Credit Union
Yeats
Shaddock
Shaddock’s
Germantown Rd
Central Ave
Xenia Fieldhouse
Dayton
The
Xenia Jaycees
Ohio Junior Miss, Inc
Joyce Bechtel
Massilon
Mary Allyn Bohmer
Betsy Bridges
Cleveland
Donna Brown
Licking County
Madeline Carvalho
North Dayton
Terry Challis
Columbus
Johanna Deter
Richland County
Susan Dick
Springfield
Marjorie Erwin
Jefferson County
Lucy Diane Freedman
South Dayton
Claudia Huntsburger
Miami County
Candace Lynn Jenkins
Preble County
Mary E. Johnson
Northwest Ohio
Kathie Joel
Greene County
Linda Lou Larkins
Meigs County
Janet Martz
Allen County
Cynda Kay Schuler
Millersburg
Brenda J. Steinmetz
Mount Vernon
Judy Gaye Zundel
Columbiana County
Rita Coleman
Otterbein
DODDS
Verity
Woodside Cemetery
Maytag Washer & Dryer Sale
Melampy
Tose
Eugene L. Bock
Poinciana
Eee
Union S Middletowns Finest Cleaners & Launderers
Park St
Jnd Avenue
West Central Ave
Grand Ave
Gideon Rd
McGee's
Mkt
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