Five Homes Targeted in South Middletown Burglary Spree
Deputies report burglars struck five South Middletown homes around 9 p.m. last night, stealing nearly $1,000 in goods. The heaviest loss came from James Olinger at 613 Bueng Ave with $488.95 in items, including a portable TV and sewing machine. Other homes on Granada and Bernice Avenues saw watches, jewelry, a radio, a record player, clothing, and coins taken, while one house yielded only a $50 watch and $8 in change. Break-ins involved rear doors or windows and were investigated by Deputies Davis and Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Middletown
Sheriff's Deputies
James Olinger
Bueng Ave
William L. Caudill
Granada Ave
Caudill
Smith Bowling
Vada Puckett
Bernice Ave
Georgia Caldwell
James Davis
Bill Wolfe
Speaker At Monroe Wins Medal at School Oratory Event
Gary Sorrell, Lemon Monroe High School senior, won first place for his "You Have to Pay the Price" oration and earned a nomination as one of the two student speakers for June commencement. Pat Berry took second for "Security vs. Freedom," with a roster of other speakers and judges noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Sorrell
Lemon Monroe
Sorrell
Pat Berry
Sue Coppess
Lynn Leavell
Linda Shackelford
America
Ralph Schirmer
Larry Sullivan
Della Ewart
Paul Ruark
Arnold Bowden
Russell Dockum
James Buck
James White
Auto Fire Damages 1956 Car on Vannest Avenue
Firemen said a blaze of undetermined cause damaged a 1956 model car at 4100 block of Vannest Avenue, gutting the interior while the motor remained intact. The vehicle valued at 1600 dollars had about 1400 dollars in damage. Earlier, fire crews checked 468 Broad Street with no fire found after a citizen reported smoke from an incinerator between buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vannest Avenue
Dale Cummings
Middletown
Rt 1
Broad St
Driver Still Critical After Route 127 Crash
Andrew Gibbs Jr., 31, of Somerville, remained in critical condition today at Mercy Hospital, Hamilton, following an early morning auto accident yesterday. His car went out of control on U.S. Route 127 south of Eaton and struck a tree, injuring Gibbs and presumably others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Gibbs Jr
Somerville
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Gibbs
U. S 127
Eaton
Warren Board Protests Move to Courthouse Quarters
Warren County commissioners faced a tense protest from the county Board of Education over a plan to move the board offices to a courthouse area site. Education officials argued the space is too small. commissioners touted cost savings and new parking, while promising study of the proposal.
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Lebanon
Warren
County Board of Education
Commission
Raymond Hatfield
Counip Wee Slantieak
Feerang
Hatfield
Lebanon National Bank
Cecil Linkoug
Board of Education
Welfare Department
Veterans Administration and Health Department
Health Department
Lloyd Harbaugh
Board of Edication
Local Man Arrested Hearing Set on Larceny Charge
A hearing is scheduled Tuesday morning in Municipal Court for William Ely Neff 30 Dayton a former Middle Town businessman charged with larceny by trick. Neff connected to Three Brothers Furniture Co and listed as a manufacturer's representative allegedly obtained a note for 469.45 with consent by false representation and consolidated accounts totaling 346.45 plus 112.08 in purchases to Interstate Securities. warrant says he sold the 346.45 account to General Electric Credit Corp and did not return the note to Marjorie Grine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Middletown
William Ely Neff
Three Brothers Furniture Co
Marjory Grine
Eastline Drive
Neff
Interstate Securities
General Electric Credit Corp
Driver Cited In Accident On Germantown Road
No injuries reported though vehicle damage totaled 300 dollars after two cars collided in the 1600 block of Germantown Road. Police charged David J. Armbruster 21 of 3601 Grand Ave with failure to yield right of way after his auto and a car driven by Amos Smith 47 of 5894 Manchester Road collided at 10 35 p.m. Officers also investigated two minor accidents yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown Road
David J. Armbruster
Grand Ave
Amos Smith
Manchester Road
Man Arrested In Louisville For Auto Theft And Juvenile Delinquency
Kenneth Isbell, 20, a former Middletown resident wanted in Pulaski County for auto theft and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile girl, was arrested yesterday in Louisville Kentucky. Detectives said Isbell was recently placed on parole from an Indiana prison. The latest charges were filed at Winamac Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Isbell
Middletown
Pulaski County
Louisville
Isbell
Indiana
Winamac
Ind
Police Briefs Report Theft and Assault Near Bowling Lanes
M A Glasco of 2932 Wilbraham Road said two saw blades worth 40 dollars were stolen from his car. Officers responding to a call at Frontier Bowling Lanes on Ninth Avenue and Yankee Road heard Carl Vance, 16, of 807 Yankee Road, claim four unidentified boys attacked him as he left the establishment where he works as a pinboy, injuring his neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Glasco
Wilbraham Road
Frontier
Ninth Avenue
Yankee Road
Carl Vance
Woman Hospitals After Dip In Canal In Trenton News
A 20 year old woman Beulah Wolfe of 106 Burke Street was found in the Hydraulic Canal area and removed to Middletown Hospital by a McCoy Leffler ambulance. The incident occurred in the 800 block of West Central Avenue and the cause was reported as a fall or jump into the canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Central Avenue
Beulah Wolfe
Burke St
Middletown Hospital
McCoy - Leffler
AF Plans for Clinton AB Ab at Wilmington
The Air Force considers Clinton County Air Force Base in Wilmington as a potential regional jet airport for southwest Ohio. Rep. Clarence J. Brown was told the Air Force will act in the national defense interest. The base shifts from KC97 refueling to a reserve unit, with newer aircraft reducing older SAC forces, while remaining ready if international trouble had arisen in 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton County Air Force Base
Wilmington
Ohio
Zuckert
Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester Republican
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Clinton County
SAC
County to inspect former MacGregor site for surplus food
Hamilton county commissioners will inspect a plant at 118 Millikin Street, once the MacGregor Ice Cream Co., to use as a distribution point for surplus commodities to needy families. The Board of Health approved the refrigeration equipped facility, while a second warehouse at 11 Ludlow Street was deemed unsuitable. Distribution aims to start this month if warehouse needs are met.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Millikin Lst
MacGregor Ice Cream Co
Surood
Warren L. Harding
Board of Health
Ludlow St
Harding
Fisher Body Plant Shutdown
About 900 production workers at the Fisher Body Plant in Hamilton will be idled Monday and Tuesday to adjust the local production schedule with the Fisher Body Division plants of General Motors. All salaried personnel and those in tool and die work remain on the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Fisher Body
Carl Morris
General Motors
Man Charged With Burglary After Cafe Breakin
Theodore Donald Bowles, 26, of 1213 S Verity Parkway, was charged with burglary after police caught him inside the First Avenue Grill early yesterday. Officers found him crawling on the bar, with the front door glass smashed by a large rock. Nothing was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Donald Bowles
S. Verity Parkway
First Avenue
Ptl
Glen Shortt
Bowles
First Ave
Alarm False Sparks Franklin Fire Crew Run
A false alarm sent Franklin firemen on a three mile run at 7 45 p m yesterday to a grocery on Pennyroyal Road.
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Franklin
Pennyroyal Road
South Lebanon Rt 48 Bypass Hearing Planned
A public hearing by the Ohio Department of Highways will discuss relocating State Route 48 at South Lebanon Warren County. The 3.7 mile bypass would cost about 1.6 million dollars, include new bridges, and drop the old highway after completion. Joseph M. Unger will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Rt. 48
South Lebanon
Warren County
Ohio Department of Highways
Town
Rt. 48
Turtle Creek-Union Road
Little Miami River
Turtle Creek
Pennsylvania Railroad
South
Lebanon
Joseph M. Unger
Highway Division 8
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Emma Dugan VA Volunteer Dies
Mrs Emma Alice Dugan 62 of 407 S Sutphin St died at 215 am at Middletown Hospital after a long volunteer life with the VA Center Dayton and many local groups. Survived by husband Lawrence daughter Gertrude McClain and several siblings and a grandchild. Services Tuesday 2 pm at McCoy Leffster Funeral Home, burial Miltonville Cemetery. Call Monday 2-5 and 7-9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Alice Dugan
Lawrence
Gertrude McClain
Middletown
Nettie Vaden
Davison
Mich
Ruth] Stover
Gertrude Govero
Festis
McCoy - Leffster
Donald W. Cryer
Miltonville
Camden widow Arline Hart dies after heart attack
Mrs. Arline M. Hart, 74, died at 10 30 p m yesterday at her farm home on Camden Route 2 after an apparent heart attack. She was born and raised in Camden and was a graduate.
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Camden
Arline M.hart
Camden Rt. 2
Services set for Mrs Mary Jane Puckett 72
Mary Jane Puckett of West Middletown will be remembered at a 10 30 a m service at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home with Rev Johnny Carter officiating. Burial follows at Middletown Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m. Mrs Puckett died yesterday at her home and is survived by 30 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
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John
Marilyn Thomas
Camden Rt
Arthur Morton
Myron Morton
Camden
First United Presbyterian Church
Christian Tirre
Fairmount Cemetery
Camden Rt. 2
R.C., Nein & Sons Funeral Home
Mary Jane Puckett
West Middletown
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Johnny Carter
Middletown
Mrs Cordelia Graham Services Set at 10:30 Monday
Mrs Cordelia Graham age 66 of 341 S Second Street will have services at 10 30 a m Monday. The Colligan funeral home is handling arrangements. Local residents are invited to attend the rites.
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Cordelia Graham
S. Second St
Two Men Sentenced For Operating Still In Franklin
Franklin notes report Edward Johnson 40 and John Wallace 42 of 6571 Franklin Lebanon Road were fined 200 dollars and jailed 60 days each for illegal possession of untaxed liquor and manufacturing intoxicants. Both pleaded guilty. Sheriff raid also led to the arrest of Hubert Johnson 40 and Randolph Lee Tinch 20 on two houses on the Gross farm east of I 75. they were not charged. Authorities confiscated a 5 gallon fermenting tank and still, plus 2 1/2 gallons of whisky and about 12 firearms. Wallace claimed plans to destroy the still and grow production, while the group reportedly intended to increase to a 50 gallon tank. Several other fines were imposed for mufflers and speeding.
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Franklin
Edward Johnson
John S. Wallace
Franklin-Lebanon Road
Warren County
J. T. Riley Yester
Johnson
Wallace
Treasury
Gross Farm
Interstate 75
Hubert Johnson
Randolph Lee Tinch
Byron Kennard
Johnsons
Man Given Suspended Sentence For Unemployment Fraud
Edgar H. Deem 30 of 1214 Second Ave pleaded guilty to falsely claiming unemployment benefits. He received a suspended 60 day county jail term conditioned on $182 restitution and no further violations. Special Investigator Earl Weaver said Deem claimed $31 plus a $6 dependency for the week ending Feb 21, 1959, while employed. Charles Campbell 18 of 1210 Lind St was fined $25 for an unsafe distance and $100 for license suspension after a Thursday crash at First Ave and Curtis. Seven cases continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar H. Deem
Second Ave
Senin
J. T. Lamb
Deem
Earl Weaver
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Weaver
Charles Campbell
Lind St
Campbell
First Avenue
Curtis Street
Gillen-Crow Store Robbed Twice in One Day
Police reported two thefts at Gillen-Crow Pharmacy at 324 Yankee Road. Five youths swiped three six-packs of beer and two six-packs of soda, with no suspects found. Earlier, magazines valued at $20.97 were taken from the doorway before opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillen - Crow
Yankee Road
Cardiologist to address Butler County Heart Association meeting
Dr Samuel Kaplan a Cincinnati cardiologist will address the Butler County Heart Association at its annual meeting in Hamilton. New officers will be elected and Heart Fund progress and Drive will be discussed. Officers include Dr Henry Floyd Dr Peter Ammentorp Harold Agee Vaden Fitton Joseph Mislovic and Dr Robert Rappers. Meeting at Purdy s Manor House begins at 6 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Kaplan
Cincinnati
Butler County Heart Association
Hamilton
Gregory Gressel
Kaplan
Children’s Hospital
Heart Fund
Henry Floyd
Peter Ammentorp
Harold Agee
Vaden Fitton
Joseph Mislovic
Robert Rappers
Purdy’s
Boy Steals Woman's Purse in Neighborhood Crime
Mrs. Betty McMillan reported a 5'5\" Negro boy wearing a brown car coat and dark trousers, with a white rag over his mouth, grabbed her from behind near 1109 Second Ave., assaulted her, and stole her purse containing $10 and photos as she babysat at 420 Park St. and fled toward nearby buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty McMillan
Park St
Second Ave
Cooties Name CO Candidates for Commanders
Sam Warmoth Jr. and John Sparks Jr. named candidates for commander of the Military Order of Cooties VFW Post 3809. Other nominees include Charles Elam Steve Tom Orman Elam Frank Brant and unopposed candidates Kash Kissick Hobart Hopper Strates Demostenes Louis Warmoth Wayne Smith. Officers to be elected March 10 at post headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Warmoth Jr
John Sparks Jr
VFW
Charles Elam
Steve Tom
Orman Elam
Frank Brant
Kash Kissick
Hobart Hopper
Strates Demostenes
Louis Warmoth
Wayne Smith
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Zovie Wood
Ben Harrison St
Monroe
Ford
Service Department
DODDS
Verity
14Th Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Robert Kontnier
Mer
Clinton
The
Emma Dugan
DAR
Clinton Orr
First Methodist Church
Philathea
Circle 2
Women's Society of Christian Service
Kappa Kappa Chi Society
Missionary Aid Society of
Church
Hart
Progressive Sewing Club
Buckeye Farmers Club
CES
Mrs
Arline Hart
Mary Puckett
Riley
Maurice Whitacre
Miamisburg
Dave Longbarry
Lewistown
Coleman Jones
Aberdeen
Donald Blatz
Jerry Ellis
Etheleen Murphy
Fisher Road
Lyle Russell Jr
Joe McDaniel
Forest Ave
Gillen-Crow
Maytag
Melampy
Ortman-Stewart Transportation Company
Cabinet Shop
First National Bank
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