Ex-convicts charged in Middletown burglary ring
Two Columbus men and a Dayton suspect face three burglary and larceny charges as detectives tie them to four Middletown home break ins and 13 other thefts in Dayton Columbus and Hamilton. Loot totaling about 100000 has been recovered from several homes and safes after the suspects admitted 17 burglaries.
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Dayton
Middletown
Columbus
Hamilton
W. L. Cressman
S. Main St
Marion C. Patton
McGee Ave
Richard D. Harfst
Euclid St
Whiting Ankrom
Montgomery County Grand Jury
Harfst
Cincinnati
Youths flee hit skip crash damage totals $1020
Four city auto accidents yesterday caused $1020 in damage. A three-quarter ton truck allegedly driven by two youths struck parked cars owned by Earl Conrad and Robert Miller on Grimes Street and 1st Avenue and fled. A witness reported the vehicle paused to adjust a fender before leaving. Damages: Conrad $175, Miller $100.
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Earl E. Conrad
Collinsville
Robert E. Miller
1St Ave
S. Grimes Street
1St Avenue
Conrad Auto
Miller
Edna May Schueller
Monroe St
Charles St
Isadore Kyne
Xenia
Clarence Adams Jr
Charles Street
Schueller
Kyne
Deaths And Funerals James Byrum Service Set
James Jim Byrum 76 of 102 McKinley St retired Armco Steel safety adviser died at 9 30 a m Wednesday in a Lake Worth Florida hospital after a stroke The funeral is 2 p m Monday at First Methodist Church with burial in Woodside Cemetery Survived by wife Lillie one brother Robert Byrum two sisters Mrs Henry Koerdell Mrs Alice Goode and a sister in law Miss Ruby Lawson Friends may call after 7 p m today and after 1 p m Sunday at the residence then at the church for lying in state The McCoy Leffler Funeral Home handles arrangements A second notice lists a 2 p m Monday service at Schmidt Chonau Funeral Home 433 Reading Rd Reading with burial in Rest Haven Cemetery Reading.
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James
Jim” Byrum
McKinley St
Armgo Steel Corp
First Methodist Church
Louis R. Walter
James P. Simmons
Buriam
Woodside
Byrum
Lake Worth
Fla
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Child Johnny Agnew Dies in Cincinnati Hospital
Johnny Agnew three year old son of Mr and Mrs Orville Agnew of Reading died at 1 30 pm yesterday at Children s Hospital Cincinnati after leukemia illness since June He had been a patient there five weeks His mother was Ruth Schiering of Middletown Surviving are two brothers Jimmy and Jeffrey and grandparents Mr and Mrs Dave Schiering of McKinley Street and Mr and Mrs Dolph Bell of Crawford Street Funeral services will be held at
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Johnny Agnew
Orville Agnew
Reading
Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Ruth Schiering
Middletown
Jimmy
Jeffrey
Dave Schiering
McKinley Street
Dolph Bell
Crawford Street
Mrs Dora Childers Dayton matriarch dies at 70
Mrs Dora Belle Childers 70 of 1734 Sharon Ave Dayton mother of Mrs Otis Cole and six sons and four daughters dies Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital A Wolfe County Ky native she lived in Dayton 14 years Funeral Tuesday at Grace Baptist Church Rev Howard Sears to officiate Interment Woodside Cemetery Tobias Funeral Home will host viewing Sunday 2 5 and 7 9 p.m.
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Dora Belle Childers
Sharon Ave
Dayton
Otis Cole
Sheffield St
Good Samaritan Hospital
Wolfe County
Childers
Cole
Walter Strong
Ganet Fox
Opal Childers
Herbert
Vada
Clarence
Berkley
Mich
Edgar
Richard
Wayne, Mich
Shirley
Orville Childers
Emma Ely
Lula Herrin
Clayton Campbell
Cincinnati
Grace Baptist
Tobias Funeral Home
Waltervliet Ave
Lefferson dies after two week illness in Williamsburg
Charles H Lefferson 75 of Williamsburg native of Middletown died Thursday at Jewish Hospital after a two week illness He was a former pharmacist in town Surviving Irene Marcis Jefferson his wife son James daughter Mrs Virginia Hutchinson two sisters and five grandchildren Funeral 1 30 p m Monday at J Isaac Maham Funeral Home Williamsburg with burial Woodside Cemetery about 4 p m
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Charles F. Lefferson
Williamsburg
Middletown
Jewish Hospital
Mr. Lefferson
Lefferson
Park Place
Irene Marcis Jefferson
James
Virginia Hutchinson
Robert Blair
Dayton
Gus Sander
Serene Tihotsangiaes
Teterson
Bayless B Sheley Dies at 91 in Butler County
Bayless B Sheley 91 a retired farmer and longtime Butler County resident died at 7 15 am today at the home of his daughter Mrs Mary Seamon of Trenton He is survived by six daughters six including Mrs Seamon Mrs Bessie Bench of Dayton and Mrs Estella Southard and Mrs Etta Wendt of Middletown three sons Mark of West Elkton Henry of Greenbush and Wallace Sheley of Middletown plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral arrangements are pending at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home
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Bayless B. Sheley
Butler County
Mary Seamon
Trenton
Seamon
Bessie Bench
Dayton
Estella Southard
Etta Wendt
Middletown
Esther Leisner
Hamilton
Zelma Powers
Ladoga
Ind
Mark
West Elkton
Henry
Greenbush
Wallace Sheley
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Funeral services for Gus Wisnoskey at Banta Funeral Home
Funeral services for Gus Wisnoskey 66 of 905 Burleigh Ave Dayton begin at 9 a.m. Monday at Banta Funeral Home with burial in Calvary Cemetery. A native of Austria-Hungary he lived in the United States 45 years and worked 33 years as a track walker for Union Pacific Railroad. Surviving are his wife Cora four daughters including Mrs. Rachel Beachler of Middletown seven sisters five brothers 17 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Gus Wisnoskey
Burleigh Ave
Dayton
Banta Funeral Home
Third St
Calvary Cemetery
Wisnoskey
Austria-Hungary
United States
Union Pacific Railroad
Cora
Rachel] Beachler
Middletown
Barbara King Dies Suddenly in Friday Morning Death
Mrs Barbara King 27 wife of John King longtime resident died unexpectedly Friday at her home in ee Survived by husband a son a daughter and her parents Funeral services set for Monday at McDowan Reid General Home Cuyahoga Falls followed by burial there
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Barbara King Franklin
Barbara King
John King
McDowan- Reid Cenaral
Cuyahoga Falls
Mrs Tura Busch 73 Funeral Services Held Today
Services for Mrs Tura Busch 73 were at 2 p.m. at Barnes Funeral Home. She was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery New Lexington. A member of Rebekah Lodge and Grace Lutheran Church she died Wednesday at her daughter Goldie Unger Brookville Rt 3 residence. Former resident of Eaton Rt 1.
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EATON
Tura Busch
Barnes
Sugar Grove
New Lexington
Rebekah Lodge
Grace Lutheran Church
Busch
Goldie Unger
Brookville Rt. 3
Eaton Rt. 1
John Leonard Lebanon 84 Dies. King Powder Retiree
John Leonard, age 84, a retired tester at King Powder, died recent. Services pending. He was lifelong resident and member of local veteran group. He is survived by family and friends.
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Lebanon
John Leonard
the King Powder
Third Safe Carted Off At Hamilton
In Hamilton a 400 pound safe was stolen from a Shell station at 601 S. E Lt. Harold Brash er operator. The safe contained 175 dollars in currency and 60 dollars in rolled change. Earlier in the week safes were taken from Electrolux Corp at 121 Main St and National Life & Accident Co at 110 N. 3rd St. None of the safes have been recovered.
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Hamilton
S. E
Harold Brasher
Electrolux Corp
Main St
National Life & Accident Co
N. 3Rd St
Two Charged In Beating In Hamilton
Donald Abney 21 of 1763 Ross Hanover Rd and James Bowman 18 of 1020 Long St faced robbery and assault to kill charges after Clifford Thomas 42 was beaten and robbed of $10. Warrants signed by Fairfield Township Magistrate Linz. both held on $3,000 bond and jailed, with Abney an AWOL Army member who identified Bowman.
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Hamilton
Donald Abney
Ross-Hanover Rd
James Bowman
Long St
Butler County Land Jury
Clifford Thomas
Pine St
Fairfield
Harold J. Linz
Pedro Thomas
Thomas
A. N. Peters
Abney
Bowman
Blue Cross Near $2 Million For Butler County Bills
Hospital Care Corp for Blue Cross members hospitalized in Butler County last year paid 20 801 hospital bills covering 113 952 days of care at a total cost of 1 858 188 92. In 1953 Blue Cross plans nationally paid over a half billion dollars for members hospital care as 87 non profit plans in the United States and Canada collectively spend more than 55 million dollars monthly.
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Hospital Care Corp
Ue Cross
Butler County
Ohio
Te Cross
Blue Cross
United States
Canada
Police Briefs From Early Morning Calls
Police answered a prowler call at 700 15th Avenue where a woman heard someone shake the back door knob. Officers were told a rock was thrown through the front door of the Colored Elks Lodge. Bonnie Hollow reported a $60 wedding ring lost at Wade E Miller Gym. Larry Dobbins said his bicycle was stolen from his rear home area.
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700
15Th Avenue
Colored Elks Lodge
Bonnie Hollow
Meadow Ave
Wade E. Miller
Larry Dobbins
Charlies St
Missing Camden Teen Located After Kentucky Call
Sheriff Floyd Spitler said Roberta Beasley an 18 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Beasley of 311 West Central Street Camden has been found. She had been missing since February 7 and notified her parents she was safe from a town in Kentucky. She will be returned to her home.
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Eaton
Floyd Spitler
Roberta Beasley
Robert Beasley
Central St
Camden
Kentucky
Firemen respond to gas leak after car hits pipe
Firemen from Company 3 answered a 3 06 p m call yesterday to wash gas from the street in the 1200 block of Verity Parkway. A car owned by Mrs F J Moorman of 518 Garfield Street struck an iron pipe at 14th Avenue and punctured the gas tank.
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Company 3
Verity Parkway
F. J. Moorman
Garfield St
14Th Avenue
Leonard, Kings Mills Resident, Dies. Rites Planned
Mr. Leonard died this morning at his home in Kings Mills after months of illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Gallimore Funeral Home in Mason with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. He leaves wife Annie, two sons Fred and Harry, and a daughter Gladys, all of Kings Mills.
Hamilton Deaths Incomplete Notices From London and Local Address
Mrs Laura Cochrane 63 of 1206 present. services in London. Mrs Margaret Iutzi 68 of 504 S 4th St services 9 am Monday St Stephen Church.
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Hamilton
Laura Cochrane
London
Margaret Iutzi
S. 4Th St
St. Stephen Church
Home construction permits rise in Butler County January 1954
Extensive building activity in Butler County during January led to 64 permits issued with a total valuation of 290 600. Brookwood subdivision in Hanover Township accounted for 17 permits totaling 102 000, as county building commissioner Clarence Holder noted. Permits by township include Liberty, Lemon, Union, Wayne, Madison, Milford, and St. Clair with various small project values.
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Butler County
Clarence Holder
Brookwood
Hanover Township
Brookwood Homes
Ind
Holden
Liberty
Miller Whitaker
Horseshoe Bend Rd
Tom Baird
Monrovia
Lemon — Tailored Homes, Inc
Marshall Rd
T. J. Strunks
Ralph K. Jones
Burbank Ave
Cyrus Crug
Wilbraham
Ivan Boggs
Tuggle
Jack Freeze
Oakcrest Dr
William M. Bryant
Ray Monicle
Miller Rd
Raymond Rob
Two Drivers Pay Up $300 in Municipal Court
Judge J. T. Lamb fined Mildred E. McClanahan 200 dollars plus costs and gave a three day jail term with six month license suspension for driving while intoxicated. Harold B. Tarter received 100 dollars plus costs and 30 days in jail, suspended on condition he not drive under suspension. both cases heard on a light docket.
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J. T. Lamb
Mildred E. McClanahan
Dayton-Oxford Rd
Franklin
Central Avenue
Harold B. Tarter
Fleming Rd
Lamb
Tartar
Alameda
el Paso
Dayton
Six Drivers Pay In Riley's Court
Franklin special brief says three drivers were fined and three forfeited $30 bonds in cases before Judge J. T. Riley in Franklin Municipal Court. R horen Hart, 23, speeding, $15 and costs. Pryse Cole, 35, yellow line violation, $20 and costs. Franklin B. Jones, 48, Lexington KY, running stop sign, $30 bond forfeited. Jack th, 26, Middletown, running stop sign, $30 bond forfeited. James Brewer, 38, London KY, unsafe vehicle, $30 bond forfeited. William L. Carter, 23, Middletown, no driver's license, $25 and costs, $15 suspended if licensed in 10 days.
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Franklin
J. T. Riley
Franklin Municipal Court
Richard Hart
Mr. Gilead
Pryse Cole
Franklin B. Jones
Lexington
Jack Th
Middletown
James Brewer
London
William L. Carter
Community program at New Hope Baptist Church features guest speaker
A public program at New Hope Baptist Church tomorrow at 3 30 p m is sponsored by the Senior Choir and the Goldicette Circle with Rev J K Jordan as guest speaker. The Holy City Travelers Quartet River Jordan Choir and Jordan Hall Community Choir will perform selections followed by the annual Valentine Tea in the social room until 6 p m.
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New Hope Baptist Church
Goldicette Circle
J. K. Jordan
Holy City Travelers
River Jordan Choir
Jordan-Hall
Seven Are Indicted Army Inductions in Preble County
Seven Preble County men were inducted into the Army Thursday per the local Selective Service Board. Reporting to the Cincinnati Examining and Induction Center were Paul Stephenson Harvey Yost Jr Edward Charles Rodeffer Myrl Spencer Dale Harrison and Robert Snider.
Township Tax Assessor Aides Named By Auditor
R H Smith Butler County auditor named township assessors to assist rural residents with 1954 personal property tax returns. Forms mailed. filing deadline Feb 15 to March 31. Locations include Lemon, Liberty, Madison, Milford, Oxford, St Clair, Union, and Wayne townships with dates and times and contact numbers.
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R. H. Smith
Butler County
Lemon Township
Roy Kettman
Middletown
Liberty Township
W. R. Prichard
Bethany
Madison Township
Frank Marts
West Middletown
Trenton
Names Hidden in Local Jewel Heist Report
A Thursday night purse snatching by a 17 year old prompted the paper to shield the suspect’s name. The piece notes he aided a jewel theft last year with another youth, and asks how to clarify Roger South is not the arrestee without naming anyone.
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Roger South
Roger
Five Youngsters Nipped By Dogs In Middletown
Five Middletown children were bitten by dogs yesterday with one treated at Middletown Hospital. Lewis Jr. aged 5 was scratched on fingers and leg near 1303 Highland. Four others, Ann Jones 11 of 16 Forest Glen Drive. Barbara Merrick 10 and Jimmie Merrick 6 of 510 Orchard Street. Michael Crooke unknown, near 500 Orchard Street, were bitten on ankles and wrist. dog not found by police.
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Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Lewis Jr
Thomas Lane Sr
Highland St
Orchard Street
Ann Jones
Forrest Glen Drive
Barbara Merrick
Orchard St
Jimmie Merrick
Michael Crooke
Orchard Sr
Eaton Man Fined 500 and Sentenced to 30 Days
Eaton man Alace O'Dell, 49, was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail by Justice of the Peace C. M. Smith. He faced charges of abusing, resisting and assaulting an officer in an affidavit by State Highway Patrolman Ed wards. The incident occurred at the city building Wednesday evening.
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Eaton
Alace O'Dell
Justice of the Peace
C. M. Smith
O'Dell
Edwards
Infant Patricia Golden in satisfactory condition after self injury
Patricia Ann Golden, 1 percent? daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Golden of Franklin Route 1, was described as satisfactory at Middletown Hospital after pulling a coffee pot on herself at home yesterday. She sustained first and second degree burns to her right arm, right leg, abdomen and back.
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Patricia Ann Golden
Frank Golden
Franklin Rt. 1
Middletown Hospital
At The Movies Showtimes Saturday and Sunday
Paramount shows Money from Home at 1 15 3 25 5 35 7 50 9 50 p m Strand presents Destination Gobi at 1 40 5 50 9 55 p m My Darling Clementine at 3 00 6 40 10 05 p m Sunday Out of the Past at 1 15 5 45 8 18 p m Without Reservations at 3 02 6 31 9 55 p m
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Paramount
Gobi
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Mary D. Hartwell
Chi
Cressman
Damico
Conover Street
Walter M. Oakley
Highland, St
New York Central Railroad
Oakley
L. E. Nor
L. C. Moore
Oxford State Rd
William Heath
Mohawk St
New York Central
Manchester Avenue
Moore
James Byrum
Schmidt— Chonau
Reading Rd
Rest Haven Cemetery
Woods
Fied Ad
Journal
Dora B. Childers
Charles H. Lefferson
Bayless
B. Sheley
Mrs
the Journal
Miami
WPFB
Bill’s
Crawford ST
Inson
Home Acres
Opal Buckner
Weber
Jacksonburg
Clive Redkey
Paullin Acres
Madison
William Hill
Whitney Ratliff
Roman
Milford
Eugene Bohlander
Shollenbarber Rd
ST. Clair
Riley’s
Colored News
Edgar Farmer
Harrison Martin
William Mack
Luther Childs
Top Hat Club
Castle Farm
Lewis Ramey
L. H. Lewis
Glendale
Peoples Friendship Baptist Church
Arthur A. Graf
Hamilton Rt
Warwick
Glardon
Carrtown
Withrow
Som
Seven Mile
Oxford
E. W. Dennison
S. Poplar St
Oxford Township
Oxford Oxford Village
W. E. Anderson
E. Walnut St
Oxford National Bank
Howard M. Schaeffer
Union Township
Charles W. Solsman
West Chester
Wayne Township
Paul Zehler Somerville
Township House
Jackforsburg
Central Ave
2Nd Ave
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