Bandits Shoot Hamilton Florist and Steal S700
Elmer Lodder a 50 year old Hamilton florist was shot and beaten by three masked robbers at his home on Ross Hanover Road. They tied his wife and daughter Elaine 16 and escaped with about 700 in a safe. Lodder seriously injured. daughter described two gunmen and officers summoned.
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Hamilton
Hamilton Florist
Mercy Hospital
Ross-Hanover Road
Elmer Lodder
Ross-Hanover Rd
Lodder
Hilda Lodder
Andy Guenther
Brotherhood Service Planned For Sunday
A city wide Brotherhood service is set for 7 30 p m Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church Rabbi Albert A Goldman of Isaac M Wise Temple in Cincinnati will speak The service caps a week of Brotherhood observance in Middletown and nationwide featuring chapel programs radio broadcasts and articles by local leaders Others taking part include Jack Baltzell Rev Co N Flannigan Rev Russell Galloway and Francis Carmody with music by the Middleton High School Mixed Chorus soloist Mrs Robert Ramsdell and organist Mrs Margaret Clapp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Albert A. Goldman
Isaac M. Wise Temple
Cincinnati
Middletown
Jack Baltzell
Middletown Council of Churches
Co. N. Flannigan
Bethel Ame
Russell Galloway
Francis Carmody
Middleton High School
Helen Weinberger
Robert Ramsdell
Margaret Clapp
Hill Named Best Speaker at Toastmasters Dinner
Howard Hill won the best speaker title at the Toastmaster Club meeting, defeating five competitors. Other speakers included Doug Jones, Bob McConaughy, Bob Stamper, Larry Garrett, and Jack McCarthy, with Garrett and McCarthy gaining most improved honors. Osborne was named best critic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hill
Toastmaster Club
Doug Jones
Bob McConaughy
Bob Stamper
Larry Garrett
Jack McCarthy
Mallory Bell
Mae Bruce
Myron Beck
Walker Carl
Howad Holtzclaw
Art Osborn
John Brannon
Osborne
Sam Redding
Paul Arnold
Charlie Garrett
Klages Sets RC Kick-Off With Flag Display
About 150 Red Cross flags will be hoisted in the downtown area tonight and tomorrow. Jack Christy, chairman of special promotions for Middleton’s Red Cross fund campaign, says the display will remind residents of the March 1 opening of the 1955 drive and the local chapter’s Red Cross Sunday observance this Sunday.
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Red Cross
Jack Christy
Red Cross Fund
Teen admits church burglaries staged by Middletown youth
A 16 year old Middletown boy confessed to burglaries at First Christian Church and two other houses of worship. He spent 72.50 cash looted from St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed and Calvary Methodist, with 590 from a Florida trip home burglary and 435 from First Christian Church. He is held in city jail awaiting Juvenile Court hearing.
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Middletown
First Christian Church
1St Ave
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Calvary Methodist Church
John Fitzgerald
Roy Crout
Florida
TAs Plan Dance Night For Junior Achievers
Junior Achievers host Fantasy Frolics at Elks Ballroom on N Main Street tomorrow night from 8 30 p m to midnight with a six piece Moon Misters orchestra. Gene Howard chairs the planning committee with Pat Viel Bill Enz Maryann Dennis Pat Phillips and Sande Fay coordinating invites include Cincinnati Dayton and Hamilton.
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Elks Ballroom
N. Main Street
Gene Howard
Cincinnati
Dayton
Hamilton
Howard
Pat Viel
Bill Enz
Maryann Dennis
Pat Phillips
Sande Fay
Springboro Lifts Water Restriction After New Well
Springboro will lift its water use ban on Monday after a new well connected Feb 15 proves capable. Mayor Harry O Neill said ample supply should be available while council reviews a building code zoning plan and street repairs funded over time. A Dayton Planning Board rep will discuss the issue at the next council meeting.
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Springboro
Harry O'Neill
O'Neill
Dayton Planning Board
Suspension Of Plumber Is Ordered In Hamilton
The Board of Plumber Examiners suspended indefinitely Clyde P. Davis master plumber of Hamilton after a hearing. The action cites failure to run final tests and to meet code requirements. The board also planned to raise plumbing inspection fees for parity with nearby cities and appointed Sylvester Frey chair and Carl B. Jackson vice chair. Albert H. Moore of Trenton passed the journeyman plumber exam.
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Board of Plumber Examiners
Clyde P. Davis
Hamilton
Davis
Sylvester Frey
Carl B. Jackson
Albert H. Moore
Trenton
Heard Car Not Train Collision At Charles Street Crossing
A motorist claimed he heard only the car engine and did not see the flagman before a Westbound New York Central switch train struck his car on Charles Street crossing at 11 20 p m. Charles F Tirey 25 06 Richardson Dr suffered an estimated 150 in damage to his car. Eng T C Shannon Maud Station trained the engine.
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New York Central Railroad
Charles Street
Charles F. Tirey
Richardson Dr
T.C. Shannon
Maud
Woman Injured in Alleged Beating at Home
Louise Cunningham, 33, of 1601 Garfield St., Middletown, sustained lacerations and possible head injuries in a Wednesday night fight. She was listed in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital. Her husband Louis Cunningham, 60, says he struck her with a whisky bottle in self-defense and is being held for investigation.
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Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Louise Cunningham
Garfield St
Louis
Man Is Hurt As Car Rolls Into Hog Pen
Joseph Frazier, 27, was admitted in satisfactory condition with possible brain injury after his car rear ended Vernon Combs’s vehicle and fled. Frazier’s car went off Howe Road near Elk Creek Road, struck a telephone pole, and wrecked into a hog pen. Combs pursued and investigators continue the case.
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Middletown Hospital
Howe Road
Joseph Frazier
Sycamore St
Vernon Combs
Middletown
Frazier
Elk Creek Road
Combs
Peacemaking Ends in Maiming For Local Girl
Eight year old Alta Jane Alexander tried to break up a dog fight in the neighborhood. She suffered two mangled fingers on her right hand and was taken to Middletown Hospital for treatment. The dogs were ordered confined. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Alexander of 2003 Spencer Lane.
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Alta Jane Alexander
Middletown Hospital
Charles Alexander
Spencer Ln
Centerville Wishing Well Changes Hands
The Wishing Well on Franklin Street Centerville, a longtime Mi ami Valley restaurant, is sold by founder Sherwood Snyder. Noble R. Miller, ex Dayton Rubber Co industrial relations director, will take over Tuesday. The 220 seat restaurant, converted from a former three room Centerville school, will close this weekend after a February shutdown.
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Miami Valley
Sherwood Snyder
Franklin Street
Centerville
Noble R. Miller
Dayton Rubber Co
Snyder
World-Wide Service Prayer Links Fellowship Power
The World Day of Prayer service at First Baptist Church featured Rev. Roy C. Whisenhunt of St John s Evangelical and Reformed Church Hamilton declaring Abiding in Christ as the highest fellowship and source of life and power. Bells tolled citywide from dawn to dusk as Mrs Ernest Graff chaired the program for the Council of Churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy C. Whisenhunt
Stt. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hamilton
First Baptist Church
Jesus
Whisenhunt
Ernest Graff
The
Council of Churches
World Day of Prayer observed across nations
George W. Cornells reports that on the first Friday in Lent, Christians in about 130 countries and over 20,000 U.S. communities join in a global day of prayer. Observances begin at daybreak in Fiji and Tonga, with proclamations from mayors and governors nationwide. The event is sponsored by United Church Women and began in 1887 in Brooklyn.
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George W. Cornells
New York
United States
Fiji
Tonga
United Church
Brooklyn
At The Movies: Paramount and Strand Showings This Weekend
Paramount presents Ten Men Wanted at 1 15 4 10 7 00 and 10 p m with Part of Hell at 2 50 5 40 and 8 40 p m On Friday Strand screens Tarzan Escapes at 1 15 4 55 and 8 25 p m and Tarzan and the Ape Man at 2 50 6 25 and 9 55 p m Saturday Tarzan and the Ape Man at 1 30 5 40 and 9 50 p m and Tarzan Escapes at 4 00 and 8 15 p m
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Paramount
Tarzan
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