Two Accidents and a Driver Cited in Early Morning Incident
A 24 year old Harold Combs was arrested for driving while intoxicated and fleeing an accident after his car struck a parked vehicle on Central Avenue at 3 34 a m. He claimed another person had been driving. Damages were minor. A second crash occurred when James Lynch struck a parked car on Broad Street at 12 55 a m and left the scene after noting the license of the other vehicle. Damage to Lynch car was 200 dollars.
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Harold Combs
Vanderveer St
Central Avenue
Gilbert Lafayette
Combs
Thomas Lawson
Woodlawn Ave
Lawson
Combs Auto
James F. Lynch
Columbia Ave
Howard Cheney
Franklin
N. Broad St
Lynch
Thefts At Two Middletown Groceries Net $118 In Goods And Cash
Two Middletown area grocery thefts during the New Year holiday netted at least 118 dollars in cash and merchandise. Ledford's Grocery reported 115 dollars in merchandise and 116.97 dollars in cash stolen, including 35 dollars in pennies, from a break in by a basement window. Gus Christy’s Grocery suffered entries by breaking front glass and damaging a filing cabinet, with items such as a stamp machine and socks taken. juveniles are suspected and deputies seek information.
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Middletown
Thelves
Butler County
Ledford
Ohio 4
Kesster Road
Peasttown
Frank South
Loren Gustin
Cale Ledford Jr
Gus Christy
Burbank St
Godfrey Back From Thule After Greenland Trip
NEW YORK Arthur Godfrey and his troupe plus Air Secretary Harold Talbott Gen Curtis LeMay and families returned yesterday by plane from Thule Air Force Base in Greenland where they spent New Year’s Eve. Talbott called the visit wonderful and morale boosting for the men at the base.
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New York
Arthur Godfrey
Harold Talbott
Curtis LeMay
Thule Air Force Base
Greenland
Car crashes into Cypress Inn in Wanamassa
In Wanamassa New Jersey a car rammed the Cypress Inn entrance injuring no one. Driver David Brockleback 19 of Freehold was arrested for drunken driving after crashing through a pillar and dining room to the bar where cleanup was underway.
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Wanamassa
N. J.B
Cypress Inn
David Brockleback
Freehold
Thomas Varnum
Brockleback
Police Help Buddy Become 754 Father
Auburn police aid a colleague in becoming the city's first 1954 father as Patrolman Frank M. Colella welcomes a newborn. He and his wife were driven to the hospital in a patrol car after taxis were tied up on New Year’s Eve.
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Buddy
Auburn
N.Y
Frank M. Colella
Soldiers Arrive in San Francisco From Korea
Four soldiers from Middletown and Hamilton are among 3174 Army personnel disembarking in San Francisco aboard the USNS Geb Ny M Welker. Passengers include Sgt. Bradley T. Johnson of 3110 Rufus St, Sgt. Joseph R. Martin of Middletown Rt. 1, Cpl. Oram Fisher of 640 Chestnut St, and Cpl. Arthur O. Walters of 920 Sycamore St in Hamilton.
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Middletown
Hamilton
San Francisco
Geb. Ny. M
Air Force men to arrive in Seattle aboard USNS Gen. M. M. Patrick
Two Air Force men from Middletown were to arrive in Seattle today aboard the USNS Gen. M. M. Patrick. Julius Bigby 709 17th Ave and Richard Lenorden 1513 Smith Ave were listed, joined by Cpl. Arnold 1421 Tuley Rd Ham.
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Air Force
Middletown
Seattle
USNS
M. M. Patrick
Julius Bigby
17Th Ave
Richard L. Ridenour
Smith Ave
Cpl. Arnold
Tuley Rd
Ham
Review Set Monday On Postal Operation
Postmaster Hilbert Martin will meet with Cincinnati district postal officials Monday to review the first month of the decentralization program. District managers from nine districts in the First Regional Office covering Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky will join Norman R. Abrams James B. Tunny and J. T. Nelson in the review.
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Hilbert Martin
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Norman R. Abrams
James B. Tunny
J. T. Nelson
Bureau of Post Office Operations
Break-In At Pastime Pool Room Reported
Private property theft from two parked autos and a break-in at the Pastime Pool Room at 911 9th Ave. were reported yesterday. Capt. Ralph Bauer and Officer Bill Brewer responded at 10:15 a.m. and learned about a $35.27 cash loss from a cash box after a rear door break-in. Zeb Moore owns the establishment.
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9Th Ave
Ralph Bauer
Bill Brewer
9Th Avenue
Zeb Moore
Norton announces marriage of Elizabeth Henderson to Raymond Younger
Mr and Mrs H A Norton announce the marriage of their daughter Elizabeth Henderson to Raymond Younger of Indianapolis. The ceremony took place Dec 30 at the home of Mr and Mrs Merrit Lenear in Lincoln Street. Attendants included Mrs Chester H Baker as matron of honor. The Youngers will reside in Indianapolis.
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H. A. Norton
Elizabeth Henderson
Raymond Younger
Indianapolis
Merrit Lenear
Lincoln Street
S. L . Kirby
Lenear
Younger
Japan
James
Far East
Chester H. Baker
Clifford Morris
Hamilton Case Stated Before Liquor Board
Basil Colter operator of Cottage Inn 238 Vine St Hamilton will appear before the Ohio Board of Liquor Control in Columbus next Wednesday morning charged with unlawful possession of liquor not bearing the state seal.
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Hamilton
Ohio Board of Liquor Control
Columbus
Basil Colter
Vine St
Southwestern Ohio Farmers Own Credit Co-Op Milestone
About 1,750 farmers across seven southwest Ohio counties completed a 20 year plan by paying the final government capital, making the Lebanon Production Credit Assn. fully farmer owned with a $346,000 capital and reserves and loans totaling around $25 million since inception. Board members from five counties oversee loans, applauding Congress for enabling local ownership principles.
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Southwestern Ohio
Lebanon
Ohio
Lebanon Production Credit Assn
Production Credit Corp
Louisville
Purose
Brown
Butler
Clermont
Clinton
Hamilton
Highland
Warren
Ohio Sate University Extension Service
Producton Credit Corp
Congress
THE
Lebanon Association
Walter L. Williams
Wilmington
Robert Jeffery
Oregonia
Joseph J. Urban
Batavia
Earl Kirkpatrick
Hillsboro
John A. Davis
Williams
Jeffery
W. J. Dupuy
F. L. Kerr
Deaths and funerals in Middletown briefing
Mrs Rozalia Svarda 68 of 1303 Yankee Road died after lying in her yard overnight from a heart condition worsened by exposure. She had gone to the chicken yard Thursday to kill a duck for New Year dinner and was found Friday morning. Survived by three sons William Alfred Rudolph, plus siblings and nine grandchildren. Requiem High Mass Monday at St John’s, burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitation 7 9 p m today and 2 5 and 7 10 p m Sunday.
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Rozalia Svarda
Yankee Road
Middletown Hospital
Vienna
Austria
Svarda
Middletown
Altar Rosary Society
St. John's Church
Catholic Ladies of Columbia 99
Schramm
Julius Svarda
Rudolph
McKee Construction Co
New Orleans
Rumania
Hungary
Woodside Cemetery
Chester L. Baird Funeral Services Planned in Winchester
Chester L. Baird 69 of 445 Livingston Ave Dayton longtime grocer dies after brief illness in Miami Valley Hospital Dayton Funeral at 2 p m Sunday Maynard and Walker Funeral Home Winchester with burial Fountain Park Cemetery Survived by wife Nancy three sons Orville Donald Ralph two brothers Milroy and Orla H Baird a sister Bessie Orbun six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Chester L. Baird
Livingston Ave
Dayton
William Orville Baird
Keister Road
Peasttown Heights
Maynard and Alker
Winchester
Ind
Fountain Park
Baird
Miami Valley Hospital
Creighton Avenue
Xenia Ave
Nancy
Orville
Donald
Waynesville
Ralph M. Baird
Bessie Orbun
Milroy
Florida
Orla H. Baird
Anderson
Funeral services for Mrs Pearl Hamilton at Baker and Sons
Mrs Pearl Hamilton 62 of 1332 Manchester Ave dies after three year illness at Middletown Hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Monday at Joseph R Baker and Sons with Rev Clifton Hutchinson officiating. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Veterans of Foreign Wars to conduct memorials at 7 30 p m Sunday at the funeral home. Survived by husband Vance a son two stepsons a stepdaughter two brothers one sister and four grandchildren.
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Pearl Hamilton
Manchester Ave
Joseph R. Baker and Sons
Clifford Hutchinson
Grand Avenue Church of God
Woodside Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars
M. David Ziegler, longtime Seven Mile mayor, dies at 76
M. David Ziegler, 76, who served as mayor of Seven Mile for more than two decades, died Thursday at 10 p.m. at his daughter’s home in Allen, Michigan, where he had been staying for two months after five years of declining health. He had been a prominent local figure.
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Geven Mile
M. David Ziegler
Seven Mile
Leon van Patten
Allen
Mich
Zgjgier
Eaton farmer Everette O'Neil 86 dies at West Florence home
Everette R. O'Neil age 86 a Dixon Township farmer died Friday morning at his home near West Florence Eaton Route 3 after an illness of 18 months Surviving daughters Edna Grace and Ruth Kelly. place and funeral arrangements pending at Barnes Funeral Home
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Eaton
Everette E. O'Neil
Dixon Township
West Florence
Eaton Rt. 3
Daughers
Edna
Grace
New York City
Ruth Rosekelly
Berlin Heights
Barnes
Obituary of James O'Neil, Middletown native, Richmond resident
James O'Neil, 80, former Middletown resident, died Friday at his Richmond home after a three week illness. He farmed near Camden before moving to Richmond. Survived by wife Marie, daughters Martha and Barbara, sister Belle O'Neil of New York City, and several local nieces and nephews. Requiem High Mass 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Church, burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, Richmond.
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James O'Neil
Middletown
13Th Street
Richmond
Ind
Mr. O'Neil
Sugar Valley
Camden
Marie
Martha
Barbara
Belle O'Neil
New York City
Daneil
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Ernest B Brouse 70 Dies at Home Eatontown area
Ernest B Brouse aged 70 died Thursday night at his Brookville Road home Eatontown Rt 3 Surviving wife Alma a son William two daughters Helen and Mary Ellen all at home a sister Mrs Mary Rhinehart Richmond Ind Funeral services set for 2:30 p m Monday at Girton Funeral Home Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery Friends may call at residence after noon today
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EATON
Ernest B. Brouse
Brookville Road
Eaton Rt. 3
Alma
William
Helen
Mary Ellen
Mary Rhinehart
Richmond
Ind
Girton Funeral Home
Mound Hill Cemetery
Beeler 81 to lie in state at private funeral
John M Beeler 81 of 418 S D St former bank president dies. Private funeral services set for 10 a m Monday at Webb Funeral Home with arrangements announced by the family and Webb Funeral.
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Hamilton
John M. Beeler
S. D St
First National Bank and Trust Company
Webb
Break-In At Franklin Net $140 From George's Restaurant
Franklin police report a New Year’s Eve burglary at George's Restaurant on 5th and Main. Intruders smashed a rear window to enter and stole $140 from a hiding place. owner George Turpin discovered the break-in at 6 a.m. with minor interior damage noted.
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Franklin
Thelves
George Turpin
Nixon's Dad Returns Home After Illness
Whittier California reports 75 year old Frank A. Nixon recuperating at his home from a stomach ailment. He fell ill while traveling with his wife from Washington where they cared for grandchildren during VP Nixon's world tour. An emergency Phoenix landing preceded seven blood transfusions before resuming a train homeward journey.
Mason Man Hart Says Improved After Auto Crash
Leonard Mays, 19, Mason, suffered a skull fracture in a New Year’s Eve accident on Kings Mills Road near Mason. He was listed as slightly improved at Mercy Hospital Hamilton while state patrolmen investigated. His injured companion refused hospitalization and provided no information due to unconsciousness.
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Leonard Mays
Mason
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Mays
Kings Mills Road
Beeler Bank longtime officer dies at 80 in Hamilton
Reverend John A. Lampe will officiate at burial in Greenwood Cemetery for longtime Hamilton bank official Beeler who died at 11 p.m. Thursday at Ft Hamilton Hospital after a long illness. He began as an office boy at 15, served 66 years at the bank, and led as president 13 years before retiring in 1946. Surviving: wife Winifred Fox Beeler, son Charles Fox Beeler, daughter Louise Beeler Joyce, sister Nellie Helvey, all of Hamilton, and three grandchildren.
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John A. Lampe
Pesbyterian
Greenwood Cemetery
Beller
Ft. Hamilton Hospital
Bank
Winifred Fox Beeler
Charles Fox Beeler
Leonard Bacon Dies at 66 Pulitzer Poet
The Associated Press reports Leonard Bacon, a Pulitzer Prize winning poet of 1941 and author of several poetry volumes, died Friday in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
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Associated Press
South Kingstown
R. IL
Leonard Bacon
Edgar Swasey Hearst executive dies at 79
Edgar M Swasey aged 79 who served Hearst newspapers for 33 years and lately worked in the sales department of the American Weekly Sunday supplement died on Friday.
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New York
Edgar M. Swasey
Hearst Newspapers
American Weekly
Hearst Organization
Friay
Engineer John S MacDonald Dies at 60 in Bronxville
John Stephen MacDonald, 60, a tunnel construction specialist and vice president of Walsh Construction Co. of Davenport, died Friday in Bronxville. Born in Somerville, he was an engineer by trade.
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Bronxville
N. Y
John Stephen MacDonald
Walsh Construction Co
Daventhera
Sommerville
Victor Henry Dies at 67 Leader of Saar Plebcis Commission
Porrentruy Switzerland Victor Henry aged 67 longtime chairman of the League of Nations Saar Plebiscite Commission died Friday. He guided the commission through crucial early tasks and helped oversee the plebiscite process.
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Porrentruy
Switzerland
Victor Henry
League of Nations
Fires Cause 115 Dollars in Damage in New Year's Fire Spree
Middletown firemen fought two blazes tied to burning rubbish totaling 115 dollars. An oil stove fire at James Moss's home caused 100 dollars in damage, with 50 to walls and 50 to stoves and clothes. A chimney spark fire at Frank Dean's home caused 15 dollars. Grass fires burned acres behind 2806 Grand Ave and on Wallace McClain's property on 1509 Florence St, with no losses. false alarms rounded out the day as Chief urged caution amid dry conditions.
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Middletown
James Moss
Young St
Frank Dean
Yankee Rd
Frank Lopane
Grand Ave
Charles Hansel
Wallace McClain
Florence St
Central Avenue
Alameda Circle
8Th Avenue
Lincoln Street
Police Briefs Report Multiple Disorderly Conduct Arrests
Zella M Ingram 21 Moorehead Ky arrested at Broad Street and Central Avenue on dis orderly conduct charge. Ethel Margerum 41 Sharonville arrested for drunken driving at Verity Parkway and Hanover Street at 3 am. Lil Braden 53 1121 Central Ave and Donald Friend 24 unknown address held at a downtown hotel on disorderly conduct charges.
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Zella M. Ingram
Moorehead
Broad Street
Central Avenue
Ethel Margerum
Sharonville
Verity Parkway
Hanover Street
Lil Braden
Central Ave
Donald Friend
Deputy Sheriff Arrests Floyd Pelfrey on Non-Support Charge
Deputy Sheriff Loren Gustin arrested Floyd Pelfrey aged 24 of 1306 Jacoby Ave on Ohio 73 north of Middletown yesterday on a warrant charging non support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Gustin
Floyd Pelfrey
Jacoby Ave
Ohio
Middletown
Woman Burned In One Mishap
At Middletown Hospital emergency room attendants reported a busy New Year intake mostly from aches and pains. The lone accident involved Mrs. Richard Enright, 30, of Middletown Rt. 2, treated for burns on both hands caused by a kerosene stove explosion at her home and dismissed after treatment. No other injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Richard Enright
Middletown Rt. 2
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