First Road Deaths Mark Preble and Montgomery Counties
Franklin man Dillard Hornsby, 30, of 106 Sycamore Street, died from head injuries after a two car crash on U S 25 across the Great Miami River from Chautauqua. Willie Davis, of West Elkton Road in City View Heights, died after a head on collision on Gasper Somers Road near Camden. Four others injured, including Hornsby’s nephew William White and Louis Mark. Funeral services set for Hornsby at Eaton Funeral Home with Legion rites. Davis dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital. others treated for injuries.
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Preble
Montgomery
Willie Davis
West Elkton Road
City View Heights
Camden
Dillard Hornsby
Sycamore St
Franklin
U.S. 25
Great Miami River
Chautanoua
Hornsby
Middletown
William White
Louis J. Mark
Kettering
Eliza S. Clark
Dayton
Davis
Mercy Hospital
Gasper- Somers
Hart Gilbert
Greenville
Preble County
Charles Houser
David Davis
Albert Davis
James Tompkins
Eldon Wright
Tompkins
Gilbert
David Small
Home Lost In Blaze Boy Burned In West Middletown Fire
The home of Jess Lochard on Strebee Road West Middletown Rt 2 was completely destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon at 415 pm. Fire chief Keyser said the origin was undetermined and the house a four to five room frame structure insured for about 9000 dollars was a total loss. Lochard’s 10 year old son Leonest suffered minor burns to the left wrist and hand and was treated at Middletown Hospital.
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Jess Lochard
Strebee Road
West Middletown Rt. 2
Coatge Keyser
South Madison
Lochard
Poasttown
Keyser
Leonest
Middletown Hospital
Ahepa Booth Opens on Broad Street for Dimes Drive
Members of the Order of Ahepa will set up a booth at Broad Street and Central Avenue today for March of Dimes contributions. Sertoma volunteers will man the booth Friday and Optimists Saturday. The drive, led locally by Civitan Club, aims to fund crippling birth diseases arthritis and polio with co chairs Emmitt Perkins and Capt John Fitzgerald.
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Order of Ahepa
Broad Street
Central Avenue
Sertoma Club
National Foundation
Civitan Club
Emmitt Perkins
Civitan
Capt
John Fitzgerald
Middletown
Model Railroad Club Seeks National Charter
Middletonians seek to form a local model railroad club after plans discussed at Thomas B. Howards home. An application has been sent to the National Model Railroad Assn. for permission to organize with 12 initial members. Tentative officers include Thomas B. Fenton president Wilford Wells secretary-treasurer and Thomas Howard club adviser. Potential members may contact Fenton.
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Wilford Wells
Sherman Ave
Thomas Howard
String of Pearls Club Meeting Tonight
The String of Pearls Club will meet at 8 p.m. today at the home of Mrs. Patricia Lenear, 606 Lincoln Street. The gathering is hosted by Lenear and invites members to attend at the specified residence.
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String of Pearls Club
Patricia Lenear
Lincoln St
Franklin Church Ransacked
Special report from Franklin describes a weekend break-in at First Methodist Church 303 S Main St. thieves forced a south window then pried open a study door and ransacked desks but nothing was reported missing. Police Sgt Charles Harbach investigated with custodian George Richmond noting no losses. Rev Howard Spitnale leads the church.
Dr Donald Cryer Named New Middletown Methodist Pastor
Dr. Donald W. Cryer, pastor of Findlay First Methodist Church since 1949, was named pastor of Middletown’s First Methodist Church. Effective Jan. 15, he will preach Jan. 18. He succeeds Dr. Louis R. Wolter, transferred to Columbus Bexley. Cryer is a Bowling Green and Garrett Biblic Institute graduate, with a 1957 Doctor of Divinity from Bowling Green, and has held Ohio pastorates and church leadership roles. He and his wife have seven children and will reside at 17 Sierra Rd parsonage.
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Donald W. Cryer
First Methodist Church
Findlay
Middletown
Cryer
Hazen G. Werner
Oho
Louis R. Wolter
Bexley Methodist Church
Columbus
Wolter
Dr. Cryer
Bowling Green State University
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Ill
Bowling Green
International Business College
Fort Wayne
Ind
Ohio
New Middletown
Ohio Wesleyan University
Methodist Children's Home
Worthington
Wesley Foundation
Ohio Conference
Committee On
Commission On
Town and Country Work
Cold Weather Dare Sparks River Dip in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati the official thermometer read six degrees below zero but Ron James 24 dived into the Little Miami River during his lunch hour and later returned to a restaurant for coffee. He won 20 dollars for the cold plunge and said his time in the river was no feat for a former underwater demolition member.
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Cincinnati
Ron James
James
Miami
Ruth Brock
Epiphany Rites Invite City Choirs To Goldman Park
Tomorrow night the Civic Chorus invites all church choirs to join Epiphany celebrations at Goldman Park. Meeting at 7 p.m., attendees will enjoy carols and the Hallelujah Chorus as the Twelve Days of Christmas program ends. Refreshments follow and tree burning proceeds with speeches by Rev. Flanigan and City Chairman Carmody.
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Goldman’ Park
Floyd Overtur
Civic Chorus
Goldman Park
C.N. Flanigan
City Commission
Francis Carmody
IRS offers two weekday tax help sessions through April 13
The Internal Revenue Service will assist taxpayers with income tax questions on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. starting today through April 13 and on April 15. Information available by phone GA 2-6227 at the Internal Revenue office in the Post Office building. A.R. Maupin Jr. urged taxpayers to prepare returns and file by April 15 deadline.
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Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Office
A.R. Maupin Jr
Father Is Held In Neglect Case
William Moore a 49 year old resident of 112 Webster Street is jailed on neglect charges after juvenile authorities arrest him at home. He faces accusations of failing to provide medical care for two sick children and a lack of food besides milk. Investigators state his wife does not receive his unemployment checks.
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William Moore
Webster St
Moore
Harold Gray
Coy Hall
M’della Olinger
Genealogy claim on Chinese ages and coverings
A statement asserts that the genealogies of the Chinese have always surpassed those of all other races in age and coverage. The claim contrasts ethnic genealogies and implies a universal superiority in longevity of lineage.
Flue Blamed For $100 Blaze At Main Street Home
A fire caused by an overheated chimney flue damaged Dorothy Robersons residence at 323 N Main St. estimated loss stood at $100. Fire crews from Companies 1 and 4 plus ladder and emergency squad responded at 53 31 p.m. Contents were spared. Mrs Erma Brunner of 43 New Miami, aided by the squad, was taken to Middletown Hospital with breathing trouble.
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Dorothy Roberson
N. Main St
Erma Brunner
New Miami
Fire Department
Middletown Hospital
Baker
Thefts Reported To Police In West Middletown Area
The police log lists thefts involving a purse about $20 and other items from Clara Pathemus of West Middletown Route 2 a top coat from Don Dru ary of West Middletown Route 1 and a camera valued at $175 from Paul Demostenes of the Chili Parlor.
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Clara Pathemus
West Middletown
Boy's Goat Roams Ottawa Streets With Free License
AP dispatch reports 13 year old Garry Thomson leads a goat through Ottawa as city rules state no license needed for the animal since it follows its young owner. The father had bought the goat for slaughter but Garry pleaded for the animal's life.
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Ottawa
Garry Thomson
Garry
Dayton Man Found Dead On Porch In Subzero Blast
Dayton Ohio reports the body of 54 year old Edwin Austin found on his home porch this morning. Investigators say he may have frozen to death after tripping and falling on the porch in sub zero temperatures. An autopsy was ordered.
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Dayton, Ohio
Edwin Austin
From Altar To Hospital
Mrs. Paul Barton aged 18 of 6575 Heineke Road Miamisburg was in an auto wreck with her husband near Springboro on Route 73. The Eaton Funeral Home ambulance rushed them to Middletown Hospital where she was admitted with a broken right arm and severe facial and leg cuts. her husband had superficial abrasions and was not admitted. Her condition today is listed unchanged.
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Paul Barton
Heineke Rd
Miamisburg
Barton
Springboro
Eaton Funeral Home
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Ex City Manager Dies in Accidental Self Shot Incident
Springfield Oregon AP report states former city manager Leroy B. Bartlett, 62, accidentally shot himself while unloading a handgun after a target shoot. Bartlett served as city manager here from 1951 to 1955 and previously led cities in Superior Wisconsin and Hamilton Ohio. He was born in Alexandria Minnesota.
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Springfield
Ore
Leroy B. Bartlett
Bartlett
Tim
Here
Alexandria
Minn
Superior
Wis
Hamilton
Ohio
Christmas Day Guests and Holiday Events Nearby
Franklin and East [Pearth St] hosted guests from Detroit Chau tauqua St Louis and Skokian Drive as New Year plans emerged. A Tropics Dayton party hosted by multiple names included Santa Claus treats for local school children. Circle One Methodist will meet at the parsonage with Miss Bernice Culp and Mrs John Tutt guiding devotions. Christmas Day visitors to Edward Lloyds included Elmer Knott families and Flavia Philabaum.
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Albert Lewis
Dayton
Joe Shockley
Charles Purvis
Melvin Kinzer
Ernest Huff
Matt Green
Louis Rudd
William Ellis
Paul Kennedy
Arthur Horwitz
Edward Mitchell
Santa Claus
Phyllis Carless
Room Club
Methodist Circle
C. J. Wierman
South River St
Charles Byrd
Bernice Culp
John Tutt
Skips Cleared After Arrest Ties Four Hit-Skip Accidents
A Middletown youth, James Ellis aged 22 of 1807 Casper Ave, surrendered at 12 40 PM yesterday and faced fleeing the scene charges after a string of hit skip crashes on Charles Street early yesterday. Damage to five parked cars totaled about $1 200 with several incidents occurring between 2 25 and 2 30 AM near addresses on Charles Street. Ellis was treated for nose and chest pains at Middletown Hospital before being released.Officials noted another collision at 5 10 PM on South Main Street between a station wagon and an ice slicked truckcorner. Officers names include Ferguson Short Pelfrey and Thompson.
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Charles Street
James Ellis
Casper Ave
Ellis
Middletown Hospital
Warren Clifford
Charles St
Clifford
Robert Helton
Helton
Linville Lewis
Lewis
Arthur Jordon
Young St
Jordon
Arnold Ferguson
Cecil Short
Dan Pelfrey
Theodore Thompson
Eugene Wallace
Pinto Ave
Richard Fischer
Hamilton
S. Main Street
4Th Avenue
Wallace
Main Street
Fischer
Fred Conley
Oxford State Rd
Robert Bowman
Church Ave
Jefferson Road
Highland Street
Dennis Shalley
Erie Ave
S. Clinton Street
1St Avenue
Sink Theft Hits Hamilton Homes
Hamilton police report weekend burglaries at Maggie Forney of 749 Florence Ave. and Rev Sloan Hodges at 617 Monument Ave. where kitchen sinks were stolen along with other items including a bathtub in Hodges case.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Maggie Forney
Florence Ave
Sloan Hodges
Monument Ave
Dum Dum and Budge Budge: Curious Calcutta Villages
Just outside Calcutta two villages catch the eye with playful, memorable names. Dum Dum and Budge Budge stand out amid the region’s busy urban fringe, inviting curiosity about their origins and local lore.
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Calcutta
India
Armco workers get one cent hour cost of living raise
Armco Steel Corp announces a one cent per hour cost of living increase for 28 000 hourly paid employees effective with the first payroll period on or after Jan 1 1957. About 5 500 non exempt salary workers will receive a similar raise lifting their monthly COLA to 29.75 dollars.
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Armco Steel Corp
Armco
R. S. Gruver
Gruver
Armco Steel
Sheffield
Armco Drainage
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fire Closes School South of Eaton
Three Preble County schools were closed today due to heating problems at Gratis and Lanier and a fire that destroyed four Dixon-Israel buses and the district’s industrial arts facilities. The Eaton fire department could not save the building housing 12 grades and four buses. The incident forced an emergency school-board meeting to arrange transportation.
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Preble County
Gratis and
Lanier
Dixon-Israel
Eaton Fire Department
Eaton
Steel Truck Driver Traced In Accident Near Middletown
State patrol traced George Grimm Jr. 36 of Indianapolis after a steel truck sideswiped John A. Riley 17 of West Middletown on Rt. 12 about three miles west of Middletown. Grimm was found at Armco Steel Corp at 1 p.m. and the case remains under investigation.
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Middletown
Rt. 12
George Grimm Jr
Indianapolis
Armco Steel Corp
John A. Riley
West
Grimm
Riley
Sutphin Street
Central Avenue
Ptl
Arnold Furgeson
Armco
Runway Crash Reported at Richmond Airport
Richmond patrolman C W Wingo rushed to the scene as radios picked up word of a crash on runways 6% and 1533 at the Richmond airport. His report notes two supervisors involved in runway projects scrapped fenders of their autos.
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Richmond, Va
C. W. Wingo
Richmond
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MIO
Journal Airrs
U.S
White
Mark
Henrietta Mark
Woodhill Cemetery
John L. Hornsby
Anna Bereker
Florence Ef
Ildred Dodson
Ray
John
Germantown
Henry
Owensboro
Germany
American Legion Post
Ahepa
Model Railroad Club
National Charter
Colored News
Ae T
P.U.C.O
Hauselman
Trans. CO
Park GA
Service
Gillen-Crow
Donald Cryer
New Methodist
OR. Cryer
Brédner
Wesley Methodist Church
Toledo
Carey
Westerville
Jack Beck
Verity Pkwy
Middletown High School
Wanda Conley
Clark St
JOS. R. Baker & Sons, Inc, Funeral Home
Manchester
Saturday Evening Post
Ladies’ Home Journal
Charles
Central Ave
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