Veteran City Fireman Duke Wood Dies Arriving for Duty
Lawrence Duke Wood aged 54 and a 19 year veteran of Station One Middletown collapsed on arriving for duty at 7 20 a m He was rushed to Middletown Hospital and pronounced dead Funeral plans list Riggs Funeral Home and Woodside Cemetery with services to be announced He leaves wife five daughters two sons and ten grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence “Duke” Wood
Elwood St
Broad St
Wood
Middletown Hospital
West Middletown
Lucy Messler
William Wood
Fire Department
First Methodist Church
Lulu
Ray Linville
John Hasselbach, Jr
Middletown
William Wright
Hamilton
Dolly Jean
Shirley Ann Wood
Lawrence CD
Arthur Wood
Willis Whitman
Walter Rothgale
John Hunt
Riggs Funeral Home
Louis R. Walter
Woodside Cemetery
Mrs Ida Eichorn 79 dies after heart attack in Middletown
Ilda Mae Eichorn lifelong Middletown resident dies at 8 30 a m at her daughter’s home 110 North Stephin Street after a heart attack. She was widow of Chris Eichorn 1911 and survived by daughter and two grandchildren. Funeral 1 30 p m Friday at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Mae Eichorn
Arthur Fouts
North Stephin St
Henry Huffman
Middletown
Eichorn
First Methodist Church
Louis R. Walter
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral services for Herbert A. Spade set at First Church of Christ
Herbert A. Spade 41 of 1828 Winona Drive will lie in state with active pallbearers Urban Dineen William Van Gupen William Malott Carl Hovel Donald Spears Frank Troutvine Jr Jack Mokry Delmar Hodshire and honorary pallbearers Thomas Harris Jr Stanley Goodman Richard Gray Leslie Dixon Robert Brown Robert S Burns Paul Yarber Joseph Woodruff. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev Edwin Bobbitt to officiate. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Spade, organizer of a popular orchestra, died Sunday at home after months of illness. He worked 19 years in Armco research. Friends may call Mc Coy Leffier Funeral today 2–5 and 7–10 p.m. after 12:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. Spade
Winona Dr
Urban Dineen
William van Gupen
William Malott
Carl Hovel
Donald Spears
Frank Troutvine, Jr
Jack Mokry
Delmar Hodshire
Thomas Harris, Jr
Stanley Goodman
Richard Gray
Leslie Dixon
Robert Brown
Robert S. Burns
Paul Yarber
Joseph Woodruff
First Church of Christ
Edwin Bobbitt
Woodside Cemetery
Spade
Armco
McCoy - Leffier
Funeral services for James C. Wood 79
James C. Wood 79 of 314 Crawford St died suddenly at home Monday morning. Retired Armco employee he is survived by wife Lillie a daughter Viola Green of Greenville three brothers Joseph Chester W Va Bert Middletown Nelson Painesville a sister Laura Lamp East Liverpool and two grandchildren Visitation today 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with services at 10 a.m. Wednesday conducted by Dr. R C Caudill. Burial in Wood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Wood
Crawford St
McCoy - Leffler
R. C. Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Wood
Armco
Lillie
Viola Green
Greenville
Joseph
Chester W. Va
Bert
Middletown
Nelson
Painesville
Laura Lamp
East Liverpool
Funeral services for Orlando H Ingram
Funeral services for Orlando H Ingram a 72 year old retired fireman of 1012 Auburn Street will be held at 1 30 p m Wednesday at the Mc Coy Lefflcer Funeral Home with the Rev E H Hammon officiating Middletown firemen including L Cramer R Linville St John McCue Free man Saute Arch Settles and Charles Ingram will serve as pallbearers Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery He died Monday morning at Shadylawn Convalescent Home after a month long illness Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p m today The Fraternal Order of Eagles of Germantown will conduct memorial services at 8 o clock tonight at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando H., Ingram
Auburn St
McCoy-Lefflcer
E. H. Hammon
Middletown
L. Cramer R. Linville
Order of Eagles of
Germantown
Funeral services held for James H. Crowe 71
James H. Crowe 71 retired tobacco worker died after a monthlong illness at Mercy Hospital Hamilton. He leaves seven sons and one daughter, a brother, three sisters, sixteen grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a late brother. Services 2 p.m. Friday at the home with Rev. Oliver Wilson officiating. burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call 2-5 and 7-10 p.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Crowe
McCoy - Leffler
Oliver Wilson
Germantown
Woodside Cemetery
Crowe
Morgan County
Jackson Lane
Middletown
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Ernie Charles
John
Middle
West Middletown
Chester
Ralph
Marshall Islands
Mary Lou Ferguson
Abbie Spencer
Ont
Canada
Lucy Sloane
Minnie Wells
Cincinnati
Lottie Poore
Dayton
Franklin Asher 92 dies at home of daughter in Carlisle Ky
Mrs. Sarah Hoskins Asher, 92, of Peabody Kentucky, died Monday at her daughter Mrs. Sophie Howard's home in Carlisle after three months there. She left surviving a daughter Mrs. Stella Ledford of Ballinger Kentucky and four sons Samuel of Inglewood Maine Taylor of San Antonio Texas Tim of Excello and Logan Hoskins of Peabody, 33 grandchildren, 36 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Anglesby Funeral Home sent the body to Britton Funeral Home in Manchester Kentucky. Services will be held there Thursday with burial in Asher Cemetery at Peabody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Sarah Hoskins Asher
Peabody
Sophie Howard
Carlisle
Howard
Stella Ledford
Ballinger
Samuel
Inglewood
Taylor
San Antonio
Tex
Tim
Excello
Logan Hoskins
Anglesby
Britton
Manchester
Asher
Bowling services set for Pvt Wallace Bowling
Services for Pvt. Wallace Bucky Bowling 21 killed Sunday in an auto accident on U S 35 four miles west of Dayton will be held at 1 30 p m Thursday at the Church of God with Rev. George Berry officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Pvt
Wallace (Bucky) Bowling
U.S. 35
Dayton
Church of God
George Berry
South Lebanonite Held To Jury After Shooting In Maud Area
Archie Anglin 26 of South Lebanon bound to Butler County Grand Jury on a $5,000 bond charged with shooting with intent to kill after a highway altercation north of Maud. The incident followed a dispute involving the Stampers and a juvenile as Patro lmen investigated a traffic stop near Route 25. Burial planned at Willowview cemetery in Dayton. Anglin served at Camp Polk and is a National Guard member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Area
Archie Anglin
South
Lebanon
Butler County Grand Jury
Squire Hobart Mercer
Maud
Anglin
Roger Wilson
Roy Cason
Route 25
Charles Stamper
Stamper
Paul
Willowvieew Cemetery
Dayton
James Bowling
North Liberty St
Camp Polk
Army
National Guard
Preble County
Leslie
England
Air Force
Ray
Hamilton
George
Columbus
Norman
Palmer
Alaska
Edith Swope
Eaton
Imogene Craig
Beulah Hall
Janice Michael
Camden
Lula Kalbbleisch
Montgomery County
St. Elizabeth Hospital
New Lebanon
Brooks
Smith
William Fowler
Harshmanville Rd
Stampers
Warren County
Mrs. Lessie Douglass Obituary at Oxford Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs. Lessie Douglass 78 of the old Douglass homestead north of Oxford will be held at 2 30 p m Wednesday at the Marshall Smith Funeral Home Burial will be in Oxford Cemetery The widow of Samuel Douglass she died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after a stroke last week Surviving are her son Donald who lived with her one grandson and one granddaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Lessie Douglass
Douglass
Marshall - Smith
Douglas
Samuel
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Donald
Obituary Notices for Brannon Brumbaugh Roll and Schuster
Edward L. Brannon 56 of 541 Central Ave owner of Central Drugstore services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Brown-Dawson Funeral Home. Alvin Ray Brumbaugh month old son of Mr and Mrs Alvin Brumbaugh 233 North Fourth St services 9:30 a.m. today Cahill Funeral Home. Margery Kane Roll 88 of 1505 Park Ave services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Webb Funeral Home. Anna Schuster 90 native of Coldwater Ohio services 9 a.m. Wednesday St Stephen Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Brannon
Central Ave
Second
Court Sts
Brown - Dawson Funeral Home
Alvin Ray Brumbaugh
S. Alvin Brumbaugh
North Fourth St
Cahill Funeral Home
Margery Kane Roll
Park Ave
Webb Funeral Home
Anna Schuster
Coldwater
St. Stephen Church
Notable Deaths Across Cities Across the World
The AP notes the deaths of Adm Alvaro Martha at 70 famed for the 1910 revolution in Portugal, Paulo Stahr 69 illustrator born in Philadelphia, Dr Leo A Barry 60 marine life expert with Harvard and Smithsonian ties, Blanche Starr 72 actress known as Blanche Rose, and Col General Konstantine A Koroteev senior Soviet general, all cited from various locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lisbon
Portugal
Adm
Alvaro Martha
Manuel I
FT. Myers, Fla
Leo A. Barry
Marine Life Authority
Harvard University
Srithsonian Institution
America Museum of Natural His
National Museum of Philadelphia
University of Miami
Los Angeles
Blanche Starr
Blanche Rose
Adventist Church Slated For Groundbreaking Soon
March begins the plan to break ground for the Seventh Day Adventist Church on South Main Street. The meeting reported steady growth from a small group to about 100 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Adventist Church
South Main St
B. E. Sooy
Darwin Heisey
Adventist Parochial School
Irene Thompson
Doreas Welfare Society
Mabel Ward
Spain
Korea
Young People's Society
Lebanon
Firemen Rush For School No Blaze At Garfield School
Fire companies one and three and the aerial wagon rushed to Garfield School at 12 23 p m while students ate lunch. They found a wall heated by a nearby gas heater and said no fire danger. The same units answered a later false alarm at Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation at Richmond and Fairfield Street at 3 p.m. yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield School
Geral
General Chemical Division
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation
Richmond
Fairfield St
Buick Announces Price Changes Across 1953 Models
Buick cuts prices on 10 models in the Special and Roadmaster series by 11.37 to 135 dollars while four Super series models rise by 125 dollars. The Roadmaster top reduction is 135 dollars and the Special convertible drops 86.37 dollars with other Special models down 11.37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Three Report For Army Examinations
Three men reported to Selective Service Board 10 for transport to Cincinnati for armed forces physical examinations. Middletown residents Myron A. Balon and Thomas C. Wortley joined Robbie L. Reynolds from Hamilton in the group. five men are scheduled for induction January 15. No other calls are set this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Cincinnati
Middletown
Myron A. Balon
Spencer Lane
Thomas C. Wortley
Alameda
Robbie L. Reynolds
Hamilton
Appointment of Administrator for Amelia N Lummis Estate
James Lummis of Miamisburg Ohio appointed Administrator of the Estate of Amelia N Lummis deceased of Middletown Butler County Ohio Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred Dated December 7 Probate Judge Harry F Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia N. Lummis
James Lummis
Miamisburg
Ohio
City of
Middletown
Butler County
Two File Bankruptcy In Cincinnati Court Filings
Horace Maynard Walden a Hamilton press operator at 2104 Pater Ave filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S District Court Cincinnati listing debts 4664 80 and assets 2100 John William Wiley a railroad car inspector of Williamsdale Butler County filed a petition listing debts 2756 88 and assets 1275 Wiley formerly resided in Hamilton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Press
Horace Maynard Walden
Pater Ave
U.S. District Court
Cincinnati
John William Wiley
Williamsdale
Butler County
Wiley
Hamilton
Middletown Approves 1952 Parking Lot Note Plan
The City Commission of Middletown Ohio adopts Ordinance 2914 to issue 50000 dollar notes in anticipation of bonds for acquiring land for a municipal parking lot. The notes bear 3 percent interest, mature 1954, pledge full city faith, and levy a direct tax to secure repayment. Emergency clause declared to protect public health and city operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
City Commission
Butler County
Ohio
City of
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Rs. Ilda Mae Eichorn
Just Cat Tor
Sarah H. Asher
Wallace Bowling
First Ave
Curtis ST
Middletown Business College
So. Broad St
Dial
Long Beach
N. Y
Paulo Stahr
Philadelphia
Moscow
Constantine A. Koroteev
Soviet Union
Buick
Harry F. Walsh
Lan
Smith-Corone
N. Main ST
Francis Carmody
Doris Pb, Kronborg
PALL
Charles ST
Ross
Wrisley’s
Wrisley
Cannon Towels
Shoe Dept
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