Deaths and Funerals in Middletown and area
Raymond W. Eagle Jr. 56 of 1607 Fairmont Ave Middletown died 4 40 p m at Middletown Hospital after long illness following a heart attack on November 7 1971 He worked 27 years at Inland Manufacturing Dayton as a shipping clerk Surviving wife Cecelia three sons Joseph John Kenneth two sisters and three brothers and three grandchildren Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Joseph R Baker Sons Funeral Home Friends may call Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m Also services for Mrs Hattie Taulbee formerly of Middletown will be held 2 p m Thursday at Joseph R Baker Sons Funeral Home Burial Arlington Memorial Gardens Cincinnati Friends may call Wednesday 7 to 9 p m Not listed survivors include two sisters and a brother and 32 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren Mrs Taulbee died Sunday in Florida Two daughters Ester Rich Arcanum and Doris Ricky Lebanon two sisters Elsie Shepard and Johnson Waynesville six grandchildren and four great grandchildren Services Thursday 2 p m Oswald Funeral Home Lebanon Burial Lebanon Cemetery 4 to 9 p m”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond W. Eagle Jr
Fairmont Ave
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Eagle
Middletown
Inland Manufacturing
Dayton
Cecelia
Joseph
John
Kenneth
Trenton
Margaret Reeves
Mildred Williams
Mary Clark
LaHabra
Calif
Robert
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Hattie Taulbee
Joseph R.,baker & Sons
Arlington Memorial Gardens
Cincinnati
Taulbee
Florida
Ethel Kinzer
Whitesburg
Clara Craft
Haymond
Gilbert Peterson
Haymond, Rt
Arcanum Rt. 3
Lebanon
Greenville
Ester Rich
Arcanum
Doris Ricky
Elsie Shepard
Johnson
Waynesville
Oswald Funeral Home
Lebanon Cemetery
Funeral
William R. Gilmore Dies After Long Illness
William R. Gilmore, 57, of 604 Gideon Road died at 7 a.m. today at Middletown Hospital after an extended illness. He was born in Mt. Vernon and had lived in Middletown since 1945. He was employed as a trucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Gilmore
Gideon Road
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Gilmore
Mt. Vernon
Middletown
Services for Mrs Helen Blair 91 in Chautauqua
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen C Blair 91 of 282 12th Ave Chautauqua will be at 2 pm Wednesday at Eaton Funeral Home conducted by Dr Irvin Emmons. Burial follows in Woodside Cemetery Middletown with funeral home after Wednesday noon. Memorials may go to First Presbyterian Church Middletown or a favorite charity. Mrs Blair died Monday at Middletown Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Helen C. Blair
12Th Ave
Chautauqua
Eaton Funeral Home
Irvin Emmons
Woodside Cemetery
Middletown
First Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Rudolph Wernicke at Otterbein chapel
Rudolph Wernicke, 79, of Otterbein Home, died Saturday at Middletown Hospital. Services were held today in the Otterbein chapel, followed by burial in Otterbein Cemetery. Arrangements were by Oswald Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Rudolph Wernicke
Otterbein
Wernicke
Middletown
Oswald Funeral Home
Mrs Bertha Smith Services Set for Wednesday
Mrs Bertha Smith, 70, of 1450 Summers Gratis Road, will be honored at a 10 a.m. service Wednesday at Colligan. Burial details were not disclosed in the readable portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Smith
Summers-Gratis Road
Death Ruled Suicide in Gas Substation Tragedy
Carlton Wesley Wilkinson 43 of Monroe was found dead from carbon monoxide at a Cincinnati Gas and Electric substation on S Yankee Road. Coroner Dr. Garret Boone ruled death by own action. Wilkinson, a 17 year CG&E employee and Navy veteran, leaves a wife Helen and six children. Services set for Friday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Masonic rites at 7 30 p.m. Burial in Camden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Wesley Wilkinson
Lebanon St
Monroe
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
S. Yankee Road
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Wilkinson
Cg&e
McCoy. Leffler
Richard Schechter
Camden
Fire Report Details Two Incidents in City Area
At 12 34 p m Weber s Cafe Central Avenue and Wall Street Orion Selby 87 ill rushed by ambulance to Mid dletown Hospital. At 7 11 p m 1410 Yankee Road Dobrozsi Market lot a fire caused by burning boxes with no property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber's Cafe
Central Avenue
Wall Street
Orion Selby
Middletown Hospital
Yankee Road
Dobrozsi Market
Thieves Loot Multiple Homes In Baltimore Street Breaks
Police report a neighbor's yard held an $800 television as thieves fled on Baltimore Street yesterday with another $800 in loot. Richard Childers lists $1 0, etc. items missing including a necklace and shotgun. A doctor's office at 312 S Breiel Blvd and a home on 1503 Taylor Ave were targeted with entries by forced doors and broken window locks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Street
Richard Childers
Baltimore St
Kennedy
Floyd Tipton
Taylor Ave
Tiptons
Childers
T.C. Benselaer
S. Breiel Blvd
Sue Slade
Crash Kills Indiana Man
A 42-year-old Indiana man, Monroe Baker of Cedar Grove, was killed when his foreign-made pickup overturned into a ditch on Ohio 4 near LeSourdsville at 1:35 am. He was driving north and the truck left the road then rolled. his body was found 40 feet from the vehicle. He leaves a wife Delores, two sons Michael and Jeffrey, five daughters and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Fisher Body
Hamilton
Ohio
LeSourdsville
Monroe Baker
Cedar Grove Rt. 2
Butler County
Baker
Delores
Michael
Jeffrey
Stephen Maker
Cedar Grove
Ind
Dan Jones
Brookville
Robert Dyer
Harrison
Larry Letters
Batesville
Debbie Baker
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
James named Britain’s top baby for eighth straight year
TOP NAME LONDON AP reports that James remained the most popular baby name in Britain for births announced in The Times of London for the eighth consecutive year. The article highlights the enduring popularity of the name amid other common choices and notes regional naming trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
James
Times of London
County Asked To Pay For District Court
Hamilton Butler County faces a $17 141 share of operating costs for the First District Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. The total budget is 103 260. Shares are based on 1970 census figures. Clermont Clinton and Warren counties will be asked to contribute as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County
First District Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Dale
Court of Appeals
Hamilton County
Logsdon
Clermont
Clinton
Warren
Two Crashes Send Two to Middletown Hospitals
Two traffic accidents in Middletown yesterday left a 3 month old boy at Children’s Hospital Cincinnati in fair condition. A sheriff’s cruiser struck a car at Central Avenue and Clinton Street, injuring the infant and prompting a police citation for the other driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati
Bobby Pennix
Robert L. Pennix
Rita Joyce Pennix
Franklin- Trenton Road
Darrell J. Yater
Hamilton
Butler County
Central Avenue
Clinton Street
Central
Martha Irving
Moreland Drive
YMCA Board Members Elected to Three Year Terms
Board chair cee Cole announced completion of mail in ballot tally naming eight new YMCA directors to three year terms. New members are Mrs. James Sexton Mrs. Ralph Mull Dr. Richard Dietz Channing Huselton William McCabe Jack Baltzell Rayford Harvey and Thomas Blake. Officers to be chosen at tomorrow luncheon meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Cee Cole
Oday
James Sexton
Ralph Mull
Richard Dietz
Channing Huselton
William McCabe
Jack Baltzell
Rayford Harvey
Thomas Blake
Saucer Expert Speaks On Real Flying Saucers At Oxford
Stanton T. Friedman, nuclear physicist and lecturer, will discuss flying saucers with slides at Miami University Oxford tomorrow at 8 p.m. The talk in Heritage Room, University Center, includes a Q and A. Friedman helped prepare a 1968 Congress UFO symposium and has long lectured on the topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton T. Friedman
Oxford
Miami University
Heritage
University Center
Friedman
University of Chicago
Congress
Youth Hurt In Collision Near Trenton Ohio 73
A 16 year old Hamilton youth was injured in a two truck crash on Ohio 73 one tenth mile east of Trenton in Butler County. Cliff D Myers 354 Taylor School Road was taken to Middletown Hospital by Trenton Life Squad after his pickup was rear ended by a 2 ton tank truck driven by Charles Ellington 33 Robertson Eaton Road and 17 year old passenger from Hamilton. Two other occupants escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ohio
Trenton
Butler County
Middletown Hospital
Trenton Life Squad
Cliff D. Myers
Taylor School Road
Myers
Charles E. Ellington
of &Robertson
Eaton Road
Jim Setser
Oxford-Middletown Road
County Home Leaders Resign After 13 Years Service
After 13 years in service Mr and Mrs Marion Augspurger announce resignation as superintendent and matron of the Butler County Home east of here effective September 1 County Commissioners accept with regret retirement plans include moving to Florida Applications to replace the couple are being taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Marion Augspurger
Butler County
Here
Robert Bogan
Commission
Florida
Dale Logsdon
Middletown Teen in Critical Condition After 100 Pill Overdose
A 16 year old girl from Middletown, Butler County, was in serious condition in Middletown Hospital ICU after reportedly ingesting 100 Sedative pills at her home around 8 30 p m yesterday. Police reported today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Area
Middletown Hospital
Butler County
Armco Employees Share $3000 In Idea Program
Three Armco Middletown Works workers won more than $3000 in 1971 through the suggestion program. Ted Hall Jr and Homer Current repeated as top winners, with Leichty noting 1865 suggestions submitted and 549 adopted including 34 major awards. Total payments reached $29,851.78 and changes in 1971 set a $500 to $10,000 range for major awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco
Middletown
Richard A. Leichty
Ted Hall Jr
Renee Drive
Homer Current
J Road
Trenton
Frank Barner
Evelyn Drive
West Processing
Léichty
Trash Fire Blamed For Barn Blaze At Walter Howard Farm
A trash fire spread to a storage barn on Ohio 503 near Gratis destroying a 20 by 40 foot wooden structure and about 500 in contents. Fire Chief Denzil Bratton said the alarm was late and wind-driven sparks may have ignited the blaze while Walter Howard had been burning brush nearby. Firefighters limited efforts to prevent spread to adjacent buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratis
Walter Howard
Ohio
Denzil Bratton
Bratton
Howard
Corona Club Meeting Focuses on Handwriting Analysis
Diane Pettigrew, a junior in speech education, will discuss handwriting analysis in her speech At Your Fingertips during tonight's Corona Circle meeting at 7:30. She represents the Speakers Bureau of Middletown Campus, Miami University, and meets at Mrs. E. T. Lorig's home, 3305 Wildwood Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Pettigrew
Corona ‘Circle
E.T. Lorig
Wildwood Road
Miss Pettigrew
Speakers Bureau
Middletown
Miami University
Eight seek seat on Franklin School Board
Eight persons had applied for the open Franklin Board of Education seat by noon today. Applications after today must be postmarked by January 18. The seat became vacant after Larry Anderson resigned for moving out of the district. the board has 30 days to fill it per state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin School
Franklin
Board of Education
Coy Myers
Larry Anderson
Anderson
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Moose Lodge
Betty
Takach
McCoy - Leffler Funeral Home
Mrs
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Verity Pkvy
14Th Ave
Charles
Bud) Steller Mer
Central Ave
Middletown, Ohio
Helen Blair
Emery W. Ross
Crash
Carlisle
Springboro
Modern Business Services
South Main St. Franklin
Otis Hess
Richard J. Wessel
William Denham
Roosevelt Boulevard
Wicorf Street
Roland Hooker
Oxford State Road
Mattie Hooker
First Avenue
Jerema Egelson
Timmie Egelston
Logan Ave
Brenda Raney
Fairview Drive
Saucer
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U.S
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Sutphin
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