New Officers Installed By 2 Optimist Clubs
Two Optimist clubs held joint installation ceremonies at the Sportsmen's Club after a dinner. Middletown club officers include Eugene Switzer as president and Marvin Shane as sergeant at arms. Evening Optimists elected John Wyatt as president and Roy Byrd as secretary-treasurer. Directors named for both clubs and district officials assisted. Speaker Herbert Eikenbary discussed life in Russia after travels to the Middle East and Russia. The event also marked the 10th anniversary of the Middletown noon club.
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Middletown Optimist Club
Evening Optimist Club
Sportsmen’s Club
Eugene Switzer
Hugh Cook
Paul Steigerwald
Herb Chandler
William Howard
Marvin Shane
Eve‘King Optimists
Colony
John Wyatt
Howard Burke
al Burns
Roy Byrd
George Mornhinweg
William Ramsey
Don Kemplin
Gary Perry
Middletown Optimist
Joseph Blackmore
Henry Bohne
Richard Brandenburg
Robert Barnhart
Q. R. Reeder
Lois A. Rossi
Dale Roszell
Hamilton
Optimists
24Th
Layton Goodman
Herbert Eikenbary
Dayton
Middle East
Russia
Middletown
Rape Slay Suspect Sought In Ohio Widow Case
Authorities hunt a Black male suspect after 87 year old widow Saran DeWitt was killed in her six room home on Ohio 62 north of Washington Court House. Witnesses report a man lurked around the house and tried to gain entry earlier that day.
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Washington Court House
Ohio
Saran DeWitt
Ohio 62
Here
Herman Dean
Dayton Woman Dies in Auto Collision
Mrs. Ethel Sims aged 53 of Dayton died after an auto collision Tuesday night. Authorities paused verdict pending autopsy with police suggesting a possible heart attack. She was being taken to a hospital in a car driven by her nephew James H. Morrer 26 when the accident occurred.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ethel Sims
Dayton man held in wife's fatal beating homicide case
Eddie Woodall, 22, of Dayton is in custody for investigation of homicide after police say he admitted beating his wife Delores, 22, with a pop bottle following an argument. The incident occurred Tuesday, provoking the investigation today.
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Dayton
Ohio
Eddie Woodall
Delores
Woodall
Schools Merger Nullified by Butler County Board Action
Hamilton special report: Butler County Board of Education nullifies a May 16 order to consolidate Morgan and Ross township school districts after a 1200 signature remonstrance. A mandamus suit seeks to force completion of consolidation and a new board. The dispute stems from a state board charter revocation in 1953 and a Common Pleas ruling deeming it illegal.
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Hamilton
Morgan
Ross Township
Butler County Board of Education
Willliam Stitsinger
Louis J. Schneider Jr
Cincinnati
State Board of Education
Morgan Township
State Department
P. P. Boll
Common Pleas Court
Hasheld
Car Hit By Train But Driver Unhurt
In Canton Ohio a slowly moving locomotive pushed an automobile with Addie Stephens 40 inside along the tracks for 62 feet Tuesday night. Stephens escaped without serious injury but said he failed to heed warning bells.
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Canton
Ohio
Addie Stephens
Stephens
Death ruled suicide in Ohio refrigeration unit death
Coroner Paul Turner ruled the death of Thomas Sehrenbach, 4, of New Castle Pennsylvania, as death by own action. The body was found in a refrigerator unit in the rear of his car. Sehrenbach’s relatives said he had been despondent and melancholy prior to the death.
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Woodsfield
Ohio
Paul Turner
Monroe County
Thomas Sehrenbach
New, Castle
Sehrenbach
Turner
Deaths And Funerals Charles Poffenbarger 78
Charles Poffenbarger 78 of 1815 Columbia Ave died at 10 30 a m at his home after illness since 1955. A Ray mond Bay Co machine operator for 29 years, he retired in 1955. Survived by wife Frances Joneson a daughter Mrs John Vanderveer a sister Mrs Elizabeth Eby and four grandchildren. Services 2 30 p m Friday Wilson Memorial Home with Eldon A Hutchison officiating burial Mt Pleasant Cemetery Peastown. Friends may call 2 5 and 7 9 p m tomorrow. Rites at Seventh Day Adventist Church Dayton. Burial Greencastle Cemetery. Surviving sister Mrs Ernie Taylor Germantown and sees Charles Gear Detroit.
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Charles Poffenbarger
Columbia Ave
Mr. Poffenbarger
West Middletown
Columbia Avenue
Raymond Bay Co
Frances
Joneson
Curtis
Middletown
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Dayton
Greencastle
Jones Bros. Funeral Home
Ernie Taylor
Germantown
Charles Gear
Detroit
Mich
Services set for Mrs Nellie Atchison in Germantown
Mrs Nellie Atchison 54 of Germantown dies Friday in Clayton Missouri while visiting relatives. Services scheduled for 11 a m Friday.
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Germantown
Nellie Atchison
Clayton
Lebanon Woman Anne Thompson Coleman Dies at 5 0
Mrs Anne Thompson Coleman a longtime Lebanon resident and among the area’s oldest members died Monday at her home Private services were held at Oswald Funeral Home at 4 p m with cremation following Only nieces and nephews survive
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Lebanon
Anne Thompson Coleman
Oswald
William A. Roberts Former Somerville Mayor Dies
William A Roberts 80 former Somerville mayor and longtime grocer and farmer died yesterday. He belonged to Friends Church at West Elkton and served on the Somerville Village Council and as village clerk for many years. Survived by wife Maude two daughters two stepsons two brothers and two sisters. Services set for 2 pm Friday at Inman Funeral Home with burial in Somerville.
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Somerville
William A .Roberts
Roberts
Friends Church
West Elkton
Maude
Glenn Stephens
Hamilton
Robert Benson
Camden
Lawrence Withrow
C. Ray Withrow
Middletown
Noel Samuqs
L. Brant
Milton
Clifford Stubbs
Guerney Branson l
Inman Funeral
Somerville Cemetery
Auto Stolen Found Wrecked Near Collinsville
Only two minor accidents reported in the area in two days state patrol said today. One involved a car stolen during the night from Arthur King of 265 W Field Ave Hamilton. The car was found wrecked at the Collinsville bridge on Rt 127 south of Collinsville with moderate damage.
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Arthur King
W. Field Ave
Hamilton
Collinsville Oriage
Rt. 127
Collinsville
Funeral notices for Mrs Dan H Lloyd Mary Mink and Maretha Harrison
Three obituary notices from Kentucky announce services for Mrs Dan H Lloyd at German town Mrs Mary E Mink at Colligan Funeral Home and Mrs Maretha Harrison at Brown Dawson Funeral Home. Lloyd is 78 Mink 33 Harrison 72. Services are listed as Friday and Saturday with exact times.
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Dan H. Lloyd
D St
Germantown
Mary E. Mink
South Ave
Colligan Funeral Home
Maretha Harrison
Brown Dawson Funeral Home
Obituaries of Orthwein Gilbert Daly Pass Away
Percy J. Orthwein 68 of D'Arcy Advertising Co. in St Louis and son in law of August A Busch Sr. died yesterday in St Louis. B Le Roy Gilbert 57 ex city manager of Kalamazoo died yesterday in Kalamazoo. James G. Daly 74 former editor of the Anderson Herald and longtime UCT official died yesterday in Columbus Ohio.
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United Commercial Travelers
Ge Case
Act
Cincinnati Man Drowns While Trying to Save Grandson
Glen Batchelor a 70 year old Cincinnati resident with artificial hands drowned at Houghton Lake Tuesday while attempting to rescue his 16 year old grandson who fell from a waterski behind Batchelor’s boat. The grandson was pulled from the water by other boaters.
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Houghton Lake
Mich
Glen Batchelor
Cincinnati
Batchelor
Whooping Crane Dies After Capture Ends Mourning Mate
In San Antonio Texas a male whooping crane captured after a three hour chase died from heat exhaustion. He had been chosen as a mate for Rosie a female whooping crane already at the refuge near Austwell Texas where about twenty birds winter. Refuges manager Claud Lard chased the bird and said it did not migrate north to Canadian grounds.
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San Antonio
Tex
Rosie
Claud Lard
Austwell
South Magnetic Pole Located in South Victoria Land
The article notes the south magnetic pole is located in South Victoria Land in Antarctica.
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South Magnetic Pole
South
Victoria Land
The
Antarctic
Drowned Youth James Driscoll Dived From Pier
An 18 year old Cedarville youth James A. Driscoll vacationing in Lorain Ohio drowned in Lakeview Park after his head struck a submerged object during a pier dive. Local authorities reported the accident occurred Tuesday.
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Lorain
Ohio
Cedarville
Lakeview Park
James A. Driscoll
Germantown Council Approves Parking Meters and Traffic Measures
Germantown votes unanimously to install meters in a nine block downtown area and seeks bids. A traffic study supports stop lights at Market Cherry and Market Main intersections and caution signals at Plum Center and Plum Market. The council also funds arson-investigation training for two firefighters and plans to sell the old municipal building while approving a tentative 1958 budget of 45 548 dollars.
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Germantown
Harriett Wetta
Warren Street
Walnut
Gunckle
Cherry
Walter Rockey
Rockey
Market
Main Streets
Miss Wetta
Chamber of Commerce
Germantown Fire Department
Columbus
Bomb scare proves to be phony call
Trans Texas Airways flight carrying 16 passengers and a three member crew was recalled and searched at Beaumont after an anonymous call warned of a bomb. No bomb was found on the aircraft.
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Houston
Tex
Trans. Texas Airways
Beaumont
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John Letts
Clarence True
Ice Co
Joe Rothfuss
Emmett Rothe
Billy Gibbs
Gary Bellaw
Journal
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Manchester Ave
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Manchester Avenue
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Arpp
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Anne T. Coleman
William A. Roberts
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