Night riot shocks Middletown center crowd
Police say Sgt Lloyd Brewer was assaulted and cut during an arrest outside the Community Center at Lafayette Avenue and Minnesota Street after a warning shot by Ken Henderson and Duke the police dog helped restore order. Two teens, Ronald Hooks and Willman Sparks, face multiple charges. Sparks held on 1300 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Lafayette Avenue
Minnesota Street
Duke
Lloyd Brewer
Brewer
Ronald Eugene Hooks
Curtis St
Overrine
Wasov Oprers
van & Wl
Ken G. ‘Henderson
Henderson
Ptl
William Hollister
Sparks
Hooks
Middletown Hospital
Deaths and Funerals in Middletown Heartbreaking Accidental Shooting
Jacky Dale Rawlins 14 died from a gunshot wound judged accidental by the county coroner after a gun found by cousin James Robert Rawlins 14 was mistaken for a toy. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at McCoy Lefler Funeral Home with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Frank T. Byrd 28 Navy man killed in an Interstate 71 crash in Cleveland. survived by wife Barbara and son Frank Jr. He was born in Middletown and had lived in Parma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
rJen
James Robert Rawlins
1708
Lawn Ave
William Jr
David
Pamela
Cle Henry
Hamilton
James Rawlins
J. W. Alexander
Middletown
Frank T. Byrd
Arthur Byrd
Cleveland
Parma
Barbara
Frank Jr
Mrs. Cora Buckner Services Held in Madisonville
Mrs. Cora Buckner 51 of 3104 Locust St died of cancer at Middletown Hospital at 10:20 a.m. yesterday. Born in Madisonville Tennessee she lived in Middletown 14 years. Survived by husband Ralph and brothers Hubert White and Ray White of Madisonville. Local arrangements by McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Buckner
Locust St
Bierley
Madisonville
Tenn
Buckner
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Ralph
Hubert
Ray White
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Termites warning from unknown canvasser raises trust concerns
A house to house canvasser with unknown credentials prompts warning about termites and the risk to homeowners. The message stresses caution when trusting unfamiliar operators with homes and property.
Funeral services for Mrs Mattie Lee McGuire
Services for 75 year old Mrs Mattie Lee McGuire of 1714 S Verity Parkway are set for 10 a.m. Monday at Tried Stone Baptist Church with Rev Herbert Hart officiating. Burial will follow at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may visit the church tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. The Middletown Hospital death was reported Tuesday. Arrangements are by Bailey Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Lee McGuire
S. Verity Pkway
Tried Stone Baptist Church
Herbert Hart
Woodside Cemetery
Services for Mrs Pearl Carle Held in Xenia
Mrs Pearl Carle 81 of Xenia formerly Middletown died Wednesday at Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia. Funeral services set for 1 p.m. Monday at Neeld Funeral Home Xenia with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Surviving are husband Alonzo died 1855 three daughters Mrs Gerald Beekman Middletown Mrs Herschel Rupert Xenia Mrs James Conover Wilmington three sons Roy Xenia Charles Loveland Colorado three brothers nine grandchildren six great grandchildren.
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Pearl Carle
Xenia
Middletown
Neeld Funeral Home
Woodlawn
Carle
Greene Memorial Hospital
Alonzo
Gerald Beekman
Herschel Rupert
James Conover
Wilmington
Roy
Charles
Loveland
Colo
Services set for Mrs Dorothy J Mader 56 Middletown
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Monday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home for Mrs Dorothy J Mader of 903 Charles Street who died Thursday at Middletown Hospital of cancer. Burial is in Woodside Cemetery. Her husband Al died in 1961. Survived by two sisters Mrs Mary Huffman of Middletown and Mrs Velma McCrum of Dayton and two brothers Earl and William Pressler of Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy J Mader
Charles St
McCoy-Leffler
Henry Howard
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral Home
Mader
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Mary Huffman
Velma McCrum
Dayton
Earl
William Pressler
Services for James Stokes Held in Lebanon
Services for James Stokes formerly of Lebanon will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Oswald Funeral Home. Burial follows in Lebanon Cemetery. He died Thursday in Decatur Georgia where he had been living.
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Lebanon
James Stokes
Oswald
Stokes
Decatur
Freedom Not Free: Independence Day Address At Sunset Park
Stanley Sorrell of American Legion Post 218 delivered the Loyal American Day remarks urging rededication to the Declaration and Constitution. A parade of about 100 units drew 10 000 spectators, with Sounds of American Band, float judging, and readings of Vietnam killed in action names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Sorrell
American Legion Post 218
Sunset Park
Sorrell
Sounds of
William Svarda
Robert Armbruster
Armbruster
Trenton
Broad Street
Park
Vietnam
Walter Pawelkoski
Legion Service Center
Clifford Stearns
Faith United Methodist Church
Trenton Jaycees
Cub Scout Pack
Denone- Fraternal Orders
Alpha Counsel
Junior Order
Family Remembers Local Resident with Survivors
A local obituary notes surviving relatives including wife Velma a daughter Mrs Paul Sullivan of Connecticut and two sisters Mrs Mary Bolmer of Lebanon and Mrs Harold Ackerman of Illinois.
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Velma
Paul Sullivan
Connecticut
Mary Bolmér
Lebanon
Harold Ackerman
Illinois
Infant son of Williams services held at Woodside Cemetery
Graveside services for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams were held at Woodside Cemetery officiated by Rev. Howard Sears. The child died at 4:45 a.m. yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Survivors include two sisters Elizabeth and Casamnidra, paternal grandparents Brodie Williams of Middletown and Mrs. Back of Florida, and maternal grandparents Preston Back of Florida. Arrangements by McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Williams
Elwood i St
Woodside Cemetery
Howard Sears
Middletown Hospital
Elizabeth
Casamnidra
Brodie Williams
Middletown
Preston Back
Florida
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Services Announce Zelma Brown 88 New Madison Resident
Mrs Zelma Brown 88 of New Madison mother of Joseph Brown of Franklin will be buried in Greenmound today at Storch Funeral Home New Madison after death Thursday at Wayne Hospital Greenville The services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Universalist Church New Madison Survivors include son Rea Cincinnati four grandchildren and a great grandchild
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Zelma Brown
Zelma ‘Brown
New Madison
Joseph Brown
Franklin
Universalist Church
Greenmound, Cemetery
$100,000 Sought in Butler County Crash Case
Hamilton a Richmond resident sues in Butler County Common Pleas Court for $100,000 seeking damages from Clarence House and the estate of William Vernon House over a New Miami crash on Oct 29 1967. The suit names Clarence House of Middletown as administrator and alleges injury from a northbound wagon collision near the Dade Ranch Night Club.
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Hamilton
Richmond
Ind
Butler County Common Pleas
Middletown
Miami
Carl Richardson
S. 14Th Int
Dade Ranch
U. S. 127
William Vernon House
Hill Ave
Police arrest two men in Hamilton strong arm robbery
Police last night arrested William Day and Silas Oliver in connection with a strong arm robbery of a Hamilton man. Walter Grey, 39, of 507 N. Third St., Hamilton, reported his billfold containing 470 dollars was taken by three men in front of 100 S. Broad St.
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William Day
Silas Oliver
Hamilton
Walter Grey
N. Third St
S. Broad St
Grey
Franklin Man Critical After One Car Crash
Orville Chandler 24 of 5623 Lynn Street Franklin is in critical condition at Middletown Hospital after a one car crash on Jacksonburg Road at 9 50 p m Friday. His car traveled 108 feet struck a culvert and flipped over. Edward Conover 28 of Loveland Avenue Mainville was sent to Mercy Hospital Hamilton after a one car crash on Mason Morrow Mil grove Road near I 71. He is in fair condition. Details were not available.
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Orville Chandler
Lynn St
Franklin
Middletown
Jacksonburg Road
Highway Patrol
Chandler
Edward Conover
Loveland Ave
Mainville
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Mason-Morrow-Milgrove Road
Peace March To Be Held Here Sunday
A peace march is planned for Sunday starting 3 p.m. at Douglas Park on Minnesota Street. The route goes via Fourteenth Avenue S Main Street Central Avenue to the City Building where Rev. Robert Mayweather Jr. will speak. Police will escort the marchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mayweather Jr
Valley Grove Baptist Church
Dayton
Douglas Park
Minnesota Street
Fourteenth Avenue
S. Main Street
Central Avenue
City Building
Mayweather
James Holloman
Washington D. C
Late swimmers nabbed at private pool by homeowner
Eugene McGraw reported two youths at his private pool were held at gunpoint at 1:40 a.m. until police arrived. Don Kroger and Mark Kroger, both charged with trespassing, are 17 and 18 and live on Brown's Run Road. Two others escaped after jumping a fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene McGraw
Erie Ave
Don Kroger
Mark Kroger
Brown’s Run Road
McGraw
Dr. F. Ernest Johnson Dies at 84 in Tennessee
Dr. F. Ernest Johnson 84 longtime director of research and education for the National Council of Churches died Friday in Oak Ridge Tennessee. He served the council for many years and was a prominent religious educator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Oak Ridge, Tenn
F. Ernest Johnson
National Council of Churches
Boy Beating Case In Middletown Involves Teen and Parents
A 14 year old boy with visible bite marks was in Middletown police custody after his mother bit him following accusations he stole a bicycle. The boy’s stepfather allegedly beat him and both parents were intoxicated when officers arrived to a neighbor report of assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shouters
Middletown
Burglary Report Details Multiple Local Losses
Three break ins reported to police Friday show losses ranging from 25 cents to 400 dollars. James Hall at 606 Mary Etta Sr. suffered the largest loss about 270 dollars in coins stored in a peanut butter jar plus jewelry and papers. Peggy Combs at 3111 Jefferson read reported a color television set. Cecelia Gibbs’s roommate’s TV is listed as property. Mrs. Pearl Mcintosh at 3910 Tytus Ave. reported a 25 cent kitchen loss.
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James Hall
Mary Etta ,Sr
Peggy Combs
Jefferson Ead
Cecelia Gibbs
Pearl Mcintosh
Tytus Ave
Theft Report At LeSourdsville Lake Car Battery Missing
Hazel McConaugh of 2924 N Verity Pkwy Middletown reported a $40 car battery theft from her 1966 auto parked at LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park. Don Coblantz of 4827 Mays Ave Moraine City said $25 damage occurred to his vehicle when someone tried to pry the glove compartment with a screwdriver.
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Hamilton
Hazel ‘McConaughey
N. Verity Pkwy
Middletown
LeSourdsville Lake
Don Coblantz
Mays Ave
Moraine City
Sheriff's
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USA
Jaycees
Lem
Wendt
South End
Willman Sparks
Dudley Inwood
City Commission
James R. Howerton
Pronl
A.m. Brewer
Theodore Brown
Yankee Road
Carl Amburgey
Robert Walton
William Brewer
Kothe
Inwood
Tom Kimbrough
Percy Wright
Elks Club
Eighth Avenue
Elgin Jones
Harold W. Johnson Jr
Baltimore St
14Th Ave
Roy Ingram
First St
Orville Chrisman,Jr
Ingram
Cousin
Jacky Dale Rawlins
William Rawlins Sr
Lafayette Ave
Clifford Hutchinson
Lewis J. Purdy
Beech O Oohn
Mrs. Mattie McGuire
Mrs. Pearl Carle
Dorothy Mader
Consolidated, Inc
Franklin Man
Jones-Grimes-Long-Snider Insurance Associates
Betties
Wince Faulkner
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