First National Bank celebrates 100 years in Middletown
One hundred years of service to the Middletown area will be observed by First National Bank with a Monday 6 to 9 p.m. birthday party at its downtown and branch offices except Armco East Side. Women employees in Civil War costumes will host tours of facilities, including the new lobby, bookkeeping department, and computer operations. The bank now employs 120 people, has 19 officers and 12 board members, and total resources over 66 million. A seventh location at Sunset Street is opening soon.
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Middletown
First National Bank
Middletown Area
Armco
East Side
First National
First & Merchants National Bank
American Trust & Savings Bank
First Savings Bank
Butler County
Con
Calvin Verity
Edward W. Barker
Turpin Indicted In Slaying
An indictment charging first degree murder was returned yesterday by the Butler County grand jury against George W. Turpin, 60, of 791 Central Ave Carlisle. The panel also returned true bills against 29 defendants, ignored two cases and continued two others in its report to Common Pleas Judge Arthur Fiehrer.
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George W. Turpin
Central Ave
Carlisle
Butler County
Common Pleas
Arthur Fiehrer
Man Fined Fifty For Failing To Report Auto Crash
A man from Middletown was fined 50 dollars and costs in Municipal Court for failing to report an auto accident. Paul Hershner, 606 The Alameda, was accused of striking a police cruiser at the Montgomery Ward lot on June 24. Charges of fleeing the scene were reduced in court. Other cases heard included assaults, batteries, and various minor offenses with several defendants referred to the grand jury.
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Paul Hershner
Alameda
Montgomery Ward
Stevens Ave
Hershner
Edmund W. Birch
Woodlawn Ave
Batery
L. B. Kindred
Fred Grove St
Delbert Guy Creditt
Cincinati
Creditt
Old U. S
Middletown
James Wylie Preston
Lewis Reynolds
James F. Gallagher
Rexford Lee Banks
Roger Rhinehardt
John Lang
Charles Drake
Donald L. Norris
Jerry McFarland
Larry Dale Carr
Hamilton Court
Obituary Notices for Walter Betscher Sr Anna King Maude Dalrymple John Rust Emil Gantz
Notices list funeral services for Walter Betscher Sr age 69 at 10 a m Monday Klaus-Weigel. Anna King 77 at 310 Twin brook Drive Monday Cahill. Maude Dalrymple 82 at 1012 Forest Ave Requiem High Mass today St Ann's Church. John Rust 82 at 828 Ross Ave 2 p m Monday Klaus Weigle. Emil Gantz 81 5251 Dixie Hwy Fairfield 10 a m Monday Webb.
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Walter Betscher Sr
Elizabeth Drive
Klaus-Weigel
Anna King
Twinbrook Drive
Cahill
Maude Dalrymple
Forest Ave
St. Ann's Church
John Rust
Ross Ave
Klaus, Weigle
Emil Gantz
Dixie Hwy
Fairfield
Webb
Tiger Kills During Dinner at Saigon Family Home
A large tiger leaped into a house 60 miles northwest of Saigon, killing three people and injuring seven as they sat down to a family meal, according to Sai Gon newspapers.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Here
Avoid Wild Animals Warned After Rabies Case
Mid district health commissioner Robert McConaughy reports eight to ten recent bites from wild animals, including two boys bitten by a chipmunk and four people by a baby skunk that tested rabid. Veterinarian Dr Leland Lynch Jr warns against domesticating wild animals and notes rabies risk.
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Butler County
Leland Lynch Jr
Columbus
Deaths and Funerals Two Middletown figures pass amid services
Daniel P Mokry 75 a retired Armco Steel employee and church official dies at Middletown Hospital after a porch heart attack. He leaves Goldie and six children plus 12 grandchildren. Services Monday at First EUB Church. burial Woodside Cemetery. Also amisburg resident dies. widow Ina Creech survives. Burial Highlands Memorial Cemetery after visitation at Gephart Schmidt Funeral Home.
Fermin Edgington Services for Fermin L. Edgington
Fermin L. Edgington 63 of Dayton brother of Floyd Edgington 308 Yankee Road will be held 1:30 p.m. Monday at Schlientz Moore Funeral Home Dayton burial in Bellbrook Cemetery Friends may call at 1632 Wayne Ave tomorrow 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. He died Thursday at Miami Valley Hospital Canton plant manager at Sunshine Biscuit Co employed 40 years Survived by wife Opal a son Ned Minneapolis and sister Mrs Myra Moore Trenton
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Amisburg
Ina Creech
Middletown
Skettering Memorial Hospital
Jgnes
Frances Phillabaum
Piqua
Helen Leever
Miamisburg
Gephart & Schmidt
Highland Memorial Cemetery
Fermin L. Edgington
Dayton
Floyd Edgington
Yankee Road
Schlientz & Moore Funeral Home
Bellbrook Cemetery
Wayne Ave
Edgington
Miami Valley Hospital
Caton
Sunshine Biscuit Co
Opal
Ned
Minneapolis
Myra Moore
Trenton
George G. Recher obituary notice item incomplete
George G. Recher, 57, of Mi- is listed in an obituary notice fragment. The readable portion indicates a death age and location fragment, with no full dates or surviving details available in the text.
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George G. Recher
Services for Dallas Barton Held at Stubbs Funeral Home
Funeral services for Dallas Alfred Barton 55 of Lebanon Rt. 3 were set for 2 p.m. today at Stubbs Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Barton died Thursday. Survived by his wife Thelma and five sons Donald of Springboro Paul of Dayton John Carl and Larry at home.
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Waynesville
Dallas
Alfred Barton
Lebanon
Martha Cotterill 54 died. Lebanon resident
Martha A Cotterill 54 of Lebanon Route 2 died at 430 am yesterday at Grandview Hospital Dayton shortly after admission She was a Warren County Tuberculosis Health Association director and lived in Lebanon since 1948 Survived by husband Donald son Donald Jr daughter Marilyn Parker brother Henry Englehardt and two grandchildren Funeral at Anglesby Funeral Home with Rev F H Roepcke and burial in Memorial Park Cemetery Dayton Memorials suggested to Warren County Tuberculosis Health Association Lebanon.
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Franklin
Martha A. Cotterill
Lebanon
Marilyn. Parker
West Carrollton
Henry Englehardt
Dayton
Anglesby Funeral Home
F. H. Roepcke
Memorial Park Cemetery
Warren County Tuberculosis & Health Association
Trapped Auto Damaged by High Voltage Wires
Three people were trapped inside a wire draped auto after a pole snapped and 1300 volt lines fell on the car at Verity Parkway. Mrs Jessie Massie and two passengers were treated and released. one sustained scalp injuries. Police cited Massie for following too closely after a late afternoon crash.
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Jessie Massie
Weith
Middletown Couple Injured In Georgia Auto Crash
George Krug and his wife Fay of 801 Orchard St are hospitalized in Dalton Georgia after an auto accident north of town. The crash occurred when a car driven by Herman Lee Prewett of Canton Ohio veered left of center in front of the Krug vehicle. Prewett was fatally injured.
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George Krug
Fay
Orchard St
Dalton
Herman Lee Prewett
Canton
Ohio
Krug
Prewett
Gas Station Cleaned Out By Thieves
Intruders broke into Conrad's Service Station at 3217 S Verity Parkway late Thursday or early Friday driving their car inside to steal cash, cigarettes, sun glasses, shotgun shells and tools. Deputy William Cain noted a broken rear window, unlocked overhead door, and a total ransacking. loss inventory will determine the value. owner vacationing in Minnesota.
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S. Verity Parkway
Tom Eckert
Conrad
William Cain
Cain
Minnesota
Two reasons husbands leave home cited in joke
An old newspaper line jokes that husbands depart for two reasons culinarly supported by a wife who can cook but won t and a wife who can t cook but does.
Lightning Ignites Millville Farm Barn Loss 50 000
Hamilton reports a lightning strike at Henry Hoelle Jr. farm near Millville caused about 50 000 dollars in damage. The barn eight calves 1000 bales of hay a truck two wagons and much farm equipment were lost. Hoelle and son Darrell saved some calves as flames engulfed the barn while firefighters from Millville and Venice protected nearby buildings.
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Hamilton
Henry Hoelle Jr
Black Road
Millville
Fire sparks Lenite roof fire at Market building
Sparks from an incinerator behind L S Paint Co and Dillman s Market at 2030 Central Ave caused a tar roof blaze at 8 45 am yesterday. Firemen responded later to 114 Sutphin St for a gas vapor ignition in a vacant house. no damage. A welder s torch sparked material below the Middletown Hospital sub basement at 12 47 pm with no damage.
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L&s Paint Co
Dillman’s ‘Market
Central Ave
Sutphin St
Middletown Hospital
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Harry W. Crum
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Stret
Raymond Ross Holt
West Chester
Holt
Key Largo
Charles St
Robert McConaughy
Daniel Mokry
Armee
Daniel P. Mokry
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First Evangelical United Brethren Church
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McCoy - Leffler Funeral Home
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Darrell FE. Deem
Young St
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E. Fifth St. Franklin
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Luther Williams
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Queen Ave
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Grand Avenue
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Lewis
Georgia
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Ment
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