Townsend Dies From June Car Crash Near Blue Ball
Townsend 51 of 719 Elwood St. dies at Good Samaritan Hospital after injuries from a June 23 single car crash on old Ohio 25 south of Blue Ball while en route to State Trucking Co. He served 18 years as a driver and belonged to Lincoln Lodge 693 F and AM and the Fraternal Order of Police. Survived by wife Pauline daughter Gaylan two brothers and a step brother. Burial and services in Campton Ky with Porter and McCoy Leffler funeral homes handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmot Arthur Townsend
Elwood St
Good Samaritan
Cincinnati
Old Ohio
Blue Ball
Townsend
State Trucking Co
Ohio
Lincoln Lodge
F&am
Fraternal Order of Police
Wolfe County
Pauline
Gaylan
G. C. Townsend
Carlisle
Clayton
Gratis
Winifred
Franklin
Russell Watkins
Columbus
McCoy-Leffler
Dusley Baker 77 Dies. WWI Veteran, Middletown Native
Dusley Baker 77 of Hamilton formerly Middletown resident from 1914 to 1961 died at 8 30 a m Sunday at the Veterans Administration Hospital Dayton after hospitalization since July 10 He worked at Armco Steel Middletown Works 1935 1961 previously in the local paper industry A World War I veteran He is survived by a daughter Mrs Lillian Schaible Anaheim California a son Alva Las Vegas a brother Neval Hamilton and two sisters Mrs Stella Barker Middletown and Mrs Delphia Lynch Connersville Indiana Private services will be held Wednesday at Joseph R Baker Sons Funeral Home with the Rev Herschel Caudill officiating Burial will be Woodside Cemetery There will be no visitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusley (Dudley) Baker
Hamilton
Middletown
Veterans Administration Hospital
Dayton
Baker
Armco Steel Corp
Lillian Schaible
Annaheim
Calif
Alva
Las Vegas
Neval
Stella Barker
Delphia Lynch
Connersville
Ind
Joseph R
Mrs Bert Churchill and Mrs LeRoy Die in Kentucky
Mrs. Bert Churchill, 77, and Mrs. Richard LeRoy of Monroe died Sunday at Pineville Kentucky Hospital. Funeral service will be held Tuesday in Barbourville Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Churchill
Richard LeRoy
Monroe
Pineville, Ky
Fune
Barbourville, Ky
Obituary: Ersel L Gatts of Polk City Dies at 71
Ersel L Gatts 71 of Polk City Fla brother of Elsie McPherson Wilma Brown and Floris Combs formerly Centerville resident. Survived by wife Amy two daughters Mrs Robert Lampert Oxford and Mrs Lloyd Kress Centerville a son Thomas West Carrollton seven grandchildren and five great. Services 2:30 pm Wednesday at Routsong Bowser Funeral Home Centerville Burial Centerville Cemetery calling hours Tuesday 6 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ersel L. Gatts
Polk City
Fla
Elsie McPherson
Wilma Brown
Floris Combs
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Centerville
Amy
Robert Lampert
Oxford
Lloyd Kress
Thomas
West Carrollton
Routsong-Bowser Funeral Home
Middletown Woman Martha Ratliff Dies at 82
Martha Ratliff 82 of 2104 Crescet Blvd died at 4 30 a m Sunday in Middletown Hospital where she had been a patient since June 19 Born in Morgan County Kentucky she had lived in Middletown since 1929 Surviving are five sons Ernest Omer Luther Joseph Winifred all of Middletown two daughters Nannie Griggs Elizabeth Adams a brother Stanley Gibson Trenton 16 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren Services at 10 a m Wednesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Henry Howard officiating Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Funeral home to open Tuesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ratliff
Crescet Blvd
Middletown ‘Hospital
Ratliff
Morgan County
Middletown
Ernest
Omer
Luther
Joseph
Winifred
Nannie Griggs
Elizabeth Adams
Stanley Gibson
Trenton
McCoy. Leffler
Henry Howard
Woodside Cemetery
Clyde Stanley Vice 82 dies. long Armco era retiree
Clyde Stanley Vice 82 of 607 Buena Ave. died 9 50 a m Sunday at Middletown Hospital where he had been a patient since April 7 He retired in 1954 after 38 years with Armco Steel Corp He was born in Bath County Ky He survived by five sons Charles Everett Randolph Harley Raymond and others a daughter three daughters a brother two sisters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren Services set for 2 p m Wednesday at the McCoy with Rev J Herschel Caudill officiating Burial is planned Tuesday afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Stanley Vice
Buena Ave
Middletown Hospital
Vice
Armco Steel Corp
Bath County
Charles
Everett
Franklin
Randolph
Middletown
Harley
Camden
Raymond
Santa Clara
Calif
Winina Goad
Grant's Pass
Ore
Ruby
Service set for Mrs Florence R Crane 88
Funeral services for Mrs Florence R Crane 88 formerly of Lebanon will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. She died Saturday at Grandview Hospital Dayton after a three week stay and transfers from Friends Home Waynesville where she had been a patient two years. Surviving are two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Florence R. Crane
Oswald Funeral Home
Lebanon Cemetery
Friends
Funeral
Crane
Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Friends Home
Waynesville
Cincinnati youth dies in one car crash on U S 27
The 16th county traffic death of 1971 followed a one car accident on U S 27 near Millville. Anthony M. Fede 19 of 5610 Buttercup Lane died after a convertible left the road in rain and overturned twice. He was dead on arrival at Fort Hamilton Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County
Cincinnati
U.S. 27
New London Road
Millville
Ray Thomas
Anthony M. Fede
Buttercup Lane
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Woman hit by bat claims neighbor struck her at home
Mrs Christina Stidham, 54, of 417 Cribbs Ave, was treated at Middletown Hospital for a head injury after saying a neighbor struck her with a baseball bat in her kitchen. She was taken by ambulance after fire department treatment. Police report a ball bat was confiscated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Stidham
Cribbs Ave
Middletown Hospital
Obituary note lists family of Lebanon residents
Robert of Lebanon and Carman of Waynesville are survived by two daughters Mrs William Newton and Mrs Allen Koonce of Lebanon, six grandchildren, six great grandchildren and a great great grandchild.
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Robert
Lebanon
Carman
Waynesville
William Newton
Allen Koonce
Funeral Mass for Mrs Edmonia Ware
Mrs Edmonia C Ware 78 of 17 Ulighland Ave will have a funeral Mass at St Mary Church at 1 a m Tuesday. Burial follows in Springboro Cemetery. Friends may call Eaton Funeral Home Monday 3 5 and 7 9 p m with a prayer service at 7 30 p m. She died Friday at Middletown Hospital. Survivors include two sisters Elia Williamson Middletown and Flo Vonderisar Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonia Ware Franklin
Edmonia C. Ware
Ulighland Ave
St. Mary Church
Springboro
Eaton Funeral Home
Elia Williamson
Middletown
Flo Vonderisar
Hamilton
Obituary notices list local residents' funeral services
Ellsworth Smith 79 Laurel Ave services 10 30 a m Tuesday Klaus Weigel. Effie Allen 72 Princeton Glendale Road services 1 p m Thursday Christian Fellowship Church. Robert Ellis 50 N Second St services today Brown Dawson. Paul Gabbard 54 Houston Tex services 10 a m Tuesday Colligan. Infant daughter Ronald Stidham 344 Heaton Sr services 10 a m Tuesday Colligan. William Konrad 69 Heaven Ave funeral Mass 9 30 a m Tuesday St Ann s Church Haze Kriegenhofer 77 Fairfield services 2 p m Wednesday residence. Sam Corso 84 formerly 710 Luaien Ave Mass of the Resurrection today Brown Dawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Smith
Laurel Ave
Klaus-Weigel
Effie Allen
Princeton-Glendale Road
Christian Fellowship Church
Robert Ellis
Second St
Brown- Dawson
Paul Gabbard
Houston
Tex
Colligan
Infan
Ronald Stidham
Heaton Sr
William Konrad
Heaven Ave
St. Ann's
Haze
Kriegenhofer
Fairfield
Sam Corso
Luaien Ave
Brown. Dawson
High School Seeks Authors For Summer Magazine
Middletown High School's Mary Kindell seeks 12 to 20 year olds to work on a summer magazine with pay. A meeting is set for 1 p m tomorrow in Room 221. Staff heads must have prior journalism or creative writing experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kindell
Middletown High School
Middletown High
Kindel
Franklin Man Heads Cooties In 3 States
Jom Sparks of Franklin yesterday was elected commander of the Seventh District of the Military Order of the Cooties at a district meeting in Erlanger Kentucky. He will lead Ohio Kentucky and Indiana for two years and assume the post in August during the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Dallas Texas. Sparks is past commander of Middletown VFW Post 3809 and a life member of that post and of Cootie Pup Tent 50. Tex Williams, commander of Pup Tent 50, also attended the Erlanger meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jom Sparks
Julie Drive
Franklin
Military Order of the Cooties
Erlanger
Sparks
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Dallas
Texas
Middletown
VFW
Tex Williams
Injured Worker in Forklift Accident at Diamond National Plant
Ronald Lawson 44 of 4107 Lewis St. is in serious condition at Cincinnati General Hospital after a 900 pound bale toppled from a forklift at the Diamond National Corp. plant on W Central Avenue. He was moved from Middletown Hospital and underwent surgery on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Lawson
Lewis St
Diamond National Corp
W. Central Avenue
Cincinnati General Hospital
Lawson
Cincinnati Hospital
Middletown Hospital
Cincinnat
Franklin Woman Hurt In Crash Near Waynesville
Harriet J. Roberson, 36, of Franklin, was listed in fair condition at Kettering Memorial Hospital after a Saturday head on crash on Ohio 73 west of Waynesville. Linda P. McDonald, 31, of Waynesville, charged with driving left of center and treated for lacerations before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Ohio 73
Waynesville
Harriet J. Roberson
Foster St. Franklin
Linda P. McDonald
N. Main St
Teaching Post Promotes Diane Fasany to New Paris School
Diane Fasany daughter of Mrs. Hugh Walker 9 Magnolia Drive has accepted a teaching position in the New Paris school system. She is a 1971 cum laude graduate in social studies and English from Miami University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Fasany
Hugh Walker
Magnolia Drive
New Paris
Miss Fasany
Miami University
Burglars Take 520000 In Securities From Cincinnati Widow
In Cincinnati an 82 year old widow Mrs Rebekah Silverman reported burglars took about 20000 dollars in securities from her apartment between Friday evening and Saturday morning. They also stole 1846 in cash and a 300 dollar watch. Entry was gained by removing a screen from a bedroom window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Rebekah Silverman
Muscular Dystrophy Picnic Scheduled at Thompson Park
The annual event for muscular dystrophy patients takes place Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Thompson Park shelter house Hamilton. About twenty patients and families will attend with reservations via Miss Veda McCray 422 1547. Entertainment by Betty Sroufe dance troupe Senior Citizens Band and a magician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Park
Hamilton
Veda McCray
Betty Sroufe
Senior Citizens
Abortion Totals Reported Under Kansas Law
Kansas health department says more than 8000 legal abortions were performed in the first year of the new law. Sixty one percent were residents and thirty nine percent came from outside the state with patients from 31 states including nearly 2000 from Missouri.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Department of Health
Missouri
Department
North's Peace Plan Seen 32 Years Ago
In Paris talks U S negotiators confront Viet Cong demands for a coalition government under communist dominance and a fixed U S withdrawal timetable. The CIA assessment warns peace moves without concessions risk Thieu Ky collapse and Hanoi gains. Pentagon papers released by Sen Gravel shed the details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Washington
U.S
Paris
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Lyndon B. John
North Vietnam
Thieu-Ky
Hanoi
Pentagon
Mike Gravel
D-Alaska
State
Deverse Department
Johnson
Soviet Union
Haiphong
Nixon Popularity Falls to New Low in Gallup Polls
Princeton AP report shows President Nixon with only 48 percent approval after 29 months in office. Gallup compares current ratings with past leaders, noting party splits and no impact from the Pentagon papers controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Princeton
N.J
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F
Hijack at Hook Field: Plane Held at Miami Airport
A light single engine plane owned by Steve Douglass of Dayton was reported stolen and found at Miami University Airport west of Oxford after two youths allegedly hijacked the craft and gave an Oxford ride. Detectives sought fingerprints and identified no suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hook Field
Miami University
Oxford
Miami
Steve Douglass
Dayton
Middletown
Air Field
Douglass
Twirlers Win Trophies at National Baton Contest
At Coney Island the National Baton Twirlers Association contest awarded trophies to local girls. Shirley's Silver Streak Senior team took first in seniors. Michelle Lawson placed second in six-year-olds. Donna Cox third in 13-year-olds. Intermediate and advance divisions saw several placers led by Ann Givens first and Becky Randall fourth among 12-year-olds. Pam Baughman first in 14-year-olds. Debbie Freeze second in 15–20 solo. Jenny Edwards fourth in 15-year-old advance. Judy Scott second in 16-year-old advance. Sandy Snodgrass second and Debbie Barlow third in 14-year-old advance. Shirley Decker earned an award for most students entered in solo events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Shirley
Michelle Lawson
Donna Cox
Ann Givens
Becky Randall
Pam Baughman
Debbie Freeze
Advance Lancing
Jenny Edwards
Judy Scott
Sandy Snodgrass
Debbie Barlow
Shirley Decker
Sorrell Elected to State DAV Post in Ohio Convention
Stanley Sorrell of Middletown was elected to the executive committee of the Department of Ohio Disabled American Veterans at the 50th annual Toledo convention. He is the first member from Harold J. Hursh Chapter 131 to reach a state office. Ohio DAV plans its fall conference in Middletown in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Sorrell
Central Ave
Department of Ohio
Toledo
Harold J. Hursh
Middletown
George P. Cocco
Lorain
A.G. Decatur
Sorrell
Alden Williams
Charles C. Carter
Joel F
Wedding planning and home decor offers in local shopping round up
A town feature highlights bridal catalogs from major printers for invitations, napkins, and stationery plus advice on florist selection. It notes Central Pastry closing for vacation, Floor Fashion Center promotions, and a Twice yearly sale at Greathouse with men’s wear and slacks. Kodak Carousel Projector and Davidson’s Photo Shops are also mentioned along with inflation talks from Reed-Klopp Furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Greathouse and Son
Greathouse
Slack Center
Syous Man’s
Davidson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Townsend
Verue Banks
Janet Rest Home
George
Andy
Bethany
Campton
Porter Funeral Home
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Dusley Baker
Ersel Lo Gatts
Walter Lockard
Bethany, Ky
Mrs
Clyde
Florence Crane
Ohio Bel
Clem Dillard
Summer Magazine
Franklin Man
DODDS
Verity
Tround Town
Charlotte
Peck’s
Callaway, Firth and Magee
L. and
Reed-Klopp
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