County Home Contract Awarded After Legal Clearances
Butler County commissioners approved the electrical contract for the new county home after a judge dismissed Buckeye Electric Co. suit. Allison & Sons, Inc. of New Lebanon bid $161,250, with architect Robert Beeghly recommending the firm. The rebid saved about $12,000. a separate road project in Union Township saw Mt. Pleasant Blacktopping bid $58,888.35 for four and seven-tenths miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Sewell Journal
Hamilton
Common Pleas
Robert Marrs
Butler County
Robert Beeghly
Winkler, Ranck, Beeghly & Maxfield Architects
Allison & Sons, Inc
New Lebanon
Buckeye Electric Co
Marrs
Buckeye
Princeton Pike
Dayton
Commission
Dale
Allison Company
Mt. Pleasant Blacktopping
Fairfield
Break-in at Wildwood Golf Course Clubhouse Under Investigation
Three teenagers questioned after a break-in at the Wildwood Golf Course clubhouse. A vending machine taken, later found at Wilson Elementary with $73 inside. Suspects fled on police arrival. one admitted hammering the machine. Police recovered tools and a large burglary at multiple local sites is under inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildwood Golf Course
Wilson Elementary School
Wilson School
Kevin Lawson
Midway St
Man charged in accident and flee scene
Russell Lacy, 46, of 508 Moore St, was charged with driving while intoxicated and fleeing after his car struck Elbert Lucas’s parked car at 1611 First Ave about 3:30 p.m. The impact moved Lucas’s car 30 feet onto the sidewalk. Police found Lacy’s car at 1900 Wayne Ave and arrested him. Lucas’s car damage was about $800 and Lacy’s about $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Lacy
Moore St
Elbert Lucas
1611
First Ave
Lucas
Lacy
Wayne Ave
Lucas Auto
Three charged in break-in at Blac Lite Lounge
Three suspects were charged with breaking and entering after an early morning burglary at the Blac Lite Lounge on Jackson Lane. Officers recovered cash, cigarettes, and a tool, with fingerprints tying the group to the scene. Harry King, Ann Blackburn, and Leroy Vickers, all in Hamilton, face charges. Blackburn also charged with possession of unlabeled drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blac Lite
Jackson Lane
Harry King
Ann Blackburn
Ross Ave
Leroy Vickers
Buckeye St
Hamilton
Blackburn
Pineiro
Hamel
Cincinnati
Hopple Street
Mitchell Avenue
Trucker Crash on I-75 Kills Man and 11-Year-Old Girl
A tractor trailer tank truck crashed through a guardrail on I-75 near Colerain Avenue killing 36-year-old Milton Aldridge and 11-year-old Lori Hanes. Aldridge’s 12-year-old daughter Jenny remained hospitalized in critical condition. a 22-year-old passenger suffered no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Colerain Avenue
Milton Aldridge
Greenville
Lori Hanes
Aldridge
Jenny
Cincinnati General Hospital
Middletown area deaths and services obituary roundup
Multiple obituaries across Middletown Germantown Hamilton and Lebanon list ages from 49 to 93. Names include Carl J Scarpa 58 Eugene Pannel 49 Martha Byrne 61 and Margaret Kindig 64 with funeral times at Holy Trinity Catholic Church John Arpp Funeral Home and several cemeteries. Burial at Butler County Memorial Park and Woodside Cemetery. Services announced by local funeral homes with call hours and dates forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl J. Scarpa
Nelbar St
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Scarpa
Armco Steel
Ford
Ill
Middletown
Air Force
Sons of Italy
Rose
Joseph
Pasqualina
Roberta
Carla
Rose DiStabla
Hamilton
Mary Hammerle
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Butler County Memorial Park
Wilson-Schramm Memorial Home
Ejither Marie Shafer
Water St
Grover Dwight South
Lawn Ave
Mr. South
Lebanon
Square D Co
Corrine
Judith Moore
Trenton
Frank
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
John
Bill
Leo Green
Wilmington
Del
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Wilson-Schramm Memorial
St. Jude Hospital
Memphis
Charles Albert Doyle
Johns St
Doyle
Sorg Paper Co
Rock Castle County
Gladys
Pat Fisher
Germantown
Albert
Camden
Donald
Torrent
Richard
Franklin
William
Carlisle
Kenneth
West Elkton
Robert
Montana
Larry
Leonard
Walter
Dorothy Back
Delores’ Sullivan
McCoy-Leffler
Howard Sears
Jack
Jacqueline Lamb
Miamisburg
Marguerite Owens
Mildred Keener
Floyd Millikin
Farmersville
Harold Millikin
New Lebanon
John Arpp
Melvin Oehrtman
Trissel Cemetery
French Land Troops Reach Newport to Aid Washington
On July 11 1780 French troops landed in Newport Rhode Island with a naval escort of 5000 to support Gen George Washington in the New York campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R.I
George Washington
New York
Infant's death probed in Hamilton
An 11 month old Rico Ricardo Cook of 811 S Front St died on arrival at Mercy Hospital after autopsy showed beating and internal injuries including a broken rib and arm. Police consider a fall possible but continue investigation with no arrests yet. mother Denise Cook at the same address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Rico Ricardo Cook
S. Front St
Mercy Hospital
Garret J. Boone
Denise Cook
Also Mentioned on This Page
Logsdon
Union Township
YMCA
Broad Street
Manchester Avenue
Middletown Mall
Manchester Inn
Middletown Public Library
Carlie Welsh
S. Highview Road
St. Mary’s School
Central Ave
Ptl
Steve Downey
Downey
Roosevelt Boulevard
L. L
Red) Cole
Monroe
Yankee Road
Ohio 63
National Cash Register
Cole
Ridgewood
Blac-Lite
Converse
Monument CO
Manchester Rd
Fenwick High
Granite & Bronze
Nicols
Dale Converse
By Ellis Hall
Hall’s
Yankee Rd
Oscar Pineiro
Western
Maurice Hamel
Windsor
Ontario
Carl Scarpa
Shafer
Mabel Ulrich
Mabel E. (Cappy) Ulrich
Farmersville - Gratis Road
Twin Valley Cemetery
Ulrich
Marvin
M. Thomas
J. Douglas
Thelma Harding
Newcomerstown
Helen Barbie
St. Louis
Grover South
Martina Byrne
Martina C. Byrne
Todd Road
Byrne
Aeronca Inc
Aeroncaettes
Thomas
Thomas Jr
Edward
Eugene Pannel
Harmon Ave
Webb
Florence Morris
Harrison Ave
Zettler
Oran Calef
Front Street Presbytation Church
James Bowlin
N. Second St
Brown- Dawson
Charles Doyle
Margaret Kindig
N. Cherry St
Miami Valley Hospital
William Pergram
William B. Pergram
Owensville Rt. 3
Gerald Springer
James Roberts
Real Funeral Home
Owensville
Upper Salt Lick Cemetery
Pergram
Mary Chiles Hospital
Mt. Sterling
Samuel Russell
Samuel E. Russell
Bunnell Hill Road
Grace
Frieda Schellenbach
Mary Fannin
Kettering
Ridgeville
Masonic Lodge
Morrow
Oswald
Mrs. Byrne
U.S
Dodds Monuments
Verity Plwy
14Th Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Charles
Bud) Steller
Mgr
Jim Mears
Insurance Associates
of Mears Insurance
S. Main St
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