Two Local Fishermen Die in River Crash at Lebanon
The Great Miami River accident near Franklin left Homer S. Jones 39 years old dead after slipping into deep water while fishing for bait. Ralph C. Williams station assistant chief of North Middletown Fire Dept. survived initial danger and was treated for shock. Jones was a cost accountant at Sorg Paper Co. and planned a Minnesota trip next week. Funeral services set for Bethlehem Lutheran Church with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Survivors include wife Ruth, two sons, a daughter, and two siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Jones
Miami River
Sorg Paper Firm
Miami
Middletown
Minnesota
Homer S. Jones
South Broad St
Sorg Paper Company
Franklin
Mr. Jones
Ralph C. Williams
Manchester Rd
Gardner Board and Carton Company
William E. Dechant
Lower River Rd
Jones
Williams
North Middletown
Dwight Phillips
Carl Morgan
Ben Morgan
John Depew
John Dwinell
William Sturgis
William R. Billett
William, Jr
Micheel Rd
West Middletown
Morgan
Martin Richards
O. W. Hoffman
Phillips’ Son
O. E. Chamberlain
Lorg
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Bernard E. Heuer
Woodside
Mce- Coy-Leffler
Ruth Adrian Jones
Roxie Jones
Springboro
Richard
Robert
Patricia Ann
Lloyd E
Mildred L
Legion Post 218 election heads toward deadline
Legion Post 218 nears its annual officer election as 32 percent of 1971 ballots returned. Commander Russell D. Stevens Jr states 620 ballots are in. Contenders include Samuel McAdow and Arthur Albough for commander with seven candidates vying for vice commander. The deadline falls Wednesday.
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Legion Post 218
Russell D. Stevens, Jr
Muel J. McAdow
Arthur B. Albough
Movie Showings At Local Theaters This Week
Paramount shows Apache Drums Monday and Tuesday at 1 15, 2 50, 4 30, 6 20, 8 00 and 9 54 PM Strand presents Up Front at 2 55, 5 50 and 8 40 PM plus Steel Helmet at 1 30, 4 20, 7 10 and 10 PM Colonial offers Rawhide at 1 55, 4 00, 6 05, 8 10 and 10 19 PM.
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Paramount
Apache
Rawhide
Sugar Taste Changes Around Meals
Normal individuals show heightened taste sensitivity to sugar before meals and diminished sensitivity after eating, reflecting meal related changes in gustatory perception.
Driver Jailed In Hit-Skip On Route 25
Charles Bramble 20 of Dayton was fined 115 dollars and costs for hit-skip driving and reckless operation after sideswiping Paul Doughman 35 on Route 25. Bramble could not pay and was jailed in Butler County. He was apprehended by Reading police. charges were filed by Doughman. Damages were about 100 to 150 dollars per vehicle.
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Charles Bramble
Trumbull St
Dayton
Butler County
Bramble
Paul Doughman
Excelso
Reading
Thomas Linn
Monroe
Reading youth injured in Mason Maud Rd wreck
A 16 year old from Reading, Willard Burchwell, sustained a right hand injury in a two car collision on Mason Maud Road. He was a passenger in a car driven by 31 year old Victor Burchwell of 417 Benson Street Reading. The other vehicle was driven by 25 year old Ray Hensley of Wainwright Drive Dayton. Both cars were extensively damaged.
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Mason-Maud Rd
Willard Burchwell
Reading
Victor Burchwell
Benson St
Ray Hensley
Wainwright Dr
Dayton
Funerals Arranged For Two Of Three Killed Near Wilmington
Two of three men killed in a Saturday night two truck crash near Wilmington are to be buried. John E. Metz age 29 Leo Yeazel 32 died at the scene while Arthur Albertson 58 died later at Kelley-Hale Hospital. Albertson's service is set for Tuesday at Johnson Funeral Home with burial at Bethany Cemetery. He left no survivors. Yeazel leaves a wife Joyce three children and many relatives. Metz leaves a wife Charlotte and two children. C E Kinsei Clinton County coroner said the third victim died of injuries after the crash at U S 23 and Ohio 350 five miles west of Wilmington. The driver of the other truck Joseph Theriault 31 Hartford Conn escaped injury. Funeral arrangements complete.
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Lebanon
Wilmington
John E. Metz
Leo Yeazel
Arthur Albertson
Joseph Theriault
Hartford
Conn
U.S. 23
Ohio
Theriault
C. E. Kinsei
Clinton County
Mentz
Yeazel
Albertson
Kelley-Hale Hos
Pital
Johnson
Bethany
Joyce
Andrew Yeatel
Herman
Herbert
Robert
Andrew
Floyd
Dayton
Pauline Dane
Irene Foster
London
Charlotte
Walter
Hampton
Kentucky
Raymond Bay Company
Signal Corps
Stair
Baptist Church
Church of God
Middletown
Florence
Sammie
Elwood
Clay City
Ernest
England
Air Force
Kenneth Fields
Harold Labadie
Maude, O
W.H. Hampton
Bertis
Robert Hampton
Big Woods
Mary
Martha Hampton
Joseph R. Baker and Sons
Middletown Dog Club Holds First Show At Armory
Dozens of dogs and handlers gathered at the Legion Armory for the Middletown Dog Club's inaugural show recognized by the American Kennel Club. Winners included Ebony Lady O'Wilmary the collie and Champion Pine Patch Smokey the English Springer Spaniel, with prizes donated by local merchants and Dayton area clubs.
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Middletown
O’wilmary
William J. Doud, Jr
Harrison
Gilda von Elsinore
Harvey Seeman
Trenton
George Pugh
Xenia
Haussermans
Somerville
D. A. Maxson
Polio Vaccine Effort Advances Amid 1951 Research Push
The 1951 polio season shows science narrowing in on a workable vaccine. Researchers explore virus types Brunhilde Lansing and Leon, vaccine methods, and large scale production, while questions remain on duration of protection and mass immunization strategy. Basil O Connor cautions progress toward control is not far off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Brunhilde
Lansing
Leon
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Basil O'Connor
The
National Foundation
Will of Thelma Mains Probate in Butler County
The will of Thelma Louise Mains of Hamilton directs the estate to widower Leslie F. Mains who is named executor. Drawn May 1 1948 the will names Anne Maxwell and James Black as witnesses and Thelma died June 1. The Hugo Schirmer estate in Hamilton goes to the widow Bertha who seeks probate as executrix. The will signed July 24 1944 with Robert J. Shank and Hallie Garrett as witnesses, testator died April 17.
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Thelma Louise Mains
Hamilton
Leslie F. Mains
Anne Maxwell
James Black
Hugo M. Schirmer
Bertha
Robert J. Shank
Hallie Garrett
Witneses
Will of Dr William Turner Darnell probate filed
The will of Dr William Turner Darnell of Middletown directs his estate to his widow Beatrice M Darnell who is nominated director. The will dated December 30 1943 was witnessed by Betty Druley and Maxwell Finkleman. The testator died May 28.
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William Turner Darnell
Middletown
Beatrice M. Darnell
Betty Druleyv
Maxwell Finkleman
Probate notes list multiple Ohio estates and appraisals
The record records several probate matters across Middletown Reily Township Hamilton Oxford Trenton and Hamilton again. Executors administrators and executrices Edna Eunice Drake Hermine Vollmer R C Nein Florence Penn Dorothy Pillow and Charlotte Stewart oversee estates with appraised totals from about 6 525.59 to 16 959.10 and realty portions ranging up to 9 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. Drake
Middletown
Edna Eunice Drake
Herman Vollmer
Reily Township
Hermine Vollmer
Barbara Cox
Hamilton
R.C. Nein
May Belle Penn
Oxford
Florence Penn
William Carl Pillow
Trenton
Dorothy Pillow
Charlotte Stewart
William B. Stewart
Divorce Suits Include Several Names Across States
The docket lists cases including Charlotte Miller of 820 Ninth Ave Middletown alleging neglect against Albert Miller whose address is unknown. Suzanne Ogden of Hamilton sues Richard E Ogden at Lockland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas for cruelty. Mae Car from Hamilton files against Ellis B Cari for neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald P. Strouse
Charlotte Miller
Ninth Ave
Middletown
Albert Miller
Suzanne Ogden
Hamilton
Richard E. Ogden
Lockland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Mae Car
Ellis B. Cari
Boone Hampton Dies After Two-Car Crash Near Lebanon
A Mayfield resident Boone Hampton age 56 died at Middletown Hospital after a two car collision on Ohio 123 three miles east of Lebanon. Three grandsons were injured in the same crash while on a fishing trip.
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Boone Hampton
Mayfield
Ohio
Lebanon
Plymouth St
Middletown Hospital
First Scores In Draft Test Available Here
College students who took the Selective Service Qualification Test on May 26 may be interested in small green cards received today by local Draft Board 10. The cards are test scores. Scores are not public. those who took the test can learn theirs by contacting the Draft Board. The second SS College Qualification Exam was held Saturday. the third is set for June 30. A passing score is 70. The scores help determine draft deferment and class standing will be submitted by registrars.
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Draft Board 10
Tour Time Delayed for YMCA Summer Fun Club Trip
The Summer Fun Club of the YMCA will start at 10 45 a m instead of 9 45 a m for a planned tour. Harry ter Braak Boys Work Secretary reports youngsters will visit a local dairy.
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YMCA
Harry Ter Braak
Boys
Firefighters Free 5 Year Old From Sewer Pipe Nightmare
Firemen freed five year old John Moran after he crawled into an abandoned sewer pipe four feet underground. Crews dig around the pipe then smashed it to release him in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
John Moran
Doctor Ended Life Canton Dentist Found in Stream
The body of Dr. James C. McConkey 73 Canton’s oldest practicing dentist was found in a stream at Brookside Country Club golf course. His head was submerged and his clothes lay on the bank. Relatives say he had been low in spirits lately.
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Canton
James C. McConkey
Brookside Country Club
Sheriff's
Doomsday Book Census Sparks Long Gap in Counts
The 1086 Domesday Survey under William the Conqueror is noted as highly unpopular, leading to a long interval before censuses were taken again, with modern recurrences only in comparatively recent times.
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William the Conqueror
Sawyer Venable To Attend Dayton Red Feather Meet
J. D. Sawyer and Tom Venable will attend the two day Red Feather Rally in Dayton Friday and Saturday. Stanley C. Allyn and H. J. Heinz II will also attend. The theme It’s a Bigger Red Feather This Year emphasizes including the United Defense Fund and services to the armed forces.
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J. D. Sawyer
Tom Venable
Dayton
United States
Stanley C. Allyn
Community Chests and Council of America
H. J. Heinz II
United Red Feather Campaigns of America
United Defense Fund
USO
Korea
Venable
BOARD MEETS TUESDAY AT MIDDLETOWN HOSPITAL
Middletown Hospital Board of Trustees will hold a routine meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the hospital. A C O Connor hospital administrator announced the session to discuss ongoing operations and community health plans.
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Middletown Hospital Board of Trustees
A. C. O'Conner
Postwar meat prices linked to wool production drop in the U V U S
Postwar price hikes for beef and pork influenced the decline in deep raised for wool in the United States. Officials note economic pressures on farmers and textile markets as the industry adjusts after World War II.
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VU. S
Youth thief cuffed with cash after purse theft
A 16 year old boy, found with $109 from a visitor’s purse and $272 hidden at home, was taken into custody by deputies at the Ohio Bus Lines station. He admitted the theft and said he spent about 90 cents in town after buying two bus tickets to Trenton. The money allegedly came from the sale of a trailer owned by Mrs Zelpha Gibson.
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James Greenfield
Richard Schultheiss
Ohio Bus Lines
Zelpha Gibson
Trenton Rd
Strand
Trenton
Gibson
Calculator stolen from Trenton Lumber Company
Deputy sheriffs report a $375 calculator used for lumber work was stolen from the Trenton Lumber Company Saturday night. Ora Burge, the manager, said a lock was broken to gain entry. Only the calculator vanished. the desk was ransacked.
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Trenton Lumber Company
Dick Schultheiss
James Greenfield
Schultheiss
Ora Burge
Relieve Nagging Aches with Hadacol Trusts Its Claims
Truck driver Edward Jakubowski credits Hadacol with relief from aches and fatigue after B1 B2 Niacin and Iron deficiencies. The testimonial cites three years of use and ongoing purchases with a money back guarantee. Sold through drug stores with trial sizes and family sizes.
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Edward Jakubowski
N. 75Th Court
Elmwood Park
Ill
Jakubowski
Mr. Jakubowski
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Billett
Legion
BY Alton L. Blakeslee
Harry Benadum
Butler County Courts
Mary L. Stroufe
Mr. Hampton
Turtle Creek
Warren County
Douglas Stair
Morrison Ave
Cincinnati
Roy Deane
Xenia Ave
Gerald W. Couden
Deane
Couden
Glenn Fields
Wayne Fields
Carolina St
Jos.r. Baker & Sons
Manchester Ave
Middletown , Ohio
Sawyer
Dayton Red Feather
Hadacol
Dird
Miracle Sanitone Service
Charles
Erle Hanson
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