Burglars Steal Groceries and Tools From Local Homes
Break in at Hood's Market 801 16th Ave nets about 500 dollars in groceries including beer wine meat and other items. Thieves also loot two residences 1503 Taylor Ave and 1620 Lafayette Ave taking lawn mower oil hammer garden tiller electric drill and leaving doors lights and damaged panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood's Market
16Th Ave
Floyd Tipton
Taylor Ave
Danny Cox
Lafayette Ave
Cox
Car Wreck After Stop Sign Run In Middletown
An 81 year old driver Harold Leichty and his wife Violet 68 were treated at Middletown Hospital after their car ran a stop sign at North Avenue and Shafer Street and was struck by a southbound car driven by Dean Schneider 27. The Leichty car continued 30 feet hitting a utility pole. No charges were filed. Police estimated damages at 650 and 175 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
North Avenue
Shafer Street
Harold Leichty
Ardmore Drive
Violet
Leichty
Dean Schneider
Central Ave
Schneider
West Elkton grants $200 scholarship to Alice Bradshaw
Alice Bradshaw daughter of Mrs John Bradshaw of Greenbush Road has won a $200 scholarship funded by the West Elkton Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary. She will attend Ohio University this fall to study education and has held multiple school leadership roles including co editor of the yearbook Student Council officer Future Teachers of America and National Honor Society member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Elkton
Alice Bradshaw
John Bradshaw
Greenbush Road
Middletown Board Appeals Unemployment Ruling over Bus Driver
In Butler County Common Pleas Court the Middletown Board of Education filed an appeal of the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services decision that Wanda J. Burns, a Middletown school bus driver, was eligible for unemployment compensation for the two week Christmas holiday. A hearing date was not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Middletown Board of Education
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Bureau
Middletown
Wanda J. Burns
Bureau Board of Review
Woman Driver Breaks Five Tombstones in Cemetery
Sandra Streibick, 18, of 4697 Elk Creek Road, drove west on Ohio 122 near Trenton Franklin Road at 5 15 p m yesterday to avoid a car left of center. Her car struck a guardrail on top of the railing, breaking five tombstones. It rolled 96 feet backward before stopping eastbound. She was not injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Township
Trenton-Franklin Road
Sandra Streibick
Elk Creek Road
Ohio
Fenwick Band Plans Paper Drive at School
The Fenwick Band sponsors a paper drive at Fenwick High School tomorrow and Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call William F. Hall at 2604 Grand Ave to schedule pickup. Glenda Brandenburg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bailey, earned a bachelors in elementary education and a teaching certificate from the University of Florida and is a member of Kappa Delta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenwick Band
Fenwick High School
William F. Hall
Grand Ave
Glenda _ Brandenburg
Ray Bailey
West
Alexandria Road
University of Florida
Kappa Delta Pi
Phi Kappa Phi
Two Police Cars Damaged in Germantown Road Crash
An unmarked 1974 police car and a marked cruiser were damaged when a pickup truck struck them while they were stopped along Germantown Road to question suspects. Edward Collinsworth, 43, was arrested for driving while intoxicated and failure to maintain an assured clear distance.
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Germantown Road
Ptl
J.C. Kristanoff
Woodburn Avenue
James Malott
Kristanoff
Edward Collinsworth
Woman Loses in Pigeon Drop Con Game at Mall Parking Lot
A woman handed $275 to two others in a pigeon drop scam after being told of a found $20,000 at a market. She deposited $200 from savings and $75, then questioned the plan. Police were alerted after a real estate office check exposed the tale as false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayres
Dillman’s
First Avenue
Pack 93 Cubs Sell Bulbs To Raise Pack Funds
Cub Scout Pack 93 members sell electric light bulbs through July 15 to raise money for equipment and awards. Bulbs come in six packs of three watt ratings at $2.25 each. Contact points include Archie Sharp Brenda Crouch Jerry and Mrs. McNeice and Dick Roof for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scout Pack 93
Archie Sharp
Wicoff St
Brenda Crouch
Queen Ave
Jerry McNeice
Harlan St
Dick Roof
Moore St
School Receives 12084 Grant For Vocational Self Evaluation
A $12 084 federal grant from the Ohio State Department of Education goes to the D Russell Lee Vocational School for a teacher self evaluation program in its first year starting this September. The program will use audio visual equipment and be supervised by the vocational director's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ohio State Department of Education
D. Russel Lee Vocational School
Oxford Man Dies in Hanover Township Car Crash
In Hanover Township a late night crash on U S 27 left Charles Cochran 21 dead after the car left the road and hit a utility pole. Driver James Whelpton 20 and passenger Alan Freels 21, both Oxford residents, were injured with Freels in fair condition.
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Hamilton
Oxford
Hanover Township
Butler County
Charles Cochran
James C. Whelpton
Ft. Hamilton - Hughes Hospital
Alan Freels
U.S. 27
Minton Road
Whelpton
Trenton to Hold Public Hearing on Downtown Development Plan
A 6 30 p m public hearing at the Municipal Building precedes the 7 30 p m council meeting on a downtown development plan drafted by the Ralph L Woolpert Co Dayton It proposes curved State Streets head in parking trees and narrowed lanes opposition from SENSE group and debates on by pass roads and federal funding for State Street improvements.
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Trenton
Ralph L. Woolpert Co
Dayton
B&o
Miami Street
Trenton Plaza
State Street
County Health Department
Local deaths and funerals listed for Middletown and region
Multiple obituaries from Middletown area list James A. Conners 54 of 907 Eight Ave. died at Middletown Hospital after 10 days. Survived by sisters Mae Warfield Dayton and Viola Owens Cleveland. Services 11 a.m. Monday at Smith Funeral Home Dayton. burial Dayton Memorial Cemetery. Ruth Nell Gregory 70 Barbourville Ky died at Middletown Hospital. services 11 a.m. Friday First Pentecostal Church Barbourville. burial family cemetery Barbourville. Lewis H. Webb 68 Elk Creek Road buried Miltonville Cemetery. private services at McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home. Additional survivors include brothers Nealus Arizona, Sam Tennessee, half-brother Corbin Collins Tennessee, sisters Mona Heck Ellen Thomas Nettie Russell Hazel Rose. Glenn Thuney 81 Wayne Ave. died yesterday. survived by son Harry Lebanon and daughter Thelma Carroll Dayton plus seven grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Friday Oswald Funeral Home Lebanon. burial Miami Valley Memory Gardens. Visitation 6–9 p.m. tomorrow. Hamilton area Ofard Tudor 70 Largo Fla. formerly Hamilton. services 10 a.m. Friday Klaus-Weigel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Conners
Eight Ave
Middletown Hospital
Mr. Conners
Middletown
Mae Warfield
Dayton
Viola Owens
Cleveland
Smith Funeral Home
Dayton Memorial Cemetery
Lewis H. Webb
Elk Creek Road
McCoy- Leffler
Eric Brazelton
Miltonville Cemetery
Webb
Nealus
Arizona
Sam
Tennessee
Glenn Thuney
Wayne Ave
Harry
Lebanon
Thelma Carroll
Oswald Funeral Home
Miami Valley Memory Gardens
Funeral Home
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Hood
U.S
Prize Union Sanitary
Middletown Bank
WPFB
Fenwick
Florida
GRAD
Collinsworth
National Fire Protection Association
the Public Service Council, Inc
THE
Middletown Journal
Reg. It
FiGeon
Regue
Filson
Reg. Price
Coats
Fivzon
Central Avenue
Highview
Cubs
Butler
Great Miami River
Ray Willis
Lucille Noe
Ohio 73
James Conners
Ruth Gregory
Ruth Nell Gregory
Barbourville, Ky
First Pentecostal Church
Barbourville
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Gregory
Lewis Webb
Corbin Collins
Mona Heck
Ellen Thomas
Nettie Russell
Hazel Rose
Ofard Tudor
Largo
Fla
Klaus-Weigel
First Assembly OF God
Ronald Dr
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