Edward Layer dies prominent Middletown Masonic leader
Edward Graham Layer aged 73 of 607 Florence Street died at Middletown Hospital after an extended illness. A retired Armco Steel general foreman, he led Jefferson Lodge and held offices in Middletown Shrine Club and High 12 Club plus many Masonic bodies. He leaves a wife, two daughters, a son, a brother, a sister and seven grandchildren. Services set for Wednesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery.
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Edward Graham Layer
Florence St
Jefferson Lodge
F & AM
Middletown
Middletown Commandery
Scottish Rite and
Antioch Temple
Dayton
Layer
Prosser
Order of Eastern Star
The
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Order of Amaranth
Rainbow Girls
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
Michigan
Geraldine
Helen Barker
Betty Heinz
Miamisburg
Edward
David
Manning
S. C
Albert Totten
McCoy- Leffler
W. Curtis Lee
Woodside Cemetery
Theft totals reach 1032 as home burglary reported
Police report theft of 1032 from Cindy Marshall home at 2020 Linden Ave. Items taken include tape deck tapes recorder crock pot deep fryer blender vases and copper jewelry. Window unlocked without force noted. Garage break at Calvary Baptist Church damaged two tractors left with dead batteries.
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Cindy Marshall
Linden Ave
Calvary Baptist Church
Jackson Lane
Bellefonte Financial Corp Formed As Armco Insurance Holding
Armco Steel announces creation of Bellefonte Financial Corp as parent for domestic and international insurance units. The new holding company plans total capitalization of 60 million with Bellefonte reporting 154 million in net premiums written in 1976 and contributing 2.31 million to Armco earnings. KR C. Lee to lead Bellefonte Insurance Co. and Bellefonte Financial Corp.
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Bellefonte Financial Corp
Armco Steel Corp
D.C Boone
Armco
Bellefonte
Boone
Bellefonte Insurance
Kr.c. Lee
Bellefonte Insurance Co
Clearcreek fire levy discussed by Springboro trustees
Clearcreek Township Trustees discussed Friday placing a fire levy on the fall ballot. They will not set millage until consulting with the county auditor. The proposal would renew a five year levy just expired to fund fire equipment and maintenance.
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Springboro
Clearcreek
After-Hours Swimming Reported at Sunset Pool
Two police officers investigated an after-hours swimming complaint at Sunset Pool at 1 35 a m Sunday. They found a lifeguard and a friend swimming and advised them of the complaint. Officers will forward the report to the Department of Parks and Recreation director and note the repeated incidents.
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Sunset Pool
Department of Parks and Recreation
Department
Three Car Crash Sends Six To Area Hospital
Six people were treated and released from Bethesda North Hospital after a three car crash on Ohio 123 west of I 71 yesterday. Thomas G Kleinwachter 17 of Lebanon was driving west when he braked to avoid a stopped car driven by Eddie Collett 31 of Hamilton. He slid left and hit an eastbound car driven by Wayne L Spalding 34 of Centerville. Kleinwachter was charged with failure to maintain an assured clear distance.
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Lebanon
Bethesda North Hospital
Ohio
Thomas G Kleinwachter
Jack Road
Eddie D. Collett
Allen Ave
Hamilton
Kleinwachter
Wayne L. Spalding
Meadowside Lane
Centerville
Spalding
Keith Spalding
Hilda L. Collett
John E. Collett
Susan M. Collett
Local Emergency Reports From Recent Incidents
Fire crews respond to 11:06 p.m. call at 601 N Verity Parkway for Duane Gibson 13 with shoulder pain after bicycle fall. Additional injuries include Dianna Asbury 30 at 2419 Central Ave, Velma Trautman 83, and Phyllis Romans 51 with ankle and breathing issues. A Fenwick Festival tent suffered $100 damage from a light bulb, and a car fire with about 10 tires at 1813 Casper Ave rear is linked to possible arson with $50 loss. Edward Norton 56 and William Locher 45 reported stomach or hip pains. Norton admitted, Locher hospitalized. May Beer 74 experienced breathing difficulty and was released. A hospital report lists Velma Trautman treated and released.
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N. Verity Parkway
Duane Gibson
Milton Road
Velma Trautman
Franklin St
May Beer
Casper Ave
Ben Frazier
Moore St
Courthouse renovation tops Butler County spending plan
Hamilton county commissioners approved using federal public works funds to renovate the Butler County Courthouse as the top priority and reported a $997 000 allocation. Remodeling the basement of the county jail was named as the second priority.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Wilkerson Scholarships Honor Six Local Musicians
Six area teens were named recipients of the Valda Wilkerson Scholarship at Arts In Middletown. Each $100 award supports continued string study for Linda Hill Debbie Williams David Teager Shari Lauter Misty Current and John Ridge, all noted for roles in local orchestras and youth symphonies. The scholarships honor the Middletown Symphony founder.
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Valda Wilkerson
Arts In
Middletown
Linda Hill
William B. Hill
S. Main St
Debbie Williams
James E. Williams
Roosevelt Blvd
David Teager
William R. Teager
Alameda Circle
Shari Lauter
Henry P. Lauter
Sophie Ave
Misty Current
Ronald E
Wildwood Road
John Ridge
Fred
M. Ridge
Lisa Lane
Miss Hill
Lemon-Monroe High School
Middletown Youth Symphony
Miss Williams
Lemon- Monroe High School
Middletown Symphony
Southwest Regional
Teager
Dayton Philharmonic
Miss Current
Middletown High School
Cincinnati Youth Symphony
Ridge
Miss Wilkerson
Middletown Symphony Orchestra
City Commission Agenda Focuses On Easements And Road Work
Twelve legislative items await approval tomorrow at 6 p.m. in the City Building Commission Chamber with a 5:30 p.m. Meet Your Commissioners session. Key items include $1.5 million easements for Lefferson Road widening and sewer work, Marshall Road improvements costing about 79,612 with assessments around 24,695, and city share 54,917. Also on the agenda are two contracts for downtown parking lots 23936 and a bus washing building 82829 funded partly by a federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration grant.
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City Commission
City Building Commission
Lefferson
Highland Street
Breiel Boulevard
Jefferson
Marshall Road
Roosevelt Avenue
Shawnray Drive
SK Construction Co
B.D. Morgan & Co
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Two Area Twirlers Sweep Weekend Honors
In the weekend contests, Lee Ann Evans, 8, won the 8-year-old advanced solo and earned three divisional trophies at the USTA Mid- Eastern Regionals in Lafayette Indiana. Missy Townsend placed in the Miss Majorette pageant near Washington DC, taking first in advanced visitors solo for 11 to 14 year olds and first in advanced best appearing, with a second in advanced solo and third in advanced fancy strut.
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Kentucky
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Lafayette
Ind
Lee Ann Evans
Lee Ann
Missy Townsend
Virginia
Washinton
D.C
Missy
Bhutto again accuses U.S. interference in Pakistan politics
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto revived claims that the United States meddles in Pakistani affairs as his Pakistan Peoples party faces an October election. The opposition protests after sweeping rigging charges, with widespread demonstrations and clashes leaving about 300 dead and $500 million in losses.
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Lahore
Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
United States
Bhutto
Pakistan Peoples Party
U.S
Pakistan National Alliance
Trenton Man Cited After Two Car Crash on Roosevelt Boulevard
A 62 year old Trenton man Robert Gilbert Sr. 208 Poplin Drive was charged with driving while intoxicated and fleeing the scene after a two car collision on Roosevelt Boulevard at Orchard Street at 5 15 p m Terri Buchanan 28 of 4515 Roosevelt was the other driver and was not injured Middletown police relayed information about the car involved in the crash to Trenton police.
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Trenton
Roosevelt Boulevard
Orchard St
Robert Gilbert Sr
Poplin Drive
Middletown
Gilbert
Roosevelt
Orchard
Terri Buchanan
Buchanan
Middletown High School Class 1972 Plans Picnic
The Middletown High School class of 1972 plans a 5 p.m. picnic at a Middletown park Friday. Organizers Tom Kiefhaber and Kay Kokenakis, both of Cincinnati, invite attendees to a covered dish gathering and provide contact numbers for more details.
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Middletown
Tom Kiefhaber
Kay Kokenakis
Cincinnati
Kiefhaber
Two Boys Questioned Over Fire at Gregory's Steaks
Two boys ages 13 and 9 were questioned by police after an attempt to set Gregory's Steaks on Germantown Road on fire. A cardboard box next to the restaurant burned around 10 p.m. causing slight siding damage. The youths and their parents were to meet juvenile officers today.
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Gregory's Steaks
Germantown Road
Holiday weekend sales and home decor loot across town
A long holiday weekend preview highlights Hallmark party goods for children and bridal showers, MAR GARET'S Wallpaper Shop shows Mirro Magic books, LEWIS DRUGS promotes safe tanning, OFFICE OUTFITTERS runs a 52nd anniversary sale with dot reductions, TOBIAS STUDIOS offers oil portraits from old photos, FILSON'S advertises summer gear, EWALDS PET SHOP promotes flea and tick protection, Kidde fire safety gear at PK Middletown, plus smoke detectors and home safety tips.
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Filson
Filson's
Ewalds
Burglary Report Grabs Guns Tools From Local Home
Thieves removed guns, a watch, camera and cash from the Robert Evans Jr. residence at 6951 Trenton Franklin Road over the weekend. Deputies say James W. Back of 2401 Ada Drive reported tools valued at 500 dollars missing from his pickup Friday or Saturday.
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Robert Evans Jr
Trenton- Franklin Road
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
James W. Back
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Wilmington Road
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David Barney
Maryland
John Weber
Miami Heights
Oswald Funeral Home
Lebanon Cemetery
Eastern Star
Betsy Lantis
Gratis
Betsy Ames Lantis
Lexington
Margaret
Lee
Zimmerman Funeral Home
Bruce Reed
Fairview Cemetery
Elma Moore
Elma Pearl Moore
Ruby Williams
Turtle Creek Convalescent Home
Fort Wayne
Darlene Combs
Chester Long
Hamilton-Mason Road
Brown-Dawson
Converse Monument CO
Memorial Company
Russell J. Nicols
Manchester Rd
Gage St
Phyllis Romans
Lewis St
William Locher
Woodside Mausoleum
Woodside Cemetery Assn
S. Verity Pkwy
Middletown, O
MHS
Arso
Hallmark
East Four Seasons Hallmark
Bath
Lewis Drugs
Tobias
Elaine Young
Kidde Co
P.K. Middletown
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