Mimi Kirsten Celebrates 25th Opera Season With La Boheme
AP reports Dorothy Kirsten marks 25 years with the Metropolitan Opera singing Mimi in La Boheme broadcast Saturday. She cherishes Grace Moore’s gift muff, plans Tosca casting in Los Angeles, and receives Handel Medallion from Mayor Lind Say amid celebrations.
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NEW York (Ap
Dorothy Kirsten
Metropolitan Opera
Mimi
Miss Kirsten
Grace Moore
Met
Musetta
John D. French
Brain Research Institute
University of California At Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Kirsten
New York
John V. LindSay
Student Top Orator 2nd Time
Allen Beach won first place in the Noon Optimist Club oratorical contest at the Public Library. He is 14 and will compete in the division contest May 4. Mike Davidson took second with a talk on five personal characteristics he believes essential.
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Allen Beach
Arthur Beach
Schirm Drive
Noon Optimist Club
Beach
Mike Davidson
William Davidson
Poinciana Road
Public Library
Freshman
Davidson
Roosevelt Middle School
Tilmon Ellison
City Law
Dale Ritter
Middletown High
B.P. Allen
YMCA
Mill Strike Enters Third Week at Miami Valley Paper Co
The three year contract expired Feb 17 and a 3 p.m. Feb 18 walkout began by Local United Workers at the Miami Valley Paper Co on Oxford Street. Fifty five strikers continue 24 hour picketing as production remains halted and a tentative meeting is planned for Monday.
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Franklin
Miami Valley Paper Co
Oxford Street
United Workers
Gordon Case
Millen
New York
Case
Farrell Fields
Union
Washington chair sells for 1200 at Philadelphia auction
A Chippendale chair made in Philadelphia and believed to be among those once owned by George Washington sold for 1200 at a public auction. The buyer was antique dealer Lester Berry.
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Philadelphia
George Washington
Lester Berry
Deaths and Funerals in Middletown Area
Obituaries report Mrs. Mildred Batey 68 of Garden Manor Nursing Home died at Mercy Hospital. Survived by daughter Virginia Hall and numerous relatives with services at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Other notices list Irene Newkirk age 69 and Rev John T Williams 70 with multiple survivors and planned services at local churches and cemeteries.
Harry P Elder longtime Monroe resident dies at 75
Harry P Elder 75 of 38 Elm St Monroe died at 113 am Wednesday at Middletown Hospital after a two week illness. He was a retired decorator and World War I Army veteran member of American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Survived by two daughters Gertrude Leonard Los Angeles Muriel Linn Monroe a son Harold Far Rockaway NY three sisters White Stone NY a half brother Vincent Cronin Brooklyn NY and seven grandchildren. Funeral Friday p.m. at Monroe Chapel Riggs Funeral Home with Rev Gary Miller officiating burial in Mound Cemetery Monroe. No visitations.
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Harry P. Elder
Harry Paul Elder
Elm St
Monroe
Middletown Hospital
Elder
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
New York City
Gertrude Leonard
Los Angeles
Muriel Linn
Harold
Mound Cemetery
Rolla V Harrison 75 Middletown carpenter and drummer
Rolla V Harrison 75 of 1717 Columbia Ave died at 12 45 p m Wednesday at Middletown Hospital after a month as patient He retired 15 years ago from Martin Bauer Construction Co He was born in Indiana and played drums in Ogies Orchestra led by Ralph Oglesby in the 1920s and 30s Surviving are his wife three daughters two sons five grandchildren and six great grandchildren Funeral service Saturday with the Rev Edwin Bobbitt officiating Burial will be in Friends Cemetery Friends call at the funeral home from 3 to
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Mildred Batey
Garden Manor Nursing Home
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Batey
Fostoria
Harry
Virginia Hall
Middletown
William Warner
Waukeegan
Ill
MccCoy- Leffler
Henry Howard
Woodside Cemetery
Irene Newkirk
Kensington Ave
Middletown Hospital
Clifford Stearns l
John Williams
John T. Williams
Frenchburg
Rodney Williams
Yankee Road
Ashland
Marie Ellington
Dorothy Ellis
Morehead
Ruth Thompson
Tampa
Fla
Church of God
Mt. Pleasant
Peasttown
Church
Rolla V. Harrison
Columbia Ave
Harrison
Martin Bauer Construction Co
Indiana
Ogie
Ralph Oglesby
Ernestine
Betty Yoho
Ruth Chaney
Nona Gillum
Mason
Jack
Waynesville
Donald
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Edwin Bobbitt
Death of Mrs Margaret Meehan in Hamilton
Margaret Ann Meehan age 80 of Hillandale Nursing Home Hamilton died at Fort Hamilton Hospital at 4 32 p m Wednesday after a period as patient since February 26 She was born in Bethany Her husband Thurman died in 1969
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Margaret Meehan
Margaret Ann Meehan
Hillandale Nursing Home
Hamilton
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Mrs. Meehan
Bethany
Thurman
William Wright 63 of Moorehead dies at St Clair Hospital
William Wright aged 63 of Moorehead Kentucky and formerly of Middletown died at 7 30 p m Wednesday at St Clair Medical Hospital in Moorehead He worked 30 years for Diamond National Corp before retiring eight years ago Survivors include his daughter Mrs Betty Parks of Middletown Funeral arrangements are incomplete
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Wiliam Wright
Moorehead
Middletown
St. Clair Medical Hospital
Wright
Diamond National Corp
Kentucky
Betty Parks
West Elkton Man Charles Rimer Dies at 88
Charles JR. Rimer 88 a retired farmer died Tuesday at his Greenbush Road home after heart ailment. He had been under a doctor's care and the onle immediate survivor
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West Elkton
Charles JR. Rimer
Greenbush Road
Onle
Children Unhurt In Bus Collision In Franklin
Twenty two children escaped injury when a school bus driven by Mrs. Junie B. Hardesty slid into a car driven by Debbie Combs at Roosevelt Boulevard and Highland Street. Police report no bus damage and 100 dollars to Combs. A separate crash on Central Avenue left three Ohio Bell cars damaged and Cecil James Byrd charged with leaving the scene.
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Central Avenue
Junie B. Hardesty
Martz-Paullin Road
Franklin
Debbie Combs
Lamberton St
Roosevelt Boulevard
Highland Street
Ihe City
Robert Schubert
Cecil James Byrd
Woodlawn Ave
Ohio Bell Telephone
Central Ave
Byrd
Naveda R. Line
Courtland Drive
Monroe
Wanda Faye Moore
Hamilton
Yvonne Combs
Linwood Road
Band of break ins prompts gun and money theft report
Guns and money were reported stolen from several Middletown homes last night or this morning. A .22 revolver and holster valued at 50 dollars were taken from Luther Pratt's home on Mabelle Drive. A 12 gauge shotgun was reported missing from Carl Nicklas's home on Orchard Street. A man fled as Pearl Riley surprised him at her Elwood Street home. Burial and funeral notices follow for local residents.
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Middletown
Oxford Ave
Russ Cornelius
Glenn Ellis
Luther Pratt
Mabelle Drive
Pearl Riley
Elwood St
Carl Nicklas
Orchard St
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Robert
Dwight
Lebanon
Leslie Robinson
Norah Hillard
Trenton
McCoy- Leffler
Spring Hill Cemetery
William Wright
Charles Riner
Elva
Zimmerman
Gratis
Fairmound Cemetery
Pearl Henger
Franklin St
Webb
Harman Phillips Jr
Goodman Ave
Wala
Ead Fu
Lael Ria
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S. Breiel Blvd
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