Deaths and Funerals Elizabeth Alfrey 85 Middletown resident
Elizabeth Alfrey 85 died at Logsdon Nursing Home Hamilton. She lived at 1100 Baltimore St Middletown most of her life born in Clark County Kentucky. Survived by daughter Stella Hartman son Charles sister Vina Chism nine grandchildren. Services Monday 2 p.m. McCoy Leffler Funeral Home burial Woodside Cemetery. Nellie M. Kramer 82 died of heart attack at home in Columbus. Services and burial in Columbus arrangements by Glenn Myers Funeral Home.
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Elizabeth Alfrey
Logsdon
Hamilton
Baltimore St
Alfrey
Clark County
Middletown
Caleb
Stella Hartman
Charles
Vina Chism
Ford, Ky
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Herschel Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral Home
Nellie Kramer
Nellie M. Kramer
Ross A. Kramer
Roosevelt Junior High School
Columbus
Clarence
Glenn Myers Funeral Home
Second Ave
Ducker of Piaur dies after illness at 60
Cecil Ducker 60 of Piaur formerly of Middletown died at 4 30 p m yesterday at John son Nursing Home Troy after a three year illness. He was born in Piqua and lived in Middletown in youth graduated Middletown High School and worked as a reporter for the Middletown Journal and other papers before retiring from the Piqua Call. Surviving are his mother Estella Ducker of Piqua and a brother Chester of Day Services funeral set for 3 p m Saturday at Crow Funeral Home Piqua burial Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Cecil Ducker
Piaur
Middletown
Johnson
Troy
Mr. Ducker
Piqua
Middletown Journal
Estella Ducker
Chester
Day
Memorial services for Mrs Mary Emelyn Musgrove
Mrs Mary Emelyn Musgrove 58 of 629 Lebanon St Monroe died Tuesday Funeral services will be at 10 a m tomorrow at Monroe Methodist Church Burial in Clover Cemetery Williamsburg Ohio Memorial services will be conducted today at 8 p m by the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Riggs Funeral Home Monroe Friends may call today 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Monroe Methodist Church
Mary Emelyn Musgrove
Lebanon St
Monroe
Riggs Funeral Home
W. Elm St
Musgrove
Clover Cemetery
Williamsburg
Ohio
Riggs Funeral
Wyoming painter Dick Sebald dies by suicide at 54
Casper Wyoming funeral services were held for Dick Sebald 54 Middletown native renowned for watercolors and oils considered collectors items in the West. Sebald a public relations official for an oil reporting service and humorist sketch artist moved to Wyoming in 1947 after WWII service. Survived by wife Rene a Middletown sister Frances Johannes and brothers James and Jack.
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Casper
Wyo
Dick Sebald
Middletown
Wyoming
Rocky Mountain
Mr. Sebald
Middletown Journal
Sebald
Army Air Corps
Rene
Frances Johannes
James
Jack
Notable Obituaries Through The Week
Eugene Dwyer 50 of 304 West St died of a heart attack while driving in Gratis. Mari Sandoz 60 renowned author of Cheyenne Autumn died of cancer at St Luke's Hospital. E C Rhodes 53 country music figure known on Memphis radio and TV since 1943 died Thursday. The Very Rev Thomas A Lawless 75 educator and former Wilmington diocese schools head died Thursday. Frank O Connor 63 Ireland's famed writer of short stories and books since the 1930s died Thursday.
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Eugene Dwyer
New York
Mari Suisette Sandoz
St. Luke’s Hospital
Memphis
Thomas A. Law‘less
Diocese of
Wilmington
Dublin
Frank O’connor
Ireland
Michigan Man Arrested As White Slaver
Detroit AP report says Thomas Jackson I Thompson, 27, of Rochester Michigan was arrested on white slavery act charges. He was taken in Pontiac on a U S district warrant from southern Ohio and charged with transporting an 18 year old Portsmouth Ohio girl to Lynn Kentucky in July 1965 for debauchery and to compel immoral acts. Thompson is held on $50,000 bond.
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Detroit
Thomas Jackson I Thompson
Rochester
Mich
FBI
Thompson
Pontiac
U. S. District Court of
Ohio
Portsmouth
Lynn
Obituary notices and services for local residents
The notice lists death and funeral details for Dwyer, Cullen Booth, and Fred Strong. Dwyer, a retired Inland Manufacturing employee, is survived by his mother. Services are set at Brethren Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Funeral-home visitations and IOOF service are noted. Additional obituaries include Booth and Strong with service times and locations.
Driverless Truck Dives Into Pool in Connecticut
In North Haven, Connecticut, a truck rolled down a driveway and plunged into a resident’s swimming pool on Thursday, marking the first splash of 1966. No injuries reported as the driverless vehicle entered the water.
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North Haven
Dam survey proposed for Miami to stabilize river level
Hamilton Ohio city manager C R Lukens proposes a feasibility survey to build low level dams on the Miami River at an estimated cost of 6000 dollars. The study would check impact on flood control works while aiming to steady the river for water sports and tourism.
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Hamilton, Ohio
C. R. Lukens
Miami
Lukens
Man Charged In Hit-Skip Incident
Middletown police charged 48 year old James Wagner of 1208 First Ave with fleeing the scene of an accident after ramming a city car parked at 2808 Goldman Ave and driving away. Norbert H. Frey 51 of 2808 Goldman Ave was the vehicle owner and a court bailiff. Wagner said he fell asleep and thought he hit a pole as his car was found in a city lot near S Clinton Street and Canal Street.
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Middletown
James Wagner
First Ave
Wagner
Goldman Ave
Norbert H. Frey
S. Clinton Street
Canal Street
First Avenue
Middletown Leaders Attend Chicago Downtown Development Seminar
In Chicago on March 23 Middletown business and civic leaders will join a one day community development seminar. Robert A. White of the Chamber of Commerce invites leaders to explore solutions to downtown redevelopment with case studies and financing insights led by experts including keynote Robert P. Gerholz. Middleton attendees depart Hook Field at 7:30 a.m. and return this evening. cost is 75 per person.
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Middletown
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Robert A. White
White
Chamber
Robert P. Gerholz
U. S. ‘Chamber of Commerce
Hook Field Municipal
Vacant Hollywood House Burns Down in Fire
A vacant one story house on Melvin Lane in Hollywood burned to the ground last night despite Fire Chief Dick Berger saying the structure had been empty for years. Firemen let it burn as it was "pretty well gone" upon arrival with the cause unknown. It marks the second vacant building in Hollywood to burn this year. Earlier, firefighters responded to a Texas Oil Co. furnace flood on Route 123 at 8 45 p.m.
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Franklin
Hollywood
Melvin Lane
Dick Berger
Texas Oil Co
Rt. 123
First National Bank Declares 35 Cents Dividend
Edward W. Barker announces First National Bank will pay 35 cents per share on all bank stock. The dividend is payable April 5 to holders of record March 21, including 20,000 newly authorized shares. Bank has 200,000 shares outstanding with capital at about $5.9 million and year end resources near $68 million.
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First National Bank
Edward W. Barker
Barker
Benjamin Franklin in a large family
The note states Benjamin Franklin belonged to a family of seven children, being the fifteenth.
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Benjamin Franklin
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Crow Funeral Home
Forest Hill Cemetery
Dodds Monuments
Robert Konthier
Mgr
A.M
Sundeys P
Mrs
Mary Musgrove
Michigan
Dwyer
Inland Manufacturing Co
Dayton
Oddfellows Lodge
Clementhal Dwyer
Gratis
Brethren Church
Thomas Schultz
Fairview Cemetery
Zimmerman Funeral Home
West Alexandria
Funeral
Cullen Booth
Bedford Ave
Klaus-Weigel
Fred Strong
Prytania Ave
Webb
Ganzing Community Action
First National UK
Knott’s
Columbia Ave
Pro-tek-tiv
Norman Wiatt
Town and Country Shop
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