Ornate Houses Reflect Middletown History on S Main
A city historic district along South Main preserves 19th century life with ornate residences and notable buildings. A 32 page orange booklet lists architectural styles, construction dates, and resident figures, with sketches by Linda Wieneke and Jack Howard and text by Jenneth Billman and David Clark.
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Middletown
S Main Street
S Main
Ance
Ee of
Main
Yankee Road
Linda Wieneke
Ohio State University
Jack Howard
Jenneth Billman
S. Main
David Clark
Clark
Peck
Middletown Area
U.S
Sorg
Goldman
Winchester
Calvin Verity
George Verity
Tytus
S Main, the Jacoby House At 314 S. Main
Jefferson
Cyclist Injures Motorcyclist on Roosevelt Boulevard
A Franklin motorcyclist lost control on Roosevelt Boulevard causing injuries to William Gibson, 22, of 103 S River St. He was treated at Middletown Hospital for head and leg cuts and rib pains, then released. He faces a charge of careless driving.
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Franklin
Roosevelt Boulevard
William Gibson
S. River St
Middletown Hospital
Two Inmate Escape From Hamilton City Jail
Two men escaped Hamilton city jail early today using a hacksaw blade and a file hidden in a shoe and a blanket rope. Jeffrey Johnson 23 of Middletown and Marshall Prince 18 Hamilton eluded officers after climbing from the fourth to the second floor and leaving through a back door.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Hamilton City
Jeffrey Johnson
Taylor Ave
Marshall Prince
Prince
Johnson
Seven Die in Mobile Home Fire Near Murfreesboro
In Rutherford County Tennessee a mobile home fire killed seven people, the wives of two brothers and their five children, all asleep from smoke inhalation. Victims include Jane Faye Ambrose 21 and Lois Marie Ambrose 18 and their children Bill 5 Raymond 4 Gloria 3 Edward 2 and Christopher 9. Both brothers were away at construction jobs in Nashville.
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Murfreesboro. Tenn
Here
Nashville
Russell Fox
Rutherford County Civil Defense
Rutherford County
Craig Snell
Jane Faye
Willam Ambrose
Bill
Raymond
Gloria
Edward
Lois Marie
Robert Ambrose
Christopher
Armco Middletown Works Departments Reach Blood Quotas
Twenty eight of Armco Steel Corp Middletown Works departments were recognized for meeting or exceeding the 1976 blood donor quota. Jack Drout, chairman of the blood bank, announced the achievement and praised the departments for outstanding contributions.
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Armco Steel Corp
Middletown Works
Armco
Jack Drout
Parochial school principals discuss aims with industry leaders
Parochial school heads from Fenwick Middletown Christian John XXIII and Middletown Christian elementary met with the Industrial Council of the Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce to discuss their God centered education. The session featured 25 industry officers and highlighted academics and state compliance alongside faith based aims. Fenwick marked its 25th anniversary with planned April events.
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Sandy Pawelkoski
Stanley Neiheisel
Fenwick
Richard Schimkus
Middletown Christian High School
William Kunziler
John XXIII
Dean Seigneur
Middletown Christian Elementary
Seigneur
Seigneur and Schimkus
Grace Baptist Church
Schimkus
Kunzler
St. Mary's Church
St. John’s Church
Neiheisel
Top JA salesman repeat winner in February program
Matthew Shuman son of Raymond and Mrs Witte 4500 Miller Road named top Junior Achievement salesman for February and December first year achiever. Sophomore at Fenwick High School counseled by Aeronca Skyrockets. Shuman posted 97.44 in sales and 24.6 percent of company sales. First runner up Danny Davis Lemon Monroe High School sophomore and first year achiever had 85 in sales and 37.1 percent. Other top salesmen included Betty Getter Middletown limited arts counseled by Crystal Tissue Sharon Cassidy Middletown city counseled by City of Middletown Jeff Davidson Middletown Paperboard counseled by Lighthouse Unlimited.
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Matthew Shuman
Raymond F. Witte
Miller Road
Shuman
Fenwick High School
Aeronca
Ine Shuman
Danny Davis
Arnold Davis
Johns Road
Lemon- Monroe High School
Apco
Akers Packaging Service
Davis
Betty Getter
Limited Arts of Middletown
Crystal Tissue
Sharon Cassidy
Comco
City of
Middletown
Jeff Davidson
Lighthouse Unlimited
Middletown Paperboard
Butler Common Pleas Court sentences four in violent deaths case
Four persons were sentenced in Butler County Common Pleas Court yesterday. Mrs Rosalie Bounds 36 formerly of Dubonnet Drive Fairfield was found guilty of two counts of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of her husband Grover 40 and Barbara Humfleet 34 of Princeton Glendale Road last Oct 31. She received concurrent terms of four to 25 years in the Marysville Reformatory for Women.
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Hamilton
Rsons
Utter County Common Pleas Court
Rosalie Bounds
Dubonnet Drive
Fairfield
Robert L. Marrs
Marysville Reformatory
County aids 294 youths as 2 percent of 18 to 25 group
Butler County Welfare Director Mrs. Wilma Ruth told commissioners 294 young people or about 2 percent of 18 to 25 year olds receive general relief. She discussed policy ideas for state funding, residency rules, and verifying eligibility including checking parental reported dependents in IRS records.
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Hamilton
General Relief Fund
Butler County Welfare Department
Wilma Ruth
Ohio
State Metropolitan (Welfare) Directors Association
Internal Revenue
Welfare Department
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Notices Across Regions
Obituaries and funeral notices report several deaths and services. Elizabeth Brice and Bobby James Coomer Jr. are named with addresses corrected or added. Imogene Goughenour died in an Ohio accident with services set in Middletown and Hindman Kentucky. Mary B. Conger and James H Hall are noted with service details in Lebanon and Miamisburg Ohio. Survivors, burial plans, and calling hours are listed for each.
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South Lebanon
Mary B. Conger
Forest St
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Fred
Lebanon
Oswald Funeral Home
Bob Hilley
Valley Hospital
Alt Frigidaire Corp
Hall
Carlisle First Church of God
Minerva Lodge
F & AM
Trinity Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Adoniram Council
Valley Commandery
W A. Reiter
Order of Eastern Star
Miamisburg
Rebecca
Alyce Buhrman
Bellbrook
Loretta Jones
Franklin
Lavinia Denney
Lancaster
Hargus
Florida
Brough
Lynn Love Reaches State Speech Finals at Ohio University
Lynn Love daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Love of 14th Avenue earned top marks in prose and poetry at the Dayton district speech finals to qualify for the state competition at Ohio University Athens on March 25 and 26. The Middletown High sophomore also appeared as a semi finalist earlier in Fairborn.
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Lynn Love
Robert Love
14Th Avenue
Ohio University
Athens
Dayton
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Miss Love
Middletown High School
Fairborn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Karen Garloch
Journal
Leibee
S. Main ST
Colonial Manor Nursing Home
Len
Mink
Ridgecrest Church of God
Ham.Midd
Dodds Monuments
Verity
14Th Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Charles
Bud) Steller
Mgr
Monthru
Ollie
Butler Common Pleas Court
Princeton-Glendale Road
Robert Clary Johnson
N. F Street
Arthur J. Fiehrer
James Wolfe
Terry Hacker
East Ave
Marrs
Hacker
Larry Spears
S. Seventh St
Hamilton-Mason Road
Fred Anthony Micomonaco
Locust Lane
Fiehrericomonaco
Fiehrer
Ohio State Reformatory
Elizabeth Brice
Barbara Park Convalescent Center
Bobby Coomer
Bobby James Coomer Jr
Eaton Ave
Paul Sharits
Crawford Street
Ella Marshall
Baltimore Street
Funeral Home
Katherine Jean Coomer
Imogene Goughenour
Trenton
Beechwood Drive
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
McCoy-Leffler
Robert Lodwick
Hindman
Mary Conger
James Hall
James H
Jim” Hall
Fourth Ave
Miami
Janet Brown
Alan Mattingly
Hope Cohen
Pam McKinney
Polly Coddington
Marty Hale
Renee Fuson
Jenny Voris
Tom Dunn
Kevin Reynolds
James Butch
Importan
Lo Flor Funeral Home
Woodlawn
Wicoff Middletown
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