J J Hallowell dies at 68 former Wrenn Paper president
J J Hallowell 68 of 800 S Main St died after a heart attack at Holmes Hospital in Cincinnati where he had been a patient. He was president of Wrenn Paper Co now a Mead Paper subsidiary and a Middletown industrialist with a long career rising from office boy to president. Survived by wife Marion and three children, a sister and a brother, a Requiem High Mass is set at Holy Trinity Church at 9 30 Monday with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Wilson Memorial Home in charge.
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J.J
Joe” Hallowell
S. Main St
Wrenn Paper Co
Holmes Hospital
Cincinnati
Mr. Hallowell
Middletown
Jessep and
Catherine Hallowell
Holy Trinity School
Wrenn Paper Company
Mead Paper Co
Hallowell
Wrenn Company
Mfg. Assn
Marion Hallowell
Robert Renick
Melboune
Australia
Jane Horner
St. Louis
Mary Hallowell
Mary R. Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
Holy Trinity Church
Woodside Cemetery
Wilson Memorial Home
Child Hurt In Accident At Excello
Melvin Murphy, 16 months, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Murphy of Middletown Rt 1, suffered forehead injuries at 7 10 p m Friday after being struck from the rear by a car driven by Lester Reynolds 40 of Eaton Motel Hamilton The State Highway Patrol said Murphy attempted to stop The child was treated by a family physician
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Melvin Murphy
Ernest Murphy
Middletown
State Highway Patrol
Murphy
Brakes Fail Cause SUV Crash Injures Driver
Denzil Chandler, 30, of New Miami, suffered a deep puncture near the spine after his southbound car ran off Canal Road and overturned three times. The vehicle struck utility poles, guardrail posts, and fence posts. He was taken to Mercy Hospital at Hamilton in serious condition. Chandler said his brakes failed.
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Denzil Chandler
Augsburger Ave
New Miami
Canal Road
Headgates Road
Chandler
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Bill Gabbard
El Salvador Students Will Visit Oxford
Washington AP reports two dozen engineering students from El Salvador will tour the United States in a month long trip by bus with planned stop in Oxford Ohio from April 10 to 12. The group is the smallest country in the Americas and will visit several U S locations.
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Washington
Oxford Ohio
United States
Americas
el Salvador
Oxford
Duck Tail Defendants Ordered Haircuts War Declared
Judge J T Lamb ordered three youths known as the duck tail defendants to report for crew cut haircuts. Charles Lykins 18 of 218 Clark St was jailed after being picked up on Central Ave. J B Horn 22 of 2209 Whittier St and Arnold Crum 19 of 6037 West Elkton Rd Somerville had not reported.
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J. T. Lamb
Charles Lykins
Clark St
Central Avenue
City Building
J. B. Horn
Whittier St
Arnold Crum
West
Obituary Stella Wells 46 Middletown resident dies at hospital
Stella Wells 46 of 1520 Brown Ave Middletown died at Middletown Hospital from a self administered poison Thursday. Dr Garret J Boone coroner listed death as own action and said she had been under psychiatric care. Survived by husband Lloyd A a son Merle Dean seven brothers three sisters and two grandchildren. Services at 2 p m Monday at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.
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Stella Wells
Brown Ave
Middletown Hospital
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Rebecca Horn
Dayton
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Rodney Williams
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral
Mrs Daisy Wright Dies at 77 in Erie Area
Mrs Daisy Wright aged 77 of 312 W Deen Street died yesterday at her home widow of Andy Wright who died in 1944 Surviving are son Rev Frank Wright of Marietta and daughter Thelma Hill of Erie Pa Services set for 10 30 am Monday at Girton Schmidt Memorial Home with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery Friends may call at memorial home tomorrow after 11 a.m.
Butler County Deaths Reported for Halter Infant and Bowling
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Halter of Oxford dies with services today. Leonard Bowling aged 61 of 604 Ludlow Street Hamilton to have services at 10 am Monday at Colligan Funeral Home.
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Butler County
Kenneth Halter
Oxford
Marshal-Smith Funeral Home
Leonard Bowling
Ludlow St
Hamilton
Colligan Funera Home
Red Cross Drive Reaches Sixty Percent Of Quota In Middletown
The Middletown Red Cross drive reaches 60 percent of its $39 600 target after three weeks, reporting $23 808.87 raised since March 1. Industrial and Retail divisions lead with substantial sub totals as five industrial firms and three retail stores hit 100 percent of their quotas. The campaign runs through March 31 with ten days left and emphasizes flood relief and expanded services into Franklin and nearby townships.
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Red Cross
Middletown
Robert J. McDade
McDade
Franklin
United Welding
Sinclair & Valentine Co
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
McGraw Construction Co
Wrenn Paper Co
Germantown Frisch's
Mohata Decorators
Sears-Roebuck
Middletonians
Franklin Township
Clear Creek
Social Acts Advocated By Catholics in Ohio
The Ohio Catholic Welfare Conference urged the legislature to raise the minimum wage, remove aid to the aged payment ceiling, and pass a fair employment practices bill. Delegates also urged studying migrant labor, creating an alcoholism advisory board, raising scooter operator age to 16, expanding unemployment benefits, and easing eligibility rules.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Catholic Welfare Conference
Department of Health
Check fraud case ties New York detective to couple
Hamilton police and FBI seek Joseph Francis Lasagna and Virginia Lasagna in a check fraud ring. Lasagna, 29, and Virginia, 19, with Buffalo and Auburn, New York addresses, face theft by fraudulent checks charges after allegedly staging a racket targeting banks in Buffalo Detroit Toledo Hamilton Ohio Fort Wayne Savannah and Columbus.
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Hamilton
New York
Baton Rouge
FBI
George LeBlanc
Joseph Francis Lasagna
Virginia la Sagna
Buffalo
Auburn
N. Y
Lasagna
LeBlanc
Detroit
Toledo
Body found in stream near Beachwood Village
The body of Byron Perry, 25, was recovered face down in a small stream in Beachwood Village on Friday. Police said Perry had been dead for several days and an autopsy will determine the cause of death.
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Cleveland (Ap
Byron Perry
Beachwood
Perry
Lester Adelson
Garfield School Burglarized Loot Minimal Say Police
Thieves broke into Garfield School Thursday night stealing only a few cents from a desk in the office. Detectives reported intruders forced a door and entered via a window to access the inside cafeteria area. Police also noted other recent city break ins at Armco Colored Center, Edison School, and a juke box and pop machine thefts.
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Garfield
Journal
Armco
Lafayette Avenue
Minnesota Street
Edison School
Police Briefs From Local Burglaries and Vandalism
CHARLES LUCAS reported a break in at his home on Lee Cale Girard Avenue and Verity Parkway with a $90 watch and wallet cash. MRS MARY ANDREWS said a prowler looted her rear bedroom window. A PROWLER was seen on the front porch of MRS MARY LUCKINS home. LESTER DePEW reported his 1953 car on Ohio Ave. Vandals broke a large plate glass window at Union Sanitary Laundry on Vail Avenue causing about $200 damage with no forced entry detected.
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Charles Lucas
Lee Cale
Girard Avenue
Verity Parkway
Mary Andrews
Manchester Rd
Mary Luckins
Baltimore SI
Lester Depew
Ohio Ave
Trenton
Union Sanitary
Vail Avenue
Notable Deaths Across Cities Prompt Obituaries
Pittsburgh obituary notes Paul J. Birchard 34, Westinghouse Air Brake vice president, dies of heart attack. In Indianapolis Lena E. Williams 77, widow of cartoonist Gaar Williams, dies in hospital. Winooski Vermont Rev. Francis M. Casey 88, longtime Society of St Edmund member, dies in Shiner Texas.
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Pittsburgh
Paul J. Birchard
Westinghouse Air Brake Co
Indianapolis
Lena E. Williams
Gaar Williams
Indianapolis News
Chicago Tribune
Driver Sleeps as Car Hits Pole in Hamilton Crash
Neil Wayne Mullin, 28, of 26 Hadimand Ave Hamilton, escaped injury when his car went out of control on West Elkton Road south of Beissinger Road at 2:25 AM and struck a utility pole. Mullin said he apparently fell asleep at the wheel.
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Neil Wayne Mullin
Hadimand Ave
Hamilton
West Elkton Road
Beissinger Road
Mullin
Seven Mile and Wayne School District Consolidation Studied
The Butler County Board of Education and local boards studied merging Seven Mile and Wayne Township districts with a November vote possible. If approved the merger would take effect in 1960, creating a 764 pupil district and transferring Seven Mile students to New Miami High School when open.
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Seven Mile
Wayne Township
Butler County Board of Education
Robert L. Marts
John D. Blackford
New Miami
Woman Hurt In Three Car Collision On Grand Avenue
A woman sustained injuries in a three car crash on Grand Avenue at The Alameda. Corrine South, 41, was treated by a private physician. Vehicles were driven by Grover South, 47, Charles R. Abrams, 33, and James Liles, 34. Damage listed under $600. no arrests. A minor mishap occurred on Grand Avenue at Parkview between Mildred Groh and Billy Ray Lester, damage $200. Additional minor incidents reported with minimal damage.
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Grand Avenue
Alameda
Corrine South
Queen St
Jears
Grover South
Charles R. Abrams
Winton St
James Liles
Fleming Rd
Parkview
Mildred Groh
Franklin Furnace
Ohio
Billy Ray Lester
Fight Follows Interstate Accident In Middletown Street Brawl
Officers early yesterday broke up a fist fight between two Middletown men on Crawford Street at Woodlawn Avenue that grew from a minor traffic accident. Paul O Neill, 44, of 1503 Smith Street struck Dave Lee Cole, 17, of 2104 Sheffield Street, and pulled him from his auto after Cole allegedly struck his car on purpose following a failure to yield. No damage was reported to either car.
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Middletown
Crawford Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Paul O'Neill
Smith St
Dave Lee Cole
Sheffield St
O'Neill
Garage Fire Damages Home on Mohawk Street
South Middletown volunteer firefighters responded to a blaze in a garage at 3168 Mohawk St. Captain Eugene Couch said the fire broke in a pile of rags and rugs. Jane Sesby was away. Damage is estimated at 200 dollars and cause is under investigation.
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South Middletown
Mohawk St
Eugene Couch
Couch
Jane Sesby
Man Shot By Cop Dies In Cleveland District
In Cleveland a 34 year old man identified as Robert Nicholson died at Lakeside Hospital after being shot by police when he ignored orders to halt. His estranged wife Willie Ruth had telephoned police Friday night about a ladder at her second story apartment and detectives found Nicholson inside when they arrived.
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Cleveland
Lakeside Hospital
Robert Nicholson
Willie Ruth
Nicholson
Prisoners Turn In Weapons After TV Ban Threat
In Hamilton Ohio county jail inmates, who are fans of the University of Cincinnati basketball team, surrendered five clubs and five hacksaw blades during a jail shake down. Police warned there would be no TV of the California Cincinnati NCAA game Friday night until weapons were turned in. The jail TV set was returned to the inmates.
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Hamilton
Ohio
University of Cincinnati
California Cincinnati
Three Autos Damaged in Franklin Street Collision
Police reported a rear end crash on S Main near Eighth involving Willey Montgomery 39 cited for careless driving after his car struck Billy Ray Mullins 19 of Waynesville whose car hit a third vehicle driven by William J Johnson 37 of 106 Maple Ave. Total damage estimated at 500 dollars with no injuries.
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Franklin
S. Main Street
Eighth Street
Willey Montgomery
Franklin Rt. 1
Billy Ray Mullins
Waynesville
Mullins
William J. Johnson
Maple Ave
Grass Fires Reported in Middletown Areas
Middletown firemen battled two grass fires yesterday. Fire companies one and four responded to a blaze at 121 Leibee Street caused by sparks from a trash can with no damage reported. A second grass fire occurred on Basiline Drive in the Middletown Lumber Co ground area with origin unknown.
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Middletown
Gerald Cox
Leibee St
Basiline Dr
Middletown Lumber Co
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