Deaths and Funerals Highlight Local and Notable Obits
Mrs Lula Hartgrove 71 of 108 Henrick Drive died 6 55 pm at Middletown Hospital after six years of ill health She was born in Reliefontaine and lived in Middletown most of her life Her husband Grover died in 1954 She is survived by two daughters Peggy Isabel and Betty Darnold two sons Jack and Robert three sisters Gladys Kindred Carrie Weams and Myrtie Stephens two grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services will be Thursday at 2 00 pm at Joseph R Baker Sons Funeral Home with Rev Henry Howard officiating Burial in Middletown Cemetery Call tomorrow 2 5 and 7 9 pm
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Lula Hartgrove
Henrick Drive
Middletown Hostal
Hartgrove
Reliefontaine
Middletown
Grover
Peggy Isabel
Betty Darnold
Jack
Robert
Gladys Kindred
Carrie Weams
Piedmont
Ala
Myrtie Stephens
West Palm Beach
Fla
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Henry Howard
Camden Woman Mae Sims Dies at Grandview Hospital
Mrs. Mae Sims age 7 of 9406 Stephen Young Road died at 1 am yesterday at Grandview Hospital Dayton after a three day stay. Survived by husband John two sons Elmer of El Dorado Millard of West Alexandria two brothers Richard Wilmot Camden Elbert Wilmot Miamisburg five sisters Vina Belcher Crab Orchard Susie Baker Stella Johnson Berea Ida Mallins Bucyrus Nora Brock Crab Orchard and nine grandchildren. Services set for 2 pm tomorrow at R C Nein & Sons Funeral Home burial in Somerville Cemetery. Funeral home conducting services today from 6 to 9 pm.
George McMahan to be laid to rest at 1 00 am service
George McMahan, 65, of 1972 Caldwell Street Williamsdale, will have services at 1 00 am tomorrow. Webb Funeral Home listed as the attending agency.
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George McMahan
Caldwell St
Williamsdale
Webb
Loot Worth 160 Taken In Four Butler County Break-Ins
Deputy reports four break-ins in Butler County in the last 24 hours with loot including 152 in truck tires from a storage area near Riverside Concrete Co on Middletown Germantown Road and a home coin collection valued at 1600 pennies six dollars in silver and a Booker T Washington half dollar. A window was pried to gain entry and a soda machine yielded about one dollar in change. At Madison Township School Poasttown custodian Amos Smith says intruders entered by prying a north door, entered several rooms and desks were rummaged with nothing reportedly missing.
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Butler County
Fred R. Totten
S. Sutphin Sr
Riverside Concrete Co
Middletown - Germantown Road
Paul Gentry
Brown's Run Road
Booker T. Washington
S. Main Street
Amos Smith
Trentond
Franklin Road
Madison Township
Poasttown
Plant shutdown set at Johns Manville Avery plant
The Johns Manville plant in Avery Norwalk Ohio will cease operations on April 14 affecting 43 workers. No reason for the shutdown was given by the company. The move comes as legal proceedings continue in the Laskey case with the Ohio First District Court of Appeals allowing the trial to proceed and a judge to preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk, Ohio
Johns-Manville
Avery
Woman Bound Over To Jury In Stabbing Case
Ruth Johnson of 320 Maple Ave. bound over to Warren County grand jury on charges of cutting with intent to wound after allegedly stabbing her husband James Johnson in the lower left chest with a butcher knife at their home on March 9. Additional bound overs include Robert Skeens on breaking and entering at Wesley Arbuckle’s home on Hathaway Drive with a $1,000 bond. Este Hanes and Virgil Carpenter fined for malicious destruction of property and disorderly conduct from a March 9 Brothers Inn altercation. Various others fined for disorderly conduct, assault and battery, improper left turn in local court session.
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Franklin
Ruth Johnson
Maple Ave
Warren County
Grand Jury
Skeens
Arbuckle
Este] Hanes
Martz-Paullin Road
Virgil Carpenter
Shorts Road
Brothers Inn
J. T. Riley
Ivan Guthrie
Sycamore St
Paul Edwards
N. Main St
Michael Dooley
E. Second St
I Hubert Burroughs
Turner Lane
Evelyn Bowlin
E. Fourth St
Wessel Remains In Custody After Appeals Court Ruling
Butler County prosecutor Richard Wessel remains in technical custody of the sheriff after the First District Court of Appeals upheld a habeas corpus petition demurrer filed by assistant prosecutor John Holcomb. Wessel was held in contempt of court March 10 for defying a judge over evidence in the Jackie Lynn Fields case. Appeal from the contempt citation and court order to submit evidence are pending with no hearing date set.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Richard Wessel
First District Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
John Holcomb
Jackie Lynn Fields
Fields
Franklin Couple Sues For 88054
Franklin couple seeks judgment totaling 88054.04 in Butler County Common Pleas Court against Harvey E. Vice of Camden Rt. 4 over injuries Mrs Esther Bush suffered in a Middletown traffic collision on April 1 1965. She claims whiplash spine fracture toe and bruises from a 1964 truck rear impact. The husband seeks payment for medical expenses and loss of services due to negligence.
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Hamilton
Franklin
Butler County Common Pleas
Camden Area
Middletown
Esther Bush
Martz - Paullin
Morgan Bush
Harvey E
April Fool's Day Party Hosted by Hamilton Singles Club
An April Fool's Day party will be held Saturday at 8 30 p m at 275 N Washington Blvd Hamilton by Hamilton Singles Club members and guests from Hamilton and Middletown Reservations are due Thursday and may be made with Dottie Nantz Gert Moller Kay Michael
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Rose Bressler
Washington Boulevard
Hamilton
Hamilton Singles Club
Middletown
Dottie Nantz
Gert Moelor
Kay Michael
Lions Club to screen The Lady and the Stock Exchange
The Lions Club luncheon at the Manchester Motor Inn will feature a film titled The Lady and the Stock Exchange produced by the New York Stock Exchange. Norris J. Downing of Hayden Stone Inc. serves as program chairman.
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Lady and the Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Lions Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Norris J. Downing
Hayden Stone Inc
Life’s Tough In N. Korea Exile Claims
North Korean journalist Lee Soo keun 44 who defected says life for most North Koreans is hellish while top party officials live better. He fled Panmunjom by car with U N Command, though North Korea alleges kidnapping. Lee adds widespread hunger and deprivation beyond the elite.
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Seoul
South Korea
Communist Party
Lee Soo-keun
U.S
Lee
North Korea
Central News Agency
Panmunjomi
U.N. Command
U.N
Kennedy probe advances with two witness warrants
New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison moved on two fronts in the Kennedy assassination inquiry. A warrant was issued for Lilly Mae McMaines of Omaha as a material witness, and U S attorney was asked to seek an unlawful flight order for Gordon Novel, a former bar owner who vanished before grand jury appearance. Bond for McMaines set at 5000 dollars.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
District Attorney's Office
Lilly Mae McMaines
Omaha
Neb
U.S. Attorney's Office
Garrison
Gordon Novel
Orleans Parish
U.S
Perry R. Russo
Baton Rouge
McMaines
Sandra Moffett
David W. Ferrie
Russo
Ferrie
Oswald
Clay L. Shaw
Kennedy
Shaw
Andrew Sciambra
F. Irving Dymond
Dymond
Third Trimnastics Series Starts At Local YMCA
The YMCA will launch the third eight week trimnastics series for women on April 4 with sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 30 to 10 30 am led by Mrs Amy Bilich. After calisthenics, participants may swim with an instructor available for swimming help and babysitting for ages two to five will be offered during sessions. Registration is required at the Y physical department.
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YMCA
Amy Bilich
Fred Cooper
Cooper
Police dogs begin patrols around University of Cincinnati campus
Four additional officers with police dogs started patrolling the UC campus area Monday night after the beating death of graduate student Jesse E. Woodman, 25. Police and university officials met to curb attacks in the area following the Thursday assault by three youths.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Jesse E. Woodman
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Pittsburgh
Gregory J. Zatkovich
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Russia
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William Kincaid
Winchester
Ind
Zelma B. Mills
New Bedford
Mass
John G. Murley
Norwalk
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Roger Burlingame
Sinclair Lewis
William Saroyan
Rs. Mae Sima
Ava
Leis
Ohio First District Court of Appeals
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Simon Leis
Hamilton County
Ithis County
Barnitz
Progress Corner
Main and Central
Central Progress Corner
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Nelbar
Tytus
Wessel
Warren
Ohio
David L. Moberly
Tallmadge
Sanford F. Jamison
N. Korea
Novel
Trimnastics
Sherwin- Williams Research Laboratories
Sherwin-Wil
Biams Company
Sherwin-Williams
McCoyLefler Funeral Home
Sutphin AT
Woodlawn
Homer D. Leffler
Order OF the Golden Rule
McCoy-Leffler
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