Death of Middletown fire chief Robert Bell at 50
Middletown honors assistant fire chief William Robert Bell 50 of 900 Crawford St in 27 years of service. He died Sunday at Middletown Hospital after a heart condition. Bell, a former football player and civic leader, served as assistant chief since 1937 and held posts in Masonic and fire service groups. Funeral set for Wednesday at United Presbyterian Church. burial in Woodside Cemetery with fire department pallbearers.
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Wiliam
Chief Bell
Middletown
Bell
Old Smith Paper Mill
Rathman Drug Store
Dixie News
Union Sanitary Laundry
International Fire Fighters Association
Firemen’s Pension Board
Ohio State University
Jock” Mincher
Old City Park
Rathman Park
North Main St
United Presbyterian Church
Jerome Schulz
Woodside Cemetery
McCoy- Leffler
Funeral
Book Barter Boosts Red Cross Fund Drive in Middletown
Sears Roebuck runs a People's Book Club drive to raise funds for the local Red Cross blood program. Proceeds support gamma globulin stockpiles for polio defense and increased blood quotas. Thirty five Red Cross representatives assist with canteen Gray Ladies nurses aides and motor service. Patrons buy four books for the initial fee featuring titles such as The Big Fisherman Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn The Silver Chalice Adventures in Two Worlds This I Believe and Bible stories.
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Sears, Roebuck and Company
Red Cross Blood
John I. Parr
Middletown
Red Cross
Patr
Gray Ladies
L. P. Smith
Inital
Lloyd C. Douglas
Mark Twains
Tom Sawyer
Thomas B. Costain
A. J. Cronin
Edward R. Murrow
Police Briefs Chronicle Disorder and Incidents
Police arrested Melvin Porterfield 36 and Emma Porterfield at Clinton St and Reynolds Ave for disorderly conduct. Roy Haddix 48 was arrested for intoxication and resisting arrest. Two juveniles were ordered to Juvenile Court for throwing firecrackers from a building. Two kids left alone were reported after a late call. Two people were bitten by dogs: Marsha Segerberg 9 and Patrick Holburger.
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Melvin Porterfield
First Ave
Emma Porterfield
Clinton St
Reynolds Ave
Roy Haddix
North Clinton St
North Wall Alley
Marsha Segerberg
Shafer
Body Found In Bay Near Johnson's Island
An unidentified man recovered from Sandusky Bay near Johnson's Island lay at the Fry Funeral Home. Police Capt. Jack Darby said the man had apparently been in the water since early winter.
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Sandusky, O
Sandusky Bay
Johnson's Island
Fry Funeral Home
Jack Darby
Warm Humid Weather Continues With Showers
Partly cloudy warm and humid forecast for today tonight and tomorrow. A few thundershowers likely. Daytime highs in the 80s, possibly reaching 89 degrees as recorded yesterday. Overnight lows around the mid 60s. Temperature readings include 73 by 8 55 a.m. yesterday’s low 54 at 5 30 a.m.
Boy Hurt in Car Crash Improves at Local Hospital
Phillip Hawkins six from 1207 Curtis Street was listed in improved condition at Middletown Hospital after a Saturday afternoon crash near his home. He receives treatment for body bruises and facial lacerations. William Willeford twenty one of Camden Route 3 was in poor condition at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after a one car crash Tuesday night causing a fractured spine.
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Phillip Hawkins
Curtis St
Middletown Hospital
William Willeford
Camden
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Four Injured in Crash at Grand and Garfield
Four persons sustained minor injuries in an evening crash at Garfield Street and Grand Avenue. Treated at Middletown Hospital were Thomas Taylor 71 Rinda Downs 41 Harry Roby 56 and Mrs Thomas Taylor 70 all passengers in Taylor's car which collided with Garland Murray 19. Damages were 400 to Taylors car and 200 to Marrays auto. Murray said he did not see the other car. Several other weekend accidents reported with varying damages and one minor firelighting incident nearby.
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Garfield St
Grand Ave
Middletown Hospital
Thomas Taylor
Cass St
Dayton
Rinda Downs
Yankee Rd
Harry Roby
Pearl St
Taylor
Garland Murray
Tytus Ave
Murray
Indictments Returned by Butler County Grand Jury
Forty three Middletown and Butler County residents named in indictments after a four day grand jury session. Judge P presided as 34 indictments were returned after examining 110 witnesses and nine cases were ignored. The report praised Hamilton Police for cleaning skid row and urged a new jail with juvenile facilities.
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Lemmon Township
Butler County Grand Jury
Jackson Bosch
Hamilton
Collision on Ohio 177 Leaves Oxford Teacher Dead
Miss Mildred Johnson a 46 year old Hamilton school teacher died of internal injuries after a two car crash on Ohio 177 near Hamilton. Cecil McMurray 50 of Columbus faces potential manslaughter charges. Five others were seriously hurt including George Stillwaugh Jr. 25 and his mother Bertha Stillwaugh. The toll raised Butler County traffic incidents amid Mothers Weekend.
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Butler County
Oxford
TJ Garrett Ranne Butter
Eee Ve Meee
Cecil McMurray
Columbus
Mildred Johnson
North High St
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Ohio 177
Boone
Miss Johnson
Alex L. Johnson
Farmers State Bank
Johnson
McMurray
George Stillwaugh, Jr
Elyria
Miami University
Stillwaugh
Bertha Stillwaugh
Isabell Stillwaugh
McMurr
Iva Moon
Lemon Township Assaults and Robberies Highlight Case List
The docket includes Oliver Williams Jr linked to burglary and larceny, David M. Ritchie with four counts of issuing checks with insufficient funds, Elza J. Oldfield charged with DUI and carrying a concealed weapon during burglary and larceny, and Anna Neal plus others facing armed robbery, burglary and larceny charges. Also noted are cases against Lonnie Williams and Eugene Combs for similar crimes, while several entries such as Richard Nolan and Harold L. Burkhardt appear as ignored or abandoned.
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Middletown
Edward Gillum
Kenneth Blevins
Jack Cox
Adam Lee Hall
Harold Matthews
Oliver Williams, Jr
David M. Ritchie
Elza J. Oldfield
Lemon Township
Anna Neal
William Patterson
Bernie Morgan
J. B. Braham
Lonnie Williams
Eugene Combs
Snyder On Program At OBA Parley
R. H. Snyder vice president of the First National Bank of Middletown will discuss public relations in banking during his Wednesday morning workshop at the 63rd convention of the Ohio Bankers Association in Cincinnati. Officers of First National and Oglesby-Barnitz Banks join representatives from 669 Ohio banks in three days at the Netherlands Plaza begin Tuesday with focus on finance developments.
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R. H. Snyder
First National Bank of
Middletown
Ohio Bankers Association
Cincinnati
First National
Oglesby - Barnitz
Ohio
Netherlands Plaza
Ellis Zacharias
Walter B. French
American Bankers Association
Association
Paul M. Jones
Medina
Billfold Stolen in Theater Theft Report
Mrs. Cecil Kindred of 2307 Superior Ave reported a purse theft at the Paramount Theater. A billfold containing ten one-dollar bills and papers was taken. An attempted break in at Grand Iron and Metal Company involved a punched door panel but no entry.
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Cecil Kindred
Superior Ave
Grand Iron and Metal Company
Charles St
Burn victim in fair condition after Armco East fire
Holly Kennard, 34, Franklin Route 2, seriously burned in a flash fire at Armco East Works Friday night, was listed in fair condition today at Middletown Hospital. He suffered third degree burns on the left hand and second degree burns to the face neck and both knees.
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Holly Kennard
Franklin Route 2
Armco East Works
Middletown Hospital
Sunday Traffic Brings 13 Wrecks
State patrol reported 13 accidents Sunday causing three injuries and two citations. Notable incidents included Robert Hawthorne, 27, injured on Manchester Road near the Warren County line. John Bryant, 41, hurt after a two car crash at Routes 127 and 73. James Tolson, 5, treated after a fall from a car on Route 4. An additional collision on Manchester Road involved Aileen Hembree, 52, and Middletown Officer Ferguson.
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Robert Hawthorne
Middletown
Hawthorne
Manchester Rd
Warren County
Aileen Hembree
Wilbraham Rd
Arnold Ferguson
Woodlawn Ave
Hembree
Ferguson
Lemon Monroe Pupils Rated Ath In Exams At State Test
Lemon Monroe High School announced two students scored top four in state scholarship tests at Miami on May 2. Jerry Lapham placed fourth in senior social studies district wide, and Alice Guernsey tied for fourth in English XIT. Other Division I scorers were Don Carpenter eighth in physics Lynne Wander fifth in plane geometry Charles Walinger tenth in senior social studies Beth Dieterly 13th in English and Grace Bogenholm 16th in Spanish I.
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Lemon - Monroe
Miami Oet
W. E. Davis
Jerry Lapham
Alice Guernsey
Lemon-Monroe
Don Carpenter
Lynne Wander
Charles Walinger
Beth Dieterly
Grace Bogenholm
Ohio
At The Movies Showings At Paramount And Strand
Movie listings for Paramount show Naked Spur at 1 15 3 25 5 35 7 50 and 10 00 p m Monday and Tuesday. Strand shows Atomic Monster at 1 15 3 35 5 50 8 15 and 10 35 p m Monday Flying Saucer at 2 20 4 40 6 55 and 9 25 p m Tuesday Atomic City at 1 30 4 20 7 15 and 10 10 p m and Invas ion U S A at 3 00 5 50 and 8 45 p m Tuesday.
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U.S.A
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Old
Armco Blues
Middletown High School
Jefferson Lodge
FRAM
Knights Templar
Royal Arch Masons
White Shrine
Mr. Bell
John and
Louella Stowe Bell
Esther
Allen
Chicago
Patricia Kunietz l
Lloyd
Schlotterbeck
Ruth Bell
Arthur Lord
City
Fishbaugh
Robert Lukens
James Mattson
John McCue
Freeman Sauter
Leslie Cramer
Bay
Rogers
Central Ave
Lind Man
Rock of Ages
Converse Monuments
Ee Ash
Armco Park
Grand
Garfield
Manchester Ave
Broad St
Debby Reynolds
Hudson St
Harry Campbell
Midway St
Campbell
Reynolds
James E. Hunter
Walnut St
Doris Barker
Trenton
Lafayette Ave
Marjorie M. Farkus
Fourteenth Ave
Calumet Ave
Leight Taylor
York Ave
Dewey B. Abney
Miamisburg
Billy M. Trimble
Earle Hotel
Colonial FBI
Erle Hanson
Moe- Murray
Harrison School
Miami
John Bryant
Bryant
Robert Gaynor
Chillicothe
James Tolson
Finley Tolson
Middleetown
Paramount
Ross
N. Main St
Sutphin Park Place
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Davter
T. T. Connor
Philadelphia
Conilly
Armco East
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