Half Century-Old Store Is Closing in Middletown
Albert W. Sellers announces the closure of F. Cappel Furniture Co in Middletown after more than 50 years. The three story 33 N Main St building will be sold after Saturday with a final merchandise sale starting Thursday. The firm began in 1910 in Middletown and expanded from Dayton origins to several Ohio cities.
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F. Cappel Furniture Co
Middletown
Albert W. Sellers
Cappel’s
N. Mair St
Sellers
The
Furniture Company
Cap- I's
Ohio
Dayton
Frederick Cappel
Ludlow Street
Springfield
Troy Mt. Vernon
Cappel's
S. Main St
Main St
Hamilton
Cappel
Misses Bike But Wrecks Own Auto in Hamilton
A Hamilton man Vance Raymond 43 swerved to miss a bicycle rider and wrecked his auto on Tuley Road southeast of town. His wife Nora 33 a passenger sustained injuries including a fractured arm and nose laceration. They were taken to Mercy Hospital. a three year old daughter aboard was uninjured. Sheriff’s office investigated the 845 p.m. crash. Raymond had possible chest injuries.
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Hamilton
Tuley Road
Here
Vance Raymond
Nora
Mercy Hospital
Butler County Sheriff's Office
Raymond
Committee backs John Keefe for First Appellate District
Attorney Jack A. Casper is named co chairman of the Butler County committee backing Judge John W. Keefe for the First Appellate District Court of Appeals. The group includes John D. Andrews and local Middletown, Hamilton, and Cincinnati members. Keefe, a World War II veteran, has served on the Court of Appeals since 1961 after eight years on the Cincinnati Municipal Court. He and his wife live at 3662 Kendall Avenue in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack A. Casper
Middletown
Butler County
John W.keefe
Court of Appeals of
Ohio
Yesterdday
Keefe
Court of Appeals
John D. Andrews
Hamilton
Robert BR. Dell
Frank Dobrozsi
Mary C. Lord
Miss Lord
Marc A. Fiehrer
Frank A. Schwab
Cincinnati Municipal Court
Frank J Lausche
Ohio Industrial Commission
Ohio Department of Highways
Southwestern Ohio
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Kendall Avenue
Cincinnati
Firefighters extinguish trash pile blaze on Olive Street
Firefighters were summoned to an empty field on Olive Street at 2:50 PM to extinguish a fire in a trash pile near an unoccupied house. No damage was reported as old lumber burned, likely started by children, per the fire department.
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Franklin
Olive Street
Trade Week Observance Opens With World Bazaar Displays
Trade Week opens with import item displays in 12 downtown stores sponsored by local civic groups. The highlight is a dinner at First Presbyterian Church featuring Raymond Garcia of the U S Department of Commerce speaking on World Trade What It Means to You. Tickets available at the Chamber office or from Mrs Charles Terhune and Millard Bechtel.
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The
League of Women Voters
Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce
American Association of University Women
Butler County Farm Bureau
Council of Jewish Women
Armco Employes Independent Federation
Raymond Garcia
U. S. Department of Commerce
First Presbyterian Church
Garcia
United States
Montgomery Ward
Filsons
Office Outfitters
Penney's
Sears-Roebuck
Central Store
Doellman’s Murphys
John Ross
Greathouse & Son
Rathman Troup and Lewis
Garcia's
Chamber
Charles Terhune
Millard Bechtel
Tractor Overturns Kill Elderly Farmer Near Harveysburg
Troy Beltz 75 of Waynesville Rt 2 died after a tractor overturned on a hillside farm near Harveysburg. Coroner Dr. Ralph Young cited crushed chest and internal hemorrhaging. Surviving daughter Mildred Eubank and others attend funeral Tuesday at Anglesby Funeral Home Franklin with Rev. Dean Cheek. Burial Springboro Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 2 to 9 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Lebanon
Troy
Penny Beltz
Waynesville Rt. 2
Beltz
W. FE. Frost
Harveysburg
Ralph Young
Warren County
Mildred Eubank
West Alexandria
Violet Ebert
van, Nuys
Calif
Dore
Anglesby
Franklin
Dean Cheek
Springboro
Algerian Provisional Executive moves to crush Secret Army
The Algerian Provisional Executive ordered thousands of Moslem troops and police to Algiers and Oran to crush the Secret Army Organization. European police and civil administration to be purged. eight slain, twelve Moslems and four Europeans wounded in Algiers. regional official in Bone assassinated by a Secret Army gunman.
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Rodney Angove
Algiers
Algeria
Provisional Executive
Oran
Orgnnzzin
Ls Wso
Abderrahmane Fares
Secret Army
Christian Fouchet
Bone
Army
Police Briefs City Police log minor accidents and thefts
Police investigated five minor accidents with damages under 250 dollars and no injuries with no citations issued. Delano Wells was arrested for alleged theft of auto parts and arrangements to return stolen items were reported. Walter M. Ferrell faced reckless operation and speeding charges and was released on bond. Juvenile girls were arrested for shoplifting and referred to the Warren County juvenile department. A warehouse employee reported damage to a panel truck and missing tools. Reports cited porch light bulb thefts and a rock thrown at a home. Fenwick School had windows broken with two small holes found. Mary Sue Jones’s purse was stolen from the high school and a warning issued about a potential driver license tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delano Wells
Flwood St
Fred Bond
Hill Ave. Wells
Middletown Area
McAlpin’s
Warren County Juvenile Department
Funeral services for Benton A Pediago
Gratis funeral services for Benton A Ped iago 29 fatally injured in an explosion at the Maumee Chemical Plant Toledo will be held 4 pm today at First Brethren church. Survived by wife Maxine formerly of Gratis one daughter Deborah Ann two sons Donald and Kenne Q six brothers and one sister. Friends may call at the church after 2 30 pm Sunday.
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Ledo
First Brethren Church
Maxine
Gratis
Deborah Ann
Eliza Sherman 86 Dies. Services Incomplete
Elisa Sherman Vira 86 of 17 Wrenn Circle Kettering died at Hester Nursing Home Dayton after a month illness Surviving are daughter Juanita Kramer Kettering five sons William Taubee Bronx Fred Taulbee Trenton John Taulhee Whitesburg Ellis Taubee Middletown Wendell Sherman Middletown two sisters Mary Haddix Hazard Ky Kate Robinson Middletown and brother Bradley Duncil Florida Funeral services are incomplete under McCoy Leffler Funeral Home
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Juanita Kramer
Kettering
William Taubee
Bronx
N.Y
Fred Taulbee
Trenton
John Taulhee
Whitesburg, Ky
Ellis Taubee
Middletown
Wendell Sherman
Mary Haddix
Kate Robinson
Hazard Ky
Bradley Duncil
Florida
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Mrs Laura Hood Johnson 85 Ashland Ky dies at home
Laura Hood Johnson aged 85 of Ashland Kentucky died at 7 35 p m Saturday at her daughter Charlene Hall in Russell Kentucky Surviving husband Wells a son four daughters 18 grandchildren 25 great grand children and several great great grandchildren Funeral services set for Tuesday at 130 p m at John Steen Funeral Home Rose Hill Burial Park to follow
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Laura Hood Johnson
Ashland
Lewis Yoder
Middletown
Charlene Hall
Russell, Ky
Wills
John Steen
Rose Hill
Other Unions Back Up Depot Strike Across Railroads
The Transport Workers Union says other unions including the Teamsters will support a strike by 128 mail and baggage handlers at Union Depot in Columbus Ohio. Local 2905 members voted to strike at 1:29 am on May 23, threatening disruption to Pennsylvan ia, New York Central, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Norfolk and Western services over a long standing hiring dispute. The company allegedly seeks to force furloughed workers to hour call shifts with a remote chance of pay, and threatens unemployment benefits cuts if workers resist.
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New York
Transport Workers Union
The
Teamsters
Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Columbus Union Depot
Transport Workers
Dock Strike In Britain Called Off
Britain avoids national dock strike after eight hours of talks at the Labor Ministry. 75000 longshoremen had threatened to paralyze ports over wage increases from 1 shilling 21 cents to 1 shilling 14 cents. Troops stood by across the country in case of disruption.
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London
Britain
Labor Ministry
Harold Macmillan
Andrew Crichton
Port Employers’ Association
Macmillan
Queen Elizabeth JT
Apartment Painter Bandit Sought by Middletown Police
Middletown police hunt the apartment painter bandit after numerous reports of him taking money and keys from landladies. He visits as a renter then offers free painting, asks for a few dollars for paint, and never returns, leaving 16 calls to police.
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Middletown
Thann 16
Grass Fire Cited in Auto Crash Near Middletown
Larry Max Brown, 19, of 619 Clark St, driven left of center to avoid a grass fire, lost control on RS 7 two miles west of here and rolled over. Passenger James Collie, 19, 300 Curtis St., suffered a strained neck. Both treated at Middletown Hospital. car, a 1980 model, demolished.
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Trenton
Middletown
Here
Larry Max Brown
Clark St
James Collie
Curtis St
Middletown Hospital
Brown
Linda Tewell Crowned Grand Champion Twirler
Linda Tewell daughter of Mr and Mrs Bruce Tewell of 3041 Manchester Road was chosen grand champion of the day in a twirling contest at Dayston yesterday She had previously won among 13 year olds Miss Tewell is the featured twirler of the Franklin High School Band which will perform at the Indianapolis auto races.
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Linda Tewell
Bruce Tewell
Manchester Road
Dayston
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Pat
Taurus
MPRA
Pilus Tay
John Keefe
John W. Keefe
Australia
State Patrol
Walter M. Ferrell
Middletown Trailer Park
Excelle
Nt Rt. 4
Rob Pavis
Germantown Road
Waldines
Carl Thomas
Calummet Ave
Fogar
Fenwick School
Hank Jones
Forrest Glen Dr
Mary Sue Jones
Atlante
Bermuda
Donald
Kenneq
Vira, Elisa Sherman
Eliza Sherman
Wrenn Circle
Mer
Hester Nursing Home
Mrs
Laura Johnson
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
Fred Roosa
Elk Creek Rd
West Middletown
Park St
End Avenue
Central Avenue
Grand Ave
Gideon
Strand Theater
B.L. Dawson CO
Clark
Plum & GA
Dacron
Det
Palm Lite
Acton Beach Company
Palm Beach
Oathmore Hart Schaffiner & Marx Clothes
Central Ave
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