Severe thunderstorm sweeps through Middletown area
A severe weather warning blanketed parts of Ohio as a thunderstorm swept through the Middletown region with high winds and lightning. Power outages affected Hamilton and surrounding areas while CG&E restored service after two transformers on Logan Street and a transformer on Sheridan Avenue were damaged. Widespread damage included downed wires, fallen trees, and a tipped drive in roof. No injuries were reported, but parts of U. S. 33 and routes near Pomeroy faced closures from flooding and high water.
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Middletown
Ohio
County
Hamilton
Weather Bureau
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Logan Street
Sheridan Avenue
Terbein Home
Cg&e
Chillicothe
U. S. 35
Hamilton County
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Upper Arlington
Grove City
Columbus
Ohio Highway Patrol
Portsmouth
Athens
Meigs
U. S. 33
Pomeroy
Ohio 148
Washington County
Van Owner Not Driver in Accident Correction
A correction clarifies that the car struck Ernest Gentry of 1514 Forest Ave was driven by William Donald Miller of 16 Baltimore Street, not Charles Hoit of 1882 Grand Ave, Hoit being the auto owner. The driver at the time was Miller. Hoit was the owner.
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Ernest Gentry
Forest Ave
Charles Hoit
Grand Ave
Hoit
William Donald Miller
Baltimore Street
Girl 11 Injured After Ice Cream Truck Escape Collision
An 11 year old Franklin girl Myra Beatty left an ice cream vendor near 6383 Shaker Road and ran into traffic at 3 05 Saturday afternoon. She suffered a broken collarbone and arm lacerations with internal injuries and is in fair condition at Middletown Hospital. The driver Donald Nickell aged 35 of 4652 Shaker Road was not charged. A separate incident involved Lorretta Bowman 14 of 5315 Augsburger Road who rode into a car at the Wayne Madison Augsburger intersection at 5 40 and was treated at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton for hip and leg injuries. The car was driven by Ronald Campbell 20 of 5370 Liberty Fairfield Road Hamilton.
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Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Shaker Road
Myra Beatty
James V. Beatty
Donald Nickell
Wayne
Madison
Augsburger Roads
Lorretta Bowman
Augsburger Road
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Ronald Campbell
Liberty-Fairfield Road
Open House Set At Camp Kern
Camp Kern director Jack Singerman announced an open house on Memorial Day from 1 to 6 p.m. Warren County parents can tour facilities via hayride and see swimming and diving demonstrations by Ohio State team members and inspect the new trampoline center before the camping period begins June 17.
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Lebanon
Jack Singerman
Kern
Warren County
Ohio State
Singerman
Three Twirlers Win in Cleveland
Three area girls earned honors at the Champion of Champions United States Twirling Associations contest in Cleveland. Jenny Friend of Gratis took first in the advanced nine year old group, Shari Birch eight, daughter of Mr and Mrs Delmas Birch of 219 Elmo Place, placed second in the eight year old advanced class, and Kathy O Friel sixteen, daughter of Mr and Mrs G R O Friel of 1400 Florence Street, won third among the advanced sixteen year olds.
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United States
Cleveland
Jenny Friend
Gratis
Shari Birch
Delmas Birch
Elmo Place
Kathy O'Friel
G. R. O'Friel
Florence St
Tree Trimming Is Owner's Job in Spring
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore warns property owners must trim overhanging limbs to nine feet above sidewalks and twelve feet above streets. City codes impose a fifty dollar daily fine for violations. Rainy spring leafing increases weight on branches, causing the hazard.
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Joseph Blackmore
Deaths And Funerals For Bike Victim Richard Wells
Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 19 a.m. at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home for 13 year old Richard Wells of Peasttown Heights killed in a bicycle accident Friday night. He died of a severe head injury after his bike hit a tree and plunged into a creek bed two miles west of Old Rt. 4. He was in Madison High School eighth grade. Survived by parents Eugene and and two brothers and three sisters, plus grandparents in Dayton. Burial at Glen Haven in Donaldsville. Estella M Ertel 84 Otterbein Home, died Friday morning. She is survived by William Ertel and two Akron sisters. Services today at 3 p.m. at Otterbein Home chapel. Burial in Otterbein Home cemetery.
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McCoy- Leffler
Richard Wells
Eugene Wells
Meyers Road
Peasttown Heights
Old Rt. 4
Wells
Garret J. Boone
Madison High School
Clayton Wells
Ruth DeRolt
Betty Vance
Dayton
W. Hatfield
Glen Haven
Donaldsvile
Lebanon
Estella M. Ertel
Otterbein Home
William Ertel
Akron
Death Notice Mrs Ethel Coleman Lebanon
Mrs Ethel Coleman 72 of 28 Oakwood Ave Lebanon died Saturday at home. Survived by two daughters Mrs Charles Rittner of Lebanon and Mrs J M Crosby of Massachusetts, two sisters Mrs Aehie Cecil and Mrs Stella Taylor of Cincinnati, seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Services Tuesday at 1 pm Oswald Memorial Home Lebanon with Rev J T McHendry officiating. Burial Lebanon Cemetery. Frierce may call 7 to 9 pm Monday at the funeral home.
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Lebanon
Ethel Coleman
Oakwood Ave
Charles Rittner
J. M. Crosby
Massachusettes
Aehie Cecil
Stella Taylor
Cincinnati
Amy
Oswald
J T McHendry
Friess
Motorbike License Warning To City Youths
Police chief Chet Blackmore warns youths under 16 must hold a restricted driving permit to ride motorbikes and notes few permits exist. Many students claim teachers said bikes could be used to go to school, while some bikes are merely parked on school grounds.
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Joseph Blackmore
Blackmore
Model Plane Club Sets Date For First Contest Of Year
The Middletown Aero-Modelers meet at 1.30 p.m. at Smith Farm flying circle to pick a date for their first contest of the year. The event will feature rat races and the group also meets with John Pascal to discuss new Smith Park flying facilities in another section.
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Middletown
Miss Gertrude Kirk Morrow Dies in Springfield
Former Lebanon resident Miss Gertrude Kirk died Friday night at the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Home in Springfield. Services for Queen Father Rebekah Lodge will be held today at 8 pm at the Vale Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Morrow Cemetery. she had no immediate survivors.
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Morrow
Gertrude Kirk
Lebanon
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Springfield
Queen Father Rebekah Lodge
Vale Funeral
Morrow Cemetery
Fisther Rebekah
Kirk
Rank Odor Rolls Over Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast residents face widespread seaweed pileups stretching along the shore after Hurricane Carla of 1961. In Galveston workers struggle to keep beaches clear as seaweed heights reach two feet and insects multiply in the rotting mass, described as the worst in 50 years.
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Gulf Coast
Galveston
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Carla
Galveston City
Downed Plane Search Dropped in Ohio Town
Police in Fostoria Ohio ended a search for a downed plane after reports from Clarence Merkle of sightings near three miles southwest of town. No wreckage was found in land and air searches by Hancock County sheriff's deputies and Ohio Patrol and Civil Defense. The effort concluded at 6 40 am Saturday.
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Fostoria
Ohio
Clarence Merkle
Here
Hancock County Sheriff's Deputies
Ohio Patrol and
Civil Defense
Woman Hurt As Auto Is Rammed
Dorothy J. Hershner, 48, was treated for a sprained neck after a two car collision at N. Verity Parkway and Eldora Drive. Grace King, driver of the other car, was cited for assured clear distance. Police noted $75 damage to Hershner’s car. In a separate accident Lawrence Jones was charged with drunken driving after hitting a pole on Yankee Road and pushing a parked auto into a wall. damages about $200. Judy Faye King was cited for pulling from the curb when unsafe after her car struck a passing auto on Sycamore Street. Willie Porter was the other driver and damages about $125. Another two car crash involved Bobby Joe Cornett who was cited for failure to yield when pulling onto Church Street, hitting Wayne Pendleton. William Cross was cited for following too closely after hitting a car waiting at Shafer Street and Manchester Avenue. Marie Anna Harvey was the other driver. Cross’s car damage listed at $150.
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Dorothy J. Hershner
Alameda Circle
Middletown Hospital
N. Verity Parkway
Eldora Drive
Paul Hershner
Grace King
14Th Ave
Hershner
Lawrence Jones
Crawford St
Yankee Road
Rebel Inn
Robert Seay
Highland St
Judy Faye King
Sycamore St
Auto
Sycamore Street
Willie Porter
15Th Ave
King
Bobby Joe Cornett
Grimes St
Church Street
Wayne G. Pendleton
Meadow Ave
William Cross
Columbus
Shafer Street
Manchester Avenue
Marie Anna Harvey
Catalpa Drive
Three Die in M Otor Vehicle Crash Near Chardon
Three people were killed in a car collision on Auburn Road north of the King Memorial Highway near Chardon Ohio. Timothy C. Strong 53 of Ashtabula his wife 11 with baby died on arrival at Geauga Community Hospital. Thomas A. Dunwell 21 of Painesville also died. Injured were Mr and Mrs Herbert Hildinger of Chardon.
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Chardon
Ohio
Auburn Road
King Memorial Highway
Geauga Community Hospital
Timothy C. Strong
Ashtabula
Thomas A. Dunwell
Painesville
Herbert Hildinger
OSES Sets Day For Graduates
Middletown area high school graduates face a strong job market as about 500 of 850 diploma recipients are expected to seek permanent work. Ohio State Employment Service plans Job Opportunity Day on Saturday June 9 at 1207 Vail Ave with employers from manufacturing retail banks hospital and government ready to interview.
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Middletown
P. F. Johnson
Ohio State Employment Service
Johnson
OSES
Vail Ave
Oses i
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Clinton
Warren
MB Bay
Central Ave
Eddie Stigler
Camp Kern
Estella
M. Ertel
Hutch Buffet
Vradelis
Broad St
Model Plane Club
Monroe
Trenton
Franklin and Carlisle
Westinghouse
NEW Westinghouse
Melampy
Union Sanitary
Thomas E. Allen
Holly Ave
Union S
Fine Cleanen
Park St
Ind Avenue
Central Avenue
West Central
Gideon
Strand Theater
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