Graduation Day at Middletown Lemon-Monroe Honors 600 Seniors
More than 600 seniors attended baccalaureate services at Middletown and Lemon-Monroe high schools. Middletown's 512 graduates will have commencement Thursday at 8 p.m. Dr. W. E. Smith of Miami University will speak. Lemon-Monroe's 124 graduates hear Glen Massman Tuesday at 8 p.m. Various pastors and school leaders participated, with music by school ensembles and processions led by student leaders.
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Middletown
Lemon-Monroe
Middletown High School
W. E. Smith
Miami University
Glen Massman
Dayton
George W. Bowman
Wilmington College
Middletown High
Girl Tumbles From Bridge At Franklin
A 12-foot plunge off Twin Creek Bridge near Franklin killed four year old Virgie Cockerham as she played with sisters and cousins. She was rushed to Middletown Hospital in fair condition with internal injuries after a motorist assisted. A group account differed on how she fell while playing along the road.
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Twin Creek
Franklin
Franklin Area
Virgie Cockerham
James Cockerham
Franklin Rt. 2
Virgie
Vergie
Man Arrested After Auto Hits Fence and Garage
Cecil Bryant, 23, of Trenton Route 1, was arrested after his car damaged a fence and garage and two parked cars in the 1600 block of Philadelphia Avenue on Saturday night. He faced careless driving charges. Police said his foot slipped from brake to gas while turning onto Philadelphia Avenue, sending his car over a curb and into a no parking sign and a parked car on Central Avenue. The crash damaged the fence and garage at 1616 Central Ave and sent another parked car through the building. Total damage estimated at 380 dollars to the fence and garage and 210 dollars to three vehicles. Additional weekend incidents included a car through a yard on Poinciana Road, a separate collision at Verity Parkway and Clinton Street, and a license-related citation after a Verity Parkway crash.
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Philadelphia Avenue
Cecil Bryant
Trenton Rt. 1
Bryant
Garfield Street
James Gilley
Central Ave
Bryant Auto
Stella Goble
James Ristanio
Charles Street
William Mullins
Minnesota St
John Keith
Verity Parkway
Clinton Street
Board of Education Meets Tonight at Middletown High
The meeting at 7 30 p m will approve the graduation list from Lemon Monroe and Middletown High Schools. The board will also consider personnel items presented by the superintendent.
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Lemon-Monroe
Middletown High Schools
Board of Education
Middletown High School
Dental History Talk Planned For Civitan Club Meeting
Dr Linden Meece will speak on the history of dentistry from 600 B C to the present at the Civitan Club noon meeting tomorrow at the Manchester Hotel Al Schwarz is program chairman for tomorrow's meeting.
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Linden Meece
B. C
Civitan Club
Manchester
al Schwarz
Accidents Involving Parked Car And City Unit
Saturday night and Sunday saw multiple vehicle mishaps. Arley Hatton’s parked car collided at 2211 South Ave with Paul La Pole’s auto causing 200 dollars in damage. Stella Rigg’s car and a Franklin city police cruiser faced a crash on Central Avenue at Main Street causing 95 dollars damage. James Townsend and truck driver John Lindsey collided on 1st Avenue in the 1600 block causing 50 dollars damage.
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Arley Hatton
Middletown Rt. 4
Paul la Pole
Middletown Pike
Franklin
South Ave
Stella Rigg
McKinley St
Ptl. Coy Hall
Auburn St
Central Avenue
Main Street
James Townsend
Columbia Ave
John Lindsey
Franklin Rt. 2
1St Avenue
Youths Surprised Ransacking Desk at Camden High
Two Dayton teenagers aged 15 and 17 were surprised by school custodian Wilson Grinstead while ransacking the Camden High principal's desk at about 9:30 a.m. They fled via a window but were later arrested in Montgomery County. Police said the stolen car belonged to Mrs. Mamie Angel of Dayton and the youths will be charged with breaking and entering.
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Camden
Dayton
Camden High School
Wilson Grinstead
Grinstead
Montgomery County
Mamie Angel
Young Girl Hit by Car On S Front Street
A three year old girl Delina Flanagan ran into a passing car in front of her home on S Front Street. She sustained serious injuries including leg and rib fractures and possible head injuries. The vehicle was driven by John Einsfeld of Clinton Street. She was admitted to Mercy Hospital for treatment.
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Hamilton
S. Front Street
Delina Flanagan
Rambo Harris
Mercy Hospital
John Einsfeld
Clinton St
Graduation program at New Era Baptist Church
A high school graduation program will be held at 7 30 p m tomorrow at New Era Baptist Church. The Rev William Kilgore pastor of Holiness Tabernacle will speak.
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New Era Baptist Church
New Hope Baptist Church
William Kilgore
Holiness Tabernacle
Mistrial Declared in Schwimmer Conspiracy Case
In St Louis a mistrial was declared today in the case of attorney Harry J. Schwimmer who faced a conspiracy charge with two Truman administration officials in U S District Court. In Philadelphia the 168th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S A approved a merger with the United Presbyterian Church.
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ST. Louis
Harry J. Schwimmer
U.S District Court
Philadelphia
168Th
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
United Presbyterian Church
Northwestern Scholarship Granted to Bill Wolter
William D. Wolter of 17 Sierra Road has won a $1,020 annual Northwestern University scholarship for undergraduate years. The award honors scholastic achievement and includes a student job. Wolter was Middletown High School delegate to Boys State, National Honor Society member, and active in Thespians and the National Forensic League. He plans liberal arts study.
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William D. Wolter
Louis R. Wolter
Sierra Rd
Northwestern University
Walter
Boys’ State
Middletown High School
Thespians
National Forensic League
College of Liberal Arts
Buckeye Plaque Winners Named for Citizenship Award
Alpha Council 326 Jr OUAM announces three seniors as Buckeye Plaque recipients Sandra Mitchell of Lemon Monroe High Robert Alan Brumfield of Middletown High and Kathleen Keefe of Trenton High. each earns $10 cash. Mary Ann Fondren Roosevelt Junior and Ruth Ellen Phillips McKinley Junior receive plaques and $5. Fondren and Phillips win first place for ninth grade English essays on American citizenship.
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Alpha Council 326
Jr. Ouam
Sandra Mitchell
Lemon-Monroe High School
Robert Alan Brumfield
Middletown High School
Kathleen Keefe
Trenton High School
Mary Ann Fondren
Roosevelt Junior High School
Ruth Ellen Phillips
McKinley Junior High
Miss Fondren
Miss Phillips
Alpha Council
Local Scouts Honor Court Honors Four with Silver Buffalo
Four members of the Mound Builders Area Council joined national scouts at Cincinnati for the 46th annual National Court of Honor. Clarence Blair Larry Mason and John Norton of Post 14 Franklin and George McDaniels of Troop 44 Carlisle received the Silver Buffalo, the highest national Boy Scout honor. Edwin Joel Thomas of Akron Goodyear was the lone Ohio recipient, presiding as council president during the ceremony.
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Mound Builders Area Council
Cincinnati
Clarence Blair
Larry Mason
John Norton
Post 14
Franklin
George McDaniels
Carlisle
Ohio
Edwin Joel Thomas
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
National Council of Boy Scouts of America
Robbery Report and Multiple Hubcap Thefts Summary
Police brief states Luther Childs was robbed of his billfold containing $6 and papers as he slept in his car on 8th Avenue yesterday morning. Separately, hubcap thefts reported by Robert Parchell, Robert Goughnour, Robert Spensel, Gordon Pence, James Eads, and others from various local addresses.
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Luther Childs
8Th Avenue
Robert Parchell
Young St
Robert Goughnour
Excello Trailer Court
Robert Spensel
Wayne Ave
Gordon Pence
Queen Ave
James Eads
Middletown Rt. 1
Car stolen in Monroe recovered in Findlay by troopers
State patrolmen recovered a car that had been stolen in Monroe Saturday night. Authorities said the vehicle was found in Findlay yesterday and investigations continue.
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Monroe
Findlay
Two Die In Weekend Crashes In Kentucky and Ohio
A seven mile woman Ada Belle Garrison sixty one of Seven Mile died in an auto truck collision on U S 25 south of Lexington Kentucky Sunday morning. Hamilton man George Rufus Hopkins junior thirty seven died after a two car wreck on Ohio 4 two miles north of Hamilton. Garrison passenger Roberta G Conrad forty four of Collinsville is in Good Samaritan Hospital Lexington for possible fractures. Two Hyden Kentucky men Dewey Hendrix fifty five and Lilly Williams fifty seven were injured and listed as good. Hopkins was a press operator at Hamilton Fisher Body plant for eight years. Services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Brown Dawson Funeral Home Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Hamilton-Eaton Rd
Seven Mile
U. S. 25
Lexington
George Rufus Hopkins Jr
S. 3Rd St
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Ohio 4
Roberta G. Conrad
Collinsville
Garrison
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hyden
Dewey Hendrix
Lilly Williams
Hendrix
Garrison Auto
Whitson
Ohio
Kentucky
Shamrock Gardens
Hamilton-Middletown Rd
Hopkins
Hamilton Fisher Body Plant
Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
Rose Hill Cemetery
Teenager charged in Hopkins death by manslaughter
Oliver Whitson aged 19 of Hamilton charged with second degree manslaughter in the death of Gladys Hopkins due to internal injuries after a northbound car driven by Whitson skidded on the roadway. Hopkins was injured when the crash caused a fractured right arm. It is the 16th death in Butler County this year, up from eight at this time last year.
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Oliver Whitson
2Nd St
Hamilton
Hopkins
Butler County
Gladys Hopkins
Whitson
Elderly Woman Burned In Basement Fire In Hamilton
Mrs. Mary F. Goebel 30 North D Street is in critical condition at Mercy Hospital with first to third degree burns over most of her body after clothes ignited by burning papers in the basement. Her brother Leonard Goebel found her unconscious on her return home.
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Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Mary F. Goebel
North D St
Leonard Goebel
Youths Arrested For Hubcap Thefts
Four Preble County boys, three aged 16 and one 17, were arrested in a car at 1st Avenue and S Verity Park Way for hubcap thefts. They admitted stealing caps from local sites and in Camden Eaton and West Milton. Five or six hub caps were found in the vehicle and they were released to juvenile authorities for a hearing.
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Preble County
1St Avenue
S. Verity Parkway
Dets
Roy Crout
Ed Poling
Camden
Eaton
West Milton
Trenton Man Charged With Attempted Incident
Ralph Ashley, 38, of Trenton, was arrested on a warrant charging him with attempted incident involving a 13 year old Middletown girl. The incident reportedly occurred in a house south of the city Friday. Ashley posted $1,500 bond and will appear before Squire Lammie Bailey at 7 p.m. today. The girl was uninjured. Deputy Ed Gordon and Constable Otis Cole made the arrest at Granada Avenue and Vermont Street.
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Ralph Ashley
Trenton Rt
Middletown
Ashley
Squire Lammie Bailey
Ed Gordon
Otis Cole
Granada Avenue
Vermont St
Woman Suffers Head Bruises In Car Crash
Mrs. John Price a 58 year old resident of 2527 Wilbraham Road was treated at Middletown Hospital for head bruises after an auto accident in Miamisburg. She was dismissed after treatment at 4 15 p m.
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John Price
Wilbraham Rd
Middletown Hospital
Miamisburg
At The Movies Listings
Paramount and Strand present a slate of classics and new features Monday and Tuesday. Colonial shows Maverick Queen Code of the Underworld Lam and Abner Abroad Mohawk with multiple showings. Dixie Cruise In offers Man With a Gun and Strategic Air Command in evening screenings.
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Code of the Underworld
Lam and
Abner Abroad
DIXIE
Strategic Air Command
Key Clue Missing Cop Car Left Keys In Police Car
Dallas detectives report a parked unmarked police car with the sun visor keys left on top. Det. W E Douglas warns that leaving keys in a vehicle is bad practice as officers search for the missing car after it was left at headquarters Saturday.
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Dallas
Tex
W. E. Douglas
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