Voters split as Middletown approves new leadership bid
Ray Fening defeated City Commission Chair Dudley Inwood 5,789 to 5,424 as Stan Sorrell and Mary Alice Mack won re elections. Ernie Lawson and Orville Adams also gained notable votes while write ins totals remained unavailable. Fening urged a citizen panel to oversee mall grants and downtown redevelopment.
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Fening
City Commission
Sorrell
Ray
Mack
Inwood
Dudley
Commission
Feniig
Civic Center
Bachmann
Middletown
Planning Commission
Ernie Lawson
Lawson
Gwen McGovern
Orville Adams
Willie White
Death of Betty Jean Davis Under Investigation
Mrs. Betty Jean Davis, 57, was found dead yesterday afternoon in her apartment in Middletown Mall area. Police noted bruises on the neck and a severe head laceration with signs of a struggle but no clear weapon or motive. Funeral arrangements are pending at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Betty Jean Davis
S. Main St
Apt. 1
Davis
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Keuthan
Black Clawson
Helen
Priscilla Armor
Ashland
Ohio
Robyn Bell
Middletown
Jan
Ted
Mary Palmer
Bernice Koons
California
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
New school board members face tougher job after levy defeat
Three new school board members reflected on the levy defeat with mixed emotions. The victors praised the electoral process while one defeated candidate voiced bitterness, and all agreed the levy loss will complicate duties for the incoming board.
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David Flick
Trenton City Manager Rolfe Wagner to Lead Coolidge Post
Rolfe Wagner announced his departure as Trenton city manager effective Jan 1 or sooner if a replacement is found. He will assume duties in Coolidge Arizona, a 7500 population city about 50 miles south of Phoenix, after serving since March 1972. Wagner cited positive challenges and praised the Trenton council and staff.
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Trenton
Rolfe Wagner
Coolidge
Ariz
Wagner
Council of
Trenton Council
Phoenix
Miami University
State Street
Citizens
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Board of Education
Shull
Tim Brown
Audrey Williams, Widow of Hank Williams, Dies at 52
Audrey Williams, 52, former wife of Hank Williams, died Tuesday in Nashville. A singer, songwriter, and businesswoman, she had been converting her home into a museum to house Hank Williams memorabilia, the late country legend who died January 1, 1953.
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Nashville
Tenn
Audrey Williams
Hank Williams
Deaths and funerals noted in Middletown area
Obituary items report the deaths of Fred Keuthan 68 of 604 Florence St and Lois E. Telfer 80 of 751 Kensington St with service and burial plans in Middletown Port Jervis Glen Spey and Irvine Kentucky. Other notices include Franklin Moore 80 and Margaret Foster 68 and detailed survivor lists and funeral arrangements for each. Local deaths continue with Joseph Schroer 76 and Mrs Eliza Jane Sewell 92 noted with services held or planned.
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Hamilton
Margaret Foster
Sycamore St
Webb
Joseph Schroer
Windsor Drive
St. Stephen’s Church
Eliza Jane Sewell
Middletown
Jackson
Brownies Invested in Sherman School Combined Troop Meeting
Seventeen girls from Brownie Troop 230 and Troop 280 were invested at a Sherman School meeting. Members named include Cyndi Johnson and Peggy Cunningham among others. 13 earned year pins. Optimist Club will sponsor Troop 280 with co leader Barbara Stacy presenting a Brownie pin to Victor McGuire Jr. Sherman principal Jess Wilson awarded American flags from American Legion Post 218 and veteran Walter Glenn Arvin. World Association pins were given to all. Leaders listed for both troops.
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Sherman School
Cyndi Johnson
Peggy Cunningham
Alisha Koontz
Beth McQuinn
Heather Miller
Lois Brown
Tonya Coleman
Regina Combs
Keri Connor
Sheri Dunn
JoLynn Enright
Teresa Hayes
Tina Haddix
Jamie Selby
Rhonda Stacy
Maureen Chartrand
Christina Walters
Optimist Club
Barbara Stacy
Victor McGuire Jr
Jess Wilson
George Helton
American Legion Post 218
Walter Glenn Arvin
World Association
Donna Coning
Carol Haddix
Gail Thinnes
Charlene Carson
Arson Suspected After Car Fire Behind Clark Street Home
A car at the rear of Otto Brown’s residence at 417 Clark St burned in the early hours. A milk container smelled of gasoline and Brown saw several people flee after an explosion. Loss listed at 300. Fire and police continue investigations. A second car fire yesterday on Parmer’s car at 2112 Winton St may have been caused by a broken fuel line, totaling 200.
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Otto Brown
Clark St
Brown
Richard Parmer
Winton St
Parmer
Orchard Street
Goldman Avenue
Five Thousand Two Hundred Found in Court Safe
Butler County Area II Court is audited after about $5200 was found undeposited in the court safe. The finding prompted an audit request by county commissioners. Officials have not released formal statements and discrepancies will be known when the audit concludes.
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Hamilton
Butler County Area II
State Auditor’s Office
Woman sues hospital and doctors over 1953 birth injury
A Tacoma woman, now 22, sues Middletown Hospital and four local doctors alleging an incubator was improperly used at her birth in 1953, causing blindness. The suit also names the incubator manufacturer as a defendant.
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Tacoma
Middletown Hospital
Photo folder found at Middletown Hospital and a damages suit
The Journal received a blue folder of photos found in a hospital parking lot. Photos include the Miami Carey warehouse fire and a baby named Steve born last December. A federal suit in Dayton seeks 10 million dollars from Air Shields Inc for alleged failure to warn about oxygen blindness in Isolette incubators.
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The
Journal
Middletown Hospital
Miami-Carey
Steve
Journal Newsroom
U.S. District Court
Dayton
Janet Marie Gayle
Air Shields, Inc
Hatboro
Charles Buchert
Walter Fening
John Perkins
Marion Swisher
Middletown
Kentucky Hospital Treats Marjorie Sparks Spine Therapy
Marjorie Sparks a Middletown High School sophomore with a spine deformity enters Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children Lexington for two weeks of therapy to stretch her spine using a new technique aimed at correcting an S shaped curve. Her mother Opal Sparks reports one of two bikes stolen last week has been replaced and Marjorie hopes to ride again after discharge from 1900 Richmond Road Lexington.
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Marjorie Sparks
Kentucky
Marjorie
Shriner’s Hospital For
Lexington
Opal Sparks
Middletown
Sparks
Richmond Road
Aviation Explorer Post 68 Hosts First Nighters Program
Aviation Explorer Post 68 held its annual first nighters event for prospective members last night at Armco Steel Corp general office. Speakers included Walter Payne Armco aviation manager, George Wedekind Jr Hook Field manager, Marsha Greenham secretary of the Ohio Chapter of the 99s, and Joe Ferguson local Explorer executive. Adviser was Dick Coyle.
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Aviation Explorer
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Walter Payne
George Wedekind Jr
Hook Field
Marsha Greenham
Ohio
The
99’S
National Organization of Women Pilots
Joe Ferguson
Explorer
Gun stold items from Oakley Smith home in Butler County
Oakley Smith of 8371 Kiester Road told Butler County deputies that about 1458 dollars in items were stolen from his residence on a weekend. The loss included a shotgun a rifle a power tiller and a lawn mower and was found after his brother in law checked the house following his hospital stay.
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Oakley Smith
Kiester
Butler County
Smith
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