Several local deaths mark region obituary roundup
Death notices from Middletown and surrounding towns report Charles E. Adkins 46 of Frenchburg Ky formerly Middletown retired Middletown Journal compositor. Shannon Ray Junior Blake infant son of Jerry and Mrs Blake stillborn at Bethesda Hospital Cincinnati. Carl William Campbell 64 of Lebanon Road South Lebanon died yesterday. James Cartwright 66 former Middletown area resident died in Paris Indiana after extended illness. Helen Earnhart 76 of Lebanon Waynesville died at Quaker Heights Nursing Home. Anna Mann 91 of Eaton dies after farming Gratis Township. Harold Mason 60 Dayton dies at home. former Middletown Journal and Franklin Chronicle employee. Edgar Woolf 74 Brookville father of Middletown resident Mrs Weatherwax dies at Eaton Care Center. Hamilton deaths note Elizabeth Johnson 85 and Eva Biere 69. Burial and funeral details listed for each case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Adkins
Frenchburg
Middletown
Mr. Adkins
Middletown Journal
May Williams
Franklin — Shannon Ray Junior Blake
Jerry Blake
S. River St
Cincinnati
Bethesda Hospital
Roy Stidham
Franklin
Forrest Blake
Carlisle
Mamie Powell
Helen Garrison
Woodhill Cemetery
Bert Greer
Anglesby
Lebanon
Carl William Campbell
Meadow Lane
Lebanon Road
South
Campbell
Larry
Gary
Washington State
Sandra Revere
Idaho
Osa Campbell
Florida
Charles
Trenton
Bob
California
Norvell
Utah
Geraldine Willoughby
Nora Smith
Beatrice Gill
James Cartwright
Paris
Reid Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Ind
Cartwright
Jefferson Township
The
Masons
Washington, Pa
New Paris
Opal
Cathy Parkinson
Atlanta
A. D. Cartwright
Reva Martin
Faye Robbins
Milliga Butler
Newaris
Matilene Wiley
Darrtown
Harley
West Manchester
Barnes-Kessler Funeral Home
Glenhaven Memorial Gardens
Helen J. Earnhart
Mound St
Quaker Heights
Waynesville
Earnhart
Fred Miller
Oswald Funeral Home
William Johnson
Eaton
Anna Mann
N. Barron St
Dorothy Furginson
Hamilton
Patricia J. Ressler
Lavada Spitler
West Alexandria
Girton-Schmidt
Mound Hill Union Cemetery
William Hannon
Harold C. Mason
Dayton
Mason
Franklin Chronicle
Hilda Mae
Joseph C
Indianapolis
Betty Jean Miller
Elva Mae Mason
Mary M. Butler
George Miller & Son
St. Mary Church
Spring Valley Cemetery
Edgar S. Woolf
Brookville
Marcille Weatherwax
Woolf
Preble County
Marie
Gilbert Funeral Home
Arlington Cemetery
Shiloh Lutheran Church
County opposes dog license hike in Butler County
Butler County commissioners rejected a proposed dog license and kennel fee increase from the Humane Association, favoring current rates despite calls for higher revenue. They also learned a federal preapplication for jail expansion was denied, and questions remained about an impound lot for abandoned vehicles with only one bid received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County
Butler
Donald Schirmer
the Humane Association
Arthur Reiff
Reiff
Michael Gmoser
Gmoser
Bud Gudenkauf
Gudenkauf
Schirmer
Connaughton Welding & Fence Co
Robert Bogan
Lee
Sheriff's Department
Robert Walton
Butler County Treasurery
Alligators Bring Balance to Arkansas Wildlife
In Magnolia Arkansas the Game and Fish Commission reports over 1500 alligators have been moved from Louisiana into remote Arkansas areas. Farmers who once opposed the reptiles now support the “gator immigration program” because the animals prey on beavers and muskrats that damage streams and crops. Andrew Hulsey heads the commission and notes the unintended shift in local attitudes toward the species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Ark
Arkansas
State Game and Fish Commission
Louisiana
Andrew Hulsey
Arkansas’ Game and Fish Commission
Motorist charged with DWI after early Sunday crash
John G. Miller, 18, of 477 S. Main St. Monroe, ran the median on University Boulevard at 1 am, skidded 165 yards, and stopped in Doug Slamka's yard at 742 University. He struck a stop sign and street sign. Two men and women treated for knife wounds after a fight at the Palm Grill on Eighth Avenue. Marco Smith, 25, Germantown, and Deborah Gamble, 27, 905 Lincoln St., injured. A Citizens band radio worth 150 was stolen from Donald Hauser's car parked at Radio Shack on Breiel Boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Boulevard
John G. Miller
Main St. Monroe
Doug Slamka
University
Middletown Hospital
Palm Grill
Eighth Avenue
Marco Smith
Germantown
Deborah Gamble
Lincoln St
Citizens Band
Donald Hauser
N. Grimes St
Radio Shack
Breie! Boulevard
Middletown residents earn mental health volunteer certificates
Three Middletown residents Wanda Engle Janet McNally and Ellen Wells are among 18 Butler County volunteers presented with certificates of achievement for completing a five week 40 hour training program by the Mental Health Association. The program covered mental health facts human development and role play with tours of county agencies and staff presentations. Two new volunteer classes are planned for next year and an evening class may be offered if demand exists. For more information contact the Mental Health Association at 893 2020.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Butler County
Mental Health Association of
Wanda Engle
Janet McNally
Ellen Wells
Judy Jones
Jones
Mental Health Association
Elementary Programs on PTO Meeting Agenda
Miss Rossella Harper, the elementary coordinator for Middletown School District since 1954 and former elementary teacher and reading director, will discuss the reading program and grading system at Amanda Elementary School during the PTO meeting at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossella Harper
Miss Harper
Amanda Elementary School
Middletown
Florence Powell resigns from Middletown Library board
Florence Powell resigns from the Middletown Public Library board of trustees after serving since October 1971. Les DuErmit, board president, notes her energetic service and thanks her for improving the library. Powell, a former Middletown High School head of speech and dramatics, will move to Otterbein Home outside the service area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Powell
Middletown Public Library
Les DuErmit
Miss Powell
McKinley St
Middletown High School
Otterbein
DuErmit
Nine named to Middletown United Way board terms
Nine persons were elected to three year terms on the Middletown Area United Way board. New members include Wilbur M. Cohen of Cohen Brothers Inc and Samuel L. Dalton Middletown schools superintendent and Rev. Lewis H. Thompson of Faith United Methodist Church. Re-elected were S Alvin Bell Armco Steel Corp Mrs Peg Manning Middletown Area Chamber Commerce Robert Q Millan First National Bank and Rev G Walter Weber First Baptist Church. Terms run through December 1979. About 4000 ballots were tallied last week by Senior Citizens Inc per J F Seibold United Way managing director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Area
United Way
Wilbur M. Cohen
Cohen Brothers, Inc
Samuel L. Dalton
Middletown
Walter A. Mischley
Middletown Hospital Association
Paul A. Steigerwald
American Savings & Loan Association
Lewis H. Thompson
Faith United Methodist Church
Alvin Bell
Armco Steel Corp
Peg Manning
Senior Citizens, Inc
J. F. Seibold
Unit Way
City Health Clinic to be topics at 7:30 a.m. board meeting
Connie Burress, director of the city health clinic at 805 S. Main St., will present recent usage statistics at the Board of Health meeting tomorrow. Health Commissioner Paul Asmussen will discuss upcoming swine flu immunization clinics, and Dr. John Perkins will brief on a rise in scabies and head lice in local schools. Board member Bill Robinson may propose upgrading community housing and sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Burress
S. Main St
Board of Health
S. Main
Ninth Ave
Department of Human Resources
Paul Asmussen
John Perkins
Bill Robinson
Longest trike built from salvaged bicycle parts
Thirty-five people cautiously pedal an unusual tricycle assembled from 78 old cycles 70 sprocket wheels 165 feet of chain 130 steam pipes and 3 car wheels in Hadsund Jutland on its first trial. The group rolled several hundred feet as AP reports.
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Hadsund
Jutland
Two Injured in Carmody Columbia Intersection Crash
A two car collision at Carmody Boulevard and Columbia Avenue at 7 10 a m left two people with minor injuries. Essie Nichols 57 of 1209 Curtis Street drove a northbound car and Elizabeth Griffen 37 of 3147 W Pekin Road Franklin drove westbound. A passenger Cheri Griffen 13 also treated at Middletown Hospital. Damages to both vehicles were estimated at 1000 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmody Boulevard
Columbia Avenue
Carmody
Essie Nichols
Curtis St
Columbia
Elizabeth Griffen
W. Pekin Road
Franklin
Evans twins win at Vanlue baton twirling contest
Lee Ann Evans eight year old won the strutt off over all age divisions at a USTA baton twirling contest held Saturday in Vanlue Ohio. She also placed first in basic strutting military strutting advanced strutting and advanced solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Ann Evans
USTA
Vanlue
Ohio
Round Town Savoring Local Shops And Festive Finds
A local feature highlights The Cambridge Inn dining charm with English Tudor ambiance and Harvest Festival pies. Shopper guides promote Greathouse menswear return of the classics, Irene Salon services, Sennets Bookstore ornaments, Merle Norman gifts, Gracious Living Furniture, Margarets Wallpaper, Armbruster Florists, and Hummel Goebel gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Mbridge Inn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Adkins
Shannon Blake
Carl Campbell
Tolen Cartwright
Helen Earnhart
Springboro
Harold Mason
Edgar Woolf
Elizabeth W. Johnson
Ridgelawn Ave
Klaus- Weigel
Eva Biere
Savitz Drive
Webb
County Industrial Development Specialist
Converse
Russell Nicoll
Russ
Manchester Road
Fenwick High School
City Health
John Howard
State Farm
Innsuran
State Farm Life Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Dan Greathouse
C. E. Greathouse
Bankers
Connie Kirk
IRENE
Sennets
Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio
J.B. Cologne
Chuck Fadden
Riley Griffiths
Margarets
Margaret
Swish
Dave Armbruster
Armbruster Florists
Goebel
Ging Grondahl
Copenhagen
Dodds Monuments
Verity Pkvy
14Th Ave
Woodside Cemetery
Bud) Steller Mor
Monthlu
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