Knights of Pythias buy 34 acre site for new lodge near Franklin Madison
Lafayette Lodge No. 37 purchases 34 acres along Franklin Madison Road bounded by Ohio 4 and Triangle Fishing Lakes for a future lodge and family program. Board chairman Melvin Kelso announces plan to draw a master layout with roads and recreation. no buildings yet. Land bought from Carl and Elsie Wheeler. Ellison Realty Inc. handled the deal.
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Knights of Pythias
Franklin - Madison Road
Lafayette Lodge No. 37
The
Melvin Kelso
Ohio 4
Franklin - Madison
Triangle Fishing Lakes
Irving W. Wise
Franklin Man Fined 400 for Five Traffic Violations
Franklin motorist Cline Coffey age 19 was fined 400 and received a six month suspended jail term for five traffic violations arising from an Oct 29 crash at Fifth and Anderson. He also paid 300 and faced the suspended sentence for hitting the scene, plus 100 for no front bumper insufficient brakes failing to register the vehicle and failure to maintain a clear distance. Other cases include James Hipsher fined 100 with seven days jail suspended and probation plus a 500 peace bond. Several defendants had bonds forfeited for offenses including improper lane usage assured clear distance and failure to display registration.
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Franklin
J. T. Riley
Cline Coffey
Harriet Ave
Coffey
Fift Street
Anderson Street
James Hipsher
Clark St
Hipsher
Riley
Anna Bays
Lynwood Drive
Jerry Varney
John St
Rich
Ard Graham
Ludlow
Edward Ledford
Queens St
James Holt
Arlington
Roy Whitaker
Oxford State Road
Middletown
Robert Leisure
William Rowlette
Hamilton
John Busby
S. Main St
Gordon Roy
Crescent Lane
Carlisle
Deaths And Funerals Cecil Neff Sr Eaton
Cecil E Neff Sr 37 of 320 S Barron St died yesterday morning in Grand view Hospital Dayton after 25 days as patient. A Camden native and civil engineer he worked in Preble County engineer’s office and for 33 years with Ohio Highway Department Division 8 Middletown. Survived by wife Martha Parks Eaton son Cecil Eugene Jr of Mason five grandchildren two sisters and two brothers. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday R C Nein & Sons Camden burial Fairmount Cemetery Camden visitation 6 9 pm Monday military rites at Woodside Cemetery. Mr Byrd 22 of 5896 Howe Rd died Friday from injuries in a traffic crash Tuesday night. Visitation Monday 3 5 and 7 9 pm at the funeral home.
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Eaton
Cecil E. Neff Sr
S. Barron St
Grandview Hospital
Dayton
Camden
Preble County
Division 8
Ohio Highway Department
Middletown
Martha Bell Parks
Cecil Eugene Jr
Mason
Ruth Petry
Helen Shoemaker
Calumet City
Harry E
James
Hamilton
R. C. Nein & Sons
Fairmount Cemetery
Woodside Cemetery
Byrd
Howe Road
Fire causes $900 damage at Woodlawn Ave shop
A fire at 1405 Woodlawn Ave. caused an estimated $900 loss affecting a auto body shop and living room fire injuries. Harvey Wells reported cleaning chrome with lacquer thinner when flames started near a gas heater. Fire officials cite thinner fumes ignited by heat. $600 contents, $300 building.
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Woodlawn Avenue
Harvey Wells
Woodlawn Ave
Emory David
Curtis St
David
Funeral services for Paul Daniel Byrd Tuesday
Funeral services for Paul Daniel Byrd are set for 2 p m Tuesday at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home with Reverend A M Wilson of the Trenton Nazarene Church officiating. American Legion Post 218 is involved.
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Paul Daniel Byrd
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
A. M. Wilson
Trenton Nazarene Church
American Legion
Services for Harold Wray Set at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home
Harold Wray, 49, of 3214 Raymond Drive, will be laid to rest Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev. Clifford Stearns presiding. Burial follows at Woodside Cemetery. Visitation is tomorrow from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.. he died Thursday at Holmes Hospital in Cincinnati.
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Harold Wray
Raymond Drive
McCoy- Leffler
Clifford Stearns
Woodside Cemetery
Mr. Wray
Holmes Hospital
Cincinnati
Wife Charged In Hamilton Slaying
Hamilton police charged Mrs Mary L Nelson 28 with first degree manslaughter in the shooting death of her husband William M Nelson 38 during a domestic quarrel at their Hamilton home. Nelson collapsed on the stepfather’s porch after walking there.
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Hamilton
Mary L. Nelson
William M. Nelson
Nelson
Burglars Take Four Bottles of After Shave Lotion
Burglars hit four local businesses early yesterday and took only four bottles of after shave lotion valued at seven dollars from Youstleds Barber Shop at 26 S Clinton St. They broke a restroom window to enter and left Change and a gun behind. The 14 Club at 24 St Clinton St appeared to yield nothing after the restroom door was barred. A service station at 650 N University Blvd was ransacked but nothing taken. Taft School cafeteria door was forced and the principal’s office and a soft drink machine were ransacked with unclear loot.
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Youstleds Barber Shop
S. Clinton St
St. Clinton St
Fred Fahrenholz
N University Blvd
Taft School
Verity Parkway
County Road Toll Reaches New All-Time High
Butler County records an all-time traffic death toll as 66 people die in two days. A head-on collision on New London Road killed William Lee Butler and Willard F. Pennington, while five others injured. Earlier, Nannie Pauline Faulkner died from injuries in a separate single-vehicle crash near West Chester. The fatal day followed an earlier fogbound wreck that claimed Paul D. Byrd.
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Butler County
Trenton
Middletown
Ross Township
William Lee Butler
Wade Mill Road
Hamilton
Willard F. Pennington
Nannie Pauline Faulkner
Barrett Road
West Chester
Mercy Hospital
New London Road
Herman Road
Butler
Pennington
Girl Arrested Over Socks theft at G C Murphy Co
A 12 year old girl was apprehended at G C Murphy Co Central Avenue yesterday after allegedly taking socks valued at 69 cents. Police also found earrings worth 67 cents in her possession. Vandals damaged a McDonald’s window on Verity Parkway with a rock causing about 100 dollars in damage. Fire runs at 418 Baltimore St to John Mitchell 23 and four mailboxes pushed over on Fisher Road. Alvin Burg 33 was ill and advised to see a doctor after vandalism incidents on Yankee Road Nelson Road and other locations.
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James A. Wells
Fernwood St
Middletown Hospital
Susan Ward
Sherman Ave
Grand Avenue
Highview Road
Ward
A. Keith
Jackson
Burg
Keith
Fred
Die F. Melion
Bess M. Smucker
Grand Ave
Thelma E. Butcher
Shafer St
Girard Avenue
Vanderveer Street
McKinley St
Miss Dobrozsi
Herbert L. Scott
Clarksville
Hugh C. Cameron
Cincinnati
Sutphin Street
G. C. Murphy Co
Central Avenue
McDonald's
N. Verity Parkway
Baltimore St
John Mitchell
Fisher Road
Town Hospital
Nelson Road
Yankee Road
Alvin Burg
Toledo City Manager Frank Backstrom Resigns
Toledo City Manager Frank H. Backstrom announced his resignation effective December 1 at a press conference. He did not give reasons for leaving, citing unused vacation time. Mayor-elect William J. Ensign named Robert C. Savage as vice mayor at a separate news conference.
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo
Frank H. Backstrom
Backstrom
William J. Ensign
Wuld
Robert C. Savage
Savage
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Carl
Elsie Wheeler
Florida
Ellison Realty Inc
Franklin Man
Melton
Thomas Schmitt
Dix Road
Schmitt
Mina M. Gibbon
Connie Lane
Grimes Street
Gibbon
Mark
Cecil Neff Sr
Dodds Monuments
Verity Pkwy
Robert Konthier, Mzr
Westinghouse
Melampy
Kire Lo
Apollo
U. SS
Paul Byrd
H. T. Derivan
LAW Office
the Law Firm
Crist, Kaup G
Derivan
First Ave
Butler County Sheriffs
Rufus Mullins
Bell Road
Trenton-Franklin
Michael Road
Mullins’ Auto
Ethel
Betty Campbell
Layhigh Road
Mulling
Jessie
Mullings
Jimmie
Faulkner
Jack Freisbie
Butler Co
Heart Association
South Broad
Union Sanitary Sweepstakes
Cecil Monhollen
Routt Lane
Mente
Park St
2Nd Ave
Gideon Rd
Studio Theatre
Feasttown
Mobile Home Court
Poasttown Mobile Home Court
Trenton Shopping Center
Shaddock
Central Ave
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