Franklin Court Trio Fined for Trespassing in Municipal Court
In Franklin Municipal Court three men were fined 200 each plus costs for malicious trespass at Janesville Products on Oct 9, with 30 day jail terms suspended. Defendants include Floyd Cochran 22 Marvin Cochran 22 and Jerry Ward 19. Also two Dayton men bound to grand jury on vending machine entry charges. Other cases: two more DWIs with penalties and driver’s rights suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Janesville
John B. Tracy
Floyd David Cochran
Skokinan
Marvin
Lynn Cochran
Germantown Road
Middletown
Jerry Lynn Ward
Janet Ave
Carlisle
Dayton
Phillip Blythe
Earnest A. Barnett
Grand
Howard Johnson Motor Lodge
Nelson F. Jones
West Milton
Jack Quillen
Pennyroyal Road
Gaylord A. Patterson
Howe
Ind
Jones
Quillen
Samuel Wayne Buckner
Redbud
Dallas Winstead
Maxwell St
Bike-A-Thon raises over thirteen thousand for ACS drive
Riders from the Oct. 13 Bike-A-Thon in Middletown and Butler County turned in 13 298 63 dollars by midnight last night. A total of 14 007 had been pledged with 30 of 323 riders yet to remit. Top prizes include a 10 speed and a three speed for under 18. Over 200 volunteers helped with the first annual event and plans for next fall begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Butler Unit
American Cancer Society
Stanley Reed Jr
Reed
Middletown
Cancer Society
Verity Hall
Ohio police attend first state Organized Crime Training Conference
Middletown police Captain Wilford Palmer and Sergeant Arnold Ferguson joined Ohio officers at a five day Columbus conference for 200 state and local officials. Topics included computer crime, takeover of legitimate business, sports integrity, public official corruption, narcotics, and gambling. Funded by a Law Enforcement Administration grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Wilford Palmer
Arnold Ferguson
Ohio
Columbus
John Gilligan
Law Enforcement Administration
Free Fare to Headline Last Middletown Show at Wade E Miller Gym
Vandalia based rock group Free Fare will give its final performance at Wade E Miller Gym at 8 p.m. Thursday. The 22 hour concert features new material and a local group Thorne. Admission is $2, tickets from Carol Birch or Debbie Tyler at Middletown High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Wade E. Miller
Thorne
Carol Birch
Debbie Tyler
Middletown High School
Fire damages restroom at Middletown High School
A fire in a restroom on the main floor of Middletown High School triggered a brief evacuation around 2 p.m. Assistant principal Walter Miller said damage was slight and an estimate was unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
Walter Miller
Miller
Ex Hamiltonian charged in large fraud indictments
Former Hamilton resident William E. Rentschler 48 of Lake Forest Illinois faces a 23 count federal indictment for fraud and illegal mail and banking violations. The scheme allegedly secured loans from 27 banks and a New York credit union from 1970 to 1972 for himself and corporate officers. Rentschler, once Nixon campaign manager in Illinois, has ties to Hamilton Foundry and politics. He plans to surrender to postal inspectors and has proclaimed his innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hamilton
Nixon
Illinois
William E. Rentschler
Lake Forest
Ill
New York
Rentschler
Peter E. Rentschler
Hamilton Foundry
Foundry
Peter R. Rentschler
Thomas Rentschler
Deaths and Funerals in Middletown Area
A series of obituaries and funeral notices from Middletown and surrounding towns lists Mrs. Elva Bloom 61 of Germantown Road with services at McCoy Leffler and burial in Woodside, and other deaths including Elmer D. Cain 75 and Alma Lee Haley 67. Details cover survivors, service times, and funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva Bloom
Germantown Road
McCoy-Leffler
A.M. Wilson
Woodside Cemetery
Alma Lee Haley
17Th Ave
Middletown Hospital
Joel F. Bailey & Sons
Obituary for Escue W DeHart of Orange Park Florida
Escue W DeHart 74 of Orange Park Florida died recently and services are planned at Moose Haven Home Chapel at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday with burial in Moose Haven Cemetery. He had lived at the home since 1971 after leaving Middletown and was a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Hamilton
Leo
College Corner
Mary Blakely
Collinsville
St. Lawrence’s Mission
New Miami
St. Stephen’s Cemetery
Zettler Funeral Home
Park
Middletown
Emma _ Lawhead
Florida
Berea
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Ellis L. Benson
McCoy-Leffler
Paul Robinson
Elk Creek
Benson
California
Franklin
Ralph E. Knox
Allen St
Anglesby
Kenneth Howard
Springboro
Knox
Middletown Hospital
Armco Steel Corp
Verda
Lillian Dwyer
Laverne
Carl Beckett
Lebanon
Attelia Moore
East Park
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Wilmington
Pearl Brandenberg
Kentucky
Lula Mosley
Nell Arnold
Edith Pursley
South Lebanon
Margaret Ledford
Cincinnati
Matthew
Michigan
Earl
Oscar
Robert
Germantown
Maddie James
Oswald
Louise
Tinky) Sharkey
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
G. Walter Weber
Woodside Cemetery
Escue W. DeHart
Orange Park
Fla
Moose Haven Home Chapel
Moose Haven Cemetery
DeHart
Red Cross Junior Volunteers Honor Recognition Awards
Red Cross Junior Volunteers were honored at a Women’s Center service for hours donated at Barbara Park Convalescent Center Garden Manor Extended Care Center and Middletown Hospital. Caps went to 40 hour workers, certificates to 40 hour boys, pins to those with 100 hours, and 121 juniors contributed 15 690 hours in the past fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Center
Barbara Park Convalescent Center
Garden Manor
Middletown Hospital
Karen Barker
Julie Kovach
Debbie Kruer
Brenda Lockard
Marcia Morgan
Teresa Mays
Bill McCreary
Peg Mehl
Debbie Mikesell
Renee Mikovich
Jill Minehart
Connie Muthert
Nenni
Sharon Ritter
Sorrell
Sharon Sprinkles
Missy Triplett
Varney
Judith Wilson
Youstler
Woman Injured After Car Strikes Mailboxes and Sign
Loretta Schul, 22, of 1181 Schul Road, Middletown area, was treated at Middletown Hospital after her eastbound car on Ohio 73 west of Ohio 4 struck two mailboxes and a sign around 2:50 a.m. She reportedly lost control of her vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Area
Middletown Hospital
Ohio
Loretta Schul
Schul Road
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Monroe
Lemon-Monroe High
Cathy Armstrong
Pat Smith
Pam Brown
Sheckler
Trio
Ganes
Culligan Man
SO. University Blvd
Hamiltonian
U.S
U.S. Post Office
Peter
Malayasian Lumber Company
Elva
Elmer Cain
Elmer D. Cain
Panama St
Aeronca Inc
Nora
Mae Fultz
Herschel Caudill
Alma Haley
Peter Hoelle
Peter V. Hoelle
Paullin Drive
Mr. Hoelle
Butler County
Ruth
David
Ann Lambert
Grace Rice
Grace Fannie Rice
Hughes St
Garden Manor Extended Care Center
Mrs. Rice
Big Hill
The
Raymond Bay Co
Bush
Ellis Benson
Moose and Eagles Lodges
Clara
Wilma Wedekind
Prentiss
Silver Lake
Kan
Anna Guenther
Anna P. Guenther
Springboro Pike
Germany
Albert
Fred Guenther
Hoyne
Far Hills Boulevard
Walter Saupe
Miami Memorial Gardens
Ralph Knox
Louise Sharkey
Escue DeHart
Red Cross
Vicky Abell
Tom Bellaw
Jenny Cole
Barbara Day
Jenny Dietz
Kim Donahue
Belinda Downs
Carol Ellis
Lorna Emley
Carolyn Evans
Sue Haresa
Angie Harrison
Rose Mary Heaton
Sarah Heck
Teresa Long
Andy Morris
Suzanne Nenni
Janet Peterson
Beth Pratt
Tim Reeder
Rhonda Riner
Ann Schuler
Cheryl
Carol Shiverdecker
Cindy Sorrell
Susan Teman
Robyn Trinkle
Pat Varney
Suzi Williams
Wendy Wood
Vicki York
Becky Yost
Kathy Youstler
Beth Amatulli
Annette Balaz
Pat Barrett
Carol Burton
Yolanda Dishman
Downs
Nancy Edwards
Ellis
Robyn Gibbs
Kimberly Gillespie
Brian Hunt
Converse Monument CO
Russell Nicoll
Russ
Call Middletown
Manchester Road
Fenwick High School
L.W. Cotty
Wilbraham Road
Dodds Monuments
Verity Pkvy
14Th Ave
Charles
Bud) Steller
Mgr
Petersen
City Commission
Frederick Crawford
Manchester
McCoy-Leffler’s
M‘coy-Leffler Funeral Home
Owal
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