Fire Losses Up Fifty Percent in Middletown
Fire losses in Middletown are up about 50 percent compared with the same period last year. Civitan Club speaker Capt Howard Gall of the Fire Prevention Bureau blamed careless smokers for many fires and outlined prevention efforts including school and industry education, investigation, and inspection. Door-to-door inspections are paused until spring due to winter fire demand. Also announced were plans for a Civitan pigeon race at Goldman Park Sunday at 1 30 p.m. with entries sold at 10 each to fund nurse scholarships, Doty House aid, and a Civitan Junior Achievement Company.
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Middletown
Howard Gall
Fire ‘Prevention Bureau
Civitan Club
Bureau
Capt. Gall
William Wiley
Doty House
Civitan
Goldman Park
Recounts Sought in South Lebanon Races
Three defeated candidates request recounts in South Lebanon mayor and council races. Miles Terry seeks the mayoral recount while Ledlie Holloway and Ray Combs request council recounts. Recounts set for 9 30 a m Tuesday at board offices in the courthouse after narrow losses in a 12 candidate field for six council seats.
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Lebanon
Louis Hollon
Miles Terry
Ledlie Holloway
Ray Combs
Terry
Holloway
Combs
Man Charged With Indecent Behavior
James Langford, 21, of 1506 Baltimore St., was arrested on warrants charging indecent behavior involving a 16 year old boy and assault and battery. Police say the boy went to the Baltimore Street address to help with work Friday night, the man asked him to remove clothing, the boy refused, and he was struck in the mouth. Langford is also held for his parole officer plus authorities.
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James Langford
Baltimore St
Baltimore Street
Xenian Killed In Truck Crash Near Xenia
In Xenia Ohio a pickup truck left Ohio 35 north west of the city at midnight and struck a tree stump killing Howard McBee 38 a passenger from Xenia. Driver Donald Iler 35 and Donald Brammer 43 both of Xenia escaped with minor injuries.
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Xenia, Ohio
Ohio
Here
Howard McBee
Xenia
Donald Iler
Highway Patrol
Donald Brammer
Kent State fraternities cram 42 members and dog into hearse
In Kent Ohio two fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Sigma Kappa packed 42 members and a 220 pound dog mascot into a parked hearse on Tuesday night. They paid 25 dollars for the old hearse as part of a campus fad.
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Kent, Ohio
Kent State University
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Phi Sigma Kappa
Deaths And Funerals Infant Franscen
Infant Franscen services and burial were held in Lincoln Nebraska for two month old Michael Donald Franscen grandson of Mr and Mrs William Sullivan of 313 Clark St. The child son of Donna Sullivan of Middletown and Paul Franscen of Lincoln died Monday at home. Surviving are two brothers and a sister. services at St Pauls Church at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev Richard E Sova officiating. Burial in Rosehill Cemetery. Friends may call Klaus Weigel Funeral Home today from 4 to 9 p.m.
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Franscen
Michael Donald Franscen
William Sullivan
Clark St
Lincoln
Neb
Donna Sullivan
Middletown
Paul Franscen
Joseph
Margaret) Caldwell
Robert C. Fillmore Jr
Cincinnati
Martin
Hamilton
St. Paul's Church
Richard E. Sova
Rosehill Cemetery
Klaus- Weigel Funeral
Requiem High Mass for Mrs Gertrude Gordon
Mrs Gertrude Gordon 52 of 213 N Grimes St will have a requiem high mass at 9 30 a m tomorrow at Holy Trinity Church Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home today 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m Mrs Gordon died Saturday at Middletown Hospital Survivors include sister Mrs Glenna Helton of Fort Lauderdale Fla a former Middletown resident
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Gertrude Gordon
N. Grimes St
Holy Trinity Church
Buriay
Woodside Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Gordon
Middletown Hospital
Glenna Helton
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Middletown
Lebanon man Eugene Jeffery 87 dies at Miami Valley Hospital
Eugene A Jef fery 87 of 411 Cedar Lane Lebanon died Monday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton. He was a Methodist Church member and a charter Lebanon Grange member. Surviving six sons William Brookville Theodore Lewis Albert Kenneth all of Lebanon Maurice Morrow and two daughters Elsie Smith Lebanon Elizabeth Blackmore St Marys. Services tomorrow at 10 a m at Oswald Memorial Home Rev Carl Hicks officiating Burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin Friends may call 3 to 5 p m and 7 to 9 p m today at the memorial home.
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Lebanon
Eugene A. Jeffery
Cedar Lane
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
The
Methodist Church
Lebanon Grange
William
Brookville
Theodore
Lewis
Albert
Kenneth
Maurice
Morrow
Elsie Smith
Elizabeth Blackmore
St. Mary's
Oswald
Miami Cemetery
Corwin
Memorial Home
Mrs. Margaret Moore Dies at 86. Funeral Friday
Mrs. Margaret Crandle Moore, 86, died at 5:30 p.m. yesterday at her home 3008 Omaha St. She had lived two years after moving there. Survived by two sons Merle of Middletown and Clinton of Dayton, 10 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Services set for 10 a.m. Friday at McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home with Rev. C. E. Wintringham officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Visitation tomorrow 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Margaret Crandle Moore
Omaha St
Merle
Middletown
Clinton
Dayton
McCoy-Leffler
C. E. Wintringham
Woodside Cemetery
Dewey Roberts Services Set For Trenton Man
Dewey Roberts 60 of Trenton Rt 1 will be honored Friday at 2 p.m. at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev. Henry Howard officiating. Burial follows at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Roberts died Monday at Mercy Hospital Hamilton.
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Dewey Roberts
Trenton Rt. 1
McCoy- Leffler
Henry Howard
Woodside Cemetery
Roberts
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Robert C. Fillmore dies after lengthy illness at 82
Robert C. Fillmore 82 of 830 Heaton Street Hamilton died yesterday at 2 20 a m at Fort Hamilton Hospital after years of declining health. He served 45 years with the U S Post Office in Hamilton before retiring in 196. He belonged to St Pauls United Church of Christ. Surviving are his wife Anna Steiger Fillmore and a daughter.
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Hamilton
Robert C. Fillmore
Heaton St
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Fillmore
U. S. Post Office
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
Anna Steiger Fillmore
Death of Mrs Stella Shock at Germantown
Mrs Stella Shock aged 61 of 149 E Market St Germantown died yesterday at St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton after years of illness. She lived in Germantown 40 years and belonged to the Ladies Auxiliary Germantown Eagles Lodge. Surviving: husband Pleasant two sons Emerson and Gerald two daughters Mrs Geneva Bowers and Mrs Verneice Hale three brothers Roy Wilbur and Russell Brown 11 grandchildren. Funeral Friday at John Arpp Funeral Home with Rev Wilbur A Williams officiating burial Germantown Cemetery. Home tomorrow after 2 p.m.
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Germantown
Stella Shock
E. Market St
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dayton
Shock
Montgomery County
Eagles Lodge
Pleasant
Emerson
Gerald
Geneva Bowers
Verneice Hale
Roy Brown
Middletown
Butler County Deaths Report Edwn Hollmeyer Elenora Sicking
Edwin P. Hollmeyer aged 30 of 6033 Joseph Drive Oxford died recently with services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Marshall Smith. Mrs. Elenora Sicking of 8 Hamilton has a service planned for 10 a.m. tomorrow at Colligan.
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Butler County
Edwin P. Hollmeyer
Joseph Drive
Oxford
Marshall-Smith
Elenora Sicking
Hamilton
Colligan
Monkey Jungle spectacle near Miami draws crowds
Animals roam freely at the Monkey Jungle south of Miami Florida as visitors walk a monitored route through a caged runway to observe them.
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Monkey Jungle
Miami
Fla
Mystery marks California death of prominent lawyer
Los Angeles police investigate the death of Rosalind Goodrich Bates a 67 year old widow and prominent Southern California lawyer and clubwoman found shot twice in her home. No weapon or sign of struggle exist with neighbors noting no gunfire or disturbance. A threatening phone call and a late evening visit are noted as possible leads while Bates formerly led the Federation of International Women Lawyers and was divorced from Ernest Sutherland Bates.
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Los Angeles
Rosalind Goodrich Bates
Southern California
Frederick S. Rheinhold
Bates
Federation of Aternational Women Lawyers
Ernest Sutherland Bates
Webb Adds Lark Hawk Lines At Webb Dealership
Landon Webb, at 2500 N Verity Parkway, expands to include Lark and Hawk cars with an open house planned Thursday and Friday. Door prizes such as transistor radios, gasoline coupons and movie tickets will celebrate the showroom debut. L R Windecker, district sales manager for Studebaker Packard Corp, cites continued growth in Lark and Hawk sales since 1962 introductions and the Gran Turismo Hawk.
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Landon Webb
N. Verity Parkway
Lark
Hawk
L. R. Windecker
Studebaker Packard Corp
Webb
Falls Hospitalized After Two Incidents in Middletown
Two people were treated yesterday at Middletown Hospital for fall injuries. Tony McCoppin, 19, son of Mr and Mrs William McCoppin, Lakeview Drive, Middletown Rt. 1, received five stitches for forehead cuts. Omer Delker, 49, 5538 Tallawanda Drive, Fairfield, had a fractured right arm.
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Middletown Hospital
Tony McCoppin
William McCoppin
Lakeview Drive
Middletown Rt
Omer Delker
Tallawatha Drive
Fairfield
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Ferns
Cathy Morning Neem
S. Lebanon
Langford
McDonald's
N. Verity
Xenian
Eugene Jeffery
Mrs
Margaret Moore
Y Wat
Cair Us
Mrs. Stella Shock
California
Verity
Tyra Koninier
Amanma JR. High Boosters Club
Thanksgiving
Murphy’s
Turkey
Shakers
Central Ave
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