Record $12 Million Christmas Club Checks Mailed
Nearly 1.5 million dollars in Christmas Club checks will be mailed to 12 253 Middletown and Franklin depositors from three banks. The average check is 121 50 with an all time high distribution, praised as a boost to holiday sales by merchants and bankers alike. Community leaders emphasize the program as a sound savings effort supporting retail business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown + area
First National Bank of Middletown
Oglesby-Barnitz Bank & Trust Co
Franklin National Bank
Middletown and
Franklin
John C. Dillon
Middletown Retail Merchants Assn
Middletown
Dillon
Ohio
Woman Dies Of Beating In Dayton Area
Mrs Florence Henderson 36 of Lebanon dies at Miami Valley Hospital after a head blow allegedly from John Bergen 46 of Dayton who is held on homicide suspicion. She collapsed after being taken to a tavern by two men and later to Mrs Coy Doles home where she slept before difficulties in breathing led to hospital transport and death. Funeral arrangements are set at Oswald Funeral Home with Lebanon Cemetery burial.
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Lebanon
Dayton
Florence ‘Henderson
John David Bergen
Rogge St
Bergen
Mrs. Henderson
Coy Dole
Negley
Lafayette Ave Closure for Sewer Work
Lafayette Avenue will be blocked from S Verity Parkway to Baltimore Street for the rest of winter due to sewer construction. The street will close starting at 7:30 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Avenue
S. Verity Parkway
Baltimore Street
Banks Form 1958 Christmas Clubs Across Two Communities
Three local banks announce Christmas Clubs for 1958 to help residents save for Christmas or other needs while stabilizing business in both communities.
Pharmacist in Hunt Accident In Critical Condition
A Middletown pharmacist, Carl Kaurich Jr., 26, was critically wounded Friday when a companion's gun discharged on a farm near Wilmington. He received 22 blood transfusions and eight hours of surgery after being struck in the upper leg and groin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Wilmington
Clinton Memorial Hospital
Carl Kaurich Jr
Tytus Ave
Kaurich
Wilmington Hospital
Yankee Road
4Th Avenue
Gillen-Crow Pharmacies
Carl Kaurich Sr
Lawn Ave
Middletown Hospital
Accord
Clyde Hol
Victim Dies in Middletown Fire Toll Reaches Five
Thomas D. Iverson 34 died at Middletown Hospital after a October 13 blaze at his home. He was rescued by three firemen and had burns over most of his body. Fire suspected to be smoking in bed. Total damage listed at 1400 dollars. Iverson had worked at Miami Foundry for 11 years and is survived by wife Lillian. Funeral plans are incomplete at Bailey Funeral.
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Middletown
Thomas D. Iverson
Sycamore St
Iverson
Miami Foundry
Miamisburg
Middletown Fire Crews Respond to Two Blazes in One Day
Firefighters rushed to two fires and an emergency medical run as Middletown used nearly all equipment. A 1208 First Ave blaze caused 2700 damage from a spontaneous ignition in a utility room, with 2000 to building and 700 to contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
1St Ave
Ladder Company
Charles Hansel
Lorena Lowe and Family
J. JC. Heffner
Definite Cause Is Set For Fire Taking 4 Lives
Middletown officials and the state fire marshal office along with insurers ruled an overloaded electrical circuit caused the Saturday fire at 4208 Vannest Avenue. The blaze killed Clay Staton 22, Morene 26, and their two daughters Susan Kay 5 and Cynthia Ann 2, described as the city's worst in two years. Coroner Garrett J. Boone cited suffocation from oxygen deprivation as the cause of death. The fire showed fuse-blowing history over five years and past occupants lived there. The Statons had ongoing trouble with the electrical system tied to the water heater.
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Clay Staton
Morene
Susan Kay
Cynthia Ann
Vannest Ave
Cincinnati
Middletown
William Fishbaugh
Garret J. Boone
Statons
Staton
Fishbaugh
Donham Named In Divorce Suit
A divorce suit filed in Hamilton Domestic Relations Court by Edith Donham seeks division of property and restoration of her maiden name Edith Oldfield. The petition cites marriage on March 11 1939 in Covington Kentucky and notes no children. William W. Donham is the respondent, listing address 2320 S Sutphin St.
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Hamilton
William W. Donham
Sutphin St
Edith Donham
Fernwood St
Edith Oldfield
Donhams
Covngton
Volunteer Church Worker Is Killed In West Virginia
Michael M. Urbin Jr., 38, a former Mingo Junction resident, was electrocuted Saturday while volunteering on a church addition near Wellsburg West Virginia. Police said a crane touched 7 200 volt lines and the current passed through a steel beam he was steadying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
W. Va
Michael M. Urbin Jr
Mingo Junction
Ohio
Urbin
Clergy Member Severely Hurt In Railroad Crossing Crash
The Rev. Clifford Hutchinson remained in critical condition late last night at Middletown Hospital after a car locomotive collision at the Baltimore and Ohio crossing on Yankee Road dated November 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Clifford Hutchinson
Baltimore & Ohio
Yankee Road
Thieves Break Into Garage of Henry Fugate
Police report thieves broke into Henry Fugate’s garage at 1520 Lafayette Avenue ransacking a 1958 model car and stealing a hand sander valued at 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Fugate
Lafayette Avenue
Arrest Report and Vehicle Thefts Noted in City
Yesterday officer arrested Vern on Shockey for non support. Thefts reported include four hubcaps and two fender skirts from Marvin Short's car in Germantown and a blue sport coat valued at 22.50 from Monroe Osborne's car at 2412 Easton Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Shockey
Penfield Ave
Marvin
Germantown
Monroe Osborne
Easton Ave
Police arrest Malcolm Thom on disorderly conduct warrants
Police arrested 42 year old Malcolm Thom of 1500 Baltimore Street on two disorderly conduct warrants as part of an ongoing local enforcement effort.
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Malcolm Thom
Baltimore St
Vandals Damage Car on Charles Street Lot
Franklin Risen reports about 200 dollars in damage to his car parked on the Gardner lot on Charles Street after vandals struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner Lot
Charles Street
Middletown Woman Catherine Campbell Dead at 72
Mrs Catherine Campbell 72 former housekeeper at the Skillman home Middletown died 5 40 pm Saturday at Middletown Hospital after a cancer illness. She had lived in Middletown 50 years, widow of Charles Campbell who died in 1947. Survived by a brother and a half sister. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday Joseph R Baker & Sons with Rev Edwin Bobbitt officiating Middletown Cemetery burial. Visitation 2-5 and 7-9 pm Monday at the funeral home.
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Catherine Campbell
Chester [Skillman
Middletown
Hamilton Pike
Middletown Hospital
Linka Parker
Winchester
Minor Abner
Gladys Baker
Detroit
Mich
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Edwin Bobbitt
Middletown Cemetery
Two Drivers Cited After Mishaps Here
Two drivers cited to Municipal Court after two local traffic accidents. Betty Carter of West Middletown was charged with an improper distance violation after rear ending Anne Furrey of Camden on the West Middletown bridge at about 10 a.m. One person injured lightly. Furrey avoided a dog and a child on the highway. Jean Carter, a passenger, reported leg and neck pain but was not hospitalized. Harkless Reed of Oneka Avenue faced a failure to stop after a collision with John Gullett at S Broad Street and Girard Avenue at 9:45 a.m. Damages totaled about 230 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Carter
West Middletown Rt. 1
Anne Furrey
Camden Rt. 1
West Middletown
Jean Carter
West Middletown Rt. 1A
Carter
Bull
Harkless Reed
Oneka Ave
John Gullette
Yankee Rd
S. Broad Street
Girard Avenue
Suspect Held In Attack Case In Middletown
Police arrest 21 year old Johnnie Walker of 1318 Walnut Street in connection with the alleged rape of a 15 year old girl near South Main Street and 14th Avenue. The suspect, held for Butler County juvenile authorities on a statutory charge, fled the scene after exiting a borrowed car at the City Building rear. The girl identified him in a lineup after being treated at Middletown Hospital for injuries from the 8 p.m. assault.
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Middletown
S. Main Street
14Th Avenue
Johnnie Walker
Walnut St
Butler County
Walker
Garfield Street
Middletown Hospital
Aronoff Named Alternate to National Student Congress
Middletown high senior Mike Aronoff was named an alternate to the National Student Congress to be held next summer. He joined fellow MHS participants from Dayton Chaminade High School and Marysville in the National Forensic League congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
House of Representatives
Dayton
National Student Congress
Mike Aronoff
MHS
Dayton Chaminade High School
John
73 Years In Jail for Gun Wielder
Clay Patterson of Ironton faces up to 73 years in prison after Friday’s conviction for breaking into a home on June 10 and shooting Bernard Wilson and his wife Virginia. Judge Warren S. Earhart did not set a sentencing date.
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Ironton
Ohio
Clay Patterson
Patterson
Bernard Wilson
Virginia
Common Pleas
Warren S. Earhart
British railways order 151 steam locomotives for coming year
British railways plan to add 151 steam locomotives for the next year as electrification remains incomplete. The move shows continued reliance on steam traction amid gradual modernization.
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British Railways
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Stanley W. List
Thirkield’s
Roy L. Patterson
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Middletown Chamber
Frank
Wyoming St
Carey Penny
Mechanic W. St
Eugene
Cincnnati
William Baker
South Lebanon
Helen Miller
Oswald Funeral Home
Lebanon Cemetery
Funeral
Lafayette Ave
Nan
Wes
Dagenbach S Shoes
Central. Ave
Ecpie Sycien
Lillian
Florida
Georgia
The
Bailey Funeral Home
10Th Ave
Elizabeth Menger
Baker Ambulance
1St Avenue
Clay Ferguson
Arlington A Ave
Company 2
Goldman Park
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chheck
Donham
Central Ave
Alma
Franklin Risen
Jewell Ave
Tun
Congress
Pier
Chaminade
House
National Congress
David Greeneisen
Marysville
Senate
Aronoff
Bob Baker
Don Stalker
Pacey Mindlin
Dan Ward
Pat Wireman
Richard Nadelin
U.S
U.S. GA
Central Avenue
Strand
West Central Ave
1St National Bank
Second Ave
Broad & Verity Pkwy
Grand Ave
Gideon Road
Middletowin
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