Postal Service survey to gauge public service in Middletown
The U S Postal Service and University of Michigan will survey selected families in Middletown over 15 months to assess opinions on mail service and sending patterns. Data include mail classes and markings but no mail will be opened. Interviewers are Mrs. Jean Withrow and Mrs. Margaret Williams.
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Middletown
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
Institute For Social Research
Jean Withrow
Margaret Williams
Two men sentenced for Barkelew Fire in Middletown
Ricky Lee Wilson and Richard M. Roby, both 22, pleaded guilty to arson and aiding and abetting, were sentenced to 25 years each in the Ohio State Reformatory for the February 15 fire at the former Barkelew Electric site at 1905 Columbia Ave. The blaze caused over 100000 in damage as Capri Furniture Manufacturing planned to start production there the next day. Firewalls and a nonfunctioning sprinkler system limited spread during the blaze.
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Hamilton
Barkelew Electric Manufacturing
Columbia Ave
Middletown
Ohio State Reformatory
Ricky Lee Wilson
Richard M. Roby
Wilson
Butler County Common Pleas
Robert L. Marrs
Marrs
Capri Furniture Manufacturing Co
Capri
Health Career Day at Middletown High Thursday
Health Career Days will be held Thursday in the Middletown High School library from 8 to 11 am. Sponsored by the Butler County Medical Society Auxiliary and the high school, the event invites students to talk informally with professionals about their fields.
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Middletown High School
Butler County Medical Society Auxiliary
Willa Crone
Three Teens Cited for Reckless Driving on Snowy Streets
Three 16 year old motorists were cited into juvenile court on charges of reckless operation for allegedly spinning their cars deliberately on snow and ice at Curryer Road and Rosedale Road yesterday afternoon. One of the three was later charged with a stop sign violation. Police report a car matching the description of the suspect was seen spinning on Longford Street. Tools valued at near 700 dollars were taken from Delbert Callahan by holiday weekend. Twenty auto accidents were investigated by police yesterday.
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Curryer Road
Rosedale Road
Longford Street
Germantown Recreation Commission Meeting Canceled
A Germantown Village Recreation Commission meeting was canceled because a United Way representative from Dayton could not attend to discuss a proposed youth study. No new date has been set. tonight’s meeting at 7:30 in the Municipal Building will cover arrangements for Valley View Baseball and Softball Enthusiasts taking charge of village programs next spring.
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Germantown
Village Recreation Commission
United Way
Dayton
Valley View Baseball and Softball Enthusiasts Association
Fire destroys mobile home in Avalon Park. cause undetermined
Firefighters battled flames at 11 27 p m destroying a mobile home in Avalon Mobile Home Park. Geneva Hines’s residence, lived at since Sunday, suffered total loss with an estimated 6000 dollars and 4000 dollars in contents. Fire officials term the blaze suspicious and investigation continues. Firefighter Drexel Blevins injured minorly after falling through a floor register.
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Avalon Mobile Home Park
Geneva Hines
Drexel Blevins
Miss Harm 87 Private Services Held At Family Convience
Naomi Elizabeth Harm 87 of 721 Main Street had private services at the convenience of the family per Webb.
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Naomi Elizabeth Harm
Main St
Webb
Driver killed when car hits culvert on Maude-Hughes Road
Middletown area driver Lewis Dyas aged 36 died after his northbound car left the road struck a mailbox and a concrete culvert near his home just after 8 15 p m He was dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital Funeral arrangements are pending Coroner Garrett J Boone said Dyas had multiple injuries The death toll in the county for the year rose to 46 and his survivors include his wife Judy a son David a stepson Rick Taylor and several relatives.
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Middletown Area
Maude-Huges Road
Lewis Dyas
Maud-Hughes Road
Middletown Hospital
Garrett J. Boone
Butler County
Dyas
Armco Steel Corp
Judy
David
Rick Taylor
Omer “Hop” Dyas
Franklin
James
Milford
Janice Gill
Middletown
Mary Timberman
Kay Taylor
McCoy- Leffler Funeral Home
Mason businessman William Bercaw Sr. dies at 68
Mason native William Bercaw Sr., longtime businessman, school official, and former Mason councilman, died Sunday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati at age 68. He founded Bilvern Products Co. and Deerfield Manufacturing Co. and held roles in real estate and insurance. Graveside services were at Rose Hill Cemetery in Mason. a memorial service follows at Mason Presbyterian Church.
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MASON
William Bercaw
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Monroe
Springboro
Kings Mills
Bilvern Products Co
Deerfield Manufacturing Co
Mason Lodge
The
Holcomb seeks extension for Ruppert briefs filing
Butler County Prosecutor John Holcomb asks the First District Court of Appeals to extend the filing deadline for Ruppert briefs to May 11 due to the large record. Ruppert, once of Hamilton, is serving 11 life terms for the 1975 Easter family killings.
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Hamilton
James A. Ruppert
Butler County
John Holcomb Ruppert
Ohio
Holcomb
First District Court of Appeals
Ruppert
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Local Reynoldsville Historian Seeks Cox Ancestors Linked to Boone
Roy W. Sauers 82 retired Reynoldsville principal hopes Cox descendants answer a call after a cemetery discovery. Seven of sixteen tombstones bear the surname Cox and Burrows, with few clues about origins or purposes. Sauers touts a Dennis family Boone connection through his mother's aunt and notes many Coxes listed in the area telephone directory.
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Daniel Boone
Reynoldsville
Roy W. Sauers
Pennsylvania
Jefferson County
Burrows
Cox
Sauers
Sayers
Boone
Beltone offers free tiny hearing aid model to try at home
A Beltone advertisement promises a free non-operating model of the smallest Beltone aid for trial in the home with no cost or obligation. Send to Dept. 9878 Beltone Electronics Chicago to receive the device weighed under one ounce and worn at the ear.
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Beltone
Beltone Electronics
Victoria St
Chicago
Fire and medical calls across multiple locations report several hospitalizations
A string of incidents shows multiple EMS responses. James Brundridge 57 with chest pains admitted in unknown condition. John A. Owen 76 in fair condition. Ida Hendricks 93 with chest pains admitted in serious condition. Rita Hammond 34 ill treated and released. Patricia English 27 ill admitted in fair condition. Robert Jackson 39 semi conscious treated and released. Fire at Armco Steel coke plant extinguished before firemen arrived. burning paper in Mary Jacksons car put out with snow.
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16Th Ave
James Brundridge
Armco Steel Corp
Calumet Ave
S. Main St
John A. Owen
Mary Jackson
Berwick Lane
Patricia English
Freedom Court
Rita Hammond
Loretta Drive
Ida Hendricks
Yankee Road
Robert Jackson
Preble Shawnee Board Sets Camden Meeting
Preble Shawnee school board schedules a special meeting tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the administrative office on Camden Avenue. An executive session will discuss parental and personnel problems.
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Camden
Preble Shawnee School Board
Camden Avenue
Middletown Library Extends Photo and Carving Exhibit
The Middletown Photography Club and Paul Everitt carved birds exhibit at Gardner-Harvey Library Middletown Campus Miami University will run through December 9. A new exhibit of etchings by Eunice Young Smith opens December 12.
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Middletown
Deaths James R. Young 58 Cedarville
Former Armco Steel employee James R. Young 58 of Cedarville died at 5 45 p m at his residence after six years of declining health and five months of serious illness He was a World War II veteran and survived by his common law wife Louise Armentrout two daughters Louella Lowe and Pattie Carpenter eight grandchildren one great grandson plus his father Lloyd Springfield Mo and brother Rolland Springfield Ohio Services 2 30 p m Thursday at Williams Funeral Home Cedarville burial Massie Creek Cemetery Friends may call 3 5 and 7 9 p m tomorrow
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James R. Young
Cedarville
Young
Springfield
Ohio
Armco Steel Corp
Louise Armentrout
Louella Lowe
Pattie Carpenter
Middletown
Lloyd
Rolland
Williams Funeral Home
Massie Creek Cemetery
Peter Lawford Hospitalized for Leg Pain
Los Angeles AP reports actor Peter Lawford has returned to UCLA Medical Center with severe leg pains from an injury during filming last month. Officials say his condition requires observation and treatment.
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Los Angeles
Peter Lawford
Ucla Medical Center Hospital
Butler GOP to pick Walsh replacement in probate court
The Butler County Republican Executive Committee will meet to discuss possible Probate Court Judge Harry Walsh replacement as he contemplates early retirement. Three candidates are named: William R. Stitsinger, Sam F. Spoerl, and William R. Henderson, with Stitsinger linked to the law firm Condo Walsh Stitsinger.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Republican Executive Committee
Harry Walsh
Judge Walsh
Board of Election
Ralph Pagano
William R. Stitsinger
Sam F. Spoerl
William R. Henderson
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Ron Oches
Mary Ortman
R.N
Leland Lynch
Ralph E. Kah
Dan Hummel
Robert Greenwood
Mary Kay Mecum
Linda Jones
Tomas Wiley
Roger King
Laura Jones
Fran Casey
Marilyn Haugen
Donna Gabbard
L.P.N
Delbert Callahan
Malvern St
Middletown Bank
WPFB
Knights Templar
Scottish Shrine
Masonterian Church
Lucile
Nancy Gail Spaeth
C.W. Bercaw Jr
Marie Grow
Largo
Fla
Virginia Ball
Christine More
James Bercaw
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mason Presbyterian Church
Shorten Funeral Home
Charity Ruppert
Leonard
Alma Ruppert
Minor Ave
Roy Sauers
Coxes
North Ave
Ray
Claude Mitchell
U.S
David Smith
Todhunter
Rt. 4
Carol Ann Ln
Preble
Drs. Kiefhaber, Langworthy and
Bronson
N. Breiel Blvd
MUM
James Young
Butler
Dodds Monuments
Charles
Bud) Steller
Mgr
Monthru
NSM
National Selected Morticians
Iny
M‘coy-Leffler Funeral Home
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