Franklin's Big Fall Festival Ends With Festive Quiet
Franklin residents recall the Chamber of Commerce Fall Festival which drew about 5,000 attendees on 1st Street. The event featured a 50 foot barbecue pit, a Wolfman tent, rides, Miss Paper Doll pageant, and numerous concessions. Officials begin calculating total proceeds for Franklin’s master plan, with reports expected in several days. Visitors from Middletown, Springboro, Carlisle, and Lebanon joined local volunteers, underscoring a close knit community spirit. The festival peaked after 2 p.m. and again around 4:20 p.m., winding down after 11 p.m. with lingering crowds and tired riders alike.
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Franklin
1St Street
Chamber of Commerce
William Smith
Smith
Middletown
Springboro
Carlisle
Lebanon
Deaths in Ohio and Kentucky Families Listed
W A Hopple 82 retired Hall Safe Co official of Cincinnati died at home in Wyoming. Survived by wife Sarah and two other children. Services 2:30 p.m. at Spring Grove Cemetery. Henry Million Sr. 60 Middletown resident died at Middletown Hospital after illness. Survived by wife Julia a son Henry Jr two daughters a brother a sister and five grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Thursday Union Baptist Church. Arrangements by Jordan Hall Funeral Home. Continuous listings include additional kinman relations and residences.
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W. A. Hopple
Hall Safe Co
Ae Ohio
Edward H Hopple
Middletown
Springfield Plc
Wyoming
Hopple
Safe Company
Cincinnati Rotary Club
Cuvier Press Club
Wyoming Golf Club
Sarah
Spring Grove Cemetery
Henry Million, Sr
17Th Ave
Middletown Hospital
Million
Armco Steel Corp
Julia
Henry, Jr
Helen Sudduth
Juanite Pendergrass
Stanley Million
Louella Greene
Lexington, Ky
Union Baptist Church
J. K. Jordan
Woodside Cemetery
Jordan- Hall Funeral Home
Eaton services held for Virgil Agee 45
Virgil Agee 45 of 804 E Decatur Street died Friday night at Reid Memorial Hospital Richmond Indiana. He was a former farmer in Dixon Township and later worked at Kimmels elevator in West Manchester. Survived by his wife three sons Donald Loren William all of Eaton three daughters Norma Jean Geneva Mary at home his parents Mr and Mrs Newton Agee of Eaton four brothers Orville Dayton Ralph Centerville and Robert Eaton. Burial followed at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Mary
Newton Agee
Eaton
Orville
Dayton
Ralph
Centerville
Ind
Robert
Services Held for Jesse R. Oakman in Tucson
Jesse R. Oakman 66 of Lebanon died Friday at a Tucson daughter's home Mrs Richard Lindenmuth. He retired from Warren County engineering due to illness and was a member of Ralph Snook American Legion Post and the 40-8 Society as well as Elks and Masonic Lodges. Survived by wife Kathleen and two grandchildren.
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Lebanon
Tucson
Ariz
Jesse R. Oakman
Richard Lindenmuth
Oakman
Warren County Engineering Department
Ralph
Obituary notices for Watts Dick Stout Hense Zimmers in Ohio area
Newton Watts 88 of Eaton dies Saturday at his son’s home. Services 2 p.m. tomorrow at Girton-Schmidt Funeral Home with burial in Springlawn Cemetery New Paris. Survived by wife daughter son siblings four grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Also listed are John W. Dick 59 Clara B. Stout 53 John G. Hense 89 Russell Zimmers 46 with respective services at local funeral homes.
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EATON
Newton Watts
John Watts
Cambellstown
Girton - Schmidt
Springlawn
New Paris
Preble County
Watts
Jackson Township
Lotha Maddock
Richard
Clara B. Stout
Webb Funeral Home
John G
Jack) Hense
3Rd St
Klaus Funeral Home
Russell Zimmers
Waukegan
Hamilton
Somoza, Fairey and Gilles Die in Week of Deaths
The AP notes Panama’s Anastasio Somoza, 60, ruler of Nicaragua, killed by an assassin’s bullet. Britain’s Sir Richard Fairey, 69, pioneer aircraft maker, credited with inventing the wing flap and building metal planes. Donald B. Gilles, 83, mining expert and former Republic Steel VP, dies, leaving a noted legacy in mining and metallurgy.
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Panama
Anastaisio Somoza
Nicaragua
U.S
London
Richard Fairey
Cleveland
Donald B. Gillies
Republic Steel Corp
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Porterfield to resign as Ohio mental hygiene chief
Gov. Lausche said he would accept Dr. John D. Porterfield’s resignation as director of the state department of mental hygiene and correction, effective Oct. 15. Assistant director C. Earl Albrecht to become acting director while Porterfield may join the U.S. Public Health Service as an assistant surgeon general in Washington.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
John D. Porterfield
State Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Porterfield
Lausche
C. Earl Albrecht
Department of Mental Hygiene
Judge Robison
Leff
Henry J. Robison
State Welfare Department
Department of
Mental Hygiene and Correction
U.S. Public Health Service
Washington
Holy Trinity Festival Opens Thursday at School
Holy Trinity Fall Festival, an annual PTA event for the school cafeteria, opens Thursday at 6 p.m. in the school with booths, refreshments, and a children’s movie lounge. Co-Chairmen Al Homan and Louis A. Rossi announce the 30 year tradition originated by Msgr. James F. McNary. long list of volunteers assists.
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Holy Trinity
al Homan
Louis A. Rossi
PTA
James F. McNary
Gertrude Sharkey
Incomes of 5000 to 7500 Featured in 1955 Spending Split
About 22 percent of U S spending units including families and single persons had incomes ranging from $5 000 to $7 500 in 1955, indicating a mid tier earnings segment in postwar economic data and reflecting broader household income distribution patterns.
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U. S
Reducing Painful Swelling of Piles with Home Remedies
A post claims a new stainless Pazo treatment for piles priced for at home use. It markets six medically proven ingredients and Triolyte offering instant itch relief. The ad touts fast swelling reduction, a hypoallergenic feel, and stain-free ointment or suppositories sold at druggists.
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Ani
Sture
Grove Laboratorin
Druggists! Inc
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