Wedding Courage Saves RAF Pilot Hero in Stamford
STAMFORD England AP The iron nerve of Harold Bromley a Royal Air Force flight lieutenant known for piloting an H-bomb plane cracked at his wedding day After mailing 190 wedding invitations he rushed to the post office to stop them He cancelled the reception and put the cake up for sale His prospective mother in law Sarah Footitt urged him to stay resolute and he ultimately married Betty Footitt as planned last Saturday.
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Stamford
England
Harold Bromley
Royal Air Force
Sarah Footitt
Betty Footitt
Memorials Stand As Symbols Of Family Solidarity
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Deaths and Funerals Former Lebanon Mayor Fraser Dies
William M Fraser 72, ex Lebanon mayor, died at home. He edited Western Star in the 1920s and later ran Bookshop Bus Station. Survived by a daughter, three sons, mother, sister, three grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Services 2 pm tomorrow at Oswald Memorial Home. burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Masonic service 7–9 pm tonight. Burial at Gettysburg Cemetery.
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Lebanon
William M. Frasier
Mechanic St
Western Star
Troy
Celina
Broadway
Masonry
Scottish Rite
Fraser
Jean Stubbs
Don
Derry
Dayton
Mary Jane Fraser
Mabel Holthouse
Oswald
Samuel W Russell Jr 65 dies in Middletown hospital
Samuel Wellington Russell Jr. 65, of 2911 Elmo Place, died at 5 am yesterday at Middletown Hospital after illness since May. He worked in Armco Steel Corp power dept from 1939 to 1951 and lived in Middletown since 1939. Survived by wife Frances, daughter Mrs. Thomas Barton of Middletown, son Samuel W II of Belleview Wash, brother Joseph Eaton, sister Mrs. Bessie Singleton Nashville Tenn., and five grandchildren. Private services 10 am Wednesday at Mc Coy Leffier Funeral Home, Dr. Donald Cryer officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Memorials to cancer society.
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Samuel Wellington Russell Jr
Elmo Place
Middletown Hospital
Russell
Arm- 100 Steel Corp
Louisville
Middleoown
Frances
Thomas Barton
Middletown
Samuel W II
Belleview
Wash
Joseph
Eaton
Bessie Singleton
Nashville
Tenn
McCoy-Leffier
Donald Cryer
Woodside Cemetery
Cancer Society
Arch ie F Plummer died after Middletown medical aid
Archie F Plummer 38 of 1816 North Ave was pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 452 am after the Fire Department squad treated him with oxygen at the residence. His sister Callie Wilson of Williamsburg died Saturday. He leaves a wife and two sons Kenneth of Franklin and Vernon of Middletown. Burial at Woodside Cemetery with Masonic and Scottish Rite rites to follow at McCoy Lettler Funeral Home with services and calling hours listed.
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Archie F. Plummer
North Ave
Middletown Hospital
Fire Department
Plummer
Callie Wilson
Williamsburg
Paul Wilson
Hauselman Transportation Co
Athol, Ky
Transportation and Labor Department
Armee Steel Corp
Middletown
Lincoln Lodge
RAM
Knights Templar
Scottish Rite and
Antioch Shrines
Dayton
Fithe
Kenneth
Franklin
Vernon
McCoy-Lettler Funeral Home
Edwin Bobbitt
Services for Herbert Reck of Elgin at Wilson Memorial Home
Funeral services for Herbert John Reck of Elgin will be held at 1 am tomorrow at the Wilson Memorial Home with the Rev.
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Herbert John Reck
Elgin
Wilson Memorial Home
Mrs Callie Wilson 69 former West Middletown resident dies
Mrs Callie Wilson aged 69 formerly of West Middletown died 1015 pm Saturday at Deaconess Hospital Cincinnati after a period as a patient since Tuesday. Surviving are four other sons Charles Hamilton Ernest Cincinnati Eugene Mt. Healthy and Clarence California. three daughters Mrs Alfred Drago Hamilton Mrs Ray Helm Cincinnati and Mrs Nicholas White Mare mont. 11 grandchildren and a great grandchild. A brother Archie E Plummer died today at 1810 North Ave. Mrs Wilson made her home in Williamsburg Ohio. Services will be held there at 2 pm tomorrow at Maham Funeral Home with burial in Williamsburg Cemetery. Viewing today 4 to 9 pm.
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Robert W. Ward
Gettysburg
Ohio
Cumatery
Memorial Home
Beck
Leona Patterson
Minneapolis Satur
Forest Ave
Darkeem
Middletown
Petterson
AME
Tampa, Fla
Mary Hays
Cuthbest, Ga
the Jordan Funeral Home
Callie Wilson
West Middletown
Paul EB. Wlson
Coles
Deaconness Hospital
Cincinnati
Charles
Hamilton
Ernest
Eugene
Mt .Crab
Clarence
California
Alfred Drago
Ray Helm
Nicholas White
Mares, Mont
Archie E. Plummer
North Ave
Maham
Williamsburg Cemetery
Funeral
Crauder 68 dies after hospital stay in Dayton
Ger mantown resident Claude F. Crauder 68 known as Jim died at 6 10 p m Saturday at St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton He had been a patient there since October 2 Funeral details awaited as the family reports his birth and upbringing in the community.
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Germantown
Claude F
Jim) Crauder
Huber
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dayton
Local Service Station Operator Laid to Rest in Germantown
J in Germantown operated the Marathon Service Station until retirement due to ill health. Survived by wife Elinor and two sisters Mrs Maude Neutzenholtzer and Mrs Anna Landgreen of Dayton. Funeral tomorrow at John Arpp Funeral Home officiated by Rev Wilbur Williams. Burial Germantown Cemetery. Friends may call today after 2 p.m.
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Germantown
Marathon
Elinor
Maude. Neutzenholtzer
Anna i Landgreen
Dayton
John Arpp
Wilbur Williams
Infant Son of Franklin Couple Dies at Birth
Franklin Parents Leonard and Mrs. Creager lose their infant at 4 20 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Survived by two brothers Steven and John and three sisters Dianna Gloria Carolyn. Paternal grandmother Mrs Catherine Creager of Franklin. Graveside rites at Woodhill Cemetery, arrangements by Anglesby Funeral Home.
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Franklin
Leonard Creager
Myrtle Drive
Middletown Hospital
Steven
John
Dianna
Gloria
Carolyn
Catherine Creager
Woodhill Cemetery
Anglesby
Obituary: Mrs Ethel Faul 65 in Lebanon
Mrs Ethel Faul 65 died of a heart attack Saturday at her home 514 West Main Street Lebanon She is survived by two sons Virgi ard Cecil of Lebanon three daughters Mildred Graham Franklin Helen Apgar and Wilma Apgar of Xenia two sisters Minnie Johnson Mary Saunders Lebanon and four brothers Henry Leslie and S C Burgess Lebanon and David Burgess Mt Sterling Ohio Services will be held at 1 p m Wednesday at Oswald Memorial Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery morial Home tomorrow after 4
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Ethel Faul
Lebanon
W. Main St
Virgiard Cecil
Mildred Graham
Franklin
Helen Apgar
Wilma Apgar
Xenia
Minnie Johnson
Mary Saunders
Henry
Leslie
S C. Burgess
David Burgess
Mt. Sterling
Ohio
Oswald
Memorial Home
Ger mantown woman dies at 84 in Dayton area
Mrs Aman da J Grossnickle 84 died at 11 50 pm Sunday at her son Elmer Grossnickle’s home 453 Center St. She was the widow of Rutherford Grossnickle who died in 1941. A grocery operator in Filerton for years she is survived by two daughters Norma Sticklin Tutler Pa and Gladys Foling Dayton a brother Edward Gilbert Miamisburg a sister Anna Foch Germantown six grandchildren and great grandchildren. Arrangements at John Arpp Funeral Home incomplete.
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A. J. Grossnickle
Germantown
Amanda J. Grossnickle
Elmer Grossnickle
Center St
Rutherford Grossnickle
Filerton
Grossnickle
Norma Sticklin
Tutler
Gladys Foling
Dayton
Mrs Florence Hughes Hamilton dies at 68 in Liberty Township
Florence Ferd Hughes Hamilton 68 died at 9 am at her home 6341 Princeton Rd after 18 months ill health. Born Cincinnati she lived there since her 1915 marriage to Harry who died in 1952. Survived by son Robert, brother Dr Louis Feld of Cincinnati, and five grandchildren. Services 10 am Wednesday Webb Funeral Home with Greenwood Cemetery burial tomorrow after 4 pm. Contributions to charity.
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Florence Hughes Hamilton
Florence Ferd Hughes
Princeton Road
Hughes
Cincinnati
Harry
Liberty Township
Webb Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral
Butler County Deaths Mention Emma Lackey and Marion Finch
Obituary notices list Emma Vaughn Lackey age 64 private services tomorrow in Oxford Marion Finch age 63 of Shaker Heights, formerly Oxford, services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday Marshall Smith noted in fragmentary write up.
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Butler County
Emma Vaughn Lackey
Oxford
Marshall Smith
Marion Finch
Shaker Heights
Marshall. Smith
Obituary notices from Hamilton listings
Joseph C. Herman of 1108 Ross Ave is listed with a Mass at St Marys Church at 9 a m tomorrow. Mrs Omer Otto aged 59, of Hamilton, services today. Mrs Dora Baker aged 72 of 2017 Parkamo Ave Hamilton, services today.
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Joseph C. Herman
Ross Ave
Hamilton
St. Mary's Church
Omer Otto
Young
Dora Baker
Parkamo Ave
Webb
Notable deaths follow weekend plane crash and diplomacy loss
Dillon Montana reports Tom V Slick 46 of San Antonio Texas killed in twin engine Seville crash with his pilot. Caven Dish Cannon 67 retired US diplomat died after gall bladder surgery in Spain. Henry J Zittau 70 of United Artists Associated died after brief illness in New York. he was a Prague born financing authority.
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Yugoslavia
NEW York
Henry J.zittau
United Artists Associated, Inc
Zittau
Prague
United States
2 Die As Fire Levels Ohio Home
An elderly Mansfield couple, James Hoppe aged 78 and Frances Hoppe 70, died when a relative’s house near Butler burned. Two others, Marguerite Yunker 60 and Esther Pittenger 63, were burned. Leo Yunker notified deputies after awakening to a blaze with a phone outage. Fire started from a wastebasket ash stray, investigators said.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Butler
James Hoppe
Frances
Mansfield General Hospital
Marguerite Yunker
Esther Pittenger
Leo Yunker
Sheriff's Deputies
125 Attend Reception For 2 Foreign Students
A reception welcomed two visiting high school students, Selma Ozlu of Turkey and Carmenza Herrera of Colombia, with Steve Lazaron speaking and singing in their languages. Ozlu attends Middletown High School living with the Duvalls, Herrera attends Lemon Monroe High living with the Sherrons. This year marks the third year Middletown hosts foreign students under the American Field Service program, which last year placed 2,210 students from 40 countries in U. S. schools.
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Selma Ozlu
Turkey
Carmenza Herrera
Colombia
Steve Lazaron
Lazaron
Miss Ozlu
Middletown High School
King Road
Miss Herrera
Lemon-Monroe High School
Herbert Duvall
Manchester Road
Leonard Shackelford
Duvall
Gerber
Cal Grier
Harry Aronoff
Everett Sherron
Middletown
U. S
American Field Service
Only one showboat ever went to sea in a storm
The Hipodrome sailed from the Mississippi Sound toward Mobile Bay and was caught in a fierce storm that lasted twenty hours, leaving the vessel battered but afloat.
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Hipodrome
Mississipi Sound
Mobile Bay
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Gough - Lamb
PTR
Charles ST
Central Ave
David M. Francis
William Fraser
Mrs
William M. Fraser
Samuel Russell Jr
Archie Plummer
Herbert J. Reck
Khok Beton
Cork Ouiole
Eddie Stigler
Joffe
Claude Crauder
Mr. Crauder
Trenton Nazarene Church
S. Verity
Pillsbury
Ballard Biscuits
Campbell’s Vegetable
Nancy Lee
del Monte
North State
U.S. No. 1
All Purpose Cortland
Tokay
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