Architect Reviews Doty Park Project in Middletown
Middletown Park Board met after a month’s recess with architect Harold Goetz presenting remodeling plans for the Doty Park building. The board approved basement and first floor changes and authorized bidding while also reviewing a future Sunset Pool bathhouse project with a marble face block sample and a follow-up test planned for next month.
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Middletown Park Board
Doty Park
Harold Goetz
Goetz
Park Board
Sunset Pool
Youth Fellowship Elects Officers at St Pauls Reformed Church
Barbara Conn was elected president of the St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church Senior Youth Fellowship. Charles Weidner becomes vice president, Dottie Sams secretary, and John Parks treasurer. Plans include a Christs Workday and using earnings from odd jobs to fund a new youth activities room in the educational building addition.
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Barbara Conn
St. Paul’s
Diana Dors Hurt In Car Crash In London
British actress Diana Dors suffered injuries to her head hands and legs in a car collision last night in London. The accident affected her but her condition was not stated.
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London
Diana Dors
Britain
Marilyn Monroe
Parks and Recreation Report Shows Year End Shortfall and High Attendance
Tom Carlson reports a year end general park surplus of 20 769 against an 88 045 appropriation with 66 500 spent and 775 unpaid bills. Swimming pools overspent by 417 due to insurance and painting costs. Attendance set records with 147 701 for parks and 116 348 for the city swim program.
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Tom Carlson
Parks and Recreation
General Park
Carlson
Fishing pond idea eyed for Smith Farm yard
A Division of Wildlife report on Smith Farm pond stocks spurred talk of building a local fishing pond. Junior Chamber of Commerce Sportsmen's Club and others may support the project. The board approved Knights of Pythias use of Sunset Park for a life size nativity scene with liability insurance and planned to study park sites in Highview and north Coles Road areas. Alleys vacated in Michigan Avenue and Fleming Road parks will be prepared for playground equipment.
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Smith Farm Pond
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sportsmen's Club
Knights of Pythias
Sunset Park
Highview
Coles Road
Michigan Avenue
Fleming Road
Wrecked Boat Sighted Off Vancouver Island
Royal Canadian Air Force search planes combed the west coast of Vancouver Island after a missing 36 foot fishing boat was sighted in wreckage. A message from the vessel indicated the crew was abandoning ship yesterday.
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Vancouver
B.C
Royal Canadian Air Force
Vancouver Island
Deaths and Funerals of William A Harp at 83
William Abraham Harp 83 longtime resident died at 7 30 am at his home 702 Yankee Rd after illness He was born in Kentucky and was a retired farmer who came from Illinois and settled here nine years ago He leaves wife Ora four daughters Edna Spence Lucy Carter both of Middletown Agnes Etter and Juanita Clendenin both of Franklin a son Courtney Dennis of Middletown 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Requiem High Mass will be sung at St John s Church Thursday at 9 am Burial at Woodside Cemetery Call times at McCoy Leffier Funeral Home and Rosary gathering tomorrow Further survivors include a brother David and maternal grandparents Helen Brown Middletown and Robert Brown Dothan Ala and paternal grandparents of Troy Services at Springboro Cemetery Burial arrangements incomplete
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William Abraham Harp
Yankee Rd
Kentucky
Harp
Illinois
Ora
Edna Spence
Lucy Carter
Middletown
Agnes Etter
Juanita Clendenin
Franklin
Courtney Dennis
St. John’s Church
Woodside Cemetery
McCoy-Leffier
Wright - Patterson Afb Hospital
David
Hellen Brown
Robert Brown
Dothan
Ala
Troy
Springboro Cemetery
Robert Eaton
Services for Kenneth Hover Held in Springfield
Kenneth I Hover 57 owner of Ken's Shoe Store died Saturday night at Mer and Hospital Springfield. Services were held at 1 pm today at Little ton Funeral Home Springfield with burial at Belle Center Come. Surviving are wife Thelma and daughter Mrs James T O Connor of Canal Winchester and son John T Hover of Middletown.
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Kenneth I. Hover
Springfield
John T. Hover
Middletown
Littleton Funeral Home
Belle Center
Mr. Hover
Ken
Mer& Hospital
Thelma
James T. O'Conner
Canal Winches
Services for James Stewart Held at Second Baptist Church
James Stewart of 806 th Ave died Sunday night at Middletown Hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday at 1 30 p m at Second Baptist Church with Rev R F Hana officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at Jordan Hall Funeral Home after 7 p.m. tomorrow. Stewart had lived in Middletown three years, coming from Rouford County Tennessee.
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James Stewart
A L Barnhiser dies. Lewisburg resident 79
A L Art Barnhiser of Lewisburg aged 79 died yesterday morning at St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton. Survived by wife, three sons, five daughters, a sister, seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Kramer Memorial Chapel with burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Father of Von B Barnhiser of Camden and Armond Barnhiser of Eaton.
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EATON
A. L
Art) Barnhiser
Lewisburg
von B. Barnhiser
Camden
Armond Barnhiser
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dayton
Kramer Memorial Chapel
Roselawn
Deborah L. Besecker dies in Fort Bragg area birth
Day-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Besecker formerly of 718 Elsemere Street Middletown Middle town died near Fort Bragg North Carolina. The notice lists parents and location but not additional details.
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Franklin
Deborah Lee Besecker
Robert Besecker
Elsemere St
Middletown
Ft. Bragg N.C
AFL Leader Opposes Separate Labor Party
Richard J. Gray head of the AFL Building Trades Department warned that forming a separate labor party would harm organized labor and the nation. In a speech to about 500 delegates at the Midwest conference in Cleveland he said the party would risk power abuse and swing the pendulum away from labor.
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Cleveland
Richard J. Gray
AFL Building Trades Department
Organized Labor
Midwest
Million Dollar Plant To Be Started In Logan
The Carborundum Co. of Niagara Falls New York begins work today on a multi million dollar branch plant in Logan Ohio to manufacture abrasive wheels. The plant covers a 55 acre site and will employ 200 to 300 workers once finished.
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Logan
Ohio
Carborundum Co
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Mrs Maud Leifheit 76 Hamilton civic leader dies
Maud B Leifheit 76 of 900 Harrison Ave Hamilton a prominent civic and business figure died yesterday at home. She founded Leifheit Shoe Store 214 High St and led multiple organizations including Washington Chapter CBS Salvation Army Auxiliary D A and Altrusa. Survived by daughter Mrs Hardly Diehl stepson and two sisters. Services Thursday 10 am Webb Funeral Home burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Hamilton
Maud B. Leifheit
Harrison Ave
Leifheit
High St
Washington
CBS
Salvation Army Auxiliary
Salvation Army Advisory Board
D. of A. the Business and Professional Women's Club
Services set for Mrs Sallie V Millikin at Lebanon Church of God
Mrs Sallie V Millikin 80 of 128 N Mechanic St died yesterday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton. Services at 2 p m tomorrow at Lebanon Church of God with burial in Blanchester Cemetery. Visitation at Oswald Funeral Home. Survived by daughters Lucille and Mrs Francis Minton, and sister Mrs Mollie Beagle.
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Lebanon
Sallie V. Millikin
N. Mechanic St
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Lebanon Church of God
Blanchester Cemetery
Oswald Funeral Home
Lucille
Francis Minton
Maysville
Mollie Beagle
Augusta
Funeral Notices for Elizabeth Logsdon and Frank Smith
Elizabeth Logsdon age 86 of 3472 Hamilton Mason Road will have services at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Church of God located at 7th and Chestnut Streets. Frank L. Smith age 72 of 625 McKinley Avenue will have private services at Webb.
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Elizabeth Logsdon
Hamilton-Mason Rd
Church of God
7Th and
Chestnut Streets
Frank L. Smith
McKinley Ave
Webb Funeral Home
Obituaries From Washington Paris and Rochester
Lt Gen William Clement aged 61 a retired Marine Corps officer died yesterday in Washington Goesta Nobel aged 69 industrialist and Nobel relative died yesterday in Paris Dr Albert J Chesley aged 78 secretary and executive officer of the Minnesota Board of Health since 1921 died yesterday in Rochester Minnesota
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Associated Press
Washington
William Clement
Marine Corps
Paris
Goesta Nobel
Industralist
Alfred Nobel
Rochester
Minn
Albert J. Chesley
Minnesota Board of Health
Local Birth Announcements For Franklin and Lebanon
Vital Statistics lists newborns from families including Adams at 268 Deardoff Franklin with a girl and Kenny at 3103 Hampton Point with twin girls. Byrd at 1747 Central Avenue reports a girl. Mullins at Franklin Route 1 reports a girl. Rose at 3111 Manchester Road reports a boy. Jones at Lebanon Route 1 reports a girl.
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Roscoe Adams
Deardoff Rd
Franklin
Louis Kenny
Hampton Pt
Fred Byrd
Central Ave
James Mullins
Joe Rose
Manchester Rd
Hoy
Yestertify
William Jones
Lebanon
Local residents named in community notices
A list of residents including Mrs Catherine tor Braak, Raish Barker, Frances Cable, and others from Franklin, Lebanon, Miamisburg, and nearby areas appears in a community notice. The names include several households with references to street addresses and parental designations. The notice also marks some entries as Dismissed.
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Catherine Tor Braak
Sorg Pi
Raish Barker
Vanderveer
Frances Cable
Lee Mills
Garfield
David Fry
Earl Fry
Lebanon
James Updyke
Franklin
Charles Huffman
Germantown
Darrell Jones
Henry Jones
Mary Ann Dickson
Marvin Dickson
William Burgher
Hughes St
Jane Withers to Wed Ken Errai on Newport Yacht
Hollywood actress Jane Withers announces marriage to singer Ken Errai set for Sunday on a yacht in Newport harbor. Withers, 29, recently finalized divorce from William P. Moss Jr.. they have three children. Errai, 27, is making his first marriage. his parents reside in Detroit.
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Hollywood
Jane Withers
Ken Errai
Newport Harbor
Texas
William P. Moss Jr
Miss Withers
Moss
Errah
Detroit
Holdup Man Seeks Bus Fare in Windsor Hotel Robbery
In Reno Nevada a heavyset man described as a Negro with a shotgun hidden under a dirty white coat took 30 dollars from a Windsor Hotel desk, returning 3.75 saying he only wanted enough to visit his kids. Desk clerk Fred J. Endres reported the scene.
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Reno
Nev
Windsor Hotel
Fred J. Endres
Soviets Credit Wright Brothers for Flight Skill
In Moscow the latest Soviet Encyclopedia concedes the Wright Brothers were not the first to fly but credits them as the first masters of piloting and landing a plane with the motor shut off.
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Moscow
Wright Brothers
Smoky Alston Lobbies UN as Dayton Opens UN Week
Dodgers manager Walter Alston and Ohio Governor Frank Lausche voiced strong support for the United Nations during Dayton's weeklong 10th anniversary observance. Alston likened UN teamwork to a winning ball club and urged national cooperation, while Lausche signed a scroll pledging support to Dag Hammarskjold as residents signed on.
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Dayton
Ohio
Brooklyn Dodgers
United Nations
Walter Alston
Dodger
United Naaions
Alston
Carrtown
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Civic Association Hear Reports On Campaign Drive
The Civic Association holds the first report session at noon tomorrow in the Manchester Hotel. Wade E. Miller, chairman of the non member canvass, presides. The drive opened last Wednesday and ends next Wednesday with a goal of 14000 dollars in new memberships.
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Civic Association
Manchester
Wade E. Miller
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