Resident Killed As Cars Collide Here Thursday
A two car crash at Hill Ave and Moore St killed 32 year old John Stagmyer of 623 Cleveland St. He was thrown under the Duff car and died at Middletown Hospital from skull and chest injuries. The other driver, Robert Duff, 19, and Marconi, 23, were unhurt. Damages were about 1 dollar. Stagmyer was a longtime Armco employee and member of local organizations. Funeral arrangements set for St. John Church with burial at Woodside cemetery.
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Hill Ave
Moore St
John Stagmyer
Cleveland St
Armco Drainage and Metal Products Company
Joseph N. Marconi
Sora
Robert Duff
Queen Ave
Duff
Stagmyer
Donald Wallace
Shirley Withrow
Marconi
Middletown Hospital
Baker
Garrett Boone
Butler County
Boone
St. John Church
Woodside Cemetery
Schramm Funeral Home
Colman Watson 90 Dies After Long Farming Life
Colman Watson, 90, retired farmer, died at 6 p.m. Wednesday at his residence 170 Glennoe. Survived by widow Anna, six daughters Mina Davis Sardina Ohio Mae Ellis Mt. Crabb, Goldie Coward California, Lillian Runnells Middletown, Lucille Moore, Bertha Hessler California, three sons Clarence Mt. Orab, Curie Columbus, Clifford Kenton, 39 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren. Funeral services Sunday at 2 p.m. Thom son Funeral Home Mt. Orab, burial Mt. Orab Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Mina Davis
Sardina
Mae Ellis
Mt. Crab
Goldie Coward
Calif
Lillian Runnells
Middletown
Lucille Moore
Bertha Hessler
Clarence
Mt. Orab
Curie
Columbus
Clifford
Kenton
Thomson
Mrs Ed Givens Ward Dies at 65 in Mt Sterling
Mrs Ed Givens Ward died Monday at Mt Sterling aged 65. Surviving sister Mrs S S Williams resides at 1902 Woodlawn Ave. Funeral services were held Wednesday in Mt Sterling.
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Ward
Ed Givens
Mt. Sterling
S. S. Williams
Woodlawn Ave
Police report four mishaps with over $500 damage
Four minor accidents yesterday caused damage estimates exceeding $500. No injuries were reported. One collision on Young Street and Fairmount Avenue involved Jack Smith and Sylvester Frey with $300 total damage. Edits note traffic court for Ray Wilber on failing to yield.
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Young St
Fairmount Ave
Jack Smith
Elsmere St
Sylvester Fry
Yankee Rd
Smith
Frey
Ray Wilber
Browning St
Wilber
Clark St
Nathaniel Bennett
David Sawyer
East St
Euclid
Harriet Palmer
Shafer St
Verity Pkvy
Palmer
Eva Dice
Middletown
Nancy Kindred
Franklin St
Dice
Harrison St
Manchester Ave
Condition Critical For John Schneers In Crash
John Schneers 25 of New York remains in critical condition after a train truck crash at Corwin. He is at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton where doctors report he is holding his own today, with little hope for recovery.
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John Schneers
New York
Corwin
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
City Sends First Men To Service For Induction
Eighteen Middletown men left for induction at 8:05 a.m. after a brief ceremony. Draft board chairman Wylie Mitchell welcomed them, with remarks from Carl Martin and Russell Stevens. The group boarded a Cincinnati-bound bus, leaving from the Legion Home as families and spectators looked on.
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United States Army
Wylie
Mitchell
Draft Board
Carl Martin
Russell
Tootie” Stevens, Jr
Legion Post
Stevens
Colin Campbell
Campbell
Legion
Cincinnati
Alfred Withrow
Robert George Yost
Ernest D. Webb
William Martin Dietz
Vernon Eugene Agee
Floyd Myron Weber
Bill Eugene Fairchild
Robert Jasper Ledford
Harold Burlin Baker
Houston Lynn Bales
Arthur Lewis Mattox
Edward Earl Yenser
Forrest Patrick Robbins
George Edward Conklin
Herbert Lee Allen
Dan B. Abner
Reecie James Ingram
Armed Services
Middletown
Robert Ledford
James Hall
Bill Fairchild
Houston Bales
Ernest Webb
George Conklin
Floyd Weber
Reecie Ingram
Robert Yost
Harold Baker
Herbert Allen
Forrest Robbins
Vernon Agee
William Diets
Dan Abner
Little Big Inch Line Testing Ends In Butler, Warren Areas
Three Middletown men Frank E. Wilson Rodney H. Michael and Walter R. Howell were named team captains of the Dayton chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants for the coming year. The Middletown area is represented in the Dayton chapter by twenty members from nine business organizations. Texas Eastern Transmission Corp reports the Little Big Inch pipeline rehabilitation is complete in Ohio Pennsylvania New Jersey and Missouri with testing completed from Lebanon to the Whitewater River in Franklin County Ind and sections in Indiana Illinois Arkansas finishing.
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Butler, Warren
Middletown
Frank E. Wilson
Rodney H. Michael
Walter R. Howell
Dayton
National Association of Cost Accountants
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Aeronca Man Corporation
Virgil Clark, C. P. A
Crystal Tissue Company, Inc
Eversharp, Inc
McCoy Leffler Funeral Home
Raymond Bag Company
Spr¢y Paper Company
Ohio
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
Lebanon
Whitewater
Franklin County
Ind
Indiana
Warren
Butler
Texas Eastern
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Missouri
Illinois
Arkansas
Plug Horse Derby Plans Outlined For Butler County Fair
Hamilton Co-Operative club outlines first annual Plug Horse Derby for September 9 at the Butler County fairgrounds. Ten races include plug horses, western horses, and mules with purses totaling 60 dollars for most races and 150 dollars for the derby. jockeys win ten dollars per race and twenty five dollars for the derby. Entries invited from Butler County farmers. iron lung funding for the Infantile Paralysis foundation also noted.
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Butler County Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Hamilton Co- Operative Club
Butler County Fairgrounds
Russ Roll
Butler County
Paramount Shows At Friday And Saturday Screens
Paramount presents Under My Skin starring John Garfield and Micheline Prell with screenings at 1 15, 4 15 and 8 45 p m Also Three Came Home starring Claudette Colbert and Patric Knowles at 2 45, 6 36 and 10 13 p m Strand Lash LaRue Fury St John Friday 1 30, 4 05, 6 40 and 9 15 p m Saturday 1 53, 4 55, 8 and 10 35 p m Jackpot Jitters with Joe Yule and Renie Riano Friday 2 35, 5 10, 7 45 and 10 20 p m Saturday 2 55, 6 and 9 p m Colonial Black Rose with Tyrone Power and Orson Wells at 1 15, 3 20, 5 25, 7 30 and 9 30 p m.
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Paramount
John Garfield
Micheline Prell
Claudette Colbert
Patric Knowles
Lash LaRue
Fury St. John
Joe Yule
Renie Riano
Black Rose
Tyrone Power
Orson Wells
Navy enlistee Augusta Maloney trains at Great Lakes
Augusta Maloney, son of Mrs Lela Long of 1202 First Ave, enlisted in the Navy on August 6 and trains at Great Lakes Naval Station Illinois. He served in World War II in the European and Pacific theaters and with occupation forces in Japan, discharged January 6, 1946. The CAMID operation climaxed with a beach assault in Virginia, aboard USS Mount Olympus, with seaman Russell F E McElfresh of 309 Moore St. listed as a crew member.
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Augusta Maloney
Lela Long
First Ave
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Station
Illinois
Japan
Virginia
Mount Olympus
Russell FE. McElfresh
Moore St
City Merchants Warned Of Bad Check Passer
Roy Patterson secretary of the Chamber of Commerce warned Middletown merchants after a well dressed man passed three $30.87 checks last Saturday in three local stores. The checks were from a Chicago bank and made out in the name of a noted Indiana firm labeled expense voucher. Merchants found the checks to be bad after the passer presented credentials to appear valid. Patterson urged merchants to scrutinize checks with local banks amid nationwide reports of bad checks.
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Middletown
Roy Patterson
Chamber of Commerce
Patterson
Chicago
Indiana
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Colman Watson
Glennoe
Mrs
Nate
Marshall Reid
Freeman's
Diamond Duette
Central Ave
Cost Accountant
Wilson Ambulance Service
South Main St
Howard
Real of Ist Nat'l. Bk. Bldg
Pebie
Ross
Lesourdsville Lake
Middletown Trades and Labor Council
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