Veteran Leader Recalls Early Days of Scouting
Mrs Lee Chamberlain, active in Girl Scouting since 1915, recalled early scouting last night at the Girl Scout Leaders Association meeting. She noted scouting as living and rewarding, reflecting on decades with the Middletown Area Girl Scout Council and Salem troop camping. New officers and two committees were announced and formed, led by President Mrs Clifton Whitehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Chamberlain
Girl Scout Leaders’ Assn
Clifton Whitehead
William Huffman
William Mason
Esta Cox
Whitehead
Former Tigers pitcher Cromley dies at 77 in Ohio
Lyle Tate Cromley an attorney of 50 years died of a heart attack in Mount Vernon Ohio at age 77. A former professional pitcher he later served as Knox County prosecutor and state representative after quitting baseball over Sunday play. Cromley pitched for Indianapolis and was owned by the Detroit Tigers and later the New York Yankees. While at Georgetown he blanked Yale Harvard and Princeton in three straight starts within 15 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Lyle Tate Cromley
Cromley
Knox County
Indianapolis
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Georgetown University
Couple Hurt In Mishap On Rt. 4
A Middletown man and his wife were injured when their car left the left side of Route 4, hit an embankment, and went into a ditch a mile and a half north of Middletown. Mrs Faye Piersall, 31, suffered head cuts and a back injury and is in fair condition at Middletown Hospital. Homer Piersall, 33, was treated for face and scalp cuts and released. They were transported by McCoy Lefflas Ambulance at about 9:20 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Rt. 4
Middletown Hospital
Faye Pierssall
Germantown Rd
Homer Piersall
Piersall
McCoy-Lefflas
Middletown JV Football Player Injured at Practice
John Bess, 16, son of Preston Bess, was admitted to Middletown Hospital with a broken left femur after an injury at Barnitz Field during a Middletown High School junior varsity practice. Doctors planned setting the bone and traction today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
Barnitz Field
John Bess
Preston Bess
Garfield Sr
Middletown Hospital
Road maintenance need said obscured by construction talk
Wyandot County highway engineer A J Moon said in Columbus that talk about highway construction is obscuring the real need for road maintenance and repairs. He urged focus on fixing existing roads rather than proposing new projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
W — A. J. Moon
Wyandot County
Groves to address highway maintenance budgets
Ezekiel Groves spoke to the Ohio Committee on Interstate Standards about 620 19th Ave. work and future maintenance costs at Middletown Hospital. He addressed budget levels and state funds for construction as Rev. James Reed to officiate at Phillips Chapel CME Church Friday 2 p.m. services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Interstate Standards of the
Ohio
Ezekiel Groves
Assn
19Th Ave
Middletown Hospital
Phillips Chapel Cme
James Reed
Death and funeral for Cyprian J. Klamo Sr.
Cyprian J. Klamo Sr. died at Middletown Hospital at 7:30 p m on the eve of his 66th birthday. A Czech native who arrived in 1910, he worked 45 years at Armco Steel and belonged to several local organizations. Survived by his wife Mary, five sons Cyprian Jr Joseph John Andrew Frank, three daughters, 17 grandchildren, and two brothers in Czechoslovakia. Solemn Requiem High Mass set for Saturday at St John’s Church, burial at Woodside Cemetery with military rites by Blythe Williams American Legion. Continuous calling hours today and tomorrow at Schramm and Bailey funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyprian J
Jimmy Klamo Sr
Middletown Hospital
Klamo
Taylor Ave
Czechoslovakia
Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
J. Klamo
Armco Veterans Club
American Citizens Club
Knights of St. John
St. Peter and Paul Slovac Society
Mary
Cyprian Jr
Joseph
John
Andrew
Somerville
N. J
Frank
Fairfield
Ohio
Norbert Kittel
Margaret
Elizabeth
Peter
Albert
Sst. John's Church
Woodside Cemetery
Schramm Funeral Home
Knights of St. John and the
Holy Name Society
St. John's Church
Obituary for David Cralle Former Elk Creek Tavern Operator
David Cralle 70 formerly of West Middletown Rt 122 died at 2 30 a m in Irvington Ky. He was a retired Aeronca Manufacturing Corp employee and had lived in Kentucky the past year. He and his wife Pearl formerly operated the Elk Creek Tavern. No local survivors. Arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Cralle
Dave Cralle
West Middletown
Irvington
Cralle
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Kentucky
Pearl
Elk Creek
Widow Lucy West to be buried in Memorial Park Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy West 68 of 1032 Wayne Ave Dayton will be held at 10 a m tomorrow at Riesinger Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. A retired seamstress from Rike Kumler Co she worked 15 years and was a member of the Middletown chapter Ladies of the Moose which will hold memorial services at 8 p m today. Survived by husband George a son another sister and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy West
Dayton
Wayne Ave
Mae Norris
Middletown
Miami Valley Hospital
Riesinger Funeral Home
Memorial Park
West
Rike-Kumler Co
the Ladies of the Moose
George
Mrs. Ella Friend of Germantown Dies at 71
Ella Friend 71 of Farmersville Rt 1 died unexpectedly at 5 30 p m while sitting at home after two months of asthma. Survived by husband Allen four daughters and two sons. Funeral 2 30 p m Saturday at John Arpp Funeral Home Rev Carl Linder Jr to officiate. Burial Germantown Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p m Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Friend
Germantown
Farmersville Rt. 1
Friend
John
Jenny Hellman Negley
Allen
John Boyer
Zella Diver
William Lanigan
Jess Miller
Dayton
Verna
John Henry
John Arpp
Carl Linder Jr
St.Andrew Lutheran Church
Farmersville
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William Walker
William Murphy
Harold Voorhis
William Thompson
Clifford Sweeney
A. R. Joblins
Tigers
Lady Sylvia
Verity Easy
MHS
C. J. Klamo Sr
Ty Blythe-Williams American Legion
Bailey Funeral Home
Groves
D. M. Blizzard
Waldo Enny Cole
Ludlow St
Webb Funeral Home
John J. Hynes
N. F. St
Requeim
St. Peter Church
Montgo
N. Main
Riverside Deluxe
Penney
Penney’s
P.j's
Renney's
Issy
Yur
Towncraft
Penney's
Penney Buy
Cardigans
Coats
Yes Penney
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