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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1961

Page

2

Obituary for John H. Barnette 71 in Middletown

Services for John H. Barnette age 71 of 916 Garden Ave. are at 10 am Thursday at Union Baptist Church with Rev. R. L. Robinson officiating. Burial follows in Woodside Cemetery. Viewing at home tomorrow after 6 p.m. Bailey Funeral Home handles arrangements. Mr Barnette died Saturday at Middletown Hospital.

John H. Barnette Garden Ave Union Baptist Church R. L. Robinson Woodside Cemetery Bailey Funeral Home Barnette Middletown Hospital

Obituary Notice of Mrs Phoebe Jane Taylor 98

Mrs Phoebe Jane Taylor age 98 of 49 Middleton Pike died at Middletown Hospital at 10 55 a m after three days as a patient She was a Methodist and born in Aberdeen Her husband James A died in 1948 Survived by four sons Herschel James Robert and Willard a sister Maude Nance 15 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren Services 2 30 p m Thursday Anglesby Funeral Home Rev Dale Purdy officiating Burial Springboro Cemetery Calling hours tomorrow after 4 p m

Janie Lou Williams Sycamore St Williams Monroe Middletown New Era Baptist Church Robert W Joseph Dayton Oscar Lamarr Clinton Robbie Mae Weatherby Mary Lee Williams Arthur Robinson Richmond Georgie Atkins The Bailey Funeral Home Franklin Phoebe Jane Taylor Middletown Pike Middletown Hospital Taylor Methodist Church Aberdeen James A Herschel Hamilton James Robert Willard Springboro Maude Nance Cincinnati Anglesby Funeral Home Dale Purdy

Obituaries Routinely Announced for Local Residents

Mrs Catherine A Leisner 66 of 1985 Howell Ave dies with Requiem High Mass set for 9 30 a m tomorrow at St Veronica Church Milas C Williams 52 of 219 Main St services 2 p m tomorrow Webb James W Karraker 2 son of Mr and Mrs John Karraker 5360 De Alva Drive Fairfield private services Webb Mrs Josephine S Wells 96 of 1712 Pleasant Ave services 2 p m Thursday Brown Dawson

Catherine A. Leisner Howell Ave St. Veronica Milas C. Williams Main St Webb James W. Karraker John Karraker de Alva Drive Fairfield Josephine S. Wells Pleasant Ave Brown-Dawson

Notable Obituaries from Multiple Cities

AP reports several deaths including Dr. Teodoro Johnson 78 founder of the Cu ban American Institute and Johnson Wholesale Drug Co in Havana Rochester Minn Wilbur J Brons 66 midwest bureau chief for New York Journal of Commerce in Chicago Roy Kelly 66 Miami Herald staffer and Pioneer Press editor died of cancer Charles J Wesch 58 Sunday editor New Orleans Times Picayune after a long illness Dr Julian W Ross 76 retired head of Howard University Obstetrics Gynecology department who taught there 44 years born in Lee County Indiana.

Havana Teodoro Johnson Cuban-American Institute Johnson Wholesale Drug Company Rochester New Orleans Charles J. Wesch New Orleans Times Picayune Washington Julian W. Ross Howard University Ross University Lee County Ign

Bandleader Spade Cooley tied to wife death case

Tehachapi California bandleader Spade Cooley faces murder investigation after his estranged wife Ella May Cooley is found beaten to death at their Water Wonderland Ranch near Rosamond. Cooley, 50, questioned at hospital as deputies recount the case. couple had two children and had recently divorced.

Tehachapi Calif Spade Cooley Leroy Galven Cooley John Howard Ella May Cooley Stanley Newman Vincent Troy Sheriff's Office Water Wonderland Ranch Rosamond Los Angeles California

Shots Fired as Youth Flees Scene Near West Middletown

Deputy Sheriff Richard Metcalfe recovered a stolen 1954 model car at the YMCA lot from James Childers of Germantown Road. He fired twice at a Negro boy fleeing toward the Great Miami River as Middletown officers searched Kemps Woods and surroundings but nabbed no suspect.

Cen Miami River West Middletown Richard Metcalfe James Childers Germantown Road Kemps Woods Metcalfe Middletown

Evidence Is Burned in Massillon Raids

More than 25 tons of gambling devices and equipment seized in raids years ago were burned after cases using them as evidence were completed. The burnings took place in Massillon Ohio.

Massillon, Ohio

Car Strike Injures Boy. Minor Damages Reported

A seven year old boy was struck by a car on Grand Avenue and treated for minor injuries after being knocked onto the pavement. The car, driven by Mearl Cavin, totaled $150 in damage. Police also logged three minor accidents and an arrest for driving while intoxicated after a one car crash on Suthpin Street.

Marilyn Rigg Waynesville Middletown Hospital Jeffery Gross Elwood St Samie Gross Sandra D. Baker Hill Ave Elwood Samuel B. Wenger Amelia Rt. 3 S&s Sutphin Street James D. Hayes S. Sutphin ‘St Hayes Bar

Suspect arrested in burglary of D&B Truck Lease shop

City detectives jailed Charles F. Selby Jr. on a burglary charge for breaking into D&B Truck Lease Inc. between December 31 and January 3, stealing a $300 outboard motor. Vandals damaged a Jim Van Cleave tractor and a new home on Lysburn Road. Two youths, 15 and 16, are blamed for the tractor damage, while a rock cracked Vince Faulkner’s windshield and Virginia Davis’s windshield was also damaged.

Charles F. Selby Jr 15Th Ave Butler County D&b Truck Lease Inc Tytus Ave Jim van Cleave Manchester Ave Lysburn Road van Cleave Vince Faukner Fairmount Ave Virginia Davis

Arrest of James Artemus Paul on Wayne County warrant

Police yesterday arrested James Artemus Paul 22 at his workplace on a fugitive warrant from Wayne County Indiana where he faces a bigamy charge.

James Artemus Paul Tytus Ave Wayne County Indiana

Also Mentioned on This Page

Nellie Peck West Middletown Rt. 2 West Alexandria Road Peck Frenchburg Elk Creek Herusband Charlies Esther Cottingim Martha Woolridge Bell, Gardens Birdie Elaber Vernor Howard Grover Thomas Hammond Ind James Edward Lillian Faulkner Addie Ingram McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home Janie Williams Miles Real Estate School Ortman-Stewart Transportation Company Oxfords Central Ave Mrs Phoebe Taylor Central Avenue Reliable Credit Clothing Abe Griffith Woodlawn Ave N. Suthpin Street Griffith Henry Trex McCoy Leffler
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