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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1956

Page

6

Taylor Bessel Win MHS Speech Contest

Middletown High School seniors Jack Taylor and David Bessel won first and second in the Har day Oratorical Contest held yesterday. Taylor spoke The Torch Of Opportunity and Bessel The Crowd Roars On, with top prize of chosen books.

Middletown H School Jack Taylor David Bessel Harday Tayor Besser Jean Reeves Marilyn Burdge Karen Levey Richard Wilmer Robert McConaughy Arthur Osborne B. F. Harwitz Middletown Arlene Akerman

Premium detergent with real Cannon towel in every box

A sales pitch touts a premium detergent for all laundry needs while promising a genuine Cannon kitchen towel or face cloth included in each package.

Cannon

Fire destroys Kit Kat Inn near Sixteen Mile Stand

A fire at the Kit Kat Inn eighteen minutes after closing damaged a one story concrete block building at Sixteen Mile Stand, eighteen miles northeast of Cincinnati. Fire Chief Joseph Hundemer estimated losses at 30000 dollars. patron Robert Ray from South Lebanon found the blaze as he was leaving. Theodore Malott had cleared the tavern earlier.

Cincinnati Kit Kat Inn Here Joseph Hundemer Montgomery Sixteen Mile Stand Theodore Malott Robert Ray South Lebanon

Porter Resigns From County Health Board

The County Board of Health yesterday accepted Dr. William L. Porter of Oxford resigning effective March 31. Dr. H A Moore, county health commissioner and secretary, said a replacement would be sought from the medical field, preferably a rural-area physician. The board comprises five members.

County Board of Health William L. Porter Oxford Porter H. A. Moore

Obituary for Charles Igo 85 with Middletown ties

Services for Charles Igo 85 of Middletown will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Grand Avenue Church of God with Rev. Clifford Hutchinson officiating. Burial follows at Woodside Cemetery. Igo a former Middletown Lumber Co. employee died at Middletown Hospital after a fall. He is survived by his wife Lennie three daughters two sons a brother and a sister and 11 grandchildren. Funeral home visiting hours are set today and tomorrow.

Charles Igo Casper St Middletown Hospital Grand Avenue Church

Walter H Harrison 86 Middletown native dies in Cincinnati

Walter H Harrison 86 longtime Chicago accounting firm head and Middletown native dies at his Cincinnati home 3870 Victory Pkwy. He was son of John and Barbara Metzger Harrison and brother of the late W T Harrison of Middletown. He leaves nieces and nephews and was a Medina Shrine member and 32nd degree Mason. Services 10 a.m. Saturday at Riggs Funeral Home with burial in Middletown Cemetery.

Walter H. Harrison Middletown W. T. Harrison Victory Pkwy Cincinnati Harrison Chicago John Barbara Metzger Harrison Medina The Shrine Ae Riggs Funeral Home Middletown Cemetery

Maurice Collett 70 former Harveysburg resident dies in Pelham NY

Graveside services for Maurice Collett 70 a former Harveysburg resident will be held tomorrow afternoon at Miami Cemetery Corwin He died Tuesday in Pelham New York where he was vice president of the VBDO Co He attended Harveysburg schools and the Cincinnati Art School Surviving are his wife Corrinne three children six grandchildren and a brother Robert Collett of Wilmington Rt 3 The body will be brought to Stubbs Funeral Home.

Waynesville Maurice Collett Harveysburg Miami Cemetery Corwin Collett Pelham N. Y Vbdo Co Cincinnati Corrinne Robert Collett Wilmington Rt. 3 Stubbs

Funeral services for Ralph H Morrow of Morrow PA

Ralph Howard Morrow 63 a railroad trackman died Tuesday night at Cincinnati Veterans Hospital. Services set for 2 30 p m tomorrow at Yale Funeral Home with Masonic rites at 8 p m today. Burial in Morrow Cemetery. Survived by sister Mrs Julia Troth and brothers Fred Carl Elmer.

Morrow Ralph Howard Pennsylvania Yale Funeral Home Morrow Cemetery Howard Cincinnati Veterans Hospital Masonic Blue Lodge Royal Arch Masons Julia Troth Mt. Healthy Fred Carl Cincinnati Elmer Howard Carrtown

Obituary notices for Whitehill Hartleb and Phetzing

Alonzo Whitehill aged 78 of 1263 Western Ave. will have services at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Webb Funeral Home. August H Hartleb age 59 of 1106 S. Front St. has services at 2 p.m. today at Colligan Funeral Home. Mrs Lydia Gabel Phetzing aged 95 of 1347 Vanderveer Ave. will have services at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Webb Funeral Home.

Alonzo Whitehill Western Ave Webb Funeral Home August H. Hartleb S. Front St Colligan Funeral Home Lydia Gabel Phetzing Vanderveer

Deaths Elsewhere by the Associated Press

A roundup of prominent deaths from cities including Calabasas Montreal High Bridge San Francisco Pittsburgh Calgary and Pittsburgh. Notables such as Lloyd Ingraham Morris Metzger Hugh Kent Pearl Allen Robert Russell Henry Arness and Herman Straub are reported to have died in recent days with brief biographical notes on their careers and affiliations.

Associated Press Calabasas Calif Lloyd Ingraham Montreal Morris M. Metzger Adm Peary London High Bridge N.J Hugh Kent New York Morning Telegraph Texas Hunterdon County Colorado City Tex San Francisco Pearl B. Allen Gracie Allen Pittsburgh Robert T. Russell Bessemer and Lake Erie Union Youngstown and North Calgary Alta Henry Lyder Arness Lutheran Church of Canada United States Canada Lamberton Minn Herman A. Straub Pittsburgh Brewing Co Columbia Malting Co Chicago

Police Briefs Include Disorderly Conduct Arrests

Officers last night arrested Dennis Shalley aged 26 of 610 Pinta Ave in the 1000 block of Yankee Road on a disorderly conduct charge. Middletown police yesterday arrested Calvin Puckett aged 30 from Indianapolis Indiana on a warrant charging failure to provide. Puckett was taken into custody in Indianapolis and returned here by Det. Douglas Barrett and Ptl. Paul Judd. The organ was imported to the United States from England about 1713.

Dennis Shalley Pinta Ave Yankee Road Middletown Calvin Puckett Indianapolis Ind Puckett Douglas Barrett Paul Judd United States England

Carlisle Starts Third Move For Incorporation

Carlisle moves to incorporate for a third time in eight years. An eight member committee chaired by Merrill Clay was elected to pursue incorporation, with officers Rob ert Porter Mary Jane Enterman and R D Clay. The group plans to seek legal advice within 48 hours and begin formal steps, with annexation plans nearby and no opposition from residents.

Carlisle Franklin Merrill Clay Robert Porter Mary Jane Enterman Amd R. D. Clay Fairview Warren County Donald Gingerich

Dog-Warden Recovers Lost Dog in Self-Paid Shipping

Wheeling, W Va. Dog Warden William Custer found a lost dog via a Wheeling Intelligence notice from Garnet Kansas. He telegraphed the Kansan, shipped the dog in a $20 wooden crate at his own expense, and later retrieved the crate when returned. The piece notes the first accordion patent in 1856 issued to Anthony Faas of Philadelphia.

Wheeling W. Va William Custer Wheeling Intelligence Want Garnet Kan Custer Express Office United States Anthony Faas Philadelphia

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