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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1962
Page
2
Oxford recalls Dr D D DeNeen, remembered as the town's first auto doctor who bought a car around 1900 to serve rural patients. The noisy vehicle frightened horses and angered locals, draining his practice. He left Oxford for the West and died in Wichita, Kansas at age 89.
Mrs. Evelyn Jahncke a New Orleans segregationist walked a picket line yesterday in front of U. S. District Judge J. Shelly Wright's home. Her sign referred to Judge Wright's son as she picketed alone in the afternoon.
Stolen auto reported by Paul Watts of 8636 Franklin-Trenton. State patrol linked vehicle to an accident in which driver fled. Coat and keys taken from Jack Falkner at Parkway Motel dining room. Marvin Smith reports pay phone thefts at Mikes Place and McKinley High School with damages. Arrests include Willie Ellison for DUI, Bill Dennis Jr for disorderly conduct, and William Couch on burglary warrant.
Thomas F. Glass 69 died in Detroit where he had lived thirty years after leaving Middletown. Born in Richmond Kentucky he was a World War I veteran survived by his wife a brother and a sister. Graveside rites Saturday Woodside Cemetery Rev Paul McCauley officiating. Mrs Stewart native of Murfreesboro Tennessee resident Middletown 17 years survived by two sons a daughter and 13 grandchildren. Funeral services Monday New Era Baptist Church Rev Cousins officiating with calling hours Sunday and Monday. Burial Woodside Cemetery.
A Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 a m Saturday at St John’s Church for Mrs Annie Hart 90 of 2020 Arlington Ave who died Tuesday at Baker Rest Home Hamilton Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery Friends may call at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m Friday Recitation of the Rosary will be held there at 8 15 p m Friday.
Joseph Ochomon 77 of 1814 Meadow Ave. was pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 11 47 p m yesterday. He retired from Armco Steel after long service since 1913 and was born in Mt Sterling Kentucky. His wife Susan died in 1938. Surviving are daughter Irene Tharp Hopkinsville and Robert K Johnson Middletown, plus two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services 10 a m Saturday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial Woodside Cemetery. Call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m tomorrow.
Raymond Schroer 66 formerly of Hamilton dies with Re quiem High Mass set for 9 a m tomorrow at St Marys Church Mrs Golden Bear 66 services today Marshall Smith obituary notes Oxford address 2% W Wirthrow Ave
Marvin Smith of Ohio Bell tells police a thief picked the pay phone lock at the South End Restaurant at 1220 S. Dixie Highway and stole 47 dollars and 45 cents. The incident is under police inquiry with no further details available.
Dayton firm Marion Construction Corp led general bids for a 362,091 Clearcreek High School addition, with Antenen Construction Co. close behind. John Arpp Plumbing & Heating Co. won the plumbing contract at 95,363, and R&L Electric of Dayton secured the electrical job for 35,190. About 10 bids for equipment were received while alternates await review. Construction targets late May start, with completion set for February 1963, as bond funds and elementary school plans unfold.
A 19 year old Morrow youth, Thomas L. Hodgson, is jailed in Warren County on theft charges. He admitted stealing four ties and wheels and gas from Estil Banta Implement Co and sold items to a junk dealer. Linked to other county thefts, including a chain saw, two shotguns, tools, and cash. Loot reportedly recovered.
Mrs Virginia Ponder 79 of Owingsville Ky died at 2 20 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital where she had been patient since March 26 She was a Bath County native who had come to Middletown to visit her son Joseph Her husband W H Ponder died in 1947 Surviving are three daughters Mrs Leslie Richardson Mrs Jeston Gray and Mrs Norva Stamper three sons Joseph Ledford and W H Ponder two sisters and two brothers and 19 grandchildren Services and burial will be held in Owingsville Local arrangements are by the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home
James Melvin Sr. 60 of Grant was killed when a car slipped from a jack and pinned him beneath it in Kenton Hardin County. Sheriff deputies said the tragedy occurred Wednesday afternoon during roadside repair work.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart widow of James Stewart of 619 19th Avenue collapsed and died of a stroke at Middletown Hospital at 9 40 last night shortly after admission. She had been in ill health for several months and had been taken to the hospital.
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