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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1968

Page

2

Deaths And Funerals Mrs Lucille Green

Mrs Lucille Nixon Green was found dead yesterday in her apartment at 2005 Central Ave from an apparent heart attack. Survived by son Harold in the Air Force and sister Helen Stansell of Kettering, she was a longtime saleslady at Central Store and previously at John Ross Store. Funeral arrangements are pending with Schramm and Leffler. burial at Woodside Cemetery. calling hours Sunday 3-5 and 7-9 at the funeral home.

Lucille Green Lucille Nixon Green Central Ave Green Margaret Mulhall Central Store John Ross St. John's Church Third Order of St. Francis Harold Air Force San Antonio Tex Helen Stansell Kettering Schramm Funeral Home

Middletown Man Howard Hoover Dies At Home

Howard A Hoover 60 of 2117 Logan Ave was found dead at his Middletown home yesterday afternoon about five hours after death. Don Dungan found the body and alerted police at 4 30 pm. Coroner Dr Garret Boone ruled natural causes and ordered release to a funeral home. Hoover born in Union Ohio had lived in Middletown 27 years and worked as a meat cutter at Dungans Grocery. He leaves a wife Emma a daughter Ella Miller his mother Ida Hoover two brothers Alva and Cloyd five sisters Goldie Hoover Elva Kuicak Florence Mefford Dora De Venau and three grandchildren. Services set for 10 am Monday at the McCoy funeral home.

Howard A. Hoover Logan Ave Don Dungan Lafayette Ave Mr. Hoover Hoover Garret Boone Butler County Union Ohio Middletown Dungan’s Emma Ella Miller Ida Hoover Dayton Alva and Cloyd Goldie Hoover Elva Kuicak Florence Mefford York Dora de Venau Long Island City N. Y McCoy

Services for Elmer Lefferson Held in Indianapolis

Elmer T. Lefferson 86, formerly of Middletown and brother of Mary Lefferson Sander of 14 Curtis St, died Tuesday at his daughter’s home in Indianapolis. Services were held yesterday in Indianapolis with burial at Troy. He had lived at the daughter’s home, and previously operated an in home office supply store after growing up on a 104 acre farm later subdivided into Park Place. Survivors include a son, Edgar of Bloomington.

Elmer T. Lefferson Middletown Mary Lefferson Sander Curtis St Indianapolis Troy Lefferson Harry Guion Park Place Edgar Bloomington Ind

Miss Lucile Earhart 76 Franklin native dies in Middletown

Miss Lucile Earhart 76 of 229 Oxford Road Franklin native and former Dayton kindergarten teacher and librarian died at 6 05 a m today at Middletown Hospital after a six day illness. Private services will be held Monday at Eaton Funeral Home with burial in Woodhill Cemetery. Contributions to the Franklin public library are suggested in lieu of flowers.

Franklin Lucile Earhart Oxford Road Middletown Hospital Miss Earhart Dayton Dayton Public Library Middletown First Church of Christ, Scientist Eaton Funeral Home Woodhill Franklin Public Library Germantown Mary van Tilburgh White John Arpp Paul Bressler White Lutheran Home For Westlake

Services set for Wilbur W. Foulks of Waynesville

Wilbur W. Foulks 74 of Waynesville Rt 3 died Wednesday at Kettering Memorial Hospital. Funeral at Stubbs Funeral Home tomorrow at 2 p.m. Burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin. Visitation today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Survived by wife Minnie daughter Virginia Grove of Centerville son Donald of Lancaster seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Waynesville Wilbur W. Foulks

Miss JA Crowned Tonight at Middletown Dance

Miss JA crown to be chosen at the annual Middletown High School Achievement dance in the gym from 8 p.m. to midnight. Finalists include Connie Heinkel Teri Senior Deborah Soule Pam Surgenor and Melissa Tobias. The winner will represent Middletown in state and national competition this summer.

Middletown Connie Heinkel Teri Senior Deborah Soule Pam Surgenor Melissa Tobias Central Store Mike Lehman Middletown Achievers Association

Ath Series Of Dance Classes Set

The fourth seven night series of modern and ballroom dance lessons by the Parks and Recreation Department opens next Wednesday at Goldman Park. Beginners meet at 7 30 pm and advanced at 8 30 pm taught by Miss Joan Ritter of Middletown. The seven lesson series costs 7 per person.

Department of Parks and Recreation Park Board Goldman Park Joan Ritter Middletown New York Radio City Rockettes Ralph Connor

Nuclear test blast reported at Nevada site

Washington AP reports a underground nuclear test at the Atomic Energy Commission Nevada test site with an explosive yield estimated between 20 000 and 200 000 tons of TNT. It marks the 10th weapons related test announced by the AEC this year. The agency also conducted two peaceful nuclear explosive tests.

Washington Atomic Energy Commission Nevada AEC

Obituary notices list multiple deaths and service details

Germantown Independent Telephone Co. husband Frank died in 1955. Surviving are a daughter Katherine Carpenter of Rocky River and two grandchildren Jessie Laws and others. Listed are names Katherine Carpenter Jessie Laws John Land James Lecky Jr Jane Knuckles Louis Pfirrman Anna Eisnaugle with service times and locations across Oxford Requiem High Mass at St Stephen's Church and private services.

Germantown Independent Telephone Co Frank Katherine Carpenter Rocky River Jessie Laws Schenck Ave Brown - Dawson John Land Chestnut St Oxford Marshall Smith James Lecky Jr Justin Stace Haven Ave Klaus - Weigel Jane Knuckles S. G St Webb Louis Pfirrman Reservoir St St. Stephen’s Church Anna Eisnaugle Kahn Ave Proeschel

Notable Executives and Choreographer Die in Separate Incidents

White Plains report says L Keith Goodrich 61 executive vice president of McGraw Hill Inc died Thursday. London dispatch notes Andree Howard 57 a renowned ballet choreographer and dancer found dead at home Friday night.

White Plains N.Y L. Keith Goodrich McGraw-Hill, Inc London Andree Howard

Butler Officials Say Log Cabin Thieves Outnumber Cabins

Butler County Park Department officials note the 150 year old log cabin logs were returned after a mix up by a barn worker. Bruce Diehl quips that more thieves than cabins exist, and Miami University students reply with a cheeky request for the cabin plans from Log Cabin Thieves Inc.

Butler County Park Department Park Department Monroe Bruce Diehl Déehl Miami University Oxford Log Cabin Thieves, Inc William K. Robinson County Park Board

Australian readers spend five dollars per year

Canberra publishers estimate readers in Australia spend about 5.0 dollars annually per person on books, ranking the country with the highest English speaking world expenditure.

Trenton Sets April Clean-Up and Paint-Up Week

The Trenton Council announced April 29 to May 3 as clean-up paint-up fix-up week. Extra trucks will run to collect winter accumulation from basements and garages, with village administrator Von Little noting items at regular pickup points will be collected during the week.

Trenton Trenton Council von Little

Three Weights Used In English System

The English system uses three weight types: avoirdupois weight for most goods, troy weight for precious metals, and apothecaries weight for medicines.

Mighty Middies Named At Middletown High Assembly

At an all school assembly Middletown High named honorary Mighty Middies. Stanley Lewis and Dr William Patton received honors as faculty leaders while Nancy Nesbit was crowned Mighty Middie Queen. Candy Bailey Chuck Fraunfelter Jane Lawson Scott Nein Cherry Calhoun and Mark Gardner were named Miss and Mr Mighty Middie across classes.

Stanley Lewis Middletown High William Patton MHS Steve Cole Nancy Nesbit Alma Knepshield Mary Jurkowitz Ruth McClanahan Mighty Middie Candy Bailey Chuck Fraunfelter Jane Lawson Scott Nein Cherry Calhoun Mark Gardner

White criticizes Johnson over Vietnam war rhetoric

W. White, Republican Senate hopeful, accused President Johnson of mismanaging the Vietnam war. Speaking to GOP women in Fulton County, White said Johnson is running the war “out of a 10-gallon hat,” likening him to a Texas rancher trying to drive sheepherders from Hanoi.

Wauseon Ohio William L. White U.S. Senate Johnson

Ohioans Die In War Losses Rise to Three

The Defense Department lists three Ohioans among Vietnam war dead. Army Sgt. Lloyd E. Streisch of Willowick and Army Spec. 4 Norman W. Tarpley of Columbus were killed in action, while Marine Pfc. Dennis R. Davidson of Dayton is listed for nonhostile causes.

Washington Defense Department Army Lloyd E. Streisch Willowick Norman W. Tarpley Columbus Dennis R. Davidson Dayton

Burglary and Theft Reports Spark Police Briefs

Roger Turrell of Turco Corp. reports $240 missing from a bank deposit. Mrs. William Johnson says $115 vanished from a home chest. Burglars broke into Packaging Corp. shed on Baltimore Street but took nothing. Four boys aged 15 and 16 were arrested after rocks were thrown at a car on Yankee Road. a woman in the car was struck but not injured.

Roger Turrell Turco Corp Turco Breiel Boulevard William Johnson Whittier St Packaging Corp. of America Baltimore Street Yankee Road

Community theft targets garage rear in Lafayette Ave report

Doris Barker of 1103 Lafayette Ave. reported 75 to 100 concrete blocks missing from the rear of her garage, prompting police to log the incident as a property theft.

Doris Barker Lafayette Ave

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