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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1967

Page

2

Obituary of Boone Hughes 89 Middletown resident

Boone Hughes 89 of 1317 Manchester Ave Middletown died at 1 am today at Middletown Hospital where he had been a patient since July 3. Born in Menifee County Kentucky he lived in Middletown 44 years and was a retired Inland Container Corp employee. Surviving wife Agnes three daughters Frannie Creech Franklin and Mrs Charles Chapman and Mrs James Adams Middletown a sister Hattie Back Franklin and six grandchildren. Services 10 am Saturday at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home with the Rev Preston Theall officiating burial Woodside Cemetery. Calling hours 3-5 and 7-9 pm tomorrow at the funeral home.

Boone Hughes Manchester Ave Middletown Hospital Mr. Hughes Menifee County Middletown Inland Container Corp First Church of the Nazarene Agnes Effie Creech Franklin Charles Chapman James Adams Hattie Back Joseph R. Baker & Sons Preston Theall Woodside Cemetery

Mrs Doris Bush 66 Dies After Admission at Middletown Hospital

Mrs Doris Bush co owned Turf Bar Hotel dies at 5 45 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after admission with survivors including two daughters Mrs Goldie Hanson and Mrs Mary Keckley of Dayton three sons Charles Hall Garfield Hall and Eugene Purkey with seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren Arrangements pending at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home

Doris Bush Central Ave Middletown Hospital Mush Turf Bar & Hotel Goldie Hanson Mary Keckley Dayton Charles Hall Garfield Hall Springfield Eugene Purkey McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Miss Celesta Freeze 77 Waynesville services set

Miss Celesta Freeze 77 of Waynesville will have services at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Stubbs Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. The funeral home will be open today from 6 to 9 p.m. Miss Freeze died yesterday at Grandview Hospital Dayton. She is survived by a brother Ray Freeze of Mowrystown.

Waynesville Celesta Freeze Stubbs Lebanon Cemetery Miss Freeze Grandview Hospital Dayton Ray Freeze Mowrystown

Evening club listings and meetings in town

A roundup of events for Thursday and Friday shows meetings by Sons of the Legionnaires Armco Coin Club Orioles Nest Knights of Pythias Alpha Council Jr OUAM Toastmasters BPOE Moose Lodge Alcoholics Anonymous and Optimist Club. Sessions run mostly 7 30 to 8 p.m. at various venues including Armco General Offices Masonic Lodge Eastern Lanes Moose Hall and Manchester Motor Inn.

Sons of the Legionnaires Legion Home Armco Coin Club Armco Orioles Nest Stone Masonic Lodge Ninth Ave Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron Armory Knights of Pythias Lafayette Castle Hall Alpha Council Jr. Ouam N. Broad Toastmasters Club Eastern Lanes Bpoe Lodge Elks Temple Moose Lodge Moose Hall Central Alcoholics Anonymous

Lebanon Correctional Institute reshapes with steel for new shop

The fire at Lebanon Correctional Institution damaged most of Ohio's license plate production. Supt. Charles Van Duren reports steel framework for a new shop is rising, with salvage underway and some operations already resumed on a smaller scale. Completion is expected December with final utilities by February 1968. Prison population stands at 1,120.

Lebanon Lebanon Correctional Institution Charles van Duren Ohio van Duren LCI

Two Middletown Alumni Among Ohio Medical Board Top Passers

A list of over 400 medical students passing the Ohio State Medical Board exam includes two Middletown natives. Louis T. Kenney, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, and John R. Davis, Ohio State Medical College graduate, posted strong scores. Top marks went to Luther E. Linder of Cleveland and R. Mead Christian Jr. of Chapel Hill with 91 percent. Geoffrey P. Herzig of Cincinnati earned 89 percent.

Ohio State Cleveland R. Mead Christian Jr Chapel Hill N.C Geoffrey P. Herzig Cincinnati

Necklace For Queen Lands Man In Jail

A con man who claimed to order a $1 750 necklace for Queen Elizabeth II was sentenced to four years in prison. John Charles Winter, 48, pleaded guilty to three larceny charges after swindling jewelers by posing as a royal equerry a lord a military officer and a professor.

London John Charles Winter

Bound Fire Start Under Him At Gardner Park

A 12 year old boy told police he was tied to a tree in Gardner Park on Tytus Avenue by five youths aged 12 to 14 and set fire to it. He escaped with no details given on how. Earlier, Tom O Flynn 16 was beaten by three youths at Grand Avenue and Highview Road and treated for facial injuries after a passing motorist intervened.

Gardner Park Tytus Avenue Jay Wyatt James Wyatt Malvern St Tom O'Flynn Ross St Grand Avenue Highview Road O'Flynn

Navy to study public briefing after Forrestal disaster

The Navy plans a self study on how it informs the public about who was involved in disasters like the USS Forrestal fire. The probe will examine how quickly relatives learn which crewmen were killed injured or missing and how to handle future disclosures.

Washington Navy Forres Dia North Vietnam Pentagon Forrestal

Quakers Endorse Protests Against War Machinery

At the Friends World Conference in Greensboro 1300 representatives from 35 nations approved a memorandum urging Quakers to withhold support from war-making systems including the draft and taxes. The document cites the ride into Jerusalem as a historic protest example and notes pacifist tradition guiding direct action.

Greensboro N.C Jesus Jerusalem Friends World Conference Johnson

Horseshoe Cleats Tie Teens to Lebanon Burglary

Two 16 year old youths from Lebanon accused in a $1000 burglary at Thelma Conover’s home 204 Cincinnati Ave Shoelace prints from cowboy boots with horseshoe cleats matched the suspects police said the boys implicate an unnamed adult and the loot included a color television and antiques valued about $1000.

Lebanon Thelma Conover Cincinnati Ave Tom Johnson Johnson

20 Ton Crane Missing From Construction Site

ST LOUIS AP A 20 ton crawler crane with a 30 foot boom vanished from a construction site. A superintendent with George L Cousins Construction Co found the loss upon returning from vacation. Police said they do not know how the crane was taken.

ST. Louis George L. Cousins Construction Co

Local arrests for tampering, larceny, and weapon charges

Roy Smith, 19, of 2131 Roosevelt Ave, arrested in the 700 block of Poplar Street for tampering with a motor vehicle. James Gray, 39, at large, captured on petit larceny and intoxication after allegedly taking meat from Kroger on S. Main Street. George J. Thomas, 20, of 423 Weaver Ave, held on possession of a switchblade knife and intoxication. Mrs. Douglas Robbins of 804 S. Main St reports about $35 stolen from her home about two weeks ago.

Roy Smith Roosevelt Ave Poplar Street James Gray S. Main Street George J. Thomas Weaver Ave Douglas Robbins S. Main St

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