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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1955
Page
3
Three local obituaries note the deaths of Arthur R. Wilson 63 of Cincinnati from injuries in a Warren County crash and other Middletown and Hamilton residents. Services and visitations are scheduled at McCoy Leffler Webb and First Church of God with burial plans announced.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Mollie Crowe 68 of 404 Park Street died at 12 30 p m yesterday in Middletown Hospital where she had been admitted August 6 She was the widow of the Rev G Jack Crowe who died in a tornado in 1949 while on an evangelistic mission at Cape Girardeau Missouri She was a member of the First Church of God Crawford Street
Graveside services for Deanna Mae Cox infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Cox were held at 4 p.m. today at West Elkton Cemetery Valdosta Georgia The child is survived by paternal grandparents Dorce Cox West Middleton and Harriet Galt Seven Mile The Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home arranged the service.
Raymond M. Thomas, 52, of 1717 Tytus Ave., owner of Thomas Welding and Repair Shop, died on arrival at Mercy Hospital at 7 30 p m yesterday after a stroke at home a week earlier. He was admitted to a rest home yesterday afternoon. A native of Irven Kentucky.
Harold Gentry 26 of South Lebanon died yesterday in Reading while working as a city lineman. He touched two charged wires atop a utility pole. A Korean War veteran with 16 months overseas, he had been employed by Reading for one month. Survived by parents Elbert and the late family, a son Eugene, brothers Clyde Wayne Herschel, and sister Ethel. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at South Lebanon Church of God.
Mrs Rena B Parker dies at Rust Rest Home Eaton funeral planned for 2 p m tomorrow at Girton Schmidt with Rev C R Coblentz officiating Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery calling hours after 5 p m today Survived by sister Flora B Jones and several nieces and nephews.
Franklin resident and farmer J S Riddell died at his home on Franklin Rt 2 after about two weeks illness. Survived by wife Sarah two sons Paul and James both of Franklin two daughters Gene Baker Dayton Carl Hawthorne Franklin and Mrs Herbert Daniels Franklin. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 pm Anglesby Funeral Home with Rev H S Watson. burial in Food Friends. Friends may call Thursday 2 to 7 and 9 p.m.
Mrs. Alice L. Riegel 66 of 38 W Pickway S Kingston died yesterday at Circleville Home after two years as patient Her husband Harry Rush Riegel died in 1927 Her son Sol D Riegel a courthouse reporter for Hamilton and Middletown Journals Surviving sister Mrs Carson Dresbach Funeral by L E Hill Kingston with burial in Forest Cemetery Circleville
Franklin special brief reports a third Middletown youth Danny Lawson receiving jail time and fines for assault and battery disorderly conduct and property destruction tied to a June 18 beating spree on Rt. 73. Other local youths faced various fines and license issues in Municipal Court.
Eleven U S airmen freed from Communist captivity are to depart Tokyo for Travis Air Force Base California tomorrow in two C54 aircraft They are Col John Knox Arnold and ten others and should be home by Saturday or Sunday after stops in Midway and Hawaii The group enjoys a farewell floor show at Tachikawa with a Red Cross escort and mild entertainment plans during their final hours abroad
Cincinnati report notes Red Top Brewing Co with 900000 barrels yearly will become Chicago owned. Frank Scoby of Better Brands and John D. MacArthur of Bankers Life bid over 1 million dollars for controlling stake, with Scoby citing a price of 544719 dollars for 343271 shares. India water protection and sewer coverage figures appear in the same dispatch.
Earl Camp 8 died at Children’s Hospital after a bicycle fall near his Route 1 Wilmington home. He was admitted Sunday following the accident.
President Eisenhower calls a national White House Conference on Education for November to address overcrowded schools and staff shortages. Citizens are urged to join local community conferences this summer and fall for free booklet guidance on discussing school problems and improving communities through better schools.
In Nagasaki on the tenth anniversary of the world’s second atomic bombing 300000 Japanese gathered to pray amid bells and chimes. They offered incense and flowers for the 70000 who died in the bombing ten years ago.
Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu arrived in Tokyo by plane and will travel to the United States on August 23 as part of official talks with the United States government.
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