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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1968

Page

2

Franklin Paper Co. employee Ben Morgan dies at 60

Ben Morgan 60 of 12 W Jackson St Franklin died at Middletown Hospital after an apparent heart attack at home. He was traffic manager at Wrenn Paper Co for 30 years and a past president of the Franklin Optimist Club. Survived by wife Edythe son Stephen three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Eaton Funeral Home with visitations Monday at the funeral home. Burial location pending with services also noted in Elizabethtown and Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home arrangements.

Franklin Ben Morgan W. Jackson St Middletown Hospital Mr. Morgan Ager Wrenn Paper Co Middletown Franklin Optimist Club Morgan Edythe Stephen Carl Roy Jr Nestor Calif John Vandalia Elizabeth Ruppert Margaret Lackens Catherine Campbell

Funeral services for Cor rine Fannin in Louisa Kentucky

Mrs. Cor rine Fannin 40 of 427 Yankee Road dies Friday morning after long illness. Services 2 p.m. Monday at Meads Branch Baptist Church Louisa with visitation today at Young Funeral Home. Interment in Maddie family cemetery. Local arrangements by Riggs Funeral Home.

Corrine Fannin Yankee Road Meads Branch Baptist Church Louisa Young Funeral Home Maddie

Death Notice for Rod Grindstaff, 74, Dayton Area Resident

Rod Grindstaff, 74, of 1804 Columbia Ave. died yesterday at Miami Valley Hospital after one week as a patient. He had been in ill health four years and lived in Middletown 18 years after coming from Elizabethtown, Tennessee. A 1963 Pollock Paper Co. retiree, he is survived by his wife Naomi, three daughters Lena Square of Painesville, Ohio, Bernice Taylor and Bery Berry of Elizabethtown, a brother Daniel of …

Rod Grindstaff Columbia Ave Miami Valley Hospital Dayton Mr. Grindstaff Middletown Elizabethtown Tenn The Pollock Paper Co Naomi Lena Square Painesville Ohio Bernice Taylor Bery Berry Daniel

Funeral Services for Mrs. Eunice Wootan

Mrs. Eunice Wootan 52 will have funeral services at Jo Home 10:30 a.m. Tuesday with Rev. G Walter Webber officiating and burial in Woodside Cemetery. Visitation is Monday 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. The Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 218 plans a memorial service Monday at 7 p.m. She was found dead by her husband Victor in the basement of 3425 Woodhaven Drive Franklin on Friday.

Eunice Wootan Joseph R. Baker & Sons G. Walter Weber Woodside Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 218

Odus Hoskins Dies After Heart Attack At Work

Odus Jerry Hoskins 58 formerly of Middletown and resident of Lancaster died Saturday at Loroco Paper Co. He suffered an apparent heart attack at work where he had 12 years. Survived by wife Frances, three daughters Cheryl Arter Cindy Melissa, two sons Jerry Steve, five brothers, three sisters and five grandchildren. Services set for 3 p.m. Tuesday at Lancaster Church of Christ. visitation Monday at Smith Funeral Home.

Odus Jerry) Hoskins Middletown Lancaster Mr. Hoskins Loroco Paper Co Middletown High School Frances Cheryl Arter Cindy Melissa Jerry Steve John Luther Herman Charles Everett Etta Hoskins Emma Shubert Hamilton Lilly Reese Lebanon Lancaster Church of Christ Smith Funeral Home

Fire complaint and small trash fire at Verity Apartments

Vanita Hale 41 of 1009 Auburn St reported blacking out and numb hands and feet while driving at 2 p.m. She was taken to Middletown Hospital. A cigarette caused a small trash can fire at Verity Apartments at 5 15 p.m. with no damage reported.

S. Verity Parkway Vanita Hale Auburn St Middletown Hospital N. Verity Parkway Verity Apartments

Spectacular in Sight and Sound Tickets Go On Sale

Madison and Lemon Monroe high school bands will sell tickets downtown and at Middletown Shopping Plaza Monday and Friday for the September 7 Spectacular in Sight and Sound. Tickets cost 1 with free admission for under six. Bands share 50 percent of proceeds. seven bands from Middletown, Monroe, Madison, Fenwick, Miamisburg, Lebanon and Fairfield participate with over 800 musicians.

Madison and Lemon Monroe Middletown Peene Monroe Madison Fenwick Barnitz Stadium Miamisburg Lebanon Fairfild

Two Auto Crashes Leave Two Men Hurt

Two men suffered minor injuries in separate auto accidents yesterday morning. Robert S. Miller, 19, of 406 Sutphin Street, hit a parked car in front of 505 The Alameda after a bug blinded him in the eye, causing head cuts and knee abrasions. Hershel McGraw, 60, of 5881 Manchester Road, Franklin, cut his forearm when his door was struck and he tried to close it at 119 South Main Street. Damages totaled $1,350 across the two incidents.

Middletown Hospital Robert S. Miller S. Sutphin St Hershel McGraw Manchester Road Franklin Miller P. F. Hackley Venetia Alameda McGraw John Howard Hill Ave S. Main Street

Storm Strikes Celina and Nearby Areas

A small tornado was sighted over Grand Lake Saint Marys and winds up to 50 mph hit Celina Ohio. One girl was injured as trees and power lines fell and heavy rain filled the streets. Nearby near Wapakoneta a trailer court was demolished, damaging three mobile homes and injuring no one. Milford Burden and family survived the wreck.

Weather Bureau Columbus Grand Lake Saint Marys Celina Wapakoneta Milford Burden Judy Michelle

Seven Youth Firefighters Die in California Brush Fire

In Glendora, California seven teenage fire fighters and their adult foreman were killed while battling a wind driven brush fire in the Los Angeles foothills. Three others were injured as flames spewed up a funnel shaped canyon and raced toward a ridge.

Glendora Calif Los Angeles Foothills Los Angeles County Fire Department Forestry Department Angeles National Forest Los Angeles Keith Klinger Klinger

Heartbeat Office Uses Color Coding for Campaign

Project Heartbeat offices in the Civic Association organize a color coded campaign with five solicitation divisions and two staff groups each assigned a color. Cards and promotions are color matched to divisions and only switch to red after goals are met. Volunteers urged to contact Linda Cooper at 424 2478.

Civic Association Project Heartbeat Chester Hodges Hodges Linda Cooper

Care urged as Big Brothers plan first meeting

Voting members are those who contributed $5 or more to the Big Brothers Association of Greater Middletown. A previous report overstated the amount as $50. The first annual meeting is set for Thursday at First United Presbyterian Church 2910 Central Ave inviting others to join.

Big Brothers Association of Greater Middletown First United Presbyterian Church Central Ave

Police Briefs Rock Shatters Car Window in Foster Watson Case

Foster Watson of 1505 Jacoby Ave. showed officers a rock thrown through the rear window of his car parked in front of his home. Estimated damage amounts to $100.

Foster Watson Jacoby Ave

June Lovely Arrested for Petit Larceny in Trenton

June Lovely aged 48 of 402 First Street Trenton was arrested yesterday on charges of petit larceny at Kroger store on South Main Street.

Lovely First St Trenton

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