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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1966

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals Services For Edward Wenzel

Edward Wenzel 72 of 1819 Dix Road died yesterday at home. Services are Friday at 10 30 a.m. at St Pauls Lutheran Church Franklin with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Joseph R Baker Sons Funeral Home and church hours. Contributions suggested to the church.

Edward Wenzel Dix Road St Paul's Lutheran Church Franklin Elmer Gregg Woodside Cemetery Joseph R. Baker & Sons Wenzel

Death Notice for John Herdman, 85, Middletown

John Herdman, 85, of 302 Shafer Street, died at 6 30 p m yesterday at Powell Nursing Home in Hamilton. A retired farm laborer, he lived in Hillsboro before moving to Middletown 27 years ago. Survived by two nephews. Services at 10 a m Friday at McCoy Lefler Funeral Home, Rev Rodney Williams officiating. Burial in Prospect Cemetery near Berryville Ohio. Visitation tomorrow 7 to 9 p m.

John Herdman Shafer St Powell Nursing Home Hamilton Herdman Hillsboro Middletown McCoy-Leffler Rodney Williams Prospect Cemetery Berryville Ohio

Funeral services for Theodore Johnson Sr announced

Services for Theodore Johnson Sr., 47, of 814 16th Ave., will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Willie Bankston officiating. Burial follows at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at Jordan Memorial Chapel tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. and at the church prior to services.

Gallimoreuneral Home Rose Hill Cemetery Funeral Theodore Johnson Sr 16Th Ave Mt. Zion Baptist Church Willie Bankston Woodside Cemetery Jordan Memorial Chapel

Lee Behymer Dies of Heart Attack at Mason Home

Mason resident Lee Behymer 47 died yesterday at his home on Lindamen Lane from a heart attack. Survived by wife Ada daughter Mrs. Margaret O Cul l two sons Charles and Jerry parents Mr. and Mrs. Matt Behymer of Mason two sisters and three brothers. Services set for 2 p.m.

Mason Lee Isaac Behymer Lindamen Lane Ada Margaret O’cull Charles Jerry Matt Behymer

Morrow Services for Mathew Kipp Held Today

Mathew Kipp 85 of Pleasant Plain died Sunday at Walker Nursing Home Waynesville. Funeral services were at Vale Funeral Home with burial in Morrow Cemetery. Surviving are two daughters Flora Goodwin Pleasant Plains and Margaret DeBold Dayton. a son Ralph Hillsboro. a brother Henry Morrow. two sisters Henrietta Myers Cincinnati and Estella Ganyon Milford. 19 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren.

Morrow Mathew Kipp Pleasant Plain The Vale Funeral Home Morrow Cemetery Kipp Walker Nursing Home Waynesville Flora Goodwin Pleasant Plains Margaret DeBold Dayton Ralph Hillsboro Henry Henrietta Myers Cincinnati Estella Ganyon Milford

Services held for Daniel Spencer in South Lebanon

Funeral services for Daniel Spencer aged 33 of 472 Valley View Drive were conducted today at Free Holiness Church of God and burial followed in South Lebanon Cemetery. He died Sunday in a Lima hospital. Survived by a daughter Glenda of Morrow Rt. 1, his parents Elsie Spencer of South Lebanon and Rowan Spencer of Fillmore Ky, two sisters and four brothers. Arrangements by Yale Funeral Home in Morrow.

South Lebanon Daniel Spencer Valley View Drive Free Holiness Church of God Spencer Lima Glenda Morrow Rt. 1 Elsie Spencer Rowan Spencer Fillmore Yale Funeral Home Morrow

Death notices for Mrs Eula Powell and Mrs Hattie Fox

Mrs. Eula Powell, 69, of 220 S IC St, will have services at 2 p.m. tomorrow with Brown-Dawson Funeral Home listed. Mrs. Hattie Fox, 81, is identified as a former resident in the fragment.

Eula Powell S. IC St Brown - Dawson Hattie Fox

New Lukens Congress Committee Names Board and Treasurer

The Lukens for Congress Committee announces a new executive board and appoints a new treasurer. Members include Al Osborne Ross John Franklin Liz Harding Hamilton Cale Logsdon Hamilton Ed Sliver Eaton Morris Turkelson Lebanon Odis Johnson West Carrollton co chair with Art Vollmer for Montgomery Turkelson Orren County chair Logsdon co chair with Ken Haley Sutter County Dr William Clayton Preble County chair and Jean Blazer Middletown elementary school teacher appointed treasurer.

Lukens For Congress Committee Bob McDavitt al Osborne Ross John Franklin Liz Harding Hamilton Cale Logsdon Ed Sliver Eaton Morris Turkelson Lebanon Odis Johnson West Carrollton Johnson Art Vollmer Montgomery Orren County Logsdon Ken Haley Sutter County William Clayton Preble Couny

Man Seeks Release From Reformatory

Ronald Hopkins of Germantown, 26, petitions Butler County Common Pleas for release from the Ohio State Reformatory and to set aside his sentence. He says rights were violated when sentenced amid claims of arrest without a warrant and lack of counsel at a Middletown hearing. Hopkins had a 1959 five year probation after pleading guilty to burglary and larceny tied to a Sohio station break in and a Shell station theft. He says probation was revoked in 1960 after an altercation in Germantown.

Hamilton Ronald Hopkins Germantown Butler County Common Pleas Court Ohio State Reformatory Hopkins Middletown Germantown Manne Germanstown Legal Council

Manslaughter Dropped in Local Hit and Run Case

A second degree manslaughter charge against Marion Lee Decker was dismissed in Municipal Court after witnesses failed to show a traffic law violation in the Aug. 13 collision that killed Ernest Coulter. Decker pled guilty to fleeing the scene and driving under suspension, receiving fines and brief jail time.

Ter Marion Lee Decker Crawford St Decker Ernest Coulter Roosevelt Ave Coulter John Crist Butler County Grand Jury Roben Meadows Crist

Port Clinton Police losess half force in resignations

Port Clinton Ohio three patrolmen Loren Hendrix Robert Rohde and John Rhode resigned effective mid September. Police Chief William Robel has operated with seven patrolmen this summer in the Lake Erie resort city of 7500. The resignations cite "existing conditions" with Rohde noting a 48 hour week and monthly pay of 460 were too much and too little.

Port Clinton Ohio Safety Service Carl Keller William Robel Ottawa County Lake Erie Loren Hendrix Robert Below John Rhode Gordon Cooper Paul Molnar Hendrix Rohde Below

Mystery Toy Rabbits Hide Smuggled Transsters in Bombay Shops

Police traced a tip to Bombay shops where toy rabbits on sale concealed smuggled transsters. The eyes light up with a hidden switch revealing the contraband.

NEWSY Bombay India

GOP Calls for Probe of President's Club

Two House Republicans urge an investigation into the President's Club a group of donors to the Democrats. Rep Charles E Goodell cites possible malodorous disclosures and influence peddling tied to large government contracts and political decisions with cases linked to California and Florida.

Washington (Ap House President's Club Charles E. Goodell Rm.y Goodell California Herbert H. Fletcher Fort Lauderdale Fla Hamilton

Club Plans Final Picnic

The Hamilton Singles Club plans a Labor Day steak fry final picnic at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Em Dsuban’s Fairfield home. Reservations must be telephoned by Friday to Dottie Nantz Gertrude Moe Katheryn Michael or Clara Stoffer.

Hamilton Em Dsuban Mack Road Fairfield Dottie Nantz Gertrude Moe Katheryn Michael Clara Stoffer

First Time House of Lords Member Pregnant

The Countess of Erroll, 40, a Hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland, announced she is pregnant with her fourth child due in November. She is believed to be the first peeress to have a baby after taking her seat in the Lords. Only since 1958 have life peeresses sat in the chamber and 1963 for hereditary peers. Baroness Darcy de Knayth is another peeress who has given birth since eligibility.

London House of Lords Countess of Erroll Scotland Ife Lords Errol Baroness ‘Darcy de Knayth

Notable Methodist Leader Elmer T. Clark Dies at 79

Dr. Elmer T. Clark, 79, former executive secretary of the World Methodist Council and former editor of The World Outlook, died Monday in Birmingham. Also listed are Frank B. Horton, 70, founder of Alpha Phi Omega, who died Sunday in Easton, and Charles L. Watkins, 87, longtime Senate parliamentarian who died Monday in Washington. Carl Emory, 59, veteran actor and broadcaster, died Tuesday in Bath Maine.

Birmingham Ala Elmer T. Clark The World Methodist Council Methodist Church the World Outlook Easton Frank B. Horton Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity Boy Scouts of America Washington Charles L. Watkins U.S. Senate Bath Maine Carl Emory

Adventist School To Open Thursday In Hamilton Middletown

The Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School will open Thursday on Ohio 4 between Hamilton and Middletown. It will serve grades one through eight, operate weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and be run jointly by the Middletown and Hamilton Adventist churches with Viva Archer as principal.

Hamilton - Middletown Marshall M Wright Ohio 4 Middletown Hamilton

Three Youths Arrested in Fashion Fair Shoplifting

Three youths were arrested in two separate shoplifting incidents at Fashion Fair located at 655 North University Boulevard yesterday afternoon.

Fashion Fair N. University Blvd

Helicopter Collision Kills Five Above Dodger Stadium

Five people die when two traffic information helicopters collide above Dodger Stadium near Pasadena. Witnesses describe a slow motion crash and a large fireball as wreckage rains down near the Pasadena Freeway. The pilots were Max Schumacher known as Captain Max on KMPC and Buckley Newcomb with his wife Lorraine. another observer was Alex Bollea Wellconter with Larry Amberg.

Los Angeles Dodger Stadium Peter Lynch Pasadena Kate Cathedral Catholic School Max Schumacher Max KMPC Schumacher Buckley W. Newcomb San Gabriel Calif Lorraine Bollea Wellconter Alex EB . 46 Inglewood Larry D. Amberg

Woman Treated After Being Pushed Through Door Glass

Darlene Combs, 21, of 249 Yankee Road, was treated at Middletown Hospital for a cut shoulder after being pushed through a front door glass. The incident occurred at her residence and local police are investigating the event.

Darlene Combs Yankee Road Middletown Hospital

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