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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1973
Page
2
Psychologists report that many feel sorrow rather than joy during Christmas, with increases in depression, fatigue, anxiety, and even suicide risk before the holiday. Experts cite loneliness, financial and social pressures, family tensions, and nostalgia for lost childhood as key factors, though generosity often rises as a counterbalance.
Obituaries list Franklin David M Bentley 26 of 104 Jackson St died at Grandview Hospital Dayton after collapse at home He worked for Armco Steel Corp Surviving parents Delbert and wife Funeral at Eaton Funeral Home 2 p.m Wednesday Burial Lee's Creek Clinton County Camden Harry Kupfer 82 of Camden Rt 2 died Saturday at McCullough Hy Hardware Hospital Oxford Daughter Virginia Faris at home and two grandchildren Survives R C Nein & Sons Funeral Home burial Miamitown Cemetery services 10 a.m Thursday LEBANON Monty Talcott 72 of 25 E DeSales Ave died Friday at Bethesda Hospital Cincinnati Services 1 p.m Thursday Oswald Funeral Home Burial Valley View Memorial Gardens Xenia Wife Ruby two daughters and a grandchild Leila Wellbaum 62 of 69 Moore Drive Franklin died 12:30 a.m today at Middletown Hospital Cancer previously Inland Manufacturing Dayton Two brothers Kenneth Foster Mote and sister Beatrice Skinner Funeral details at Woodhill Cemetery HAMILTON Deaths Russell Snowden 34 734 S 12th St services 2 p.m Thursday Fairfield Wesleyan Church Mary Cochran 91 2900 Hamilton Scipio Road services 11 a.m Wednesday Webb Woodrow Edwards 57 2977 Scott Road services 2 p.m Thursday Webb Ronald Brockman 31 981 Timberman Ave services today Brown Dawson
William Long 21 and his wife Judy 17 were treated at Middletown Hospital after their car crashed into a utility pole on Crawford Street at Queen Avenue about 3 a.m. Long was cited for driving while intoxicated after failing to stop at a stop sign.
The Middletown Jaycees hosted a Christmas dinner at the club lodge on Mary Etta Street for 80 area residents in need. Salvation Army members issued meal tickets, Rev. Douglas Shriner spoke on Christmas meaning, and Santa Claus handed out candy to 63 children. Ron Short led the Jaycee committee.
A simple dessert idea: drain canned pears or cling peaches then drizzle hot chocolate syrup into the hollows. Sprinkle toasted sliced almonds to finish for a quick, elegant treat.
West Carrollton police arrested 21 year old David Slater of Dayton for the Day's Inn Motel robbery and shooting at I-75 and Ohio 63. A second suspect, 21 year old Joe Lee Ray Jr. of Dayton, is to be charged. Bond set at 5000 per charge. Blair of Dayton implicated Slater in the crime.
Santa Claus escorted by North Madison firemen will tour the township starting at 5:30 at the firehouse. He will stop at street corners including Catalina Court Allen Road Germantown Road and others, giving candy to children. Fire Chief Robert Ledford urged parents to bring kids to corners as no other stops are planned.
In Steubenville Ohio a fire swept through a two story brick building early today killing at least three residents and trapping one more. One person was critically burned and a sixth resident hospitalized as crews battled the blaze from 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. The former nursing home building’s dead and injured identities were not immediately known.
Ohio Real Estate Commission chairman John L. Tranter remained in serious condition after a Sycamore Township house fire that killed his wife Florence Tranter, 57, and injured their son Richard, 15. Mrs. Tranter was found at a second floor window. John Tranter suffered burns over 60 percent. The fire is under investigation.
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