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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1974
Page
2
The Curtis family recalls a January fireplace explosion that burned Mrs. Curtis and her two sons Vic 13 and Chris 7 and left them in treatment for months. Now they celebrate a Christmas of togetherness with modest gifts and gratitude for neighbors and support.
Robert Lee Johnson 6 of 1804 Highland St died yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a brief illness. Survived by wife Fannie six children Mason and Albert brothers and five sisters. Visitation Friday 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home. Services Saturday 1 p.m. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Joseph Doc Blevins 83 of 6771 Trenton Franklin Rd died yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Survived by wife Anna six sons Robert Kenneth Charles Paul Fred Jim. two daughters Pauline Kirk and Mary Brown. sister Esther Cassidy. 23 grandchildren 35 great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 3 p.m. at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitation Friday 5 to 9 p.m. at funeral home.
Two plays by Kuumba Weusi will be presented Friday and Saturday at the People's Place recreation room Lafayette Avenue and Main Street at 7 PM. The program, sponsored by United Missionary Baptist Church, features The Black Birds by Malcolm X and Welfare Just Ain't Fair by James Whitehead. Admission is 1 or 75 cents with a canned good. adults pay 75 cents or 50 cents for children 12 and under.
A man accused of taking 37 dollars from Readmore News & Bookstore in the Middletown Shopping Center was chased by Bernard Annenberg and officer Richard Bugizedes. After a warning shot, Edward Jones, 27, of Cincinnati, was apprehended near Breiel Boulevard. Approximately 30 dollars was recovered from a desk drawer and 7 dollars from Mrs Annenberg's purse. The store owner reported the theft at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday. The incident ended with Jones charged with robbery.
Dr J Gordon Howard former Otterbein College president and bishop of the East Central Area died in Winchester Virginia at age 75. He led Otterbein from 1945 and served in United Brethren and Evangelical United Brethren offices before becoming bishop. Graveside services set for Monday at Memorial Park with Sunday visitation at Carrigan Funeral Home.
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