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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1968
Page
2
Obituaries and funeral notices across Middletown and nearby areas list survivors and service details. Names include Robert Williams and Sandra Adams. Frank Zenor Carpenter and Miss Patricia Tabler receive High Mass arrangements. George Bartott and Bernice Davey noted among the deceased with service details and home locations.
Funeral services for Paul W. Fawley 82 of Hillsboro will be held at 4 pm Saturday at the Rhoads Home in Hillsboro. Burial will be in New Market Baptist Cemetery. Mr. Fawley died Christmas Eve at Highland District Hospital Hillsboro from pneumonia.
Mrs Stacy 87 of 100 Burketon died at 6 am at her residence after an extended illness. Her husband Samuel died in 1952. Surviving are five daughters Lillian Watkins W B Hammond Monroe Bett Evans Kettering C D Hammond Eaton Maureen Van Ausdal West Carrollton and five sons Victor Ray James Garrett and others in Middletown. There are 16 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home handles funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Robbie Mae Weatherby 39 of 1123 Kunz Ave died at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Middletown Hospital. Born in Monroe Georgia she had lived in Middletown 20 years. Surviving are her father.
Mrs Lucinda Powell 93 died 11 50 a m at her home 6346 HamiltonRichmond Pike after years of ill health. Born Jackson County Ky she lived in Somerville area and survived by relatives including Myrtle Abrasing Camden Berthart Moores Hill Ind McDaniel Fairfield Hazel Downard Laur el Ind three sons Jesse Berkley James two brothers Joseph Lebanon Albert Dayton two sisters Isabelle Day Dottie Logsdon 47 grandchildren 150 great grandchildren and 0 great great grandchildren. Services 2 p m Sunday Somerville Pentecostal Church burial Hickory Flat Cemetery. Friends may call at Nein Son Funeral Home Camden tomorrow 4 9 p m and at church Sunday after 1 p m.
Mrs Anna Gray aged 75 of 925 Greenwood Avenue is scheduled for funeral services at 9 a.m. tomorrow, under Webb Funeral Home.
A 19 year old national baton twirling champion from Ohio State University will lead the California Toppers Band in the Parade of Roses parade in Pasadena on New Year’s Day. Judy Kassauf of Lakewood was not allowed to perform with the OSU marching band due to time constraints. Kassouf had performed with the all male OSU band at halftime in 1967 and again this season. the 1967 appearance marked the first time a woman marched with the OSU band. The Toppers Band is sponsored by a Pasadena firm and has become a Parade of Roses regular.
Readers are invited to send donations to sponsor this ad in Rev Dean Sheets column situated at Ex 23 Middletown Ohio. The message seeks funding support and provides a local contact point for contributors.
An 18 year old Fairfield driver, Sterling T. Windhurst, is in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after his westbound car hit a Tylersville Road bridge abutment near LeSourdsville Road at 2 a.m. Passenger Robert Wright, 16, also Fairfield, sustained non life threatening injuries. Deputy Harold May transported the injured youths to the hospital.
Mrs. Jacqueline Cox 33 of Ross is charged with robbery and unlawful entry in the Okeana Citizens Bank break in. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday January 6 at 7 p.m. in Butler County Area Court 1 Oxford. Cox was arrested by Hamilton County authorities after being stopped near New Baltimore about 30 minutes after the robbery and denies any knowledge of the crime.
Tim Koger eighteen of 1603 Dixie Highway was accidentally shot in the left shoulder while leaning against a .22 rifle at 12:52 p.m. on Hamilton-Mason Road area property. He was treated at Mercy Hospital and released. Companion Tony Isgro, eighteen, of 1970 Dixie Highway, was with him. no damage to vehicles reported.
Cincinnati plans its own study of four of five bridges to Kentucky that carry about 150000 vehicles daily to the Ohio River. The bridges are labeled functionally obsolete by Kentucky, with one Covington bound span recently closed awaiting inspection.
Beave resident Willett, 23, shot her two sons in their sleep at the Beavercreek home. Four-year-old Scott was killed. three-year-old Terry was in serious condition at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. Police found a note. husband Larry was away.
M A Coyle was sworn in as Hamilton Municipal judge in brief court ceremonies. Gov. Rhodes signed his commission as judge and the oath was administered. Attendees included Coyle’s wife Lucille Baird, their children, and local officials. Judge Black acted as presenter with benediction by Rev Raymond Beals.
A new tourist site near Tueddern Germany offers a 50 acre wooded reserve where about 30 lions roam. Visitors view the big cats from cars inside a high electrified fence to prevent escapes.
Every topcoat in Gentry's stock is reduced for quick clearance. Buckingham velour double breasted coats and double breasted British warm coats in shorter lengths in all wool fabrics. Camel hair topcoats and natural shoulder topcoats in herringbone patterns also offered at substantial savings.
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