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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1958

Page

3

Boy Dies After Secret Battler With Leukemia at 14

James D. Montgomery aged 14 died at University Hospital in Columbus after a two year fight with incurable leukemia. He kept the illness from most, was a Maple Park and Lemon Monroe student, member of First Baptist Church and DeMolay, and survived by parents and two brothers. Funeral plans list services at First Baptist Church with DeMolay memorials and pallbearers named.

James D. Montgomery Maple Park Lemon-Monroe High School University Hospital Columbus Paul Montgomery Spencer Middletown Order of DeMolay Boy Scouts Charles Richard Anna Brown Maggie Fike Dayton First Baptist Ch G. Walter Webe Woodside Cemetery McCoy- Leffler First Baptist Church Ronald Kennard Calbert Harlan Jr John Berger Jr Don Reed Bill Scott Phillip Norris Eddie Blevins Roy Turner Larry Sullivan Bob Chaney Donnie Webb Gary Moore

Mrs. Bessie Gray Dies at Middletown Hospital

Mrs. Bessie Mae Gray, 67, of 101 Shafer Street, died at 6 45 a.m. yesterday at Middletown Hospital where she had been a patient.

Bessie Mae Gray Shafer St Middletown Hospital

Free Book on Arthritis And Rheumatism

An advertisement offers a free book titled arthritis and Rheumatism explaining why drugs provide only temporary relief, outlining a non surgical treatment with success since 1919. No obligation to request. send to The Ball Clinic Dept. 1922 Excelsior Springs Missouri.

Ball Clinic Excelsior Springs Missouri

Services for Clinton Merchant Held at Friendship Church

Clinton Merchant 63 of 1227 Sycamore St. died last Friday. Services set for tomorrow at 1 30 p m at Friendship Baptist Church with Rev P H Henry officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Military rites by Blythe Williams American Legion Post 231 at the cemetery. Friends may call today after 6 p m at the church. Bailey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Clinton Merchant Sycamore St Friendship Baptist Church P. H. Henry Woodside Cemetery Blythe-Williams American Legion Bailey Funeral Home Merchant

Sam M Spradling dies at home of daughter in city

Sam M. Spradling, 75, died yesterday at 50 a.m. at the home of his daughter Mrs Alfred Ecklar of 806 10th Ave. He is survived by his daughter and other relatives. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Sam M. Spradling Alfred Ecklar 10Th Ave

Surviving Relatives Listed for Berry Funeral Tomorrow

Other survivors include four daughters Mrs Ruth Warble and Mrs Charles Lount of Cleveland Mrs Robert Hardy and Mrs Robert Schubert of Middletown and four sons Danny and Carl F Spradling of Middletown Samuel Jr and Oscar of Cynthiana Ky. Services are set for tomorrow at Woodhead Funeral Home in Berry Ky.

Ruth Warble Charles Lount Cleveland Robert Hardy Robert Schubert Middletown Danny Carl F. Spradling Samuel Jr Oscar Cynthiana Woodhead Funeral Home Berry, Ky

Death of John Stringham 68 at Middletown Hospital

John Jack Stringham 68 of 506 Aberdeen Dr died at 7 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after years of ill health. A retired Armco Steel Corp employee and Armco Veterans Club member he is survived by a sister Gertrude Stringham of Minneapolis Minn Funeral will be held tomorrow at Angelsby Funeral Home Franklin with burial Friends may call after 6 p.m. today

John Jack) Stringham Aberdeen Dr Middletown Hospital Armco Steel Corp Armco Veterans Club Gertrude (Stringham Minneapolis Minn Angelsby Franklin Woodside

Duncannon Woman Mrs Irene Tarry Tarry dies after seven months illness

Mrs Irene Tarry died at 9 40 p m Saturday at her home in Duncannon Pennsylvania after a seven month illness. A Middletown native she moved to Duncannon with her husband Edward in 1941 and is survived by her husband and sister Mrs George Freeman of Middletown. Arrangements were incomplete at Wilson Memorial Home.

Irene Augspurger Tarry Duncannon Middletown Tarry Edward George Freeman Wilson Memorial Home

Eaton area beautician Dola Baker dies at 67

Mrs Dola Fleming Baker 67 of 408 East Main Street died Saturday at Grandview Hospital Dayton. She operated an Eaton beauty parlor for 24 years. Survived by husband A S Baker mother Mrs Jenny Rule son Robert Fleming Richmond Indiana daughter Mrs Bette Smith Cincinnati brother Russell Rule Akron. Services at Girton Schmidt Memorial Home with burial Collinsville Cemetery. Friends may call memorial home tomorrow 3 5 and 7 9 p.m.

EATON Dola Fleming Baker E. Main St Grandview Hospital Dayton Baker A.S. Baker Jennie Rule Robert Fleming Richmond Ind Bette Smith Cincinnati Russell Rule Akron Gir‘ton Schmidt Collinsville Cemetery

Ethel Bruce Eaton Dies at 68 in Dayton

Mrs. Ethel Bruce Eaton age 68 died Friday at Stillhaven Nursing Home Dayton. Survived by sisters Mrs. Lulu Miller Dayton and Mrs. Mae Wilson Richmond Ind and half brother Roy Craig Somerville. Services set for 1 30 p m tomorrow at Girton Schmidt Memorial Home with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery.

infant Judy Mae Cramer dies at birth

Judy Mae Cramer infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Cramer of 853 Lake Ave died at birth at Grand view Hospital Dayton. Survived by maternal grandmother Mrs Clara Henry of Excelle and four sisters and one brother at home. Graveside rites at Woodhill Cemetery today. Eaton Funeral Home in charge.

Judy Mae Cramer Franklin Judy Mae Cramer Joseph Cramer Lake Ave Grandview Hospital Dayton Clara Henry Excelle Woodhill Cemetery Eaton Funeral Home

Obituary notices from Butler County list Hazel Huffman Pepper death

Mrs Hazel Huffman Pepper aged 59 of 313 University Ave Oxford dies with services at 2 p m Wednesday at Marshall Smith Funeral Home Luther Jones age 66 of 326 S Front St services today Webb Funeral Home Mrs Anna Brown 57 of 2040 John St Williamsdale services 2 p m Tuesday at West Side Baptist Church

Butler County Hazel Huffman Pepper University Ave Oxford Marshall-Smith Funeral Home Luther Jones S. Front St Webb Funeral Home Anna Brown John St Williamsdale West Side Baptist Church

Watchdog Sought for Bakery Union Vote in Cincinnati

An AFL-CIO official asked Common Pleas Court to appoint a watchdog committee to supervise a September vote by about 1,000 bakery workers on leaving the Bakery Workers Union and joining a new AFL-CIO sponsored union. The Local 460 vote stems from Local 213’s split.

Cincinnatip Afl-Cio Common Pleas Court William L. Kircher AFL - Cio Aflcio

Ex-Congressman Snell Dies At 87

Bertrand H. Snell Republican minority leader in the House from 1931 to 1938 died at Potsdam Hospital at age 87. Known as Hard Boiled Snell he backed the St Lawrence Seaway and first entered Congress in 1914 to fill a vacancy.

Potsdam N. Y Bertrand H. Snell House of Representatives Snell Washington St. Lawrence Seaway Congress

Two Children Burned In Separate Accidents In Hamilton

A Middletown three year old girl Sheila Lonicker and a Hamilton seven year old boy Wilford Lee Guthrie were badly burned Saturday. Sheila is in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital with first and second degree burns. Wilford Guthrie remains in critical condition at Mercy Hospital with second degree burns over most of his upper body. Witnesses Jim Davis and John Guthrie acted quickly to help. the incidents occurred after a trash fire and an explosion from a gasoline can in a heating stove.

Middletown Hamilton Sheila Lonick Mark Moore Brentwood St Middletown Hospital Mercy Hospital Wilford Lee Guthrie Austin Guthrie Canl Rd Lola Davis Moores Brentwood Street Sheila John Guthrie Guthrie Wilford Clarence Blevins Butler County Sheriff's Department Ralph Guthrie Blevins

Springboro Man Suffered Facial Cuts In Shaving Cream Accident

Carl Barnhart 72 a local electrician suffered severe facial cuts when a shaving cream can exploded on a hot stove at his East Street home. He walked to a service station then to a physician after receiving twenty one stitches. He is staying at the Fish residence on Rt 73.

Springboro Carl Barnhart East Street Barnhart Sam Fish John Fish Sr

Five Hurt In Crashes At Morrow

Five persons were injured in two traffic accidents near Morrow late Saturday night and early yesterday. In the first crash on Ohio 123 east of U S 22, Velmar Humphries 16 Alexandria Ind, suffered a compound fracture of the left leg. Carolyn Vain 19 Rex Lewis 21 and Sue Lewis 18 all of Elwood Ind had facial cuts and bruises with leg injuries. Humphries car skidded over a hill and struck a guardrail. Eva Mae Gill 39 of 2017 Sheffield St was treated for forehead cuts after a separate one car mishap on Ohio 123 two miles east of U S 22 when Albert Gill 44 failed to control on slippery pavement and slid into a bridge corner.

Morrow Ohio U.S Carolyn Vain Rex Lewis Sue Lewis Elwood Ind Velmar Humphries Alexandria Humphries Eva Mae Gill Sheffield St Ohio 123 Albert Gill

Truman Says No Offer To Back Ike For Presidency

Former President Harry S. Truman says he never offered to back Dwight D. Eisenhower for the presidency and warned him against seeking the office. The See It Now interview with Edward R. Murrow was filmed in the Florida Keys and aired on CBS, with remarks on Truman quitting piano and disliking the Missouri Waltz.

New York Harry S. Truman Eisenhower Europe Truman Thomas E. Dewey Adlai E. Stevenson CBS Edward R. Murrow Florida Keys Missouri Murrow

Slaying of Henry Davis prompts domestic triangle probe

In Youngstown Ohio a man and his wife are held by police in the shooting death of 42 year old Henry Davis. He was struck in the head by a shotgun blast as he climbed to his apartment. Police say a domestic triangle underlies Sunday's killing.

Youngstown Ohio Henry Davis

Commonwealth of Nations Defined as Ties to Crown

The Commonwealth of Nations is a community of independent nations and dependent territories bound by allegiance to the British crown or recognition of the British sovereign as head of the commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Nations

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