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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1964
Page
2
In a 1964 fashion preview the National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers forecasts stretch fabrics and adaptable cuts for men. Clothing will slim to fit narrow chests and widen to accommodate paunches with wrinkle resistant, drip dry stretch shirts and self belted slacks.
In Batavia Ohio the Ohio Highway Department will sue New Richmond to take two village parks for a highway project. The department repeats a $17 500 offer for City Park and plans a later filing for an $8 000 condemnation of Softball Park.
The Islamic calendar, often referred to as Mohammedan, is a lunar reckoning beginning from the year 622 A D when Mohammed fled from Mecca.
Victor H. Augspurger 78 died of a heart attack at his Monroe home. He was a retired farmer and North Cemetery board president, with Mason and Scottish Rite memberships, survived by wife Minnie, son Robert, three daughters, a brother and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be at Wilson Memorial Home with cemetery burial at North Cemetery. Lincoln Lodge and Scottish Rite services planned. memorials to Monroe Methodist Church. Kie Hollon 66, Carlisle native and Dayton resident for 14 years, died at Brown VA Hospital Dayton. Survived by wife Bertha, three daughters, five sons, 10 stepchildren, seven brothers, two sisters, and 26 grandchildren. Services Monday at Charles W. Moore Funeral Home Dayton. burial Willow View Cemetery.
Anna Homan 76 of Middletown formerly Burkettsville Ohio died 10 35 am after hospital admission following a cerebral hemorrhage from Zartman Rest Home Franklin. Survived by five sons two daughters and multiple siblings with funeral at St Bernard s Burkettsville and burial at St Elizabeth s Coldwater. memorials to Doty House.
Mary Louise Sharts of Franklin, 88, died at 2 p.m. yesterday at her home. She had been ill 15 years and was a lifelong resident, a former Sunday school teacher and church treasurer at First United Church of Christ, and a Cream Ridge Club member. Services 10 a.m. Monday at Anglesby Funeral Home, Rev. Carl Landis officiating. Burial Woodhill Cemetery. Calling hours Sunday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.
Grover C Hord, age 79, of 3117 Griesmer Ave, will have services at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Klaus Weigel will officiate.
Athens AP reports Sophocles Venizelos former Greek premier died Friday at 69 aboard a cruise ship returning from a political campaign to Crete. The obituary notes his long service and public roles in Greece.
A Worcestershire legend speaks of the ghost Lady Lightfoot appearing in a coach drawn by four fiery horses, roaming the ancient house before ending with a plunge into the moat.
Two encyclopedia salesmen Froelich and Ginrich stranded in a Sierra snowbound car endured 15 days with frost bite and hunger. Rescued by a sheriff's constable after aid from Tom Penland, they trudged through a blizzard to a cabin, used ads as blankets and even played cards from advertising material to pass the time.
Lebanon Warren County deputies recovered a $425 diamond dinner ring stolen from Mrs. Madelyn Rapp of Route 42 Lebanon on New Year’s Day. A teenage girl visiting the home was identified as responsible and referred to juvenile authorities after a tip led to the recovery.
The survey shows about 61 percent of eyeglass wearers in the United States use plain lenses while 39 percent rely on bifocals or trifocals.
Columbus AP Er nest J Gebhart 49 of Columbus a 17 year veteran of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources was named chief of the Division of Parks and Recreation The appointment by Fred E Marr department director was approved by the Parks and Recreation Council He has been acting chief since the year began after W W Flickinger resigned Gebhart moved to the former division of parks in 1962 as assistant chief Previously he was with the Division of Forestry as a ranger and later staff forester He is a Marietta native and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1946 with a forestry degree
In Lebanon, two neighboring houses were entered with minimal losses. Ronald L. Khetran of 3052 Jeffrey Street reported a pried door between 1 and 1:30 a.m. with $3 to $5 in change and a department store credit card taken. Joyce Richardson of 3156 Jeffrey Street said her home was ransacked between 5 and 8 p.m. yesterday, with no clear items reported missing.
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