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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1966

Page

2

Capsized Cape Fear cruiser search for six continues

Elizabethtown North Carolina authorities seek six aboard a 40 foot cabin cruiser missing since Sunday after it overturned on the Cape Fear River. The group includes Jack Allen his wife and three preschoolers plus Jasper Hyatt of Fayetteville. The boat valued at 45000 left Fayetteville upriver and overturned near Lock No 3 after losing power. The vessel was sighted hours later and pulled with no bodies found. Allen worked for Powers Service Inc. of Chicago and lived aboard the cruiser at a Fayetteville boat landing.

Elizabethtown N.C Cape Fear River Jack Allen Jasper Hyatt Fayetteville Bill Miller Sheriff's Department Cumberland County Miller Allen Powers Service Inc Chicago

Etna Volcano Eruption Sparks Ash Cloud and Lava Flow

Mt Etna in Sicily erupted today sending a dense ash cloud over 400 vane into the sky. Lava flowed down the mountainside from crater cracks after a minor earthquake. No immediate danger was reported to nearby villages.

Catania Sicily Mt. Etna Etna

Killers Missed $5000 in Cash From Ohio Couple Fire

In Winchester Ohio investigators recovered about $5000 in charred bills and coins from the Howards farm ruins after a fire that killed Mr and Mrs Ford W Howard. The couple were known to keep large sums at home. Autopsy pending and crime lab analysis planned on blood stained snow and footprints. Myrta Howard their hospitalized daughter.

Winchester Ohio Ford W. Howard Adams County Howard Ruth Chester Osman State Crime Laboratory Myrta

Deaths And Funerals In Middletown Area

Death notices report Lee W. Gillespie of Cincinnati husband Audrey Gillespie and son Grant. services Wednesday at Hillside Chapel Cincinnati. Also Josephine Kalbfleisch of Middletown with sister Mrs. Huey, requiem Wednesday at Holy Trinity and Woodside burial. James S. Morrison of Middletown dies. survivors include wife Lillie and three children. services Wednesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Obituary of lifelong Butler County resident who taught in Madison Township School. survives husband George F. and two sons George R. and John, two daughters Ruth and Elizabeth. services Wednesday at Wilson Memorial Home. Burial Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Peasttown. call times listed.

Lee W. Gillespie Micietown Wiliam Gillespie Yankee Road Cincinnati Audrey Grant Harvey Augspurger Franklin Hillside Chapel Dixmuth Ave Fuldner Mortuary Butler County Madison Township George F George R R Middletown John Ruth Slade Elizabeth Slade Wilson Memorial Home Paul Bergdall Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Peasttown Memorial

Sears Roebuck Spring and Summer Catalog Debuts

Cozy season promotions feature Sears Roebuck with a new apparel department for petite junior sizes and a full home decor push at Reed-Klopps. Lewis Drugs advertises braces and hospital equipment, Davidson’s Photo Shop touts a $19.95 Polaroid Land Camera, and Carriage Shop markets custom menswear. Roberson’s lists Woolrich jackets on sale. Junior Achievement Trade Fair held Jan 29 at First National Bank lobby, celebrating youth entrepreneurship.

Sears-Roebuck First National Bank Charles Palmer

Miss Annie Roth 85 Dies in Kentucky at Presbyterain Center

Miss Annie Augusta Roth 85 formerly of Middletown died at 815 am today at the United Presbyterian Center in Frenchburg Kentucky where she had lived the past five years. She was born in Butler County near Monroe and earlier worked as a secretary for Ralston Paint Co and Riggs Funeral Home. There are no immediate survivors and arrangements are incomplete at the Riggs Funeral Home.

Annie Augusta Roth Middletown United Presbyterian Center Frenchburg Miss Roth Butler County Monroe Ralston Paint Co Riggs Funeral Home

Death of John M. Rowe former Franklin taxi operator

John M. Rowe 76 of Town House 600 N Verity Pkwy died at 10 p.m. yesterday at Logs don Rest Home Hamilton after a 10 day stay. Retired 1957 as owner operator of Franklin Taxi Co. Survived by wife Bonnie a son John of Chillicothe a daughter Evelyn Foster of Phoenix two brothers Charles Brownsville Frank San Antonio Edward Middletown two sisters Mattie Brown Miami Fla Myrtle Rae Middletown four grandchildren eight great grandchildren Services 10 a.m. Wednesday Eaton Funeral Home Franklin Rev Haskell Jenkins officiating Burial Woodhill Cemetery. Boarded tomorrow 3 to 5 for viewing.

John M. Rowe Town House N. Verity Pkwy Logsdon Rest Home Hamilton Rowe Franklin Taxi Co Bonnie John Chillicothe Evelyn Foster Phoenix Ariz Charles Brownsville Tex Frank San Antonio

Seeman Rites Set for Local Farmer Herman H Seeman

Herman H Seeman 71 of 212 Douglass Ave Trenton died 9 25 p m at Middletown Hospital where he had been a patient since Friday He was a native of Middletown and longtime resident a retired farmer Surviving wife Lilian daughter Ruth King of Trenton son Harvey at home two sisters Louella Seman and Clara Scott Funeral home will conduct services with Rev H Charles March officiating Burial Miltonville Cemetery Viewings are tomorrow 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m Memorials may be sent to the Trenton Lutheran church building fund in place of flowers.

James S. Morrison James Samuel Morrison Tvtus Ave Hughes Memorial Hospital Hamilton Morrison Gardner Diamond National Corp Menifee County Middletown Lillie Harold Nellie Culbertson Elsie Allison Monroe McCoy-Leffler Herschel Caudill Woodside Cemetery Funeral Herman Howard Seeman Douglass Ave Trenton Middletown Hospital Seeman Lilian Ruth King Harvey Louella Seman Clara Scott H. Charles March Miltonville Trenton Lutheran Chhurch

Mrs Amanda Slade Dies After Illness at 87 in Middletown

Amanda Evaline Slade 87 of 5810 West Alexandria Road died at 11 10 a m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after eight years of illness. She was a native of the area.

Amanda Evaline Slade West Alexandria Road Middletown Hospital Slade

John Stults 68 of Phoenix dies at St Joseph Hospital

John Stults 68 of Phoenix Arizona former Middle Town resident died Saturday at St Joseph Hospital Phoenix He was born in Middle Town and lived there Dayton and finally Phoenix since 1961 Lois daughter Mrs Ray Gitzinger of Dayton a brother Walker of San Francisco and two services will be held 230 pm Thursday at Whitmer Brothers Funeral Home Dayton friends may call Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm

John Stults Phoenix Ariz Bertha Mary Emma Stults Middletown St. Joseph Hospital Mr. Stults Dayton Lois Ray Gitzinger Walker San Francisco Whitmer Brothers Funeral Home

Rena Van Meter Dies at 75 in Lebanon Area Farm Barn

Mrs. Rena Van Meter sister of Dosier Downs, 3105 Yankee Road, found dead in the barn on Hart Road near Leb anon. Coroner Dr. Ralph Young says death was a heart attack about 24 hours prior. Burial set for Lebanon Cemetery after viewing at Oswald Memorial Home in Lebanon.

Rena van Meter Yankee Road Hart Road Lebanon van Meter Ralph Young Warren County Oswald Memorial

Emma Witham Rites Set After Lebanon Death

Emma B Witham 75 of 5 S Cherry St Lebanon died yesterday at Kettering Memorial Hospital. Survived by daughters Mary and Martha and Mrs Burdette Sweney. sons Eugene of Lebanon and William of Delaware. brother Russell Blake. sister Mrs Rona Ivans. 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Oswald Memorial Home. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery Mason.

Lebanon Emma B Witham S. Cherry St Kettering Memorial Hospital Mary Martha Burdette Sweney Eugene William Delaware Russell Blake Mt. Healthy Rona Ivans

Obituary Notices for Lena Sauer Louise Schuler and Ear Trauthwein

Obituaries list three Cincinnati area residents. Lena Sauer aged 85 of Cincinnati formerly Hamilton will lie in state at St Stephen's for a Requiem High Mass at 9 30 a.m. Wednesday. Louise Schuler aged 79 of 815 Park Ave will have a Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St Peter's Church. Ear Trauthwein aged 50 of 1078 Noy es Ave will have a Requiem High Mass at 9 30 a.m. tomorrow at St Ann's.

Lena Sauer Cincinnati Hamilton St. Stephen's Church Louise Schuler Park Ave St. Peter's Church Trauthwein Noyes Ave St. Ann's Church

Montana GOP figure Dar Whetstone dies at 83

Dar Whetstone, 83, longtime Montana Republican national committee man from 1939 to 1948, died Saturday in Cut Bank. Joseph C. Broussard, 76, founder and longtime owner of Broussard's restaurant, died Saturday night at his New Orleans home.

Cut Bank Mont Dar Whetstone Montana New Orleans Joseph C. Broussard

Yale Professor Lynd to Speak at Miami U on Dissent Series

Yale professor Staughton Lynd, whose passport was canceled after a trip to North Vietnam, will speak at Miami University as part of the Voice of Dissent series. He will discuss An analysis of Student Revolt in the Towers Room at 4 p.m. Tuesday, the second of four forum speakers in a campus event run by local student and community groups.

Oxford Staughton Lynd Yale Viet Nam Miami University Towers Miami University Center Miami Ymca Miami Student Senate Associated Women Students Inter-Fraternity Council Panhellenic Association Miami Forum YWCA Hammond New York Lynch London America New Left Passport Inci Miami Russell D. Stetler Jr Stetler The Free University of New York National Liberation Front of South Viet Nam Viet Cong Carl Oglesby Ernest van den Haag New York University van den Haag Berkley

UNC Students Push for Aptheker Speech on Campus

In Chapel Hill UNC students urge Gov. Dan Moore and trustees to allow Herbert Aptheker to speak March 9 on campus. Gov. Moore opposes the invitation citing controversy and educational goals, as trustees decide at an afternoon Raleigh meeting.

Chapel Hill N.C University of North Carolina Dan Moore Herbert Aptheker Moore Raleigh Students For A Democratic Society Aptheker Frank Wilkinson

Earthquake Felt With Pakistan Center, Tass Reports

Moscow dispatch by AP says a strong quake, likely centered in Pakistan, was recorded today by a Tashkent seismograph station as reported by Tass.

Moscow Pakistan Tashkent Tass

60 Farmers To Be Guests Of Rotarians

The Middletown Rotary Club hosts about 60 area farmers for a luncheon at the Manchester Motor Inn. Guest speaker is Mrs Helen Bridge of Dayton, addressing The United Nations What Lies Ahead. She chairs the UN study committee for Montgomery County League of Women Voters and has roles with United World Federalists and local world affairs programs.

Middletown Rotary Club Manchester Motor Inn Helen Bridge Dayton United Nations Charles S. Bridge Bridge Montgomery County League of Women Voters United World Federalists Dayton Council On World Affairs Junior Council Washington New York

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Robert Bowman Lee Gillespie Mrs. Kalbfleisch Josephine Kalbfleisch Tytus Ave Mercy Hospital Kalbfleisch Raymond Henrietta Huey Holy Trinity Church Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home Reed-Klopp’s Lewis Drugs Lewis Davidson Polaroid Bill Davidson C. FE. Greathouse & Son Roberson’s Woolrich Wdoodod Ady Miss Annie Roth Herman H. Seeman Amanda Slade Emma Witham Rose Hill Cemetery Mason Memorial Home Dent State Department Oslo Norway Canada Laws Staughton Lynd North Red American Institute For Marxist Studies New York City Communist Party United States North Viet Nam Wilkinson Congress North Carolina Middletown Optical Central Ave Bill Franz S&s N. University Bivd Rick's TV Service Rick Jeannette Ave TESA Dodds Monuments Moon & Adrion Ins. Agency, Inc, Home Owner Insurance With Service S. Broad ST Sale Singer Cheerful Ash Singer Singer Today ie@ COMPANY
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