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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1962
Page
2
Former actress Louise C. Preedman, 43, picked up her son at a Los Angeles high school after heavy rain. She invited several of his friends along. Police officer Thomas Stead noted 17 passengers and cited her for allowing too many, keeping six while 11 walked.
In Nagasaki a Japanese ship sailed for South Korea carrying 137 Koreans detained for illegal entry. The group included 40 women and marked the 40th such shipment home of illegal entrants.
Waldron C. Gilmour, 88, longtime Lebanon public figure, former Warren County sheriff, coroner, mayor, and probation officer, died yesterday at his daughter’s Minneapolis home where he had lived since retiring in 1954. Survived by daughter Mrs. William McCabe, sister Mrs. Grace Christie, and seven grandchildren. Services Friday at Oswald Memorial Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Public viewing Thursday.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters won a collective bargaining election for 49 Cincinnati cab drivers in a Feb. 7 vote. The National Labor Relations Board tallied 195 for Teamsters and 191 for the Independent Taxi Cab Drivers and Employes Local 4, with 14 challenged votes. 13 challenges were sustained. The prior tie was broken in favor of the Teamsters after members voted months earlier to split from Hoffa’s union.
Tokyo health officials report 13 new flu deaths raising total to 93 amid a current epidemic. One thousand two hundred three Tokyo schools are totally or partially closed due to the outbreak.
Philadelphia report states Antoinette DeFelice aged 68 of Bryn Mawr died Monday night from a heart attack. A few minutes later her husband John aged 72 collapsed and died.
William J Sullivan 75 lifelong Middletown resident died after a heart attack at home then pronounced at Middletown Hospital. He worked 26 years at Wrenn Paper Co and was an Eagles Lodge member. Survived by wife Katherine two sons and eight daughters plus eight grandchildren and other relatives. Requiem High Mass at Holy Trinity Church and burial in Woodside Cemetery with funeral home visitation and Eagles service planned.
Edward Charles age 85 father of Ellison Garrett and George and Verlin Charles of Middletown died yesterday in Hurst Rest Home Beattyville Ky He is survived by two other sons Jackson and Raymond Charles both of Beattyville Newman Funeral Home Beattyville in charge of arrangements
Mervin S Wilhide 75 died in his sleep at home 1330 Woodlawn Ave. A machinist, he worked for Advance Bag Co and later Interstate Folding Box Co retiring in 1955. He belonged to Jefferson Lodge 9 F&AM Middletown Chapter 87 and First Methodist Church. Survived by wife Stella four children and nine grandchildren. Services Thursday 10 a.m. at Wilson Memorial Home. Burial Woodhill Cemetery Franklin memorial home hours listed.
Mrs Elizabeth Webb Koontz 56 of Lebanon Rt 3 died today at Dayton Air Force Base She was born in South Charleston and had lived in Lebanon area since 1937 She was a member of Turtle Creek Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and Woman s auxiliary of the American Legion etc
Mrs. Mary Harville Moore 3 formerly of Franklin died Sunday in Bradenton Florida where she had lived for years Funeral services will be at Shannon Funeral Home Dayton at 2 p m Burial will be in Oneco Florida Survivors include husband Robert H Moore two sons Howard Harville assistant fire chief in Franklin and Paul Harville of Dayton two daughters Mrs Bonnie Crowell of Sarasota Florida and Mrs Ralph Shelton of Carlisle 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren
Miss Jenny Whitacre 76 of 426 East Main Street died yesterday at East Orchard Nursing Home. There are no immediate survivors. Private services will be held at 3 p m tomorrow at Oswald Memorial Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices list residents with ages and addresses in Hamilton and nearby communities. Entries include Inez M Conyers 233 Hudson Ave age unknown, John J Colligan Fulton 70, and Regina G Craycraft 625 Symmes Ave. services are scheduled today or tomorrow at St Marys Church, Pentecostal Highway of Holiness, or other local churches. Additional notices name Allen Freeman 63 with 2 p.m. service, Carl N Owens 49 with 10 a.m. service, Sadie Bell Seward 82, and Edna P Leibrook 75 with various church times, reflecting local death notices and funeral arrangements.
In Ironton rural Ohio a chemical worker Walter Dick Villars 34 and his seven children Bonnie 10 Linda 9 Kathy 8 Lizza Ann 5 Walter 4 Edward 2 David 1 burned to death in a house fire. Wife Mae 29 survived with severe burns. Fire raged for hours as responders found charred bodies in two bedrooms and the family dog died.
Archbishop William David O'Brien, 83, longtime auxiliary bishop of the Chicago archdiocese, died Monday in San Pierre Indiana. He served nationally in the church and was recognized for his pastoral leadership and influence within Catholic communities.
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