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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1968
Page
2
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. Mary Clevenger 29 of 2015 Queen Ave at Cleveland Clinic after eighteen days as patient and Mollie Collins 71 of 218 Roberts Ave at Middletown Hospital. Services are planned with church and funeral home arrangements and multiple survivors listed. Also noted are infant graveside services at Lebanon Kentucky and extended family details in Franklin and surrounding towns.
Mrs Genevieve Marie Crawford 48 of 106 Burton Road died at 3 15 am at Middletown Hospital where she had been a patient since January 29 She served in the Women s Army Corps during World War II and was a member of St John s Church She was born in Joliet Illinois and had lived in Middletown since 1945 Surviving are her husband Ivan Jr a son James of Middletown her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Martin Sr of Joliet and a brother Thomas Jr of Joliet
Louis A. Meier aged 65 of 9935 Colerain Ave Cincinnati died yesterday at home. He was president of the Hamilton County Farm Bureau and past president of the Hamilton County Dairy Service Co op. He also served as fieldman for the Co op Pure Milk Assn and driver for Northwest Local School District. He leaves wife Frieda and two daughters along with his son. Funeral is Friday at 11 a.m. at Hodapp Funeral Home College Hill with viewing Thursday 4 to 9 p.m.
Maj. Gen. mas R. White aged 55 and adjutant general of Pennsylvania since 1943 died after being stricken, likely from a heart attack. In Wisconsin, state Treasurer Dena A. Smith, 68 and the first woman elected to a statewide constitutional office, died Tuesday.
Services for John E. Gabbard 45 of Williamsdale will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Pro eschel Funeral Home Hamilton with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Gabbard died after a cave‑in at an excavation near Dayton Monday and was pronounced dead on arrival at Grandview Hospital. He was born in Capac Michigan and was a World War II veteran. Surviving are sister Christie Beaty Williamsdale and brothers Walter Michigan and Keith Texas.
The Middletown Park Department finished a seven week dance instruction class series with 51 participants and plans a new Wednesday night run beginning tonight. Thirty three signed for beginners at 7 30 and eleven for advanced at 8 30 with Miss Joan Ritter teaching. A March 5 advanced class has twelve registrations and four for beginners. Ralph Connor notes ongoing registration. The article also notes Sweden issued the world earliest bank notes in 1661.
Dallas based district judge Joe B Brown died at 60 from a heart attack. He sentenced Jack Ruby in the Oswald case, later overturned on appeal. Brown spoke of enjoying talks with Ruby and doubted a fair retrial beyond Wichita Falls.
J. W. Holton, vice president of Armco Steel Corp and managing director of Armco International, has been re-elected to the National Foreign Trade Council board. Holton joined Armco in 1928 and has led international operations since 1944, including European regional directorship and finance division leadership before his 1965 current roles.
Ten semifinalists for the 1968 Miss Junior Achievement contest were selected by the JA board after the first judging round. Names include Jean Demarest Connie Heinkel Edie Kidd Teri Senior Donna Sharrett Deborah Soule Pam Surgenor Jenny Tewell Melissa Tobias and Connie Rothman. The final winner earns a trip to the Ohio State Fair and the National Achievers Conference to represent Middletown.
Edna Voge, 75, was shot February 5 on a rural farm near West Alexandria. Sheriff Stover and Ohio BCI await lab results to identify the gun and confirm the incident type. no suspects held. Edna remains in Dayton Good Samaritan Hospital in satisfactory condition after surgery.
Half the world’s asbestos reserves lie in Transvaal near the Swaziland border. Blue asbestos is said to be the strongest natural fiber with a tensile strength about fifty percent higher than steel.
Members and wives of the newly formed Optimist Club of Eaton and the Noon Optimist Club of Middletown will hold a joint dinner and social program Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Peerless Mill in Miamisburg. Allen S. Lynch a Miami University freshman from Dayton will perform as folk singer during the program.
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