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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1968

Page

2

Ribald Cartoonist Peter Arno Dies At 64 In New York Area

Peter Arno the New Yorker contributor famed for satirical depictions of the rich and powerful died of cancer at 64 in Port Chester New York. Born Curtis Arnoux Peters on January 8 1904 he rose from Yale trained musician to renowned cartoonist earning up to a thousand dollars per drawing. A memorial service is planned for Sunday.

Port Chester N.Y Peter Arno New Yorker Fifth Avenue TransLux Roosevelt Arno Curtis Arnoux Peters New York City State Supreme Court Hotchkiss Yale The New York Harvard Maryland

Deaths And Funerals Mrs Dessie Lewis 79

Mrs Dessie Lewis 79 of 823 18th Ave died at Janet Rest Home at 7 45 am today after living in Middletown 34 years She is survived by son Robert Middletown daughter Flora Ruffins Clarrton Pa and four brothers Allen Detroit Joel Middletown Reuben Middletown She will be buried at Sugar Grove Cemetery West Alexandria Arrangements are incomplete at Jordan Funeral Home services at Olivet United Brethren Church on Little Richmond Road Zimmerman Funeral Home West Alexandria is handling calls Sunday and Monday after 1 pm at the church

Dessie Lewis 18Th Ave Janet Abbyville Ala Middletown Robert Flora Ruffins Clarrton Allen Detroit Joel Reuben Jordan Olivet United Brethren In Christ

Obituary: B Frank Mills 82 Dies at Kettering Memorial

B Frank Mills 82 of 204 Harrison St died yesterday at Kettering Memorial Hospital. Survived by wife Edith two sons Omer of Trotwood and Alva of Miamisburg three daughters Mildred Deeter Eaton Marciel Walton of Eaton and Frances Strausburg of West Alexandria two brothers David and Isaac Brookville two sisters Anna Dunnier and Mary Mills Brookville nine grandchildren nine great grandchildren Services set for 2 p.m.

Gratis B. Frank Mills Harrison St Kettering Memorial Hospital Edith Omer Trotwood Alva Miamisburg Mildred Deeter New Lebanon Marciel Walton Eaton Frances Strausburg West Alexandria David Isaac Brookville Anna Dunnier Mary Mills

Grace Taylor 81 Franklin resident dies after stroke

Grace Taylor 81 of 725 Clark Street, Franklin, died at 12 20 am at Middletown Hospital after a stroke four weeks earlier. Survived by husband William, a daughter Giuiuliah Johns, a sister Daisy Barker, six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Services Monday at 10 am Eaton Funeral Home, Dr H Gessner officiating. Burial at Miami Valley Memory Garden Route 48. Friends may call Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm.

Franklin Grace Taylor Clark St Middletown Hospital Taylor William Guiuliah Johns Daisy Barker Eaton Funeral Home Gessner Miami Valley Memory Garden Funeral

Destruction Of Property Charged In Candy Machine Breakin

A 31 year old man faces malicious destruction of property charges after police say he broke into a coin operated candy machine at a laundromat on 345 N Main St. Officers reported he used a screw driver and file. a warning shot was fired to stop him. Robert Lee Lacy of 126 N Main St was jailed by Judge J T Lamb in municipal court.

Robert Lee Lacy N. Main St J. T. Lamb Lacy

Fenwick High to Host Sunday Science Festival

Fenwick High School hosts its annual Science Festival with grade school and high school divisions. Judging runs 1 to 4 p.m. by 20 judges from business and industry. Traveling trophy goes to top grade school exhibit. high school awards include trophies and medals. Exhibits open 3 to 4:30 p.m. Winners announced at 4:45 p.m. in Fenwick auditorium.

Fenwick High Fenwick High School Constance Fenwick Science Club Fenwick Auditorium

Champion Paper Hit By Walkout

About 120 workers at Champion Papers east coast department in Hamilton Ohio staged a wildcat strike over proposed seniority classification changes. A union spokesman said the move would risk laying off 16 workers. Company officials declined to comment.

Hamilton, Ohio Eastcoat Department of Champion Papers United Papermakers and Paperworkers

Ice Skating Planned at Smith Pond

Smith Pond will host skating today with four inches of ice in the center. Recreation supervisor Ralph Connor announced safe skating area barricades. Department crews cleared snow and 12 skating days have occurred, the last on January 25. Supervisors monitor from 4 to 9 p.m.

Smith Pond Ralph Connor

Three Injured in Two Separate Traffic Crashes

Two separate incidents left three people hurt with varying injuries. Marine Sgt. Edward Fay, 47, of Cincinnati, sustained head injuries after his car drifted and plunged down a dirt embankment on I 75. Robert Murphy, 17, of Middletown, suffered back and ankle injuries and facial lacerations in a Rt 73 crash. Danny Taylor, 18, of Middletown, had forehead abrasions and facial cuts.

Mercy Hospital Hamilton Edward K. Fay Cincinnati Middletown Hospital Robert A. Murphy Jackson Lane Danny Taylor Yankee Road Fay Cincinnati - Dayton Road

Three-Car Rear-End Crash Injures Two in Middletown

Two people, Noah Powers aged 49 and Nellie Powers 36, were treated at Middletown Hospital for minor neck injuries after a three-car rear-end collision on N Verity Parkway near Clinton Street at 1 30 p m. Police report Opal Shephard 45 struck the Powers car pushing it into James Compton 19. Compton refused treatment. damage listed at 750 dollars and Shephard cited for tailing too closely.

Middletown Hospital N. Verity Parkway Clinton Street Noah Powers Nellie Powers Breiel Blvd James R. Compton Springfield Verity Parkway Opal M. Shephard Germantown Road Powers Compton Auto Compton

Rock crushes man to death in Ohio mine fall

A 46 year old man Zigmond Smigieski of Amsterdam was crushed to death at the Jensie Mine North American Coal Co East Springfield Ohio. He was employed as a roof bolter when a rock fell from the roof onto him.

Steubenville, Ohio Jensie North American Coal Co East Springfield Here Zigmond Smigeski Amsterdam

Man Charged in Window Destruction at Stan's TV

Robert W. Phillips, 20, of 1304 Yankee Road, was charged with malicious destruction of property after authorities say he broke a window at Stan's TV, 1368 Central Ave. Police arrested him on Central Avenue following a call reporting the break-in.

Robert W. Phillips Yankee Road Stan's TV Central Ave Phillips Central Avenue

Morton May Not Seek Third Term in Congress

Republican Sen. Thruston B. Morton of Kentucky may retire from Congress for health reasons after a final press conference. He has been considered as a potential successor to Dirksen and as a possible vice presidential candidate, and he shifted from hawk to dove on Vietnam policy in recent years.

Louisville Thruston B. Morton Congress Dirksen Morton Republi Hawk Dove House of Representatives Senate Republican National Committee

Lombardo Fine After Surgery in Houston

Guy Lombardo, 65, underwent artery repair at Methodist Hospital and is progressing satisfactorily. He entered the hospital Sunday and is expected to be discharged in about 10 days with a prognosis of full recovery. The operation was not heart related.

Houston Guy Lombardo Methodist Hospital Lombardo JD Michael E. DeBakey

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