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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1965
Page
5
Robert Bridges a steel worker said he saved 35500 in small bills over 20 years and kept it in a paper bag in his car rumble seat. He found the money missing February 6 and police, investigating quietly, have no clues about the thief.
George Harvey has surged to the top in a buy a vote contest for the Maharajah title to be crowned during the final night of the Welfare Auxiliary Follies at Middletown High School. Rotary members back Harvey as voting runs through intermission of Friday’s show with can casts at Manchester Motor Inn and Albers store.
An old advertisement warns parents that worm infections affect about one in three people and promotes Jaynes Vermifuge P W for pinworms and R W for roundworms. It claims the tablets reach worms in the bowels and kill them with medically approved ingredients designed for both children and adults.
C. B. Ingels 76 father of Mrs. Nan Pember of 2812 Moorman Place died yesterday at Paris Hospital. Survived by wife Franklin two other daughters and a sister. Services and burial set for Friday in Carlisle Ky.
William Frederick Barnes aged 32 of 318 EF Main St. will have funeral services at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Galli more Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. He was killed Monday when his car on U S 42 north of Lebanon struck a truck driven by George C Miller 47 of Lebanon Rt 3 who was attempting a left turn into a private driveway. Friends may visit today 4 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
The Middletown Noon and Optimist Clubs fixed March 18 for the annual Optimism Spirit of Youth oratorical contest at First United Presbyterian Church at 7 30 p m. Thirteen high school boys have entered. each will deliver a five minute speech. Trophies and certificates will go to the winners. The Rev James P Simmons heads the arrangements. The top winner may advance to district and if successful there to a regional in New Orleans in June.
In pre-Columbian America dolls appeared in both ceremonial and play contexts. Indian tribes fashioned figures from twisted corn husks, reflecting cultural roles and imaginative child’s toys.
Middletown police warn motorists with expired out-of-state plates face warnings for street parking and $5 tickets if plates aren’t renewed. Driving with expired plates leads to court citations. Kentucky tags expired Dec 31 1964 with a grace period to Mar 1 1965, Michigan and Indiana end Sunday with no grace.
Howard Bailey, a Rockey River carpenter, found a rare 1918-17-S standing liberty quarter in a warehouse dust heap. A dealer offered $500, with collectors possibly paying $1,000. Bailey plans to keep it for now to help his son’s college future.
A committee from the 1940 Middletown High School graduating class, co chaired by Curtis Thomas and Ray Boxwell, will meet at the Civic Association at 7:30 tomorrow evening to finalize plans for the July 2 and 3 reunion at Manchester Motor Inn. They seek to locate 20 classmates who have moved away and whose current addresses are unknown.
A Cub Pack 20 meeting featured a father son balsa model contest. Prizes went to Donald Murphy Gene Stewart and Jody Cottle for best models.
James H. Slusser 58 a Germantown native died Sunday at his Bradenton Florida home after a heart attack He retired seven years ago from Inland Manufacturing Co in Dayton He was a member of Germantown Lodge 257 F and AM Surviving wife Thelma a daughter Betty Dodds of Dayton a son Eugene of Fort Lauderdale a sister Mrs Earl Reed and four brothers Samuel Franklin Union City Mich and Robert Francis of Germantown
William Van Harligen 81 a retired carpenter died at his home 26 E Park St Lebanon. Survived by wife Irene a son Dr George Van Harligen Lebanon and three grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Friday Oswald Memorial Home burial Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow after 4 p.m.
Prof. Charles Alexander Robinson Jr., 64, a Brown University faculty member since 1928 and noted author on ancient civilizations and archaeology, died Tuesday. In Florida, Raymond P. Lipe, 94, founder of Beechnut in 1891 and a grain shipper and financier during World War I, died Monday.
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