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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1964
Page
2
Circleville high school junior Glenn Plum seeks live termites for a science project to test termite light sensitivity. He contacted Florida researchers but state law bans transporting the insects, hindering his plan.
Lt Col John Glenn Jr the first American to orbit the earth and a Democratic Senate candidate received Notre Dame senior class Patriotism Award. He praised space exploration and warned against equating space hardware with government systems while noting future space age benefits.
Mrs Alta Mae Alexander 72 of 2201 Fermwood St died 8 40 pm at Middletown Hospital after admission Saturday. Survived by seven sons Ed gar Charles Jr William David Eugene and John Cedric McGuire. two daughters Mrs Arthur Bess and Mrs Alice Hutchinson. brother Jack Martin. sister Mrs Mary Antonio. 19 grandchildren. Services 2 pm Thursday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow 2 5 and 7 9 pm. Also noted are details of Mr Johnson resident Germantown Ky with five daughters and eight grandchildren. services 2 pm Thursday Rominger Funeral Home Berea Ky. burial Johnson Cemetery Madison County Ky. friends may call today 4 9 pm.
Carma Dougherty four month old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Dougherty of 4734 Todd Road Franklin died at Middletown Hospital. Survived by parents a sister Michele maternal and paternal grandparents and great grandmother. Funeral Thursday at Joseph R Baker Sons Funeral Home with Rev Doyle Kincaid officiating burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm.
The funeral arrangements for 77 year old Mrs. Fanny Isom of Michael Road were updated from Woodhill Cemetery to Woodside Cemetery. Services will be held tomorrow at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with calling hours today from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. She died Sunday at her home.
Paul Johnson aged 72 of Germantown Rt. 1 died Sunday at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Dayton after a period of illness.
Elisha Sandlin 86 of Camden Rt 1 died at 4 10 p m in Dayton Hospital. He was born in Owsley County Kentucky and lived in the Camden area most of his life. Survived by wife Anna four sons Oscar Middletown Claude Athens Ohio Harlan Lake Wales Fla and Jerry St Petersburg Fla 11 grandchildren 37 great grandchildren. Services Friday at Crawford Street First Church of God with Rev Herschel Caudill officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home Thursday 2 5 and 7 9 p m and at the church Friday after 1 p m
Samuel Cornell 72 of Greenfield father of Mrs Ellis Fullwiler formerly of Helton Drive and now in Columbus died Sunday. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning in Greenfield.
Mrs Hilda Tabler aged 9 of 852 Greenwood Ave is listed with a requiem high mass at 9 30 a m tomorrow at St Stephen Church. Louis C Colgate aged 43 of 2194 Mill ville Ross Road has services today at Assembly of God Church. Francis R Kauffman aged 64 of 4971 Pleasant Ave has services at 10 a m Wednesday Webb. Mrs Bessie Bowling aged 59 of 131 Howman Ave has services today Webb. Morris Gay aged 60 of 609 N E St has services 2 p m Thursday Campbell.
Obituaries note Prof Arnold Bergstraesser age 67 died in Freiburg and Ada Roberta Hall age 73 in South Sudbury, with career details at Wellesley College. Dr J Breckenridge Bayne age 83 died in Washington after helping Romania in WWI. Dr Olive Woodruff age 58 led Kent State early childhood education. The notices include a Tuesday meetings list for Mayfield Fire Department United Cerebral Palsy MHS Band Associates Central School PTO Falconeers and many fraternal and service organizations.
Thomas M. Stephens of the Ohio State Department of Education will speak at a joint Lincoln and Wilson School PTO meeting at 7 30 tonight at Wilson School. His talk will cover Individual Differences. He has worked as a school psychologist and administrator and is in a Columbia University doctorate program. The Lincoln School Chair will present selections.
Mrs. Stegall identified Mrs. Willie Mae Mallory of Georgia and New York as ring leader of a 200 member armed crowd that kidnapped the Stegalls after the 1961 Monroe riot. She and her husband described guns pointed at them and forced entry into Robert Williams's home where the abduction occurred.
In Eaton, Judge James L. McCrystal halted the jury trial of William T. Tyrrell, charged with driving under the influence and related offenses, ruling the common pleas court lacked jurisdiction to hear matters transferred from Eaton Municipal Court. The 10 minute session cost about $550 for jurors witnesses sheriff and court expenses.
A hearing on a charge of shooting with intent to kill for Jack D. 31 of Franklin was continued in Municipal Court until 3 p.m. Friday. The charge was filed by Robert Gosling Jr. also of Franklin. Judge J T Riley fined seven traffic offenders a total of 110.
At Princess Anne Maryland a midnight explosion and a burning cross sharpen a racial dispute over restaurant service. Student leaders halted demonstrations briefly while a mediation effort by the interracial committee sought voluntary desegregation. A bomb exploded near Leon Gates home injuring no one, and a cross was burned on the college practice field an hour earlier.
Rufus Stacey, 24, of 3106 Morgan St, arrested on Wall Alley for disorderly conduct. Four beagle puppies valued at 100 dollars stolen from Don Yocum, 1818 Claredon St, returned. Two antennas snapped from a car owned by William Brown, 843 Forster Ave, Central Ave area. Purse with no money taken from Milford Larrison, 430 Vanderveer St. Vandals shot rear window of Estil White car at 2909 Armco Dr with a BB gun.
Dave Armbruster of Ca son Hardware in Middletown reported three used power mowers stolen from the store rear yard yesterday. Value listed as 150 dollars.
The Lima News and the Lima Citizen have withdrawn their multimillion dollar antitrust suits over dominance in the Lima daily newspaper field. Judge Frank L Kloeb dismissed the actions on request of both sides set to a final end after Freedom Newspapers bought out the Citizen. The Citizen’s $7.875 million demand remained pending. Freedom countered with a $20 million plus treble damage suit in February.
The statement notes Portugal has functioned as an independent state since the 12th century, highlighting its longstanding sovereignty and historical path to statehood.
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