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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1966

Page

2

Ten Offer Hope in Rare Cancer Case in Tucson

Robert F. Allen, 28, an insurance executive in Tucson, has osteogenic sarcoma and faces 2 to 6 months to live. He seeks a donor with O positive blood after a transplant study suggests antibodies can fight tumors. About 90 calls have offered help, with 10 viable prospects.

Tucson Ariz Robert F. Allen Allen Sigmund H. Nadler George E. Moore Roswell Park Memorial Institute Buffalo N.Y

Escapees Charged In Taxi Driver Slaying

Two escapees from Dorothea Dix Hospital are charged with murder in the slaying of Durham taxi driver Alton Maynard. Authorities broadened a search for the two men, tied to a service station robbery, after the body was found with gunshot wounds in Greensboro.

Durham Joseph Eugene Spencer Glenwood O'Neail Williams Dorothea Dix Raleigh Alton Maynard Maynard Greensboro Roberts

Civitan Club to Hear Plans by Armco Engineer

Robert McGehean of Armco Steel and Toastmasters member will outline club objectives at the Civitan Club meeting tomorrow evening at the Manchester Motor Inn. Everett Sherron is the program chairman.

Robert McGehean Armco Steel Corp Toastmasters Club Civitan Club Manchester Motor Inn Everett Sherron

Four Students Qualify for State Speech Meet in Ohio

In District 14 at Oakwood High School four seniors and two Middletown peers earned state finals berths for the Ohio High School Speech League in Columbus. Roy Miller and Steve Young from Lemon Monroe and Middletown respectively, plus Jim McFillen Karen Arnett and Pam Sloan from both schools, placed high in extemporaneous, declamation, and oratory events.

Lemon-Monroe High School Middletown High Oakwood High School Columbus Roy Miller Lemon-Monroe Steve Young Jim McFillen Karen Arnett Pam Sloan MHS Ohio University Karen Arnetti Lemon ‘Monroe Lynn Hickman Oakwood NFL Della Ewalt Lemon- Monroe David Ballard

Deaths and Funerals for Edna Carpenter and Mary Walter

Services for Edna Mae Carpenter 73 of 600 16th Ave will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Elzie Allen officiating. Burial is in Woodside Cemetery. Mary Elizabeth Walter 60 of 210 E Mulberry St will have services at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Oswald Memorial Home. Burial will be in Miami Cemetery at Corwo. Walter died of a heart attack Friday at her home. Survivors include sisters Mrs Emily Briner Florida Mrs Jacobs Commas Florida and Mrs Hunter Coleman Kentucky and brothers Chester Hawley Lebanon William Hawley Venice Florida.

Edna Mae Carpenter 16Th Ave McCoy - Leffler Funeral Home Elzie Allen Woodside Cemetery Lebanon Mary Elizabeth Lib Chester Hawley William Hawley Venice Fia

Death of Anna Jacobs longtime Middletown staffer

Anna Jacobs 91 mother of the late Murray Jacobs and former Middletown Journal circulation director died at 1 15 a m at Otterbein Home Hospital. She helped lead First Evangel United Brethren Church in Fairborn and Middletown. Survivors include two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services are 2 30 p m tomorrow at First EUB Church with Rev Clifford Stearns and Rev Robert Eshbaugh. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Calling hours at the church tomorrow from 9 00 to service time. McCoy Leffler Funeral Home handling arrangements.

Anna Mary Jacobs Murray Jacobs Middletown Journal Otterbein Home Hospital Jacobs First Evangeleal United Brethren Church Fairborn Middletown Otterbein Home EUB Clifford Stearns Robert Eshbaugh Woodside Cemetery

Housing Act Discussed In Hamilton Public Meeting

De Hart Hubbard of Cleveland will speak on implementing the 1985 Federal Housing Act at 8 p.m. in Harding Junior High auditorium Hamilton. Other speakers include Norman Townsel and Robert J. Coates. Sponsors are Middletown Human Relations Commission Butler County LWV units and NAACP chapters.

de Hart Hubbard Cleveland Harding Junior High Sixth Dayton Streets Hamilton Hubbard Michigan Indiana Federal Housing Administration Cincinnati Federal Public Housing Authority National Housing Agency Office of Housing Norman Townsel Pilgrim Baptist Church Princeton Junior High School Robert J. Coates Ohio Civil Rights Commission Middletown Human Relations Commissio Butler County League of Women Voters NAACP

Police Briefs Report After Bar Incident And Theft

Louise Burton, 39, of 509 Sixth Ave, was listed in Middletown Hospital with possible neck injuries and a head laceration after leaving the Old Crow Bar on W State Street in Tren ton. She said someone struck her head before she jumped from a car around 10 20 p m Saturday. George Spivey, of Dickey Road, reported at 3 30 a m yesterday that $100 in equipment was stolen from his car parked behind the Old Crow Bar.

Louise Burton Sixth Ave Middletown Hospital W. State Street Trenton Old Crow Bar Central Ave George Spivey Dickey Road

Franklin Margerum Dies After Collapse At Bowling Lanes

Franklin A Margerum, 53, of 3700 Poincianna Road, collapsed and died Saturday at J&J Bowling Lanes. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at McCoy Lefler Funeral Home with Rev J Herschel Caudill officiating. Burial in Butler County Memorial Park. Visitation tomorrow 2 to 3 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Franklin A Margerum Poincianna Road McCoy - Leffler J. Herschel Caudill Butler County Memorial Park Funerial Margerum J&j

Services for Louis Weinman Held at 11 A.M.

Louis Weinman 85 retired Middletown grocer died Saturday at Garden Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. tomorrow at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Berg Call officiating. Burial will follow at al home today from 2 to 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight.

Louis Weinman Middletown McCoy - Leffler Paul Berg Woodside Cemetery Weinman Garden Manor

Obituary Notices and Funeral Services Listed

Dana Pratt 79 of 1195 Colonial Drive services 10 a.m. Wednesday Webb. Neva De Wert 77 of 747 High St. services 10 a.m. tomorrow Klaus-Weigel. Catherine Ardiew 78 of Williamsdale Requiem High Mass today St. Stephen's Church. Katherine Storck 6 of Hamilton Requiem High Mass 9:30 a.m. tomorrow St. Stephen's. Millard Beachum 34 of 792 Florence Drive services 1 p.m. tomorrow Israel Baptist Church. Louis Allen 33 of Omaha formerly Hamilton services 2 p.m. tomorrow Brown-Dawson. Matilda Jackson 77 of 953 Greenwood Ave. Requiem High Mass 9 a.m. Wednesday St. Stephen's.

Dana Pratt Colonial Drive Webb Neva de Wert High St Klaus-Weigel Catherine ‘Ardiew Williamsdale St. Stephen's Church Katherine Storck Hamilton Millard Beachum Florence Drive Israel Baptist Church Louis Allen Omaha Neb Brown-Dawson

Air ace Davies dies at 79 in Gosport England

Vice Admiral Richard Bell Davies, 79, recipient of Britain's Victoria Cross for a 1915 rescue in Turkey, died Saturday. He landed behind enemy lines to save a downed officer under heavy fire. Also, Burris Jenkins Jr., 69, famed cartoonist for the New York Journal American and Hearst papers, died Saturday night in Hollywood Florida.

Gosport England Richard Bell Davies Britain Turkey Davies New York Burris Jenkins Jr New York Journal-American Hearst Hollywood Fla

Magnadyne to Open Washington Court House Plant

Magnadyne Corp plans a March 15 opening in Washington Court House Ohio to manufacture components for a new bomb fuse at its Columbus area facility. The project expands regional defense manufacturing and creates jobs.

Columbus, Ohio Magnadyne Corp Washington Court House

Local Sales Low Louisville Bourbon Still Dominates State

Kentucky produces 80 percent of the nations bourbon whisky while 24 of its 120 counties remain dry.

Louisville Kentucky

Flowers Taken From Graveyard in Rose Hill Park

Hamilton. The sheriff's office investigates theft of graveside flowers at Rose Hill Memorial Park on Princeton Road. Chester Hornsby reports artificial blooms were taken over several days. no value estimate given.

GE Men End Strike At New Concord Plant

About 130 men and 20 women at GE New Concord plant returned to work after a six person walkout over job assignments. The action began when a man claimed he was replaced on a light job by a woman, prompting the stoppage tied to a Civil Rights Act dispute.

New Concord New Concord, Ohio General Electric Co Zanesville Harley Pryor Jr Cambridge International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Pryor

Ponce de Leon Names Florida for Abundant Wildflowers

In a historic note, Ponce de Leon reportedly named the region Florida after the many beautiful wildflowers he encountered there, reflecting a lush landscape and a lasting association with flowers.

Ponce de Leon Florida

Adding Machine Missing After Break-In at Service Station

Ray Boring of Waynesville Rt. 2 reported a break-in at his service station 9253 Cincinnati Columbus Road Saturday night. A $140 adding machine was the only item missing. intruders broke a side door glass and apparently failed to remove tires from a rack.

Hamilton Ray Boring Waynesville Rt. 2 Cincinnati-Columbus Road Sheriff's Deputies

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