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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1966

Page

2

Burglars Strike Forest Hills Club For Cash And Liquor

Intruders robbed the Forest Hills Country Club Lodge at 805 Second Ave last night taking 120 in change and liquor from a cabinet they pried open after entering through a window. In other burglaries a 300 television was stolen from Taft School and a shotgun two way radio and watch were reported stolen from Ronald Paugh’s Franklin Street home.

Forest Hills Country Club Second Ave Taft School S. Verity Parkway Ronald Paugh Franklin St

Ade­nauer to Turn 90 as Congratulatory Messages Pile Up

Former West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer reaches his 90th birthday in Bonn. Messages from around the world flood his Bonn office as the milestone nears.

Bonn Germany Konrad Adenauver West Germany

Death of Monroe business man David J. Harmon

David J. Harmon 63, owner of Monroe Lumber Co, died at Hil landale Nursing Home after three years of ill health. A lifelong Monroe resident, he led local business and civic life, helped found the Monroe Lions Club, and belonged to the Ohio Lumber Dealers and Ohio Hardware associations. Survived by wife Eula, siblings, two sons, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Services Thursday at First EUB Church with burial in Woodside Cemetery.

David J. Harmon Monroe Lumber Co Hillandale Hamilton-Mason Road Middletown Hospital Mr. Harmon Monroe Ohio Lumber Dealers Association Ohio Hardware Association Monroe Lions Club

Funeral services for Louis John Changaris set Thursday

Louis John Changaris 71 of 1309 Reynolds Ave died Sunday at home. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church with Rev. Michael Karloutsos officiating. Burial will follow in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.

Louis John Changaris Reynolds Ave Sts. Constantine and Helen Michael Karloutsos Woodside Cemetery Changaris

Pennington 81 Dies After Stroke In Middletown

Mrs. Judie S. Pennington aged 81 of 12 Burton Road died at 7 45 a m at Middletown Hospital after a stroke two weeks earlier at home. A Hazel Green Ky native, she lived in Middletown 40 years. Husband George died in 1959. Surviving daughters are Mrs Ned Sizer Mrs Elmer Lackey Mrs Jack Tirey Mrs Maizie Cop and Mrs Howard all of Middletown.

Judie S. Pennington Burton Road Middletown Hospital Pennington Hazel Green Middletown George Ned Sizer Elmer Lackey Jack Tirey Maizie Cop Howard

James Swisher Dies in Columbus Hospital

James P. Swisher age 59 longtime Buckeye Steel Castings Co. associate of Columbus died yesterday in St. Anthony Hospital Cleveland. He was brother of Joseph D. Swisher and Mrs. Marie Morrison. Services set for tomorrow at Schoedinger's Cleveland Avenue Funeral Home in Columbus.

James Swisher James P. Swisher Buckeye Steel Castings Co Columbus St. Anthony Hospital Joseph D. Swisher N. Marshall Road Marie Morrison Zanesville Schoedinger Cleveland Avenue

Tharp Sr. Dies in Gettysburg After Middletown Life

Russell C. Tharp Sr. 58 formerly of Middletown died yesterday at his Gettysburg home. He operated a dry cleaning service in Gettysburg. Surviving are his wife Isabel two daughters Dorothy and Mrs Paul Steiner a son Russell Jr two sisters and three brothers. Services and burial set for Thursday in Gettysburg with Bender Funeral Home handling arrangements.

Russell C. Tharp Sr Middletown Gettysburg Tharp Isabel Paul Steiner New York Dorothy Tharp Russell Jr Robert Bales Neal Jones St. Petersburg Fla John Trenton Ralph Troy Britton Dayton Bender Funeral Home Carlisle St

Lebanon Veteran Clifford Brant Dies at 95

Clifford Brant 95 lifelong Lebanon resident and last surviving Spanish American War veteran dies at his home. Services set for 3 p.m. tomorrow at Oswald Memorial Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may visit today from 4 to 9 p.m. Brant was a member of the Masonic Lodge and the Lebanon Grange.

Lebanon Clifford Brant Mound St Oswald Brant Masonic Lodge Leb‘ator’ Grange

Break-in at Macon Salvation Army Office

Officials said a break-in at the Salvation Army office in Macon early Monday used the telephone for an 82 minute $166 call to Fairbanks Alaska. Capt. Everett Leonard said nothing appears to be missing or tampered with.

Macon Salvation Army Fairbanks Alaska Everett Leonard

Giant AT T Earnings At New Record

AT&T reported record revenues and earnings for the 12 months ended November 30. Revenues reached 10.997 billion with net income 1.790 billion or 3.40 a share, surpassing the prior year and the previous record. The company lists about 2.6 million shareholders.

New York American Telephone & Telegraph Co

Local Veteran and Former Farmer Remembered in Obituary

An obituary notes the passing of a local Spanish-American War veteran and retired farmer. Survived by son Marion of Cincinnati, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Marion Cincinnati

Services for Charlie G. McHargue Held in Hamilton

Funeral services for Charlie G. McHargue 53 of 6534 Hamilton Eaton Road will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Proeschel Funeral Home Hamilton with burial in Somerville Cemetery. He died Sunday at University Hospital Columbus after a long illness. A World War II veteran, he worked 26 years for Champion Papers in Hamilton. He is survived by his wife Pauline two sons Donald and Charles of Seven Mile a daughter Janet of Seven Mile a sister Mrs Robert Peters of Seven Mile and four brothers Virgil Rubert Robert and Jesse.

Somerville Charlie G. McHargue Hamilton-Eaton Road Proeschel Hamilton Somerville Cemetery McHargue University Hospital Columbus Laurel County Butler County Champion Papers, Inc Pauline Donald Charles Seven Mile Janet Robert Peters Virgil Rubert Robert Cincinnati Jesse Ludlow

Earl Shorts 75 Lebanon native dies at Bellbrook home

Earl Shorts, 75, formerly of Lebanon, died yesterday at his Ferry Road, Bellbrook home. Survived by wife Selah, two daughters, two sons, two brothers, three sisters, and 13 grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Oswald Memorial Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Memorial Home hours listed tomorrow from 4 to 9 p.m.

Lebanon Earl Shorts Ferry Road Bellbrook Selah Earleen Bowman Melvin Isbel Dayton Donald Robert Troy William Joseph Kings Mills Roxie Shorts John Osborn Cincinnati Bert Rielly Detroit Oswald Lebanon Cemetery Memorial Home

Death notices from Butler County list Miss Mary Null and Charles Moshier

Miss Mary Null, 86, of Oxford, death noted with services today per Marshall Smith. Charles Moshier, 80, of Bethany, services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Bethany Methodist Church.

Mary Null Oxford Marshall Charles Moshier Bethany Bethany Methodist Church

Marguerite Higgins dies war correspondent with Pulitzer win

Marguerite Higgins, a frail blonde known for frontline Korea reporting, died at Walter Reed at 45 from tropical illness complications. A trailblazer, she won the 1951 Pulitzer for international reporting after covering Nazi camps and later Viet Nam and Moscow assignments. Survived by husband William E. Hall, two children, and her mother, funeral services set for Friday at Arlington.

Washington Korea Marguerite Higgins Miss Higgins Walter Reed Army Maggie Higgins Viet Nam India Pakistan Vallejo Calif Times-Herald New York Herald Tribune The Herald Tribune London U.S. Army Buchenwald Dachau New York Newspaper Women’s Club Berlin Tokyo Moscow Long Island N.Y Newsday Hong Kong France England Air Force William E. Hall Lawrence Linda Oakland Arlington National Cemetery

Plane Falls Killing 2 Near MaysvilleKentucky

A small private plane crashed west of Maysville killing two occupants. The sheriff reported the crash occurred about 8:31 a.m. the craft lay on a cliff and was hard to reach. Names withheld pending next of kin. It had departed Tyler Airport in Aberdeen Ohio.

Maysville Sheriff's Office Tyler Aberdeen Ohio

Jet general disappears en route to Seattle landing

Maj. Gen. J L Branch commander of Edwards flight test center vanished while approaching Boeing Field in overcast rain. Radar last saw the T38 five miles northwest of Seattle at about 3000 feet over Puget Sound. Coast Guard found no debris and search continues. Branch was on Air Force business with Boeing Co in Seattle. he has 7450 total flight hours including 2400 in jets.

Seattle Wash J. L. Branch Flight Test Center Edwards Air Force Base California Branch Boeing Field Puget Sound Coast Guard Sound Air Force Boeing Co Edwards

Ex-Proxy Of Oberlin Dies At 85

Dr. Ernest H. Wilkins former Oberlin College president emeritus and noted Dante and Petrarch scholar died at 85 in Newton Center Massachusetts. He led Oberlin from 1927 to 1946 and lectured at Harvard from 1947 to 1950. He served in World War I with the War Personnel Board and YMCA work and chaired the AAUP and the Dante Society.

Oberlin, Ohio Ernest H. Wilkins Oberlin College Newton Center Mass Wilkins Oberlin Harvard University War Personnel Board National War Work Council YMCA American Association of University Professors Dante Society

Police arrest James Combs on firearms warrant

Police arrested James Combs 30 of 1108 Garfield St at 313 S Main St at 2 30 a m today on a warrant charging pointing of firearms. He is accused of pointing a shotgun at two officers on Dec 23. A television set and radio valued at 130 were stolen from Melampy Appliance Co 1321 Central Ave during the weekend. Reported at 9 08 a m yesterday. Morris Feltner 51 of 416 Cribbs Ave was arrested at Kroger 1915 S Main St and charged shoplifting at 5 50 p m yesterday.

James Combs Garfield St S. Main St Melampy Appliance Co Central Ave Morris Feltner Cribbs Ave Krogers

Elderly Ohioan and Son Slain at Coshocton County Home

In West Lafayette Ohio an 84 year old man Lewis Gephart Sr and his 49 year old son Francis were found stabbed and beaten to death at their home. A missing 2 year old man who lived with them fled in a car and is being sought by deputies. The victims were discovered by two visiting women. The man sought is described as 5 feet tall about 145 pounds and believed from Pennsylvania. The elder Gephart had retired from Hunt Crawford Paper Co. and Francis was an artist and ventriloquist who performed at lodge meetings.

West Lafayette Ohio Coshocton Sheriff's Office Lewis Gephart Sr Francis E Gephart Chevrolet Dwight Moody Moody Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification London Pennsylvania Gepharts Hunt-Crawford Paper Co Francis

Manslaughter Case Continued Involving Franklin and Phillips Death

Victor Gilbert, 37, of 3401 Meyer Drive, was arrested on a manslaughter charge tied to a traffic fatality early Saturday. He posted a $2,500 bond and was to appear in Municipal Court, but the case was continued. Gilbert is also charged with failing to maintain an assured clear distance in the Ohio 4 near Rt. 63 crash that killed 23-year-old Thomas R. Phillips of 2179 Renee Drive.

Victor Gilbert Meyer Drive Franklin Gilbert Ohio 4 Rt. 63 Thomas R. Phillips Renee Drive

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David J, Harmon Adenauer S&s Stevens Ave Eula Bertha von Holle Mason Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home Louis Changaris Judie Pennington Jefferson Road Carolina Mayfield Middletown Business College Russell Tharp Sr Giant At&t Charlie McHargue Earl SYA Suse Burke COMER Maggie No I. L. Branch AAA Canary Island el Teide World Wide Travel Service Butler County Auto Club N. Verity McCoyleffler Funeral Home Sutphin AT Woodlawn Homer D. Leffler ONAL
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