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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1972
Page
2
Steve Smith, 22, weighed 20 pounds and was hired as a human cannonball in Leicester. The tryout went wrong when the cannon backfired. Smith and half the cannon barrel landed in water and the launching truck was wrecked. He declared it his last time and the stunt will cost $260 to repair.
The Pay Board was expected to order its first wage rollback today cutting a 12 percent aerospace raise to about 8 percent or less. Business members plan a regulation to auto-cut future raises past 7 percent, while debate continues on how deep the rollback should go.
Willie Hester Barker 66 of Preble County Line Road died at home after a two year illness. He owned Jean's Market near Astoria and is survived by wife Mary, daughter Blondell Creekbaum, son Rondell, and other relatives. Funeral at South Fork Cemetery West Liberty with burial at Mound Cemetery Monroe. Memorials to Middletown-Butler County American Cancer Society. Additional notices: Mr. Cobb died at Middletown Hospital. Funeral service at Riggs Funeral Home with burial Woodside Cemetery. Jr. Order to conduct service Wednesday evening.
Services for Willie Cobb, 46, of 79 Deneen Ave in Monroe are set for 1 p.m. Thursday at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with the Reverend Jack officiating. The obituary notes the deceased’s Monroe residence and funeral arrangements.
Mrs Clara E Lillard died at 8 30 p m Monday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton her husband Louis Jr died in 1953 Arrangements are incomplete at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home
Frank Love, 86, of 421 Foster Maineville Road Maineville formerly of Dicky Road died at 12 47 am today at Terrace Nursing Home Kenwood where he was a patient three months He worked for Armco Steel Corp from 1915 to 1950 He was a life member of the Junior Order Alpha Council 326 He and his wife married 60 years Surviving Blanche his wife a daughter Dorothy Sheap of Maineville a son Winston of Middletown four grandchildren and four
Mrs Mary Belva Rodgers 69 of Dayton died Sunday at M J Dietown Hospital. She is survived by sons Elbert Raymond Dale and Gary and Dallas. daughters Leora Carmon Elsie Jones Juanita Austine. sisters Pearl Carmon and Ida Radcliffe. brothers James and Albert Morgan. 23 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services p m Thursday at Tobias Funeral Home Dayton with burial at Bellbrook Cemetery. visitation 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Arthur Lee McElfresh 62 of 904 Meadow Lane Lebanon dies Monday at Middletown Hospital. He was WWII veteran and survived by wife Audrey two sons Arthur II and William a step son Howard Biggs two daughters Deborah Shepherd and Paula McElfresh and four brothers Marion Robert George Everett. Services set for Wednesday 8 p.m. at Anglesby Funeral Home with burial at Miami Valley Memory Gardens. Burial follows funeral. The Franklin American Legion Post honors Russell McElfresh first area enlistee killed in World War I. Funeral home hours Tuesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Miss Robina Neill aged 79 of 122 Donna Ave. will have services at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Vera Unge of 28 Edgeton Court scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday. Thomas Silmon, 60, of 423 Henry St., will have services at 1 p.m. Thursday at Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Carlisle, The school board elected Betty Brewer as its first woman president in a meeting last night. Alden Brown became vice president, with Ronald Diver and William Minck sworn in by outgoing member Howard Shupert who did not seek re election. The board approved a temporary $440,950 three month budget and noted a 20 cent per hour raise for non certified employees due to the new state tax. A Jan 6 special session will discuss carpeting for the new high school.
Dr. John Burley, a Trenton dentist and eight year board member, was elected president of the Edgewood Board of Education. He succeeds Robert Hillbrand. new member Ray Martin replaces Stanley Till. The board approved temporary appropriations of 621 450 to operate until foundation aid funds arrive, with meetings set for 8 p.m. on the fourth Monday and per-meeting pay at 20.
Local clubs and organizations schedule meetings across Madison Middletown and surrounding towns from 6:30 p m to 8:30 p m. Groups include Lions Club Kiwanis Toastmasters VFW AUX Monroe PTO patient associations and church and civic groups with venues such as high schools halls and clubhouses.
An 18 member U S delegation led by Brig Gen Alexander M Haig Jr arrived in Peking to arrange technical aspects of President Nixon's China trip. The group flew from Washington via Shanghai and was greeted by acting Foreign Minister Chi Peng-fei. The party includes Ronald Ziegler and representatives from three U S television networks.
The article notes that Loch Lomond in Scotland is the largest lake in Great Britain.
Clyde Eldridge, who finished third in November for two council seats, is appointed to fill the remaining four year term after Roger Stebelton vacated the seat to become mayor. Eldridge will be sworn in at the next meeting as Edwards and Nicholas were sworn in prior.
Belgrade has offered $152,000 to host next June's world championship match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer. The bid was disclosed by the U.S. Chess Federation after ten nations and five cities competed, yielding the largest cash prize in tournament chess history.
A Middletown couple filed a $200000 damage suit in Butler County Common Pleas Court over a Warren County traffic crash nearly three years ago. Plaintiffs Osa Lee Barnett and wife of 6966 Allen Road allege defendant Cheh of Germantown and John Crist of Middletown caused a collision when an eastbound car turned onto Martz Paullin Road. Barnett suffered serious injuries and Mrs. Barnett seeks loss of her husband’s services. The suit alleges Crist failed to file suit before the statute of limitations ran.
Nearly 3,000 Middletown Area YMCA voting members received ballots to select six of eight new directors for the year. Nominees include Mrs Roses Mui and Mrs Betty Hughes plus several others. two directors to be appointed next week. Ballots due by noon January 14 at the YMCA.
In Cincinnati, 44 year old Eulalia Fuchs pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter for the fatal shooting of her husband, 40, last September 19 after an argument over whether a radio broadcast of a football game or a stereo record should be played.
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