Services Saturday for Joseph Baker founder of local funeral home
Services for Joseph R. Baker Sr. 78 founder of the Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church with Dr. G. Walter Weber and Revs. Robert Moore J Herschel Caudill officiating. Cremation will follow. Baker died Wednesday at 1502 Manchester Ave after an extended illness. He was a 1917 graduate of Worsham College of Mortuary Science and helped organize Middletown baseball leagues. He founded his business in 1923 at 1607 Central Ave later moving to 1500 Manchester Ave in 1929. Surviving are his wife Helen A two sons Joseph Jr and John a daughter Roberta Griggs seven grandchildren and a great grandchild. Memorials may be made to a favorite charity.
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Joseph R. Baker Sr
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
First Baptist Church
G. Walter Weber
Robert Moore
J. Herschel Caudill
Baker
Manchester Ave
Worsham’ College of Mortuary Science
Chicago
Funeral Home
Joseph Jr
Mr. Baker
Middletown
Major League Baseball
Boston Red Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Miami Valley Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lincoln Lodge
F&am
Scottish Rite
Valley of Dayton
Antioch Shrine
Dayton
Moose Lodge
Eagles Lodge
VFW
Old Timers Club
American Legion
Middletown Sportsmen’s Club
Middletown Lions Club
Associated Funeral Directors
National Funeral Directors Association
Ohio Funeral Directors Association
Fourth District
Ohio Funeral Directors
Jesse Shultz
Linden Ave
Kettering Memorial Hospital
Mr. Shultz
Owingsville
Armco Steel Corp
Edna
Roger
Franklin
Jesse Jr
Lois Gardner
Verona Maschinot
Foy
Willie
Cheylan
W. Va
Virgil
Irvin
Fred
Leslie
Kentucky
Grace Swartz
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Woodside Cemetery
Martha P. Hudson
Spring Ave
Anglesby Funeral Home
H.S. Gessner
Woodhill Cemetery
Funeral
Free breathing tests offered in Butler County drive
The mobile clinic of the Butler County TB and Respiratory Disease Association will hold free lung power tests for residents 21 and older in Middletown January 13 and Monroe January 24, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Readings needing follow up are sent to the patient’s physician. Donations support the Breath of Christmas campaign.
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Butler County
Middletown
TB and Respiratory Disease Association
Park N Save Market
N. Main St
Monroe
Association
Buckeye St
Box
Hamilton
Ohio
Leonia Young Dies at 87 in Germantown
Leonia Young 87 formerly of Germantown died Wednesday at Montgomery County Home on Infirmary Road. No immediate survivors. Services at Germantown Cemetery arranged by John Arpp Funeral Home with Pastor Arthur Tingley. 4 to 7 p.m. Hamilton death Julian Rowe services 11 30 a.m. Friday Webb.
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Germantown
Leonia Young
Montgomery County
Infirmary Road
John Arpp
Arthur Tingley
Germantown Cemetery
Warren County Vo Ed School Design Approved
The Warren County Joint Vocational School at Red Lion will be built at an angle to Ohio 48 with 620 by 280 feet dimensions. Board approves $1.7 million notes at 5.37 percent to finance the $5.9 million project with state funds matching locally and slated opening by 1976.
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Lebanon
Warren County Joint Vocational School
Ohio 122
Red Lion
Ohio 48
Warren County
Logan-Long Talks With Union in Cincinnati Mediation
Franklin Company and Local 202 United Paperworkers Union negotiators planned a meeting with a federal mediator in Cincinnati. The Logan-Long plant producing roofing materials and auto sound deadening equipment has been idle since September 6 amid the strike, with previous mediation yielding only a deferral of talks to assess finances.
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Franklin — Company
Logan- Long Co
Cincinnati
Local 202
United Paperworkers ' International Union
James Naismith Creates Basketball In 1891 1892
Canadian born teacher James Naismith living in the United States is credited with creating basketball in 1892 as a gymnasium activity to keep football players in shape.
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James Naismith
United States
Break-in at Catalpa Drive Claims $1300 in Items
Antiques and cash valued at $1300 disappeared from Jean Engle residence at 624 Catalpa Drive after a break-in last evening. Entry via front door. rooms ransacked with drawers left open. Patrol found portable color TV missing at Terry Murphy address 1642 A Lamberton Square.
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Jean Engle
Catalpa Drive
Olice
Terry Murphy
Lamberton Square
Duff's Cafe Robbed in Morning Holdup at 322 Charles St
Two men armed with guns held up Duff's Cafe shortly after opening at 6:15 a.m. They escaped with 450 dollars after forcing Jack Evans to reveal the money. Evans was struck and treated for a head cut. Police described two suspects and continued the investigation.
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Lincoln Pizzarena
Lincoln St
Duff's Cafe
Charles St
Jack Evans
McGee Ave
Evans
Middletown Names Chairmen for 3rd Safety Seminar
Planning for the third annual Middletown Area Safety Seminar advances with Norman Korn as chairman and Paul Leyrer and Capt. Robert Curtis as vice chairs. Section chiefs include Linda Smith on Health care, Vic Anvil on Fire Prevention, Donald Langhorne on Industrial relations, Cecil Runyon on Traffic, Carel Cosby and John Thornsberg on School, Betty Knox on Senior Citizens, Sandra Gillen on Home and Family, David Stitt on Youth, and Marianne Wilson on Alcohol with Beth Hansen assisting.
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Middletown Area
Manchester Inn
Middletown Area Safety Council
Safety Council
Norman Korn
Central School
Paul Leyrer
Manchester
Diamond International
Robert Curtis
Middletown Division of Fire
Linda Smith
Middletown Hospital
Cochairman
Irene Cahill
Public Health Nursing Bureau
Donald Langhorne
McGraw Construction Corp
David Klaiber
Armco Steel Corp
Cecil Runyon
Runyon
Edward Dobrozsi
Dobrozsi
Carel Cosby
Oneida
John Thornsberg
Spring Hill
Rosedale
Betty Knox
Senior Citizens Center
Sandra Gillen
David Stitt
Junior Achievement
Mark Atkinson
The
Achievers Association
Marianne Wilson
Alcoholism Council of
Butler County
Beth Hansen
General Telephone to lay off workers in Ohio amid rate dispute
General Telephone Co of Ohio announced statewide construction layoffs and cutbacks led by president Robert M. Wopat over a two year delay in a $13 million rate increase request from PUCO. The firm serves Gratis West Elkton Oxford and Farmersville. Further layoffs and a new rate filing are pending.
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Marion
Robert M. Wopat
General Telephone Co
Ohio
General Telephone
Gratis
West Elkton
Oxford
Farmersville
Wopat
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Spontaneous combustion blamed for Lebanon fire at 31 Mechanic St
Lebanon Fire Chief Jerry Crisp ruled spontaneous combustion caused a blaze that heavily damaged the rear of Dr. Robert Enslen's dental office and Bud Young's barbershop at 31 N Mechanic St. The fire began in a back porch used to store newspapers. Damage exceeded $20,000. three hours to extinguish. Six upstairs residents were evacuated with no injuries.
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Lebanon
Jerry Crisp
Robert Enslen
Bud Young
Mechanic St
Back U
Crisp
Hampton Roads World's Largest Coal Exporter Prestige
Even before the oil shortage Hampton Roads Virginia stood as the world’s largest coal exporter moving about 35 000 000 tons annually to ports worldwide.
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Hampton Roads
Virginia
Fewer Middletown Unemployment Claims in First Jan Week
Unemployment filings in the Middletown area dipped in the first week of January the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services reports. Initial claims at the Middletown office totaled 394 for the week ending Jan 4 down from 598 the prior week and 348 two weeks earlier.
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Middletown
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
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Lee
Eunice Lawson
Crawford Street Church of God
Herschel Caudill
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
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Don Pelfrey
Somerville
Goldie Fugate
Geneva Carrozza
McCoy-Leffler
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Joseph R. Baker
Julian Rowe
Seven Mile
Webb
Logan
Ratliff
Duff’s Cafe
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Boltaflex
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