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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1957
Page
3
The junior class stage production of Father of the Bride delighted an 800 strong audience despite snow and laryngitis. Steve Geckeler led as Stanley Banks with Janice Roof as Kay Banks and Dennis Black as Kay's fiancé.
The Middletown Life Underwriters hear Melvin Brown general manager of New York Life Insurance Co Cincinnati at noon Friday. His talk titled The Uncommon Man will cover insurance leadership and professional standards.
Requiem high mass for Mrs Elizabeth Harpring 58 of 2500 Dixie Hwy will be sung at 9:30 a.m. Friday at St Marys Church with Rev Sylvester Huser officiating. Burial follows in Woodside Cemetery. She lived in Middletown 28 years and died of a heart attack yesterday morning at Middletown Hospital. Friends may call at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow.
In Rome the Italian Communist Party admits its 1957 membership is more than a third lower than claimed a year earlier. Chairman Giorgio Amendola says 1,449,000 new cards were issued, down from 2,300,000 last year, with many unclaimed. He cites de Stalinization and events in Poland and Hungary as causes.
An ad describes GM-7 glycol mononasalate plus stimulation of mustard heat for fast relief of cold induced aches and congestion. Vapors and nasal relief claims accompany the product copy.
Gene Venatta 43 designer for Drayer Floral Co died at Middletown Hospital from a heart condition. Survived by wife Nana Plummer Venatta, mother, sister Virginia, brother Glen, and others. Services set at Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Reffitt family also noted with funeral arrangements and survivors.
Renney Asher 97 of 216 Warren Street Dayton dies after a long illness. Services set for 1 p.m. Friday at Hoyne Funeral Home Dayton with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Surviving are Alfred Asher of Middletown and 40 grandchildren 43 great grandchildren 31 great great grandchildren and great great great grandchildren.
Carolyn Katherine Gordon a lifelong Middletown resident died at Middletown Hospital at 11 55 a m after a brief illness. She worked as a telephone operator and during World War II was an inspector for Inland Manufacturing Dayton. Survived by four sisters and two brothers. Requiem High Mass Friday 10 a m at St John s Church. Burial in West Cincinnati. Visitation at Joseph from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m.
Henry Reffitt, 76, died yesterday afternoon at his home. He was known in the community for his longtime involvement with local affairs and was survived by relatives. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
Harley R. Gebhart of 112 1st Ave Franklin died this morning at his residence. He was the father of Floyd Gebhart Franklin councilman. He came to Franklin in 1955 from Columbus where he worked as a Christian Science practitioner for 25 years. Surviving: wife Emma, son, two daughters Gladys Coppedge Dayton and Louise Rossman Franklin, brother Max Gebhart Pittsburgh, sister Edith Joslin Dayton, and several grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Saturday Anglesby Funeral Home with cremation to follow. Friends may call 2–5 and 7–9 p.m. Friday.
Funeral services will be at 2 30 p m tomorrow for Mrs Iva Harrison 80 of 316 Mound Street who died Monday at East Orchard Nursing Home Rites at Oswald Funeral Home burial in Lebanon Cemetery Mrs Harrison member of the Lebanon Daughters of America Lodge she is survived by her husband Marcy a daughter Mrs Clarence Buergermeyer of Lebanon a brother Eburla Carder of Canada and a sister Mrs John Wolfe of Lebanon
Boleslaw Kleczinski of Germantown Rt 2 aged 75 died at 5 15 am at his home after years of ill health. Born in Poland he came to Middletown at 14 and lived there 45 years. Survived by two sons Edmond and Charles and six daughters plus 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral plans pending at John Arpp Funeral Home. Also listed are two Hamilton area deaths Jacob Conrad and James Louis Smith Sr with funeral details.
The sixteenth century French monarch King Francis I is noted to have worn an elaborate costume during his reign. His coat reportedly bore 13,600 gold buttons, highlighting the era's display of wealth and fashion.
Arturo Toscanini famed conductor died at his Riverdale Bronx home at age 89 after a stroke. He rose from cellist to maestro guiding Met Opera NBC Symphony and New York Philharmonic during a career spanning Italy and the United States.
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