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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1968

Page

2

Deaths And Funerals Loyd Ball and Edna Wilson

Loyd Ball 71 formerly of Middletown died at his Bradenton Florida residence after an apparent heart attack. He worked 1920 to 1960 at Armco Steel and later ran a lawnmower repair shop. survived by wife Emma, son Douglas, sister Alice Dolinger, brother John and a grandchild. Arrangements at Riggs Funeral Home. Edna Wilson 69 of Seven Mile died yesterday at McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford. Services Friday at Inman Funeral Home Somerville, burial Collinsville Cemetery. Wife of Lee B Wilson Gro cer in Seven Mile for 40 years, she belonged to Seven Mile Presbyterian Church and Eastern Star. Survivors include sisters, brothers, and several nephews and nieces.

Loyd Ball Iddietown Bradenton Fla Mr. Ball Middle Emma Douglas Middletown Alice Dollinger John Las Vegas Riggs Funeral Home Inman Somerville Edna Wilson W. Elkton Road Seven Mile McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital Oxford Collinsville Port Union Hamilton High School Miami University Lee B. Wilson

Death of Mrs Nellie Mae Bogan in Middletown

Nellie Mae Bogan 83 of 2140 Highland St Middletown died 9:50 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Born in Georgetown she lived in Middletown most of her life. Survived by two sons Donald and Robert Middletown a daughter Mary Sechrist Phoenix Ariz a brother Stanley Ballinger Miamisburg and three grandchildren Graveside services 10 am Friday Woodside Cemetery Rev Russell Chrisman officiating Friends may call McCoy Leffler Funeral Home tomorrow 7 to 9 p m

Nellie Mae Bogan Highland St Middletown Hospital Woodside Cemetery Russell Chrisman McCoy - Leffler Funeral Home

Death of Mrs. Evelyn Brown in Phoenix

Mrs. Evelyn Brown, 52, a Middletown resident until five years ago, died yesterday at her Phoenix home. Survived by her husband Bill, three sons Paul Griffin and Bill Lawson of Middletown, Junior Lawson, and Betty Lawson of Middletown. Funeral arrangements incomplete in Phoenix.

Evelyn Brown Middletown Phoenix Ariz Bill Paul Griffin Bill Lawson Junior Lawson Betty Lawson

Obituary: Mrs Belle Hackney 85 in Harhilton

Mrs Belle Hackney 85 died at 6 40 p m yesterday at Logsdon Nursing Home Harhilton after living in Middletown 60 years Her family includes husband Han nibal deceased 1950 daughter Eva Lions Phoenix sons Virgil Ray Middletown Arnold Tucson Ky sister Bertha Spratt Mt Sterling Ky brothers Claude Samuel Shrout Mt Sterling Ky nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Services 10 30 a m Friday at Joseph R Baker Long Funeral Home Rev Howard Sears officiating Burial Woodside Cemetery Funeral home hours tomorrow 2 5 and 7 9 p m

Belle Hackney Logsdon Harhilton First Ave Hackney Menifee County Middletown Hannibal Eva Lions Phoenix Ariz Virgil Ray Arnold Tucson Bertha Spratt Mt. Sterling Claude Samuel Shrout Joseph R. Baker & Long Funeral Howard Sears Woodside Cemetery

Carson R L 65 obituary from Lebanon Ohio

Robert L. Carson of 113 East Warren Street Lebanon died yesterday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton. Survived by wife Ollie step son Eugene Lovely of Dayton sister Mildred Langdon of Cincinnati. Services at 2 p m Saturday Oswald Memorial Home burial Miami Valley Memory Gardens Rt 48. Funeral home Friday 4 to 9 p m.

Lebanon Robert L. Carson E. Warren St Miami Valley Hospital Dayton Ollie Eugene Lovely Mildred Langdon Cincinnati Oswald

Waynesville man dies at 74 in Ohio

Wilbur Dakin 74 of Waynesville Rt 1 died yesterday at Kettering Memorial Hospital. Survived by wife Edna son Don of Waynesville and four daughters including Mrs Marjorie Summers of Centerville. Funeral services at Stubbs Funeral Home with burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin scheduled tomorrow evening.

Waynesville Wilbur Dakin Waynesville Rt. 1 Kettering Memorial Hospital Edna Don Marjorie Summers Centerville Stubbs Miami Cemetery Corwin

Funeral notices for James Lee Hutchinson Mintkenbaugh

Pvt. James Hugh Lee aged 21 of 260 Joe Ave New Miami and others are listed for services today at Mt. Ebal Holiness Church. William Hutchinson 90 of Orlando formerly Oxford and Anthony Mintkenbaugh 74 of 351 Millville Oxford Road have 2:30 pm services today.

James Hugh Lee Joe Ave New Miami Mt. Ebal Holiness Church William Hutchinson Orlando Fla Oxford Marshall Smith Anthony Mintkenbaugh Millville Oxford Road Proeschel

Obituaries for Hudnut Spock and Gandy Across Nation

Prof Joseph F Hudnut 84 educator and architecture historian dies. He retired in 1953 as dean emeritus of Harvard School of Architecture and Design. Mrs Benjamin I Spock 90 mother of pediatrician author Dr Benjamin Spock dies. Lillian G Gandy 93 long serving Corbin City tax collector dies, held 12th term.

Dover Mass Joseph F. Hudnut Hudnut Harvard School of Architecture and Design Hartford

Candid Talk Ahead as Chautauqua Park Sale Vote Looms

Chautauqua landowners will gather at the Chautauqua Community Center from 6 to 10 p.m. to discuss the proposed sale of Chautauqua Park to high bidder Steve Lake of Franklin as MVCA directors back the Michigan Baptist Bible Youth Camp offer. Two bids exist: Lake for 139000 and the Baptists for 115000. the five member board favors the Baptist offer citing ongoing non profit operation and a 70000 member base, while a dissident faction favors Lake. The 168 cottagers will vote on the offers at the annual meeting Saturday night.

Chautauqua Miami Valley Chautauqua Park Steve Lake Franklin Lake Chautauqua Community Center MVC Association Michigan Baptist Bible Youth Camp Fiveman Board Mary Michaels Robert Dunn MVCA

High Court Refuses Ruling in Serbian Orthodox Dispute

The Ohio Supreme Court declined to rule on a case over control of Serbian Orthodox Church property in Akron. Summit County findings said a faction backing Bishop Sidsije after suspension forfeited any claim to church property. The 1964 suit sought to block a Belgrade linked group led by Vilasislav Kelemen from using the church name and assets.

Columbus Ohio Ohio Supreme Court Akron Summit County Sidsije Vilasislav Kelemen Belgrade Kelemen Supreme Court Jacquelynne Nichols Portage County William Holiday Sands, Inc

Way Cleared For Appeal Of Sentence In Ohio Case

Ohio Supreme Court cleared the way for Ray Pemberton to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the state court denied a rehearing of his first degree murder conviction for the July 29, 1966 Akron killing of Paul Morlan. Pemberton, 22, was one of five Lodi youths charged in Morlan's knife slaying near his Kenmore District home.

Columbus Ohio Ohio Supreme Court Ray Pemberton Akron The S. Supreme Court Pemberton Paul Morlan Morlan Akron Kenmore

Non-Traditional Service Planned by Miami University Ministry

The United Campus Ministry at Miami University Middletown plans a 6 15 p m radio devotional on WPFB. Don Davis writes and conducts a 15 minute program featuring pop records poems and a reading from Rev Malcolm Boyd Are You Running With Me Jesus The aim is to show new forms of worship appealing to youth in the nation. Records include The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds Simon and Garfunkle Mommas and Poppas and Boyd prayers with Charlie Byrd background.

United Campus Ministry Miami University Middletown Statin Wpfbla WPFB Don Davis Malcolm Boyd Jesus Davis YMCA Simon and Garfunkle Mommas Poppas and Boyd Charlie Byrd

GM reaches two local plant contracts as strikes loom

The United Auto Workers and General Motors reach two local agreements reducing unsettled GM plants to seven. About 3,000 workers struck the Defiance Ohio foundry Tuesday while at Cadillac and Oldsmobile forge facilities talks faced a 9:15 a m deadline.

Detroit United Auto Workers Union General Motors Defiance Ohio Cadillac Oldsmobile Chevrolet Muncie Indianapolis Ind UAW Buick Flint Chevrolet Gray Iron Saginaw New York Tonawanda Rochester

Youngstown Judge Dies At Age 60 In Ohio

Retired Common Pleas Judge John W. Ford died in North Side Hospital in Youngstown. He was 80. Ford retired in January 1963 after 20 years on the bench. funeral arrangements have not been announced.

Youngstown, Ohio Common Pleas John W. Ford North Side Hospital Ford

Reds sign Hamilton Taft graduate Stephen Kapp

The Cincinnati Reds announce the signing of 18 year old infielder Stephen Kapp a Hamilton Taft High School graduate He bats and throws right handed stands 5 11 and weighs 160 He joined a Tampa Florida State League contract.

Cincinnati Cincinnati Reds Stephen Kapp Hamilton Taft High School Kapp Tampa

Three Teens Suspects In Franklin House Theft

Three 14 year old runaways from Spring Grove State Hospital in Baltimore are held in Warren County Detention Center for house robbery. They admitted the break in at Donald Castle's Franklin home where $103 and a .22 revolver were taken, plus later charges tied to stolen checks and other teen thefts at Laynecrest Lanes and Franklin High School lockers.

Franklin Spring Grove State Hospital Baltimore Warren County Donald Castle Millard Drive George Hamilton Robert Carson Miamisburg Nell Bauer Laynecrest Bud Jordan Virginia Ave

Bank Robbery At Ohio National Bank Sees $1473 Taken

Franklin police report a teller Mrs. George Strauss, 23, at an Ohio National Bank branch was handed a note from a robber in line. The man asked her to place money in a bag. no weapon was shown and he escaped with 1473 dollars.

Columbus, Ohio George Strauss Ohio National Bank

Kowtow Defined as Chinese Rite of Prostration to Ground

Description notes kowtow as a Chinese practice where a person in effect bows with the forehead touching the ground, seen as an inferior showing deference to a higher authority. The term refers to a ritual gesture tied to submission and respect in traditional settings.

Additional Charge Filed In Shooting

Middletown man Delbert Nickell 30 of 3506 Glencoe Ave faces new assault with a dangerous weapon charges after allegedly shooting Norman Mobley 27 of 1329 Fairmount Ave and beating Mobley’s wife Patricia 29. Preliminary hearing reset to Jan 30 in municipal court. Nickell had prior shooting with intent to wound charge. The incident occurred Sunday morning on Rt 4 near Thomas Road when Nickell allegedly forced Mobley’s car off the road. Patricia was a passenger in Mobley’s vehicle.

Middletown Delbert Nickell Glencoe Ave Norman Mobley Fairmount Ave Patricia Nickell Mobley Rt. 4 Thomas Road Mobley Auto

Crashes Cause $1500 Damage Reported in Seven Incidents

Police investigated seven accidents with total damage over 1500 dollars and no injuries. Major damage occurred at Grand Avenue and Gideon Road involving Dinah L. Stork Mary Euler and Mrs. Euler cited for failure to yield. Other crashes include Dan W. Tracy Judith Hartman on Harkie Street and Yvonne Craft with James Gibbs at Second Avenue and Verity Parkway.

Grand Avenue Gideon Road Dinah L. Stork E. Bryant Sr Mary Euler Carolina St Dan W. Tracy Harkie St Judith Ann Hartman Middletown Rt. 3 Harkie Street Oxford State Road Hartman Yvonne Craft Middletown - Eaton Road James N. Gibbs Tytus Ave Second Avenue Verity Parkway

Antiwar Protestor Released

Michael Mattin a 17 year old among 86 antiwar demonstrators held last month in Cincinnati has been released to his mother and ordered to continue psychiatric treatment. Decourcy Squire an 18 year old Antioch student from Morgantown W Va who has been fasting was moved to the Rollman Institute for treatment.

Cincinnati Michael Mattin John D. Trafton Exeter N. H Mattin Rollman Psychiatric Institute Benjamin Schwartz Decourcy Squire Morgantown W. Va Antioch College Cincinati Rollman Institute

Skating OK Again At Smith Pond With Supervision

Ice skating resumed at Smith Pond today under Ralph Connor with supervision from 4 to 9. It marks the tenth skating day this season as staff scraped and flooded about half the usual area to speed readiness. Connor said improved skating should come after 5 PM when temperatures drop below freezing.

Smith Pond Ralph Connor Connor

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