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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1970
Page
2
Obituaries report John D. Birk 75 of Germantown and Mrs. Letha A. Lee 78 of Wilmington with services set at Baker & Sons Funeral Home and Marsh Funeral Home respectively. Burial for Birk in Germantown Cemetery. Long services for Nan Long 60 of Monroe at Seven Dolors Church with Rosary in Baker & Sons.
Edith G Maus 53 of Hamilton daughter of Ora and Mrs Goodpastor will have a Mass of the Resurrection at St Peter s Church Hamilton at 10 a m Wednesday Burial follows in St Stephen s Cemetery Brown Dawson Funeral Home Hamilton held services Tuesday Maus born in Monroe graduate of Middletown High School and Miami University former Grant Elementary School teacher Survived by husband Edgar two sons Edgar Jr and Patrick at home two daughters Michaela Trench London England and Melodie Meiner Hamilton a brother William Goodpastor Ross and a sister Dorothy Schneider Middletown She died Sunday at Fort Hamilton Hospital Hamilton
Private services for Mrs Anna E Miller age 79 of 2110 Hill Ave will be held at the family home with Rev Clifford Stearns officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery Hamilton with no visitations. She died yesterday at Middletown Hospital.
Mrs Lillian Montgomery 87 of 4991 West Elkton Road Hamilton died yesterday at Sunnybreeze Nursing Home where she had been a patient six months. Former Trenton resident 1928 to 1959 her husband John died in 1958. Survived by daughter Mrs Marie Gaere Hamilton son Ralph Middletown five grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and five great great details incomplete.
A public hearing on a Dixie Development Corp plan modification for the southwest corner of Breiel Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue is set for tonight at 7 during the City Commission meeting. The project includes stores offices and a service station pending zoning approval. Burial details accompany a funeral service at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
Mrs. Helen Shope 49 of 839 16th Ave died at 4 a.m. at Kettering Memorial Hospital after a three year illness. Survived by daughter Lynne Prosperi of Middletown son Robin two brothers Cari Reiser of Friendship and Orville Reiser of Portsmouth and sisters Edna Katherine Elizabeth all of Portsmouth. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Roger Davis Funeral Home in West Portsmouth.
Lottie Christopher 85 died at home at 10 15 p m after three years of failing health. Surviving are sons Homer Raymond Earl a daughter Pauline and Naomi two sisters Nannie Covington and Letha Doty nine grandchildren and 12 Lerv. Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at R C Nein & Sons Funeral Home. Burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow 6 to 9 p m at the funeral home.
Robert Hester 67 of 3437 Dahlia Ave Dayton died yesterday at Miami Valley Hospital after a heart attack. Survived by wife Elizabeth son Harold brothers Edward and two sisters plus a half sister. Services p m Thursday Judson Baptist Church Alex ander sville Bellbrook Road. Burial Woodhill Cemetery. Friends may call 5 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilma I Prim, 70, of Germantown Rt 2, will be announced. The obituary notes her residence and suggests a local ceremony.
Governor John J. McKeithen told a statewide TV audience he will not allow his children to be bused for desegregation and urged other parents to resist. He called the busing plan a political hoax tied to Washington leadership and noted tensions in Lafourche Parish as schools considered a single system. Georgia Governor Lester Maddox praised the speech and predicted more officials would join.
U S Envoy Stoessel and Chinese Charge d Affaires Lei Yang meet in Warsaw resuming bilateral talks after a two year gap. Officials in Washington expect slow progress with modest steps and possible release of six Americans held in China.
In Columbus, lawmakers moved to fix a loophole allowing county school superintendents to collect pay for three years after abolition of their boards. The amendment would require action as education centers replace boards while salaries continue until resignation retirement or center employment.
Michael J. Brody Jr. a 21 year old heir to a fortune said he aimed to tell President Nixon the Vietnam War is over. He was accompanied by his wife and turned away by Secret Service after arriving by helicopter and lacking funds for a return bus fare. A passerby offered to drive them to New York.
Mrs Prim died Sunday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton. She was born in Alexandria Ky and had lived in Germantown area for four years. Survived by son Oliver and three other sons Clifton of Germantown and George. daughters Flora Hill Thelma Franklin of Miamisburg. 17 and eight great grandchildren. Burial in Sugar Grove Cemetery West Alexandria. Visitation today 4 to 9 p.m. at Swart Funeral Home West Carrollton with service at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.
John Marsh aged 72 of 3845 Hueston Road died. Private services are planned tomorrow in Campbell per official notice.
William Pentecost reports two tool boxes with $1550 worth of tools stolen from his rear garage. Deputy Sheriff Mack Hurley filed the report.
The maximum-security section of the Mahoning County jail is under quarantine as doctors await test results on two ill prisoners. The inmates, sent to South Side Hospital, prompted gamma-globulin shots for 39 inmates and 15 deputies and jailers as a precaution. The jail physician, Dr. Raymond Caroline, said results would take several days to confirm infectious hepatitis.
A Detroit bar owner filed suit claiming female dancers are discriminated against since they cannot legally dance topless while male dancers are banned. The complaint, dated September 17, targets Theodore Manolakas and John Kratsas arguing the rules violate free expression due process and equal protection of the law under the federal constitution.
An 11-year-old boy in fair condition in the intensive care unit of Middletown Hospital after being hit by an Ohio Bell Telephone Co truck at Central Avenue yesterday evening. The driver James R. Fristoe of Franklin was not cited as the boy walked between parked cars and the truck, traveling about 25 mph, left 45 feet of skid marks before impact.
Walter Spencer Robertson aged 76 died after an apparent heart attack at his home in Richmond Virginia He served in Roosevelt Truman and Eisenhower administrations and was assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs from 1953 to 1959 He helped persuade Syngman Rhee of South Korea to accept truce terms ending the Korean conflict.
William E. Netherly, 46, of 1908 Clayton Ave, suffered minor chest and scalp injuries after a collision at Elwood Street and Panama Avenue. Police estimated his 1966 car damage at 1600 dollars, total loss. William L. Watson, 26, of 1728 Carolina St, was cited for failure to yield right of way and was uninjured.
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