Retired Armco Vet Dies At 68
George B. Shepard aged 68 of 281 Inland Dr. Middletown died at 6 05 am at Middletown Hospital after a period as a patient since January 15. He had been a materials engineer at Armco Steel Corp retiring in 1957 after arriving in Middletown in 1912 from Lee County Kentucky. He was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Ascension Jefferson Lodge 9 F and AM and Elks Lodge 257. He is survived by his wife Hazel three daughters Mrs Midge Wir Mrs Marjorie ter and Mrs Marjorie Pamplin of Pine Bluff Ark and four grandchildren. Services 2 pm Monday at the Church of the Ascension Rev Sidney C McCammon officiating Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Riggs Funeral Home Sunday 2-5 and 7-9 pm. Elk Lodge memorial service at 8 pm.
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George B. Shepard
Armco
Middletown Hospital
Shepard
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Lee County
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Jefferson Lodge
F&am
Elks Lodge
Hazel
Midge Wir
Marjorieter
Marjorie Pamplin
Pine Bluff
Ark
Church of the Ascension
Sidney C. McCammon
Woodside Cemetery
Riggs
Elke Lodge
St. Cloud
Fla
Early
Brown County
Waynesville National Bank
Waynesville
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
Scottish Rite
Dayton
The
Grange
Lytle Methodist Church
Miami Cemetery
Corwin
Moniday
Flu Up In Cleveland Hits County Schools
Flu type illnesses pressed through Cuyahoga County schools as 233 Cleveland grade school teachers were absent on Thursday. Five grade schools reported pupil absenteeism of 15 percent or more amid the illness surge.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Deaths And Funerals In Middletown Area
Louis John Johnen 61 longtime chorus leader and director of the Middletown Civic Chorus died of a heart attack at his home in Clifton. He directed the Civic Chorus from 1957 to early this month and led other choirs. A famed singer, teacher, writer, and broadcaster, he served on the faculty at Wilmington College and the Cincinnati Conservatory, and critic for the Cincinnati Times-Star. Surviving are his wife and two children. Memorial services Sunday at Wyoming Presbyterian Church. Contributions encouraged to Heart Association or Cincinnati Immanuel Church Memorial Fund. Other notices include obituaries for local figures Morey Morrical and Robert Zeller with service details.
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Louis John Johnen
Middletown Civic Chorus
Morrison Ave
Clifton
Civic Chorus
Wyoming, Ohio
Presbyterian Church Choir
Triangle Choir
Cincinnati Zoo
University of Cincinnati
Wilmington College
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Cincinnati Times-Star
WLW
WKRC
WCPO
Lieselotte
Barbara Phyllie Johnen
Lovie Erie
Wyoming Presbyterian Church
Heart Assn
Cincinnati Immanuel Church
Janice Schulz
Linden Ave
Middletown
Mrs C B Chatham Funeral in Angels City
Mrs C B Chatham sister of Mrs Dan Corson of Christel Ave died yesterday at her Angels home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Los Angeles with burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mrs Corson is the sole survivor.
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C. B. Chatham
Dan Corson
Christel Ave
Angels
Los Angeles
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Corson
Skeens Private Services Held for Fana Mae Skeens
Mrs. Fana Mae Skeens, 71, of 1010 Auburn Avenue, died yesterday at home. Private services will be at the family’s request at McCoy Leffier Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery.
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Fana Mae Skeens
Auburn
McCoy-Leffier
Woodside Cemetery
LYTLE and M Everett Early in Warren County history note
A brief notice records M Everett Early and LYTLE in Warren County history, noting 1738 as a referenced year in connection with an historical record or event. The fragment emphasizes archival association and county context.
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M. Everett
Warren County
Publisher James Welch Dies at 78 in New Jersey
AP reports James A. Welch, 78, former vice president of Crowell Collier Publishing Co. of New York, died Thursday after retiring 15 years earlier. In Malaya Dr Wu Lien Teh, credited with saving millions in China from the 1910 bubonic plague, died Thursday.
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Ape May Court House
James A. Welch
Crowell- Collier Publishing Co
New York
Penang
Malaya
Wu Lien Teh
China
Stevens Heads Shrine Club Officers Elected
Hal Stevens was elected president of the Middletown Shrine Club for the coming year. Larry Booker was named vice president and Charles Hansel secretary treasurer. New trustees elected include Dan Rotne G R Hewitt Ernest Guinan H Moore and John Schmidt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Stevens
Middletown
Trenton Council Finds Lost City Building Plans
The Trenton council reports that missing city building plans have been found and turned over to the building committee. Clerk Donald Bogan announced the plans had circulated among interested parties. Councilman Phillip Staley, chair of the building committee, said revisions will be made before a special meeting Tuesday evening to consider suggestions. Other members include Kenneth Worstler and Herschel Lovely.
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Trenton — Council
Donald Bogan
Phillip Staley
Kenneth Worstler
Herschel Lovely
Louis E. Wynne
Hamilton
Trenton
Rural India Work Told For PTA
Mr and Mrs Matt Thompson of the American Friends Service Committee spoke at Jefferson School as part of the PTA program Knowing Our World. They described rural India projects organizing village service teams to create sanitary water systems health clinics and improved crops with village cooperatives marketing native goods.
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Matt Thompson
American Friends Service Committee
Jefferson School
PTA
Thompson
India
Thompsons
Follmer Low Bid For Road At Hueston Woods Park
Walter L. Follmer Inc of Hamilton wins the low bid for a 1.5 mile road segment completing the main access at Hueston Woods State Park. The bid amount is 72,994.82 dollars. The road loops around Acton Lake to connect with Rt 732 and will supply a hard surfaced drive from park entrance to the bathing beach and marina.
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Oxford
Hueston Woods State Park
Walter L. Follmer, Inc
Hamilton Road
Follmer Company
F. C Kugel
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Acton Lake
Talk On Godfrey Is Club's Best Talk At Toastmasters
Lloyd Nolan praised Arthur Godfrey's success despite adversity as the clubs strongest speech of the night. Other speakers included Bill Davis's The Greatest Machine and Joe Miller's Communism. Bob Moore delivered an education speech on effective public gestures. Art Thomann announced the area speech contest for Feb 16 in Dayton. Ralph Gaynor served as toastmaster with Bob Blevins as topicmaster.
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Lloyd Nolan
Arthur Godfrey
Way
Toastmasters Club
Nolan
Bill Davis
Joe Miller
Bob Moore
Art Thomann
Dayton
Ralph Gaynor
Bob Blevins
Burns Fatal To Invalid 82
In Portsmouth Ohio an 82 year old invalid, Fate Higgins, died from burns after a fire started by a hotplate. He was seated in a wheelchair reading when the paper toppled onto the hot plate causing his clothes to ignite. Two schoolboys witnessed the blaze, pulled him from the apartment, but he was severely burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Ohio
Higgins
Smallpox outbreak reported in Moscow
WHO said the Soviet government reported nine smallpox cases in Moscow. Vaccinations began for Soviets and foreigners after a Soviet artist who had returned from India died of the disease.
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Geneva
World Health Organization
Moscow
India
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Helen E. Williams
Lee
Ruth E. Morgan
Phoenix, Ariz
Butler County
Robert Zeller
Ft. Lauder
Dale
William J. Heffier
Hanover St
St. Joseph Church
Morey Morrical
S. College Ave
Marshall - Smith Funeral Home
Louis J. Johnen
Edna M. Skeens
Ethel Swallow
Eother
Stevens Heads Shrine Club
Renan Yhrup
N. Broad
Harry Stretcher
Follmer Low On Road Park Bids
Godfrey
Burns
RAND
Ths
Brand Frames Foundation
Imo
Pork Hs
Spencer
Ort
RSG
Central Ave
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