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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1969

Page

5

Vandals Strike J. F. Burns Elementary Again in Ohio District

Kings Mills officials tally about 7000 in new damages and theft at J. F. Burns Elementary after a Tuesday raid near Twenty Mile Stand. The two year old building suffered extensive equipment theft and vandalism despite the school remaining open.

Kings Mills J. F. Burns Eugene Griffith Columbia Road U.S. 22 Twenty Mile Stand Mason Griffith

Cincinnati Man Fatally Shot on West End Street

Robert Phillips, 60, was shot to death on a west end Cincinnati street corner early today. Police have no address for him and say a man and a woman are being questioned in the case.

Cincinnati (Ap Robert Phillips Cincinnati West End

Armadillos Born in Sets of Four

A zoological note states that armadillos are always born in litters of four. The fact highlights a unique reproductive pattern observed in these mammals.

Rifle Not Linked To Slaying in Coleman Case

Franklin officials said their million to one clue in the unsolved slaying of Mrs. Emily Coleman did not connect to the case. A .22 caliber rifle found along Interstate 75 in northern Kentucky was tested by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and London, showing it did not fire the bullets that killed the 70 year old widow in her Warren Avenue home on August 27. There was no sign of robbery or forced entry.

Franklin Emily Coleman Bernard Echholz Interstate 75 Kentucky Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification London BCI

Dayton rodeo man is mugged in Butler County

Glendon T. Flynn a 27 year old Dayton man told Butler County deputies he was drinking in a Middletown cafe when two men spoke of horses They bet him he could ride a horse offered at a field near Peasttown Heights He was knocked down robbed and left without his $125 and the supposed horse Flynn reported the incident to sheriff officials.

Hamilton Dayton Glendon T. Flynn Butler County Middletown Flynn Germantown Road Peasttown Heights Daytonian Sheriffs Office

Two Pleads Not Guilty Insanity Plea In Family Slayings

In Lebanon Common Pleas Court Treva Crossthwaite 17 of Clarksville and Mrs Carol Sisson in her 20s pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder indictments from the January term. Crossthwaite allegedly shot her father in a first degree case, while Sisson allegedly beat her baby son leading to death at the Jones Home for Retarded Children in December.

Lebanon Common Pleas Treva Diane Crossthwaite Clarksville Carol Sisson Jones

Furnace Fumes Overcome Man in Middletown

Clyde Watkins of Trailer 15 at 3350 S Main St was overcome by fumes from a faulty furnace in a neighbor’s trailer. He was treated at Middletown Hospital around 11 p.m. after reentering the trailer to retrieve keys and fainting two hours later.

Middletown Middletown Hospital S. Main St Butler County Clyde Watkins Watkins

Fine Arts Center Elects New Officers

Mrs. Frank Myers was elected president of the Middletown Fine Arts Center at the annual meeting last night succeeding Mrs. Kenneth Coburn who had led for three years. Elected vice president was Mrs. Joseph LeMoyne with other officers including Secretary and treasurer named. New and re elected board members include Mrs. Coburn and E H Thornsteinson along with R. L. Davidson and several others.

Frank Myers Middletown Joseph LeMoyne Edwin Crawford E. A. Scanlon Philip Jaques H. H. Harrison Board of Governors Coburn E H. Thornsteinson Board of R. L. Davidson H. O. Finkelman Colin Gardner Robert Gardner Harrison John R. Hursh Jaques LeMoyne

Deaths And Funerals Clarence Mynhier

Clarence J. Mynhier, 74, of 2908 Manchester Road, died at Middletown Hospital after a five day stay. Retired Armco Steel employee and Yankee Road Church of God member survived by his wife Maude a daughter and four sons and ten grandchildren. Services Friday 10 a.m. at McCoy Lefler Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery. The family requests contributions to the Middletown Butler Unit of the American Cancer Society. Arrangements incomplete at Anglesby Funeral Home.

Clarence J. Mynhier Manchester Road Middletown Hospital Mynhier Armco Steel Corp Yankee Road Church of God Maude John ‘Lowe Middletown James Jack Herbert David McCoy-Leffler Rodney Williams Woodside Cemetery

Mrs Elizabeth Meek dies in Cincinnati mother of Willard Meek

Mrs Elizabeth C Meek formerly of Monroe died at 5 a m yesterday at her Cincinnati home. She leaves six daughters Donna Eggers Louella Wade Julia Rainey Freida Bergland Dorothy Meek and Betty Bollman 20 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services 2 0 p m Friday at United Methodist Church Edenton Clermont County. Burial Plainview Cemetery Newtonsville. Arrangements Hannah Funeral Home Blanchester. No visitations.

Elizabeth C. Meek Monroe Willard Meek Springboro Cincinnati Donna Eggers Louella Wade Julia Rainey Freida Bergland California Dorothy Meek Betty Bollman United! ‘Methodist Edenton Clermont County Plainview Newtonsville

William Van Dyne 78 Dies. Retired Box Co. Employee

William Maj Frankin Van Dyne of 120 E Fifth St died yesterday at Grandview Hospital Dayton after a stint as patient since Jan 10. Retired in 1960 from Interstate Folding Box Co Miamisburg. Survived by Margaret a son Donald Middletown a daughter Louise Weber Yellow Springs four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services Saturday Eaton Funeral Home with Rev Herman McCoy. Burial Springboro Cemetery. Visitation Friday 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.

Local Obituaries Notice of Four Seniors and Infant

Mrs Essie Cowdrey 89 of 948 Campbell Ave services 2 p m tomorrow Webb Mrs Davie Harris 4 of New Miami services 1 p m Friday Mt Zion Temple Pentecostal Church Mrs Margaret Utz 89 of 2337 Middletown Road services 2 p m tomorrow Proeschel John Limes 93 formerly of 315 Sycamore St services 10 a m tomorrow Brown Daw son Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Ellers Oxford formerly Hamilton services today Colligan

Essie Cowdrey Campbell Ave Webb Davie Harris New Miami Mt. Zion Temple Margaret Utz Middletown Road Proeschel John Limes Sycamore St Brown & Dawson Thomas Ellers Oxford Hamilton Colligan

Local Officials to Attend OKI Regional Meeting

Mrs Ella Thompson City Commissioner Ray Brown and Community Development Director R Paul Christiansen will attend the annual OKI Regional Planning Committee meeting at Lookout House Fort Mitchell Ky. Both are trustees of the planning body with Christiansen an ex officio member due to his appointment.

Ray Brown R. Paul Christiansen Lookout House Fort Mitchell Brown Christiansen Franklin Elia Thompson Arthur St Trenton

Funeral services for Blanche Riley Miller at Ridgeville

Funeral services for Mrs. Blanche Riley Miller 91 of Ridgeville will be held at noon Friday with Anglesby Ray Shelton officiating. Burial follows at Miami Cemetery in Corwin. Mrs Miller died Monday at her residence.

Franklin Blanche Riley Miller Ridgeville Anglesby Ray Shelton Miami Corwin

Ohio youth dies after Bangkok apartment fall

Gustav Ackerland III, 16, of Dayton Ohio, plunged from the eighth floor of a Bangkok apartment building Tuesday night and died. He was one of three sons of a U S Army lieutenant colonel assigned to the Advance Research Project Agency in Bangkok. The family resided in the building.

Bangkok Gustav Ackerland III Dayton Ohio U. S. Army Advance Research Project Agency

Beckett Sentencing Scheduled Monday

Former clerk of courts C. C. Beckett, 63, pleads guilty to three indictments tied to the Aug. 27 crash that killed 10 year old Andrew Garland. Judge Thomas Mitchell set sentencing for 9:30 a.m. Monday. Beckett quit driving after the incident.

Lebanon C. C. Beckett The Journal Beckett Andrew Garland T. C. Garland Springboro Thomas Mitchell Jackson County Common Pleas Warren County

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Deerfield Union U.S Union Sanitary Cincy S. Broad Ron T-Bone Iss Los Clorox Chase & Sanborn Bill Snider North Main St Middletown, Ohio Ocity Fine Arts Center Robert Nelson Bruce Peters R. N. Richardson L. F. Weitzenkorn Clarence Mynhier Olive Hineline Anglesby Funeral Home Mrs Elizabeth Meek William van Dyne Oki Ella Thompson Blanche Miller Alii
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