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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1965
Page
8
Mrs S C Toman of 2020 Central Ave starts a crusade to provide Butler County Home a new institutional piano by Easter. Local commissioners contribute 2 each and funds will cover about 1000 dollars with any excess possibly used for an organ attachment or other home needs. Checks payable to Katherine Toman Butler County Piano Fund.
Warren County deputies and multiple police units arrested Franklin youths Elmer Forbes and Harmon Shepard and Wayne Gentry along with Kenneth Whitman and Paul Price tied to a jail break at Warren County Jail. Whitman and Gentry were captured after a raid following a disturbance call at 15 North Main Street.
The Warren County Board of Health postponed a directors meeting due to bad roads and winter weather. Dr. A R Harvey said the session to discuss a funds shortage has no new date yet possibly next week. The department has been operating with a trimmed staff since Wednesday with only three workers.
Marie Campbell as administrator of Madge Berry's estate files in Butler County Common Pleas Court alleging Eugene Couch caused a fatal collision at the Verity Parkway Lafayette Avenue intersection in Middletown. Berry reportedly was struck as she alighted from a car and knocked 72 feet by Couch's southbound vehicle. The suit cites neglect.
Parks director John Paschal says Smith Pond ice is only about 2 inches thick today and not enough for skating. An announcement will appear in Sunday's Journal on whether skating resumes tomorrow after Sunday noon.
A Camden man Ralph E. Downs was bound over to the Butler County grand jury under a $1000 bond on a conversion of trust charge after writing a bad check to pay for a car purchased in Middletown. Also before Judge J T Lamb Don Farnsworth 45 of 625 Cleveland St was fined 100 and costs for two counts of purchasing stolen property all suspended. James Cottrell 40 of 707 20th Ave was fined 100 and costs for assault and battery. James Stewart 34 of Sarver Pa was sentenced to 30 days in the Butler County jail for petit larceny after stealing a carton of cigarettes from Sorrells Market.
A parked car was demolished on South Main Street near First Street after being struck from behind by Billy J. Griffith 30 of Dayton who failed to negotiate the curve. The other vehicle belonged to Foster Turpin of South Main Street.
David and Jon Haney of Middletown underwent kidney transplant procedures at Cleveland Clinic Hospital. Jon donated a healthy kidney to David after David’s two diseased kidneys were removed. Surgeons led by Dr Ralph Strafon completed the operations in about two hours with both twins recovering.
Herbert Edward Frazier 52 of 1014 Auburn St. a retired head of Middletown Police identification bureau died at Middletown Hospital after a heart attack. Surviving wife May a son David a Middletown police cadet a daughter Joann Burkey two sisters and two grandchildren. Services Monday at McCoy-Lefler Funeral Home burial Woodside Cemetery.
William Lesch aged 68 brother of Louis Lesch of 4404 Hannah Drive. Requiem high mass at 9 30 a m Monday at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd Dayton burial in Dayton VA Cemetery. Funeral home visiting hours tomorrow 7 to 9 p m at Mc Coy Leffler. Lesch died Thursday at Dayton VA Hospital and had lived seven years at the Dayton Veterans Home.
Mrs Lovina McKibban aged 70 died at 8 p m yesterday at 135 South Main Street Springboro after a long illness. Survived by husband Charles son Everett Franklin brothers Walter Flick Miami Otto Flick Columbus sisters Mrs Robert Lucas Columbus and Mrs Earl Henshaw Bainbridge. Funeral Tuesday at Anglesby Funeral Home with Rev Harley Fidler officiating burial in Springboro Cemetery from 2 to 5 p m.
Raymond Wilson 76 of Waynesville died Thursday at Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington. He was survived by his wife Glenna and two daughters Mrs. Mary McIntire of New Burlington and another unnamed child.
Butler County Commissioners approved a historic general fund of 3 097 612 67 for 1965. The budget trims several departments including the commissioner's office saving about 10 000 by cutting two positions and new hire salaries. Major allocations include county offices courts jail and welfare programs with a sizable prior surplus quoted as around 500 000 aiding the bottom line.
Donald A. Waitman age 61 of 290 Freeman Ave. has a service at 10 30 a.m. Monday at Proeschel Hoover House 64 2230 Stahlheber Road with Webb assisting. Mrs Emma Rose age 62 of 1040 Hunt Ave. has a service at 10 30 a.m. Monday.
Seven people were injured as three separate collisions occurred in Middletown city yesterday. Four drivers were cited for careless operation or failure to yield, and damage was estimated at $4390.
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