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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1966
Page
2
In Columbus Ohio the AFL CIO cites 1.1 million union members equal to 35.7 percent of nonfarm workers in the state. Using Bureau of Labor Standards data the union notes 34 percent of employees in non-right to work states are organized versus 15 percent in states with right to work laws.
Mrs Edna Palmer Vorhis 85 of 2502 Fleming Road Middletown died about 9 30 am at Middletown Hospital after a stay since Nov 24 She witnessed Middletown history since 1887 taught in the public schools 1902 07 and was active at First Methodist Church and in local clubs Surviving Wilfred husband two daughters six grandchildren and a son Memorial service 2 pm Wednesday at First Methodist Church Burial Woodside Cemetery Family to determine arrangements Memorial fund gifts urged by family
Frances Lyle Armitage age 37 a Middletown native died after a long illness at Orient Ohio at 4 45 p m Survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Herbert Armitage Franklin a brother Neal Middletown and a sister Mrs Barbara Purtee Wilmington Private service at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Herschel Caudill officiating Burial in Woodside Cemetery No visitations Flowers omitted per family request
Taylor F. Howard, 89, of 311 N Main St, was pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 8:45 p.m. Saturday after two months of illness. He was a member of Bethel AME Church and was active in his community.
Bertha Tilton 62 died at 12 10 a m at her Middletown Trailer Court home after a 30 month illness. Born in Montgomery County Kentucky she lived in Middletown a month. Survived by husband Roy a daughter Anna Van Winkle Dayton two sons Richard Helton Middletown Roy Helton Lima two brothers Melvin Charles Conn Middletown and sister Nancy Myers Lima. Arrangements incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
A high mass will be sung at St. Peter and Paul Church Reading at 10 a m tomorrow for Mrs Alma Williams 53 formerly of Middletown who died Friday night at her home 210 Maple Street Reading Friends may call at Schmidt Dhonau Funeral Home Reading after 4 o clock this afternoon Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery Mrs Williams was a daughter of the late Andrew and Alpha Focht of Middletown Survived by husband Clair a daughter Mrs Carl Hauck of West Chester a son Charles of Greenhills a sister Mrs Helen Walck of Middletown and three grandchildren
Mrs Martha McKart in Requiem High Mass at St Marys Church 9:30 am Wednesday. Frank Roach 79 at 224 S Eighth St with 2 pm Wednesday services. Israel Ewell 89 at 91 Red Bud Lane services 10 am Wednesday. Mrs Mattie Tillett 71 Monroe Mich formerly Hamilton with 2 pm Wednesday services. Miranda Kriegenhofer 91 Fairfield services 2 pm Wednesday at residence. James Moberly 51 2540 Columbus Drive services 10:30 am tomorrow. Margaret Yordy 75 527 Charlberth Drive services 2 pm tomorrow. John Julien 94 1231 Western Ave services today. Ralph Sellers 42 549 Franklin St services today. Mrs Margaret Ruth 73 Oxford services tomorrow Valparaiso Ind.
Paris AP reports Pierre Mercure 38 of Montreal and coordinator for CBC musical programs died Saturday after his car veered into a ditch and overturned. Detroit AP notes Charles H. Mahoney 79, the first American Negro delegate to the United Nations and former associate counsel to Clarence Darrow, died Saturday.
Two children were injured yesterday afternoon while sleigh riding at Armco Park. Carolyn VanGuilder, 12, 14 N Marshall Read, daughter of C W VanGuilder, was admitted to Middletown Hospital with scalp lacerations after her sled hit a fence and was listed in satisfactory condition. Frank Schneider, 8, 2004 Sherman Ave, son of Walter Schneider, received treatment for a lacerated forehead.
A 37 year old Maud, Oklahoma man was killed early yesterday on Interstate 75 in Wayne County Michigan when his car skidded on ice and hit a bridge. Virgil Hale of Cincinnati Dayton Road helped ferry cars to Butler County. Hale, alone in the car, had worked as a clerk at Gene's Auto Parts in Hamilton. He is survived by wife Mary and a 16 year old daughter. Funeral services will be at Cox Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon Kentucky.
Beverly Reilly, 38, detained after 19 days in Communist China, hid with U S consular help in Hong Kong. She crossed the border with an American passport, asked not to reveal her whereabouts, and was taken to a secret Kowloon City destination. Her estranged husband and two daughters live with him. she had previously traveled from Bangkok and was warned illegal entry was possible.
In Columbus Ohio two 16 year olds confessed to throwing or planting eight improvised bombs at the homes of six Whetstone High School educators and Principal Don T Harper over two weeks. Police say most devices exploded causing property damage but no injuries. The youths, sons of a paper company president and an Ohio Public Utilities Commission attorney, were charged with incorrigibility and await Juvenile Court hearings.
City Commission holds an eight o'clock meeting tonight to consider approving the 1966 city budget and the possible annexation of 73 acres along Oxford State Road west of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Informal review of general fund figures indicates spending cuts may keep 1966 expenditures under projected revenue. Transcripts from two annexation hearings before Buller County Commission last year will be before the council, detailing a 10.32 acre tract and a 63 acre tract along Oxford State Road with six resident free holders.
Darwin Fetters, 35, of 150 North Street Springboro, was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after reportedly shooting himself in the lower chest. Lt. Larry Stamm said Fetters entered his garage just before 11:15 p.m. and fired a shotgun, the blast grazing his ribs and exiting his side. Fetters is a father of five.
A Middletown 12 year old was admitted to Middletown Hospital after a truck ran off Rt 122 1.4 miles west of town. He suffered leg and ankle injuries and was reported in good condition. Driver Arch Taulbee 75 was treated for hand lacerations and cited for reckless driving. Earlier two-car crash at Rt 122 and Rt 123 in Red Lion injured three, including Aleta Earnhart Judith Bond and Marie Glenn with cuts, abrasions and neck pain.
Three people were hurt and about ten thousand dollars in damage occurred when jet exhaust from a United Airlines 727 blew out a glass wall and eight windows at Youngstown Municipal Airport. Injured were Helen Jackson 47 of Sharon Pennsylvania Thelma Whitman 32 of Oakdale Connecticut and her two year old granddaughter Kathleen treated for cuts with the high chair hurled across the restaurant by backwash from the takeoff.
In Birmingham Alabama five youths appeared in court after scissoring a Beatle style haircut from Joel Odum aged 16. Judge Joe Jasper ordered three high school pupils and two college students held on $500 bond. The three high school pupils were fined $20 and costs. the others faced no further stated penalties.
Ohio congressman Clarence J. Brown Jr. will introduce Rep. Gerald R. Ford at the Butler County Lincoln Day Dinner February 14 at the Manchester Motor Inn. Brown, Urbana publisher, sits in the 89th Congress after winning a special election November 2 to fill his late father’s seat. The event expects over 1,000 attendees with numerous Middletown and Hamilton hostesses aiding planning.
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