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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1972
Page
2
Kathryn Ann Chupka 20 of 3713 Manchester Road dies at Christ Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. Surviving family includes parents four brothers two sisters and grandmother. Mass at St John s Church. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Services by McCoy Leffler and Wilson Schramm Funeral Homes. Emma Gustin 70 of Lebanon dies at home with funeral Mass at St Francis De Sales Church. Burial Lebanon Cemetery. Oswald Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Emma Barrett 75 of 12 Chestnut Street died at 3 20 p m Sunday in Ziegler Osteopathic Hospital Detroit where she had been a patient four days. Arrangements at Anglesby Funeral Home are incomplete.
John Wesley Borders Sr. 54, of Hamilton, died Saturday at Middletown Hospital after a prolonged illness. He was born in Falmouth Kentucky and had lived in Hamilton 30 years. Surviving are his wife Neva and others. Nekas, born in Crete, moved from Greece to New Orleans then to Middletown 10 years ago and was employed as a chef in Moraine City.
Funeral services for Nellavene Cottongim 42 of 154 Sunset Court Monroe are set for 10 30 a m Tuesday at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev Arthur Wilson officiating. Burial follows at Miltonville Monroe Chapel of the Riggs Funeral Home. Visitation is today 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m and tomorrow after 9 30 a m at the church. Mrs Cottongim died Saturday at home and is survived by her son William Howard Cottongim at home and a step brother Gale McElwain of Franklin.
James Nekas 81 of 1850 Central Ave Apt 31 died at 4 a m after an extended illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. He is survived by his wife and several siblings. Local services are pending at the family church.
Elton Lindsey of 520 Maxine Drive, a longtime Reily area farmer and father of a Middletown woman, died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton near 11:40 p.m. Saturday. Survived by wife Nellie Lindsey, daughter Mrs. Virgil Avery of Middletown, and two grandchildren. Services set for tomorrow afternoon at Marshall-Smith Funeral with Rev. Leonard Klotz. burial in Oxford Cemetery. Funeral home will be open tonight from 7 to 9.
Miss Margaret O Donnell 67 of 108 N Main St Franklin died at 9 05 am Sunday at Middletown Hospital after an extended illness. She was assistant cashier at Franklin National Bank for 47 years. Survived by three brothers Emmett H James O Donnell and Richard and two sisters Marcella and Kathryn. Services set for 10 am Wednesday at St Mary Church with burial in Woodhill Cemetery. Friends may call Eaton Funeral Home Tuesday 4 to 8 pm with prayers there at 8 pm.
Mrs Mamie Powell 70 of 3709 McLean Road died at 420 am Sunday at Middletown Hospital after a 10 week illness Her husband Charles died in 1961 Survived by three sons John Orlando Fla Charles Bloomington Calif Tom Franklin three daughters Winford Cristenson Margaret Lahman Franklin Wilma Zeppla Coshocton a brother Gillen Lakes Tanner Ala a half sister Liza Allen Berea Ky 15 grandchildren four great grandchildren Private services Wednesday Eaton Funeral Home Rev Dencil Owsley burial Woodhill No visitations Memorials may be made to Warren County Unit American Cancer Society
Ohio State hosted a two day tour visiting Washington and Los Angeles research facilities. Dr John Minton outlined plans for a new hospital and computerized outpatient clinic. Dr Henry Crawford urged early cancer detection with stark survival rate contrasts. Actor William Gargan spoke on cancer impact and future hope.
Franklin Board of Education will name a new member at a special Wednesday night meeting. The appointee will fill the unexpired seat of Larry Anderson who resigned January 15 to move to Middletown. term expires in 1972. Meeting at Franklin High School at 7 p.m.
A verbal agreement confirms the sale of Colorpac Inc plant at 708 South St Franklin to American Controlled Industries of Cincinnati. The 75 employees remain, and the plant manufactures flexible packaging for food and soap products. Monarch Marking Systems of Miamisburg has owned Colorpac for three years. Further details may be released this week.
A color television valued at 400 dollars was taken from H and H Electronics Store at 532 South Main Street after a window was broken in an early morning burglary. Police reported nothing else was stolen.
Leonard Allen age 59 of 60¢ Prytania Ave. services 10 a.m. Wednesday. Robert Forbes age 87 of 639 East Ave. services Tuesday in Toledo. Mrs. Mary Ward age 88 of Center Haven Nursing Home services 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Two Middletown orthopedic surgeons were inducted today as Fellows of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons at the annual meeting in Washington D C. Dr Anthony G Kokenakis and Dr William D Langworthy joined a total of 388 new fellows in the nation s largest bone and joint surgery organization.
Herbert D. Agase, former vice president of sales and marketing for Schaub Engineering Co. in Downers Grove Illinois, is named vice president of marketing for Panacon Corp. in Cincinnati. He succeeds Charles, president of Panacon Corp. The Miami Carey Co. plant at Monroe is a Panacon division.
Two Ohio Penitentiary escapees Ferdinand and Manis were recaptured in Newport Kentucky after fleeing Columbus last Wednesday by the south wall. They were cornered in a second floor apartment with a third escapee, James Lewis, already jailed for injury during the climb. Ferdinand and Manis were sent to Covington Kentucky for magistrate proceedings and likely extradition waiver.
Megacity Transit Lines resumes the Dayton to Cincinnati route via Middletown as PUCO reviews and a February 16 hearing in Cincinnati. Hamilton reports heavy service losses while industries ship freight through Middletown, with the Middletown depot remaining active.
In Washington AP reports that May 1 to May 7 could be National Bikecology Week if lawmakers prevail. Representatives Seymour Halpern Edward Koch and Jerome Waldie introduced a resolution to designate Bikecology noting cycling as healthy exercise and a method to curb air pollution.
Middletown Kiwanis East meets tomorrow at 6 30 p m at the Holiday Inn. Speaker Wilson E Denny from the Cincinnati IRS office will discuss changes in income tax rules from 1970 to 1971.
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