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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1955

Page

3

Rev Earl Dale Accepts Call to Troy First Baptist Church

The Rev Earl Dale former Middletown educator and church leader accepts a call to Troy First Baptist. He will reside in Middletown until August first after resigning May 1. He holds roles in Optimist Club Junior Optimist Knothole baseball and multiple Middletown church and civic organizations.

Earl Dale First Baptist Church Troy Dale Middletown Optimist Club Ministerial Alliance Council of Churches Ministerial Assn Vacation Church School Andren Miami Baptic Assn Board of Christian Education Association Royal Arch Masons

Deaths and Funerals in Middletown and Nearby Areas

Mrs. Cora H. Richardson 65 of 515 Oxford State Rd Excelle died at Middletown Hospital after a two month illness. Widow of James B Richardson she leaves two daughters Olive Morgan and Ruth Wilson. Services Thursday 2 p.m. at Mc Coy Leffier Funeral Home with burial plans incomplete. Also reported: accident near Franklin claims Mrs Swartz a former Trenton resident. Funeral rites at Gebhart Schmidt Funeral Home Miamisburg with Hillgrove Cemetery burial and local lodge and club services tonight.

Cora H. Richardson Oxford State Rd Excelle Middletown Hospital Richardson Olympia James B. Richardson Olive Morgan Ruth Wilson Middletown William Moore Emma Crouch McCoy-Leffier Franklin

Mason-Rex Ball Dies of Heart Attack At 42

Rex Ball 42 year old vice president of the Liberty Town ship Board of Education died yesterday afternoon at Ft. Hamilton Hospital. He lived on Bethany Road near Mason was a civil engineer and a farmer. Survived by wife Betty six children two brothers three sisters and several relatives. Services set for 2:30 p at Gallimore Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Mason Rex Ball Liberty Township Board of Education Ft. Hamilton Hospital Hamilton Ball Bethany Road Betty Vicky Karen James Kathy Randy Elissa Carl Glenn Madeira A. G. Wyatt Canal Winchester C.T. Losh Kenwood Ora Popp Newark Gallimore Funeral Home Rose Hill Cemetery

Arthur E Swartz Rites Held for Dayton Man at 80

Arthur E Swartz 80 of Dayton dies in an auto incident with wife Kathryn and is to be honored with services at 2 30 p m tomorrow. The obituary notes the couple was involved in the crash and Swartz is survived by his spouse.

Arthur E. Swartz Dayton Kathryn

Deaths Elsewhere by the Associated Press

Death notices from the Associated Press report Hands Ozgurel 45 a Turkish United Nations delegate died yesterday in New York. George Andrew Gutches 72 a former forester and IRS employee and Syracuse University forestry professor died Sunday in Fredericksburg. Brig General Henry C Pillsbury 75 US Army retired medical services director at Walter Reed died yesterday in San Rafael. Charles Eugene Crook 76 postmaster of Vicksburg for 17 years also oil businessman and former president of the Vicksburg baseball club died yesterday.

Associated Press New York Handi Ozgurel Turkish United Nations Fredericksburg George Andrew Gutches Internal Revenue Service Syracuse University East Homer N. Y San Rafael Calif Henry C. Pillsbury USA Panama Canal Zone Walter Reed Hospital Washington, D. C Vicksburg, Miss Charles Eugene Crook Vicksburg Longview Tex

Strodtbeck Set to Complete Banking School Course

Kirk Strodtbeck of First National Bank Middletown will join 51 bankers finishing a three year NABAC School for Bank Auditors and Comptrollers program at the University of Wisconsin this summer. He graduates August 5 as part of the first class. The program runs two-week sessions each summer and aims to enhance accounting auditing and control skills. Strodtbeck is one of two Ohio men completing the training.

Kirk Strodtbeck First National Bank Middletown Nabac School For University of Wisconsin The National Assn. of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers NABAC

Woman Ends Hunger Strike After Son Joins Public Service

Coral Gables Florida Martha Blumenbach stops a three day hunger strike protesting draft laws after her husband brings in friends to persuade her She began the fast after her son Thomas Blumenbach a dentist joined the U S Public Health Service and said duty equals armed service The family notes she is frail and ill and the strike was tied to her religious beliefs and Unity Church affiliation.

Coral Gables Fla Martha Blumenbach Earl Thomas Blumenbach U. S. Public Health Service Savannah Public Health Service

Franklin Board Sets Stage for School Opening

Franklin's Board of Education met at Anthony Wayne School to plan the September opening. The board accepted four resignations and hired six new teachers, granted a one year leave of absence to Ira O. Brown, and discussed renewing a six mill operating levy to go to voters. Transportation boundaries were updated and a sidewalk program near elementary schools urged. A color scheme for the new junior high building was approved.

Franklin Board of Education Anthony Wayne Russell Cahall Central School Edward A. Miller Virginia Huff Phyllis Edelman Blanche R. Spicer Mary Layman Betsy Mae Otis Lexington Christina Callis Richmond Roger Stephens Gapville Mary Josephine Campbell Pineville Ira O. Brown J. Forrest Burns Burns State Department of Education Thomas D. McLaughlin McLaughlin and Kyle

Seven Year Old Injured Rolling From Barrel At Home

Clarence Manns Jr. rolled off a barrel at his home on Church Street and suffered a fractured left elbow. He was in good condition at Middletown Hospital the next day. Also treated were Ken ny Manns 45 and Sandra Lawhun 13 who later were released after injuries from unrelated incidents. The Lawhun girl fractured her left wrist at a skating rink. Mount Rushmore erosion noted as one inch every 100000 years.

Clarence Manns Jr Middletown Clarence Manns Sr Church St Middletown Hospital Kenny Manns Highland St Sandra Lawhun Fred Lawhun 5Th Ave Chautauqua Manns Lawhun Mount Rushmore South Dakota

School board divides coal supply and awards contracts

In preparation for the new term the board split the coal supply between G. E. Leroy Coal Co and Fedders Coal and Supply Co. It awarded gasoline and milk contracts to Marathon Co and Borden Co, postponed ice cream bid, authorized new high school seats, and approved Burns to seek oil bids for 8000 gallons for the junior high oil stand by.

G. E. Leroy Coal Co Fedders Coal and Supply Co Marathon Co Borden Co Burns

Car and tractor crash claims life of 13 month old

In Wilmington Ohio a car and a tractor trailer collided on U S 22 east of town. Sandra Mann 13 months old of Cincinnati died from injuries sustained in the crash. Her parents Otis J Mann and his wife were traveling with her at the time.

Wilmington Ohio Sandra Mann U.S. 22 Sandra Otis J. Mann Cincinnati

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