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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1955
Page
3
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Mrs Alice C Bowman 56 of 2014 Manchester Rd Middletown died at Middletown Hospital. Survived by husband Claude H two sons Kenneth Franklin Wallace Dayton two sisters Mrs Ruhlman Oxford Mrs Jake Sebald Middletown two brothers Robert Eaton Springboro Clarence Cincinnati and three grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Friday Robert Eaton Funeral Home Franklin with Rev James Recob officiating Burial Springboro. Visitation Thursday 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Other notices list two daughters Mrs Oliver Mundhank Dayton and Mrs Earl Kidd Peastown with services 2 p.m. Thursday Biggs Funeral Home and Woodside Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday 2-5 and 7-9 p.m.
Herbert J Bauer 65 of 1412 Yankee Rd died Sunday at Grandview Hospital Dayton. He was general superintendent of Martin L Bauer Construction Co. Requiem High Mass at St Johns Church tomorrow 9 a.m. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitation 2 5 and 7 9 p.m. today Riggs Funeral Home. Eagles Lodge services at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home followed by Rosary 7 30 p.m. by St Johns Holy Name Society and Catholic Knights of Ohio 7 45 p.m. services.
William V. Ingram, 77, of West Middletown Route 1, died at 1 a.m. at Middletown Hospital after a three year illness and a month of serious condition. A retired paper worker formerly with Ward Lowe-Thomas Paper Co., he had lived in the area for 52 years.
A local retailer touts low prices on furniture bedding and floor covering. It cites reduced operating costs enabling cheaper goods and invites customers to visit the showroom to see the bargains firsthand.
John T. Stone age 63 of 204 S. Riverview Ave Miamisburg died at 1130 a m after a long illness A native of Falmouth Ky he lived in Miamisburg 50 years He was a member of Pilgrim Holiness Church West Carrollton Surviving four daughters Betty Ballard Marcella Wheeler Naomi Blackburn Alverta Reynolds three sons Wilbur James Homer 15 grandchildren and two brothers James West Carrollton Robert Troy Burial will be at Hill Grove Cemetery Miamisburg with services at Brough Memorial Home tomorrow call times 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m.
Deborah J. White age 14 months daughter of William and Jo Ann White of 141 Gordon Ave Hamilton died at Mercy Hospital. Father a Middletown native. Survived by grandparents William White Evanston Ill Elmer Vornheder Hamilton a great grandmother Edna Hess Suddletown and great grandfather Fred Vornheder Hamilton. Funeral Thursday Webb Funeral Home Hamilton Rev Victor Schoen Cincinnati officiating. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery Hamilton. Friends may call after 4 p.m. tomorrow.
Leroy McMechan Eaton Word has been received here of the death of Leroy McMechan in California. He was a former Eaton resident and the brother of the late Oscar McMechan.
Two Franklin youths Elva Lakes and Glenn Collins were fined 50 dollars and costs and confined three days, after trespassing charges were upheld following testimony. Lakes, on car theft probation, was returned to confinement for 64 days and fined 77.46 for probation breach. Other local traffic fines included Cincinnati men Boggs and Cook for escaping load and other infractions.
Franklin Chamber of Commerce discussed initial plans for a Fall Festival tentatively set for September during an abbreviated monthly meeting. President Carl Minnick announced the planning stage and involvement. Also, Franklin schools Superintendent J Forrest Burns reported on a Columbus trip for a White House education conference.
Ronald Follmer a 17 year old knot holer suffered a fractured skull and is listed in fair condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati He was struck by a ball during a game at Smith Farm in Middletown son of Arthur Follmer of 6192 West Chester Rd Hamilton The hospital report notes little change and speech difficulty.
Two boys were treated in Middletown Hospital emergency ward after tree climbing and creek wading accidents. Richard Gwinn aged 13 broke his left forearm from a fall near a park, while four year old Buddy Hall cut his left foot wading in a creek. Both were released after treatment.
Zanesville voters will decide next November whether to adopt a city manager form of government or elect a full-time mayor earning about $8 000 annually. The current mayor serves part time at $2 000 per year. A legal notice also details a Fulton Lane and streets improvement project with sewers water mains and street work and invites objections within five weeks.
Ed Mayer submits tentative plans to Franklin Planning and Zoning for a north-end shopping center with a Kroger store and other shops. The proposal, east of U S 25 and north of Golf Links Drive, requests zoning clarification and urgent approval if business use is allowed. A second tract south of Golf Links Drive shows a drive-in restaurant in an artist’s concept with no cost estimate.
Marfa Texas notes the Presidio County grand jury becomes the first in history with women as members. One of its early recommendations calls for courthouse cleanup and lawn mowing as voters previously amended the constitution to allow women jurors to serve.
The Texas State Democratic Executive Committee voted to remove National Committeeman Wright Morrow of Houston after he backed Eisenhower in 1952. Gov. Allan Shivers’s faction urged the move to align Texas with the national party, while Mrs. H. H. Weinert remains Texas’s Democratic national committeewoman.
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