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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1960
Page
3
Mrs Minnie Harkrader 56 died at Middletown Hospital after a hip fracture from a fall at her son Orland’s home. A Warren County native and longtime resident, she survived by three sons Orland Walter and Herbert, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services 10 30 am Monday at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home with burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday 2 5 and 7 9.
Chester Boren, formerly of Middletown, dies Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton. Funeral tomorrow at 11 a m at Shiloh Congregational Church Dayton with calling today 6 to 8 p m at Stampler Funeral Home Dayton. Survived by wife Mae Brelsford, a son Tom, and two step-daughters Mrs Ertin Baldmett of Lansing Michigan.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson of 1603 Garfield St died four hours after birth at Middletown Hospital at 8:15 p.m. Survived by parents, a brother Frank Jr and three sisters Gloria Rhoda Wanda, paternal grandfather Jim Johnson of Florence Alabama, and maternal grandmother Mrs. Claudia Moore of Memphis Tennessee. Graveside services set for 10 a.m. tomorrow at W side Cemetery with no visitation. Arrangements by Baley Funeral Home.
John Lucian Shearer 75 died at 4 a m at his home Lebanon Rt 2 after four years with heart disease. A retired laborer he was born in Mount Sterling Kentucky and survived by wife Delilah seven sons Rodney Orville Willis Cecil all of Middletown Charlie Hawkins Road near Monroe Montford Lebanon Rt 3 and Cecil Franklin four daughters Lillie Johnson Beattyville Dorothy Snowden Freewater Dopsy Kelly Muncie Thelma Wells Lebanon and a brother William Middletown Arrangements are incomplete at the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
Mrs Eliza beth V Monjar 44 of 435 Genetta Dr formerly of Middletown died yesterday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton Born in Germantown she was educated in Carlisle Survived by husband Edward a daughter Vicki Rae mother Deila Weidle two brothers Russell and Willis and two sisters Glenna Waite Evelyn Herrington Services 2 pm Monday Gebhardt Schmidt Funeral Home burial Hillgrove Cemetery visitation 7 to 9 pm
Clark Barker 69 of 1825 Allstat ter Ave services 9 3 a m tomorrow at Brown Canyon. Mrs Mayme C McAllister 77 of 260 Rockford Dr services 9 a m tomorrow at St Peter Church. Mrs Mary Ruhl 81 Adrian Michigan formerly Hamilton services 9 a m tomorrow at St Stephen Church. Mrs Bertha Elizabeth Triplett 77 of 4 N Fifth St services 10 0 a m tomorrow at Proeschel.
Ethel Lillian Voynich 96 famed author of The Gadfly dies in New York after recent Soviet tributes. Doris Weston 43, voice and screen star of the 1930s passes in New York. Richard Fairey 42, head of Fairey Aviation dies in Cannes from a heart attack. Rev J Eugene Gallery 61, ex president of Scranton University dies of cancer in Washington. Brig Gen William W Welch 66, former wartime Air Force training director, dies of a heart ailment after joining Fairfield Engine and Airplane Corp.
Richard M. Nixon plans a weekend meeting with Midwestern Republican leaders from Ohio to the Rocky Mountains to press farm issues in his presidential campaign. Delegates hope a stronger farm plank and federal aid proposals will help Republicans win farm states and congressional seats. Secretary Fred A. Seaton is cited as Nixon's farm adviser coordinating the talks.
YMCA program announces two day trips for children next week. Girls visit Cincinnati Zoo on Monday with 9 30 a m departure and 3 p m return for 1 ticket plus 10 cent zoo admission. five places remain. Boys skate at Cincinnati Garden Tuesday returning 5 30 p m for total 1 50 plus 30 cents skate rental.
Thunderstorms and gale winds sweep the South as heavy rains flood Tampa and Charleston. Tampa records 63 mph gusts and 2.59 inches of rain in a 24 hour span, boosting the city’s total past five inches. Charleston witnesses 2.03 inches in six hours. Gainesville reports near one inch. Some Nebraska counties suffer wind and hail disruptions to power and communications.
In March 1958 the Kanmon undersea highway tunnel opened connecting Shimonoseki on Honshu with Maji on Kyushu. It was the world’s first double deck tunnel with one level for vehicles and one for pedestrians.
A fragment quotes Josephine urging absolute silence even when witnessing others acting differently from Perry Mason, implying a guidance scene about discretion and secrecy. The line hints at a dramatic instruction within a detective or courtroom context.
A Saudi broadcast reports Princess Jozah aged 25, daughter of King Saud, killed in an automobile collision near the royal palace in Riyadh Wednesday night.
Charles A Hinsch a 55 year old Cincinnati investment broker was charged with illegal possession of two slot machines after a vice squad raid on his home. He admitted keeping the machines for his son nine years in an eight room Hyde Park residence saying they were for entertainment. Conviction carries up to 5000 dollars fine and one to five years in prison. Hinsch noted the arrest followed an open house where a slot machine disappeared.
Two persons were treated for fractures yesterday morning at Middletown Hospital. Lee Vanover, 41, of 3213 Seneca Ave. broke his left arm after his hand was caught in a conveyor belt at Mecca Inc. on S Main Street. Charlotte Harkrader, 26, of 3221 Barbara Dr. fractured her right third toe after striking a chair at home.
One delegate Rep. James Fulon of Pennsylvania resolved a seating dispute at the convention by taking a seat on the floor directly in front of the prostrum.
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