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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1956

Page

4

Gilchrist spills 7650 gallons of gasoline after explosion

An explosion on the roadside spilled 7,650 gallons of gasoline. Gilchrist was unhurt.

Gilchrist

Deaths And Funerals Mrs Anna Thinnes Dead At 81

Anna Thinnes 81 former Middletown resident died at Middletown Hospital from a stroke suffered two weeks earlier. Widow of Michael Thinnes she co ran restaurants on Crawford and Charlies Streets since 1913. Survived by two daughters two sons a sister a brother five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Requiem High Mass set at St John s Church with burial at Woodside Cemetery.

Anna Thinnes Middletown Michael Thinnes Middletown Hospital Louella Keeler Milton Edward Mayme Wilmes Cincinnati Charles Eck

Pallbearers Named for Mrs Rose Rister 86 Middletown

Pallbearers will be Walter Stephens Jr Jack Hartgrove James Isbell Gerald Cox Richard Lawrence Eugene Darnold all grandsons and Rev Clifford Hutchinson for Mrs Rose Rister 86 of 2018 Logan Ave who died Tuesday at Middletown Hospital Services set for 2 pm tomorrow at First Church of God with Dr R C Caudill and Rev Henry Howard officiating Burial at Woodside Cemetery Surviving include four daughters Mrs Arthur Weems Piedmont Alabama Mrs Gladys Kinder Mrs Lula Hartgrove Middletown Mrs Myrtle Stephens Carlisle a son John Rister Detroit a sister Mrs Garrett Long Middletown a brother John Gullett Middletown 17 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Friends may call at J R from 4 to 9 pm today

Rose Ellen Rister Logan Ave Middletown Hospital Walter Stephens Jr Jack Hartgrove James Isbell Gerald Cox Richard Lawrence Eugene Darnold Clifford Hutchinson Grand Avenue Church Middletown J. R. Baker and Sons Funeral Home

Death Notice for David Rolfe of Middletown

David Herb Rolfe fifty of 1502 Lafayette Ave died at 1 55 am today at Middletown Hospital after an illness of over two years. He worked at Gardner Board and Carton Co until retiring in December 1953. He belonged to Grand Avenue Church of God. Surviving are wife Bertha and father Frank Rolfe of Miamisburg. Services 10 am Saturday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Rev Clfford Hutchinson officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Calling hours 2–5 and 7–10 pm tomorrow.

David “Herb Rolfe Lafayette Ave Middletown Hospital Mr. Rolfe Gardner Board and Carton Co Grand Avenue Church of God Bertha Frank Rolfe Miamisburg McCoy - Leffler Clifford Hutchinson Woodside Cemetery

Samuel G Van Atta Dies at Hyde Park Home

Samuel G Van Atta 55 a former Middletown resident died of a heart attack yesterday at his Hyde Park Cincinnati home Funeral services are set for 2 p m tomorrow at Witt Good Kelsh Funeral Home Hyde Park Oakley Square Masonic and Scottish Rite services will be held tonight Surviving are his wife Florence his mother Mrs Emma Van Atta Middletown and his brother James H Gyp Van Atta Middletown He left Middletown in 1917 to serve with the 11th Marines and later worked as an agent for Cincinnati Milling Machine Co He traveled extensively.

Samuel G. van Atta Middletown Hyde Park Cincinnati Witt, Good and Kelshh Oakley Square Oakley Lodge F&am Scottish Rite van Atta 11Th Regiment of the Marines Cincinnati Milling Machine Co Florence Emma van Atta James H Gyp) van Atta

Infant son of Mr and Mrs Crockett dies at Middletown Hospital

The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Crockett of 1321 Grave Street died at birth yesterday at 9 30 p m in Middletown Hospital. Graveside services were held at 2 p m today at Woodside Cemetery. Surviving are six brothers and three sisters. Arrangements were by Bailey Funeral Home.

Eugene Crockett Grave St Middletown Hospital Woodside Cemetery Bailey Funeral Home

Infant dies at Middletown Hospital on Lower Brown's Run Road

Lee Dishman died at birth at 3 33 a m today in Middletown Hospital. Surviving parents five brothers Sterling Harold Roy Joel Wally four sisters Alma Betty Mary Katherine and two half brothers Rober and Eugene all at home. Arrangements incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.

Lee Dishman Lower Brown's Run Road Middletown Hospital Sterling Harold Roy Joel Wally Alma Betty Mary Katherine Rober Eugene McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home

Requiem Mass Scheduled for Mrs Morrow at Visitation

Mrs Madeleine Morrow aged 59 will be honored with a high mass at 9 30 a m Saturday in the church of the Visitation. She was killed instantly in an auto accident.

Hamilton Deaths Ceelia Albright and Bertha Ramseyer

Two obituaries list Cecelia M. Albright 72 with Requiem High Mass 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Ann Church and Bertha Lee Ramseyer 57 among the death notices, indicating local church service details and ages.

Services for Mrs Weaver and public notice at two funeral homes

Charlotte Ann Weaver, 76, formerly of Reily, will have a service at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Colligan Funeral Home. A second service for her is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Riker Funeral Home in Reily.

Kahn Ave Colligan Funeral Home Charlotte Ann Weaver Reily Riker Funeral Home

Deaths Elsewhere The Associated Press Report

Copenhagen Denmark Prof H M Hansen 69 rector of Copenhagen University and anti cancer society leader died yesterday Rochester NY Joseph F Taylor 67 chairman of Bausch Lomb Optical Co died yesterday Norwalk Conn Mary Abrams Lawson 62 author and illustrator of children’s books died yesterday Washington Col James C Cluck 61 Army Air Force veteran died yesterday Atlanta Mrs Jim Bagby 62 widow and mother of former major league pitchers died Tuesday

Copenhagen Denmark H. M. Hansen Copenhagen University Rochester N.Y Joseph F. Taylor Bausch & Lomb Optical Co Norwalk Conn Mary Abrams Lawson Washington James C. Cluck Army Air Force Atlanta Jim Bagby Cleveland Indians Jim Bagby Jr Cleveland Boston Pittsburgh

Lausche pushes Ohio sites for US Ag Lab bid

Gov Lausche urged Ezra Benson to locate a proposed 10 million dollar federal agricultural diagnostic and research laboratory at one of Ohio's land grant colleges. A federal hearing to select a site is set for June 27 in St Louis. Ohio groups back placing the lab in Ohio citing strong transport links and Seaway prospects. About 335000 Americans become disabled yearly due to accidents and disease.

Columbus Ohio Frank J. Lausche Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson St. Louis Ohio State University Ohio Board of Agriculture Lausche Midwest St. Lawrence Seaway

Arthritis Relief Promise From Mrs. Lela S. Wier

Mrs. Lela S. Wier of Jackson Mississippi reports being miraculously cured after suffering rheumatoid arthritis and deformities. She says the relief restored her to active life and invites correspondence at her Arbor Hills Drive address and Box 2695.

Lela S. Wier Arbor Hills Drive G.B. P Jackson 7

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