West Pocket War Ending
In Formosa the western pocket clash eased as Communist shells declined to 56 overnight while Nationalists returned fire from offshore islands.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1957
Page
12
In Formosa the western pocket clash eased as Communist shells declined to 56 overnight while Nationalists returned fire from offshore islands.
Firefighters from Companies 2 and 4 plus the emergency squad answered an alarm at Paul Brooks 431 Marshall Rd last night. A rubbish fire behind the house caused no damage and neighbors mistook it for a house fire, prompting the call reported by the firefighters at 9 40 p m.
Mrs Ada B Miller 70 wife of Horace O Miller former Middletown official died in La Jolla California after a illness of about two and a half years. She moved with her husband to La Jolla in 1944 and was active in local clubs and Red Cross work. Survived by her husband and by son Richard B Miller a psychology doctor at the Junior College of San Diego. Funeral services were held in La Jolla.
James H Beacraft 81 of Cottage Lane Middletown Rt 1 died at his home after a nine month illness. He was born in Menefee County Kentucky and formerly worked for P Lorillard Co. Survived by wife Belva two sons Orville Everett and James two daughters Lillie Mae and Mary Lou and two daughters Myrtle Moore and Blanche Moore a sister Lula Graham of Berry’s and one grandchild. Services Monday 10 am at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Wayne Dunn. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitation Sunday 2-5 and 7-9 pm at the funeral home.
Mrs Carrie Hudson aged 68 of 1402 Penfield Street died at 9 45 a m yesterday in a Cincinnati hospital after a two year illness. She was a 45 year resident, member of the First Church of Od, wife of Raymond, with two sons Orville and Ernest and a daughter Maybell Shoemaker. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Dr R C Caudill to officiate.
A high mass service honored Mrs Cornelia Fischer with the Franklin parish observing the ceremony. Church officials led prayers as mourners gathered to pay respects to the late Franklin resident.
James F. Russell of Pompton Plains was arraigned yesterday in Riverdale on a bad check charge. Magistrate John Greco found him guilty and fined $25 after Russell admitted writing the check for the amount.
The Colored News Stewardess Board No 1 of Phillips Chapel CME Church sponsors a fish fry at the home of Charles Stone located at 839 9th Ave. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach. Charles Stone hosts attendees and details are coordinated by church volunteers.
Mrs 90 of 108 W Bryant Ave will be sung at 9 am Monday at St Marys Church. Burial will be in Woodhill Cemetery. Confraternity of Christian Mothers of which she was a member will assemble at the Fischer Residence at 730 pm Sunday for Rosary. Friends may call at the residence after 2 pm tomorrow and Sunday. Mrs Fischer died Wednesday evening at Middletown Hospital. She was the wife of Lewis Fischer. Arrangements are by Anglesby Funeral Home.
Spanish American War veteran Peter A Runyon 79 of Waynesville died yesterday after a lengthy illness. Survived by wife Ann two sisters Martha Bilderbach Blanchester Adie Davis of Waynesville and four brothers Andrew Hillsboro William Allensburg Sam Maine Thomas Waynesville. Services 3 p m Monday Stubbs Funeral Home burial Miami Cemetery Corwin Military rites at graveside. Friends may call.
Hazel Wolfe 60 of Medway Rt 1 died at home at 1:20 a.m. yesterday. Services are 3 p.m. tomorrow at Morris Sons Funeral Home Fairborn with burial in Medway and home afterwards. Surviving husband Curtis three daughters two sons and three brothers. Also noted is William Blanton 59 of New Miami with services at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Webb Funeral.
Hand Print Cards, Inc. adds six new stainless steel themed cards to national distribution. The best seller features a birthday message promising durability Won t Chip Won t Crack Won t Dent Won t Peel You Weather the Years Like Birthday capturing stainless steel s growing role in daily American life. The piece notes the 100th birthday of the American steel industry and stainless steel s immortalized status in verse.
A head-on collision on U S 2 near Sherman Grant County Kentucky killed three people. Passengers in the station wagon were Robert C. Longan 33 of Highland Park Michigan Henry K. Schroeder of Detroit and Mrs Andrew Thnath of Miami Florida. Andrew Thnath 67 was hospitalized in serious condition at St Elizabeth Hospital Covington about 30 miles away.
A party of 11 governors on a deep sea fishing excursion in the Outer Banks of North Carolina marks the end of a whirlwind trip. They arrived after attending the National Governors Conference in Williamsburg Virginia. Mrs O Neill laid a wreath at the Wright Brothers monument in Kitty Hawk as Gov O Neill ended his travel from Washington.
Miss Diane Dechant 23 of 203 E Orchard Ave Lebanon died at 3 20 am at Christ Hospital Cincinnati from an overdose of tranquilizer pills She reportedly swallowed nearly 100 pills late last evening after driving home from art class Her father attorney with the Cincinnati Internal Revenue Bureau and grandfather Judge Charles S Dechant survive along with other relatives Services set for 1 30 pm tomorrow Oswald Funeral Home burial in Lebanon Cemetery Friends may call after noon today
President Eisenhower hosts a social White House luncheon with Ohio Governor William O’Neill and 17 other governors after the Governors Conference in Williamsburg Virginia. Participants described the gathering as purely social. A Brooklyn mosque serves as house of worship for a group of Russian Tartars.
Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, told a Senate subcommittee that a proposed atomic reactor midway between Toledo and Detroit near Monroe, Michigan, would pose a hazard in a dense industrial area and cited a runaway reaction in a similar plant as a warning.
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