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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1961

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals for Frank Merchant at Mt Zion Church

Funeral services for Frank Stanford Merchant age 69 of 1405 Walnut Street are set for 2 p m tomorrow at Mt Zion Church with Rev F H Hampion officiating burial will follow in Woodside Come Friends may call at Bailey Funeral Home today 6 to 10 p m and at the church tomorrow after 11 a m Mr Merchant died Tuesday at Middletown Hospital He is survived by two sisters Gladys Sorrell and Jane Reese both of Middletown and a brother Ben Cecil of Middletown. Services for another resident in Yale Kentucky and Leatherwood Cemetery involve Scranton residents and Eastin-Richey Funeral Home Mt Sterling.

Frank Stanford Merchant Walnut St Mt. Zion F. H. Hampion Woodside Bailey Funeral Home Merchant Middletown Hospital Harley Germantown Ford Gladys Sorrell Jane Reese Middletown Ben Cecil Church of God Yale Leatherwood Scranton Eastin-Richey Funeral Home Mt. Sterling

Mrs Anna Sorrell dies after long illness in Scranton Ky

Mrs Anna Sorrell age 5 percent formerly of Middletown died at 10 40 p m yesterday at her Scranton Kentucky home after about ten months of failing health Her survivors include husband Troy six daughters Juani ta Howard Middletown Ruby Patrick Amy Law son Earl and Carl Middle town Anna Rita at home and Shirley Roberts Pikeville Kentucky Also four sons Earl Carl of Middletown.

Anna Sorrell Middletown Scranton Troy Juanita Howard Ruby Patrick Amy Lawson Franklin Anna Rita Shirley Roberts Pikeville Earl and Carl

Local resident John W. Howard dies at 67

John W. Howard 67 of 469 Columbus Ave Lebanon died at 8 45 a m today at Bethesda Hospital Cincinnati after an 18 day stay. A self employed carpenter he retired a year ago for health reasons. Born in Gano he lived in West Chester and attended Butler and Hamilton county schools. He was a member of West Chester Presbyterian Church. Surviving are wife Mamie three sons John Jr Lebanon Robert West Chester and Harry Abilene Tex a sister Mrs Oda Rieck Sharonville nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services 2 p m Saturday Webb Funeral Home Hamilton Rev James R Chain officiating. Burial West Chester Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow after 4 p m.

Lebanon John W. Howard Columbus Ave Bethesda Hospital Cincinnati Howard West Chester Gano Butler Hamilton County Robert Harry Abilene Tex Oda Rieck Sharonville Webb Funeral Home Hamilton James R. Chain

Obituaries for Colgate and Emminger services listed

Joseph Colgate aged 68 of Imhoff Road Oxford has services today. Mrs Evelyn B Emminger aged 48 of 61 Lindale Drive Fairfield has a high Mass at 9 30 p m tomorrow at Sacred Heart Church.

Joseph Colgate Imhoff Road Oxford Marshall - Smith Evelyn B. Emminger Lindale Drive Fairfield Sacred Heart Church

Whirlpool plant halves staff to retool for safer shipments

At the Hamilton Division, Whirlpool Corp furloughs more than half of its 63 production workers as tooling changes halt production of free standing range products. General manager William L. Wallace said the aim is to complete testing quickly to prevent shipment damage and resume normal output.

Hamilton Whirlpool Corp William L. Wallace Wallace Les

Tip Locates Stolen Safe At Hamilton

Police and a citizen tip led to the recovery of a 400 pound safe minutes after it was stolen from the Second Ward Community Center 1140 St Front St. The safe was found unopened near a gate to the city landfill on Peck Ave. A suspect Eugene Triplett 43 was arrested for breaking and entering. Other incidents include auto thefts solved by Youth Aid Bureau involving two teens and several local thefts with victims named Don Harris Spencer Maxwell Eugene Colwell and Rich Brown.

Hamilton Second Ward Front St Peck Avenue August Sackenheim S. Front St Republican Press N. Third Market Streets Eugene Triplett Triplett Youth Aid Bureau Lincoln Heights Don Harris Ohio Ave Trenton Spencer Maxwell N. E St Holton Hall Susan Drive Eugene Colwell Pleasant Ave Richard Brown Gaston Lane Oxford Bum

Waynesville Trucker Sues Trucker in Warren Co Court

A damage suit for 250000 was filed in Warren County Common Pleas by Waynesville driver Woodson Lakes against Henry Huddleston alleging Huddleston struck Lakes head on on Rt 73 three miles east of Waynesville on Nov 11 1959. Lakes says his truck broke down in the east lane and he was struck after Huddleston crossed the center line at about 60 mph and caused brain injuries and permanent disability.

Lakes Huddleston

Polaris Pershing tests hailed as successes in U S defense program

CAPE CANAVERAL AP Polaris and Pershing solid fuel missiles scored major test wins. Pershing flew 160 miles for inertial guidance system test and Polaris launched from USS Observation Island reached 1600 miles down the Atlantic. Both showcase mobility and storage benefits over liquid fuel rockets. First undersea launches planned next month after Theodore Roosevelt returns. The Burma Road 726 miles long was built in 14 months by about 200 thousand Chinese.

Polaris Pershing U. S Army Atlantic Navy Atlas Titan Observation Island Burma

Peace Corps Catches On Rafer Johnson Signs?

Olympic decathlon champion Rafer Johnson volunteers for the Peace Corps as UCLA assistant track coach. Iowa athletics director Forrest Evashevski may join corps headquarters in Washington. The Times notes record interest and lists Bowles and Gore daughters among early staff.

New York Rafer Johnson Kennedy New York Times Johnson University of California At Los Angeles UCLA Washington Dispatch Times Forrest Evashevski State University of Iowa Corps Washington Evashevski Iowa University of Michigan Peace Corps the Times

Armed Man Slugs Clerk in Near Holdup at Grocery

Emory Cook, 57, clerk at Gibbon’s supermarket at NB Street and Gordon Avenue, was slashed beside the right eye after a wouldbe robber struck him with a blue steel pistol and fled. The assailant, about six feet tall, 175 pounds, dark complexioned with black hair, masked his lower face with a handkerchief around 8 pm.

Hamilton Gibbon's NB Street Gordon Avenue Emory Cook Cleveland Ave Cook

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