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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1962

Page

2

Ohio honors John Glenn in New Concord ceremony

At Muskingum College New Concord executives and citizens celebrated astronaut John Glenn with a luncheon and awards including a key to the city and a lasting name change for the gymnasium to John H. Glenn Jr. Physical Education Building. The event highlighted Ohio pride in Glenn and his family.

Billy Pinkston Cambridge America Glenn Glenn McConaha Muskingum Country Club Kelley Hall Muskingum College J. K. Taylor John H. Glenn, Jr Gov. DiSalle

Glenn party returns to Washington after stop at Zanesville

After meeting the children, Glenn and his wife and children departed by car for Zanesville airport. The Glenn party arrived at the airport at 11 10 a m est ten minutes late and faced further delays as they continued home to Arlington Virginia Washington.

Glenn Zanesville Washington Arlington

Delano Ladd Dies Partner In Greene & Ladd Firm

Delano W. Ladd 65 a NYSE member and Greene & Ladd partner died at his Woodland Ave home Pilain veld New Jersey after a short illness He was Yale graduate Yale Club president Plainfield City Council former president Navy WWI director of U S Radium Corp Surviving wife Caroline two daughters a son two brothers and nine grandchildren Services Monday 3 p.m. Crescent Ave Presbyterian Church Painfield.

Delano W. Ladd Greene & Ladd New York Stock Exchange Woodland Ave Pilainveld N. J Ladd Yale University Plainfield Yale Club Plainfield U. S. Radium Corp Caroline Crescent Ave Presbyterian Church Painfield Sloan- Kettering Foundation E. 68Th St New York

Burns Fatal To Boy Four In Somerville

Four year old Lawrence Arnold Burns died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after clothing ignited by a trash fire at home on Camden Somerville Road Friday. His mother Nancy Crank was burned while trying to douse the flames. He was born in Hamilton July 11 1957. Funeral set for 10 am Tuesday at R C Nein & Sons Funeral Home Camden with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 pm Monday.

Somerville Lawrence Arnold Mercy Hospital Hamilton Nancy Crank Camden-Somerville Road Jerry Crank Duane Arnold Derek Arnold Terrence Crank Ronald Donald Crank Kathryn Crank Elvin Wyatt Michigan Viola Wyatt New Miami Roy Crank Augusta Hartman Tom Crank West Alexandria R. C. Nein & Sons Camden Silas Denny Fairmount Cemetery Sypherd Reid Memorial Hospital Richmond Ind

Knifed in Car: Woman Escapes Knife Attack

Laverne Walton of 1704 Garfield St. told police she leaped from a man's car at 1016 Yankee Rd last night when he pulled a knife and cut her. She suffered a cut forehead and two slash marks on her left leg and provided the suspect's name before being advised to file a warrant and seek hospital treatment. Hospital records showed no ER treatment.

Laverne Walton Garfield St Yankee Road

Flora Jung 89 dies former pastor's mother in Ohio

Mrs Flora Jung aged 89 mother of Rev H H Jung former pastor of St Pauls United Church of Christ died Saturday at a nursing home in St Marys Ohio. She had stroke five years ago and had been in failing health a year. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday Workholdt Funeral Home New Bremen with burial there.

Flora Jung H. H. Jung St. Paul's

Infant Daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn Brown Funeral Monday

Funeral services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn Brown of 601 Pinta Ave will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Mc Coy Leffier Funeral Home. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. The infant, born Thursday at Middletown Hospital, died yesterday. Friends may call after 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Glenn Brown Pinta Ave McCoy-Leffier Funeral Home Woodside Cemetery Middletown Hospital

Middletown Woman Ruth May Dies After Illness

Ruth May 51 wife of Fred May of 3002 Vantest Ave died at 1 20 pm Saturday at Middletown Hospital she had been a patient since January 25 after three years of failing health. She was a resident of Middletown.

Ruth May Fred May Vantest Ave Middletown Hospital May Middletown

Funeral services set for Mrs Reedy in Ohio area

Mrs Esther Reedy 67 of 2 N Highview Road died yesterday. Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Clifford Stearns officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn. She leaves four step daughters Ruby Lange Birmingham Mich Virginia Hassen New Carlisle and Phyllis Young and Jeanette Reedy Albuquerque NM.

Esther Reedy N. Highview Road McCoy-Leffler Clifford Stearns Woodside Cemetery Ruby Lange Birmingham, Mich Virginia Hassen

Teacher Sentenced In Taipei Slayings

Tsui Ying, former physical education teacher at Li Sheng School Jam. 26, was sentenced Saturday to be executed for the killings of the principal and six other staff members. He admitted the slayings but said they were not premeditated.

Taipei Formosa Tsui Ying Li Sheng

Wind helps check grass fire on Bonita Drive

A favorable wind aided two Middletown fire companies and Mayfield department in a vacant Bonita Drive field near noon yesterday. The grass fire, of unknown origin, would have threatened homes if not for the wind shift. Property owner is Donald Bailey of 4424 Roosevelt Ave. Alarm at 12 26 p.m. and crews remained about an hour.

Middletown Fire Department Mayfield Department Bonita Drive

Four City Accidents Recorded by Middletown Police

Four minor accidents reported in 24 hours to Middletown police with no injuries. Charles Cheesman complains a hit and run damaged his parked car door by about 55 dollars. Freeman Potter cited for failing to yield after a two car crash on Sutphin Street. Paul Whitley suffered 75 dollars damage to his car. Geraldine Brown sideswiped a telephone pole causing about 75 dollars damage on Ninth Avenue.

Middletown Charles V. Cheesman Baltimore St Freeman Potter Young Sr Sutphin Street North Avenue Paul J. Whitley Santa Fe Road Geraldine Brown Prospect Ave Ninth Avenue Yankee Road

Fire squads aid two at Shafer Street address

Emergency crews were summoned to 105 Shafer St to assist Delvin Demery 66 after a stomach hemorrhage. He was taken to Middletown Hospital and admitted. Jinny Stivers 75, who lives downstairs, was treated for a heart condition and not admitted.

Fire Department Shafer St Delvin Demery Demery Middletown Hospital Jinny Stivers

Death Road tragedy claims Air Force officer near Eaton

Faton Air Force 1st Lt. Dale Sypherd 24 of Morristown Pa. dies when his sports car collides with a tractor trailer on US 40 near Eaton. Raymond C Abbott 30 of Blue Island Ill. was passing the truck and is held for investigation. Truck driver Leland L Hodges 49 of Midway Ohio unharmed. The fatal scene lies near a highway stretch nicknamed suicide lane after multiple deaths this year.

Faton Air Force Dale Sypherd Morristown Wag U.S. 40 Raymond C Abbott Blue Island Ill Preble County Abbott Leland L. Hodges Midway Ohio Hodges US 40 Eaton U.S. 127

Two Suspects Freed in Mayfield Pharmacy Burglary

Two men held as suspects in an attempted burglary at Gillen Crow Pharmacy on 2715 Burbank Ave in Maysfield were released by Capt. Jess Dennis of the Butler County sheriff's department. A third man who fled in a car Friday night remains at large.

Gillen-Crow Burbank Ave Maysfield Jess Dennis Butler County Sheriff's Department Middletown Sheriff's Department

Five Middletown Twirlers Place in Miamisburg Contest

Five Middletown baton twirlers earned prizes at a USTA event in Miamisburg. Shaun Birch and Kathy O Friel took second in advanced ranks, Birch in the 8 year olds group and O Friel in the 16 year olds. Rhonda Sue Napier placed third in advanced for 6 and under, Donna Marie Armstrong third in advanced 8 year olds, and Lou Ann Evans fourth in advanced 8 year olds.

Middletown Miamisburg Shaun Birch Kathy O'Friel Miss O’friel Rhonda Sue Napier Donna Marie Armstrong Lou Ann Evans

Police Briefs Report Auto Window Break and Injury Incident

Robert Johnson of 1709 iLawn Ave. reported a window broken on his parked auto Friday night with $12 loss. The Rev Tommy Hicks of Los Angeles was treated at Middletown Hospital for a head laceration and facial abrasions after a reported fall.

Robert Johnson iLawn Ave Tommy Hicks Los Angeles Calif Middletown Hospital

Vandals Break Windows at William Andrews Home

William Andrews of 4604 Carroll Lee Lane reports vandals threw pop bottles at his residence, shattering a storm and a regular window. Estimated damage about 15 dollars.

William Andrews Carroll Lee Lane

Vandal damage at Fildwood Golf Club noted by police

Police reported vandalism at Fildwood Golf Club where a golf cart was broken and a metal piece was hurled through a window in the women's restroom. Estimated damage about 25 dollars.

Fildwood Golf Club

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