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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1956
Page
3
Auditor Paul Gaynor informs Franklin City Council he will resign March 31 after 22 years in office. He cites the job’s growth as a part time role, sought full time status with a $4800 salary, which was previously denied.
Oxford Ohio hosts Miami University students for four performances of A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Homer Abeggilen. Cast includes Joseph Hamer Hamilton Jim Sorrell Middletown and Betty Rebholz Cincinnati with showings Thursday Friday Saturday twice.
Hamilton County Special Pleas Judge P Boll ruled Lloyd Luther White Jr 22 of Denver is sane and will be tried for first degree murder in the death of Mrs Mary Ellen Barger 20 last November White and Darrell F Smith 23 of Cincinnati are charged jointly Smith declared legally insane and sent to Lima State Hospital White admitted firing the shot but claimed the killing was accidental and occurred during an attempted car assault with Smith assisting. doctors found White above average intelligence but emotionally disturbed
George Gallagher died Sunday night in an Indianapolis hospital after residing there since leaving Middletown. He worked for G. E. Greathouse & Sons and Mrs. B F. Hurwitz on Central Avenue. Survived by brother Massie Gallagher of Covington Kentucky. Services set for Thursday in Covington. arrangements to be announced by Mrs. Ola Glass of Garfield Street.
Surviving are wife Marie a son Eugene of Lima three daughters Mrs Donald Hanes of Franklin and Glenna and Kathy Cornwell at home and three grandchildren. Services set for 2 pm Thursday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Louis R Walter officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 pm tomorrow.
Mary Jarrett 84 of Anderson Ind mother of Jerome Jarrett of Middletown died Friday at a Nobelsville rest home. Services were yesterday at Anderson with burial there. Surviving are three daughters and another son.
Mrs. Lillian Reed of Hamilton dies at Mercy Hospital where she had been a patient for a month after two years of ill health. She would have turned 40 tomorrow. Survived by husband Charles Reed daughter Sue Ann son Michael father Enis Marshall mother Augusta Reiff. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday Webb Funeral Home with Rev. Wil liam Von Brauchitsch officiating Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. tomorrow.
Emmett Cornwell 50 of 1922 Woodlawn Avenue died at 1 45 p m yesterday in Middletown Hospital where he had been a patient since February 20 He had suffered ill health for years and had lived in the area 45 years He was born in Rothwell Kentucky and was employed in the Power Department of Armco Steel Corp.
Leo A. Maffeo 627 Lake Ave Franklin died at home after heart condition. He worked nine years as a maintenance man for Long Paper Co Middletown. Survived by wife Marguerite son Leo C two daughters Anna Mae Branscomb Irma Maffee two grandchildren. Funeral Friday Eaton Funeral Home with Rev Allen Cooper officiating. Burial West Chester. Friends may call Thursday 2–5 and 7–9.
Claude A. Taylor 69 of Germantown Rt 2 died at 11 15 a m yesterday after a long illness at 2020 W 3rd St He worked 35 years at Dayton Malleable Co Surviving are two daughters Mrs Helen Hill Germantown and Mrs Jeannette King Detroit two sons William Dayton and Lester Germantown a brother Raymond Anderson Ind five grandchildren and one great grandchild Services 1 30 p m Thursday at Etham Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church Dayton burial David Cemetery Friends may call Dickens Funeral Home Dayton 3 to 11 p m tomorrow and at the church from 11 a m Thursday until services
Mrs Nora Lee Smith 37 of 116 Goodman Ave to have services 2 p.m. tomorrow at Webb Funeral Home. Mrs Lottie Keller Laudemann 63 of 234 N Second St to have services 10 a.m. tomorrow at Colligan Funeral Home. Mrs Julia Myrtle Brannock 79 of 1306 S 13th St to have services 10 a.m. Thursday at First Church of God Pleasant and Woodlawn Aves. Michael A Stoeckel 90 to have Requiem High Mass 9 a.m. Thursday at St Joseph Church.
Franklin special election shows very light turnout with only 8 votes from three precincts by 11 a.m. on two issues the 1% mill tax levy and a switch to a city manager form of government. Mayor Black opposes the change citing expense while Carl Minnick of the Chamber accuses a telephone campaign of spreading rumors about tax increases. Precincts reporting include Hollywood Ward 7 Ward 4 43 and Southwest 26.
West Elkton's senior class resolved travel options for their spring trip. Four students with Supt. Carl Frazier will ride by train to Washington DC May 27 for six days, while twelve bus riders plus some parents travel May 30 for six days. The class funds will be shared so all students pay their own way. A Germantown girl will join the bus trip. Local officials and bus line representatives attended the meeting to support supervised trips.
Monroe Grange will celebrate its 38th anniversary with a Monday night program on March 19. The event opens with a 7 p.m. covered dish supper. Mrs. Raymond McKinley, ways and means chair, reported a successful paper driver. McKinley, legislative agent, discussed proposed laws including the Republican farm program. After the meeting, folk games were led by Robert Carter.
Homer Gibson, 25, of 3107 Judy Drive Middletown, was fined 100 dollars and jailed three days by Municipal Judge Frank F. Wessel for driving while intoxicated. He also paid 15 dollars for faulty brakes and lost driving rights for one year.
In Omaha the trial of Pete Nicotero on illegal liquor sales at his bottle club began after delays from a missing complaint and jury selection hiccups. A defense attorney and a neighbor of the attorney were among prospective jurors questioned and accepted after pauses.
The body of Stanford N. Gorsuch, 62, of Greenville, was recovered from a submerged wrecked auto in Seven Mile Creek near Eaton. The car went through a guard rail on U S 127, tipped into the creek from a 20 foot embankment, and overturned. The wreckage was spotted by Robert Morrow and Howard Grothaus. Gorsuch was a substation operator for Dayton Power and Light Co. Funeral arrangements were made in Eaton and Greenville.
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