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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1961
Page
10
Puzzle clues and answers from a 1961 King Features Syndicate crossword page. Includes numbered across entries, definitions, and a note on yesterday's answer with average solve time.
The Kennedy administration seeks a compromise to resolve Senate and House differences on the emergency feed grain program. Key issue is giving the secretary authority to sell government surplus grain below support and market prices. Senate rejected sale authority. House approved it. A March 15 deadline looms as farm officials draft a compromise omitting sales power.
Deanna White age five daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon White 418 Curtis Sr will be featured at the Optimistic Club seventh annual recital tomorrow at Bethel AME Church 1017 Columbia Ave The program begins at 5 p m Deanna has sung in Hamilton Dayton Oxford and local shows for three years She will be accompanied by pianist Mrs Harry C Mack Mrs Hazel Howard a club member will perform several selections James E Hood pianist and organist a Middletown High School and Miami University graduate
Butler County Health officials reported near universal school immunization by year end 1960 for whooping cough diphtheria tetanus smallpox and polio. Hearing testing was revised to state recommendations and a new tuberculosis test was added while dental health facilities remained a noted gap for future development.
Homer Tingle, farm director of WPFB, is set as speaker for Elks Lodge 257 annual banquet at the Temple on N Main Street Wednesday at 6 p.m. Roy Barton says reservations can be made with him or any lodge officer. Entertainment includes a movie. Production of corrugated iron sheets on a commercial basis is about a century old.
Journal notice lists a man’s wedding band with initials and date inside, plus a 1954 Bethel College class ring lost near Maple Park, GA with reward. Also a reward for a red Cocker Spaniel named Bozo lost near Miller’s Trail er Park on Rt 25. Anna E Lecker obituary notes Middletown Hospital death at 10:15 pm with Riggs Funeral Home services Fri 2-5 and 7-9 pm and service Sat 2:30 pm. Rev. Robert W Ward officiating. Woodside Cemetery interment. Charles Jennings, 66, Rt 1 Germantown, obituary via Joseph R Baker & Sons Home with viewing times and church service arrangements. remains to Mayfield Church for 2 pm service. Rev Frank E Sewart officiating.
Anna Rebecca Jacobs 79 of 2100 Tytus Ave died Wed at 9 15 pm. Visitation Fri 5 to 7 and 9 am to 9 pm at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Service Sat 10 90 am at McCoy Lefiler. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Arrangements by McCoy Leiter GA 2 3691. Infant twin son of Edward W Kroger at 1914 Well Rd. Graveside service Sat 8 00 am at Woodside Cemetery. Arrangements by McCoy Lefiler GA 2 369, Riggs Mrs Lee died at son Eston C Riggs home Grand Ave. Visitation Fri 11 40 am. Funeral home Riggs Funeral Home Sun 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 am. Alma WV service Tue 2 pm at Alma Methodist Church with Rev Weis and Rev Pollen. Interment Beechwood Cemetery Alma WV. Riggs Funeral Home Inc. Carl A Wedekind 68 died arriving Middletown Hospital Wed 1 8 pm. Visitation Fri 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home. Knights of Columbus 1610 will assemble there Fri 6 15 pm for Rosary. Requiem High Mass Sat 9 30 am at St Johns Church officiated by Rev Father Oberlander. Interment St Mary's Cemetery Hamilton OH. Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home.
Gratitude flows from relatives and friends for the loss of Russell V. Hilton Virginia and Darely Spencer, with thanks to hospital staff and pallbearers. Messages praise doctors, nurses, ministers, and funeral homes, while memorial lines honor the late family members and express hope of reunion in the hereafter.
A jumble of small ads lists Hoover's Delicatessen on 2005 Sherman St under new management offering item sourcing if not found. Other notices invite driving to Los Angeles splitting expenses, selling land contracts, and second mortgages while soliciting repair and alteration services from Myer's Ltd in Middletown. Also includes spring decorating consult, drinking problems support box, dirt supply, and miscellaneous contact numbers.
A community note advertises a ham and turkey supper Saturday from 5 to 8 pm at the Miltonville Firehouse hosted by the Women’s Auxiliary. Also appears are two notary-like statements of non-liability by local residents dated March 1961 and March 1981 referencing debts contracted by others.
A collage of ads lists income tax services across multiple names and locations. Roy L Purcell Ruth Joy Glenn Clemons Laura Williams and others promote home visits, reasonable rates, and hours from 9 am to 9 pm. Services include Federal State and city returns with emphasis on small business and individual savings.
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