Dying Divorced Woman Denied Medicaid Aid Sparks Controversy
Howard Thomas, a 50 year old steelworker, divorced his terminally ill wife Ruth to qualify her for Medicaid. He sought help at the Florida Division of Family Services after her aid was denied amid residency questions. Ruth Thomas, 45, has advanced multiple sclerosis and was hospitalized in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Florida Division of Family Services
Division of Family Services
Larry Johnson
Family Service
Ruth
Welkind Neurological Hospital
Chester
N.J
Jones resigns post at Middletown Y
Dick Jones 31 resigns as physical director and assistant executive director of the Middletown Area YMCA after nine years. He will become branch executive at Lake County West End YMCA in Willoughby on April 30. His replacement is not yet named.
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Middletown Area
Dick Jones
YMCA
Jones
Orchard Ave
Lake County
West End Ymca
Willoughby
Muskingum College
Springfield College
Middletown
Great Lakes Region
U.S. Volleyball Association
First United Presbyterian Church
Christian Education Committee
Church School Education Administration
Break-in Reported on Glencoe Avenue and Sheridan Theft
Police briefs note a break in at 3403 Glencoe Ave last night with missing stereo items including a set, turntable, two speakers, 40 tapes and a 400 penny case. Mary Sherill of 2802 Sherman Ave reports theft of a $300 TV, pearls valued at $500 and three $100 saving bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Nickell
Tom Moreland
Glencoe Ave
Mary Sherill
Sherman Ave
U.S
Fire Rescue at Armco Drive Delivers 74 Year Old to Hospital
A fire unit responded at 4 04 a m to 2900 Armco Drive transporting Herbert Cutter 74 ill to Middletown Hospital by ambulance in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco Drive
Herbert Cutter
Middletown Hospital
Obituaries and funeral notices from Ohio towns
Deaths and funerals listed for Edith Alexander 83 Elizabeth Efant 84 Inez Boyer 70 Willard Crisp 56 Donald M Teetzel 58 Rev James Hollen 65 are noted with residences and survivor details. Arrangements and services are by McCoy Leffler Gebhart Schmidt Marshall Smith Funeral Homes and United Presbyterian Church with locations in Oxford Hamilton Miamsburg and Manchester Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Efant
Omaha St
Rose Bradford
McConnell
W. Va
Donald Teetzel
Oxford
Donald M. Teetzel
Brown Road
First Citizens Bank
Christian Holmes Hospital
Cincinnati
Maxine
Eva Teetzel
United Presbyterian Church
Marshall-Smith Funeral Home
Hamilton
James Hollen
Georgetown
Manchester
Local Birth Announcements and Dismissals Listed
Vital statistics note multiple births in Franklin and surrounding areas with families named including Coffey Smith Redd Hart Mullins Charles Lawson Watson and others. Dismissals list residents from Jewell Ave Brentwood St Silas Randolph Franklin and related streets plus a Springboro patient record for Brenda Midkiff at Middletown Hospital.
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Arnold Coffey
Middletown Pike
Franklin
Cecil Smith
River St
George Redd
Montgomery Ave
Carlisle
William Hart
N. West St
Ronald Coffey
Harriett St
Charles Mullins
Ohio
Orville Charles
Glen Ave
Jerry Lawson
Andrew St
Gary Watson
Inland Drive
S.T. Parker
Jewell Ave
Harold Tarter
Brentwood St
Raymond Boxwell
Silas Randolph
Gordon Crawford
15Th Ave
Goldie Ellis
Harlan Shockey
Penfield Ave
Edward Simpson
Carolina St
James Perry
Fort Knox
Kelly Gibson
Samuel Franklin
Dixie Hwy
Clemmie Blevins
Tytus
Ernest Ward
Jimmy Allen
Anna Bartley
East St
William Miltenberger
Germantown
Weller Dalton
Seneca St
Sam
Legion Post 218 elects Jess Border as commander
Jess Border a 63 year old retired assistant fire chief was chosen commander for the coming year by American Legion Post 218. Border, a 28 year member from 2307 Queen Ave., a Scranton Ky native who moved to Middletown in 1921, served in Armco Steel and the Middletown Fire Department rising to assistant chief in 1952 before retiring. Other officers elected include Richard Van Gorder, Edward Fitzwater Jr., Ewing Taulbee, Arthur Sanderson, Alfred Decatur, Arthur Albaugh, Joseph Keller, Charles Marshall, and John Mandrak as executive committeemen.
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American Legion Post
Jess Border
Border
Queen Ave
Scranton
Middletown
Denison University
Armco Steel Corp
Richard van Gorder
Edward Fitzwater Jr
Ewing L. Taulbee
Arthur Sanderson
Alfred G. Decatur
Arthur B. Albaugh
Joseph Keller
Charles Marshall
John Mandrak
Amanda Scouts Honored With Troop 9 Court of Honor
Amanda Elmentary School hosts a Court of Honor for Scout Troop 9. New officers earning certificates include Tim Hamilton as senior patrol leader and Chuck Barker as assistant senior patrol leader. Merit badges and honors were awarded to Hamilton Barker Wagoner Andy Gayhart Jim Neely Jr. Jim Robinson Tomilson Handschuh Smith Howard Homsher and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scout Troop 9
Amanda Elmentary School
Tim Hamilton
Chuck Barker
Rodney Wagoner
Steve Howard
Ben Hamsher
Andy Gayhart
Billy Gayhart
Ted Tomilson
Hamilton
Barker
Wagoner
Jim Neely Jr
Jim Robinson
Tomilson
Perry Handschuh
Raymond
Allen Smith
Howard
Homsher
Craig Farrish
Steve Garrison
Jeff Meadows
Mark Johnson
Glenn Fink
Dale Reffitt
Brad Reiff
AFC executive Scott Siders dies at 51 in Cincinnati
Cincinnati AP reports Scott James Siders 51 vice president and board member of American Financial Corp died Wednesday. He served as AFC executive chief in Cincinnati Ohio and held leadership roles within the company and its board.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Scott James Siders
The
American Financial Corp
VIVA Seeks Return of Missing American Servicemen
VIVA urges continued wear of POW MIA bracelets to honor missing servicemen and press for their return. Mrs. Robert Hare of 1913 Henry Ave coordinates bracelets through her granddaughter in Washington. A March 30 meeting in Los Angeles will plan public actions and outreach.
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Vietnam
VIVA
Voices
Vital America
Robert Hare
Henry Ave
Los Angeles
Hare
Hesselbrock elected secretary of Ohio photography group
Mrs. Charlotte Hesselbrock, local free lance color artist, was chosen secretary for a two year term on the executive board of the Professional Photographers Artists of Ohio at the Columbus convention. Two portraits colored by her were shown, one winning third prize. She began vacation in May 1968 and now freelances for several local photographers with Tobias Photographers displaying her work later this spring.
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Charlotte Hesselbrock
Professional Photographers Artists of Ohio
Columbus
Hesselbrock
Tobias Photographers
Amanda Middle School missing girls prompt police appeal
Two Amanda Middle School students, Elizabeth Martin 15 and Demia Miller 14, have been missing for over a week after last being seen at the campus on March 14. Authorities urge anyone with information to contact Lemon Township or the families. In Warren County a Franklin woman Betty Gillispie 23 was treated for injuries after a Dixie Highway car incident with driver Charles Via 36.
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Amanda Middle School
Elizabeth Martin
Glen Ave
Demia Miller
Sheridan Ave
Lemon Township
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Dixie Highway
Warren
Montgomery County Line
Warren County
Charles Via
Kay Drive
Fenwick High School 20th Reunion Set for June 2
Mrs. Jerome Frey reports the first 20 year class reunion of Fenwick High School for June 2. The 1953 graduates include about 30 members with roughly 16 living in Middletown. Events start with a 6 30 p m mass at St Marys Church followed by dinner at Frischs on Germantown Road. Contact Mrs Frey at 209 Shafer St for details.
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Fenwick High School
Jerome Frey
Frey
Middletown
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Frisch’s
Germantown Road
Shafer St
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Ohio-West Virginia
Ohio-West Virginia-Ohio
Maverick Society
Converse Monument CO
Russell Nicoll
Russ
Call Middletown
Manchester Road
Edith Alexander
Highview Road
Garden Manor
Alexander
Ashburn
Ernest
Milan
Trenton
Malcolm
Milford
Pennsylvania
McCoy- Leffler
Elizabeth Erant
Inez Boyer
Miamisburg
First St
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Professional Business Women’s Club
Heber
Charles
Donald
Harold Worrell
Vernon Worrell
Farmersville
Clara Shade
Irene Farmer
Gebhart & Schmidt
Highland Memorial Cemetery
Willard Crisp
Mercy Hospital
Crisp
Lichtenberg Construction Co
North Carolina
Lottie
Gary
Pearl Middleton
Ashville
N.C
Etta Carringer
Robinsonville
McCoy-Leffler
Edwin Bobbitt
Woodside Cemetery
S. Breiel
Manchester & Clinton
E. State St
E. 6Th St
Wilson
N Memorial Home
Roosevelt
Jess
Amanda Scouts
AFC Executive
Amanda
Elizabeth
Demia
Betty Gillispie
Wilson Drive
Martin
Aute
Tony
Fenwick
Harold John Hursh
Franklin RD
Ents
Pro-tektiv
Aolet
Bankamericar
UPS
Booth Drug Store
Highview Center
the Jug
Central Avenue
Aposs
Central Ave
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