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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1955

Page

3

Death of Middletown magnate John W. Martin at 76

John W. Martin of 2212 Linden Ave. died unexpectedly yesterday morning. Active pallbearers are Roy Ross Hobart Parker Ross Fisher Joe Herman John Schmidt and Al Meyer. Honorary pallbearers include Ralph Grimes Bennett Chapple B F Sawyer J D Sawyer Walter Bender Charles Hook Ortley Focht Nat Kunin G W A Wilmer Wade Miller Fred Sutphin Ross H Snyder Wesley Beck Omer Sexton Harry Duane and W L Gallagher. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at First Methodist Church with Rev Louis Walter and Rev H H Jung officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Viewing at Joseph R. Baker and Sons Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today and Thursday. Memorials to First Methodist Church. Martin, once in clothing and later a realty operator, was a noted Masonry figure statewide.

John W. Martin Linden Ave Middletown Roy Ross Hobart Parker Ross Fisher Joe Herman John Schmidt al Meyer Ralph Grimes Bennett Chapple B. F. Sawyer J. D. Sawyer Walter Bender Charles Hook Ortley Focht Nat Kunin G. W. A. Wilmer Wade Miller Fred Sutphin Ross H. Snyder Wesley Beck Omer Sexton Harry Duane W. L. Gallagher Mr. Martin First Methodist Church Louis Walter H. H. Jung Woodside Cemetery Joseph R. Baker and Sons Martin

Mrs Emma Shafer 87 Dies After Long Ill Health

Mrs Emma Shafer 87 died at 8 a m at her home 230 East State Street Trenton after eight years of ill health. A native of West Middletown she leaves husband Alvie and three sons Charles F Edward M and Ralph D Shafer all of Trenton two daughters Edna Margaret Womack and Frances Lucille Streitick both of Trenton and a sister unnamed in the record.

Emma Shafer E. State St Trenton

Three Youths Sentenced To Indeterminate Reformitory Term

Judge P P Boll in Common Pleas Court ordered three youths to the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. Callahan and Jacques Jr were indicted for auto theft last November after prior reformatories and probation investigations. Lonnie Williams had probation revoked for a disorderly conduct arrest and was sent to the reformatory.

Ohio State Reformatory Mansfield P. P. Boll Common Pleas Court Callahan 20 Main Street Hamilton Victor Jacques Jr Lonnie Williams Middletown Reformatory Williams Fisher Grocery Callahan Jacques Kentucky

Funeral for Mrs Carrie Bowman in Middle Town

Funeral services for Mrs Carrie Bowman of Middle Town will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at the residence with Rev H H Jung officiating. Burial will follow in Miltonville Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence after 2 p.m. Thursday until services Friday afternoon. Arrangements are by Mec Coy Leffler.

Carrie Bowman Middletown H. H. Jung Miltonville Cemetery Mec- Coy-Leffler

Mrs Clara J Deardoff served Franklin area dies at 80

Mrs Clara J Deardoff 80 of 13 Farm Ave Franklin died Monday at home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Anglesby Funeral Home with burial in Woodhill Cemetery. She is survived by two sons George and Raymond a daughter Anna Mary Bishop a sister Mary Stoutenborough eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today.

Franklin Clara J. Deardoff Farm Ave Anglesby Woodhill Cemetery

Carlisle infant Jeffrey Kent Eckhart passes away

Jeffrey Kent Eckhart ten month old son of Lt and Mrs Kent Eckhart Denver Colorado died at 8 p m yesterday at the Air Force Base hospital in Denver after illness since January. Surviving are both sets of grandparents Hugh Maxwell Huntington West Virginia and Mr and Mrs Clarence H Eckhart Carlisle Church Road. Body to be returned to John Arpp Funeral Home Carlisle and then to the grandparents home for calling after 7 p m Thursday. Services Sunday at 2 p m at Carlisle Presbyterian Church Rev Alfred H Nead officiating burial in Carlisle Cemetery.

Carlisle Jeffrey Kent Eckhart Kent Eckhart Denver Colo Air Force Base Hospital Air Force Hugh Maxwell Huntington W. Va Clarence H. Eckhart Carlisle Church Road John Arpp Friends A Carlisle Presbyterian Church Alfred H. Nead Carlisle Cemetery

Mrs Luella Hively Rites Held for Collinsville Woman

Services were held at 2 p m for Mrs Luella Hively 78 of Collinsville who died Sunday after a two week illness at Mercy Hospital Hamilton Burial was in Springdale Cemetery Reily She is survived by daughters Mrs Andrew Cameron and Mrs Robert Schlabach both of Collinsville sons Ernest Hively of Reily and Cecil Hively of Okeawa sisters Mrs Estella Roessler Harrison and Mrs Mary Jones Cleves brother Andrew Morgan New Haven Ohio widow of Matthew Hively who died in 1939 She had lived in Roane County for 11 years

Oxford Luella Hively Collinsville Mercy Hospital Hamilton Marshall- Smith Springdale Cemetery Reily Hively Andrew Cameron Robert Schlabach Ernest Hively Cecil Hively Okeawa Estella Roessler Harrison Mary Jones Cleves Andrew Morgan New Haven Ohio Harrigan Matthew Hively Ee Eae Roane County

Obituary notices and deaths across several cities

Harold R Beckley 57 longtime Senate press gallery superintendent died yesterday. Joseph Otto Kolb 73 archbishop in Bamberg Germany died. Henry Kent Crowell 64 pioneer aircraft mechanic and Early Bird member died yesterday in Norfolk. Phillip Stein 56 authority on customs law and former U S attorney died yesterday in Los Angeles born in England.

Washington Harold R. Beckley Senate Press Gallery Wilmington Del Bamberg Germany Joseph Otto Kolb Roman Norfolk Henry Kent Crowell New York City Los Angeles Phillip Stein U.S Customs Division Department of Justice New York England

MU To Repeat Geology Study In Wyoming

Oxford Miami University geology department will run a repeat field geology camp at Timber Line Ranch Wind River Mountains 15 miles northwest of Dubois Wyoming. Courses offer six semester hours credit each with field work in a glacier scarred range southeast of Yellowstone Park. Sessions run June 26 to July 23 and July 24 to August 20.

Oxford Miami University Department of Geology Timber Line Ranch Wind River Mountains Dubois Wyo Wind River Range Yellowstone Park Miami David M H. Reinhart Wayne D. Martin Limper

Police Briefs Include Fort Hike of Patient and Local Arrests

Police issued a lookout for James Cooper of Middletown who recently escaped from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Chillicothe. Arrests were made for disorderly conduct warrants of Sarah Cox and Ethel Lee Barrett, with Harold Johnson charged with menace and threat. Hazel McQuinn, 16, reported missing by her father, has been found and returned home.

James Cooper Middletown Veterans Administration Hospital Chilicothe Sarah Cox Finley St Ethel Lee Barrett Manchester Ave Hazel McQuinn Seneca St

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