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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1963
Page
23
The family expresses gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after the loss of father and grandfather Harrison Manns. They thank Revs John Carter and C H Rothwell for consoling words, funeral home staff Joseph R. Baker & Sons for funeral services, pallbearers and donors of offerings.
A partial bridge card fragment shows players East and West with pass sequences and a partial lead note. The visible actions include passes and a lone opening lead possibly noted as seven, but the full contract and players remain unreadable.
Notices honor Elgin McCarty William Medley and Robert Reynolds with memories and thanks. Also items announce local sales and services from Myer's Ltd Baldwin piano dealer, a jewelry pledge, employment ads, ride offers, and household disposals. Includes details of military to tour and cemetery offerings. Reads like a community classified page with multiple individuals and businesses named.
A dense block of classified ads offers income tax service hours daily and various crafts. Ruth Joy, Gene Ripley, Will Banks, Paul Ballard, and others advertise plumbing cement work plastering concrete and general contracting. Roadside kitchen cabinet firm Valley Kitchens and builders tout free estimates and 9 to 6:30 hours in Mason Ohio with multiple contact numbers.
West leads a spade as the Intercollegiate Bridge Championships showcase a flashy line. Declarer plays for clubs first discarding hearts to South, then seals the grand slam when the ten of clubs falls. A poor diamond break would have doomed the hand, making the reader irate at a missed winning line.
Dr George Crane and Dr Robert Pierce discuss rhetoric in sermons urging relevance over flashy titles. They warn against unrelated dramatic devices and late jokes, advising humor mid speech and a focused, uplifting conclusion. Readers are invited to request a booklet from Dr Crane via the newspaper.
A panel of Ohio educators and school directors will study a controversy between Geneva residents and city school administrators. The Ohio Education Association panel was requested by Geneva Superintendent Woodrow W. Gerhart, the board of education, and the Geneva Area Teachers Association. The dispute centers on opposition to changes in principal assignments and a new teachers salary schedule with incentive pay.
CBS Board Chairman William S. Paley's North Hills residence was robbed of about 190000 dollars in jewelry after a second story window entry between Thursday afternoon and Friday dawn. Police called it a very professional job with items including three diamond dress clips two diamond necklaces two diamond bracelets a diamond ring and a 75000 dollar emerald ring.
Kentucky secured federal authorization for the 24 mile segment of the Cincinnati Circle Freeway. Highway Commissioner Henry Ward announced that Federal Highway Administrator Rex White approved the general corridor for Interstate 275 through Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties. Final I 471 spur location from Campbell County to downtown Cincinnati via Newport remains to be approved.
Creekview PTO will hear two speakers at their Tuesday meeting at 7 30 p m Thomas Webb will discuss Summer School Opportunities and Mrs Oscar Day will cover Our Proposed Junior College Members will vote on a slate with presidents Dick Keiser Frank Havens vice presidents Herb Chandler Virgil Condon secretary Betty Petrocy Carol Pierson and treasurers Mrs John Case Mrs Louis Botos.
Funeral services for George Duffy 55 will be held at St Luke s Catholic Church at 10 a m Monday. A famed Cleveland dance band leader his bands played at hotels and on national radio in the 1930s and 40s. He died of a heart attack Friday after leaving the music field a decade ago to play piano engagements locally. Born in Circleville Ohio he moved to Cleveland as a child.
In Cleveland area Rocky River a slat attached to a crib rail to restrain 14 month old Diane Duffy became a hazard. The child was found dead by her mother Friday morning with the neck caught between the top rail and the slat in a 4 inch gap. Attempts at mouth to mouth resuscitation failed.
Mrs. Bessie Marie Landry aged 67 of 3007 Mo hawk Street died at Middletown Hospital on Thursday at 10 30 am. The family will receive friends at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home on Sunday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm. Services will be held there on Monday at 2 pm officiated by Rev. William E. Burley. Interment will follow at Middletown Cemetery. Arrangements by McCoy Leffler Dial 423 9443.
Expressions of gratitude from Mrs. Fred Combs and Mrs. Nathan E. Long thank friends neighbors and colleagues for kindness messages flowers and support during bereavement. They acknowledge Rev C Foley Rev H Howard Armco Steel Corp Middletown Hospital staff and family for sympathy and care.
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