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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1962
Page
2
A brief puzzle feature explains a daily message game titled Wishing Well 4% ee. It asks readers to count letters in their first name, adjust by rules, and read letters under checked key numbers in a rectangle to reveal the fortune message. Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Inc.
A 1-year-old girl survived a family shooting near Rose Farm, Ohio, as police say the father Thomas, 36, killed his wife Izetta White, 34, with a .22 revolver before shooting himself. The child, Jackie Lynn, was wounded but in fair condition at Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville. The incident occurred Monday at the couple’s home along the Morgan-Perry County line.
Junior Achievement holds final interviews for top JA secretary of the year at 7 tonight at the JA office. The Margaret Klopp Memorial Award, sponsored by the Middletown NSA, will name the winner at the May 15 JA dinner. The winner gains a $25 bond and a chance to compete at the national Achiever contest in August at the University of Indiana. Additional officers to be named include president, VP of production, VP of sales, and treasurer, with interviews conducted by a committee headed by Miss Hazel Dueli.
Monroe Mercury earned a first class rating from the National Scholastic Press Association for the first semester. Co editors Mike Jackson and Crystal Young, with faculty adviser Mrs. Della Ewalt, led news coverage and makeup quality. Principal WoFE Davis noted the paper scored 3.1 percentage points, ranking among the top 18 in its class nationwide, with only four papers receiving superior.
Mrs Elizabeth Aull 88 of 204 Highland St died at 6 30 am today in Middletown Hospital after over a year of illness She moved to Middletown from Cleveland in 1918 and remained there husband John died in 1947 Surviving daughter Mrs Donald G Driscoll son John A Jr eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Services 2 pm tomorrow at Episcopal Church of the Ascension Graveside Thursday in Lakeview Cemetery Cleveland Local arrangements by Wilson Memorial Home Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery Memorials may go to American Cancer Society funeral notices list John A Kahlert Edward Ries and others with High Mass memorials noted.
James Halstead Berger 73 of 1317 Four Mount Ave will have graveside services at 11 a m tomorrow in Westboro Ohio with Rev Paul McCauley officiating. Friends may call today at Mre Coy Leffler Funeral Home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p m. An Eagles Lodge service is set at the funeral home today at 7:30 p m. Mr Berger died Sunday at Middletown Hospital.
Ida Lee Brown 85 widow of Robert Lonnie Brown former Aeronca employee died suddenly at 4 05 am today in her home 2218 Erie Ave Middletown native of Bath County Kentucky resident since 1913 Survived by son Robert daughter Mrs Leslie Dixon sister Mrs Thomas McCarty Mrs Richard Gray Troy sister Mrs Harry Wray Pittsburgh five grandchildren one great grandchild McCoy Leffler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Ida Reeve, 88, who died Monday at Mt Pleasant Home in Monroe, will be held at 2 pm Thursday at R C Nein & Sons Funeral Home with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow from 7 to 9 p m.
Mrs Josephine Swain 64 formerly Josephine Koeppel of Germantown died last Tuesday after a lengthy illness. Survived by husband Herbert No Swain daughter Sarah Swain Concord son Richard Swain Berkeley grandson. Services held last Friday in Concord and another service set for Wednesday at 2 p.m.
St John’s names co chairmen Mrs James Kernan and Mrs Matthew Foley for the lawnfete on May 26 from noon to 6 30 p.m. A long list of couples is slated to handle features including Mr and Mrs James Ferrara Mr and Mrs Steve Toth and many others.
Frank Back, 31, barber at 992 W Central Ave, was arrested at 1 30 pm Monday and faces a Sunday operating a business charge. Neighboring barber Robert Wood of 912 W Central Ave will testify. Back lives in Miamisburg. Detectives probe burglary at McCoroCa Girard Ave and Verity Pkwy Sunday night, cash reportedly missing.
Charles B. Palmer of Middletown’s First National Bank and the Rotary Club spoke at the Manchester Motor Inn praising the American profit system. He outlined four functions: wages, interest, rent, and profit. encouraging risky ventures. directing resources to productive uses. and promoting efficient use of resources. He cited GE Corning and DuPont as examples and argued Americans enjoy a high standard of living, aiming to protect and widen support for the system.
School superintendent Howard Cromwell and research director Robert Johnson told the Citizens’ Committee on 1912 range school planning and financing that area birth rates forecast 3 000 more pupils by 1970. Officials noted current enrollment 12 926 in 1961 42 could be 15 906 by 1979 if growth continues. The committee also discussed teacher supply and demand, with the final meeting set for 7 pm May 16.
Ruth Skinner of 1504 First Ave told police her accelerator stuck as she pulled from her driveway yesterday morning causing her car to jump the curb and strike a house and fence owned by Lena M. Ulrich of 109 Baltimore St. The damage to Skinner’s car was 250 dollars and to the Ulrich home 100 dollars. Police cited Edwin H. Dorenbusch for changing lanes unsafely after a collision with a Riggs Funeral Home vehicle at Doty Street and North Avenue at 1 15 p.m. yesterday, with minor damage to both vehicles. Richard Lewis of 594 Gladys Drive was cited for assured clear distance after striking a parked car owned by Donald Teets at 7 10 p.m. Monday. Total vehicle damages were 350 dollars.
Federal crop insurance officials in Columbus Ohio set May 18 as the closing date to accept applications under the 1982 program covering corn and soybeans in Ohio.
About 1,309 companies manufacture drugs today, with no one company accounting for more than ten percent of total sales, according to the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association.
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