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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1955

Page

3

Deaths And Funerals Mrs Shaffer Dies At 69 In Middletown

Mrs Blanche M Shaffer 69 of 224 Ardmore Dr Middletown died unexpectedly of a heart attack at home. Surviving son Lewis Shaffer. funeral 2 pm tomorrow at John Arpp Funeral Home Germantown burial Germantown Cemetery. Burial services for six year old Marvin Howard were held today at Yale Funeral Home with burial in Morrow Cemetery. parents Ernest and Mrs Marvin Howard. brother and three sisters survive.

Blanche M. Shaffer Ardmore Dr Shaffer St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church Germantown St. Paul Evangelical and Reformed Church Middletown Lewis Shaffer John Arpp Paul Berkenstock Melvin Howard Ernest Howard Yale Funeral Home Morrow Cemetery Raymond Brookman Cincinnati

False Teeth Now More Comfortable With New Powder

An ad touts a new alkaline powder that helps dentures stay firm and improves eating and talking comfort. It promises no gummy taste or paste feel and claims to reduce denture odor. Available at drug counters as ASTEETH or similar.

King Brothers Circus Jinxed by Road Mishaps

Trouble dogs the King Brothers Circus on its Middletown to Lunken Playfields trip as two trucks suffer damage. A pole snapped from a pole wreck injuring driver Donald McIntosh who was treated for shock in Mercy Hospital Hamilton. Police also cited intoxication charges against two employees. The show opened in Cincinnati despite the gale that forced cancellations earlier.

King Brothers Circus Middletown King Brothers Portsmouth Lunken Cincinnati Mason Road Donald McIntosh Hazard Hamilton Cincin Hall

Specht R F Camden resident dies at Mercy Hospital

Robert Francis Specht 28 of Trenton Route 1 died yesterday at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after two years of ill health. A Sommers Township native and 1944 Jacksonburg High School graduate, he is survived by wife Norma Jean, son Richard Lee, daughter Barbara Ann, mother Mrs Ruth Specht of West Elkton, grandfather William Koehner, and brother Freddy of West Elkton. Funeral Thursday at R C Nein and Sons Funeral Home with burial Miltonville Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Camden Robert Francis Specht Trenton Rt. 1 Mercy Hospital Hamilton Specht Sommers Township Preble County Jacksonburg High School Norma Jean Specht Richard Lee Barbara Ann Ruth Specht West Elkton William Koehner Camden Rt. 3 Freddy R. C. Nein and Sons Miltonville Cemetery Funeral

Death of Ralph W Woodruff Retired Camden Farmer

Ralph W Woodruff 77 a retired farmer died at his home 68 S Liberty St at 7 a m yesterday after seven weeks of serious illness since January 1954 He was native of Oxford and farmed in Butler and Preble counties before retiring in 1943 Survived by wife Leona Mae Woodruff three sons Marvin Cranwell California George Somerville Rt 1 Ivan Liberty Ind a daughter Alice Weidenbach College Corner and four grandchildren A son Merle died in March 1939 Services will be at 230 p m tomorrow at the R C Nein and Sons Funeral Home with Rev T B Kelsey officiating Burial in Oxford Cemetery. Home to the public after 2 p m today.

Liberty Ind Alice Weidenbach College Corner Merle R. C. Nein and Sons T. B. Kelsey Oxford Cemetery

Death of Rev Walter Wilkins Camden

The Rev Walter Wilkins 84 retired Presbyterian minister died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton Sunday after a long illness. He lived with his daughter Mrs Grace Cox 815 Columbia Rd Hamilton. Born in England he served churches in Dayton and Somerville and belonged to Hamilton Men's Bible Class. Survived by daughter Mrs Cox son Clifford Wilkins of Dayton and 11 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren. Services 830 pm Wednesday at Griesmer Grim Funeral Home Hamilton conducted by Rev Oliver Hurst. Burial in Somerville tomorrow after 4 pm.

Camden Walter Wilkins Mercy Hospital Hamilton Grace Cox Columbia Rd England Wilkins Dayton Somerville Cox Clifford Wilkins Griesmer- Grim Oliver Hurst Somerville Cemetery

Vital statistics births reported in multiple Dayton area homes

A list of births recorded Saturday and Sunday across Franklin, Springboro, West Carrollton, Lebanon, Monroe, Mason, and surrounding areas. Couples welcomed fourteen girls and five boys, with several births noted as today. Names and addresses listed for each family.

Charles Gillespie Franklin Rt. 1 Robert Dunn Springboro Willie McCoy Calumet Ave Carl Russell Curtis St Paul Duncan Daniel Clear West Carrollton Wesley Smith Granada Ave Harold Hartman N. Broad St Dean Parker Lebanon William Porterfield Exceilo Lester Theodore Hood Ave Stanley Carpenter Monroe Vernon Agee Jewell St Victor Long Franklin Rt. 2 William Sanders Mason Rt. 1 John Tutt Central Ave Jack Keller Henry Ave Ralph Revis South Lebanon

Six Cars Tangle In Franklin Accidents

Three accidents yesterday in Franklin caused 785 dollars in damage. No injuries or charges. Hoke and Young damaged 125 each after Young skidded 16 feet. Bond’s car 35 damage from Lainhart. Nichols hit Wolfram at 6th and Anderson, Nichols 35 and Wolfram 150 in damage.

Franklin Lawrence J. Hoke Parkland Ave Dayton U. S. 25 Coleman H. Young Russell Avenue Young Hoke Nat Bond Parkview Dr Cincinnati Main and 2Nd Streets Bud F. Lainhart N. River St Bond Larry Allen Nichols E. 2Nd St Lloyd Wolfram S. River St 6Th

Weather conference on 14th 1955 nuclear test prospects

LAS VEGAS Nevada The Atomic Energy Commission scheduled a weather evaluation conference today to decide on prospects for firing the 14th and final test of the 1955 nuclear series tomorrow.

Las Vegas Nev The Atomic Energy Commission

Hospital list of patients and dismissals in medical notes

The hospital daily note lists patients with medical or surgical statuses including Frank Stratemeyer Wilbraham Rd Agnes Reeve Franklin Angela Knox Grove St and others. Dismissals shown for Henry Childers Paul Benning Timothy Graham Lucian Powell Cedric White and several others from towns like Ironton Malvern and Baltimore with various street addresses.

Frank Stratemeyer Wilbraham Rd Agnes Reeve Franklin Angela Knox Dupree Knox Grove St Richard Dearth Franklin Rt Robert Haller Germantown Edna McCutcheon Central Ave Marian Kreager Highview Paul Martin Lamberton St Andrew Combs West Middletown Rt. 1 James Clonson John Kiamo Kunz Ave Gregory Smith Eugene Smith Erie Ave Timothy Graham John Graham Vannest St Etta Haners Ironton O. Michael Jones Charles Jones Trenton

Mrs Mildred Stuebget Rites Set At Grand Blvd Address

Mrs Mildred Stuebget aged 48 of 1811 Grand Blvd will be buried after a service at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Brown-Dawson Funeral Home.

Mildred Stuebget Grand Blvd Brown-Dawson Funerall Home

Canada Will Continue Mass Polio Shots

Ottawa reports Canada will proceed with mass inoculations of school children against polio despite the U S government urging a temporary halt on immunizations in the United States.

Canada Ottawa U.S United States

Barber Shops Seen as Town Halls by Union Chief

Ernest Hebert, CIO Barbers and Beauty Culturists Union of America president, urged barbers and hairdressers in Atlantic City to weave in supportive remarks on labor laws during customer conversations. Hebert described shops as America’s miniature town halls shaping public opinion for labor welfare.

Atlantic City Ernest Hebert East Meadow N.Y America Hebert CIO Barbers and Beauty Culturists Union of America

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Blanche Shaffer Armce Man COU Spencer Trouble Dogs McIntosh Robert Specht Ralph W. Woodruff Arthur Hull Hayes CBS Radio Adrian Murphy Hayes CBS Oatheee Ly ROSS Broad Street Annex John Ross Middletown, Ohio WAVY Sears Nee Aeom Dial Henry Childers Wilson St. Paul Benning YMCA Robert Derrough Curtis Ray Wiars Cedric White Willie White Jr Garfield St James Wolfe Thomas Barnett Ellen Otto Berk Paul Clifton Paul Clifton Sr Red Bud Hilda Crooke 14Th Ave Claude English S. Main Letta Lockard Jesse Lockard West Middletown Edward Murphy Poinciana Cecil Sewell Waneta Kenneth South Dorothy South Sherman Ave Robert Stamper Frederick Samper 1St Ave Caroline Weinland Stanley St Verity Woodside Cemetery Tel Packard Barton Sales & Service Central Avenue Ross’ Notions Dept
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