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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1963
Page
2
WISHING WELL offers a daily fortune puzzle. Count your first name letters then adjust by rules to get a key number. Check the rectangle left to right using key numbers and send the letters under the checked figures. © 1943 Willam J. Miller distributed by King Features Syndicate Ing
Robert K. Domer, 43, president of the Continental Mortgage Corp, pleads innocent by reason of insanity to two counts of first degree murder in the burning death of Howard Franklin Riddie. He is ordered held for 30 days at Lima State Hospital for observation. autopsy by Dr. Cleveland pathologist Dr. Frank P. Cleveland to be reviewed.
An Eagle Savings and Loan branch in Cincinnati Mount Washington was robbed over the weekend. Thieves used acetylene torches to cut through walls and roof, stealing about $7 500. manager Ralph Fox reported the alarm failed to trigger and police noted the funds were insured.
Lebanon deputies charged Joe Witt of Franklin with disorderly conduct assault and battery and intoxication after his wife Ruby alleged he smashed the car windshield with a sledge hammer. Witt had been arrested weeks earlier on similar charges at his wife's complaint.
A dense list of local group meetings spans Monday and Tuesday evenings. Organizations include Monroe Lions Club at Seven Dolors Church, Evening Optimist Club in Manchester, VEW Post 6405, Trans. Bn Armory, Board of Education, Lily of the Valley 55 CES, Amanda Athletic Club, Girl Scout Board, Civitan Club, Rotary, Safety Council, Sertoma, Knights of St John, Battery AH74A, Mayfield Fire Dept, VFW 3309, Lemon Monroe Band Boosters, Monroe High School NA LRA 188, Butler County Medical Assistants, Sportsmen's Club, BPOE Elktones, SPEBSQSA, FOE, IOOF, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Anon-aligned groups with 8:30 p.m. start times.
William Homer Leffler 86, longtime Butler County educator and school board president, died at Garden Manor Rest Home. Survived by two sons, two daughters, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Services Wednesday at McCoy-Seftler Funeral Home with burial Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday.
Anna C. Ernst 96 of 208 Young St. Middletown died yesterday at Middletown Hospital after eight days there. Austrian born longtime resident of Middletown she belonged to St John’s Church and Catholic groups. Survived by two sons Frank and Robert two daughters Bertha and Mrs Harry Biedenbender nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Requiem High Mass Thursday 9 am at St Johns Church burial Calvary Cemetery. Rosary recited Wednesday 7:30 pm at Schramm Funeral Home with visit hours 2-5 and 7-9 pm.
Robert Eugene Beason 24 of Wilmington. Funeral at 2 p m tomorrow Stubbs Funeral Home Waynesville burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin He was killed Saturday when the auto he was driving ran off Rt 4 near Huffman Dam east of Dayton Surviving wife Sandra two sons Donald and Robert in Georgia mother Mrs Edna Mae Smith Middletown father Cecil Beason Dayton
Deborah Kay Preston twelve year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Wiley Preston of 1611 Hudson Street died at 7 p m yesterday after a week of illness at Middletown Hospital. She was a native of Middletown and a sixth grade student at Edison School. Survived by her parents four brothers Edward Hooks Leon and others.
Beulah Edna Rich 51 of 2127 South Ave died at 10 05 a m yesterday at Middletown Hospital where she had been a patient since March 25. Survived by two sons John W Jr and Richard I, three brothers and three sisters and three grandchildren. Services set for 2 pm Wednesday at Full Gospel Tabernacle with burial in Woodhill Cemetery. Franklin Funeral Home hours prior.
A three car pileup on Charles Street caused about 700 in damage and a citation for failure to yield. Genvieve M. Beckett 309 Grimes St was cited after her car struck Ottis Ratliff 800 Elwood St, then hit a parked vehicle owned by Joyce E. Lintwaite 314 Charles. Beckett’s damage was about 500, Ratliff 175, Lintwaite 20. A second incident involved John Edward Webb 19 1221 Baltimore St striking a parked car on Vermont Street totaling 230 in damage. Webb said he glanced away while eating a sandwich. Esther Louise Brown 2202 Grand Ave reported a parked car strike at 2201 Grand with 150 in rear fender damage. Police also looked into two minor accidents yesterday.
Middletown Butler County unit of the American Cancer Society will elect officers and board members at its annual meeting after a 12 15 p m luncheon May 22 at the Manchester Motor Inn. E H Thornsteinson chairs the nominating committee. Final Crusade reports also on the agenda.
Elizabeth Ann Bent nine died Saturday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after a month of illness. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Peter Bent of Waynesville three brothers Paul Anthony David five sisters Amelia Martha Theresa Catherine Maria paternal grandmother Mrs Mary Bent Spring Valley maternal grandfather Robert Lehman Xenia. Service 9:30 am tomorrow at St Augustine's Church burial Calvary Cemetery Dayton. Friends may call Stubbs Funeral Home after 2 pm today.
Today and tomorrow are the No 1 Open Hearth Days at Doty House honoring Armco Steel Corp departments. Wednesday Thursday and Friday are set aside honoring Inspection Reclama tion and Stainless Steel for donating toward the Doty House therapy program.
More than 60 editors from the Associated Press Society of Ohio concluded their spring meeting in Columbus by electing Charles W. Reamer president. Reamer is managing editor of the Athens Messenger and succeeds Edward P. Fallon of the Toledo Blade.
John Sositko aged 81 of 442 Harrison Ave. will receive services at 9 a.m. tomorrow at St. Josephs Church. Alice Williams 84 of 343 Warr Lane has services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday Campbell. Frances Myers 83 of 332 N E St. has services at 10 a.m. Wednesday Zettler. Helen E Joyce of East Ellenton Florida formerly Hamilton will have services at 9 a.m. tomorrow at St Peter in Chains Church.
Multiple obituaries report deaths across locations with prominent figures such as Nobel laureate Dr. Herbert Spencer Gasser 74 retiree from the Rockefeller Institute, Mrs. Geoffrey Gates social register and ex wife of Harry Hopkins, Charles C Bowie 65 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks leader elect, The Very Rev George Corey 79 United Church moderator, and Hubert H Stark 65 West Virginia Aeronautics Commission executive director.
Steel magazine projects this month to show the largest shipments since March 1960 but expects lower May volumes than April as inventories are trimmed and ingot production falls. A labor contract reopening could delay cutbacks. a quick settlement might reduce June output.
New York AP reports April steel production reached 10,698,000 net tons for ingots and castings, the highest monthly total since March 1960. The figure topped March by 600,000 tons and April 1962 by 1.4 million, while the year’s four month total of 7,391,280 tons lagged behind last year’s 39,870,888 tons.
EAST LIVERPOOL Ohio AP Ralph W Betts 58 longtime school superintendent died of a heart attack at his home Sunday He directed a 2725000 building program and oversaw construction of two new junior high schools Betts a Nelsonville native and Ohio University graduate earned a master’s degree from Ohio State University
Two health economics studies will survey 15 counties in southwestern Ohio including Butler Warren Montgomery and Preble. William R. Foyle will head the effort with local committee members Howard Cromwell Gaston Herd and Dr Walter Roehll Sr. Funding of 72000 supports a 12 to 18 month review of hospital accounting and third party payment methods.
The Ohio State Medical Association in Columbus cites plans for expanding medical education facilities and creating a new state medical school. About 3,700 doctors will hear papers on cancer research ulcers measles vaccines and child psychiatry as the House of Delegates debates a resolution opposing medical care for the aged via Social Security taxes.
Mavis Riley, 35, of 1624 Garfield St., was treated at Middletown Hospital Saturday at 6 40 p m for a knife cut she said was inflicted by her husband at their home. City police were told of the incident.
A 1898 Winton Horseless Carriage sold for 310 and depreciated to 15 before a junk yard buy sparked a revival. Reconditioned over a decade, it won prizes in 1948 and sold for about 9000 in 1953. The writer notes today’s newer cars may have bright futures too.
The Howe Motor Company located at 1761 Central Ave may appoint a new general manager as a local notice outlines leadership change.
Services will be held Tuesday for Rev. Joseph Kenney a minister in the Northeast Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church for 43 years until his 1956 retirement He died Saturday at age 84 while visiting a daughter in Warren
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