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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1957

Page

5

Night Watchman Kills Intruder At Laundry

A man identified as Dale Bowling, 25, Hamilton, was fatally shot by a laundry watchman at the American Sanitary Laundry Co on N Front Street. David Adams, 64, of 605 S Monument St, said he spotted the intruder carrying a screwdriver and fired a shotgun through a door glass, striking Bowling in the chest. He died at Mercy Hospital at 2 05 a m. Bowling lacked ID but was identified later via a brothel. Police note this is the fifth shooting and second killing by the laundry watchman in years. The body was sent to Cahill Funeral Home.

Hamilton Dale Bowling American Sanitary Laundry Co N. Front Street David Adams S. Monument St Bowling Mercy Hospital Cahill Funeral Home

Deaths And Funerals in Hamilton and Nearby Areas

James C Briscoe 77 of Excello died Monday at Baker Rest Home Hamilton after a month as patient Former Sorg Paper Co employee retired 1946 Survived by son James Middletown three daughters Mrs Kermit Cassidy Peters burg WV Mrs Wanda Carter and Mrs Stuart Parker Hamilton Services 10 am tomorrow Colligan Funeral Home Hamilton burial Greenwood Cemetery Friends may call after 4 pm today 144 former pastor of First Church of God Crawford Street died May 7 undergoing surgery in Lincoln Neb Rev Forrest chancellor of Nebraska Wesleyan Surviving wife Frances two sons Aubrey Leland Jr Jimmy daughter Mary Frances Burial held in Lincoln Hospital Richmond Ind will be held 1:30 pm tomorrow Girton-Schmidt Memorial Home burial Mound Hill Cemetery Surviving husband Walter L New Hope daughter Mrs Madonna McGinnis Eaton Friends may call after 2 pm today.

James C. Briscoe Jackson Main Streets Excello Baker Rest Hamilton Sorg Paper Co Briscoe James Middletown Kermit Cassidy Petersburg W. Va Wanda Carter Stuart Parker Colligan Funeral Home Greenwood Cemetery First Church of God Crawford Street Lincoln Neb Forrest Nebraska Wesleyan University Frances Aubrey Leland Jr Jimmy Mary Frances Richmond Ind Girton-Schmidt Mound Hill Cemetery Walter L New Hope Madonna McGinnis Eaton

Services for Mrs Bertha Gordon Held in Vermont

Mrs Bertha Crawford Gordon formerly of Middletown died Saturday in Vermont. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Wilson Memorial Home with Rev Russell W Galloway presiding. Burial follows in Woodhill Cemetery Franklin. She had lived in Vermont 15 years with her son Robert. Her husband Sloan Gordon was a former Middletown and New York newspaper man.

Floyd W Moore obituary details and funeral plans

Floyd Wright Moore 56 of 3003 Omaha St died at 2:30 pm yesterday at General Hospital Cincinnati where he had been a patient since last September He was born in Harwood Ohio and worked for Miami Cabinet Division of the Philip Carey Co Later ran his own grocery business until illness forced retirement Surviving Velma his wife two brothers Lloyd and Clarence and a stepsister Jessie McKinney Funeral 2 pm Thursday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Rev H G Grunewald burial Woodside Cemetery Calling hours 7 30 to 9 pm today and 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 pm tomorrow.

Floyd W. Moore Floyd Wright Moore Omaha St General Hospital Cincinnati Moore Harwood Ohio Miami Cabinet Philip Carey Co Velma Lloyd Middletown Clarence Trenton Jessie McKinney New Vienna McCoy-Leffler H. G. Grunewald Woodside Cemetery

Death Notice of Mrs Mary Quinliven Middletown Resident

Mrs Mary Quinliven 80 of 100 N Grimes St Middletown died unexpectedly last night at Middletown Hospital after being admitted about 5 p m A resident of Middletown for several years she formerly worked for P Lorillard Co and attended Holy Trinity Church There are no local relatives Arrangements incomplete at Muehlenkamp Funeral Home 835 York St Newport Ky Local arrangements by Schramm Funeral Home

Mary Quinliven N. Grimes St Middletown Hospital Middletown Quinliven P. Lorillard Co Holy Trinity Church Muehlenkamp Funeral Home York St Newport Schramm Funeral Home

Mrs Florence Ashinger Service Notice in Eaton

Mrs Florence Ashinger 71 died Sunday night at Reid Memorial. Services for Mrs Ashinger take place in Eaton with arrangements announced by the family.

F. Ashinger Eaton Florence Ashinger Reid Memoria

John W. Humphries dies at 79 in Bentonville Ohio

John W. Humphries 79 of Bentonville Ohio formerly a Carlisle resident died at 9 p m yesterday at West Union hospital He was a retired New York Central Railroad employee member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Red Men He moved to Bentonville from Carlisle seven years ago Surviving are two sons Robert I Dayton and Frank R Carlisle and two grandsons Services will be at Barbour Merritt Hamlin Funeral Home Tollesboro Kentucky

Carlisle John W. Humphries Bentonville Ohio West Union Hospital New York Central Railroad Humphries Brotherhood of Railroad Red Men Robert I Dayton Frank R Barbour, Merritt & Hamlin Tollesboro kKy

Mrs Elizabeth Leiser of Miamisburg Dies After Illness

Mrs Elizabeth Leiser 78 of 932 East Pearl Street Miamisburg died yesterday at home after a long illness. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Lutheran Church Miamisburg with burial in Hillgrove Cemetery. Survived by husband William three daughters a son a sister two brothers three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Friends may call at Brough Memorial Home Miamisburg.

Germantown Elizabeth Leiser E. Pearl St Miamisburg William Korn First Lutheran

Mrs Louella Snider Rites Arranged In Lebanon

Mrs. Louella Snider 48 of Lebanon Rt 2 died this morning at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after a lengthy illness. She was deputy clerk in the county recorder's office before hospitalization. Surviving include husband Hagold son Vern Dowler of Dayton daughter Nancy Fields of Lebanon her parents Mr and Mrs E R Miller of Caterville a sister Mrs Harriet Shiprak of Centerville and four Arrangements are incomplete at Johnson Funeral Home with services set.

Lebanon Louella Snider

Deaths Elsewhere

North Hollywood California Mrs Marie Rappold 80 famed Metropolitan Opera soprano in first two decades of the century and voice teacher in North Hollywood died Sunday Born in Brooklyn Oakland California Dr Harold G Trimble 61 chest specialist past vice president of National Tuberculosis Assn shot yesterday Sarasota Florida Samuel P Crenshaw 70 retired Associated Press maintenance man long service in AP Louisville Kentucky bureau died Sunday New York Jim Jennings 68 sports writer for 25 years on New York Daily Mirror formerly on New York Graphic and New York Post died yesterday Boston Rear Adm Robert A Theobald 73 former commander 1st Naval District and Pacific Fleet destroyer commander at time of Pearl Harbor attack born San Francisco died yesterday

Associated Press North Hollywood Calif Mme Marie Rappold Metropolitan Opera Company Brooklyn Oakland Harold G. Trimble National Tuberculosis Assn Sarasota Fla Samuel P. Crenshaw Louisville, Ky New York Jim Jennings New York Daily Mirror New York Graphic New York Post Boston Robert A. Theobald 1St Naval District Pacific Fleet

Four youths treated after Middletown accidents

Five year old Joe Wilder son of Homer Wilder of 606 Catalpa Dr fractured right elbow in a porch fall. Danny Law aged 9 son of Dorsie Lawson of 1707 Church St lacerated chin in a fall. Ruth Price eight daughter of Raymond Price of 4840 Canal Rd Hamilton cut scalp on alighting a school bus. David Trimble ten son of Ova Trimble of Carlisle lacerated left foot on glass. All four were released after treatment.

Middletown Joe Wilder Homer Wilder Catalpa Dr Danny Lawson Dorsie Lawson Church St Ruth Price Raymond Price Canal Rd Hamilton David Trimble Ova Trimble Carlisle

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