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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1961
Page
2
Nurses and nurse aides fell ill after fumes from a malfunctioning ventilating fan in a utility room at Otterbein Home. Firemen supplied oxygen to at least two workers. no patients were affected. Most staff have returned to duty. the incident prompted quick air clearance.
In Jacksonburg Florida Negroes appear to have won a campaign to dine with white customers at Jacksonville lunch counters. Three days of racial violence followed last August. Some stores served small groups of Negro youths on Tuesday while at least one department store still refused service. Managers and spokesmen refused to comment. Most white patrons ignored the segregated seating.
In Louisville Kentucky a seven year old cocker spaniel named Bootsie is due to become a mother in about a week. For five days she has been caring for five baby rabbits she found while outdoors and now believes they are hers. Bootsie’s owner Mrs. Stanley Aulas notes the dog treats them tenderly.
Black-Clawson co of Hamilton signs long term lease for four story brick building at 1210 Girard Ave the Middletown Wholesale Grocery Co site. The firm will store pattern materials for foundry work in 45000 square feet and move from Calumet Ave location. Negotiations were led by Manuel Garlikov of Dave Finkelman Realty Co.
William J. Cornett 84 died at home in Blue Ash. Survived by three sons, a daughter, five grandchildren, nine great grandchildren. Services Friday 2 p.m. Vorhis Funeral Home Lockland. Burial West Chester Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow 4 to 9 p.m. Also notes multiple other relatives and services in Kentucky with Mariba Church and Egelston Cemetery.
Ronald D. Murray 64 of Peastown Heights died yesterday at Kings Daughters Hospital Ashland Ky after a 10 day stay. A World War I veteran and retired machinist, he is survived by his wife Etta Elizabeth and nine grandchildren. Services 10 am Saturday at Grand Avenue Church of God with burial in Woodside Cemetery. visitation Friday at Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home.
Mrs Minnie Thomas 64 of 24 Main St Norwalk Conn died in a Norwalk hospital at 6 30 p m yesterday after a week of illness She was born in Talladegala and was a member of Second Baptist Church before moving to Norwalk in 1956 Surviving are a son George Norwalk a daughter Mrs Norma Jean Phillips Norwalk and sisters Mrs Olethia Parsons Middletown and Mrs Cellie Pope Talladega Arrangements incomplete at Bailey Funeral Home
Mrs Anna Branham 56 of Germantown Route 1 died at 6 05 p m yesterday five hours after admission at Middletown Hospital after a year long illness. She was a native of Frenchburg Kentucky. Surviving husband is listed.
Clifford A Niehaus 25 manager at W. H. Kiefaber and Co and former Armco Steel employee died of a heart attack at work. A High Mass will be sung at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church at 9 30 a m tomorrow with burial in St Stephen Cemetery. Friends may call at Colligan Funeral Home after 4 p m today. He lived at 551 West Waver Avenue Fairfield. Surviving: his wife Olga.
Mrs Viola Lackey Cogan 71 formerly of Middletown died at Wayne Hospital after a year of illness. She lived in Middletown 35 years before moving to Greenville in 191. Surviving husband Harry, son Lawrence, daughter Marjorie Dover, brother Webb Dover, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday at McKnight Baker Funeral Home with burial Germantown Cemetery. Visitation tomorrow 2–4 p.m. and 7–9 p.m.
Warren County native Harold Crosson Morrow formerly of Butlerville died Monday at his home in Delhi California. He is survived by three sons John Trent and Jerry all of Lebanon his mother Emma Crosson of Loveland and sisters Edna Hatfield of Dayton and Edith Rooney of Loveland Private services will be held Saturday at Vale Funeral Home with burial in Morrow Cemetery.
Postal Spires 69 at 82 Central Ave Hamilton has services at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Clifford A. Niehaus 55 of 351 W Walter Ave Fairfield has a Requiem High Mass at 9 30 a.m. tomorrow Sacred Heart Church. Theodore Taylor 73 of College Corner has services today.
Claudia Mills from Lincoln Elementary School won five dollars for a peace poster in the fourth to sixth grade group. Cynthia Bryant of McKinley Junior High earned seven dollars for a kindness to animals poster in the seventh to ninth grade group.
McKinley certificate recipients include Connie Wells Sandra Kilburn Bill Bailey Norman Phillips David Frost Jackie Reynolds Sylvia Smith Harold Brewer Euna Horton Sheila Turner Sandra Johnson Wilma Deem Lincoln winners include Martha Crawford Debbie Herr Cheri Coffee Eleni Laras Brenda Nickell Lina Harbaugh Joan Imhoff Beth Edgington Tom Trent Mark Danner Kenneth Farrar Karen Selby Andree Dampier Susan Stork Patsy Kling Florence Ashley Deborah McMurray John Miller Susan Ward Linda Caskey Dawn Edwards Dan Geeding Tom Minor Greg ory Pratt Timothy Brandon John Rupp Carole Blossom Michael Ruscher Kimberly Brant James Maupin
The Pokey Griffith annual district committee meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the downtown Barnitz Bank will elect a chairman and vice chairman and district commissioner. The spring camporee planned for Friday to Sunday will also be discussed.
A historical note observes that during working days in the United States a majority of men participate in sharing tasks or duties, reflecting social practices of collective labor and cooperation among male workers.
The International Longshoremen's Association announced cancellation of a mutual aid pact with the Teamsters and the maritime workers. Louis Waldman cited AFL-CIO rules as the reason to avoid alliances with the Teamsters. Hoffa Curran Bradley had signed the pact in Washington last Friday.
A historical note states the guillotine received its name from Dr Joseph Guillotine. The attribution links the device to a physician associated with the era's execution methods.
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