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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1954

Page

23

Organization Backed Candidates Win Keystone Primary

In Pennsylvania, organization backed Republicans and Democrats won their primaries with about 29 percent voter turnout. Republican Lloyd H. Wood led for governor, with Democrat George M. Leader the Democratic nominee. Other races included lieutenant governor and several judicial and congressional seats.

Keystone Philadelphia Pennsylvania Pennslvania John S. Fine Lloyd H. Wood Harmony GOP George M Wood Pennsylvania Consti Augustine Kelley Fine U. S James H. Duff G. Mason Owlett Duff Frank F. Truscott Gaynelle M. Dixon Woodside Graham John Carl Miller Raymond Phillips House Judiciary Committee Kelley Lloyd W. Miller Mario B. Sidese Education and Labor Committee Samuel McConnell Labor and Education Committee Richard M. Simpson Congressional Campaign Committee Hugh Scott Thomas S Stephenson Gordon F. Chamberlin McClelland Charles J. Schmitt

Obituary of Mrs. Nan nie Mae Payne Brown

Funeral services for Mrs. Nan nie Mae Payne Brown 29 of Springfield Mass will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Mt Zion Baptist Church. Rev William Briggs will officiate and burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. She died Monday in a Springfield hospital after a brief illness. Survived by husband Jesse Brown of Springfield Mass a daughter Louise Burg her father and stepmother Jesse Payne and Mrs Nannie Hawkins all of Middletown a brother Jesse Payne Jr of Cleveland and half brother Ronald Payne of Middletown. Visitation after 6 p.m. tomorrow at Bailey Funeral Home the body will lie in state at the church from noon Friday until services.

Nannie Mae Payne Brown Springfield Mass Mt. Zion Baptist Church William Briggs Woodside Cemetery Brown Jesse Brown Springfiell Louise Burg Jesse Payne Nannie Hawkins Middletown Jesse Payne Jr Cleveland Ronald Payne Bailey Funeral Home Nannie Mae Payne Bailey Funeral Ome

Funeral services for Martin Arch Doench in West Middletown

Martin Arch Doench 47 of Brown's Run Road West Middletown died suddenly Monday after a heart attack. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday Riggs Funeral Home with Rev. Harold H. Jung officiating. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Eagles Lodge 528 to conduct services at 7:30 tonight. Visitation 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. today.

Martin Arch) Doench Brown's Run Road West Middletown Rt. 1 Riggs Harold H. Jung Floyd Brewer Clarence Ditmyer William Bartman Jack Stallsmith Robert Richard Smith Woodside Cemetery Eagles Lodge 528 Doench Anna Doench Arch Helen Doench Brown's Run Rd Riggs Funeral Woodside Riges Funeral Home

Mrs Carrie Gorrell 74 dies at IOOF Home Springfield

Mrs Carrie Gorrell 74 formerly of Middletown and widow of Daniel C Gorrell died today at the IOOF Home in Springfield after a period of ill health. A native of Jonesboro Indiana she was daughter of E M and Charlotte Fite Stewart and member of First Methodist Church and Rebekah Lodge. Survived by three brothers and three sisters. Funeral Saturday at 10 a m at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery.

Carrie Gorrell Middletown Daniel C. Gorrell IOOF Springfield Jonesboro Ind E. M and Charlotte Fite Stewart First Methodist Church Rebekah Lodge McCoy-Leffler Charles Stewart Martins Ferry William Prescott Ariz Robert Stewart Marion Arthur Lane Toledo Leo Sponseler Goshen W. R. Keene Yuma McCoy-Leffiter Louis R. Walter Woodside Cemtery

Quiller Henry 84 Dies. Four Daughters and Four Sons Survive

Quiller Henry aged 84 of 3100 Ottenwa Street died early today in Cincinnati. Survived by four daughters Mollie Staton Loretta King Anna Cowgill and Myrtle Meeks all of Middletown and four sons George Ollie Ernest all of Middletown and Raymond of Cleveland. Arrangements incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.

Quiller Henry Ottawa St Cincinnati Mollie Staton Loretta King Anna Cowgill Myrtle Meeks Middletown George Ollie Ernest Raymond Cleveland McCoy-Leffler

Death of Mrs Kate Reckman in Elmwood community

Mrs Kate Reckman 80 of Rosewood Avenue Elmwood Cincinnati died at Middletown Hospital at 12 55 PM Tuesday after a May admission. Widow of Henry Reckman who died in January she is survived by local nieces and nephews. Arrangements incomplete Hodapp Funeral Home Cincinnati.

Kate Reckman Rosewood Avenue Elmwood Cincinnati Middletown Hospital Henry Reckman Hodapp

Mrs Catherine Renner Eaton Rites Set At Girton Funeral Home

Mrs Catherine Renner Eaton 62 died at her home Monday. Services are scheduled for tomorrow at 2 30 p m at Girton Funeral Home with Rev C J Bradbury officiating. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at 324 East Main Street residence.

Private services for Hintermeister and Weislozer

Alfred A. Hintermeister aged 71 of 729 Ridgelawn Ave. will have private services at Proeschel Funeral Home. Grace Weislozer aged 43 of 607 Prytania Ave. will have services at 8 a.m. tomorrow at St. Mary Church.

Alfred A. Hintermeister Ridgelawn Ave Proeschel Grace Weislozer Prytania Ave St. Mary Church

Union Halls Work Halted by Picket Lines in Ohio Valley

Picketing by about 800 laborers halted work on 19 major and 30 smaller projects in the Ohio Valley area. Approximately 5,000 crafts men joined the action, supporting union demands. The scene was centered in Wheeling West Virginia with lines extending to nearby sites.

Wheeling W. Va Ohio Valley

End Seen To Growth Of Cities

Columbus report quotes Howard K. Menhinick of Georgia Tech predicting an end to rapid urban expansion. He cites tech advances driving decentralization and radical transit ideas, including downtowns with no cars and moving belt transport from edge parking lots to rapid transit terminals.

Columbus Ohio Howard K. Menhinick Georgia Institute of Technology Menhinick American Planning Civic Assn

Police Briefs Chase Teenagers From Smith Pond Swim Site

Two Middletown teenagers were chased away from Smith Pond after swimming there. Mrs. Gilbert Kohr reports a plywood racer stolen from her son’s belongings last week. Arnold Willoughby reports theft of a spare wheel and tire and an automatic shotgun from a trunk of a 1948 car. he did not know where the theft occurred.

Middletown Smith Pond Gilbert Kohr Sherman Ave Arnold Willoughby Central Ave Willoughby

Dayton Produce Price Report for Poultry Eggs and Butter

Daily wholesale price list shows paying prices for poultry and rabbits at a Dayton plant. Hens and fryers priced at 23-25 cents per pound, Roosters 1 cent, rabbits 2 cents. Eggs quoted at 33 cents. Dressed poultry and butter prices listed under mid 1900s wholesale terms.

W. R Awerivan lSc Cincinnati U. S U.S

Cincinnati Egg and Poultry Price List Summary

Cincinnati market prices list egg grades by size and color with case exchanges and minimums. It notes butter wholesale price and fresh potato ranges with different poultry categories and weight classes.

Two Named Top Actors At Banquet

Kenneth Blount and Nancy Berkey named Middletown High School's top actor and actress at the twenty second annual speech department banquet in the school cafeteria. The program featured scenes from Aristophanes Frogs and Maxwell Anderson Elizabeth the Queen plus a Mary O Friel dance and a Judy Connie Stalls duet.

Kenneth Blount Nancy Berkey Middletown High School Aristophanes Maxwell Anderson Elizabeth Queen Mary O’friel Judy Connie Stalls Blount Miss Berkey Tom Oe Robert Hudson Oscar John Akerman Florence Powell Middletown High

Wayne Township Phone Customers File Complaint

A group of 34 General Telephone Co. of Ohio subscribers in Wayne Township Butler County charge service is inadequate and faulty. They say rates are just and unreasonable and request the state utilities commission forward the complaint to the company and set a state hearing if warranted.

Columbus Ohio General Telephone Co Wayne Twp Butler County

Commies Return Lend-Lease Ships to U S

In Istanbul the Soviet Union handed back eight more lend-lease vessels, small motor torpedo boats and subchasers, to U S naval officials in the Sea of Marmara. The count remaining for return or accounting stands at about 634, with prior transfers including 27 frigates, three icebreakers and nine merchant ships. The Russians expect to sail 30 more torpedo boats and subchasers to Istanbul for transfer before June's end.

Istanbul Turkey Soviet Union United States U. S Sea of Marmara

Obituary Notices from Middletown Area May 17

Obituaries list several residents with death details and funeral plans. Nannie Mae Brown Payne aged 29 died in Springfield Massachusetts and services are at Mt Zion Baptist Church. Arch Doench 47, of West Middletown, services at Riggs Funeral Home with interment Woodside Cemetery. Carrie Gorrell 74, formerly of Middletown, died in Springfield Ohio with services at McCoy Leffler. Quiller Henry 84 of Ottawa Street Cincinnati arrangements incomplete. Laff Laundy 60 of Central Avenue died after Holmes Hospital with services at Woodside Cemetery. Nellie E Smith 65 of West Jacksonburg died Middletown Hospital with services at Wilson Funeral Home. Early F E Smith 74 of 1734 Columbia Ave died Middletown Hospital with services at McCoy Leffler and burial in Elkview Cemetery.

Henry Quiller Ottawa Cincinnati Ohio McCoy-Leffler Dial Laundy Laff Thelma Laundy Central Ave Holmes Hospital Riggs Funeral Home Hsung Jefferson Lodge No Higgs Funeral Home

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