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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1960
Page
2
The Army conducts cold chamber tests at Lankenau Hospital to study endurance and diet. Two men aged 20 to 30 in shorts spend up to 10 days in 42 to 45 degree temperatures, while nurses monitor heart rate blood pressure and energy with devices testing four diets.
J B Strickland a local realtor appears set to become commander of American Legion Post 218 effective June 15 after an unopposed nomination. He will succeed Richard Leichty. Ballots go to members with a June 15 deadline. results announced at the monthly meeting. Delegates to the Fourth District convention June 12 were named with alternates listed. Earl Hogan received an honorary life membership.
Dan Barhorst 17 a Fort Loramie High School senior was killed when his car left a country road on Schmitmeyer Baker Road while returning from the junior senior prom. He was alone in the vehicle and is survived by his mother Mrs Paul Barhorst of near Fort Loramie.
Four states exceed Lane County Oregon in timber output with about 97 billion board feet harvested. The region ranks high among timber producers and highlights significant forest product activity in the state.
Mrs Eva Ross 52 of 111 Stadia Drive Franklin died at Middletown Hospital at 2 10 pm yesterday after a two day stay. She was born in Miamisburg and lived in Middletown before moving to Franklin. Survived by son David Specht Franklin. sisters Velnaimholf Rochester NY Lillian Barton Miamisburg Ruth Gingerich Middletown. brothers Gerald Harold Sheley Middletown. half brothers Claude Sheley Camden Thurl Brown Hamilton. three grandchildren. Services 10 am Saturday Riggs Funeral Home Rev C F Wintringham officiating. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call 2-5 and 7-9 pm tomorrow.
At Midaletown Hospital emergency room yesterday cycle accident victims dominated the scene. Ten year old William Bergmann son of William L Bergmann of 502 Highland Street and David Gardner two son of David M Gardner of Monroe were banged up after falls. Bergmann broke his left wrist on Aberdeen Drive about 430 pm. The Gardner tot gashed his chin. Stewart Keith 33 of 4510 Central Avenue suffered a forehead laceration when his motorcycle hit a bump and threw him needing 10 stitches. Others treated for minor injuries Earl Lairson 47 of 18 Burton Road a smashed little finger while loading beer barrels at Homan Beverages Inc. James Hollon 13 of Miamisburg a lacerated right eyebrow while playing at Carlisle School playground.
Police documented multiple thefts including four car hubcaps from Steve DeBord on Yankee Road Donald Turner’s bicycle from Grimes Street items from C B Hancock including milk Carrie Hudson’s porch goods and other household items. David Carpenter jailed at 1401 Fairmount Avenue in relation to hubcap thefts and other removals.
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Crow died at 1105 am yesterday at Middletown Hospital nine hours after birth Surviving are the parents two sisters Cheryl Ann and Lora Layne two brothers Donald and Michael paternal grandfather Charles Crow of Franklin and Mrs Paul Isbel of West Middletown Graveside services will be held at 11 am Friday at Woodside Cemetery with the Rev Howard Sears officiating Arrangements are by Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home
Edward W. Werts of Tampa Florida died April 28. Graveside services are set for 11 a m Saturday at Sugar Grove Cemetery West Alexandria. Survived by wife Olive sister Mrs Bertha Marshal of Middletown Rt 1 and brother Chester of Dayton. Coy Leffier Funeral Home.
Arch Edwards aged 70 of College Corner Pike will have services at 2 p.m. tomorrow conducted by Marshall Smith. Marc Valentine Schneider aged 69 of 1033 Park Ave Hamilton will have services at 10 a.m. Saturday at St Peter Church.
In Detroit Dr. Osborne A. Brines 67, former president of the International and American Societies of Clinical Pathology, died in his car Wednesday of a heart attack. In San Francisco Ted R. Gamble 54 of Portland Oregon president of Mount Hood Radio and Television died of a brain hemorrhage.
Dr. Lows R. Wolter moves from First Methodist Springfield to oversee the Columbus District. Rev. Lloyd Zoller will replace him in Springfield. Other changes include Dr. Stanley Jeffrey to Chillicothe and Rev. Fang McGilliard to Portsmouth. All appointments take effect June 12. Our reporting notes recent ad spend patterns among auto dealers and headline figures.
A three vehicle crash near Troy Ohio on Wednesday night killed Burton E Hyde 60 and injured four other Troy residents Geoge Spain 89 Joyce J Henderson 23 Bryant C Henderson 12 Audrey Cremeans 20. A school bus carrying 18 aboard sustained no injuries. The bus was owned by the Mississippi Vasey Local School Board Darke County.
Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii rise more than 30,000 feet from the sea bottom, making them the world’s tallest mountains when measured from base to peak. Volcanic activity built the pair over ages.
The Southwest Ohio Synod delegates at St. Peter's in Cincinnati finished a three day meeting. They backed forming The Ohio Committee on Conference Organization of the United Church of Christ to realign Ohio churches. A two thirds vote adopted a resolution opposing capital punishment as ineffective and unreformative. The synod also authorized a city and urban strategy committee to review minister salaries with a 4500 minimum. rural ministry salaries remain under an existing town and country committee.
The report states there are 79 national and state parks forests and public recreation areas in North Carolina. It lists a broad range of protected sites managed for conservation and public enjoyment.
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