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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1962
Page
2
A 14 year old Middletown youth remained in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after a beating by a 17 year old on Miami Avenue. Police have conflicting accounts. juvenile officials report threats by local gangs roving east end neighborhoods, with several earlier brawls and intimidations cited.
Jerry Brewer Jr. 47 of 2208 Fernond Street died at 10 30 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after 13 years of ill health following an injury. He worked at Keuthan Foundry as a grinder. Survived by wife Thelma, daughters Judy Cundiff Gail Brewer Rebecca Brewer, sons Ronald Donald, brothers Porter Merida Robert, sisters Myrtle Land Christine Philpot. Arrangements incomplete at Riggs Funeral Home.
Marie Goossens formerly of Chicago died at Middletown Hospital at 7 45 this morning after a three week stay as a patient. She leaves son Charles Van Uffelen of Chicago, two grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are with J R Baker and Sons Funeral Home.
James R. Cramer aged 72 of 400 Park Ave will have a Requiem Mass at 9 am Monday at St. Mary's Church with burial in Woodhill Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow at Underby Funeral Home from 2 to 7 and 7 to 9 pm. he died yesterday at Middletown Hospital.
Florence E Markey 78 died at home on Farmersville Rt 1 at 7 40 am. Yesterday Her husband Leedy died in 1955 Surviving Ralph and Warren sons Jeanette Markey Cincinnati three sisters Sue Flory Dayton Roscoe Shaffer West Alexandria Jeanette Welsh Avon Park Fla Three grandchildren Services at 2 pm Monday John Arpp Funeral Home Rev David Schneider Burial Fairview Cemetery West Alexandria Call tomorrow after 4 pm for visitation
Mrs Pearl Banker aged 62 of 227 Race Street has services at 10 am Monday at Brown Dawson. Roy Thomas aged 86 of 47 Park Avenue has services today at Brown Dawson. Mrs Martha FE Strong aged 48 of 250 Morris Avenue, New Miami, has services incomplete. John H Conrad aged 85 of Bradenton Beach Florida formerly Reily Township has services incomplete.
Grover I. Broadfoot, a Wisconsin Supreme Court member since 1948 and chief justice since January, died Friday from heart disease at age 93. Former state attorney general who was later named to the court, Broadfoot’s death ends a long tenure in state judiciary.
An alert officer caught a plastic bomb tossed at a police station and hurled it away. It exploded down the street with no serious damage or injuries. A second bomb exploded on a doorstep near another police station, causing minor damage.
Hamilton County Grand Jury in Cincinnati indicted John A. Cooper of North College Hill on second degree murder in his stepson John C. Jackson's death last January. Cooper is charged with mutilating the body and distributing parts along a roadside during a motor trip through Georgia and Florida. Cooper says the death followed a fight over the stepson's planned spring vacation to the West Coast. the boy's mother was hospitalized for throat surgery at the time.
An emergency squad aided Charles R. Perkins, 47, of 1204 Parkview Ave, at 2 18 a m near 1113 Woodside. Perkins received oxygen for 15 minutes and was transported by McCoy Leffler Ambulance to Middletown Hospital.
Judge J T Lamb suspended a 30 day jail term for a woman convicted of assault and battery if she stays away from her husband permanently. The case involved Thomas Kennedy and Alice Kennedy Morgan Street, with Debra Fugate and Leonard Fugate also charged. Alice Fugate Wilbur Million paid $50 in fines. Clarence Thomas Jr. paid $50 for concealed weapon. Thomas Jr. remains held for armed robbery investigation.
A 13 year old Middletown boy Sam Nelson suffered a compound fracture when his hand slipped from a grapevine during a scout outing on Dixie Road and No Man's Road. He fell about 16 feet into a ravine injuring his left ankle and was taken to Middletown Hospital.
Police investigated an attempted break in at Mrs. Fountain’s home on Eleventh Ave. basement window entry found but nothing missing. Reports mention peeping by youths at Allard Mercer’s house, a bicycle theft from Rita Hall, and a man charged over a dog at large. Several arrests include Mary Poe for intoxication and disorderly conduct. detectives charged Marvy Henderson and Jean Jones with petit larceny. A cat rescue at a vacant house and a self-inflicted wrist injury in an auto precede a despondent woman’s hospital visit for domestic troubles.
Warren County deputies say 38 year old Adam Reedum Kronzel of Dayton was treated at Miami Valley Hospital after a southbound car on Route 48 veered off the road near Pekin. The vehicle hit a culvert and stopped at the roadside at 7 39 p.m. yesterday.
Middletown residents favor using the old South School on South Main as a junior college site. Board president Joseph Woodruff says many letters and calls support the idea and has scheduled a 7 30 p m meeting Monday at 1515 Girard Ave to hear views from residents and experts.
City police logged five accidents in the past 24 hours with no injuries. Four drivers were cited for violations. Damages totaled about 1100 dollars. Carl K Stang 22 of Piqua was cited for assured clear distance after rear ending a parked car on Woodlawn Avenue. Albert Larsson 30 and Calvin Yates 21 saw about 100 dollars damage to both cars in a Garfield Street collision. Willie Ford Jr 17 of Dayton was cited for careless driving after hitting guard rail posts on S Main Street. Michael Mitchell 19 was cited for failing to yield at Calumet Avenue and Garfield Street after a collision with Jimmie Rakestraw 22. Rakestraw sustained about 75 dollars damage.
Three year old Frank Purvis of S339 Trenton Franklin Road West Middletown suffered facial cuts at 6 40 pm Friday after allegedly running into a car driven by Ralph DeHart of West Middletown Rt 2. Sgt Stanley Corey said the child received treatment at Middletown Hospital.
John A. McCluskey Jr., Middletown High School senior, received one of two Armco Steel Corp community scholarships worth 659 dollars annually for four years plus 500 dollars per year for fees. The award was announced at a Harvard Club of Dayton dinner. McCluskey, VP of his class and National Honor Society member, also earned Teenager of the Year honors and other recognitions.
A fire of undetermined origin in a contractor shed on Wilshire Drive Carlisle at 6 20 pm yesterday caused about 3000 in loss. The shed on Joe E Lewis Realty Middletown Provincial Plains site housed plumbing electrical equipment and blueprints. Earlier at 12 45 pm Franklin Firemen responded to Elmo Yeary home on E Bryant Avenue after a smoking incident scorched his trousers with no damage estimate given.
A Middletown man, a year old by the text, sustained lacerations to the eyebrow cheek and thigh after losing control on westbound Route 73 half a mile west of Route 4. He was taken to Middletown Hospital by a police officer. The state patrol reported extensive damage to the motorcycle. The incident occurred around 1:15 am and was investigated by patrol.
Henry Marcum aged 4 from Hamilton is committed to Lima State Hospital as unfit to stand trial for second degree murder in the death of his granddaughter Loretta Mize 21. Deputies say Marcum shot Mrs Mize on March 17 after a quarrel and then shot himself in the jaw.
The annual fundraiser at St Marys School is organized with Robert White of Roy White Paint Co named co chairman. The picnic will run June 23 from 4 to 11 p.m. on school grounds to raise funds for the new St Marys Sisters Home.
Bennett Chapple 83, a renowned radio broadcaster author poet and Armco executive, died Friday at West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh. He led Middletown civic groups and served in World War I, later directing Armco publicity and influencing advertising circles nationally. Funeral Sunday at 3 pm Samson Funeral Home Pittsburgh with burial in Bethany. Memorials to West Penn Hospital fund.
Franklin judge J T Riley finds David M Kidd guilty on three counts of menace and threat and one charge of malicious destruction of property. Kidd, 21, of Myers Road, is sentenced to 30 days in jail and 112.60 in fines and costs. The jail terms run concurrently, totaling 40 days with 100 of fines suspended, six months probation, and ordered to pay all car damages.
William Jarvis a 27 year old man from Madisonville drowned in the Little Miami River after cramps His body was recovered three miles southwest of Lebanon last night
The only child of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd died after falling into the family swimming pool Friday night. Police and investigators are on the scene, and the incident is under review for cause and safety factors at the home.
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