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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1962
Page
2
Mrs. Gladys Haddix of Riverview Avenue reported a burglary after an unlocked rear door allowed entry. Thieves took a piggy bank containing $290 in quarters and halves, four fishing rods, reels, and a brown and white Chihuahua valued at 349 dollars total.
James R. Riley of Suburban Motor Freight Co. Columbus will address the Rotary Club at Manchester Motor Inn tomorrow noon about an industrial management seminar he attended in Essen Germany. Ralph Knight YMCA general secretary is the program chairman.
Thomas Johnny Kern 91 of 342 S Mulberry St Germantown died Sunday at his home after years of ill health He was a pioneer Germantown family member and longtime stogie maker later a tobacco warehouse worker He was the last of 10 children His wife Bertha died in 1949 Surviving daughters Luella Garnet Ruth Patty Louise and sons Homer Frederick Eugene and three grandchildren Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 pm at John Arpp Funeral Home with Rev Wilbur A Williams officiating Burial will follow Germantown Cemetery Friends may call after 2 pm Tuesday at the funeral home Arrangements are incomplete at Miller Funeral Home Hillsboro
Hugh Edward DuErmit age 58 of Hillshore former Middletown resident died at Highland Community Hospital at 7 15 am after a heart attack. He retired as a printer after a stroke, previously a Linotype operator at The Journal from 1926 to 1934. Born in Hazelwood Hamilton County he left Middletown in the early 1940s. Survived by wife Caroline and two brothers Joseph of Middletown.
Mrs Josephine Maxwell aged 71 of 300 Moore Street died at Middletown Hospital at 2 p m after a stay since May 7. She came to Middletown in 1913 from Shelbyville Kentucky and belonged to Logan Avenue Church of Christ Royal Neighbors and Daughters of America 241. Survived by husband Shelly son Loren of Bradenton Florida three sisters a brother and six grandchildren. Funeral 10 am Wednesday Riggs Funeral Home with Bert Brown officiating burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 9 pm tomorrow.
Mrs. Virgie Ireland of the Otterbein Home died at 1:25 a.m. today at Middletown Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at the Oswald Memorial Home.
Mrs Ella Smart 76 died yesterday at her daughter Mrs Roger Arthur in Waynesville Rt 2 where she had lived. Surviving: three other daughters Mrs Margaret Hendrix Mrs Mary Kohinsky of Sharonville and Mrs Betty Hudah poh of Stewart Fla. a son Howard of Maud. nine grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Oswald Memorial Home with burial West Chester Cemetery. Calling hours 7–9 p.m. tomorrow. Rebekah Lodge service at 8 p.m. tomorrow at memorial home.
Mrs Lilly Fitzroth Smith 44 died yesterday at her home on Mechanic Street. Survived by sister Mrs Finssie Bone of Baytown Texas and six brothers Ernest Ray Herman Fred Fitzroth of Lebanon Carl Fitzroth of Columbus and Alva Fitzroth of Kettering. Service tomorrow at Oswald Memorial Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call today 7 to 9 p m.
Willis A Youtsey 72 of 1108 Greenwood Ave. Rudolph Besedick 73 of 520 Buckeye St. Joseph H Leihronk 87 of 66 Woodlawn Ave. Lula M Hollmeyer of Hamilton. Elfrieda Pauline Meier 75 of 877 Belle Ave. Sibble Reavis 42 of 2345 West Elkton Road. Frances Raps 77 of 1027 Tiffin Ave. Requiem High Mass and various services listed with dates and church locations for tomorrow and Wednesday.
Fran cis V. DuPont 67 son of a former DuPont president died of lung cancer in Baltimore. Sibell Lilian Mackenzie 8 poetess and Scottish noblewoman died in Kildary. Dr Mervyn George Haigh 74 former Anglican bishop of Winchester died in Dolgelley. Catherine Linn 88 mother of Creighton University president Henry M Linn died in St. Louis. Ralph T Heymsfeld 53 former Schenley Industries exec died in Woodmere.
Philip John Richie a 38 year old Democratic congressional candidate for Ohio 7th District died of a heart attack at his Fairborn home. He faced Rep. Clarence J. Brown in the general election and survived by his widow Pheda and four sons and a daughter. Funeral set for Wednesday in Fairborn. The Democratic Committee must choose a replacement. Richie, a Dayton and Cincinnati law graduate, practiced law in Fairborn and held posts at Alcor Corp and several local firms.
Three children were treated at Middletown Hospital after dog bites Sunday afternoon and evening. Norville Langworthy Jr. 12 of Germantown Road was bitten near his home. Brenda Parker granddaughter of Elmer Parker was bitten on Glenco Street. Eugene Puckett 13 of Germantown Route 1 was bitten near his home. Florian Marsh of 28 F Third Street Franklin fractured a right arm in a fall at Franklin Park. Mrs Mary Blankenship of West Middletown was treated for a cut on her right leg after stumbling over a bucket at home.
Firemen released the schedule for continued hydrant flushing tomorrow. In the morning crews will cover areas north of Fifth Avenue to Second Avenue, west to Verity Parkway, and the zone between Verity and Yankee Road south of the Verity Yankee intersection to Kunz Avenue. In the afternoon the focus shifts to the area between Yankee Road and the Big Four Railroads from Michigan Avenue north to Woodlawn Avenue.
James Albert Deen, 19, pleaded guilty to robbing a pay telephone and stealing two typewriters from McKinley Junior High during an April 1 break-in and was bound over to the Butler County grand jury on a 2500 bond. Filmer Gibbs, 24, pleaded not guilty and awaits a Wednesday post date. A third youth is sought to complete the trio. Deen said the items sold for a dime and $20 respectively, and the group failed to crack the school safe.
Buenos Aires AP reports President Jose Maria Guido faces accusations of dictatorship after suspending Congress for a year and ordering political parties to reorganize with military backing. Workers strike on government railways over salaries and pensions as tensions mount with opposition and Intransigent Radical leaders.
Henry L. Jones, 6 Forest Glen Drive, was promoted to turn foreman in the Zincgrip section of the coating department at Armco Middletown Works. He began as a laborer in 1611, moved through shipping and foundry, and since 1945 has held multiple coating department roles before this promotion. About 20,000 tons of steel are used annually for license plates for autos and trucks.
Citizens are invited to a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Board of Education headquarters 1515 Girard Ave to discuss using the old South School as a junior college. Joseph Woodruff, president, chairs with Earl Thesken and H. H. Lawrence also on the slate.
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