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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1956

Page

5

Deaths And Funerals In Middletown Area Reported

Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. Margaret L Murphy Evans 55 of 2101 Miami Ave found dead of a heart attack. Survived by husband John I Evans daughter Margaret Eloise nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton and siblings in Ohio. Requiem High Mass set Friday at Holy Trinity Church Woodside Cemetery burial. Funeral details for Mrs Hall formerly of Germantown Middletown include seven daughters and a son with services at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. A third obituary states Mr Wilson Brown County native, resident 20 years, former United Wrecking Co employee with services and burial planned.

Margaret L. Murphy Evans Miami Ave Holy Trinity Church Woodside Cemetery Schramm Funeral Home McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home Rev. G. Walter Weber Hall Germantown Middletown Alexander, Ky George Russell Womack Coleman Williams Fred Newton Ruth Hall Eugene Hughes Kenneth McCoy - Leffler H. C. Grunewald Shinkle Ridge Brown County Wilson United Wrecking Co Friends

Services for Mrs Sarah Hall at 10

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah D Hall age 73 of 1008 Auburn Street will be held at 10 today at the Second Baptist Church following her death at 11 45 a m yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery. Mrs Hall is survived by her husband Thomas Hall and two daughters.

Sarah D. Hall Auburn St Middletown Hospital

Fiveinone quick toppings speed cake making

June Better Homes & Gardens presents five rapid frosting ideas to save time in cake prep. Each recipe offers a fast, tasty topping to finish desserts quickly and enhance flavor without delaying baking.

June Beter Homes & Gardens Better Homes & Ardener

Mrs Lillian Page 79 Lawton Mich dies after heart attack

Mrs Lillian Page of Lawton Michigan 79 mother of Robert Ranft of Middletown died yesterday at her home after a heart attack. Surviving include her son a Newton Missouri brother Eric Tucker and sister Laura McAllaster. Services will be Thursday in Lawton.

Lillian Page Lawton Mich Robert Ranft Middletown Franklin Eric Tucker Newton Laura McAllaster New Castle

Services for Paul Wilson Died at Middletown Hospital

Services for Paul Wilson 44 of 300 Young Street were to be held tomorrow at a local church. Wilson died yesterday morning at Middletown Hospital after a brief illness. He was employed by a regional firm and had been a resident of the city for 20 years. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Paul Wilson Young

Eaton J Campbell Filbert Dies at 68 in Richmond

Eaton J Campbell Filbert, 68, retired painter, died yesterday at Reid Memorial Hospital Richmond Indiana after five years of ill health. He lived at 116 S Barron St his entire life. Survived by sister Bertha Gilmore of Dayton. Private funeral services planned with viewing times 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Barnes Funeral Home.

Eaton J. Campell Filbert Reid Memorial Hospital Richmond Ind Franklin and Sarah Filbert S. Barron St Bertha Gilmore Dayton Barnes Funeral Home

Robert F. King dies after heart operation at Georgetown

Robert F. King 41 of 340 Lockwood Ave former WMOH announcer and First National Bank charge plan service manager died after heart surgery at Georgetown University Hospital Washington He was a WWII veteran and held posts with Hamilton Kiwanis Club Evans Salvation Army Boy Scout Council Wehr Dairy and Hamilton Chamber of Commerce He and wife Louise ran Ft Hamilton Sweet Shop Surviving wife son James daughter Judith parents and two brothers are listed Funeral home is Brown-Dawson

Hamilton Robert F. King Lockwood Ave First National Bank WMOH Georgetown Universiy Hospital Washington Wehr Dairy The Broadcasting Company Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Indianapolis Louise Ft. Hamilton

Camden William G. T. Thomas 84 dies at daughter’s home

Camden William Gilbert Thomas retired Hamilton carpenter and former Champion Paper employee dies at 4 p.m. at his daughter Mrs. Henry Clark’s home Eaton Route 3 after illness. Survived by son Edward of Dayton three daughters Mrs. Clark Mrs. Ethel Sparacio and Mrs. Eva Jeff eries, a brother and sister in Kentucky, 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Wife Rebecca died in 1940. Body at R. C. Nein and Sons Funeral Home.

Camden William Gilbert Thomas Hamilton Carpenter Henry Clark Eaton Rt Thomas Champion Paper and Fibre Co Hamilton Edward Dayton Clark Ethel Sparacio Eva Jefferies Harrison Kentucky Rebecca R. C. Nein and Sons Funeral Home

Infant Vespie Dies After Weeklong Illness

Eaton services are set for John Vespie, 41g month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Vespie, at Barnes Funeral Home. Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery follows. Survived by parents, two sisters Doris and Pamela, maternal grandparents General Jackson of Everett Kentucky, paternal grandmother Myrtle Bingham of Lancing Tennessee.

EATON John Vespie Conrad Vespie Myrtle Bingham Lancing Tenn

Ora E Garner Dies at 73 in Millville Naz Church Service

Ora E Garner age 73 of 1014 Ross Avenue will be laid to rest in a service at 2 p.m. Friday at Millville Avenue Church of the Nazarene.

Coyle Wins 5th Term As Butler GOP Leader

Marvin A. Coyle of Hamilton was re elected to a fifth term as chairman of the Butler County Republican Executive Committee and Charles H. Lewis Sr. Fairfield Township was re elected chairman of the party central committee at a meeting last night. Other officers named include Lewis as first vice chairman Mrs Edna Fath county chairwoman Robert Hayden Fred Grant Thomas W. Baird Sr Charles H. Jones Mrs Josephine Johnson John W. Finkbone Ben S. Van Gorden Louis T. Kenney Robert C. Hacker Raymond W. Brown Joseph F. Tolley Harold Agee Felix Fryman Clarence Hoffman Verner Clemons Fryman replaces Orville Bowker Ralph C. Schwab named central committeeman from Fairfield City Third Ward and McKinley Powell filled a vacancy as committeeman from Morgan Township.

Marvin A. Coyle Hamilton Butler County Charles H. Lewis Sr Fairfield Township Lewis Edna Fath Robert Hayden Middletown Fred Grant Thomas W. Baird Sr Charles H. Jones Josephine Johnson John W. Finkbone Ben S. van Gorden Liberty Township Louis T. Kenney Old Agee Felix Fryman Oxford Clarence Hoffman Wayne Township Verner Clemons Union Township Fryman Orville Bowker Ralph C. Schwab Fairfield City McKinley Powell Morgan Township

Tot Cuts Hand On Broken Glass

Two year old James Wirth, son of James Wirth Sr. of Dayton, underwent minor surgery for a lacerated tendon after a fall on broken glass in Trenton. He was listed as good by Middletown Hospital. Curtis Townsend, 34, of 335 Webster St., treated in the emergency ward for flash burns of both eyes. released after treatment from B D Morgan Construction worksite.

James Wirth James Wirth Sr Dayton Trenton Middletown Curtis Townsend Webster St B. D. Morgan

Bible School locations and teachers announced for summer program

Miss Mina Jacot announces interdenominational Daily Vacation Bible Schools sponsored by Middletown Council of Churches. June 4 to 15 with locations Armco Center Ball Presbyterian Church Church of the Brethren First Baptist First Christian First Presbyterian Episcopal cooperation Garfield Jefferson Maple Park Oakland. Programs run 9 to 11:30 a.m. weekdays with kindergarten primary and junior divisions. junior high at Armco Garfield Maple Park. No registration fee. Offerings support Christian Rural Overseas Project. Children to attend nearest location.

Episcopal Church Robert Ward Garfield Jean Washington Jefferson Marion Prosperi First Evangelical United Brethren Church Maple Park Robert Gray Oakland Presbyterian Church United Presbyterian Church Francis Blair Armcoter, Garfield and Maple Park Bible Schools Christian Rural Overseas Project

Canada Hit By Fires Ravage Prairie Acres

Fifty brush fires roared out of control near Edmonton Alberta burning about 40000 acres of prairie grassland and young timber. They menaced settlements and nearby forests as emergency crews fought the blazes through the day.

Ion Alta

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