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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1960

Page

3

Retired Miami Professor Dies at 65 in Ann Arbor

Thomas P. Van Voorhis, longtime Miami University associate professor of physical and health education, died Saturday in an Ann Arbor hospital. Funeral services were to be held after cremation. He taught 34 years at Miami, retired in 1956, and spent winters near Sarasota with his wife Elizabeth. Survivors include his son Tom in Milwaukee and daughter Ann Keller in Cincinnati. Drowns Off Dock at Fairport.

Oxford Thomas P. van Voorhis Miami University Ann Arbor Mich Miami van Voorhis Ter Harvard University Ohio State University Elizabeth Tom van Voorhis Milwaukee Ann Keller Cincinnati

Retired Armco Official Vernon Jones Dies at 62

Vernon Wilfred Jones 62 of 605 Stanley St. dies at Middletown Hospital after a year of ill health from cancer. A long time Armco executive, he rose from melter foreman to superintendent and retired May 1. He was active in church, Boy Scouts, Rotary, and several clubs. Survived by wife Kathylene, two sons and five grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church. burial Woodside Cemetery. Memorials to Doty House.

Vernon Wilfred Jones Stanley St Armco Middletown Hospital Jones Criti Cal Central Works Kathylene Jones Charles Fort Lauderdale Fla Robert Dallas First Presbyterian Church Middletown Ohio Evelyn Wilkins Hamilton Manchester Hotel

Deaths at Germantown farm and Lakes home

William H Heitz 76 was found dead at his Germantown farm home on Market Street after neighbors reported him missing. He died likely in sleep Friday night. Survived by daughter Dorothy Hoover of Dayton and several siblings. Services set for Wednesday at John Arpp Funeral Home with burial in Germantown Cemetery. George W Lakes 55 died at his Germantown home after five years of poor health. Survived by wife Talos two daughters Betty Ellen and Kathryn, a son Charles, stepchildren and several siblings. Burial plans not listed.

Germantown William H Heitz E. Market St Eldon Buzzard Heitz St. John Dan Miamisburg Ida Badgely Franklin John Arpp Claude Snyder Germantown Cemetery George W. Lakes George W Lakes Rt. 1 Lakes Gh&r Dayton Talo Betty Ellen Lakes Kathryn Lawrence Middletown Charles Marjorie Macy Marvin Blankenship Gene Blankenship Herman John and Hamilton Vernon Edith, Taylor

Dr. Charles H. Rice obituary a life in mission schools

Dr. Charles Herbert Rice 76 brother of Mrs. J D Satcher of 8 Dixie Highway Franklin died last Friday at Memorial Hospital Lakeland Florida. Memorial service set for Sunday at Wooster College chapel. A native of Iowa he studied at Wooster University 1902 and Union Seminary and spent life in India and Pakistan with the Presbyterian Foreign Board. He led Ewing Christian College Allahabad for ten years and later headed Forman Christian College Lahore. He was honored by several governments including the United States for his educational work. Mary Compton Rice and two sisters and a brother survived him.

Charles Herbert Rice J. D. Satcher Dixie Highway Franklin Memorial Hospital Lakeland Fla Wooster College Rice Iowa Richard Chatman Sycamore Wooster Union Seminary

Funeral service details at John Arpp Funeral Home

Tomorrow at the John Arpp Funeral Home the Rev. C. C. Ingram will officiate the service. Burial will take place today after 4 p.m.

Requiem for Mrs Lena Reppert at St Malachy Church

Mrs Lena Reppert Mang Reppert 93 dies at Pine Crest Rest Home. High Mass at 9 30 a m tomorrow at St Malachy Church with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. No immediate survivors listed.

MASON Lena Mang Reppert St. Malachy Church Rose Hill Cemetery

Two Boys Admit $100 Burglary

Franklin youths, one 11 and the other 12, confessed to burglarizing the Don Roberts home on North Main Street Saturday afternoon, taking $100 in tens after breaking a basement window. The house was ransacked and a shirt left behind led officers to the pair.

Franklin Don Roberts N. Main Street

Middleton auto crash leaves two injured

Two Middleton residents were treated at Middletown Hospital for minor injuries after a Sunday morning crash on Jon Browns Run Road at Hetzler Road. Delores Fay Long 19 suffered knee bruises and Jack Lewis Hembree 22 had forehead and scalp lacerations. Deputies said rain made the road slick and the car slid into a bridge.

Middletown Hospital Jon Brown Hetzler Road Delores Fay Long Crawford St Jack Lewis Hembree Highview Ave Butler County Sheriff's

Shakespeare Family Records Show Surname Variants

Genealogists note multiple spellings for Shakespeare family name across records. Researchers cite orthographic variation in parish registers and legal documents reflecting regional dialects and transcription differences.

William Shakespeare

Shartle Division 25-Year Club Meeting Attended

One hundred twenty five members and guests attended the annual Black Clawson Co Shartle Division 25-year club meeting at LeSourdsville Lake. Robert Vokes vice president and general manager spoke on business conditions and the future outlook with optimism for sales and growth.

Black Clawson Co. Shartle Division LeSourdsville Lake Shartle Key Klub Middestown Hamilton Robert Vokes

Giraffes Shown as Swift Runners

A diet and anatomy note reveals giraffes are surprisingly fast runners despite common belief. Researchers observed sprint bursts and high top speeds in gait tests. The finding highlights giraffes’ athletic adaptations and may influence further studies of long neck locomotion.

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