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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1968
Page
11
Magnode Products Inc. filed a petition in Butler County Common Pleas Court seeking an order restraining union members from striking at the Trenton plant after a walkout.
James W. Kissick 88 of 321 Moore St. Middletown died at Middletown Hospital. He retired in 1950 after 33 years with Diamond National Corp and was a member of Grand Avenue Church of God. Surviving daughter Zelma Smith and son Kash, plus three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Grand Avenue Church of God with Rev Henry Howard officiating. Friends may call Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home Monday 2–5 and 7–9 p.m. and after Tuesday noon at church.
William O Thorn Sr aged 66 of 319 Charles St died at 12 45 am at Middletown Hospital after a illness. He retired two years ago from the city engineering department and was a member of Lincoln Lodge 693 FAM. Survived by wife Fern a son William Jr of Fairfield a daughter Delores Dinkel of Hamilton a sister Bertha Byers Clyde and a brother Leroy South Gate Calif. Arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
Obituaries list several local residents with service times this week. Mrs. Marie Hinds 72 at 4219 Millikin Road with a 2 p.m. Monday service. Earl Bobo 79 at 743 Ridgewood Ave with 2 p.m. Monday service. Mrs. Mearl Elwell 75 at 991 Millville Ave with a service today at First United Methodist Church. Richard Kateep 74 at 121 S. Front St with 2 p.m. Monday service. Mrs. Henrietta Goethe 66 formerly of 1308 Bonacker Ave with 1 p.m. Monday service. Mrs. Lillie Carter 78 at 1246 Cleveland Ave with 10 a.m. Tuesday service. Ed Kramer 43 of Fairfield with Requiem High Mass 9:30 a.m. Monday at St. Josephs Church.
Irvin Fisher a 39 year old man was beaten by three men after leaving a bar with them and was treated at Middletown Hospital around 3 am He was left alongside Trenton Franklin Road near West Middletown and was not robbed according to Deputy Ron Parsley of the sheriff's department
Burglars pried open a rear window at the Elks Club on North Main Street and stole 30 Cincinnati Reds tickets for June 7 plus $35 in cash. Police seek who sits in seats M and N and may offer a police station tour as a lure.
Police chased a 17 year old burglary suspect wearing a light jacket after he pried open a west side window of Diver's Coal and Feed Store at 1810 First Ave. Five shots were fired by officers but the youth escaped through a back door. Nothing appeared stolen.
Military services for Pfc. James E. Mays 20 of 2530 Noble Ave killed in action May 13 in Vietnam will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Webb Funeral Home with burial at Ross Cemetery. Friends may call Monday 5 to 9 p.m. He is the son of Mrs. Ethel Mays and the husband of Mrs. Pamela Mays.
Residents of Morrow, South Lebanon, and nearby areas cleaned mud from homes as flooding receded. About 200 people evacuated from Morrow and 50 from South Lebanon, with many staying with friends or relatives in Red Cross shelters. Boil water advisories remained for local systems. Kings Mills flood gauge read 20.85 feet, below yesterday’s 23.60. Authorities noted faster clearing in some towns while others faced lingering water and mud, with several evacuees housed in shelters or hotels.
United Papermakers Local 844 backed the Diamond National fiber products proposal 61 to 54 yesterday but a petition with over 40 names seeks a new vote. International will decide whether to call a new vote or deem the ballot official and end the walkout. Pickets were removed last night but workers will not return until a contract is signed. The union seeks a 24 month pact, while the company wants 26 months. An explosion May 22 damaged railway track rail at the plant.
A Wilbraham Road man was bound over to the Butler County Grand Jury with bond set at 20 000 by Judge J T Lamb in municipal court. Eugene A Woodard 3) of 2452 Wilbraham Road faces shooting with intent to wound and assault to commit robbery for a May 12 incident in which Alice Mooney 30 of 1315 Fair mount Ave was wounded during a robbery attempt. Trischer at 106 S Sutphin St reportedly gave Woodard 40 but robbery charges were not filed. Several motorists faced fines and jail terms for intoxication and related offenses.
Three county GOP candidates will discuss their campaigns at the Middletown Area Young Republicans meeting in the First National Bank conference room. Hamilton Municipal Court Judge Robert Marrs, prosecutor candidate Benjamin Goodman, and reelection candidate Domestic Relations Judge David Black will speak.
Sheriff detectives investigated a 17-year-old Trenton girl and her 21-year-old companion after three youths assaulted the girl and robbed the man on Booth Road near Kehr Road south of Oxford. The couple reported to Oxford police and the girl was treated at McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital.
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