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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1957

Page

3

Sherman Perry 69 Former Middletown Educator Dies

Sherman Perry longtime Middletown insurance man and former member of the Board of Education died at Middletown Hospital at 8:25 am after six months of illness. He taught at Wabash Indiana and in Cincinnati night school before WWII and served as a captain in the Army Air Corps. He leaves wife Lettie a daughter Inez Ashby a son Robert four grandchildren a brother Warren and sister Emma Dooley. Funeral 2 pm Thursday Riggs Funeral Home. Cremation.

Sherman Perry Middletown Board of Education Middletown Hospital Perry Stanley St Northwestern Life Insurance Co Wabash Ind Armco Steel Corp University of Cincinnati Lettie Inez Ashby Robert Armce Detroit Mich Warren Utah Emma Dooley California Riggs Funeral Home Russell W. Galloway

Mrs. Lillie Griest Dies After Illness at Home

Mrs. Lillie Jane Griest, 63, of 154 Forest Ave., died at 3 p.m. yesterday at her home after two months bedfast amid a long illness dating from March. A native of Adamsville, Ohio, she had lived here 43 years and was a First Methodist Church member. Luther A. Griest, formerly a grocer and meat merchant, is mentioned as related.

Lillie Jane Griest Forest Ave Adamsville Ohio

Mrs. Cora Johnson of Somerville Dies After Fall

Mrs. Cora Johnson aged 89 of Somerville died early Sunday at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after six months of ill health and a fall at her daughter Mrs James Morrow’s home. Native of Butler County she lived in Somerville for many years widow of Mitchell Johnson who died in 1934. Surviving are a grandson and brother G H Oren of Somerville. Services were held at 2 pm at Inman Funeral Home with burial in Somerville Cemetery.

Somerville Cora E. Johnson Mercy Hospital Hamilton James Morrow Butler County Inman Funeral Home Somerville Cemetery

Elizabeth Morningstar Morningstar services set for 1:30 p.m.

Elizabeth Z Morningstar 74 of Eaton died Saturday night at Grandview Hospital Dayton. Funeral services will be at Girton Schmidt Funeral Home with burial in Fairmount Cemetery Camden. Friends may call today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. She taught in local grade schools 47 years. Cousins are survivors.

Ket Baltimore Street Fairmont Avenue Louanna Richardson Margaret Vickell Middletown Leah-may Wideman Franklin Marjorie Cornwell Lima Howard Dayton Bruce Knipe Adamsville Grace Vernon Columbus McCoy-Leftler Funeral Home Charles Lovell Eaton Elizabeth Z. Morningstar Grandview Hospital Girton- Schmidt Fairmount Cemetery Camden Morningstar S. Barron St

Obituaries for Edwin C Herold and James Manch

Edwin C Herold 54 of 404 Elvin Ave retired Hamilton police officer will have services at 2 p.m tomorrow at Proeschel Funeral Home. James Manch 57 of 15 N Beech St Oxford will have services at 10 30 a.m tomorrow at Marshall Smith Funeral Home.

Edwin C. Herold Elvin Ave Hamilton Proeschel James Manch N. Beech St Oxford Marshall-Smith Funeral Home

Deaths Elsewhere by the Associated Press

New York lawyer Frank Leopold Weil 63 and board chairman of Hebrew Union College died Sunday. Durban magnate Sir William Firth 76 died yesterday. Erle Victor Daveler 71 of American Zinc Lead and Smelting Co died yesterday. Samuel Kappel 68 founder of Howard Stores Corp died yesterday. David W Moor 63 president of Foster Lunch System Ltd died yesterday in San Francisco Bay area.

New York Frank Leopold Weil Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Relligion The College Institute Jewish Theological Seminary Cincinnati Los Angeles Weil Durban South Africa William Firth Erle Victor Daveler American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Co Daveler Denver Samuel Kappel Howard Clothing Stores Kappel Russia Howard Stores Corp San Francisco David W. Moor Foster Lunch System, Ltd

Deadline Set for Campaign Expense Filings in Ohio

Candidates must file expense accounts for the Nov. 5 election by 4 p.m. on Dec. 5 at the Middletown or Hamilton Board of Elections offices. Late filers risk not being certified and a five year ban from office. Office hours are listed and voter registration transfers begin next Wednesday.

Board of Elections Middletown Hamilton Election Board Ohio

Aiken Urges Government to Reclaim Science Controls

Senator Aiken R VI proposing government take back oversight of basic research now spun off to private industry. He cites 42 percent of missile and satellite related work done by private firms and favors more coordination. Mundt says Senate inquiry will examine coordinating efforts, with closed sessions ahead of public hearings slated for late November.

Washington Sen Aiken R-Vi Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Mundt R-Sd Senate Preparedness Subcommittee Russia Mundt Edwin L. Weiss New York

Club To Hear Talk On Sputnik

The Y's Men’s Club will hear a report on Sputnik I tonight from L. H. Beckwith chief engineer at WPFB who has recorded signals from the satellite. Derald Hatton and Charles Beck will report on Saturday morning movies and boys' handicraft sessions. Tonight's dinner begins at 6 p.m. in the YMCA conducted by president Joe Atkinson.

Y's L. H. Beckwith WPFB Derald Hatton Charles Beck YMCA Joe Atkinson

Meeting Adjourned Upstairs On Fire In Town Hall

Firemen responded to a blaze in the 100 year old Fort Recovery town hall in Mercer County Monday night. An overheated stove on the second floor started the fire but volunteer crews on the ground floor with three trucks from Burkettsville confined the blaze to the roof.

Fort Recovery Ohio Mercer County Burkettsville

Fisherman Identifies Body in Mahoning River in Alliance

A fishing license used to identify the body pulled from the Mahoning River Monday as William G Summerville 61 of Alliance. The death is investigated by local authorities with the victim listed as the deceased man from Alliance Ohio.

Alliance Ohio Mahoning River William G Summerville

Accident Ends Hunter's Life in Barbed Fence Mishap

Jefferson Ohio reports John A. Kapalko 34 of Pierpont killed when he stumbled on a barbed wire fence and his shotgun discharged into his chest. Ashtabula County coroner Cc Roller ruled the death Monday.

Jefferson Ohio John A. Kapalko Pierpont Ashtabula County Cc. C. Roller

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