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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1960
Page
5
Middletown YMCA Hi Y and Tri Hi Y clubs stage The Fire of Friendship ceremony in Monroe Park with seventy members from Middletown High School, marching from Monroe First Methodist Church to the park and lighting a campfire after talks on integrity and patriotism.
New York AP report notes Arthur A. Ballantine former Under-Secretary of the Treasury under Franklin D. Roosevelt died at age 77 in New York. A native of Oberlin Ohio, son of Dr William G Ballantine ex Oberlin College head, he held several appointive government posts and received the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award in 1948 for the Ballantine Report revising Naval court procedures.
Dr. Edward J. Jones of the Institute of Paper Chemistry will address the Ohio TAPPI meeting at the Manchester Hotel. An afternoon seminar offers three sessions on continuous pulping waste paper utilization and stock preparation with 10 am registration lunch at noon and sessions at 1 30 pm. Black Clawson Co hosts the luncheon and an open house at its Shattle plant research center after the seminar. evening session begins at 6 pm in the hotel ballroom.
A 40-year-old woman attempted death by her own action by leaving two gas jets open on a stove. Found face down, she was in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after emergency responders rushed her there at 3:55 a.m. Oxygen was given for 15 minutes. The incident occurred near downtown. Separately, L. Alex Wilson, 51, editor in chief of the Chicago Daily Defender, died Tuesday.
Forest Bill Gomia aged 58 formerly of Middletown died yesterday in a Cincinnati hospital. Born in Pricetown he served in the Army 1920 1921. Survived by wife Ida two daughters Patricia Hawkins Marilyn Griffen a son Glen two brothers Lovell and Pete six grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Friday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Sutphin Street. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow 3 5 and 7 9 p.m.
Homer Carpenter 65 of 128 Quitman Ave Dayton died Sunday at the Dayton VA Hospital. Services set for 1 15 p m tomorrow at Hoyne Funeral Home E Third Street Dayton. Survived by wife Roberta a daughter Mrs Rita Pavuk of Dayton and sister Mrs Mildred Coomershine of Miamisburg. He was brother of Franklin police officer Wilbur Carpenter. Home available after 4 p m today.
Mrs Florence Rowe 87 of 48 E Market St Germantown died at 12 15 am today at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton She was born in Montgomery County near Germantown member of Germantown Lutheran Church and the Daughters of America Her husband C J Rowe died in 1942 Surviving LeRoy Germantown five grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services set for 2 pm Friday at John Arpp Funeral Home burial in Germantown Cemetery.
Miss Veronica Hanser aged 81 of Campbell Drive Requiem High Mass at St Steph en Church tomorrow at nine in the morning Miss Beverly Jane Benzing 21 of Clinton Avenue services at two thirty in the afternoon Friday Webb Thomas C McGreevy 71 of Columbia Road Requiem High Mass today at St Joseph Church
Basil Ruysdael 72 former opera bass turned radio announcer and actor died Tuesday from complications after surgery. He left the Metropolitan Opera in 1912 for Broadway and later announced for the Hit Parade and Jack Benny shows. William J. Egan 76 of Newark, New Jersey, legal counsel for the Loyal Order of Moose, also died Tuesday.
A Franklin infant suffered bruises in a two car crash at Third and River streets yesterday afternoon. Ralph L. Rodefell swerved to turn left, causing the collision with Hazel Wood. The infant James, three weeks old, was treated later. William, 3, uninjured. Damages totaled 100 dollars.
Walter G. Mischley administrator of Middletown Hospital will speak at the Middletown Life Underwriters Association noon meeting at the Manchester Hotel Friday. He will discuss problems of insurance and hospitals. All life underwriters in the area are invited. Pears should be picked while still a little green and allowed to ripen in a cool basement.
Tomorrow marks the deadline for ticket sales for the Middletown Actors' Playhouse presentation of Rumpelstiltskin a three act stage version of the fairy tale Tickets in city elementary and parochial schools will continue through Friday for Friday 2 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. shows at Middletown High School A limited number of seats will be held for Franklin area children Sunday October 23 at 2 p.m. at Hampton Bennett Junior High School Tickets for the Franklin performance are available through TAPS Club members Ortman Stewart Transportation Co will provide bus service for grades four through six to the Middletown performances Friday return by 4 30 p.m Transportation not provided for Saturday attendees Admission is 35 cents with a two cent fare
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