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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1972
Page
2
Middletown’s humane officer returned from a three week break and collected 17 dogs and one cat in two days. one dog had bitten a person. He said he was 87 calls behind at week start and noted that other officers aren’t equipped for such duties while stressing the need for more support.
Willoughby Ohio police chief James C Coleman will retire on March 1 after 35 years on the force. He is 66.
A two car head on collision on Ohio 73 one mile east of Harveysburg in Warren County last night killed 24 year old Charles W. Johnson. Donald C. Needham aged 24 from West Chester was treated at Wilmington Hospital then General Hospital Cincinnati in serious condition. Deputies cited apparent left of center as a possible factor.
George Poolitsan 79 known as Mr Ahepa of the area died of cancer Thursday at Washington Nursing Home in Washington Indiana. Born near Sparta Greece he came to the United States in 1910 and lived in Middletown before moving to Indiana four years ago. He helped organize Middletown Chapter 209 and held many Ahepa offices before later transferring to Louisville and Hamilton chapters. Surviving are his wife Barbara two sons John and Tom a daughter Eleni Steele eight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Middletown Butler Unit of the American Cancer Society.
The family of Mrs. Cynthia Frederick and her husband Douglas stood quietly as a Glendale Cemetery grounds worker reset one of the homemade markers made by Mrs. Frederick for the graves of her relatives.
David Lee Miller a 27 year old Toledo resident died at Mercy Hospital after being found stabbed on a near downtown street Friday night. Police reported no immediate suspects or motive.
John J. Taylor 75 of 1934 Flemming Road died at 12 10 PM Thursday at Fort Hamilton Hospital after a three month illness. Survived by wife Mary son Clarence Middletown daughter Pauline Colditon Middletown brother Jerry Dayton a grandchild and two great grandchildren. Mass 9 AM Saturday Holy Trinity Church burial Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Wilson Schramm Memorial Home 6 8 PM this evening. Services 10 AM Monday First Baptist Church Trenton Rev Kenneth Tye officiating burial Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Peastown. McCoy Leffler Funeral Home visitation times listed.
Jesse York age 72 of 7685 Germantown Road died after an apparent heart attack and was DOA at Middletown Hospital at 2 50 PM Thursday He served in World War I and resided in Middletown since 1954 Questionable fragments list two daughters Mrs Juanita Perry Dayton and Mrs Katherine Pratt Mic Metown three sons Reverend Hesenened Pratt of Tronter and Eugene of Mid Hesenened Pratt of Tronter.
Robert Kindrix, 71, of 131 Wilson St. , dies. Services at 1 p.m. Tuesday (Hall-Jordan). Alex Reinhardt, 82, of Okeawa, Mass of the Resurrection 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Aloysius Church, Shandon.
More than 2,000 Masons from 680 lodges converge on Columbus for the 163rd annual Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio session at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Delegates will elect new Grand Lodge officers for 1972 during the two day meeting.
Carlisle village council debated attendance and pay with four of six members present. Councilman John Edwards proposed researching docked pay for members who miss meetings without a valid excuse, noting some votes require five members.
Ordinance sets pay for 24 regular meetings and any special sessions but has no provision to dock councilmen for missed meetings. Council members approved hiring a fourth full time patrolman for the village.
An Indianapolis man distracted by a parked truck with flashing lights caused a two car collision at Sutphin Street and Central Avenue. James Diggle was driving west when his vehicle hit Helen Wirick whose car was coming south. Wirick suffered possible back injuries and was treated at Middletown Hospital. Damages were listed at 200 and 150 dollars.
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