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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1960
Page
2
Lions Club members heard Howard Wilson of Wilson Memorial Home discuss funeral costs and the profession’s history. He cited annual U S funeral spending around 500 million dollars and that four cents of every funeral dollar is profit, with caskets comprising 29 percent of the bill.
Ellen Gallagher former resident of Middletown and mother of Frank Gallagher died yesterday at the home of daughter Teresa Taylor in Detroit. Survived by another son Daniel and two daughters Anne Chenowith and Nelli MacAlister, all in Detroit. Services and burial will be tomorrow in Detroit.
Kenneth E Lightcap 45 died 2 20 pm yesterday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after a heart attack at home 1335 S Walnut St He had cancer native of Dayton worked as tool and die maker at Frigidaire Dayton Survived by wife Vilma a son Ronald and daughter Beverly Ann both at home Services 2 pm Monday at John Arpp Funeral Home Rev Henry Lyndh burial Miami Valley Gardens Rt 48 south of Centerville Eagles Lodge to hold service Sunday 7 30 pm Friends may call Sunday after 2 pm
Mrs Emma Mee Laughlin age 90 died yesterday at her home near Zoar Survived by son Leslie Pleasant Plain and daughter Iva Sutter Morrow Burial at Morrow Cemetery services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Vale Funeral Home with funeral home to deliver the details
Services and burial for Clarence F. Myers 58 former Lebanon resident will be held tomorrow in Richmond Indiana. He died yesterday at his Richmond home. Surviving are his wife Ruth a daughter Mrs Marshall Lunsford of Richmond a sister Mrs Clarence Nelson of Lebanon and three grandchildren.
Rangoon gambling syndicates take bets on the American presidential race. Odds favor Senator John F. Kennedy over Vice President Richard M. Nixon by 32 to 1. Betting is heavy and concentrated among wealthy businessmen in Rangoon.
Alexander Hamilton established Paterson New Jersey in 1791 as a model industrial town conceived as a planned city. The effort tied to his broader vision for manufacturing and urban development in early United States.
The Iron Age editor warns German and Swedish mills may ship steel to the United States at lower prices than in their own countries by 1968. Tom Campbell says foreign steel competition could grow in 5 to 10 years, drawing a parallel to earlier European imports. He urges automation growth and restraint on wage benefits to combat a mild recession.
Women’s Day observance at Union Baptist Church 506 18th Ave features services at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Choir and guests from Mt. Zion and other churches perform. Mrs. Louis Smith of 1121 Young St. speaks at the morning service. Mrs. Irma Lucas speaks in the afternoon on Stewardship for Today’s Women.
A hexameter is a line of poetry that contains six feet or measures. It is a classic metrical form used in ancient Greek and Latin verse and admired for its rhythmic cadence.
E D Crippa 61 a former Wyoming Republican U S senator died of a heart attack in Rock Springs on Thursday J Howard Watters 42 former president of the World Philatelic Society died after a long illness in New Albany Indiana The notices list Crippa as a former senator and Watters as a former society president with brief causes and locations.
Archbishop Karl J Alter dedicated Mercy Hospital's new four story two million dollar wing raising capacity to 400 beds. The facility includes X ray surgical and obstetrics departments with old areas to be remodeled for patient rooms. The Sisters of Mercy run the hospital with administrator Sister Mary Benignus RSM. The bishop blessed every floor as Knights of Columbus and clergy accompanied him. A week long open house followed the ceremony.
DAYTON Ohio AP John Le Master was shot twice Thursday by a tavern operator after Le Master grabbed a cash box and started to run from the bar Police said William S Oates 63 fired five shots with a .22 revolver after Le Master slugged him and grabbed a cigar box containing 87 Le Master was hit in the back and chest and hospitalized then placed under arrest after staggering into a nearby restaurant seeking an ambulance
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