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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1968
Page
2
Fragmentary report mentions South Africa’s gold mines and describes Christianity arriving in England via St. Augustine the first Archbishop of Canterbury. The text references two thirds of the world’s annual metal production and historical notes on religious figures.
Mrs Cora H Johnston 70 of 321 Yankee Road longtime Golden Age Club director and retired Salvation Army brigadier died at Middletown Hospital where she had been a patient since July 11 Born in Brooklyn she and her husband Brig Charles Johnston led the local Salvation Army Corps from 1954 Serving as a canteen hostess in both world wars the couple later directed the Golden Age Club A dance at the club tonight was cancelled Funeral services will be held 10 am Saturday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home burial in Woodside Cemetery Next of kin include husband Peter son Helen Balls June Johnston and Jean Jackson three daughters a grandchild and a great grandchild. Friends may call Friday 3-5 and 7-9 pm.
Obituaries list Troy E. Puckett 59 of 2114 Highland St. died at Middletown Hospital. Frederick Ransom 86 of 5050 Elk Creek Rd. died at Middletown Hospital. Lucinda Frances Sutton 78 of 3233 Yankee Rd. died at Garden Manor Nursing Home. Services planned for multiple at Bethel area churches and homes with burial in Woodside, Trenton, and Springboro. survivors include spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren across Kentucky, Ohio, and Missouri. Funeral homes include Joseph R. Baker & Sons, Leffler, and McCoy Leffler. Burial and services details provided.
An "old con game" is circulating in Middletown as a bank official warns residents. Robert Crooke of First National Bank of Middletown says a customer was asked by a supposed bank investigator to withdraw cash for fingerprinting. He urges callers to verify the investigating firm before responding. New York data notes women hold one third of US jobs but two thirds work part time.
Brookwood Drive services at 1 p.m. tomorrow for Klaus-Weigel. Mrs. Josephine Pulley 94 of Oxford has service at 1 p.m. Saturday Marshall-Smith. Clifford Grathwohl 62 of 1454 Parrish Ave. has 10 a.m. Saturday service Colligan.
Charles Will Wright, 89, renowned mineral engineer and former head of the U S Bureau of Mines mining division, died Wednesday likely of a heart attack. Bianca Rosa Fanfani, 55, wife of former Italian premier Amintore Fanfani, died early today after coma from a brain clot. Fanfani is president of the Italian senate.
Final arguments began before noon in the embezzlement case of Helen S. Miller 68 Cincinnati formerly Oxford. The former clerk faces $5491.06 in court funds alleged misappropriation from 1965 to 1966. Miller testified I never took a dime and cited a difficult new bookkeeping system.
Police in St Louis report Lassie Thompson says he received 300 dollars by mail on Wednesday. He identifies the cash as part of a thousand dollar burglary from his home last week.
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