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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1960

Page

3

Three Middletown seniors named Merit semifinalists

Three Middletown High School seniors Raymond Bendure Bonnie Jean Cox and John Meom are among the semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship program. The top scoring students from over 15,000 high schools nationwide advance after a qualifying test. Semifinalists will take the SAT on December 3 and finalists will be chosen next spring with scholarships awarded by sponsors and the National Merit Scholarship Corp.

Middletown High School Gran Nelbar St Pamela Ship Lebanon Aso Raymond Bendure Central Ave Bonnie Jean Cox Sorg John Meom Tthe College Entrance Examination Board National Merit Scholarship Corp

District Nazarene leader dies at 70 in Dayton

Dr W E Alben longtime Western Ohio District superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene died at his home in Dayton age 70 Survivors include his wife Lena three daughters and a sister Services set for 11 am tomorrow at the First Church of the Nazarene with Dr G B Williamson officiating Burial in McCrary Cemetery Wilkinson Ind Friends may call at Banta Funeral Home today and at the church tomorrow after 10 am

Dayton W. E. Alben Western Ohio The Church of the Nazarene Midway, Ave Indiana Kentucky Columbus Olivet Nazarene College Kankakee Ill Lena First Church of the Nazarene Hoover and Leland Avenues G. B. Williamson Kansas City McCrary Cemetery Wilkinson Ind

One Cincinnati Man Hurt In One Car Crash

A Cincinnati man, Henry Johnson age 27, was slightly injured after a single vehicle overturned on Ohio 177 in Preble County last night. He received treatment at McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital in Oxford for cuts to his left arm. State patrol said the driver, John son, failed to make a curve, sending the car into a guard rail and overturning into a ditch near Fairhaven, about a mile north of Ohio 725.

Cincinnati Ohio Preble County McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Oxford Henry Johnson Johnson Fairhaven

Miss Lydia Sheafor Dies Teacher and Church Leader

Miss Lydia R. Sheafor, 93, Middletown schoolteacher and longtime First Baptist Church member and teacher, died at 5 05 p m yesterday at her home 222 Park St Born April 1867 she taught at local schools from graduation in 1835 until retirement in 1957 after penmanship study and service in the Philathea class Funeral services set for 10 a m Saturday at First Baptist Church Rev G Walter Weber officiating Burial in Middletown Cemetery Friends may call Wilson Memorial Home Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Lydia R. Sheafor Middletown Park St Middletown High School Columbus The Baptist Church Bajaisi G. Walter Weber Middletown Cemetery Wilson Memorial

Petersburg man 98 dies. Shaffer services set

W. C. Shaffer aged 98, father of Richard Shaffer of 1217 Elm Street, died at 4 pm yesterday at his Petersburg West Virginia home. Survived by wife Tabitha and three daughters and two other sons. Services and burial planned for Friday in Petersburg.

W. C. Shaffer Richard Shaffer Elm St Petersburg W. V Tabitha

Michael Presta Sr. 72 dies after illness in Middletown

Michael Presta Sr. aged 72 of 1603 Taylor Ave. died at Middletown Hospital at 11:55 a m after 13 months of failing health. A millwright for Armco Steel from 1922 until retirement in 1953, he was born in Austria Hungary and lived in Middletown 49 years. Survived by wife Anna, three sons Michael Jr John Andrew, three daughters Reece Warmoth Jack Shaff ner and Jack Kirian, 25 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Solemn Requiem High Mass at St John s Church 9:30 a m Thursday with burial Woodside Cemetery. Schramm Funeral Home hours today 2 to 5.

Michael Presta Sr Taylor Ave Middletown Hospital Armco Steel Corp Austria- Hungary Middletown St. John's Holy Name Society St. Peter & Paul Slovak Society Armco Veterans Club Anna Michael Jr John Andrew Levittown Reece Warmoth Jack Shaffner Lima Jack Kirian Toledo St. John’s Church Woodside Cemetery Schramm Funeral Home

UAW Charges Unfair Practices By Carey Co

The United Auto Workers filed an unfair labor practices charge against Miami Cabinet Co a division of Philip Carey Manufacturing Co in Cincinnati. Employed workers at the 1700 Grand Ave plant have been on strike since Sept 6 after talks failed. The union says the company seeks wage cuts and seniority changes, alleging bad faith bargaining and prolonged strike. A restraining order restricted union interference with plant operations and non striking workers.

United Auto Workers Union Miami Cabinet Co C. J. Hyde UAW National Labor Relations Board Cincinnati Philip Carey Manufacturing Co Grand Ave Hyde Miami

Morrow Woman 87 Dies in Columbus Home

Mrs. Cora Cochran Mount Cochran 87 a former Morrow resident died yesterday at her Columbus home. Survived by daughter Corrine Fisher of Columbus and sister Grace Rogers of Zoar Ohio and two grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Yale Funeral Home with Hopkinsville burial. Friends may call tomorrow afternoon and evening.

Morrow Cora Mount Cochran Columbus Corrine Fisher Grace Rogers Zoar Ohio Yale Funeral Hopkinsville

William Stitsinger Arrangement Notice

William Stitsinger age eight of 141 Sherman Avenue listed with incomplete arrangements in a local notice.

William Stitsinger Sherman Ave

Estelle Pankhurst dies at 79 militant rights advocate

Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst aged 79 a militant champion of women s rights and eldest daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst died Tuesday of a heart attack. She was a painter author and recently editor of the Ethiopia Observer. Julian K Sprague industrialist and president of Sprague Electric Co died Tuesday in Presidio Texas aged 57. In Bangor Dr Tibor K J Bebek Republican national committee advisory appointee and political science professor in Hungary died Tuesday after fleeing Communist takeover in 1945.

Addis Ababa Ethiopia Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst Emmeline Pankhurst Miss Pankhurst Ethiopia Observer Presidio Tex Julian K. Sprague North Adams Maps Sprague Electric Co Fon Electronic Parts Defense Department Bangor Maine Tibor K. J. Bebek Republican National Committee Hungary

A Lovers Fair Opens in Arlon with Giant Matchmaker

A Lovers Fair takes place in Arlon Belgium on the first Thursday of January. A giant figure named Hellechsman acts as the matchmaker drawing couples together and keeping watch over the courtship customs.

Arlon Belgium

Mrs. Anna Oberlander 89 Dies Of Mercy Hospital

Mrs. Anna C. Oberlander aged 89 of 518 Euclid Street died at Mercy Hospital Hamilton after a hospital stay since September 11. She was born in Austria Hungary and lived in Middletown three years, previously of Aliquippa Pennsylvania. Surviving: three sons Father John Oberlander pastor of St. Johns Church Robert of Dayton Walter of California. a daughter Anna Mihalick of Middletown. six grandchildren. two great grandchildren. Funeral rites include Solemn Requiem High Mass at St Johns Church with Father Oberlander the celebrant and other clergy assisting. Burial Mt Olivet Cemetery Aliquippa. The Rosary will be recited Friday at the funeral home.

Anna C. Oberlander Euclid St John Oberlander Mercy Hospital Hamilton Oberlander Austria-Hungary Middletown Aliquippa Louis St. John's St. John’s Church Robert Dayton Walter California Anna Mihalick Raphael Sourd Taul Galvin

Benefit Dance For MD Fund Saturday Night

Butler County residents will dance Saturday night to raise funds for muscular dystrophy patients unable to dance. The third annual MD benefit runs from 9 to 1 at the Hamilton Moose Auditorium with Al Frankey and his orchestra providing music. Proceeds support the Butler County muscular dystrophy drive. tickets available at the door or by calling Twinbrook 5-5220. The Hamilton Moose members are finalizing preparations. The auditorium address is 329 8S mm.

Butler County Theamilton Moose Auditorium al Frankey Hamilton Les Brooks Hamilton Moose Twinbrook

Coffee Dominates El Salvador Export Earnings

Coffee accounts for over 80 percent of El Salvador's foreign exchange. More than half of the crop is sold to the United States, reflecting the crop's central role in the economy and strong trade ties with the U.S.

el Salvador United States

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