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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1964
Page
2
Deaths and funeral services are announced for Mrs Lelia Bayger aged 80 at First EUB Church with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Also noted are the death of Mrs Oleta Proffitt 39 and service details at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial in Woodside Cemetery. Surviving relatives and calls at churches are listed for each case.
Last Thursday and Friday enthusiastic crowds filled Howe’s showrooms for the new 1965 Chevrolet lineup called the fabulous Five for ’65. The dealer praised the public reaction, promised fair dealing and solid after sale service, and invited customers to return for personal demos and the vp for ’65.
Irene Simpson age 70 of 501 Ross St died at 4 20 a m at Middletown Hospital after admission Saturday. She moved from Hamilton three months ago and was a fraternity housemother at Miami University Oxford. Survived by daughter Mrs Russell Nicols two sons Dale San Diego Calif and Robert Jackson Ohio seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services set for 10 a m tomorrow at Riggs Funeral Home officiated by Dr Austin Whitmore. Burial in Oxford Cemetery. Funeral home hours today 7 to 9 p m.
Mrs Mildred Coburn 77 died yesterday at Westview Nursing Home. Survived by son Edwin Louisville Ky and three daughters Kay Brumenschankel Virginia Pence Carolyn Corbin all of Lebanon and eight grandchildren. Services 2 p m Wednesday Oswald Memorial Home burial in Lebanon Cemetery. Friends may call at the memory home tomorrow after 4 pm.
Charles Laymon 75 longtime Mason village councilman died Saturday at his residence 411 Second Ave. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Gallimore Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. He was WWI veteran active in the American Legion Warren County Fish and Game Association and the Mason Lodge. Survived by son Robert and daughter Ella Shorts. Visitation today 4 to 9 p.m.
Philip S. Cade a Middletown paper executive died on a Chicago business trip. He helped Miami University’s paper technology program become Ohio’s first college curriculum in the field. He chaired the Miami Pulp and Paper Foundation finance committee and served on its board and executive committee. Funeral services were held in Middletown.
Joseph R. Farra, 73, of Bellepre Ohio, died in a two car crash on West Virginia 2 about two miles south of Parkersburg. His wife Trella, 73, and four others were injured in the Sunday accident.
Bur W. Stow 80 native and retired farmer of Warren County died at his Dayton home. Survived by wife Louise a daughter Lucille McCoy of Dayton a sister Alberta Robison of Chautauqua and one grandchild. Services set for 10 30 a m Wednesday at Swart Funeral Home Arlington Cemetery Darke County with visitation 5 7 and 9 p.m.
William L. Woodside of Springboro dies at Middletown Hospital after a heart attack Tuesday. He was a Suburban Propane salesman based in Dayton. Survived by wife Ruth, children Jerry Jimmy Judy Jacline, parents, four brothers and two sisters. Services set for Wednesday at Eaton Ernstine Cemetery. Dayton funeral home hours listed.
Obituary notice lists Rosa Daggy aged 92 of 213 Eaton Ave with services today. Albert Lee Hisle aged 64 of 1289 Old Oxford Road has services at 10 30 a m tomorrow.
The Associated Press reports Ohio logged its deadliest traffic weekend of the year with at least 31 fatalities from 54 hours of crashes. A Texan migrant worker death in a Fostoria train auto crash marked six train crossing deaths nationwide, plus two more in Moraine, Dayton area.
A list of fatalities from several crashes across Ohio and nearby states includes George Robinson 50 Huntsville Logan County in a three car crash south of Urbana on U S 68 John Pope 44 Richmond Ind in a ditch along U S 35 northwest of Eaton Billie Thomas 30 South Charleston Clark County in a two car collision near the Clark Greene County line Robert Travis 20 Xenia injuries from a crash on a Greene County road between Xenia and Dayton Richard McClure 28 Cleveland in a convertibles collision with a railroad bridge abutment Harold F Lengers 56 Hamilton in a two car collision at a Hamilton intersection Robert Maye 41 Dayton struck by a car and forced into oncoming traffic John Neeley 41 Miamisburg stalled car at a Moraine crossing struck by a passenger train William Carroll 43 Trotood near Dayton car struck by a passenger train at another Moraine crossing Mrs Mattie Kalb 52 Augusta Ky injured in a two car collision on US 52 near Richmond William Reed 44 Middletown car left Ohio 122 and overturned into a creek Phyllis D Young 45 Middletown auto hit a utility pole in Middletown.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told Dallas police chief Jesse E Curry not to speak publicly as the Kennedy assassination case developed The Warren Commission noted the Dallas force had provided a running media commentary after the event Hoover sent a personal message after Oswald was shot requesting no further on air statements until the case was resolved Curry agreed.
The Social List of Washington omits Mrs. John F. Kennedy this year after her move to New York, while keeping Robert F. Kennedy listed. Publisher Carolyn Hagner Shaw, known as the Green Door, notes RFK still has a home in McLean Virginia despite resigning as attorney general to seek a New York Senate seat.
Former President Harry S. Truman received the Distinguished Service Award from the Free Sons of Israel in New York in absentia on Sunday.
Sen. Barry Goldwater begins a whistle stop railroad tour of Ohio Indiana and Illinois as he seeks to persuade dissenting Republicans to back his ticket. He repeats attacks on President Johnson and Humphrey while planning intensified television ads to reach voters before Election Day.
Rep. Robert Taft Jr. said he supports Sen. Barry Goldwater but differences remain. On Meet the Press he backed Goldwater’s campaign in Ohio and Illinois with governor candidate Charles Percy. He downplayed right to work as a major issue, noting Ohio voters rejected it in 1958.
In a Lockheed California report, algae grown in simulated sunlight and human breath fuels a new green cheese produced from a single strain since 1961. Scientists say the algae produce a high protein, tasteless flour and can be transformed into cheese for space missions.
Mrs. Robert A. Taft Jr. of Cincinnati, wife of the U.S. Senate candidate, visits Middletown Wednesday for Republican women events. She tours Doty House at 2 pm, attends a 3 to 4 pm coffee at Mrs. Frank Matson’s home, and addresses GOP women at Congress Inn on the Hamilton-Lebanon Pike.
An attempted safe cracking failed Sunday at Dr. E. W. Washington's office 911 S. Main St as glass was pried from a rear door. Kenneth Clark of 2006 Wilbraham Road reported a rock smashed rear window of his car while driving west on Elwood Street.
Two soft drink machines were pried open during the night at Gulf Service Station on Manchester Road and Ellen Drive and at Texaco Service Station on Roosevelt Avenue and Breiel Boulevard.
President Johnson tours five of six New England states in a 15 hour campaign blitz. He plans to speak at Providence Brown University Hartford and Portland while possibly visiting Sen. Edward M. Kennedy in Boston hospital bed. He returns to Washington after stops in Maine Vermont New Hampshire Rhode Island and Connecticut.
In Providence an open limousine following President Johnson burst into flames during a motorcade. Johnsons physician Rear Adm. George A Barkley and the driver escaped as smoke warned of the fire. Aide Jack Valenti had evacuated the car earlier.
Walter F. Greve age 9 died Sunday from injuries after a car struck him near his Willoughby Hills home Friday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W Fred Greve of Painesville Ohio.
A schedule lists events for Monday and Tuesday including Board of Education at the Administration Building, Civitan and Rotary clubs in Manchester, Sertoma in Manchester, South Middletown Fire Department, Amanda Fire House Battery AH74A Gun Bn, Armory, Central School PTO, Mayfield Fire Department, FOE Lodge 528 at Eagles Hall, Miami Lodge at Monroe IOOF Hall, BPOE Lodge 257 Elktones at Elks Temple, and Alcoholics Anonymous at 8 30 pm.
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