Mrs Mary Eva Fry Dies At 56 In East Sparta
Mrs Mary Eva Fry of East Sparta died this morning at 1635 Yale Ave NW after a long illness. She was 56 and a member of East Sparta Methodist Church and local chapters. Surviving: son Harold S. Fry and sister Lillian E. Moffett. brother W. E. Carnes. two grandchildren. Son Capt Richard Fry was killed in 1945 over Austria. Services Saturday at 2 p.m. at East Sparta Methodist Church. burial in East Sparta Cemetery. Nephews as pallbearers. Body at McCreery Kreighbaum funeral home. Eastern Star service Friday at 7:30 p.m. Casket to church an hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Eva Fry
East Sparta
Yale Ave
Richard Fry
Austria
Air Force
East Sparta Methodist Church
LeRoy Miller
T. A. Keyser
McCreery-Kreighbaum
Cleveland
James L Canter Dies at 27 in Canton
James L Canter of 1647 Garfield Ave SW died this morning at Aultman Hospital from complications of diseases. He was 27, native of Byesville, Canton resident 15 years, formerly with Ney Manufacturing Co, member of Canton Baptist Temple. Survived by two sons, James and Larry, two daughters Judith and Cinda Lou, parents Mr and Mrs William Canter, three brothers Wesley Wilbur in Canton and Edward in Japan, sister Mrs Gladys Lewis of Philadelphia. Spiker funeral home Friday at 10 am with Rev Harold Henminger. Burial at Byesville. Friends may call after 3 pm Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Canter
Garfield Ave
Aultman Hospital
Byesville
Canter
Canton
Ney Manufacturing Co
Canton Baptist Temple
James
Larry
Judith
Cinda Lou
William Canter
Wesley
Wilbur
Edward Canter
Japan
Gladys Lewis
Philadelphia
Spiker
Harold Henminger
David A Hicks Dies at 83 After Farm Life and Family Ties
David A Hicks a retired farmer died Tuesday afternoon at his son John T Hicks home 914 10th st NE aged 83 He leaves two sisters Mrs Charlotte Williams Judsonia Ark and Mrs Nannie Sanderfur Macon Tenn a brother U S Hicks Benton Harbor Mich 9 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren The Church of Christ East Spaniard will conduct his service Thursday at 2 pm led by Rev William Hull Burial will be in Melshheimer Cemetery Friends may call at Jack funeral home tonight 7 to 9
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Hicks
John T. Hicks
10Th St NE
Church of Christ
East Spaniard
Charlotte Williams
Judsonia
Ark
Nannie Sanderfur
Macon
Tenn
U. S. Hicks
Benton Harbor
Mich
William Hull
Melshheimer Cemetery
Jack
Widow Mary Swank Dies at Home on McKinley Ave
Mrs. Mary I. Swank widow of Samuel Swank died this morning at her home on 922 McKinley Ave NW after a two year illness. Funeral arrangements pending as relatives await notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary I. Swank
Samuel Swank
McKinley Ave
Canton Woman 74 Dies Miss Swank Funeral Planned
Mrs. Swank, a 50 year Canton resident and First Methodist Church member, died at 74. She leaves a sister, Mrs. J. K. Kipp of Harrisburg, Pa. The body lies at Farmer and Clevenger funeral home and will be sent to Harrisburg tonight for services and burial.
Infant Elsa Mae Deitrick Graveside Service Held
Graveside services for Elsa Mae Deitrick infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Deitrick were held today at 10 am in Massillon City Cemetery with Rev Joseph Mackenzie officiating The infant died Monday night at Massillon City Hospital Surviving are her parents two sisters Elsie Ann and Charlene and grandparents C E Deitrick of Canton and Mrs Mabel Martin of Cleveland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsa Mae Deitrick
Clarence Deitrick
25Th St
Massillon City Hospital
Massillon City Cemetery
Joseph Mackenzie
Services for Alva Fye A Canton sports figure
Alva Fye 49 of 239 West Park Boulevard North Canton will receive Friday at 2 30 p m in Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church with Rev Melvin E Beck officiating Funeral home calling hours are tonight 7 to 9 and Thursday after 2 30 p m The body will be taken to the church Friday at 11 30 a m Fye was foreman of the enameling department at Hoover Co died Tuesday en route to work He was active in baseball and football and had recently organized a boys under 12 baseball team Members of the Greater Canton Old-Timers Baseball Association will meet at the funeral home Thursday at 8 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Fye
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
North Canton
Melvin E. Beck
Lewis Funeral Home
Fye
West Park Blvd
Funeral services for John C. Becker held Thursday
John C. Becker 70 died Monday night at his home 744 Manorave SW. Six nephews Dennis Donald Robert Harold John and Stanley Becker serve as pallbearers. Services by Rev. Tom Hominghausen at Spiker funeral home Thursday at 1 30 p m with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery. Knights of Pythias service tonight at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Becker
Manorave
Dennis
Donald
Robert
Harold
John
Stanley Becker
Spiker
Tom B. Hominghausen
Forest Hill Cemetery
Mr. Becker
Knights of Pythias
Alliance Services for Mrs Eileen Steed Held Thursday
Mrs Eileen Elizabeth Steed 23 died Sunday in an auto crash near Logan West Virginia. Services set for Thursday at 2 p m at 12 Tank street residence with burial in Alliance. Surviving husband Alfred Steed her parents Emory and Mrs Baughman of Minerva and Marvin and Jennie Baughman of Canton four sisters Betty Jane Baughman Stella Marguerite Shirley Ann Baughman and Jean Calhoun. Friends may call funeral home tonight 7 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Eileen Elizabeth Steed
Logan
W. Va
Tank St
The
Repository
Emory Baughman
Minerva
Marvin Baughman
Canton
Jennie Evans
Betty Jane Baughman
Columbus
Stella Marguerite and
Shirley Ann Baughman
Jean Calhoun
Resident's Brother Dies in Fort Wayne
Miss Grace Ann Wirls of 1122 12th Street NE reports the death of her brother C B Wirls age 77 at his Ft Wayne Indiana home. Retired three years ago he owned and managed the Hotel Forbes there. He leaves a widow three sons another sister and several grandchildren. Services were to be held today in Ft Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Ann Wirls
12Th St
C. B. Wirls
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Forbes
Rites in Massillon Set for W. E. Boyle
William E. Boyle 72 operator of the Colonial Home Bakery for 45 years died Monday night at his home in Massillon. Services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Gordon Shaidnagle Hollinger funeral home with Rev. Ralph Taylor officiating. Burial Massillon City Cemetery. Boyle was a 32nd degree Mason and member of Clinton Lodge Hiram Royal Arch Masons Massillon Commandery Knights Templar Scottish Rite Canton Al Koran Shrine Cleveland First Methodist Church. Survived by widow Sarah M. Boyle sister Margaret Noland two half sisters all of Cleveland a brother Walter Boyle Mt. Vernon and half brother Frank Mundy Salineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repository Bureau
Massillon
William E. Boyle
Colonial Home Bakery
1St St NE
Gordon-Shaidnagle- Hollinger Funeral Home
Ralph Taylor
Massillon City Cemetery
Boyle
Clinton Lodge
Hiram Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Knights Templar
Scottish Rite of
Canton
al Koran Shrine
Cleveland
First Methodist Church
Sarah M. Boyle
Margaret Noland
John Rooney
Mary Mundy
Walter Boyle
Mt. Vernon
Frank Mundy
Salineville
Nearby Deaths Prompt Tributes for Local Residents
Charles H. Gross 70 of Winesburg to be waked at Desvoignes Funeral Home Mt. Eaton with services Friday at 2 30 p m Sidney FP Eastman 75 of Alliance to be honored at Cassaday Turkle Funeral Home Friday at 10 30 a m Mrs Carl L Faurer 42 of Akron to receive services Friday 2 p m at McIntire Funeral Home Wooster
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Gross
Winesburg
Desvoignes Funeral Home
Mt. Eaton
Sidney FP. Eastman
E. Wayne St
Alliance
Cassaday and Turkle Funeral Home
Carl L. Faurer
Jason St
Akron
McIntire Funeral Home
Wooster
Service Schedule for Several Deceased Persons
Funeral notices list services Thursday at multiple churches including St. Pauls Catholic Church and East Union Evangelical and Reformed Church. Burials set at Calvary Cemetery Wooster City Cemetery Nashville Cemetery Wolf Creek Cemetery and church cemeteries. Locations include 1611 Royal Ave NE Millersburg New Philadelphia and other sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Vargo
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Royal Ave NE
J. Russell Thompson
East Union Evangelical and Reformed Church
Burial Wooster City Cemetery
C M Whitehead Rites Scheduled Thursday
Officials of Brendel Producing Co and First National Bank building plan to attend Clyde M Whitehead funeral in McKeesport Pennsylvania. The 46 year old vice president died of a heart attack at his home in Dormont. Services 7 p.m. at Hunter Edmundson Striffler funeral home with burial in Mt Vernon Cemetery. He had worked 20 years with Brendel Co and 15 as vice president, and lived in Massillon Stark County 15 years. He is survived by his widow, Margaret, his mother, and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brendel Producing Co
First National Bank
McKeesport
Clyde M. Whitehead
Hunter-Edmundson-Striffler
Mt. Vernon
Whitehead
Dor
Brendel Co
Massillon
Stark County
Margaret
Local Relatives Attend Rites for Ben Newton
Canton relatives of Ben Newton returned from New Philadelphia where they attended his funeral Tuesday. He died Saturday at Dover Union Hospital at age 75 after years of ill health. A retired cement contractor, he lived in New Philadelphia 41 years and belonged to the Methodist Church Elks and Maccabees. Survived by widow Anna I. Newton three daughters two sons eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ben Newton
New Philadelphia
Dover Union Hospital
Newton
Methodist Church
The
Elks and Maccabee Lodges
Anna I. Newton
Walter K. Stewart
M. A. Alleshouse
Ernest Hinds
Zephyr Hill, Flin
Harold B. Newton
Cincinnati
Heroism Rewarded at St Petersburg Crossing
Smiling Fred Hinds Chamberlin, a railroad watchman in St. Petersburg Florida, received the Railroad Medal of Honor from President Truman for rescuing a partially paralyzed man from a train at his crossing. The honor was authorized by Congress in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hinds Chamberlin
St. Petersburg
Fla
Truman
Congress
Services Planned For Wooster Man Elmer Landes 81
Wooster, April 20 Special Services for Elmer S Landes 81 former president of the Wayne County National Bank who died Monday at his home 813 N Bever St will be held Thursday at 1 30 p m in the McIntire funeral home Rev Warren O Hawkins will officiate Burial will be in Wooster Cemetery Born in Madisonburg Landes had been a farmer school teacher real estate and finance and was a longtime community leader He retired five years ago from the bank presidency of 18 years Surviving is a brother Ralph E Landes of Wooster Home to be opened Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Elmer S. Landes
Wayne County National Bank
N. Bever St
McIntire
Warren O. Hawkins
Wooster Cemetery
Madisonburg
Landes
Ralph E. Landes
Miss Alice M Jacobs Dies in Colorado
Miss Alice M Jacobs a Catholic Community League case worker for six years died Monday in Denver Colorado. She had left Canton for Colorado in September 1945 where she resided at 929 McKinley Ave NW. She is survived by her mother Mrs Emil Jacobs in Colorado and services and burial will be there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Jacobs
Catholic Community League
Denver
Colo
League
Jacobs
Canton
Colorado
McKinley Ave
Emil Jacobs
Alliance Water Decision To Be Sought May 3
Four former Alliance mayors and several fact finding committees will meet May 3 in council chambers to decide on changes to the city's water supply. They will consider a Ranney Method probe from Columbus and vote to abandon the project or choose between the Columbus proposal and a Deer Creek source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repository Bureau Alliance
Alliance
Robert D. Althouse
Wade Shidler
Sam Kirkland
Guy Allott
Floyd Senn
Althouse
Ranney Method Water Supply Co. of
Columbus
Deer Creek
Mount Group To Talk On World Federation Topic
World Federation will be the topic discussed Thursday night over WFAH at 9 p m by participants in Mt. Union College open forum Opinion Exchange. Students include Edward Henning East Canton Joan Springer Alliance Thomas Paris Massillon Fred Tozer East Palestine Vera Marshal Bellaire Norman Welling White Hollow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repository Bureau Alliance
World Federation
WFAH
Mt. Union College
Edward Henning
East Canton
Joan Springer
Alliance
Thomas Paris
Massillon
Fred Tozer
East Palestine
Vera Marshal
Bellaire
Norman Welling
White Hollow
Republicans Renominate Gov Driscoll in Jersey
Newark, April 20 AP reports Governor Alfred E Driscoll won a two to one Republican primary for renomination. His challenger Robert L Adams, largely unknown, secured a sizable vote total despite the expected result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driscoll
Jersey
Newark
N. J
Alfred E. Driscoll
Robert L. Adams
Four Truckers Fined In Overloading Cases
Four truck drivers were fined a total of 175 dollars plus costs in Louisville Mayor's Court on Tuesday after state highway patrolmen arrested them on Route 62 for overloading. Names and fines include Earl M. Everett 25 dollars, Lyle H. Higgins 735 dollars, Clarence E. Booth 25 dollars, and Wallace D. Miller 50 dollars. William Thompson 15 dollars was fined for passing a school bus discharging children. Cleo Schmucker 5 dollars was fined on a stop sign charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Earl M. Everett
Ivydale
Lyle H. Higgins
Warren
Clarence E. Booth
Steubenville
Wallace D. Miller
Portland
William Thompson
Hartville
A. P. Bachtel
Cleo Schmucker
RD 1
Electric Production Declines for Week
Electric power output for the week ended April 16 totaled 5,342,731,000 kilowatt hours, the lowest since Sept. 11. Output fell 3.8 percent from a year ago in New England and 2.3 percent in the Mid Atlantic, with gains in Central Industrial and other regions ranging from 4.5 to 12.1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edison Electric Institute
New England
Mid-Atlantic
West Central
Southeast
South Central
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Boy’s eye injured by gum stuck on eyelid in Rock Island
In Rock Island Jimmy Bendel smeared gum on his left eye and had to be treated after it stuck. Hospital attendants had to cut into the eyelid to remove the gum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Ill
Jimmy Bendel
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Cowgill
D. Spiker Ineral Home
Deitrick
Alfred Steed
Idy’ Rhope
Canton -Louisvil
Rites
W. E. Boyle
Albert Lenecker
Elliott Funeral Home
Millersburg
Nashville Cemetery
Sadie Mohr
Wolf Creek Cemetery
William Frohnapfel
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Burial Church
C. M. Whitehead
Pany
Mont, Pa
C. D. Smith
St. NW
Mckinley Monument
Wooster Man
Alliance Water
Mount Group
Ohio
Mahoning Rd
Barre Guild
Hunter's Royal Purple
Wausau
4Th ST. NW
Desston
Whitney's
Disston
Briggs & Stratton
Brads
Ironing Board
Fairview
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