On Wednesday, May 24, 2023, Jewish Home of Cincinnati (JHC) held its Annual meeting at Rockdale Temple. Board Chair Jan Frankel welcomed approximately 60 attendees who gathered to hear updates from the organization and to celebrate Larry Neuman, who was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Frankel shared how JHC’s updated mission to support Greater Cincinnati Jewish seniors by investing in innovative services and programs reflects the organization's historic values.
On Wednesday, May 24, 2023, Jewish Home of Cincinnati (JHC) held its Annual meeting at Rockdale Temple. Board Chair Jan Frankel welcomed approximately 60 attendees who gathered to hear updates
JVS Careers Services held its annual meeting Monday, June 27, at MadTree brewing in Oakley. Denis Joseph, the outgoing chair of the board, began the meeting. Joseph shared JVS Career
LTC John K. Selfe, Sr.
Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) John Keith Selfe, Sr., US Army (retired), passed away peacefully while resting in his favorite easy chair on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 in Dothan, Alabama. He was 97.
Due to COVID-19, no services are planned. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church of Dothan, 1380 W Main St., Dothan, Ala. 36301 (fumcdothan.org).
John was born Oct. 24, 1923 in Lock Haven to John George and Sarah Brunner Selfe. He graduated from Lock Haven High School in 1941. Two years later, he graduated from the aviation ground pilot program at Lock Haven College.
In 1943, while in the enlisted reserves, John was called to active duty. He qualified for the Cadet Corps Aviation program and in 1945 was commissioned a second lieutenant in the US Army. Soon after, he was sent to England where he flew B-24 bombers in the last year of World War II.
By David Kittredge
I recall when I was a young lad sitting at the kitchen table listening to my father and his best friend Eddie recounting aviation incidents which had taken place in and around Claremont. One of the discussions involved the airliner that had crashed into Moose Mountain while trying to land in West Lebanon in 1968, resulting in 32 deaths, which was socked in by fog. Another time Ed told us about the biplane that landed in Freemanâs hay field across from our house in the 1950âs. The plane had mechanical issues and its pilot put the WWI era aircraft down in the six hundred and eighty yard field, which I just measured the length of on Google maps. Luckily for the pilot and plane, the field had been freshly mowed and cleared of hay. The pilot fixed the problem with the help of Eddieâs grandfather Allie Freemanâs farm workshop tools and was able to successfully take off again the very same day. The point of the story was that the craft being a biplane