Press Gazette, The (Newspaper) - February 3, 1970, Hillsboro, Ohio THE ONE OF OHIO'S OLDEST NEWSPAPERS ESTABLISHED IN 1818 and Fridays at 209 S St Ohio Entered as matter at Post H OH O 45133 TUESDAY 3 1 rice Hillsboro O 45133 under Act of Mar 3 1879 3 Published Tuesday Office 6 For Fast Moving Classified Ads Phone SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS a Year In Ohio FIREMEN fought the deadly blare at 221 John Street Hillsboro for about two hours before they succeeded in bringing it under control The two-story building housing two apartments was severely gutted and virtually a total loss Firemen are shown in action at the second The youngster who lost his life was found in the room at the lower left firemen said Discuss UC Center at Macon May Get Building chool Such Schools Now Mandatory Tells Group In a letter to State tive Joseph F Hiestand 20th Ohio 264 students in the autumn of 1958 Ohio Board of Regents has talked the enrollment in the autumn of 1969 increased to 551 A still ther increase is anticipated in the autumn of 1970 I am told As you know there are plans District the chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents sounded an en- note for the future of the Tri-County Academic Center UC at Macon The report from John D Millett Cincinnati to develop a inthe area to hgher chancellor or the chief executive branch campus at Batavia in i opportunity for the youth about closing out the academic center now operating in Brown County Indeed if the enrollment continues to grow we shall have to consider the possibility of a underway by the University of i time facility at a suitable location Baby Dies In Others Escape in Apartment Blaze of the Ohio Board of Regents tends to put to rest some rumors that the center's days are ed because of the impending con- struction of another UC branch at Batavia Dr Millett in his letter to tand notes that neither the Uni- versity of Cincinnati nor the Ohio Board of Regents has talked about closing out the academic center now operating in Brown County He goes on to Indeed if the enrollment con- to grow we shall have consider the possibility of a time facility at a suitable location in the area to provide higher opportunity for the youth of the area Rep Hiestand said he has also mont County to be ready for use of the With best by the autumn of 1971 if all goes i sincerely yours John well Young people in the Tri- j chancellor County area may enroll there of course if they desire to do so Millett Superintendents school board members and other officials from 10 school in Highland Clinton and Counties ered at Thursday night to get the latest information on education and how it districts The message direct from the Ohio Department of Education was loud and got to have Bringing this clarion call was Dr Franklin 15 Walter assistant superintendent for instruction Ohio The session held at Fairfield j High School in Leesburg was at- Copies of the letter went to ident Walter C Langsam at U C At the same time neither the and also Dean H C Krueger who tended by about 50 persons includ University of Cincinnati nor the j heads all U C branches ing members of the South Central Joint Vocational School District which called the session Fresh off the state department press were standards tor vocational education which were just ed in January Dr Walter covered these in some detail plus a eral view of the situation across the state and answered numerous Stolen Mowers Are Recovered Two lawn mowers apparently stolen from a truck delivering equipment to a Peebles firm have been recovered thanks to the ness of a Highland County deputy talked with Dr Millett by phone and a Hillsboro policeman Peebles Police Chief Hendrick A youngster lost his life but other members of his ily escaped in a fire that destroyed a two-story apartment dwelling in Hillsboro Sunday night The victim was Jeffrey Gilpin son of Eugene Gilpin 31 and Betty Lou Gilpin 23 all of 221 John Street Hillsboro Another member of the family Michael Mike pin 2 also escaped The father burns on his hands The blaze broke out about 10 P M reportedly in the downstairs apartment of the Gilpins Cause of the blaze was not immediately de- termined Mr and Mrs Gilpin ran outside about the matter and the lor underscored his letter with similar comments to the effect that if the present rate of student growth continues we may have to provide a building i Dr Millett said the proposed The father was treated for the branch at Batavia may draw some burns on his hands at Highland District Hospital and his wife was treated for shock The upper story of the dwelling was occupied by the Edna as the blaze spread rapidly taking j Lawwill family but no one Mike with them Eugene suffered the burns on his hands when he tried to the dwelling to rescue the younger boy but he was unable to reach him 231 Criminal Cases Heard In Madison Township Court Judge Ada Stultz of Madison The breakdown of criminal cases was home at the time FIREMEN FOUGHT the blaze for nearly two hours before they succeeded in bringing it under control It still was virtually a tal loss with the roof gone and the interior badly gutted Firemen said it was ablaze all over when they arrived There were reports of some type Township County Court has ed the 1969 summary of the court 56 c- u u 11 state Patrol traffic cases 82 Judge Stultz heard 231 criminal j sheriffs traffic 82 I support cases 10 auto theft cases 23 civil cases and 77 small I The family had resided at the dead at the scene He gave the claims cases during 1969 I breaking and entering 4 assault cause of death as suffocation Judgments in civil cases and battery 4 malicious severe ed to and judgments in tlon 3 with a Dangerous civil and small claims cases ed Total amount of ments rendered totaled weapon 4 complaint to keep the address for about six months a peace 8 dumping refuse along stream and littering filed by game protector 5 hunting j employed at the C S Bell Fines paid to the Highland tions defrauding an innkeeper 2 1 o n ty treasurer totaled fines paid to the state treasurer intoxication 3 and 8 charges Draw Names Of Jurors Additional Petit Veniremen Selected Jury commissioners met in land County Common Pleas Court Friday to draw additional names to serve as petit jurors for the January term of court A total of 25 names was drawn and they will be subject to call for jury duty for the remainder of the term which runs until April They Helen Wilson Hillsboro Rt 7 Emma Powell Greenfield Dane Ridgeway Hillsboro Rt 1 Phyllis Mullins Hillsboro Rt 8 Harold Shaffer Lynchburg Nancy Ford Greenfield Margie Carmen land Marie Wolfe New Vienna Rt 2 Hazel Malone Ella M Brown Lynchburg E J Cook New Vienna Rt 1 Marguerite Murphy Hillsboro Rt 1 James H Fisher Hillsboro Rt 4 Fannie Horsley Hillsboro Rt 6 Ruth Barker Hillsboro Rt 4 Betty Wagner 144 Glenn St Ohio's motor vehicle registrar i Hillsboro Charlotte Carroll 157 took the and Highland County's Republican i East North Hillsboro Wanner youngster to the hospital for Executive Committee last week j Armstrong Hillsboro Rt Pauline honored employees of county Sifrit 121 North East St Hillsboro students from the area for lar courses but it is designed more for the students on the outer of Cincinnati He told tand that he will meet with U C officials within the next two weeks to discuss the Macon development in detail Meanwhile Richard M Pulliam center supervisor said he has done some preliminary work along the lines of a future building ject just to have on hand in case such details are needed Dr letter to Hiestand reads in full as As you know the Tri-County Academic Center for Highland of explosion around a stove Adams and Brown Counties sibly caused by gasoline fire i ed by the University of Cincinnati but this was not is now in its second year I have said firmed Dr William Terrell deputy cor- oner pronounced the youngster at this center been pleased to observe the ment growth which has taken place Beginning with an enrollment of brother of Betty Lou Richard more said He said the father was dry Turner's ambulance County Officials Honored Here Fred Rice Speaks Foreman said mowers found in the costs paid to Highland j inS the County sheriff totaled and j BOOSTERS TO MEET ed to SI Oil total costs to Judie stultz also reported that the coroner Highland treasurer totaled marriages were performed j First witnesses at the scene said with a special dinner at the Nancy Lucas Greenfield Rt 2 he house with smoke and Hillsboro Elks Frances Vance Hillsboro Rt 5 flames rapidly and there was no j Fred Rice state registrar re- Glenn Dent 414 East Walnut St chance to get anything out of the i minded an audience numbering j Hillsboro Virginia Fling Hillsboro dwelling more than 80 persons that em- i Rt 8 Daisy Kier 323 South West The Gilpin family is formerly i ployees manning offices in the I Street Romona Grice from the Peebles community so it courthouse have an important in- Greenfield is expected that services may be fluence on the public's opinion of held there although no information local officials was available at press time The Rice also supplied facts and body had not yet been released ures concerning the the local hospital early j ing workload being handled Ohio's registrar's office the constable's costs were for a grand total of Depositions Taken In Court Matter Depositions were taken in the case of J Harvey Crow vs Wen dell Pitzer clerk of courts in the municipal courtroom of Judge Jarnes Hapner in the city building Saturday afternoon The suit is an outgrowth of a will contest matter in Highland County Common Pleas Court and is a mandamus action against the clerk by Crow filed in the district court of appeals The depositions were taken by Edwin Hammock Columbus a no- tary public and court stenographer Called to give testimony were Wendell clerk of courts represented by Prosecutor John O and Attorney Charles H Wilson West Judge Darrell H represented hy Attorney Fred Jones and Harold O Powell Hillsboro newspaper editor represented by Attorney Ronald Hillsboro All were questioned by Crow a former attorney who claims a private in in the will case Mrs Dinah Phillips local court stenographer also recorded the prom dings Among spectators Glenn Connell and his son Connell New Vienna The Hillsboro Athletic Boosters Club will meet tonight Monday in the cafeteria of Hillsboro High School All members are urged to attend this important meeting as final plans will be made for coming Harlem Astronauts game The meeting time is 8 P M trunk of a car stopped by local of- have serial numbers ing those on mowers reported ing by Wylie Implement Co in his city Officers in this area spotted a passing car which had the trunk lid slightly ajar they said When the car was stopped and the driver questioned it was ed he was apparently driving with fictitious license tags And two mowers still in cardboard ers were found under the loose trunk lid The driver of the car identified himself as Clarence Newkirk In- formation on his operator's license said he is 33 and lives in Columbus Newkirk told police he found the mowers lying along the road cers said the boxes showed no signs of damage and were only slightly damp although it was raining heavily They cited Newkirk for driving with fictitious tags He was held in Highland County Jail Hillsboro for questioning Meanwhile truck driver Orville Shields unloading his truck at lie Implement found two mowers missing He notified the manager of Wylie's who called Peebles lice Chief Foreman said Foreman said he is ing filing charges against Newkirk but will have to confer with his cal prosecutor first Meanwhile Newkirk remains in jail here pending payment of and costs he was fined on the fic charge in Hillsboro Municipal Court Thursday questions No concerted action arose from the session itself However all dis- were asked for comments Hillsboro Greenfield Clay Fairfield all of Highland County Miami Trace and ington C Fayette chester East ton and Wilmington all of Clinton County Blanchester is the newest member A PROPOSAL for a million bond issue and operating levy to establish a central vocational school for the tri-county area was turned down in May of 1968 with much of the opposition coming from the other two counties rather than Highland Dr Walter pointed out that the technological age is upon us and education if it is to do its job must reflect some occupational The state passed its first law on vocational education in 1965 hut the legislation passed in 1969 put some teeth in the he commented The law now says you shall and it is sive Each district is to have thing on the drafting board by July of this year If they don't the state hoard of education will assign them to a district Dr Walter indicated Districts can go it alone if they bond issue and operating levy as soon as feasible School districts involved in the jointure which was originally formed in August 1967 include Trustee To Speak Here LICENSE TAKEN Judge L Davis Saturday davs Oliver 17 suspended for license of Kill Hi 4 with driving al Considerable Loot Taken Farm i Considerable loot was taken in a theft at the farm of Orland i field Hillsboro he reported to the sheriff's office Saturday j field's farm is located on Wright j Road north of Hillsboro Loot included 100 bales of hay i two cases of motor oil 15 gallons of 1 gas two hydraulic jacks two log chains a drum of grease new grease gun and a two and a half horsepower motor This was apparently some time during the previous week since had not checked the place since Sunday Ian 25 The articles were taken from a shed Entrance 1 it was gained by prying a lock riff of a pate arid forcing door ihr January Runs Gamut in Way Of Weather Total rainfall for January 1970 ran 1.14 inches This included 10.9 inches of snow according to Tom Knott official weather ob- server There were 20 days during the month when the temperature get above freezing and there were eight days of this when there were readings The lowest temperature -7 on two occasions Jan S and 21 while the high was 62 on Jan 28 There was a brief thunderstorm on Jan 29 so the month as a whole ran the gamut of weather expressions 12 and can afford the expensive initial investment and operating costs However districts with students or more involved will get top priority on the million in state aid set aside to get the tional school plans rolling the speaker said Districts may go together or if one district has an existing gram a neighboring area can con- tract with that district to provide vocational education The trend seems to be toward jointures in der to create a tax base and to get the necessary pupil concentration VOCATIONAL agriculture and home economics classes would be a tral facility is built This has been acceptable in most areas Dr ter said He was asked what would happen if residents continued to turn down a proposal for a joint school He said that if this turns out to be the case in many areas then it would indicate that Ohio must search out through the legislature some other means of financing al education and possibly a change in the tax structure the assistant superintendent indicated I Walter Nichols county tendent in Clinton County said that individual counties could probably proceed on their own but with will gather in Hillsboro Sunday i twice the tax rate and half the Feb 8 to hear Fraternal Order of j that the present plan Eagles FOE State Trustee Albert Rabatin ALBERT RABATIN Representatives from five areas Hillsboro Aerie 1161 will host a vides Clifford Camp acting tendent presented a financial meeting for Manchester j posal whereby a levy of 2.2 mills could build and pay off the ter Batavia Georgetown Officials said Greenfield and Rabatin became Ohio state trustee in 1968 after ing in five and taper to a lesser millage for continued tion He pointed out this method in many years of service which in- lieu of long-term bonding for say 20 years which would cost almost as much in interest as the original figure over that cluded two years as president of his home aerie in Chardon He also served as secretary of his aerie He is a World War II in and has served as if his Veterans of Foreign Wars Post He has completed 20 years service f there was enthusiasm for the project as it now stands It will be up to the district board to decide when and how it will go i with the Montville Volunteer Fire about presenting the program to the I Department and is employed as public again millwright with Diamond i rock Corp i The Eagles Lodge here is at 28 Court Street The combined tax duplicate of the 10 districts is The enrollment in the upper four grades Continued on Page 2 Area Vocational Plan to Enroll Bright District A proposal to create and operate I rooms for general education duplicate and the millage would be a joint vocational school district for Brown Adams and Highland Counties in addition to existing facilities has been sub- to the Ohio Department of es nine classrooms for ally related courses various shop much lower when additional con- struction at the J M Stuart The Safety Check Set Thursday will be 3 volunt inspection it grounds arid P Vi plan already has been ap proved by the Division of tional Education and the Ohio Hoard of Education is expected to consider it at a meeting Feb 9 Request for approval of the plan made by Edwin P of Rrown County School in a letter Dr Martin Ohio Superintendent of Ed and laboratory classrooms library crating Station is added to the licate This might reduce the re- levy to about 1.5 mills he snid Establishment and financing nf such vocational schools is provided for by House 531 11 requires that students must be enrolled to qualify for top priority in state cafeteria storage and office space A building of square feri would required The state ard the 11 school districts in the three ties would of tion and PARTICIPATING r are Ml AS DEPUTY CORONER am Terrell the Gilpin after he had dead at the scene by ambulance men load bi safety 12 A M 10 punched from ruary not appear notches a few from be time and Plans call for of related classrooms and area near the center of Brown County Adams County and the BrieM School in Highland County CoM of and site has its would include drab in el and i and in Hi Norl dar T a d are eligible students in the Dis- r enrolled in the attend classes remain on the roll district be e any s eligible for suiter ts of their o plans for the was prepared by Seaman a retired r oi the of Education
