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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1978
Page
2
About 100 residents attended a two hour session, urged by Trustee Jan Hamlyn to repair deteriorated streets as finances allow. Two bids have been received with a third pending, funded by a $50 annual property assessment. Volunteers formed to study constitutional changes and tougher fines while street cleaning and pothole patching were offered by experienced community members.
In Lebanon, Warren County reports that acres of farmland now used for grassed waterways will double. The decision aims to reduce erosion and improve drainage across local fields, with officials outlining phased implementation and funding sources.
Three youths escaped serious injury when their car struck a utility pole on 14th Avenue near Yankee Road and flipped. Dana E F Ragsdale, 20, of 25 11th Ave, was charged with failure to maintain an assured clear distance after losing control driving west on Mth. Tyrone McGuffey, 18, of TIG 15th Ave, and Percy Wright, 18, of 800 15th Ave, were taken to Middletown Hospital and released after treatment. Also notes erosion concerns and grassed waterways aid by the Warren County Soil Conservation Service with fall construction help planned.
Tanya Wright 15 and Leronda Watkins 12 won senior and junior titles at the All Churches Queen Pageant held at United Missionary Baptist Church. Senior runner-up Donna Greene, 16, also from Middletown High, competed in the judges’ interview, gown poise, talent, and patrons.
The Harding Memorial Museum at 302 Park Ave in Franklin opened a display of old high school diplomas and commencement programs. Elizabeth Costello, museum director, announced the exhibit as the museum ends its winter schedule and resumes longer hours. The museum is open Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.
Allen Chilton of 6501 Germantown Road reports two mag wheels valued at 200 dollars stolen from his car while parked at Catalina Mobile Home Park, according to Butler County deputies.
Robbie Edester, Carlisle High School junior, earned best of show for an oil painting of a sleeping wolf at the Tri City Art Show hosted by the Miami Valley Arts Guild at Springboro High School. The event drew about 400 visitors and featured 358 artworks from Carlisle, Franklin, and Springboro students.
Hamilton relief officials demand better planning and safety as the Soldier Relief Commission argues against relocating to the Brown Building near the Courthouse Annex. They cite repeated moves, wiring, roof, heating and toilet issues, and urge inspection while meeting with an architect to design suitable quarters for disabled veterans.
Stunt pilot Frank Tallman, 59, was killed when his light plane crashed into a mountain near El Toro California while returning from scouting a movie location. He flew for television and movies including Black Sheep Squadron and had recently worked on the series. The crash left him alone in the twin engine Aztec, and weather information was checked with a Santa Barbara station before the accident.
Mrs. Clara Brown 74 of 223 Union St died at home with survivors including two sisters and three brothers. Carlise: Louis EF Hood died at Grandview Hospital Dayton. services at Eaton Funeral Home with burial in Miami Valley Memory Gardens. Forest Lawn CA: infant Erich Kolb son of Robin Kolb to have services. survivors include grandparents and great grandparents. Peru: William P. Wilson 100, former Middletown minister, buried in Rankin Cemetery after services. Flowers Leedy Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Butler County Common Pleas Judge Robert L. Marrs ruled James Ceraul guilty of two counts of grand theft for an incident on November 6 1977 at Midway Lincoln Mercury in Middletown. Ceraul and Thomas Payne allegedly offered to buy a 1974 Mercury and a 1977 Cadillac using a draft from Greenfield Indiana firm Harlan Ford. Sentencing set for May 19 after a presentence investigation. Payne faces two counts of complicity to grand theft.
Hamilton Hikers will gather Sunday at 2 p.m. for a guided walk hosted by the Butler County Park District naturalist. Participants meet in the parking lot at the end of Reigart Road for the excursion.
The Rev Max Sellers pastor of Centerville United Methodist Church has been appointed by Kettering Medical Center as director of development and community relations for its Miamisburg affiliate hospital. He starts June 15. The satellite hospital, opening this fall, will be a $14 million, 120 bed facility on Ohio 725, about a mile west of I 75.
A Monroe man received treatment after an assault in a nightclub restroom on Cincinnati Dayton Road. Doug Robinson, 21, was released after care. The incident happened at 1 45 am. no arrests reported. A welding outfit and tools were taken from an unlocked van on Lafayette Avenue valued about 400 dollars. A telephone pole at Central Avenue was clipped by a car driven by 16 year old Michael Purdum. no injuries. A woman’s purse found on Curtis Street was traced to Ruth Edson as the theft victim. it had been taken on Second Avenue with a small amount of change stolen.
A sequence of emergency events includes a steam misread at 2516 A St after a hot water leak, a gasoline puddle ignition at Wildwood Elementary, multiple hospital transports for chest pains and overdoses, a grass fire at Grand Avenue, a trash can fire at a apartment, and a false alarm at 4828 Longford Drive. Vial of Life signups will occur daily noon to 4 pm at three Middletown locations.
William B Russell, director of admissions at the Middletown Campus of Miami University, will visit four area high schools over a 10 day span. He starts at Middletown High School on Wednesday at 10 15 am, visits Fenwick High School on Thursday at 4 00 pm, then Monroe High School on Tuesday at 1 pm and Carlisle High School on Thursday at 9 am.
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