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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1978
Page
2
Camden may reestablish a mayor's court to hear misdemeanor and traffic cases after years of Eaton Municipal Court jurisdiction. Mayor Robert Green will explore the move at the Village Council meeting, aiming to keep fines local and reduce travel for villagers.
Obituaries report deaths of Mrs Jessica Barbour of 2203 Erie Ave at Middletown Hospital and Alfred K Hall of 4715 Central Ave. Other notices include J Martin Moody owner of Bike And Key Center dying at St Elizabeth hospital, Leo M Smith of 201 Sheldon Road to be buried at Holy Trinity, and Raymond Younger of 831 Ninth Ave. death at VA Hospital Dayton. Memorials favor American Cancer Society or church services as listed.
Middletown High School students are planting a sugar maple funded by recycling proceeds raised in ecology class. Larry Gill plants the 12.15 foot tree bought with money from metal, glass and aluminum sales at the Middletown Area Recycling Center. The effort, started last fall, also supports a budding ginkgo tree and a broader landscaping project led by botany teacher Glenwood Swiger.
Edgewood school board authorized advertising for bids to replace the gymnasium roof at Edgewood High School due to recurring leaks. Funding will come from the general fund with added money from a settlement by contractors.
In Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge Arthur J. Fiehrer accepted guilty pleas from Carl Combs and Peggy Ann English both of 222 S Broad St Middletown. Combs pleaded guilty to complicity to passing a bad check and English pleaded guilty to passing a bad check in a case involving a stolen check totaling 706.18 dollars issued to Judi McQuinn. Both defendants were referred to the adult probation department for presentence investigations with sentencing set for 9 am May 15.
Middletown High School selects committees for the 26th annual After Prom Jubilee. Prom and after prom are set for May 19 20 at the Manchester Inn and Americana. Second year juniors Toni Logan Dwight Streeter Jodi Lund Ted Gibbs and James Gates serve on planning.
A Whittier Street resident fired at two men who allegedly tried to break into his home at 12 15 am. The two suspects escaped after a gunfight as police scanned the area near Pizza King on Tytus Avenue. Earlier, a Queen Avenue burglary yielded stereo and camera gear valued at 2300 dollars from Mr and Mrs Don Abner.
Mrs. Ray P. Bunnell of 2909 Princeton Road was elected district director of Region II of Soroptimist International at the Midwest conference in Perrys over the weekend. She heads 13 clubs across southern Ohio and northern Kentucky, previously served as district secretary, and is the first from Soroptimist International of Middletown to hold district office. She will serve a two year term.
Warren County coroner ruled the death of 35 year old Charles Barney of 11 Jackson Bunyan Road east of Pleasant Plain as death by own action after a gunshot wound to the head at his home last night. A Warren County Sheriff report accompanies the ruling.
Tomorrow's meetings list Gratis Gratis Township trustees at 7 p.m. on Gratis Road, Springboro Planning Commission at 7 30 p.m. in Municipal Building, West Middletown Madison Township trustees at 9 a.m. in township hall, and Franklin City Planning Commission at 7 30 p.m. in City Building.
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