Middletown High students stage mock government breakfast
Middletown High summer school government classes plan a mock breakfast with 130 students, teachers, and guests. Students draft and pass bills in House and Senate committees, fund the event via a revenue bill, and arrange escort by police and military reps to illustrate government in action. Leaders include Tony Ulick and Mark Pettebaum, with guests from WLW-T and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High
Honida
Police
Army
Navy
Marine Co
Air Force
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Steve Douglas
Wlw-T News
June Owens
James Orem
Robert Paine
Finance
Transportation and Ways and Means
James Porter
Samuel Dalton
Norman Hayes
Lewis Hill
Party
Tony Ulick
Middletown
Mark Pettebaum
Fenwick
Ways and Means
Ohio Bell seeks dangerous transformer in phone attachments
Ohio Bell continues search for a potentially dangerous Ault transformer used on Princess or Trim Line phones. About 200,000 to 300,000 units distributed nationwide. 11 reports of smoke and one minor fire. Company mails checks with bills asking customers to inspect equipment and arrange repairs by a Bell repairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Bell
Dayton
July 1977 Warms Past July 1978 Weather Snap
City weather observer Morningstar reports last month had five days above 90 degrees, versus 17 days in July 1977 the hottest since 1936. July 1977 averaged 79 degrees with a 99 degree peak on the 15th and 53 at the end of the month, plus 1.67 inches of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. Ft. Morningstar
Morningstar
Police Briefs: Vandalism and Theft Reported in Local Area
A wooden cross made of wood and paper was found burning on the levee near 17th Avenue and S Main Street last night at 10. Fire department extinguished it. A Citizens band radio was stolen from a car owned by Robert C. Cast at the Eagles lodge on First Avenue. Police arrested two juveniles for breaking into cars there early yesterday. Four hubcaps were stolen from Evelyn Cole’s car on Brentwood Street. Hubcaps were also removed from a city health department car at Allan Chatwood’s home on Catalpa Drive yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
17Th Avenue
S. Main Street
Fire Department
Citizens Band
Robert C. Cast
Brentwood St
Eagles Lodge
First Avenue
Evelyn Cole
Vandalia
City Health Department
Allan Chatwood
Catalpa Drive
Other twirlers win too at Notre Dame event
Two local girls Missy Townsend and Misty Weathers earned honors at the American Youth on Parade competition at the University of Notre Dame. Townsend, 12, placed eighth in advanced world solo and second in international world flag twirling. Weathers, 14, finished seventh in American League Solo Twirling and fifth in advanced world solo finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Missy Townsend
Hunter
Misty Weathers
Canada
VFW Picnic Sunday At Americana Amusement Park
Ohio VFW members and Ladies Auxiliary plan a Sunday picnic at Americana Amusement Park with a special discount entry ticket from a VFW table outside the gate. Noon awards honor veterans service as State Commander Edward Marzee and State Auxiliary President Jane Young attend, with Sam Warmoth Jr. as event chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Auxiliary
Americana
Edward Marzee
Independence
Jane Young
Sam Warmoth Jr
Franklin
Washington tour passes available
Washington tour passes offered by U S Senator Howard Metzenbaum require at least eight weeks notice to supply passes for tours of the White House Pentagon FBI Building Kennedy Center State Department and the Senate Visitors Gallery The senator encourages requests and provides contact details for the Washington and district offices and a phone number for help
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
U.S
Howard Metzenbaum
Metzenbaum
White House
Pentagon
FBI
Kennedy Center
State Department
Senate
Russell Senate
Mental Health Group Clarifies Local Office Link
A Butler County mental health story prompts readers to distinguish the Mental Health Association from the Middletown Area Mental Health Center. The association offers education and rights advocacy, contacts via Family Service on Thursdays, while the center provides counseling from S Main Street for northern Butler County residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mental Health Association
Butler County
Middletown Area
Middletown
United Way
Pizzaro the Conqueror Assassinated in Peru 1541
Pizzaro, renowned Spanish conqueror of the Inca Empire, was assassinated in Peru in the year 1541. The act ended his turbulent campaign and altered the course of colonial conflict in the Andean region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pizzaro
Peru
Fiehrer's furnishings stay in place in courthouse
In Butler County Ohio the commissioners unanimously voted to retain the solid cherry antique furnishings in Judge Arthur J. Fiehrer's courtroom during a $1.28 million federally funded courthouse renovation. Architects concluded remodeling could proceed in Judge Fred B. Cramer's chamber with similar cost. Also approved were wooden doors at two second floor entrances to restore exterior appearance at about $14,600, though not operable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County Common Pleas
Arthur J. Fiehrer
Butler County
Fiehrer
Butler County Bar Association
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Fiehrer’s
Commission
Donald Schirmer
Schirmer
YMCA Receives 4500 Grant For Cardio Health Program
Middletown Area YMCA has been awarded a 4500 grant from the American Heart Association to continue a cardiovascular health and physical fitness program started in July 1976. The initiative educates adults and youth on heart disease risk, health maintenance, and exercise, with efforts to identify high risk individuals and reduce disease incidence through medically sound activity. Since inception, over 142 evaluations have been done, more than 800 participants have joined the health and fitness programs, totaling about 12 000 attendances across 45 groups and over 1 200 sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Area
YMCA
American Heart Association
Blood pressure clinics schedule across four sites in August
Blood pressure screening clinics will be held this afternoon at the North Verity Hi-Rise and on Aug 9 at the Senior Citizens Center Aug 17 at City Centre Mart and Aug 21 at the Social Service Center 805 S Main St from 1 to 3 p.m. The Middletown City Health Department Public Health Nurses and the Middletown Area Chapter of the American Red Cross coordinate with nurses and volunteers to provide the screenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Verity Hi-Rise
Senior Citizens Center
City Centre Mart
Social Service Center
S. Main St
Middletown City
Death notices and services for Genevieve Farrell and Simon Brooks
Mrs Genevieve C Farrell 79 of 211 Highland St died at St Joseph Memorial Hospital Wichita Kansas yesterday night after illness since July 21 She was visiting for a granddaughter s wedding and had lived here since 1965 Survived by husband John H Farrell two sons Joseph and Martin two sisters and a brother 27 grandchildren four great grandchildren Mass Friday at St Mary s Church burial Woodside Cemetery services at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home Thursday evening A second notice lists Simon Brooks 56 of 412 Seven Mile Ave who died at Fort Hamilton Hughes Hospital Hamilton Ohio yesterday with arrangements pending at Jordan Memorial Chapel Middletown and incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve C. Farrell
Highland St
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Wichita
Kan
Farrell
Mary Ann Goins
Highland Street
Ann Bidwell
Old Forge
St. Mary's Church
Anthony Andres
Woodside Cemetery
Wilson-Schramm Memorial
New Miami
Simon Brooks
Seven Mile Ave
Fort Hamilton- Hughes Hospital
Hamilton
Jordan Memorial Chapel
Middletown
Germantown resident E J St Jacques 76 dies
Germantown resident Eudore J St Jacques aged 76 died Monday at Kettering Memorial Hospital. A native of Ottawa Canada, he was a retired Dayton Press Inc employee and charter member of Local 114 ISEU. He belonged to Charter Oak Grange and the Miami Valley Good Sam Club. Survived by wife Clara two sons Theodore and Gerald A both of Germantown a daughter Valerie Fornshell of Germantown and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Eudore J. St. Jacques
Rt. 1
Kettering Memorial Hospital
St. Jacques
Ottawa
Canada
Dayton Press Inc
Is&eu
Charter Oak Grange
Miami Valley
Good Sam Club
Clara
Theodore
Gerald A
Valerie Fornshell
Area residents graduate from universities and schools
Carroll G Damron Jr son of Mrs Peggy Damron Hatton has earned a master of management from Northwestern University. He is an UC 1977 graduate and Lemon Monroe HS alumnus and will work as an operations analyst for Container Corp of America in Evanston IL. James Alan Cooper has earned a bachelor of science in civil engineering from the University of Missouri in Columbia. Kevin Jordan of Middletown received a diploma from the Ohio Institute of Photography in Dayton with a focus on portraiture and has joined Warren Motts Photography in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll G. Damron Jr
Peggy Damron Hatton
Roosevelt Blvd
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Damron
University of Cincinnati
Lemon-Monroe High School
Container Corp. of America
Carol
Evanston
James Alan Cooper
Wicklow Drive
University of Missouri
Columbia
Kevin Jordan
Middletown
Ohio Institute of Photography
Dayton
Jordan
Warren Motts
Columbus
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MHS Government
Congress
Orem
Donald E. Lukens
Thomas Kindness
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Cit
Dale Helsel
Dalton
City Commission
James Saunders
Roger Turrell
Owens
Onu
Porter
Woodlawn
Wicoff Middletown
Mational
VFW Picnic
Wendt
Genevieve Farrell
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Paul A. Conrad
Germantown Cemetery
John A. Arpp
Eudore
Dodds
Verity
14Th Ave
Ray Lovely
N. University Blvd
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