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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1978

Page

2

Counseling Begins Aug 15 for Divorce Kids in Middletown

Divorce counseling for children ages 7 to 14 starts Aug 15 at the Middletown Area YMCA. Six Tuesday sessions run 5 to 6 15 pm for 7 to 10 year olds and 6 30 to 7 45 pm for 11 to 14 year olds, cost 4 total. Led by Jan Elzey with Cuay Kerr, program co sponsors include Family Service of Butler County and Friends in Action.

Jan Elzey Family Life Education Family Service Butler County Pike Ms Elze Pleey Cuay Kerr Friends In Action Hamilton Middletown

Deaths in Germantown and Hamilton Pass Away

Harley C Phillabaum Sr. 67 of 113 W Market St Germantown died Tuesday at Grandview Hospital Dayton a retired iron worker and active in many fraternal groups survived by wife Frances two sons Harley C Jr and Ernest J two daughters Phyllis Johns of Kettering Max F Gray of Florida and Larry O Gray of Indiana two brothers Arthur C Oakwood and Lawson Germantown and 12 grandchildren services Saturday 10 am at John A Arpp Funeral Home with Rev Yank E Crofoot officiating burial in Fairmound West Elkton visitation Friday 3 5 and 6 9 pm with seat services at 7 and some services at 730. Hamilton deaths Dermott Estridge 60 Freeman Ave services p m Saturday Webb Funeral Home. Morris Pat Williams 75 formerly of Hamilton of Charleston W Va services p m Friday Webb.

Germantown Harley ¢. Phillabaum Sr W. Market St Grandview Hospital Dayton Phillabaum Wesley United ‘Methodist Church Ernest “J Ingomar Ohio Phyllis Johns S Kettering Max F. Gray Florida Larry O. Gray Indiana Arthur C Oakwood Lawson John A. Arpp Yank E. Crofoot Fairmound Every West Elkton Isitation Hamilton Dermott Estridge Freeman Ave

Unyielding drivers blamed for wrecks

Middletown police blamed drivers for two accidents yesterday afternoon caused by left turns and failure to yield. Norman Workman, 38, of 1814 Logan Ave, was treated at Middletown Hospital after his eastbound car on Tytus Ave collided head on with an oncoming vehicle driven by Allen White. A second crash at S University Blvd involved Raymond Florence, 76, who left the intersection despite yielding, striking Jeffery Repper and later hitting Diana Conover’s stopped car, with Florence also treated at the hospital.

Middletown Norman D. Workman Logan Ave Middletown Hospital Tytus Avenue Nelbar Street Workman Tytus Allen K. White West Carrollton Nelbar S. University Boulevard McCurry Court Aur-Way Raymond Florence Ave Florence University Jeffery T. Repper Leland Court McCurry Diana J. Conover Smith Ave

Franklin Library trustees accept Burns resignation and name clerk

Franklin Public Library trustees on Wednesday received J Forrest Burns resignation effective Sept 1 with regret. Mrs William Burns is named clerk treasurer to replace Constance Brandenburg who resigns Sept 1. Burns term runs to end of 1983. Trustees accept Kelley Carpenter bid 16693 for library roof repair.

Franklin Franklin Public Library J. Forrest Burns Franklin School Board Burns William Burns Constance Brandenburg Brandenburg Kelley & Carpenter Hamilton

Driver Nabbed After Baltimore Street Crash and Garage Damage

Middletown police arrested 22 year old Michael S. Frisch of 4680 Freedom Court on driving while intoxicated and driving under suspension after he swerved left of center on Yankee Road onto Baltimore Street, struck a van driven by Donald Gray, jumped a curb, hit a parked car, and pushed it through a garage door at 1702 Baltimore Street.

Middletown Baltimore Street Yankee Road Michael S. Frisch Freedom Court Frisch Yankee Donald Gray el Camino Drive Baltimore St

Pool prize winner named in City Centre Mart promotion

Danny Robinson of 15 Garfield St. wins a $5,000 16 by 34 foot above ground aluminum and vinyl pool with deck donated by the Kayak Co. in Cincinnati. Robinson, a truck driver for Ohio Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Co., plans to install it at his Weld Street home built in 1850. The prize was the top value award in the Say Hello promotion.

City Centre Mart Danny Robinson Garfield St. Robinson Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Co Weld Street Kayak Co Cincinnati

Newsman Douglas urges students on free flow of information

WLWT anchor Steve Douglas spoke to Middletown Summer School government students at a Holiday Inn breakfast luncheon. He warned that most people get news from TV and urged ongoing citizen participation, citing the NYT notes court case and explaining how a 30 minute newscast is built from thousands of stories.

Middletown Summer School Congress WLWT Steve Douglas Douglas Holiday Inn Middletown New York Times Samuel Dalton James Porter

Middletown youths receive suspended sentence in Dillman’s burglary

Vincent Venters 18 of 3102 Rufus St Middletown given a suspended one to five year term and five years probation for breaking and entering at Dillman’s Supermarket on Central Ave. Companion Thomas Moore 20 of 3105 Rufus St awaits sentencing. Judge Fred B. Cramer ordered Venters to pay half the restitution and to maintain full-time employment as probation condition.

Hamilton Vincent Venters Rufus St Middletown Ohio State Reformatory Dillman’s Central Avenue Venters Thomas Moore Dillman Butler County Common Pleas Fred B. Cramer

Receipts Stolen In Middletown Break In

Police investigated two incidents yesterday. A residence on Forest Avenue was burglarized while Linda Applegate was away for about 45 minutes, with nearly $1,000 in Liberal's supermarket receipts, a pair of diamond earrings, and a German shepherd dog stolen. Earlier, two men were seen fleeing after an attempted break in on Woodridge Drive near Ohio 122 and Dixie Highway.

Forest Avenue Middletown Linda Applegate Elwood St Forest Ave Liberal’s Ohio 122 Dixie Highway Woodridge Drive Gary Mannon

Weintrubs denied term reductions in Franklin Project case

Two of the defendants in the Franklin Project drug and stolen property investigation in the Middletown area had petitions for sentence reductions denied by U.S. District Court Judge David S. Porter in Cincinnati. Herschel H. Weintrub, 57, and Norbert Weintrub, 52, faced lengthy sentences for involvement in a multi‑defendant case. the judge upheld the original terms, rejecting claims of mental illness and wife’s distress as grounds for leniency.

Middletown U.S. District Court David S. Porter Cincinnati Herschel H. Weintrub Spencer Jewelry Norbert St. Bernard Weintrub

Fire responses and medical calls across city streets

A series of emergency dispatches record seven incidents: at 7 37 a m a 69 year old man with back pains to hospital. 5 09 a m no transport after a collision at Baltimore Street and Yankee Road. 1 a m at 427 McGuire Ave with no transport. 8 41 p m 55 year old Bill Neal having difficulty breathing treated and released. 6 01 p m truck cab on fire causing 25 dollars damage at 1213 Elm St. 12 32 p m 39 year old Thomas M Ferguson ill admitted in fair condition at 206 Moore St. 10 36 a m Mary Corley 57 chest pains to hospital treated and released.

Spencer Lane Everett Gregory Baltimore Street Yankee Road McGuire Ave Young St Bill Neal Elm St Moore St Thomas M. Ferguson 14Th Ave Mary Corley Kensington St

Stolen stereo and purse reported in two burglaries

Police report a $400 STEREO receiver was taken from George Applegate at 520 Garfield St as his family watched TV upstairs. A separate theft at Linda Roberts 2912 Wilbraham Rd involved a purse containing food stamps watches and medications.

George Applegate Garfield St Linda Roberts Wilbraham Road

Intruder Supposed Break-In Foiled by Scream at Home

Terry Heney of 6501 Germantown Road reported to Butler County deputies that an unknown person attempted to break into her mobile home early today. The would‑be intruder forced the back door, pulled the chain lock, but fled after a loud scream.

Terry Heney Germantown Road Butler County

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