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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1978
Page
2
Visitors line up for fish sandwiches offered by Florentine Hotel owners as Germantown marks Founders Day. The 1816 Florentine Hotel, closed in 1974 for health reasons, is being restored to reopen as a bar and restaurant, honoring a long tradition. A village tour by farm wagon, sponsored by the Germantown Historical Society, accompanies the event.
A three car crash Sunday injured six people and damaged two cars. Mark Hoffman 17 drove west on University Boulevard and collided with Alice Carroll 31 who turned in front of him. Carroll’s car spun into a third car parked at the intersection. all involved were treated and released. Mrs Carroll was cited.
Middletown police answered a call at the Erma Thomas Realty Office at Sherman and Crawford streets Sunday. They found a broken small window from the inside, glass both inside and outside, and a blood trail leading away. No theft was confirmed as police could not determine if anything was taken.
Clearcreek Township police investigate a burglary at the Ralph Anderson home on 9500 N. Ohio 48. Police say the front door lock was pried, a bedroom ransacked, and an undetermined amount of possessions taken during a late Saturday or early Sunday incident.
A 20 year old Germantown man was shot in the hip at 10 05 p m Saturday while he and friends handled firearms in his living room. He was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital. Police say a loaded 8mm pistol owned by the father discharged as someone cocked it. Authorities may file charges despite the accident finding.
At the American Bar Association’s 100th anniversary meeting in New York, lawyers condemn President Carter for calling the profession overgrown while many Americans lack legal representation. Professor Earl Johnson urges a constitutional right to counsel in civil cases, and Legal Services Corp says 80 percent of the poor still lack help despite $200 million in funding.
Architect Edward Durell Stone, famed for Radio City interiors and the Kennedy Center plan, died at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan after a brief illness at age 76. His works include MoMA, National Geographic building, and embassies. He spoke of beauty over ugliness and left a family including Violet Campbell Moffat and three sons.
Obits for Mrs Theodora Doebler 56 of 4035 Dixie Highway died at Middletown Hospital after four year illness. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Wilson Schramm Memorial Home. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Memorials to Children’s Hospital. Also Buddy Ferguson 38 died at Middletown Hospital with family survivors listed. Stella Riley 52 dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital. services Wednesday 2 p.m. at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial Woodside Cemetery. Pearl Stultz 85 of 600 N Verity Parkway died July 26. former Middletown schools worker. Graveside services private at Woodside Cemetery. Robert H Booker 70 dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital. services Wednesday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Masonic and Scottish Rite rites.
Gertrude Lewis Conaway Vanderbilt widow of Harold Vanderbilt died at her Newport summer home Rock Cliff at age 77. She helped defend the America’s Cup in the 1930s, sailing aboard Rainbow and Ranger and later crewing on VIM with her husband. Vanderbilt life included duties as Vanderbilt University trustee and links to New York Central inheritance.
Len Edward Kennedy said he would back Carter in presidential politics but oppose the national health insurance proposal. He warned the plan could self destruct due to inflation and the deficit, while defending Carter's overall policy record. Kennedy also criticized the natural gas bill for directing $30 billion to major oil companies and tying policy to inflation and deficits.
Midnight fire leveled an 80 by 30 foot wooden barn at 6550 Dickey Road. Assistant fire chief Darrell Yater said incoming units found the structure completely down. Six township engines and 18 firefighters fought the blaze. cause undetermined. Owner Warren Inch of 10550 Preble County Line Pond reported. About 70 bales of hay burned. losses estimated at 300 for the barn and 75 for the hay.
A 17 year old was arrested late Sunday night after police found him hiding in the basement of the VFW Hall at Michigan and Young streets. He gained entry through a broken window using his shoe and was charged with juvenile breaking and entering.
Sheriff deputies investigate a weekend string of thefts. Damon Lacey on Brown's Run Road reported a residence intrusion with items over 600 dollars including two guns and a gun case. Doug Amburgey had a bike taken from Morgan Street. Pat Phipps reported a mower stolen from Yankee Road. Roger Kirkhart said a CB radio was stolen from his vehicle while he attended church services.
Two people were treated at Middletown Hospital after separate crashes on Ohio 123 between Beal and Robinson Vailroads. Names were not released. In the second crash a Hunter mini pumper rolled onto its top while responding to the first accident, injuring one fireman slightly.
The city Department of Health environmental sanitation program will be reviewed at tomorrow mornings Board of Health meeting. The session begins at 7 30 a m in the second floor conference room City Building.
Ralph H Stibbs 88 a retired farmer of 1438 Ohio 42 died Saturday at Lebanon Health Care Center. Visitation tonight 6 to 9 at Oswald Funeral Home with Masonic services at 8. Burial in Miami Cemetery. Also listed are Maurine Gebhart 56 Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday 10 at St Mary Church and Herman Carter Robinson 71 with services Wednesday at Campbell.
Mrs. Bonne Carpenter 63 a nurse in the Miami University Student Health Service since 1959 died Thursday night at Northern Michigan Hospital Petoskey. She was formerly of 926 Silvour Lane and became ill while eating lunch dying about 10 hours later from a massive cerebral hemorrhage during a vacation.
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