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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1977

Page

2

Woman Criticizes CETA Program At County Meeting

A Collinsville resident urged Butler County commissioners to boost sheriff patrols, arguing the county needs more deputies rather than clerical CETA workers. Sheriff Walton said six deputies may patrol at times, but special units exist and patrols have risen in the past two years.

Hamilton Collinsville Butler Louise Cochran Nighbor Sheriff's Department Vice Presi

Mercy Hospitals South and North pledge drive progress

Mercy Hospital South in Fairfield and Mercy Hospital North in Hamilton report a total campaign pledge surpassing one million dollars. A $7,500 gift from N R Detmer of Detmer Realty helped push the fund past $550,000 received to date for the $16 million South campus project and $4 million North renovations including ICUs and a new ambulatory facility planned for completion in April.

Hamilton

Trustees approve truck bid for Germantown township

German Township trustees accepted a $9,252 bid after trade in for a new heavy duty truck from Tri-State Ford Truck Sales Cincinnati the lowest of four bids. They also considered a $7,413 outfit proposal from Gledhill Road Machinery Co Galion. Delton Bishop was reappointed to the zoning board of appeals for a five year term starting January 1. The 1978 organizational meeting is set for Monday at 8 p.m. in the service building on Ohio 725 west.

Germantown German Township Tri- State Ford Truck Sales Cincinnati Tri-State Gledhill Road Machinery Co Galion Delton

Middletown High School 50th Class Reunion Planned

The 1928 Middletown High School graduating class marks its 50th anniversary with a June 3 gathering at the Manchester Inn at 6 p.m. Invitations will go to surviving members. 115 remain of 180. Twelve members are unaccounted for and contacts are requested for their addresses and married women's last names. Names listed include Walter Bowers and Virginia Marts.

Middletown High School Manchester Inn Ruth Marie Gregory Smith Park Lane Walter Bowers Gertrude Caspar Gertrude Day Vonda Dodson John Green George Johnson Fred Louis Virginia Marts Lorena Page Harold Rosing Evelyn Shepherd Edwin Smith

Multiple break ins hit homes and real estate office

Three homes and a Jim Blanton Real Estate office were ransacked yesterday with little items taken. Nancy Early's apartment on First Ave saw a kicked door and rummaged drawers. At the real estate office on Central Ave a back door glass was broken and drawers emptied. Other homes on 16th Ave Creekview Drive and Morgan Campbell on Winona Drive reported missing items including a tape recorder a buffet silverware and a large quantity of frozen goods. Back doors were pried and keys from the agency were found.

Nancy Early First Ave Jim Blanton Central Ave Josh Carter 16Th Ave al Decatur Jr Creekview Drive Morgan Campbell Winona Drive

Stolen stereo amps speakers valued over 1160 reported

Michael D. Smith reported two stereo amplifiers and two speakers missing from his Elman Court home after returning about 1 a.m. The thefts also included 200 worth of items from Tom Allen’s locked car on Garfield Street and a tape player with radio converter taken from Linda Lairson’s vehicle on Garfield Street yesterday morning.

Michael D. Smith Elman Court Tom Allen Garfield St Linda Lairson

Franklin Project figures sentenced in multiple cases

Judge Hogan sentenced seven others who pleaded guilty on charges tied to the Franklin Project. Timothy S. Hogan received three consecutive four year terms plus a 12 year concurrent term for phone use, with additional conspiratorial charges among 37 indicted. Several defendants faced varied terms, while some charges were dropped.

Timothy S. Hogan Hogan Thomas R. Barach Franklin Street Middletown Hamilton County Rick E. Lakes Shaker Road Franklin Youth Corrections Act Greppon Marvin Hensley North Main Street James C. Pieratt Kenton County Ware Thomas Ray Watson Cincinnati Louise Singleton Edec Tor Glyndon C. Lakes Rick Lakes Lakes

Joyce Hamilton obituary notes long public service and family

Joyce HAMILTON Earl A Joyce 50 a Butler County auditor's office employee and former sheriff candidate died on arrival at Cincinnati General Hospital after collapsing in downtown Hamilton Home He had heart problems earlier and served in the Butler County sheriff's department later directing Volunteers in Corrections Survivors include his wife Betty two sons two daughters mother and two sisters Services set at Brown Dawson Funeral Home and St Steven Catholic Church Burial in St Steven Cemetery Memorials to Infant Cardio Unit at Children's Hospital Cincinnati

Hamilton Bearl A. Joyce Butler County Auditor's Office Common Pleas Court Arthur J. Fiehrer Cincinnati General Hospital Cincinnati Home Joyce Helen Avenue Butler County Post 9 Plainclothes Ohio Sheriff's Department Victor Betty Brown-Dawson Funeral Home Pershing Ave St. Steven Catholic Church St. Steven Children's Hospital

Wallace charges cleared for appeal in court ruling

In Lebanon the court denied further disclosure requests as Warren County Sheriff Roy Wallace faces three felony and three misdemeanor counts. Lena Spidel will preside. a related bribery charge against his wife is set for Tuesday. Prosecutors must await potential appeal after trial.

Lebanon Warren County Roy Wallace Morris Turkelson Wallace Fen Lena Spidel Adams County Spidel Jary Wich

Kindness Responds to Middletown Steel Petition

U S Rep Tom Kindness the first government official to answer Middletown Works petition against foreign steel imports met with Armco Employees Independent Union officials in a Crawford Street hall. He pledged to keep the group advised and urged continued research for workable industry solutions as the Steel Caucus seeks action on the 5 000 plus signatures.

U.S Tom Kindness Middletown Works Armco Hamilton Aider Gillespie Union Hall Crawford Street Kindness Ohio White House Steel Caucus Ite House

Theft of tools reported in Butler County

Timothy Barr reported tools valued at 534 stolen from his garage on Elk Creek Road. The theft occurred Wednesday night and the items listed included a metric tool set, socket set, floor jack, chain saw and body tools.

Butler County Timothy Barr Elk Creek Road Barr

Middletown High School Class of 1968 plans reunion

The Middletown High School class of 1968 schedules a planning meeting next week to shape their 10th anniversary reunion. Stee Haney invites interested alumni to Agee Insurance, 1215 Fiset Ave, Jan 5 at 8 pm, with a summer reunion likely. Call Bos Hunter at 1234 Ave for details.

Middletown Stee Haney Agee Insurance Sding Fiset Ave Loca Bos Hunter Ave

Deaths and funerals in Lebanon and Hamilton

Jerome E. Brown 61 of 108 Rockwood Ave died Wednesday at the Brown Veterans Administration Hospital Dayton. Surviving wife Juanita daughter Darlene Spencer sister Catherine Daniels stepsister Corrine Hood brother Henry Earl Brown five stepbrothers and two grandchildren. Services Tuesday 10 30 a m Mount Moriah Church Lincoln burial VA Cemetery Dayton. Oswald Funeral Home. Marguerite Nelson 84 Otterbein Home Professor emeritus of English Otterbein College died Thursday 6 45 a m Middletown. Survivor Robert H Columbus two grandchildren. Services Saturday More Funeral Home Westerville burial Otterbein Cemetery. Michael R Mitchell 24 of 1004 Oxford Middletown Road services 10 a m Saturday Webb.

Lebanon Jerome E. Brown Rockwood Ave Brown Veterans Administration Hospital Dayton Brown Armco Steel Corp Juanita Darlene Spencer Cincinnati Catherine Daniels Corrine Hood Middletown Henry Earl Brown Glendale Mount Moriah Lincoln James Wesley Jones VA Cemetery Oswald Otterbeinion Middletown Hospital Nelson Otterbein Women's Club Church of the Master United Methodist Church Westerville Robert H Columbus More Funeral Home E. Schrock Road M. J. Miller Otterbein Cemetery

Fire and medical incidents recorded across city locations

At 5:57 a.m. a fire occurred at Country Kitchen with no transport. At 4:57 a.m. 2011 Henry Ave saw Millie Bisset, 73, given oxygen and admitted. At 10:29 p.m. 4605 Riverview Ave reported Max Bailey, 58, unconscious and treated at hospital. 7:24 p.m. Clark St address noted. 2:33 p.m. 415 Weaver Ave with Larry Edwards, 24, ill then transported home via 804 10th Ave.

Henry Ave Millie Bisset Riverview Ave Max Bailey Clark St Notra Weaver Ave Larry Edwards 10Th Ave

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