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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1975
Page
2
About 500 Boy Scouts gathered at Camp Hook for the Klondike Derby. They pulled and pushed wooden sleds to simulate the gold rush, prepared meals, and tested Scout skills while noting rough terrain and teamwork.
Butler County Youth Association for Retarded Citizens calls for Middletown residents to help with the April 20 Hike-Bike in Hamilton. National funds split 10 percent to national, 25 percent to state, 65 percent locally to programs for the retarded. Routes include 15 miles walking and 25 miles cycling. Funds support summer camp and equipment for facilities. Goal is 15000 dollars. Meeting at 7 p.m. Sunday at Fair Acres Center in Hamilton. Chairman Jane Shelton, 1893-5557, available for information.
The Mt Zion Baptist Church presents a musical program featuring the Children’s Home Singers from Hamilton from 4 to 6 p.m. today correcting an earlier 7 p.m. start listed on Saturday’s Journal church page.
Miami University trustees授权 a 15 per quarter room and board increase for Oxford residents starting next September, with potential further rises if state pay laws pass. The board also approved a $200,000 allocation for courts, a regional broadcasting agreement, and two new professorships in the School of Business Administration. A separate Cleveland note reports theft of 1593 worth of instruments from Patrick Henry Junior High, jeopardizing a March 8 all city orchestra.
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles will operate from 1200 First Ave at Verity Parkway with hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Validation stickers go on sale March 1 for commercial vehicles and April 1 for passenger cars, with sale ranges by last name and a $15.50 fee for those retaining 1974 plates.
Obituaries report deaths of Robert Gade 54 formerly of Middletown in Nashville Tenn with survivors including wife Dorothy daughter Robyn mother Mrs Freda Gade sisters Wilma Gade and Pat Beatty. Arrangements at Joseph R Baker Funeral Home. Also Spurgeon Wells 69 of 1526 Meadow Ave. will be buried Elk Creek Cemetery with services at Joseph R er Funeral Home and visitation Monday. Reese Wells brother noted. GRATIS Howard A Smith 81 of Yest Road dies after illness survivors listed. Isaac L Smith 84 resided with daughter Alma Sexton and family. services set Monday at Morton Funeral Home with Anglesby Funeral Home arranging local notices.
The Valley View School board will convene Monday at 7 30 p m in Germantown Elementary library despite the holiday. The agenda includes a new NHS selection method aimed at greater objectivity and an equal opportunity policy prohibiting discrimination in job applications by age race creed color sex or minority status.
A North Madison Township pumper truck responding to a fire sideswiped a car on a narrow culvert Friday afternoon. The pumper sustained extensive damage on both sides while remaining operable. Kent Selby and Paul Jeffrey were the drivers. Jeffrey’s car suffered 600 in damage. The Butler County sheriff’s office investigates with no citations issued yet.
A glider attempting to land at Elbin Road field crashed into treetops at the west end of the runway shortly before 1 p m. Nin B. Severance 33 of New Carlisle and Elmer R. Medley 72 of Fairborn were taken to Greene Memorial Hospital. Severance suffered fractures of both ankles and underwent surgery. Medley was treated and released.
Police report a car driven by Fred Johnson of 2315 Central Ave was hit when a window was shot at 1 10 p m near McGee Avenue and McKnight Drive causing 45 damage two boys in bushes near the hospital parking lot fired and fled toward Orchard Street
At 5:40 p.m. at 313 N Leibee St Thomas Creekbaum 80 Hil was treated and released at a hospital. At 3:20 p.m. 18 Magnolia Dr Marjorie Wilkin 49 suffered respiratory distress and was treated and released. Other reports include smoke at Howe Motors caused by a faulty light ballast and a fall injuring David Reese 7 at 1704 Yankee Rd with no transport.
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