Mary Haven Home celebrates 96 years of family life
A Lebanon home off Ohio 63 sheltering 8 to 18 orphans since 1867. Miss Mary Ann Klingling left $40 000 to fund a larger home with two resident parents Oral Saunders and his bachelor brothers oversee the family group of children who attend local public schools and feel cared for despite being orphans.
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Jeri Spencer
Con- Journal
Lebanon
Mary Haven
Ohio
Mary
Mary Ann Klingling
Haven
Miss Kingling
Oral Saunders
Bachelor Brothers
Haven for the Homeless Receives Broad Bequest and Expansion
The Warren County home for orphans expanded under 1869 federal approval to admit white and Negro children. Isaac Jones of Salem Township left $7,000 in 1880, and 53 acres were bought for the institution at 8,162. A 31 room building cost 23,000 with annual upkeep around 4,000. The 28 children today are housed and educated with county funds and donor support, in a well kept, efficiently run facility powered by gas and Lebanon Water Works.
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Warren County
Lebanon
Issac Jones
Salem Township
Jones
Mary Haven
Ohio 63
Mary Ann Kingling
Oral Saunders
Prune Fruit Trees This Spring Says Extension Agent Titkemeyer
Butler County extension agent Titkemeyer advises homeowners to prune fruit trees after hard freezes end, remove broken or diseased limbs, avoid pruning young scaffold branches, thin growth to improve sunlight and air flow, and prepare spray equipment. He notes March is for insecticides on ornamentals and offers bird feeder tips to deter starlings.
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Hamilton
Roy Titkemeyer
Butler County
Titkemeyer
Butler County Farmers to Meet for Grain Talks
Butler County farmers will meet in Oxford at Talawanda High School cafeteria at 8 p.m. Tuesday with Roy Titkemeyer and OSU engineer Bill Schung discussing grain storage. Al Baxter will cover corn blight and this season’s outlook at Seven Miles School cafeteria next Sunday. Contact Titkemeyer for meal reservations.
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Bill Schung
Ohio State University Extension
Vocational Agriculture Department
Talawanda High School
Oxford
al Baxter
Seven Miles
Butler County
Salem Lutheran Church
West
Alexandria
Titkemeyer
Black Students Plan Activities In Oxford
The Miami University BSAA sponsors Oxford Black Solidarity Week starting today at 2 p.m. through Saturday with daily programs. Events include a discussion session and a creative dance with soul music in the Towers Room of the University Center to unite black students faculty and local black residents.
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Oxford
Miami University
Black Student Action Association
BSAA
University
Towers
University Center
Warren County waterline trial heads into fourth day
Warren County probate court continues its lengthy hearing over the proposed 1.9 million northern water system. Commissioner Robert K. South testifies as the sole witness so far amid questions from Roy Boucher for plaintiffs. Boucher argues the plan is unnecessary and costly as the trial resumes tomorrow morning.
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David Nor Journal
Lebanon
Warren County
Robert K. South
South
Roy Boucher
Dayton
Fred Jones
Boucher
Miam Valley Memorial Garden
Doris Mehan
Greentree Road
Muddy Blues Highlight Water Project Trial
The Lebanon Franklin Water District proposal faces a costly dispute over boundaries and a 750 dollar plus 50 cent per front foot assessment for land within 300 feet of a dwelling. Witness Nelson Watson of Crawfordsville is a key figure as the trial may extend with up to 100 witnesses.
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Lebanon-Franklin
Boucher
Couny
Preble County
Donald Ziegel
Nelson Watson
Crawfordsville
Ind
Watson
Ufder
College Favors Vietnam Pullout
In a referendum at Northern Illinois University an overwhelming majority voted to withdraw all U.S. forces from Indochina by year end. Four thousand ninety one voted in favor of unilateral withdrawal while six hundred sixty five opposed.
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DE Kalb
Ill
Ilinois University
U.S
Indochina
68ers Care For Kids Charters In Trenton Ohio
The 68ers a 10 member community service group in Trenton and Middletown Warren and Butler counties received a charter of incorporation from Secretary of State Ted W. Brown formed in 1968 to aid children at Mary Haven Children's Home Butts The group affiliated with the Mothers Study League of Middletown raises funds for a recreation room carpet and summer outings and schedules a March 25 card party and raffle at the Women's Center Broad Street with proceeds for the home.
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Trenton
68Ers
Ted W. Brown
Warren
Butler County
Mary Haven
Butts
Mrs. Butts
Mothers Study League of Middletown
Women's Center
Broad Street
Middletown
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Children Welfare
Lebanon Water Works
Butler Farmers
Paul Kirby
Mavalene Kirby
Rufus Street
Sheckler
County ‘Commissioners
College
Vietnam
Miami Valley News
Patricia
Beasley
Wes
Savings and Loan
Middletown Federal
Dick Vogleson
Savings and Loan Association
Dick Voglesong
Dick Soon
Middletow
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