Miss America No 2 and Beverly Hills fire top 1977 Middletown stories
A year-end survey by The Journal names Miss America Susan Perkins as Middletown’s No 2 story of 1977. Other top items include a fatal Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate Kentucky, ArMCO Steel’s Middletown Works job cuts, and political upheaval in Germantown.
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Beverly Hills
Southgate
Journal
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown Works
Warren County
Roy Wallace
Wallace
Germantown
Dan Anslinger
Marvin Hall
Colorpac
Franklin
Midway
Middletown
Franklin Missionary Baptist Church
Union Chapel Methodist
Madison Township
Carter Lumber Co
Butler County
Ed Robb
Susan Perkins
Bell’s jump makes sports history in 1977 year recap
Todd Bell, a Middletown High alum and Ohio State freshman, soared 24 feet 6.4 inches at Ohio Stadium to break Jesse Owens 44 year-old long jump record in May. The year also featured Paul Walker’s gym renaming, Mike McGee and Marty Dickerson city golf titles, Armco Triangles’ back-to-back softball world championships, Franklin High gymnastics state title, Lebanon High’s undefeated football season, and Monroe High’s district win over Middletown.
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Todd Bell
Middletown
Ohio State University
Bell
Ohio Stadium
Columbus
Jesse Owens
Middletown High
Paul Walker
Walker
Mike McGee
Marty Dickerson
McGee
Ohio State
Miss Dickerson
Birmingham
Ala
Franklin High
Don Sellman
Dave Combs
Cuyahoga Falls
Lebanon High School
Warrior Cagers
Ohio
Jim Rhoden
Notable Middleton deaths mark 1977 losses across many fields
Prominent Middletonians and area residents died in 1977. Logan T. Johnston, former Armco president, launched Project 600 and helped establish the Middletown Campus of Miami University. Calvin Verity, longtime First National Bank board chairman, founded Middletown Areas Neediest Youth. The list includes businessmen, educators, govt officials, sports figures, and civic activists such as Homer Leffler, Russell Stevens, John Minnich, Robert Bergstein, Pierce Linzie, Dale Converse, Ross Snyder, Art Sanderson, Paul Fitzgerald, Vern Simpson, W.E. Davis, Veda McCray, Bess Mitchell, Marianne Wilson, Elizabeth Henderson, Alice Greathouse, Virginia Westland, John Roth, Martha Seibold, Jack Frisbie, Bill Cunningham, Elmer Scheibert, and George Cobb.
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Logan T. Johnston
Calvin Verity
Johnston
Armco
Middletown
Miami University
Verity
Lee
Homer Leffler
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Russell Stevens
Middletown Sand & Gravel
John Minnich
Manchester
Robert Bergstein
Ross Snyder
First National Bank
Butler County Commission
Art Sanderson
American Legion
Paul Fitzgerald
Franklin
Elizabeth Henderson
U.S
Alice Greathouse
Hospital Welfare Auxiliary
Virginia Westland
Monroe
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Miss America
Edgewood
Lemon- Monroe High
Miami Grad
Hall
City Centre Mart
Trenton
LeSourdsville
Kings Island
Harper Valley
West Middletown Bridge
Buckeyes
Armco Triangles
Rhode Island
Triangles
Princeton
Oxford
Lebanon
Mid-Miami
Monroe High
Hornets
Fenwick High
Fort Laramie
Owens
Robert Reichard
Interstate Folding Box
Pierce
Jack’’ Linzie
Aeronca
YMCA
Dale Converse
Converse Monument Co
Franklin Township
Vern Simpson
W.E. Davis
Lemon-Monroe
Veda McCray
MHS
Bess Mitchell
Marianne Wilson
County Alcoholism Council
John Roth
Martha Seibold
Roth
Amanda
Excello
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