Klondike Derby Set for Scouts and Huskies
More than 500 Scouts from the Mound Builders Area Council will compete in the annual Klondike Derby on January 21 at Camp Came Beck. Troops form four to six member patrols pulling sledges, perform scouting skills, cook on the route, and are judged by finish times and nuggets awarding. Webelos may watch as participation meets Arrow of Light requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck
Alaska
Mel Martin
Derby
Troe
Mound Builders Area Council
Martin
Webelos
Births in Vital Statistics Report
Mr. and Mrs. Larry W Shoemaker welcome a boy at 1009 Ellen Drive on Monday. A girl born to Mr. and Mrs Gerald Heidenreich at 800 Baker Court today. Mrs. Robert Bailey of McKinley Street and Miss Opal Ballard of Manchester Avenue are named in the notice. Other entries list Ira Carmichael, George H Perry, Mamie Pope, Clyde Vance, and Walker Rowland. Hospital visiting hours are Monday through Saturday from 11 am to 2 pm and 5 to 8 pm for medical surgical and pediatric patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry W. Shoemaker
Ellen Drive
Gerald Heidenreich
Baker Court
Robert Bailey
McKinley St
Opal Ballard
Manchester Ave
Ira Carmichael
Verity Parkway
Raymond Johnson
Franklin
George H. Perry
Grand Ave
Mamie Pope
Elm St
Clyde Vance
Walker Rowland
Plymouth Ave
Deaths and Funeral Notices From Middletown Area
Obituaries list Riley Curtis Blossom 82 of 2807 Inland Drive who died at Middletown Hospital after a long stay with a history at Armco Steel retiring 1960. Survived by numerous relatives. Services at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev. Shockley, burial Woods Cemetery. Also Mass of Christian Burial for Helen Winglewich 77 at St. John’s Church. Emma Jane Medina 53 of San Juan Capistrano formerly Middletown to be buried Rose Hill Burial Park. Other local deaths Mrs Ada Frost 77 Brookville Ind and Mrs Anna Hutchison 90 Richmond Ind noted with service times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Curtis Blossom
Inland Drive
Middletown Hospital
Blossom
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Curtis Jr
Myrtle Wilson
Mildred Koeppel
Helen Cornele
Edna Ellis
Mary McGuire
Leonard
Edward
Elmer
Orville
Elbert
McCoy- Leffler
Thomas Shockley
Woods Cemetery
Doty House
American Cancer Society
Helen Winglewich
Baltimore St
St. John's Church
Stephen Calme
Woodside Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker
Emma Jane Medina
San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Los Angeles
Lindenwald United Methodist Church
Rose Hill
Neal Walke
Trenton
David Walke
Springfield
Jonathan Walke
Hooven Jr
Fort Pierce
Fla
Bill Hooven
Oxford
Joan Struble
Louise McNally
Hamilton
Carolyn Conlin
Canova Park
Zettler
Ada Frost
Brookville
Ind
Brown-Dawson
Anna M. Hutchison
Richmond
Webb
Neighborhood Watch Meeting Scheduled Citywide
A citywide Neighborhood Watch meeting is set for Thursday at 7 p.m. in the City Building. Community members are urged to attend to discuss safety, watch programs, and neighborhood concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neighborhood Watch
Man Arrested in Oneonta Murder Case With Body in Car
Ricky Allen Knapp, 26, charged with the murder of Linda Velzy, 18, after police say he found her body in his car while attempting to move it to a new hiding place along Case Hill Road. Velzy, a freshman hitchhiking from Oneonta State College, disappeared December 9. Velzy’s autopsy indicated skull fractures and brain contusions. Knapp, previously imprisoned for rape and under prior sex charges, was arrested near Franklin and had been identified as a prime suspect during the four week search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneonta
N.Y
Oneonta State College
Ricky Allen Knapp
Linda Velzy
Long Island
Knapp
Miss Velzy
Michael Baden
New York City
Velzy
Joseph Strajnowski
Kna
Miss Welzy
Strajnowski
Case Hill Road
Delaware County
Franklin
Winney Hill Road
Puppeteers to present Mart show at City Centre
Dayton couple Jo and Bob McLaughlin bring free puppet shows to the City Centre Mart Thursday through Saturday. They craft all puppets by hand, perform original stories, and will hold discussions on puppeteering after each show with timed performances across the three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob McLaughlin
Dayton
City Centre Mart
McLaughlins
Miami University
Columbus starts 78 with surplus
Columbus began 1978 with a 6.3 million dollar surplus after 95.3 million in revenues and 89 million spent in 1977. Auditor Hugh Dorrian cited estate tax collections and smaller police and fire forces as key, plus a 1 million onetime boost from a November law change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
City of
Columbus
Hugh Dorrian
Dorrian
Ohio
Propane truck fire quenched near LeSourdsville Ohio
The driver of a Kuhn and Co propane tanker halted a fire on Ohio 4 at 9 10 am before it spread to the 3000 gallon tanker. Don Ferguson 37 of Germantown reported seeing flames behind his cab and extinguishing most of them. Firefighters doused a burning air breather. No serious injuries occurred though hair was singed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesourdsville
Ohio
Don Ferguson
Germantown
Kuhn and Co
Ohio 63
Ferguson
Amazon River Waterways Network Details
The Amazon River system comprises 18 major rivers and at least 200 important tributaries, forming a vast, interconnected network. This structural map highlights the riverine landscape that supports regional ecosystems and transport routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon River
Kindness to Hire Summer Interns in 8th District
Rep Thomas N Kindness 8th District sponsors a summer intern program under the Lyndon B Johnson Bipartisan Intern Program. Open to district students ages 18 to 22 who have turned 18 by June 12. Eight week internships include research, typing, filing, committee meetings, legislative briefings, floor sessions, housing in Washington. Applications due February 15 at 1440 Longworth Building Washington DC 20515 with selection notices by March 17. District includes Butler Preble Darke plus parts of Mercer Montgomery Warren counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Washington
George Washington University
Longworth Building
Washington, D.C
Butler
Preble
Darke
Mercer
Montgomery
Warren
Whiskey was a big U.S. beverage in early years
Seattle AP report quotes William Rorabaugh of the University of Washington noting Americans from 1790 to 1830 consumed about 17 gallons of alcohol per year. He says whiskey was cheap, consumed daily from breakfast to evening, with cider and rare beer options. Drinking reinforced ideas of liberty and equality in group binges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rorabaugh
University of Washington
Rorabaugh
Assembly returns to work for 112th session in Ohio
The General Assembly resumes for the 112th session amid a broad agenda and election year politics. Leaders Riffe and Ocasek are potential gubernatorial contenders, Celeste seeks the Democratic nomination, Kurfess eyes the Republican nod, and Rhodes weighs re election. Key fights include a push to override a veto on public employee collective bargaining and reforms to school funding and taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
House
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
New
Boston
Senate
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Richard F. Celeste
Charles F Kurfess
Perrysburg
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Riffe
Cleveland
Toledo
John L. Johnson
D-Orville
Blaze destroys barn and vehicle in Franklin fire
Franklin firefighters battled a blaze at 9 37 p m Monday night at 6701 Linwood Road engulfing a small barn and a 1973 truck tractor inside total loss reported by Franklin Fire Department. Twenty one firefighters with two engines responded to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Willard Ary
Linwood Road
Cedar siding theft reported in Jacksonburg subdivision
Cedar siding valued at 1440 dollars was reported stolen Monday from a building site in Heavenly Acres subdivision in Jacksonburg. Butler County deputies identified the builder as Ted Hester of 4376 Middletown Oxford Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heavenly Acres
Jacksonburg
Butler County
Ted Hester
Middletown
Oxford Road
Edgewood Symphonic Band to Perform in Town Center
Edgewood High School Symphonic Band will present two concerts Saturday at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Towne Mall center courtyard at I-75 and Ohio 122. The program includes Finlandia Moorside March America the Beautiful Greensleeves El Capitan March Liberty Bell March Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Washington Post March. The band finished second in Class B at Miamisburg and first at Fairborn Baker Invitational, earning Outstanding Band in a field of 38.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood High School
Towne Malling Center
I- 75
Ohio 122
John Philip Sousa
Mystic Shrine
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Riley Blossom
Winglewich
Cincinnati
St. John's
Pete
Emma Medina
Florida
Gulf Coast
Sonny
Dodds Monuments
Verity
Charles
Bud) Steller
Mgr
Monthlu
New York
West Oneonta
Here
Attica State Prison
Otsego County
Coed
Ricky Knapp
U.S
HI Week
Thomas N. Kindness
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Seattle
Betty
University
Blaze
Edgewood
Woodlawn
Wicoff Middletown
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