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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1978
Page
9
About 700 homes in Preble County remain without power with Dayton Power and Light crews working to restore electricity. Officials said more than 1,000 had been without power yesterday in and near Eaton but 300 to 400 have been reconnected. Cause of the outage is undetermined.
Firefighters from Hunter and Franklin battled a vacant one and a half story wood frame house on Manchester Road just outside Middletown city limits. Wind hampered flames and a likely hydrant freeze hindered effort. Fire rekindled around 10:30 p.m. with debris still smoldering this morning.
Brig. and Mrs. Robert Baker, longtime local Salvation Army commanders since 1969, leave Middletown on Wednesday for Fall River Massachusetts. Capt. Sylvia Rebeck also moves toward the New York area. Maj. and Mrs. Ralph Michaels from Wooster, Massachusetts, succeed them with a Feb. 5 welcome. The Bakers’ last service is this Sunday at 7 a.m.
Middletown City Schools face more disrupted plans as a new storm forces makeup days. A bill seeks five additional snow days while paychecks and repairs at Middletown High School proceed. Semester tests wrapped up, with makeup tests planned for Lemon-Monroe High. The second semester starts Monday, and three makeup days are set for Presidents Day and two February Saturdays.
An open house honoring D. Russel Lee, superintendent of Butler County schools, at his vocational school has been postponed indefinitely. A new date will be announced later.
Florence Kentucky AP reports Greater Cincinnati Airport officially open but with no air traffic. Public relations director Ted Bushelman says staff worked overnight to ready the facility while emergency highway rules limit access. Delta American and Trans World Airlines suspend flights into today.
Red Cross and Civil Defense operate five emergency shelters in Butler and Warren counties to feed and house 125 to 150 people amid widespread power outages. Volunteers use four wheel drive units and borrowed vehicles to reach isolated areas, with ham radio operators assisting communication. A Michigan family stayed at Hopewell Elementary School overnight. Officials report crews delivering blankets and cots, while 10 to 20 homes in Elk Creek Road area lack electricity.
Weather over the last two days made normal Middletown Journal deliveries nearly impossible. Carriers and auto haulers followed safety rules, delivering Thursday’s edition with extra effort. Readers praised the workers while apologies were offered for undelivered routes. Normal service will resume when roads permit.
Armco personnel attempted to douse a blaze near Door 450 yesterday afternoon but a frozen hydrant and icy streets delayed city firefighters. Responders arrived around noon to find extensive flames and smoke. by 1 30 p.m. the fire was contained to a women's locker room with damage limited to that area.
The 384-foot tanker Saturn, battered by a storm with winds up to 80 knots and 15 to 20 foot waves on Lake Michigan, was reported out of danger by the Coast Guard. The vessel rode into the waves to hold position near Milwaukee then improved as winds subsided. The Saturn, one of 17 vessels still operating on the icy lakes, had earlier requested no longer needing a special communications channel.
The Red Cross sets up at the National Guard Armory offering shelter with cots blankets and food though no evacuees have yet stayed there. Volunteers delivered meals to workers and groceries to outlying areas, while some families lack fuel but have fireplaces or other heat sources.
The Page feature section by area high school students will be missing from tomorrow's Journal because of the storm. Mrs Rosemarie Ebbesmeyer, adviser, says there will be no school for Page students tomorrow and that students should contact her for assignments. Tuesday's editing session will be held.
U.S. Geological Survey reports streamflows on the nation’s five largest rivers averaged 10 percent below normal in 1977 and seven percent below 1976 levels, signaling drier conditions across major waterways.
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