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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1973
Page
2
Mrs. Ferne Slough, Middletown court reporter for six years, resigned alleging she would not take orders from Lou Rossi. She cited personality conflicts, afternoon absences by Judge J T Lamb and Rossi, and concerns over warrants and unequal case treatment.
Nellie Billeter 81 of St. Cloud Fla formerly of Middletown dies. Services 10 a.m. Saturday Riggs Funeral Home burial Woodside Cemetery. Numerous fraternal memberships and past offices noted. Ernest D. Meador 45 of Waynesville dies at Kettering Memorial Hospital. Survived by wife Mary two sons two daughters and siblings. Services 2 p.m. Friday Clarksville Pentecostal Church burial Miami Cemetery. Mary R. Warrick 59 of St. Petersburg Fla formerly Middletown dies. Survives including husband four sons a daughter and siblings. Services 10 a.m. Friday Joseph R. Baker Sons Funeral Home. Ruby Arvin 45 of Hamilton and Elmer Carpenter 61 of Hamilton listed with funeral times Campbell.
William C. Akers, president of Akers Packaging Service, becomes president of the Middletown Rotary Club succeeding Arthur Beach. New officers include C. C. Clark as vice president and M. E. Dowden and Thomas P. Hogan as sergeants at arms. Miller reelected secretary treasurer for 27th term.
Middletown’s new drug treatment center, open a month, holds 35 records from PRIDE Inc. The files, transferred to the city center at 403 Curtis St., include hard core addicts. Director Lewis Griffin notes limited staffing and ongoing outreach plans.
Comedian Bob Hope announces plans to rebuild his Palm Springs residence destroyed by fire. He says restoration will proceed with the same design and features as the original, aiming to restore the property to its former appearance and use.
The Middletown Civic Association reduces its listed agencies from eighteen to fewer entities after merging two agencies into a single unit, while continuing to offer comprehensive services to the community.
A bicycle worth 85 dollars was stolen from Gerald Collins at 4208 Vannest Ave. Darrell Ferguson reported sunglasses valued 60 dollars stolen from his car at 1826 Winton Sr. An 80 dollar stereo tape player and 35 tapes at 5 dollars each were taken from Jack Lewis at 2224 Central Ave. Police said the YMCAs listings will be combined, reducing agencies from 19 to 18 under the Y’s umbrella. The Middletown Treatment Center for Brain Injured Children is the latest inclusion.
At 10 13 a m a fuse box overload in the home of Ralph Kah 3209 Milton Road caused a small blaze with no damage reported. At 12 29 p m Chris Vice 613 Moore Street suffered a 3 percent injury to his arm as EMS assisted. At 4 41 p m Sorg Paper Co Mill No 3 electric motor burned out on machine No 7 with no damage. At 6 24 p m a fire occurred in a vacant city owned house, set by vandals. At 6 55 p m a trash container behind King Kwik Market at 3422 Manchester Road burned, possibly set by children, no damage. At 7 32 p m the fire rekindled in the vacant Broad Street house. At 11 20 p m Ray Wasson 115 N Clinton Street had breathing difficulty and was taken to Middletown Hospital by ambulance and treated and released.
A 25 year old Cincinnati man Robert Keith drowned when a flash flood swept a car carrying four people into West Fork Creek. The others, Victor Addis, his wife, and their son Victor Jr., survived after escaping through a window. Keith wore a bone cast on one foot during the incident.
A $700 cement mixer was reported missing yesterday morning from a construction site at Moore Street and Central Avenue.
Ohio senators rejected a House change to a November ballot issue that would grant a property tax break for recreational land. The measure would assess land based on current use rather than market value, aiding farmers and recreational facilities. a conference committee will try to resolve differences.
A 6 year old boy suffered a slight cut from a broken window after a two car collision at Highland Street and Roosevelt Boulevard. Passenger Brian Lanier 31 of GHAS Main St was injured and his car driven by Howard Lanier Jr. was cited for failure to yield according to police.
James Eversole aged 49 of 407 Cedar Lane was hospitalized at Middletown for face and chest injuries after his car hit a tractor-trailer driven by Richard Seiser 30 of Centerville entering Ohio 122 from a private drive. Seiser cited for failure to yield.
Franklin County authorities work to identify a woman found Tuesday afternoon in Big Walnut Creek south of Columbus. The body was tied and strangled, and police continue to investigate the case.
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