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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1977
Page
2
Crime Prevention Bureau cautions homeowners about summer theft increases. Make the home appear lived in, arrange checks, lights or radios on timers, and notify police when away. Secure valuables in a safe, lock trunks, avoid cash flashing, and limit travel exposures.
Sign ups for the Golden Buckeye Card for Ohio seniors will be held all day Friday at Towne Mall with a booth outside Sears at 10 a.m. Betty Mitchell and Dorothy Horney will staff the table. Registration continues throughout the day. Persons 65 and older residing in Ohio can sign up free with proof of age.
Obituary notices report Herschel Miller of Apopka Florida dying after a brief illness in Tampa Veterans Hospital with services set for 10 am Saturday at Gebhart Schmidt Funeral Home Miamisburg. Survivors include son Douglas and siblings. services and calling hours noted. Additional notices list Bessie Schaefer Clyde W Wampler Rose Guntle William Morris Lida Browning and Ruth Conover with respective service times and locations across Hamilton Wayne and surrounding towns.
An Indiana man Larry Eckhardt 34 and others were hurt when brakes failed on a motor home on Ohio 350 near Keys Tavern. The vehicle plowed through a guardrail and fell 79 feet into a creek embankment. Eckhardt wife Martha and children Gretchen Elisa Rhett plus Freida Dudley and her sons were treated. some transferred to Christ Hospital Cincinnati.
Police log items show multiple incidents including a 47 year old ill person taken to hospital from 800 Dover Ave at 11 28 p m and a 77 year old with chest pains at 1308 Michigan Ave given oxygen and transported. A 58 year old woman overdosed on Valium admitted to ICU in serious condition. A 41 year old ill person treated and released at 34S Main St James Hall. Trash burning at 516 Garfield St started by children. Lois Smith 35 reported back pains treated and released at 1505 Central Ave. A resident burned stumps in rear yard at 1913 Sheffield St and extinguished.
Adrianne Powell a 1977 Middletown High grad receives a $450 Manasseh Cutler Scholarship named for a founder while Kathryn Stoutimore, a sophomore, earns a Dean's Achievement Scholarship. Powell is daughter of Dewey and Mrs. Powell of 1965 Lesley Lane. Stoutimore is daughter of Ral and Mrs. Stoutimore of 1804 N Breiel Blvd. The article notes the U S has 40 indigenous fur bearing animal varieties whose pelts are sold commercially.
Monroe alumni plan Aug 20 8 p.m. at Wildwood Golf Club for a 15 year reunion. Ron Purvis Band will provide music and refreshments. Organizer Larry Duff seeks help reaching remaining classmates Andrea Adams Joan Adams Leech Bob Allen Jerry Bailey Marie Bolton Sam Brown Kathleen Cunningham Carol Ingram Josephine Jent Cox Joe Kramer Rick Mallon Doris Massey Parks Gloria Moore Tom Myers Don Roberts Jim Siegrist Ellen Simpson aul Trimble Linda Wallace Hawkins Jane Walters Bronson. Duff can be reached at 316 Macready Ave Monroe.
Bellaire police arrested two men accused of taking about 400 from parking meters over ten days. One suspect had a manufacturer's key in his mouth when taken into custody. No charges were filed immediately.
Gov James A Rhodes announces appointments to five state posts in Ohio. Joseph R Leich is named to Stark Technical College board of trustees Dr William H Gates joins the Disaster Services Advisory Council Leroy E Fulmer joins the State Board of Cosmetology Lowell Ed Briner and Phyllis A Wilson are named to the State Board of Pharmacy.
Miami University graduate student Tim McCarty completed the first part of an independent study on the City Centre Mart begun in April. The project will continue for two more years with a federal grant possibility of 25000 dollars to support a student team.
The Associated Press reports a widening mine dispute from West Virginia and Kentucky led to four southeastern Ohio mines shutting down on Wednesday as miners walked out. Strong entities include Ohio and Appalachian state locations and the mining unions involved. The event marks a broader regional disruption in the mining sector.
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