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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1973
Page
7
The Otterbein Home announces the $3.1 million Campus Center set to open next week after May 1971 construction. It adds 132 nursing care beds, 17 personal care rooms, offices, chapel, dining, trading post, post office and lounge with basement arts and crafts areas and shops.
Seven Mile Police Chief Karl Moyer was suspended for 10 days by a unanimous six member council for insubordination. A malfeasance charge was dismissed. The action followed disputes over use of a private car for police work and charging gasoline to the village.
A Penn Central train derailed in Germantown yesterday morning, four boxcars left tracks and two crashed through Dupps Co. on Cherry Street. No injuries were reported. Five crossings briefly blocked. crossings at Cherry Clark Warren Center and Market were reopened before traffic resumed. Dupps Co. supplies meat processing equipment.
An optical firm in Dayton purchases 22 acres and a 78,000 square foot single floor building at the Ohio 73 and Interstate 75 intersection in Franklin from Gardner Restaurant Supply Co. The John Young Co. of Dayton buys the site, which will be used for offices and warehouse space. The Gardner firm closed in 1971.
Warren and Debra Lam, Billy Bishop, Michele Egelston, Gary Harrison and Catherine Priest, Whit Pennington and Charlene Tye, Paul Short and Jalane Thomas are listed with ages and addresses in a compiled court or legal notice from Franklin County. Names include occupations such as factory worker, sales clerk, machinist, beautician, and mechanic among others.
County EEA director Bernard Gudenkauf told commissioners the Emergency Employment Act program should continue at least through April 30 as a pending bill would extend it to June 30. He called the program firm through April and described another bill to extend two years as more controversial.
Village council authorized Dan Anslinger to install a six inch loop from the booster at E Center Street to the main at E Market Street. Landowner Paul Landis would sell property for 500 dollars. Materials estimated at 1800 dollars. easement from the state possible.
Hamilton County commissioners anticipate a 4 to 5 percent salary raise for county employees in the 1973 budget. The 1973 budget should be ready for adoption at Thursday's meeting. They voiced moral support for residents opposing Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. high tension lines from Cleves to Seven Mile, citing no legal avenue to block them. They awarded Curry Ford of Middletown a $14,239 purchase contract for two county engineer trucks after a $700 trade-in.
A Holstein cow owned by San MarGale Farms in Lebanon set a new milk production record. The animal yielded 23 500 pounds of milk and 814 pounds of butterfat in 305 days, announced by the Holstein Friesian Association of America.
The Rev Harold F Braley of Athens Ohio will become director of Camp Miami on March 15 succeeding the Rev Charles Messmer who left Nov 1. Braley is a former restaurant owner and health care worker with six children. Camp Miami is among 10 church camps run by the United Methodist Church in western Ohio serving over 8800 people last year.
Governor Ronald Reagan says it is too early for presidential speculation and declines third term. Actor Gregory Peck dismisses reports he might run for governor, calling such talk a joke and stating he is not interested in public office.
West Elkton and nearby churches outline a series of Lenten observances starting with Ash Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at West Elkton United Methodist, then Sunday services featuring Rev. Shane O Neal, the Miami Presbytery Choir, chancel drama, film presentations, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services with participation from West Elkton and Seven Mile United Methodist Churches and Collinsville and Jacksonburg congregations.
Special 1973 automobile license plates with special numbers can be reserved from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday to Friday in the lobby of the municipal building. Deputy registrar Mrs. Larry S. Thomas accepts reservations by phone at 430 Brelsford Drive. Regular plate sales start March 16, 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays and 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. New plates must be on autos by April 16. Lake Superior never freezes over.
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