Park Board seeks professional planning for city parks
Middletown Park Board urges hiring a full time park planner to assist the city planning staff. The move would apply to facilities like the Jefferson Road playfield and Whitney Park improvements. Fishing at Smith Park opens March 14 with set hours and concession details. Domineck to run Douglas Park stand with $200 fee. Other items include possible late June golf board appointment, Old South Park pole move at $1,700, and ongoing Miami University architectural student work on Sebald Park interpretive building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paschal
Jefferson Road
Verity School
Whitney Park
Woodside Cemetery
Smith Park
Tom Norris
Norris
Douglas Park
Bruce Domineck
Parks
Missouri
Dom
Golf Commission
Old South Park
Miami University
Sebald Park
Franklin Board approves new teacher base pay and library trustee
Franklin School Board adopts a new teacher base pay of 7900 for beginners with a bachelor degree effective with the sixth payroll of 1975. A lump sum equals three times the difference between new and old pay. Patrick Hemenger named new Franklin Public Library trustee replacing John B. Tracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Franklin School Board
Theranklin Education Association
Patrick Hemenger
Franklin Public Library
Board of Trustees
John B. Tracy
Douglas Whitaker
John Tewell
Valley View pay talks hinge on tonight's bargaining session
Valley View teachers and the school board agreed to a negotiating session tonight after an overnight strike ultimatum. The union demands a permanent base pay raise from 7600 to 8000, while the board offered a one time 240 dollar bonus for full timers and 120 for part timers, in an escalating dispute over 1975 76 pay policy and base salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Ritchey
Germantown
Valley View
Mike Doyle
Valley View Classroom Teachers Association
Doyle
Richard Jordan
Board and
Teacher's Association
Phillip Schaeffer
Schaeffer
Charges not filed in Armco worker James Hunter death
Dayton police say no charges yet in the Sunday night shooting death of Armco Steel employee James Hunter. Hunter died from a chest wound after a struggle for a gun during a family quarrel at 2227 Ridley Drive Dayton. He lived in Middletown 22 years, survived by his wife Ruth and six children, with services planned in Bethlehem, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco
James Hunter
Dayton
Hunter
Ridley Drive
Middletown
18Th Ave
Armco Steel Corp
General Services Department
Middletown Works
Bethlehem, Ga
Ruth
Albert
Keith
James Jr
Angela
Tracy
Kimeric
Dave Hunter
Bethlehem
Ruth Mathis
Cleveland
Hattie Ellington
Hall-Jordan Memorial Chapel
Candidate backs zoning referendum and voter vote plan
Ernest Lawson announced his Middletown City Commission candidacy yesterday and clarified he does not necessarily favor the City Commission action on the Bachmann Tract. He now favors referring the tract zoning question to a referendum election later this year, pending petition approval to place the issue on the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Lawson
Middletown
17 year old pleads guilty to break in at Hill's store
A 17 year old youth pleaded guilty in a Hamilton juvenile court to breaking and entering overnight at Hill's department store on Breiel Boulevard. James Winkler of Freedom Court is to appear before Juvenile Judge David Black for a formal hearing amid admissions including four other recent break ins and possible involvement in more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Hill’s
Breiel Boulevard
James Winkler
Freedom Court
David Black
Winkler
Liberal
Middletown
Verity Middle School
JA Trade Fair Saturday in Mall
Junior Achievement to hold a second Trade Fair at Middletown Mall on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. About 20 companies will exhibit and sell products with a teenage radio station promoting them. Franklin Junior High School adds two project business units to display. judging for best display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
David Stitt
Franklin Junior High School
Deaths and Funerals in Middletown Area
Obituaries report the deaths of Helen M. Boleyn 46 of 701 S Main St and Janet Davis 65 of 2302 Woodburn Ave with services at local funeral homes and burial in Woodside Cemetery. Additional notices include Richard O Dickerscheid 93 and Joseph Michael Kinder 35 with service details and family survivors. Memorials suggested to American Cancer Society Middletown unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen M. Boleyn
S. Main St
Middletown Hospital
Samuel
Mary Freeman
Carol Cook
Middletown
Paul Huff
John Huff
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral
Albert Schetter
Woodside Cemetery
Janet Davis
Woodburn Ave
McCoy-Leffler
W. Curtis Lee
Joseph Michael Kinder
Bechtel Drive
Franklin
Good Samaritan
Richard
Leavenworth
Kan
John
Kenneth
Monroe
Mich
G. Walter Weber
Jacksonburg Boy Wins All Around Cowboy At Junior Rodeo
Lawrence Bishop II of 6051 Jacksonburg Road topped the Junior Rodeo finals at Cowtown Arena Brookville earning all around cowboy and silver buckles in calf riding and bareback riding for under 16s. Jeff Million of 6527 Howe Road placed fourth in calf riding in the 12 and under division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonburg Road
Cowtown
Brookville
Lawrence Bishop II
Lawrence Bishop
Jeff Million
Garland Million
Howe Road
Fire Calls Include Ill resident and Gas Investigation
At 5:32 a.m. today smoke forced aid to bed for 85 year old Guy Thompson at 620 Crawford St. Earlier at 11:11 a.m. a $15 basement fire at 102 Ardmore Dr tied to a toy car battery, Peter Weitzenkorn’s residence. The 10:13 a.m. call to 1905 Lamberton St. sent 52 year old Thelma Sorrell to hospital for evaluation and release. An 8:10 a.m. check at 1813 Howard Ave. found a gas odor with no fire.
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Crawford St
Guy Thompson
Ardmore Drive
Peter Weitzenkorn
Lamberton St
Thelma Sorrell
Howard Ave
Thespian Officers Elected at State Convention
Tony Barnett a junior at Lemon Monroe High School was elected president of the state chapter of the International Thespian Society Tim Tobias a Middletown High School junior was chosen state treasurer The two were elected Saturday at the state Thespian convention in Westerville The state organization covers Ohio and West Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Barnett
Lemon-Monroe High School
International Thespian Society
Tim Tobias
Middletown High School
Westerville
Ohio
West Virginia
Middletown High Names March Teacher of the Month
Kiki Demetrion of Middletown High School is March Teacher of the Month. She teaches Latin to first through third year students, advises the yearbook and Latin Club, and serves as Sunday school superintendent at Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiki Demetrion
Middletown High School
Miss Demetrion
Middletown
MHS
Miami University
Demetriou
Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church
Alpha Delta Kappa
Women Teachers’ Organization
American Association of University Women
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Park Board
C. J. Bosnak Journal
Middletown Park Board
John Paschal
Whitaker
Marcellene Hollingsworth
Ed Lynch
Camp Kern
Martha Miller
Shelby Middleton
Carl Gorsuch
Middleton
Pennyroyal Elementary
Rosalie Mercer
Shirley Weller
Pennyroyal
Gorsuch
Tom Byrne
Converse
Monument CO
Russell Nicoll
Russ
Call Middletown
Manchester Road
Fenwick High School
Middletown Bank
WPFB
Gregory Frisch
Frisch
Cason’s
Grand Ave
Helen McGee
Frank Arrington
Louis Place
Margie Ballard
Kensington St
Helen Boleyn
Dickerscheid
Richard O. Dickerscheid
Fred Dickerscheid
Zettler
Mercy Hospital
Garden Manor
Champion Paper
The
Eagles Lodge
Avia
Joseph Kinder
William Skidmore
Springboro
William R. Skidmore
Mt. Zion Apostolic Church
Peebles
Smith Chapel
Skidmore
Homer Skidmore
Burke Funeral Home
Richard Dickerscheid
Shuler Ave
Jacksonburg
McCoy
Leffler
Mc Coy - Leffler
Mber
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