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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1975
Page
2
Police reissued warnings to verify who is at the front door before opening. Ancil Downey reported two men claiming cemetery reps tried to force entry after a call offering a free plot. Officers urge storm doors, safety chains, and reporting suspicious activity to prevent further incidents.
George Fields, professional recording artist and youth minister, will speak at 7 p.m. tomorrow at University Baptist Church in a teen oriented program. He has addressed General Electric in Louisville church groups and athletic banquets and was listed in Outstanding Young Men in America in 1971 and 1972. He is honorary chaplain of the Knights of Malta and served on the national staff of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. His LP By George features comments from prominent athletes. Youths in the area are invited.
Edgewood High School concert band presents a winter program at 2 30 p m Sunday in the high school natium admission free Guest conductor Eugene Norden associate conductor of bands at Morehead State University led a two day workshop with the group organized by Jesse Kenney and the program features classical and modern pieces including the Ariane Overture El Capitan and Synopsis
Barbara Ann Queen of New Holland West Virginia won 300 000 in the Buckeye 300 drawing. She and husband Sam 33 will move back to Wayne WV to open a bowling alley. King Floyd Paul King Jr. won 30000 and four others won 15000 each. Drawn numbers were 199 single set and 037 692 double set.
Neighbors found the Roy Potter residence at 3613 Lewis St ransacked after overnight break in. A .22 rifle, muzzle loader, and police scanner were missing. wine spilled through kitchen and dining areas. finger prints taken. At 814 17th Ave the Rankin home reported items including a color TV and audio gear missing. A break in at 224 Shafer St. damaged a garage window but no entry suspected.
Butler County commissioners approved the 1975 budget, announcing an 8 percent increase in salary funds for each department and a mileage allowance rise from 10 to 12 cents per mile. Total appropriations for 1975 amount to 6,608,077.62 dollars, with specific department figures listed against 1974 figures in parentheses.
Allen Treadway longtime VFW and veterans group leader will be honored at a testimonial dinner by Miami Valley VFW Post 3809 at the VFW Social Center 5049 Central Ave. Ruthie Carter 4th District president also to be honored. State Rep. William Denham will speak. Cost is 5 dollars per person. James Hamlin is chairman. Constellations from Cincinnati will provide music. Treadway of 404 Highview Road is a former district commander and civic leader. Carter of 1107 Baltimore St is district auxiliary president and active in several groups. Both Treadway and Carter hold district posts expiring this spring.
Dr. Philip F. Bartel, Middletown podiatrist for over a decade, returned from the Dr Probber postgraduate course in Orlando where he presented his paper Lesser Metatarsal Osteotomy the Correction of Callouses to 200 doctors. The work earned an honorable mention in the Maxwell Capsham Memorial Awards by Current Podiatry magazine.
The Middletown YMCA resumes belly dancing for spring led by Sherron Henry of Lebanon. Classes aim to tone muscles and boost flexibility with beginner slots Tue Thu and Wed afternoon and advanced slots Mon and Thu evenings beginning the week of March 31. Nonmember cost is $20 and member price is $15.
Franklin recreation board will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the City Building to choose an interim recreation director to serve April 1 to year end. Jim Mears said five qualified men have voiced interest and a job description for the permanent post will be drawn up during the interim period. Boys baseball signup is set for 10 a m to noon Saturday April 12 at the junior high. slips will be distributed after April 1. A girls softball league is planned but a date is not yet set.
Butler County deputies report a two car crash yesterday at 4 50 p m on Trenton Franklin Road west of Ohio 4. Sharon Hendriks 18 of Franklin Madison Road eastbound said she looked away then braked skidding into oncoming traffic and colliding with Reva Harden 54 of Catalina Mobile Home Park Peasttown. Harden complained of abdominal pains but Middletown Hospital had no record of treatment. No citations issued.
Edward R. Hall pleaded guilty to one count of passing a bad check in Butler County. Judge Robert L. Marrs gave six months in jail with suspension on condition of good behavior, and ordered Hall to pay court costs. Two additional counts were dismissed.
Multiple death notices from Middletown area list G DeNise Rossman Louise Rossman Niel Buckley III Virginia Delver Everett Constant Ferd Eck and Mabel Smith. Details include ages addresses service times burial places and surviving family members.
The Eighth U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Reserve Mining Co may take reasonable time to clean up water pollution at its Silver Bay Minnesota plant while ceasing air pollution immediately. Plaintiffs failed to prove water pollution harmed public health, and waste disposal may shift to an on land site gradually.
Police brief details an early morning robbery and assault sending Earl Helton to Middletown Hospital for a head cut after two men beat him and stole $100. Bonnie Angelo reports an irate customer assaulted her at Rinks. A .22 blank gun was found at Elbee Shoes and turned in. Hubcaps worth $160 were stolen from a 1974 pickup near Holy Trinity church.
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