Deep Ice Age Fragments Unearthed In Ohio Water Field
Archaeologists report 125 foot deep drill samples from Middletown’s Smith Farm well field reveal ancient giant tree trunks buried under glacial gravel. Scientists, including Miami University geologist Roy Reinhart, plan carbon tests to date the glacier waves. Preglacial forests held spruce, hemlock, tamarack and cedar while mammoth and megatherium roamed the Miami Valley.
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C. T. Morningstar
Middletown Water Works
Weith
Miami Valley
Middletown
C T. Morningstar
City
Smith Farm
Roy Reinhart
Miami University
Was Man Here in Those Days
Anthropologists argue ancient Americans lived 9000 years ago in Alabama caves. Carbon tests date the remains, but little everyday life remains visible today. Buried underground, only fragments like weed chips from last week’s well drilling hint at the era.
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Alabama
First Diggers Then Captains Old Canal Days Gave Middletown Irish
Irish immigrants arrived in Middletown in 1825 to dig the Miami Erie Canal joining Lake Erie to the Ohio River. Governor Clinton and Ohio officials attended the ceremony while Irish workers built shanties, endured malaria, and earned daily wages as canal crews. Bill Rogers, the toughest canal captain, led the Black Dragon until his Mary Conners married him and he resumed work driving the mules on the towpath.
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Middletown
St. Patrick's Day
New York State
Old Erie
Miami Erie
Old Erin
Dublin
County Cork
Killarney
Shannon
Tipperary
East
Midwest
Bill Rogers
Miami - Erie
Bill
Miami-Erie
The
Black Dragon
Mary
Program Set For Teachers
Dr. Paul Witty of Northwestern University will speak on Successful Techniques in Working with Exceptional Children at an in service dinner for Middletown public school teachers. The 6 30 p m gathering at Amanda School is hosted by William Ramsey with Supt. Howard Cromwell as program chairman. Entertainment includes instrumental music groups from Monroe and Amanda schools and the Amanda eighth grade girls chorus under Miss Mary Frances Gaines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Witty
Northwestern University
Middletown
Amanda
William Ramsey
Howard Cromwell
Witty
Northwestern
University of Kansas
Army
William Beltz
Monroe
Amanda School
Mary Frances Gaines
Community clubs and meetings listed for Monday and Tuesday
A dense schedule of weekly gatherings across Manchester Middletown and Monroe includes the Quarterback Club at noon plus Industrial Council and Middletown Civic events at 7:30 pm. Fire, fraternal, and service groups meet at various venues including hotels, schools, armories, and social halls from noon to 9 pm across multiple locales.
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Manchester
Industrial Council
Middletown
Civic Symphony Orchestra
Garfield
Civitan Club
Rotary Club
Sertoma
South Middletown
Chatterdine
Miami Lodge
Monroe Ioof
Spebsqsa
P. m
Legion Home Foe Lodge
Eagles Hall
Alcoholics Anonymous
Fantastic Hats and Skits Headline Middletown Open House
Students in Middletown Parks and Recreation winter program stage an Atomic Hat Show at Wilson Taft Lincoln Spring Hill and Jefferson schools. Open houses feature space helmet hats, bird cage styles and skits including Eggs Tra Ordinary Eggs and Royal Mounties chase. Additional events include grade school Easter Bunny appearances and basketball demos. Open houses run 10:30 am at Wilson Taft Lincoln on March 2. Spring Hill at 3:30 pm March 4 and Jefferson at 3:30 pm March 2.
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Wilson
Taft
Lincoln
Spring Hill
Jefferson
Middletown Parks and Recreation Department
Sgt. Thomond Tialle
The
Royal Mounties
Slippery Getz
Peter Cottontail
Wilson, Taft and Lincoln
Jefferson's
Wilson and
Garrett Phillips
E. E. Manning
William Coomer
Haskel Stanley
Jefferson and Taft
Owen van Ostrand
Sue Gordon
Nanni
Eileen McDermott
Julie Steinmetz
Jenny Lloyd
Marilyn Lloyd
Wilson School
Journal
Asher
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ED Edmiston
Great
Miami River
Arctic
Ohio
George Crout
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Daniel Doty
Clinton
New York
Morrow
William Henry Harrison
Goose Creek
Pat
Mike
Ray Standafer
Butler County
Samuel
Forrer
Robert Campbell
Colleen
Mary Conners
Canal
Central Avenue
Third Street
City Hotel
Monroe Firemen's Assn
Monroe Grange
American Legion
Legion Home
Iona Asher
Madame
Explorer
Vanguard
Kelle Jackson
Richard Davis
Earsle Tolliver
Robert Callahan
Nancy Kincaid
William Riggs
Joan Bailey
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