Middletown Area News March 16 1974 Highlights
Local reporters summarize Middletown area events for the Saturday edition. Community notes include school, civic, and social items, with brief updates from surrounding towns and agencies.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1974
Page
9
Local obituaries note Luther Barber and Nolan Cox deaths
Luther Barber 72 of 524 18th Ave died Friday night at Middletown Hospital. Arrangements incomplete at Hall Jordan Memorial Chapel. Nolan Cox 66 of 744 S. River St died at Middletown Hospital. Retired in 1970 from Interstate Folding Box Co. Surviving wife Myrtle, children Manuel Norma Lois Joan Gayle, brothers Charles Herbert Lawrence, sisters Ollie Pearl, step-sisters Katherine Josephine, step-mother Esther, 11 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday Baton Funeral Home, burial Miami Valley Memory Gardens. Friends may call Monday 6-9 p.m. Rufus Hayes 54 of 3118 Omaha St died Friday at Veterans Administration Hospital Dayton. Born Campton KY, WWII veteran. Daughter Loretta Kennedy Middletown, brother John Middletown, step-sisters Lula Sparks and Grace, five grandchildren. Services p.m. Monday at McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home. Burial Woodside Cemetery. Funeral home hours Sunday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin — Nolan Cox
S. River St
Middletown Hospital
Cox
Interstate Folding Box Co
Miamisburg
Myrtle
Manuel
Franklin
Norma Crowe
Middletown
Lois Buckley
Joan Patrick
Gayle Bowers
Germantown
Charles Cox
Indianapolis
Herbert
Lawrence
Ollie Logsdon
Pearl Owens
Katherine Kirby
Carlisle
Josephine Pierce
Esther Cox
Batonuneral
Marion Barber
Miami Valley Memory Gardens
Rufus Hayes
Omaha St
Veterans Administration Hospital
Dayton
Mr. Hayes
Campton
Avel
Loretta Kennedy
John
Lula Sparks
Grace
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Woodside Cemetery
Cleve Jones
Madison Road
Sunnybreeze Rest
Hamilton
Jones
Diamond National Corp
Edith
Ada Ratliff
Walter
Silver Grove
Harry
Stanley
Donald
Kenneth
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Darrell Downing
Funeral Home
Carl William Sixt
Miami St
Trenton
Garden Manor
Sixt
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Butler County Farm Bureau
Carrie
Ruth Klink
Greensburg
Ind
Doris Shannon
Leroy
Gibson City
Katherine Sixt
Clara Sixt
Jenny Proeschel
Paul Bergdall
Miltonville Cemetery
McCoy-Leffler
Woman reports assault at Crawford Street home
A young woman said a man with a stocking over his head forced entry at her Crawford Street home yesterday around 2 15 p m and assaulted her for about 10 minutes. Police are investigating the home invasion and assault report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford St
Griffin hearing continues suspension of city drug center chief
The suspension of Lewis Griffin, director of the city drug treatment center, will extend into Monday after Friday’s day-long sessions. City Manager Dale Helsel will receive a report from Richard Goecke, acting hearing officer, and make a final decision with committee confirmation after review. Griffin has served nine months and says he has not been told the reason or any complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Griffin
Dale Helsel
Helsel
Richard Goecke
Griffin
Woman badly burned found driving on Clark Street
Mae Johnson, 64, of Cincinnati, was found at about 4 a.m. in critical condition at Cincinnati General Hospital after authorities say she fell asleep while burning incense and blankets caught fire. She claimed she was driving to look for a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Street
Mae Johnson
Cincinnati
Cincinnati General Hospital
Trenton Lions plan arts and crafts festival
Lions Club in Trenton seeks dealers and hobbyists for a June 15 16 festival. Display areas span the First National Bank of Middletown lot and sidewalks along S First and S Second streets. Lion James T Bartley in charge. entry is 1.50 per foot with a $10 minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Lions Club
First National Bank of Middletown
State and First Streets
S. First
S. Second Streets
Lion James T. Bartley
Clara Drive
Lions
Woman pleads innocent to murder in infant death case
In Warren County Umon Pleas Court Karen Bowlin 20 of Franklin Township and her parents pleaded innocent to charges tied to the January drowning of Bowlin’s unnamed newborn baby at 9280 Marcell Drive Franklin Township The case details indicate the infant’s death occurred in a toilet and charges had not been public until now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Franklin Area
Warren County
Umon Pleas Court
Karen Bowlin
Marcell Drive
Franklin Township
Daniel Fedders
Franklin
Fedders
John Zopff
William Koffman
City invites comments on experimental street light on Central Ave
The city seeks feedback on a square mercury vapor street light installed in front of the City Building as a potential replacement for about 100 older incandescent lamps along Central Avenue. The project, costing about 60000 dollars and taking about a year, could be paid by assessment if approved by the City Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Avenue
Central
Moore Street
Verity Parkway
Robert Moschell
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
L. Verity
Yankee Road
Lafayette Avenue
Upper Arlington
Highlands
Moschell
City Commission
Cg&e Moschell
Seventy JA advisers honored at Middletown event
Seventy adult advisers from 20 Middletown Junior Achievement companies were recognized at a dinner-dance. Ivan Crawford and Frank Duvall received 10 years of service, Ruth Pieratt and Dennis Short eight years, with several others earning five to four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ivan Crawford
Frank Duvall
Ruth Pieratt
Dennis Short
Betty Clem
Dennis Longworth
Dick Roof
Five hurt in two wrecks near Northway Inn parking lot
Police reported two traffic incidents with five injured last night. In the 3000 block of Tytus Avenue a 25 year old Ronnie Davidson and 39 year old William Wilson were treated and dismissed. two young passengers Gary Burns 13 and Darrell Burns 15 were released or in fair condition. A third occupant Roger Raines 25 remained in critical condition as investigators pursue the case. A second crash on Yankee Road near Ninth Avenue involved 46 year old Donald Dillman. an 8 year old boy Steve Proffit was struck and treated at Middletown Hospital after being carried to the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tytus Avenue
Northway Inn
Tytus Ave
Ronnie Davidson
Second St
Franklin
William Wilson
Highland St
Davidson
Wilson
Middletown Hospital
Gary Burns
Covington
Darrell Burns
Roger Raines
Finley St
Yankee Road
Ninth Avenue
Donald Dillman
Ridgeway Court
Monroe
Dillman
Eighth Avenue
man robbed at Liberal's market on south verity parkway
A Columbus man was robbed yesterday at Liberal's market on South Verity Parkway by an armed man. Frank Seesock told police a man with a small pistol accosted him as he exited his car around 8 45 p m and demanded money. He surrendered about 10 dollars. The robber fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Diamond ring valued at 250 stolen from Armco dining room
Police report two men stole a diamond wedding ring worth 250 from the Armco executive dining room. David Taylor of 1710 Brentwood St reported a baseball glove 27, spikes 25, and a jacket taken from his car nearby yesterday. Faye Heatherly of 1710 Yankee Rd said two men plus three accomplices took her purse around 9 50 PM while she walked south on Yankee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco
David Taylor
Brentwood St
Faye Heatherly
Yankee Road
Yankee
Madison teachers at impasse in contract talks
The Madison Teachers Association and the school board reach an impasse with a panel to be named within 10 days. Each side will name a representative, who will pick a third member. The panel would issue recommendations within two weeks after hearing both sides. Major disagreements include personal and professional day policies, contract wording, severance, maternity leaves, work days, salary, and tax annuity plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davey
Teachers Association
Madison
Clyde Roush
MTA
Fire, medical incidents and a chest pains case reported
A string of local incidents includes a fire near a water treatment plant started to warm fishermen, later extinguished. Harold Jenkins of Lebanon, 60, hospitalized and released. Ralph Barbour, 65, Chest pains, hospitalized then in intensive care. Clarence Johnson, 800 damage from bedroom lamp. Chester Denton, 73, vomiting blood admitted with unknown condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Ward
University Bivd
Harold Jenkins
Lebanon
Magnolia Drive
Ralph Barbour
Elm St
Clarence Johnson
Heart specialist I. E. Buff dies at 65
Charleston West Virginia reports that Dr L. E. Buff, a heart specialist who led efforts to secure black lung benefits for coal miners, died Thursday from a heart attack. He was 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W Va
LE. Buff
Court Won’t Review Negligence Ruling In Ohio Suit
Ohio Supreme Court declined to review an appeals court decision favoring Bertha Stabb in a negligence suit against Colonial Stores. She slipped in a Cincinnati store from a puddle of water and ice, arguing water visibility and cart-derived ice. The Hamilton County court previously dismissed the case, to be reversed by the 1st District Court of Appeals which found the dismissal improperly usurped jury power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Supreme Court
Hamilton County
Colonial Stores, Inc Ber
Stabb
Cincinnati
Colonial
1St District Court of Appeals
Also Mentioned on This Page
Area News
Luther Barber
18Th Ave
Hall- Jordan Memorial
Nolan Cox
Alvah Kinsey
New Lebanon
Clara
Help Funeral Home
Carl Sixt
Clarence Nelson
N. Washington Blvd
Charles Orme
Piqua
St. Clair Avenue Baptist Church
Estill Hibbard
Tylersville Road
North Fairfield Baptist Church
Ethel Storms
Long St
Pineville
Trenton Lions Plan Festival
Sheckler
Edward Bowlin
Steve Proffit
the Tea & Potpourri
Melampy
Central Ave
Chester Denton
I. E. Buff
THE
Lite House of
Don Mendenhall
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