Middletown Area News Briefes March 22 1975
Local Middletown brief item dated March 22 1975 notes community happenings and events in the area. No further readable details available in the provided text.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1975
Page
9
Local Middletown brief item dated March 22 1975 notes community happenings and events in the area. No further readable details available in the provided text.
Two women attempted to steal a mink coat from Brandenburg Furs at 14 S. Clinton St. One suspect, Dayton resident Ella Bentley, 34, held in city jail for grand theft complicity. second suspect at large. Coat valued at 1300 recovered. chase by store owner and officers ended with arrest.
The will of Gladys Finkelman admitted in Butler County Probate Court leaves $10000 to Miami University for Middletown campus scholarships named the Dave and Gladys Finkelman scholarships. Temple Israel of Dayton receives $10000 to fund memorial concerts and artist appearances. Other bequests include Middletown Hospital $1000 Middletown Salvation Army $1000 and local Jewish organizations with bonds to Israel National Council of Jewish Women Dayton $100 and Hadassah $1,000 bond for Forever in Israel program.
Two men were held in city jail after a Peasttown raid at Catalina Mobile Home Court. John Justice, 21, charged with second offense marijuana possession and cocaine offenses. Ernest Floyd Patton HS, 19, charged with marijuana possession and cocaine offenses. Police seized seven marijuana pipes, pills, aluminum packets, marijuana and paraphernalia.
The Taft Elementary School Parent Teachers Organization will sponsor a 7:30 p.m. basketball game in the McKinley gym between PTO fathers and members of the Knights Social Club. Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for students, with all proceeds to benefit the PTO.
The Edgewood Band Boosters Association moves its March meeting from next Tuesday to Tuesday April 1 at 7 30 p m in the high school band room. Parents of Edgewood School District band students are invited.
The Middletown school board will consider a 1975 permanent budget of 16.48 million at a 7:30 p.m. Monday meeting in the administration building. The plan increases by about 475 thousand due to the state surplus, with 12.40 million from property taxes and 2.145 million from the state foundation program, plus other receipts including 29 thousand federal funds.
A six year old girl, Ethel Clara Napier of 1107 Second Ave, was in satisfactory condition at Middletown Hospital after being hit by a southbound car driven by Luther T. Baker of 1732 Meadow Ave in the 700 block of Yankee Road yesterday afternoon. The car struck the child after four or five other children ran into the street. Baker stopped but then began moving again before the girl ran out. Baker was not cited.
West Elkton Elementary PTO hosts an all you can eat chili dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the school. Tickets cost 1 50 for adults 1 for ages 5 to 12 and free for younger children. The group recently bought a projector and four record players for use at the school. Planned projects include a school name sign and clinic renovations. A next meeting is set for April 8 at the school.
Several school districts announce spring and Easter vacations starting this week. Middles Town public and Catholic students have Thursday to Monday off, with other districts like Madison Carlisle Clearcreek Edgewood and Valley View giving a week break and classes slated to resume March 31. Franklin and Preble Shawnee also report closures through the weekend and return dates in early April.
The Feb 22 23 storm dropped 3.39 inches in Middletown and pushed the Great Miami River to 14 feet, not a record by district standards. Officials note such severity averages once every five years, with 1959’s crest near 200 feet occurring about every 22 years.
Light rainfall moved through the region with a quarter inch reported. Temperatures will fall about 10 degrees from recent highs near 60. Flooding closed some roads as creeks including Little Miami and Turtle Creek overflowed for more than ten high water events surpassing February’s crest. Showers and thundershowers return by tomorrow night or early Monday.
The Germantown recreation commission faces a shortage of registrations for baseball this year. Fred Samworth urges early signups, tryouts, and quick team formation so uniforms can be silk screened on time. Tryouts are at the middle school gym on March 29 for ages 13 to 16 and on April 5 for ages 7 to 9.
Aileen Brick, 57, experienced chest pains at 1602 Columbia Ave and was taken to the hospital where she was treated and released.
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