Mad chicken race at Rio Grande flies for cash
An International Chicken Flying meet at Bob Evans farm in Rio Grande Ohio offers a $500 prize. Chickens fly from Boston New York Holland and possibly Bolivia Australia to compete. Competitors face an angry bird after being mailed in a mailbox as part of the quirky event.
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Rio Grande, Ohio
Ohio
Boston
New York
Holland
Bolivia
Australia
Bob Evans
Lee Durieux
Huckleberry Finn Day at Lemon-Monroe High School
The 10th annual Huckleberry Finn Day was held in Lemon-Monroe High School with English II students studying Mark Twain's novel. Highlights include a home canned huckleberry jar from Kentucky and six blueberry pies baked by home economics students. Students dressed in 1840s styles performed skits and participated in chicken flight events with distant records and exotic entries under scrutiny by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Porter
Lemon-Monroe High School
Mark Twain
Kentucky
Porter
Jo Thomas
Donations fund Job Opportunity program drives summer work
Record donations to Job Opportunity Inc. push summer jobs for youths. Carol Clark 26, of 2308 Sheffield St. charged with fleeing the scene and driving while intoxicated after a 4th Avenue crash near University Boulevard. Tim Mullins 27 treated and released from Middletown Hospital. Donations total about 35,000, enough for six weeks. 90 youths seek public service positions funded by gifts. Job applications remain at area high school counselors.
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4Th Avenue
University Boulevard
Carol Clark
Sheffield St
Tim Mullins
Washington St
Mullins
Middletown Hospital
Clark
Jacoby Avenue
Garfield Street
Marva Sampson
Two Men Beat Spencer Lambert and Robbed Home At Nine PM
Police report two men assaulted Spencer Lambert at 917 Ninth Ave yesterday evening and stole 460 dollars from his wallet along with his glasses. The suspects fled toward Ninth and Lincoln after the incident near his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Lambert
Ninth Ave
Lambert
Ninth
Lincoln
Middletown Area News Friday May 20 1977
Local brief from Middletown reports community events and notices for Friday May 20 1977. Readers learn about upcoming meetings and local happenings in a concise news note.
Lovers picked bad spot
A nude woman and a partially dressed man were found at 1:50 a.m. in public at the City Centre Mart entrance on S Broad Street. Police roused them and recovered the woman's clothing from a path starting at First Avenue. Billie Johnson, 41, of Anthony New Mexico, and Laine Leonard, 27, address unknown, were charged with disorderly conduct.
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S. Broad Street
First Avenue
S. Broad
Billie Johnson
Anthony, N.M
Laine Leonard
Three men plead innocent in Warren County indictment
In Warren County Court, Melvin C. Ray 49 of O Neall Road Waynesville and Ralph and John Todd 3937 Lebanon Road South Lebanon entered innocent pleas to embezzlement grand theft falsification and perjury charges. The special grand jury will recess through August with term extended to August.
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Lebanon
Warren County Sheriff's Department
Warren County Common Pleas Court
Melvin C. Ray
O'Neall Road
Waynesville
Warren County Sheriff's
Ray
Ralph
John Todd
Lebanon Road
South
Ralph Todd
Todd
National Cash Register Corp
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Grand Jury
Memorial Day Shrine to Lead Dayton Parade
Ten units from the Antioch Shrine Dayton will march in Dayton's Memorial Day parade on May 30. The parade starts 10 a.m. at Smith Park, goes along Verity Parkway to Woodside Cemetery where Monroe High School band and speakers will attend services.
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Shrine
Antioch Shrine
Dayton
Smith Park
Verity Parkway
Woodside Cemetery
Monroe High School
Chuck Garrison
Tom Buchanan
Screening Continues as Preble Shawnee Reduces Applicants
Preble Shawnee board narrowed superintendent search from 98 to 105 applicants to 28 after screening. Six top candidates will be interviewed by the full board at a May 25 executive session. The board also reviewed elementary district improvements including math texts primary class size limits and pilot departmentalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Preble Shawnee
al Kiracofe
Wilburn Dougherty
Dougherty
West Elkton
Poppies on Sale in Middletown by Legion Auxiliary
Buddy poppies will be on sale today and Saturday in downtown Middletown. The Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Post 218 sponsors the event to aid veterans and dependents in hospitals nationwide. donations for the artificial lapel flowers are appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ladies Auxiliary of
American Legion Post 218
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Rio Grande
Monroe
Marsha Frentzel
Sue Crockett
Elaine Cutali
Wendt
Jar
Thomas
Ireland
Durieux
US Department of Agriculture
Soviet Union
Job Opportunity, Inc
Jug
Central Ave
Journal
Area News
Warren County
Madison
Fenwick
Donald E. Lukens
Armed Services
Shirley Demosthenes
Jerri Hamlin
Preble
Mary Lou Watkins
Kiracofe
Richard Speicher
Carol
Little League
Gratis
Ward’s Parking
Herb Pfeiffer
Modern
Kemper
Neon
Dick" Haizman
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