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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1975

Page

13

Memorial Day Parade to Feature 600 Shrines Units and Four High School Bands

Dayton's Memorial Day parade will be a major event with 600 Shriners from the Antioch Shrine Temple joined by four area high school bands. The procession includes 26 units such as bands horses clowns and dune buggies. Middletown Monroe Fenwick and Madison bands will march. Middletown High leads the 10 am start from Smith Park with services at Woodside Cemetery.

Antioch Shrine Temple Dayton Antioch Shrine Shriners Middletown High School Rom Smith Park Verity Parkway Woodside Cemetery Fenwick High School Tom Sweeney Robert Denisi

Middletown Area News May 23 1975 Page 13

A brief item from the Middletown area page reports local happenings in the week ending May 23 1975. Details are unreadable in the provided clipping.

Middletown Students Win MTA Teaching Scholarships

Middletown High School senior Terri Michelle Reynolds and Lemon Monroe High School senior Donna McNabb each receive a 200 scholarship from the Middletown Teachers Association. Reynolds plans mathematics at Eastern Kentucky University and has held roles in Student Action for Education, yearbook, newspaper, math club and drill team while working at McDonalds. McNabb heads to Miami University to study elementary education and has been active in bands, choir and student groups. The MTA Scholarship Committee selected the recipients.

Middletown High School Terri Michelle Reynolds Ellen Drive Lemon-Monroe High School Donna McNabb Bendel Drive Middletown Teachers’ Association Miss Reynolds Larry Reynolds Eastern Kentucky University Student Action For Education McDonalds Donald McNabb

Burglary Report Shifts Value at 1450 for Louise Tipton Home

Thief entered Louise Tipton’s residence at 827 1th Ave yesterday afternoon and took a color television portable television a silver tea set a tape recorder and an antique recorder player valued at 1450. A radio taken from Joe Kindred’s home 1615 Taylor Ave last evening was recovered. youths questioned. A break in at George Arnold 207 Highland St found a rear door glass broken this morning. nothing missing.

Louise Tipton Lth Ave Joe Kindred Taylor Ave George Arnold Highland St

Cumberland murder warrants issued for man linked to construction firm

Police issued two murder warrants for Gene McDonald also known as August Doak 58 of Dayton Ohio a laborer with McGraw Construction Co. He is charged in the killings of Richard Cook 41 and James Maybrier 27 whose bodies were found in a Cumberland hotel room. Investigators found a sawed off shotgun and ski masks and linked the trio to a Dayton address. a bank robbery claim remains unproven.

Cumberland Gene McDonald August Doak McGraw Construction Co Dayton Richard D. Cook James E. Maybrier

Harsh to resign as Roosevelt Middle School principal

Norman Harsh 39 plans to resign this summer to run his family's dairy farm near Brookville Indiana. He began as a teacher at Lincoln School in 1957, became Lincoln principal in 1961, and elementary curriculum coordinator in 1969. He will move his family 35 miles to the farm while his wife Juanita remains employed in Middletown. Harsh serves on Alternatives Inc. and YMCA boards.

Norman Harsh Roosevelt Middle School Brookville Ind Harsh Middletown Lincoln School Lincoln Primrose Lane Juanita Indiana Farm

Butler's share growing outruns state aid says county official

County Commissioner Donald Schirmer blasted the state for growing welfare funding with a 20 percent annual rise from 1969 to 1979. This year Butler County will spend 556,604 on public assistance, up from 193,000 in 1969, with projections to 1.2 million by 1979. He backs a bill to roll back programs to 1973 levels while warning welfare costs could swallow the general fund.

Hamilton Butler County Donald Schirmer Schirmer Bill Schaffner Ohio Senate

Witness shot during holdup at U S Hotel in Middletown

A witness was shot in the back during a holdup at the U S Hotel on Main Street. Robert Collins of Dayton, 22, was treated at Middletown Hospital and released in good condition. Two robbers fled with 40 dollars and remain at large.

Middletown Hospital Batsey Drive Anthony Pappas Mildred Schwing Creekview Drive Pappas U.S S. Main St Robert Collins Dayton Collins

Charges Dismissed in Butler County Break-In Case

Gary Fultz 24 of 2015 S Verity Parkway saw charges of complicity in the June 24 break in at Garfield Street dismissed by Butler County Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer after 93 days in jail without trial. He was arrested February 19.

Hamilton Gary Fultz S. Verity Parkway Butler County Common Pleas Fred B. Cramer Fultz Garfield St

Middletown MTA calls $150 bonus a bribe to control board

The Middletown Teachers Association labels the school board’s $150 one time bonus as a bribe and says the base salary index schedule is fair, noting teachers would earn less next year. The Hotline claims the board has funds for a permanent base pay raise and Caudill will release poll results after committee talks.

Middletown MTA Charles Caudill

Fire Run and Medical Calls Include Multiple Incidents

Fire dispatch at 2:56 a.m. to 613 Waite Street for Randall Achorn, 33, ill, transported and released. False alarm at Manchester Avenue and University Boulevard at 12:12 a.m. Yesterday at 9:56 p.m. 828 B Lafayette Avenue for Annie Rice, 34, head and back pains, to hospital, released. 2:59 p.m. 4718 Central Avenue, man on roof removing antenna, no assistance. 10:45 a.m. 840 Jackson Lane for Nan McKinney, 57, difficulty breathing, oxygen given, to hospital, admitted in fair condition.

Waite St Randall Achorn Manchester Avenue University Boulevard Lafayette Ave Annie Rice Central Ave Jackson Lane Nan McKinney

Willard Johnson Convicted of Rape and Kidnapping

A Hamilton jury of nine men and three women found Willard Johnson, 33, guilty of rape and kidnapping after a four hour deliberation. He faces sentencing Tuesday at 9 am before Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer. Johnson formerly resided at 3551 Tylersville Road and claimed innocence, asserting he had not met his 17-year-old accuser before the preliminary hearing.

Hamilton Willard Johnson Johnson Tylersville Road Common Pleas Fred B. Cramer

Jurors Wear Insulation Buttons In County Trial

In Hamilton County, 12 jurors and one alternate in the Willard Johnson trial began wearing red and white identification buttons to deter discussions of the case outside the courtroom. Judge Fred B. All orders jurors to continue using them. Judge Cramer notes plans to standardize this practice to shield jurors from prejudicial information.

C.J. Bosniak Journal Hamilton Willard Johnson Common Pleas Court Fred B. Cramer Cramer Johnson Cuyahoga Ruppert

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