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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1975
Page
2
A 6 year old boy was reportedly abandoned at Sebald Park Saturday afternoon in Butler County. A woman who found him and searched for his family helped deputies for hours. The boy was traced to his great grandmother on Main Street, but the boy’s mother could not be located.
A 25 year old Dayton man Melvin E Salley drowned while wading in the Little Miami River near Oregonia The Warren County sheriff's department was called at 3 20 p m to the spot where Salley went under water near the Wilmington Road bridge about two miles south of Oregonia Rescue squads from Waynesville and Lebanon Life Squad assisted in the search and Salley body was recovered at 4 29 p m Mrs Salley told deputies her husband could not swim and was wading with his brother when he suddenly disappeared.
Seven Ohioans died and two were missing after Memorial Day water incidents across the state. Victims include Dwayne and Denise Harper in Cincinnati, and 40 year old Ron Granger in Muskingum River. Additional drownings occurred near Columbus, Oregonia, Dresden, and Cambridge Station.
Barbara A. Standley of 509 Ken Ridge Drive is among 37 Indiana University students initiated into Blue Key. The senior majors in mathematics and psychology, holds multiple scholarships, and serves in several campus groups and honor societies.
A Monroe sewer study by engineer W. T. Eiffert recommends building a regional treatment plant at LeSourdsville with gravity lines from Monroe and a pumping station. Three options were analyzed including a Middletown link and a Monroe stand‑alone plant. The favored LeSourdsville plan reduces early costs though long term expenses stay high. Copies of the report are available at the Municipal Building.
A school bus driver Estelene Wright 25 of Princeton Road was treated at Middletown Hospital after a collision with a car at Cincinnati Dayton and Bethany roads at 7 15 am. Highway patrol investigates and no further details were available this morning.
Walter J. Furlow 68 founder of Central Pastry Shop in 1949 died at Middletown Hospital after illness since August. Survived by two sons, three brothers, five sisters and several relatives. Visitation Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m. at McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home. services Thursday 2 p.m. Burial Woodside Cemetery.
Lois Burns is installed as president of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 3809. Other officers include Irene Clark senior vice president Mary Brown junior vice president Sue Hall chaplain Betty Reams conductress Ruth Yocum guard Frances Hubbard instructor Shirley Dempstenes secretary Frances Lovely treasurer. Judy Vanlandingham serves one year as trustee Leslie Thurman two years and Sandra Fox three years.
Lee Ann Evans won four first place awards in two NBTA events over the weekend. She captured first in in-state solo and under six, and in open advanced solo at Columbus, and first in in-state advanced solo and open advanced solo at Bascom for six years.
A gas leak by a water heater caused a fire at the home of Wayne Isaacs at 2736 El Camino Drive. Isaacs, a highway patrolman at Post 9, was on duty. his wife was home. Neighbors reported it. Monroe and Hunter fire departments fought the blaze, arriving at 11:32 p.m. and on scene about 90 minutes. The first floor utility room suffered most damage with smoke and heat spread, and a neighboring apartment had light smoke damage. Fire officials assess the loss today.
Willard Johnson, found guilty of raping and kidnapping a 17 year old Hamilton girl, was ordered to the Butler County Forensic Center by Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer. Sentencing will follow the examination as Johnson again claimed innocence and cited denial of access to counsel and case preparation.
On May 19 1973 Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt signed a ten year agreement to expand economic industrial and technical cooperation between the two nations.
Burglars robbed the Goldman Park concession stand of about 150 dollars in food and 24 softballs during the holiday weekend. Wildwood Golf Club also suffered a break in with cash boxes and a cash register emptied of roughly one thousand dollars overnight. A Cathy Dean residence yielded a speaker and microphone valued at 81 dollars after entry through a pried window. Ella May Herron residence lost 85 record albums in a door break in with a torn screen and broken lawn chair.
A blackout affected sections southwest of Germantown and western Germantown last night from 10 38 p m to 12 45 a m A Dayton Power Light spokesman said a tree fell on power lines near Oxford Road causing the outage The affected streets include W Market Street Sigal Road Astoria Road and Oxford Road
Steve Jensen of Cub Scout Pack 15 will graduate into Scouts and join Scout Troop 93 sponsored by Sherman School PTO. He will not advance into Webelos as was reported last week.
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