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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1978
Page
8
Library volunteer Gordon Ondersma is praised for assisting a patron with song lyrics and coordinating a key preference before delivering a performance of Bless This House Lord We Pray. The Middletown Garden Club again decorates the Library with flower boxes.
A mixed review of Kalki notes Vidal's satirical take on politics and culture through Teddy Ottinger. The piece shifts to local library happenings including staff changes, book selections, and a summer program for children with bookmobiles, hobbit theme reading, and events across branches.
The Middletown Public Library adds 300 to 400 titles monthly with staff selections featured in the Journal weekly. The list includes varied works from fiction to nonfiction such as The Mutual Friend, The Killing in the Market, Watermelon Wine, The Runaways and Josh Gibson.
A catalog-style list highlighting hot fiction and nonfiction books. Notable items include Bloodline by Sidney Sheldon The Holcroft Covenant by Robert Ludlum Scruples by Judith Krantz The Human Factor by Graham Greene The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough The Complete Book of Running by Jim Fixx If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries by Erma Bombeck My Mother My Self by Naomi Friday Pulling Your Own Strings by Mandy Saligaro Over Three-Week Crash Makeover by unknown author.
Oxford Miami University historian Dr. David M. Fahey joins Sir John Plumb of Cambridge and four others to author The English Heritage a concise survey of England's society politics and government with pauses to assess key historical periods 1485 1660 1783 1850 and 1977. Fahey has taught at Miami since 1969 after time at Indiana University Northwest Notre Dame and Assumption College.
The third annual Great Miami River Festival will run June 10 and 11 at Island Park Dayton. Hours are noon to 10 p.m. daily with a 10 a.m. river run on June 10. The River Corridor Committee of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce organizes it, with free rides for groups and food concessions competing for a $250 prize. Admission is $1 for ages over 12. under 12 free with an adult.
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