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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1977
Page
2
Lebanon City announces a special census to start November 30 and run about 10 days under City Manager Charles Guard. Fifteen census takers will be hired, tested Monday and trained Tuesday, with results due in about three months to aid funding and potential liquor licensing for LaRosa's Italian Inn.
Lemon Township police arrested two suspects for breaking into Amanda Elementary School over the weekend. One is 18 year old Bobby Barnett of 1112 Oxford State Road. the other is a juvenile. A window was broken and items including a television were taken. some items have been recovered. The break-in was not found until Monday morning.
Donald Morris of 6584 Hetzler Road reported to Butler County deputies that his home was broken into over the weekend. Cash and valuables worth 275 dollars were taken, including a revolver 150 dollars two rings 73 dollars a watch 35 dollars and an unknown value rifle. Entry appeared to be gained by forcing a rear door while Morris was out of town.
Tomorrow is the last day to buy tickets for the December 16 17 event at Dave Finkelman Auditorium Middletown Campus Miami University. AIM hours are 10 am to 2 pm. tickets cost 1 for under 17 and 2 for others. Produced by Mimicks led by Mrs Della Ewart with carols by Phyllis DeWeese Dance Academy and music by the Middletown Symphony.
Girl Scout Brownies gathered for investiture rededication and fly up ceremonies at Lincoln School. New entrants to Troop 548 included Angelina Bridgeford and six others. Brownies rededicated included Elizabeth Cantondine and others. eleven girls moved to Junior Troop 1609. Donna Coning aided as guest. Troop 548 led by Chevyl Hendricks and Junior Troop 1609 by Diane Cantonwine.
Butler County commissioners awarded a $29 750 exterior construction contract to A Benzing & Sons of Hamilton for the courthouse restoration. The bid met a 10 percent minority business requirement with Immanuel Jackson named as minority subcontractor for demolition work. Work begins November 28 and follows a previous $79 491 award to E E Miller & Son Co for masonry and exterior tasks. The panel also discussed Blue Cross premium increases for elected officials under a state auditor interpretation of a Supreme Court ruling.
Marietta Smallwood of 3017 Yankee Road will report today for basic training at Fort McClellan Alabama and later complete advanced individual training there. Her dates and assignment changed after she re enrolled with the Army from an earlier plan to report January 31 at the same post and then move to Fort Rucker.
A garden tractor and attachments valued at $3,000 were reported stolen from the garage of Katherine Barr at 746 Elk Creek Road Butler County. Entry appeared gained through a hole in the garage roof.
Two teens were in serious condition and one in fair condition after a car they rode in struck a culvert and then hit a utility pole last night, according to police.
Gov. Rhodes announced $38 843 in state grants plus $2 044 local funds to back the Division of Police crime prevention and community relations unit. The money funds salaries for Patrolmen Paul Lewis and Ken Craig and related program expenses under the 1978 Comprehensive Criminal Justice Plan.
Multiple obituary notices from Middletown and surrounding towns report deaths from 71 to 92, including Anna Stoufe Cecil of 1116 Lafayette Ave and James A. Robinson of 3014 Tytus Ave. Details cover survivors, memorials, burial sites, and visiting hours. Other notices note a Garland Johnson correction, Catherine Burk, Johnnie Lakes, and Dorothy Amburgey among others. Funeral arrangements span Eaton Franklin Woodhill Port Union and Vernon Indiana, with services set locally.
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