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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1977
Page
13
Lewis Hill distributes ACT and SAT score analyses to high school teachers, aiming to raise awareness of test results. The 1976 77 data show MHS and LMHS fluctuating around national averages in math and verbal scores, with English and foreign language study linked to higher outcomes.
Middletown Kiwanis Club presented a $2,000 Visualtex video low vision aid to Doty House yesterday. The device uses a camera and monitor to magnify reading material up to 60 times, aiding those with severe sight loss. The club, active since 1926, funds vision care and funded corrective surgery for a teen girl since 1948. The underprivileged child committee, led by Charles Egelston, has overseen hundreds of surgeries. A pancake day fundraiser will be held at Fenwick High School on Saturday November 12 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Robert Wieneke campaign for the Middletown Board of Education lists chairmen Charles E. Morgan and Glenn Greenham with a team including G. Richard Slade and David W. Young. Sponsors named on petitions include Phyllis S. Wacker and others. Wieneke is a Middletown assistant city engineer with prior PTA and education council involvement.
Middletown and Lemon Monroe high schools form the MHS dental assistants VICA club electing officers led by President Robin Noble. Other officers include Becky Colliver as vice president Adonis Holder secretary Vicki Mikesell treasurer Becky Bentley reporter Elaine Sivak sergeant at arms with adviser Mrs Martha Dennis. A garage sale planned this month aims to fund junior member sweaters.
Clearcreek Township trustees heard petitions from about 150 residents opposing a liquor license for the Ridgeville Tavern on Ohio 48 near Ridgeville and 11 residents voicing noise and dust complaints from a nearby construction site. The board asked for a public hearing via the Ohio Department of Liquor Control and denied a rezoning request from Marcum and Perkins Construction Co. for a 12 acre site off Ohio 48 citing neighborhood disruption. They discussed half the cost of group insurance for all full time workers and considered aiding a Springboro-Clearcreek Baseball Association soccer program.
Clearcreek Township Police Chief Everett Manning warns residents of con men posing as repairmen from the Gas & Electric firm. He urges residents to verify credentials and avoid opening doors to unfamiliar workers.
Jack Alcorn of 6501 Germantown Road was charged with no license, excessive speed for conditions, and unsafe motor vehicle after his car crashed into the dry river bottom along Carmody Boulevard. The police urged calling the township police at 748-1522 if in doubt about repair personnel.
Next Sunday the Miami University Collegiate Chorale will debut the 1977 78 season at Hall Auditorium at 3 p m. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Ohio District Council of Young People's Union Pentecostal Assemblies of the World will wrap up its convention today at Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Church on Young Street. The event gathers non profit group of young Christian adults from across Ohio after its program began last night.
A car sliding out of control struck three trees on both sides of S Main Street in the curve at 14th Avenue at 2 am. Driver Lawrence Pratt, 31, of 814 14th Ave, was injured and later released from Middletown Hospital after treatment. He was charged with no driver's license. The 1968 car was demolished.
Thick smoke hindered firemen as they responded to a basement fire at the Jack McGuire home 1415 Grove St yesterday afternoon. The furnace blast lit clothing, smoldering until smoke became visible. firefighters arrived shortly before 5 p.m. and contained the blaze with damage estimated mainly from smoke.
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