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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1978
Page
13
Residents of Lamplight Court on Main Street line up their mailboxes for heavier daily mail flow. The scene shows more letters and magazines than typical, highlighting the expanded workload for the mail carrier.
Middletown City Schools board meets at 4 30 pm in the Administration Building to decide adding Middletown High School to the Southwest Ohio Instructional Television program. A videotaping system supports classes from English to German and other courses. The board may approve paying parents for student transportation to other schools, in lieu of school transport, and tuition for two special education students in Hamilton County Schools. An executive session is planned at 3 30 pm to discuss a personnel matter.
Comedian Henny Youngman, 73, fainted on stage at a suburban nightclub and was taken to a bus. He later said doctors found nothing seriously wrong and blamed fatigue and jet lag for the incident. He planned to perform as scheduled tonight.
Middletown Fire Chief Vic Auvil says most home fires come from carelessness rather than obvious causes. He urges simple checks, smoke detectors, and safe habits to prevent fires, noting two thirds of deaths occur at home and many fires are preventable with time and vigilance. He favors prevention over firefighting and calls for a culture of safety.
A two story frame house owned by Miami University and used as temporary faculty housing burned at 4 a.m. in Oxford with no occupants inside. Investigators from the state fire marshal questioned the blaze as suspicious amid reports of nearby garage fires and a timber company fire last weekend. The home near High and Bishop streets collapsed after a new roof had just been installed. the last residents were Gene Willeke and his wife who moved out weeks ago.
Carl Gorsuch Homer Bolser and Roland E St John from this area are regional winners of the 1978 Southwest All Region Board Awards of the Ohio School Boards Association. The event occurred in Xenia with other regional recipients Quentin Staley and R Wilson Stanger.
Several Trenton firemen attended the 15th annual Indiana Fire Conference at Earlham College in Richmond. Assistant Chief Larry Beiser, Assistant Chief Archie Clemons, Capt. Don Beasley and firemen Jim Mulligan, Myron Maines, David Yoder and Gary Hudson attended.
The City Health Board meets Tuesday at 7 30 a m in the second floor conference room of City Building. Helen Otte will address public health nursing services. Health Commissioner Paul Asmussen reports on Middfest 78 hypertension screening sewer work on Talton and Ronald Drives and the annual influenza immunization program for city employees.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency asks the state attorney general to sue Barmet Industries of Uhrichsville for alleged air pollution law violations. Barmet runs a secondary aluminum smelting operation.
A construction worker, Jesse Croney, 47 of Dayton, escapes major injury when a fork truck tipped on rough ground at the Harding House apartment project at Fourth Street and Sunnybrook Drive in Franklin. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital by the Franklin Emergency Squad, suffering back pain after remaining in the cab.
William Hieb and John Winkler, both from Butler County, were stranded for 32 hours on Lake Erie after their 19 foot boat lost power. Rescued by the U S Coast Guard Saturday, they were treated at HB Magruder Memorial Hospital in Port Clinton for exposure and Hieb’s diabetes care.
A southbound car on Dayton Pike left the roadway and crashed through the front door of 2019 Dayton Pike in Germantown injuring Keith Hollenbaugh, a passenger in the vehicle driven by Linda Sue Trissler. Damage exceeded $10,000. the car was total wrecked and investigation continues.
Trenton Rescue Squad members plan a chicken and dumpling dinner from 4 to 8 PM Saturday at Edgewood High. Uniformed members will canvass door to door Tuesday through Friday evenings to promote tickets priced 3 dollars for adults and 175 for children under 12. Funds support squad equipment and operations.
The Fenwick High School Parent Teacher Council will meet in the school cafeteria to hear Middletown Area Mental Health Clinic present an event. Tom Gomola of Middletown ACCESS will show a film and discuss teen depression dangers with June Nelson guiding questions.
Butler County deputies investigated several break ins in rural areas. Bill Spurlock reported a grinder and saw stolen from his truck at 5879 Howe Road Trenton. Laurie Neace said a kitchen window was broken and items missing during her move at 7089 Michael Road. Perry Kendrick reported 15 eight track tapes and accessories taken from his car valued at 110 dollars.
In Fairborn Edgewood High School marching band places second among six AA schools, with the flag corps finishing fifth out of 24. The group is set to compete next at Hamilton Taft at 6 p.m. Saturday.
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