Toys bring pure happiness to company executive
Diane Ashburn of Playhouse Toy Co. in Minneapolis, visiting Middletown, says toys are pure happiness and teaches children life lessons. She outlines toy types, learning benefits, and parental buying tips, emphasizing age-appropriate choices and refreshing toys every year and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toys ‘Pure Happiness
Diane Ashburn
Minneapolis
Middletown
Plan
Layhouse Toy Co
Ashburn
Phyllis Petitjean
Fourth St
Franklin Playhouse
Death sentence likely for Peaks at Butler County trial
Conrad Gregory Peaks, 22 of Dayton, faced possible death by electric chair after a jury convicted him of the April 27 murder of Peastown grocer Robert Ledford during a robbery. Prosecutors urged the chair, while defense lawyers prepared to argue against it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Conrad Gregory Peaks
Butler County Common Pleas
Robert L. Marrs
Peaks
Dayton
Peasttown
Robert Ledford
Madison Township
Sohio Service Station
Butler County
John Holcomb
Lancer Weinrich
Thomas Stubbs Jr
Marrs
Columbus School Desegregation Appeal Set for Supreme Court
Columbus attorneys prepared a formal appeal to the U S Supreme Court of the Sixth Circuit upholding the 1977 desegregation order by U S District Judge Robert Duncan. The plan would bus 37 000 of 89 000 pupils to achieve integration amid a 35 percent non white student body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court
Sixth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal
U.S District Court
Robert Duncan
Duncan
Board of Education
Supreme Court
William H
Middletown deaths bring several bereavements from area
Carolyn Evans 18 of 523 North Marshall Road died at 10 55 p m yesterday at Middletown Hospital after being ill at home She was a 1978 Middletown High School graduate active in the Girls Glee Club Mixed Choir and Pep Club Funeral arrangements are incomplete Angelo J Donisi 65 of 3107 Wildwood Road died at Middletown Hospital today after an extended illness He retired from Armco in 1972 and served in World War II He is survived by a son and daughter and several siblings Mass of Christian Burial will be at St Marys Church Friday with burial at Woodside Cemetery Graveside services will be held at Myrtle Gardens Cemetery Tampa Fla for David Lee Childers 40 of Tampa killed in a motorcycle crash His wife Kay was injured Survivors include two sons and two daughters His parents and siblings also survive Millard Reed 61 of 4440 Hamilton Mason Road services Thursday noon at Colligan Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Evans
N. Marshall Road
Middletown Hospital
Ralph Evans
Middletown High School
Joseph R. Baker
James A
Middletown
Carmen Donisi
Daniel
Frank
Edward
Anthony
Carl
Camille
Jack Stethem
James Allen
Lima
St. Mary's Church
Woodside Cemetery
Myrtle Gardens
Tampa
Fla
Middletonian
David Lee Childers
Childers
Gail Carder
Trenton
Kay
Lemon-Monroe High School
Air Force
Middletown Water Works
Wayne
Tony
Pamela
Hilders
Charleston
N. C
Tina Hale
Troy Childers
Jim and
Phil Childers
Robin Childers
Middletown Bike A Thon raises 29333 pledge total
The Middletown Butler County Unit of the American Cancer Society reports 29333 pledged for the Bike A Thon, with only 285.45 collected so far from 7 of 460 riders. A drawing for a 25 dollar savings bond will be held after money is turned in by Sunday midnight. The event, sixth annual, saw 56 Knothole members ride in memory of Kevin Leigeber, with 23 riders over 200 dollars and 185 over 50 dollars. rain shortened the route for several riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown-Butler County
American Cancer Society
Matt Jerry Roberts
Knothole Organization
Kevin Leigeber
Roberts
Paul Hegg
Dorothy Hegg
Cleveland school board faces contempt hearing
Cleveland's school board, strained by a teachers strike and debt, faces a federal contempt hearing in the desegregation case. Judge Battisti will require the board to justify cutbacks in the Desegregation Implementation Department and explain why bus purchase accounts were not set up to carry out the 1979 plan. The NAACP alleges the department was gutted as the district trims staff to meet budget pressures amid calls for a state takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Frank J. Battisti
Department of
Battists
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Battisti
Peter P. Carlin
George Dobrea
Charlies Leftwich
Leftwich
Chanute glider replica dedicated at Dayton museum
Dayton Ohio AP veteran broadcaster Lowell Thomas helped dedicate a reproduction of the 1897 Chanute glider at Wright Pattersons Air Force Museum. The Chanute glider was a gift from Octave Chanutes great grandson associated with the Historical Aircraft Research and Development Co. of Denver. Thomas spoke about early aviation, the 1924 World Flight, and recent Concorde travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Lowell Thomas
Wright-Patterson Air Force Museum
Chanute
Octave Chanute
Wright Brothers
Thomas
Octave
Historical Aircraft Research and Development Co
Denver
Cole Thomas
War Department
U.S
New Orleans
Europe
Composer Tibor Serly Dies After London Car Crash
Hungarian born composer and conductor Tibor Serly, a noted music theorist who taught many American musicians, died Sunday after a car struck him in London. He was 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tibor Serly
Two Middletown teens face theft charges over store break-ins
Two cousins aged 13 and 16 from Middletown are scheduled before Butler County Juvenile Court Judge David L. Black on Oct 31 on two break in charges. Detectives say stolen items including televisions, radios, guns, and tape players were found at the youths’ homes after the Ayr Way store thefts occurred in September. A third person appeared in Middletown Municipal Court and was fined 200 dollars by Judge J T Lamb. Mike Mullins 21, of Garfield Street, was fined for petty theft after prosecutors said he received a shotgun from one of the juveniles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Butler County
David L. Black
Ayr-Way
S. University Boulevard
Citizens Band
Ap Ecrss
Yesterda
J.T. Lamb
Mike Mullins
Garfield St
Boy Left at Plaza Reunited With Family After Misstep
Four year old Eddie Pickett was accidentally left behind at an Ohio Turnpike service plaza during a Chicago gospel group trip. State troopers relayed him to South Bend Indiana with Indiana police help after a restaurant employee reported a wandering boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eddie Pickett
South Bend
Ind
Eddie
The
Holy Family All Stars
Ellen T. Pickett
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Ohio
Picket
Theatrol
Missing property reported after break in at Curtis Street home
Police said two tape decks and an amplifier worth 1100 dollars were stolen from Charles Smedley at 325 Curtis St after a break in yesterday. A Jackson Lane resident woke to find his 1978 car on blocks with all four tires and rims missing. police stated the car belonged to Larry Campbell. 1002 Jackson Lane
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smedley
Curtis St
Jackson Lane
Larry Campbell
CPR Classes Available In Franklin And Carlisle Town Halls
Franklin offers cardiovascular pulmonary resuscitation training on the first and second Tuesdays at the City Building and the fourth Tuesday at the City Building, plus the third Tuesday at Carlisle Town Hall. Two sessions daily run 9 am to noon and 7 to 10 pm, each limited to 15 participants with no fee. The program covers all CPR techniques to revive and restart a stopped heart or breathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Franklin City
Carlisle Town Hall
Dan Fiedler
Fiedler
Mental health campaign eyed in Butler County
Discussion covers yard signs and publicity for the levy renewal Issue 3 on Nov 7. Volunteers are urged to staff polls and canvass neighborhoods. Center staff note rising referrals, a possible waiting list, and partnerships with Warren County Mental Health Center and Miami University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Middletown Area
PRISM
Dharma Bess
Marie Slezak
Bertha Boxwell
Murnette Hunter
Stanley Neiheisel
Larry Emrick
William Duncan
Barry Cobb
Patricia O'Shaughnessy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cincinnati
Holcomb
Ledford's and
Germantown Road
Ledford
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Montgomery County
Rehnquist
Samuel Porter
Porter
Angelo Denisi
Angelo J. Donisi
Wildwood Road
Dletown Hospital
Nisi
Sharonville
Armco
Transportation Department
Mr. Donisi
Armco Veterans Club
Sons of Italy
the Eagles
DAV
VFW
Mary
Wilson-Schramm Memorial
Middletown- Butler County
David Childers
Millard Reed
Hamilton-Mason Road
Colligan Funeral Home
Eley
Verity
Nancy James
WLWT
Bob Braun
Cleveland School Board
GOD
Main ST
Temple OF God
S. Main ST
Plaza
Miami University
Mental Health Association
Warren County Mental Health Center
Patty Tanning
June Nelson
Cobb
Transitional Living Corp
David Craft
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!