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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1969
Page
13
A Middletown Journal Q and A clarifies differences between bond issues and property tax levies. Bonds fund construction and furniture and cannot cover operating costs, while levies pay current expenses like salaries and utilities.
In Holbrook School area Lebanon, two boys Ronald Brown seven Genntown and Randy Carrier nine Kirby Road were bitten by a large black hound with a collar and tags that fled into nearby weeds after the attack. Principal Leo Perry said the dog is not known locally and the school is conducting house to house searches to locate it. Brown suffered a scalp laceration and ear injury while Carrier was bitten on the arm. Both boys were treated by a local physician and may face rabies inoculations if the dog is not found.
Robert Ingram, 33, of 2111 Roosevelt Ave., had his theft case continued in Middletown Municipal Court to Tuesday Oct 28. He was arrested at the City Building and charged with the theft of 2892 pounds of brass rods valued at 3000 dollars from Diamond Fiber Products on W Central Ave. Officials said the theft occurred over four months.
Over 400 Middletown area high school students gather at the Junior Achievement center to form 20 teen age companies and begin activities. They will travel Saturday to Cincinnati for a JA Achievers Association dance at St. Xavier High School. The program teaches free enterprise by selling stock electing officers and producing and selling a product with profits or losses reported to stockholders at year end.
C. R. Greathouse Jr. will discuss Evidence of Guilt at the Kiwanis Club meeting Thursday noon at the Manchester Motor Inn. Robert L. Davidson serves as program chairman.
Robert W. Bogan 36 of Oxford, former Talawanda School District superintendent, named yesterday as Butler County clerk succeeding Chester Raynak. Gillespie of Middletown backed by party leadership and petitions over 1000, but Gillespie’s nomination failed to gain a second at a non regular session. Bogan to assume duties Thursday at the commission meeting.
Inflation and crime push up premiums for large homes while many smaller homes see slight declines. Rates rise for frame houses from 79 to 83 dollars annually, brick homes drop about five dollars, and apartment contents policies may fall from two to three dollars. Some homeowners adopt fifty dollar deductibles to save twenty to thirty dollars yearly.
Four persons injured in two accidents yesterday afternoon and evening. At 8:20 p.m. a three car crash on Orchard Street and Roosevelt Avenue injured Mrs Bernice Wendt and Mrs Ira Gentry. Gentry and Bowman cited for failure to yield. Damages totaled 1600 dollars.
Gary L. Richmond 24 sustained a fractured arm and hip when his car struck a southbound loaded sand and gravel truck head on while passing traffic on Rt 4 south of Middletown at 7 50 a m. He was taken to Middletown Hospital. Estel Romans 61 of Franklin drove the truck and was uninjured. Richmond was charged with passing without assured clear distance.
The cub group holds second session of the leaders and den mothers training program tomorrow at First Methodist Church at 7 p.m. The meeting will be led by William Garrison, Dr. Sylvia Matthews, and Ed West.
A 10:30 p.m. four car collision on University Boulevard near Flemming Road injures two people and causes $2,300 damage to two other cars. John Cowgill 22 drives east from Penn Central depot and pulls into Viola Borders 23 who crosses median into two southbound Howe Chevrolet cars. Borders and Davidson suffer injuries. Davidson is admitted in good condition. Cowgill cited for insufficient brakes. A second incident on Eagle Alley involves Ernest Garner 21 hitting a fire escape top, causing $1,500 damage to the truck and $200 to the escape.
The Middletown Kiwanis seeks 3 members to reach 25 for a new evening club to be chartered after reaching quota at Tibbs restaurant. Separately, Noon Kiwanis plans its fifth pancake sale for eye surgery relief on Nov 8 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Freshman High School cafeteria.
Ten speakers including two students will address Miami University Middletown on the Anti Vietnam Moratorium sponsored by the Ad Hoc Committee to End the War. The program runs noon to 6 PM with talks every 30 minutes, a songfest, and a prayer service, weather permitting.
A 30 year old woman and an 11 year old girl clashed over a lost purse on Clinton Street after a dispute that began on Central Avenue. Police say the girl lost twenty dollars from the purse when the woman allegedly struck her as she chased the purse thief. A relative cited the woman’s mental problems.
Peter F Greiner of Beta Theta Pi announces a 350 William B Parmalee Scholarship to Richard James Waxweiler son of Mr and Mrs J H Waxweiler of 3010 Milton Road He is a 1955 Middletown High graduate and is enrolled at the University of Michigan in science engineering using the funds for one semester.
Norbert Wittenhagen of Springfield reported to Middletown police that his car in Square C Lot at 10 a.m. yesterday was broken into by smashing the right rear window, with access between 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Four men once residing in Middletown are jailed in Peoria County Illinois on charges of possession of stolen goods burglary tools and carrying a concealed weapon. James King 39 and three others were stopped by East Peoria police under a Davenport Iowa burglary warrant linking stolen items found in Kings car to recent burglaries.
YMCA Indian Guide father and son program holds an informal organizational meeting at the Y auditorium at 7 p m tomorrow. Parents with children in Maple Park Mayfield Spring Hill Wildwood and Wilson schools in first and second grades are invited. Tom Brickey says there is no obligation to join and new tribes are forming. those unable to attend may express interest by calling 422-16394.
Middletonians invited to a joint show by the Cincinnati Art Museum and the University of Cincinnati Medical Center Laser Laboratory titled Laser Light New Visual Art. The exhibit runs from 11 a.m. on November 1 and explores non harmful laser light as art with claims of being a first of its kind in the United States.
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