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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1977
Page
2
Careless smoking was listed as the probable cause of a fire at the Marcus Lamb residence 518 Moore Street last night. Firemen found smoke and heat damage throughout the two story house with $6,000 in structural and $2,000 in contents losses. Firefighter Steve Gillie sustained a cut to the hand.
Funeral services for Rev. Pearl Robinson 40 and his two sons who died in a light airplane crash near London Kentucky will be held at West Side Church with visits at First Pentecostal Church. Burial at London Cemetery. Surviving family includes wife Nancy, daughter Diane, mother Georgia Robinson and brothers Gerald and Carl. Also listed are Keelor, Lamb, Lehman, and Bauer obituaries with service details across Lebanon Farmersville Eaton and Hamilton.
A rear-end collision on Roosevelt Boulevard at Wicorf Street sent Alan B. Springfield 20 Roosevelt Blvd and Cecil V. Bartlett 35 Germantown Rt. 1 to Middletown Hospital with injuries. Springfield charged with failure to maintain an assured clear distance after his car struck Bartlett's at a red light. Both were treated and released.
Robert L. Klipstine, past Ohio American Legion leader and World War II Marine veteran, will be guest speaker at Post 218 Veterans Day events. Activities start 10:45 a.m. at Woodside Cemetery with a 12:15 p.m. luncheon at 116 S. Main St. Post building.
Last night two unrelated hold ups occurred within an hour. At Clark Service Station 323 N. Verity Parkway Ronald Sturgell 20 described a pistol wielding robber who took about 165 dollars. At King Kwik Market Tytus Avenue and Auburn Street a man with a hunting knife grabbed cashier Earlene Cowgill and fled with about 30 dollars.
Milton W. Raskin conductor and film composer for works including The Agony and the Ecstasy and Lawrence of Arabia died Saturday in Sawtelle at age 61. He provided background music for several motion pictures.
Knight Goodman Inc will host a morning session at the Dave Finkelman Auditorium Middletown Campus Miami University for all teachers and staff. Virginia Shaffer Award will be presented. Afternoon workshops cover Reading in the Content Areas Penmanship Health Education Outdoor Education and more with one workshop per attendee.
Samuel Harris the first of 10 defendants to testify said he was recruited by Cincinnati police in 1976 to work with federal drug agents. He described arranging a sugar deal with Edwin Adams and warned co-defendant Herschel Weintrub when he suspected wiretaps. Harris said he copied documents and stored diaries in a Crescent Springs safety box.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced 11.6 million dollars in Land and Water Conservation Fund grants for 95 local park and recreation projects statewide. Gov. Rhodes and Director Teater said the funds, distributed to local governments, require local matching, with additional Zoo and waterfront projects among the funded items.
Charles Rocky Saxbe son of former Attorney General William Saxbe will give the luncheon address at the 8th District Women Club fall meeting. The event is Saturday October 29 at 11 30 a.m. at the Yankee Tavern Dayton. Tickets are 4 50. Reservations to Sue Collinsworth by October 27.
The Middletown Area YMCA announces new classes starting Tuesday. Positive thinking sessions run Tuesdays through Nov 15 from 7 to 8 30 p.m. led by Phillip Travers at 10 dollars for members 15 dollars for non members. Bridge classes run Tuesdays through Dec 13 from 7 30 to 9 p.m. taught by Dorothy Nein with options for beginning intermediate or duplicate bridge. Members pay 10 dollars.
Unofficial figures from the Butler County Board of Elections show 101 935 people registered for the November 8 election. Registration closed last night at 9. election day registration is allowed under new law. Middletown totals stand at 27 712 with 18 986 last year.
Vernon Viars, 19, arrested after police searched a house on Girard Ave. He hid in the attic as a 15 year old girl, charged with obstructing official business and disorderly conduct, was not present. The pool door at Sunset Pool was broken open. Shoes were returned after four pairs vanished from Giant Shoe Mart. National Geographic notes Julius Caesar likely stabbed with the writing style style used by Roman senators.
Forty nine women received service pins at the Red Cross adult hospital volunteers annual dinner at the Chapter House on Main Street. Wilma Holman and Barbara Landis led arrangements. Pin recipients include Ann Kilburn 21 years Virginia Leasure 20 years Emma Beebe and Adele Thorn 15 years and many more with up to 1 year of service. Jewell Blanton named co chairwoman as ninety one volunteers logged 15 379 hours and twenty seven volunteers logged 2 945 hours this past year at Middletown Hospital.
The Ohio House honors Homer Leffler with a tribute resolution sponsored by State Rep. William Denham. Leffler led McCoy Leffler Funeral Home before he died July 23 and was noted for longtime community service and support for Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati.
Butler County funds allotted to Clerk of Courts Edward S. Robb Jr. were returned from the contingency fund to his salary account by order of Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer. Auditor James Tilton said about 60 000 was restored after Robb threatened to pay overtime to clear backlogged work, with commissioners fearing office closure if funds ran out.
The Howard Johnson Co. of New York reported third quarter sales of 150.9 million, up from 134.7 million a year ago. Net income reached 12.3 million or 56 cents per share versus 11.2 million or 51 cents.
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