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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1973
Page
9
The national Whizzer club will hold a meet at Smith Park Sunday with over 35 members attending to ride and swap parts. A variance allows motorbikes on park roads from noon to 3 p.m. The public is invited to revisit the Whizzer era of the 1940s and 1950s.
A 22 year old James Dearwester was treated at Middletown Hospital after his car struck a tree on Tylersville Road near Cox Road in Union Township. Patrolmen said he lost control while eastbound and was pinned in the wreck, removed by the Union Life Squad.
Donna Holmes' Freshman High biology students spent three days in Sebald Park studying Elk Creek. They measured velocity 2.6 ft/s and temperature 46.2 F, found over 70 species, and noted light septic seepage but no industrial pollution. They released most specimens and saved crayfish for a Roosevelt Middle School club.
Dr. John Hunter a member of the Supreme Council of the Loyal Order of Moose will be welcomed in Moose Heart Ill and help initiate over 100 new members of Lodge 501 in a ceremony at 3010 S Main St starting at 2 p.m. Middletown official Stanley Sorrell and John Walker junior governor outline the event with a Greenville degree team and Roy McClain of Middletown among the participants.
A trash fire at the rear of 1900 First Ave was reported yesterday at 11 08 a.m. No damage. Later at 7 08 p.m. at 1906 Vance St Madeline Jones 9 sustained a head cut and was transported by ambulance to a hospital where she was treated and released.
A 12 year old Lebanon boy identified as Robert Cole of 1751 Oregonia Road was struck by a car driven by Marion Williams 20 of Lebanon on Oregonia Road near Ohio 123. He was listed in critical condition at Middletown Hospital. Warren County sheriff's deputies are investigating the crash.
Three school board candidates Ebie Banks David Ballard and Arthur Beach will address the Freshman High School PTA at 7 30 p m Monday at the school.
City offices stay open Monday for Veteran's Day while the Butler County Courthouse in Hamilton closes and county commissioners do not meet. Schools in Middletown remain in session. Elections offices stay open. Ohio Bureau of Employment Services closes. claimants to report Tuesday. Banks welfare and SS offices close. post office hours limited to 7 to 9 am for pickups. Special deliveries and box access noted.
James Chaker 75 of 2912 Lopane Ave died at Middletown Hospital. He was born in Greece and worked for Armco Steel. Survived by wife Grace two daughters Doris Wielde and Cleo McGuire and a step daughter Carol Clarkson. Services Monday at 2 p.m. at Greek Orthodox Church with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Minn ie P Hawxhurst 90 of 1450 Princeton Drive Dayton died Thursday night. Funeral at Germantown Cemetery Monday at 10 a.m. John Arpp Funeral Home in charge. Contributions to charities requested in lieu of flowers. Survivors include husband Randolph L. and two sisters.
An 83 year old Lexington man, William C. Jones, died at Mercy Hospital from injuries suffered when struck Oct. 10 on High Street by a car turning from Front Street. The driver, Gregory J. Fawns, 23, of 802 Main St., was cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian.
Walt Kelly, creator of the Okeefenokee Swamp strip Pogo, died in Los Angeles at age 60 from complications of diabetes. He wrote and drew the daily cartoon for nearly 25 years.
Two people were treated at Middletown Hospital after a midday accident on Car mody Boulevard near Germantown Road. Sparkle Tannreuther and Estel Romans, both injured, were involved when Romans rear ended Tannreuther, pushing her car into a city dump truck. Romans was cited for tailing too closely.
San Francisco AP reports state mandated smog patrol to start in two weeks with 12 inspectors and orange and white cars. Initial investment totals 250000 dollars as authorities plan to stop and cite motorists for excessive exhaust.
Jury convicts three individuals and two Michigan corporations of obscenity for showing Deep Throat based on contemporary community standards. If national standards had applied, foreman Garrett Huff said verdict might differ. Fines total 16,000 each for two individuals, with three months in jail on counts. American Amusements Inc. and American News Co. also fined.
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