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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1978

Page

2

Obituaries and funeral notices from Middletown area

A series of death notices and funeral arrangements from Middletown and nearby towns. Entries include Walter C. Hughes, 80, at Barbara Park Convalescent Center. Adelia Schneider, 91, Barbara Park patient. Corinne C Johnson, 66, Middletown native. Marjorie Ane, 83, Garden Manor resident. Pauline Chamberlain, 56, nurse's aide at Middletown Hospital. Eleanor Hollon, 36, of Windsor Road. Roy Swartz, 66, of Gideon Road. Ruthine Mathis Paul survivor correction. William Clayton Bryant, 4 day old in Trenton. Edward L. Miller, 91, Somerville. Margaret Vorbroker, 92. Burial and service details given for each, with local funeral homes and cemeteries named.

Walter C. Hughes Barbara Park Mr. Hughes Inland Manufacturing Co Eaton McCoy- Leffler Frank Sowards Sugar Grove Preble County Adelia L. Schneider Central Ave Miss Schneider Esther Moser Warren Ohio Roy Schneider Baltimore McCoyaifier Funeral Home K_ Klafter Woodside Cemetery Marjorie Ane Garden Manor Middletown Hospital Marker & Heller Funeral Home Dayton Pauline Chamberlain August Chamberlain Louis Barbara Valandingham Trenton Wayne E Franklin Geneva Mynhier Middletown Sue Bennett Pensacola Fla Nettie Whaley Yankee Road First Church of God Rodney Williams Butler County Memorial Park Riggs Funeral Eleanor Becky” Hollon Windsor Road Christ Hospital Cincinnati Hollon Williamson- Ziegler Heating Company Jefferson Road Eastern Lanes Kenneth Scott Lester A. Waites Elk Creek Cemetery G Walter Weber Roy Swartz Gideon Road Richardson-Hunt Funeral Home Owingsville Swartz Armco Dorothy Richard Lexington Zella Griffey Ashland Agnes Brown Morehead McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home William Clayton Bryant Larr Bryant Howe Road Childrens Medical Center Tonya Marie William Ripley Clayton Bryant William Bryant Anglesby Somerville Edward L. Miller West Elkton Governor Harris Mr. Miller Gratis Butler County Camden John Kless Fairmound Cemetery

Power outage hits area around CGE substation

An undetermined number of homes and WPFB radio station were without power for over an hour after a feeder line from the Jackson Lane CGE substation malfunctioned at 3 39 am. Power was restored by 4 56 am. The outage affected eastern Central Avenue to Manchester Road and left WPFB off the air for the duration.

WPFB Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co Jackson Lane Cg&e Central Avenue Manchester Road

Trenton Planners Begin Land Use Survey For Master Plan

Trenton planners advance a land use survey for the 1970 master plan revision. Carl Coppes said alternative plans will be shown to the City Planning Commission as statistics are updated. A public hearing will follow review, with materials due for the commission soon.

Trenton Carl Coppes City Planning Commission Coppes

Middletown Parks Offers Dance and Baton Classes

A series of dance and baton classes hosted by the Middletown Division of Parks and Recreation will start within two weeks at Goldman Park park office. Joan Ritter teaches tap and disco for adults at set fees while Ginny Friend leads ballet and baton sessions for youths with varied times and prices. registration is via the park office.

Middletown Ginny Friend

Plywood theft reported at Helton Drive site

Police say construction materials weighing over two tons were stolen from a building site at 3980 Helton Drive. Ninety sheets of plywood valued at 1300 dollars were taken, with the thief likely making several trips or using a large truck. It is the second such theft in two days, following a report of 42 pieces of sheeting stolen from a Kilkenny Drive house under construction.

Helton Drive Kilkenny Drive

Local woman arrested on drug charge at Lamark store

Middletown detectives arrested 23 year old Deborah A Roberts of 2337 S oent yesterday after she tried to pick up a fake prescription at Lamark drug store on Central Avenue. Police say the Valium prescription bore her name and she claimed it was for a friend.

Lamark Central Avenue Middletown Deborah A Roberts

Fight bands in Sept 16 program at Barnitz Field

Eight marching bands join Middletown High School in presenting Spectacular in Sight and Sound at Barnitz Field on Saturday Sept 16. Middletown High School’s Marching Middies host with Franklin Lakota Lemon Monroe Fenwick Edgewood Madison and Princeton high schools guest announcer Robert Cordray. William Steh conducts The Star Spangled Banner. Event at 8 pm with tickets 1.50 at bandsmen Lewis Drugs or at the gate. under 6 admitted free.

Barnitz Field Middletown High School Franklin Lakota Lemon- Monroe Fenwick Edgewood Madison Princeton Robert Cordray William Steh Middletown Lewis Drugs

Three Movies Slated at Middletown Library

Three children's films were scheduled for Saturday in the Middletown Public Library Community Room starting at 2. The films were replaced after the arrivals failed. Cat Tales shows a cat adopted by a child then reunited with its owner, EE-YI-EE-YI-Oh uses animated animals to satirize pollution, and What is a Friend follows Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids as Benny learns the Golden Rule and friendship.

Middletown Public Library Ee-Yi-Ee-Yi-Oh Fat Albert Cosby Benny

Programs at Middletown Area YMCA vary this fall

The Middletown Area YMCA offers crafts air rifle and archery for grades 1-4 in seven week Saturday sessions starting Sept 16. Guitar classes begin Sept 14 on Thursdays for eight weeks with teen and adult options in 8 9 pm. Fees range from 3 6 for youth sessions and 15 20 for guitar, with disco dance classes Sept 13 to Oct 25 and Matinee Disco Tech Fridays. Information available by contacting the YMCA.

Pris Middletown Area YMCA

YWCA and Middletown YMCA Offer New Adult Classes

Beginning September 11, the Middletown Area YMCA offers adult instructional classes in swimming fitness trimnastics swimnastics yoga and belly dancing led by Katie McCarthy. Classes include beginner to advanced levels and are available to Y members and nonmembers with registration by phone.

Middletown Area YMCA Katie McCarthy

Fire and medical calls flood city with multiple injuries

At 8:07 am a fire at 1509 Yankee Road sent Rev. Gaar Davis, 69, to hospital with choking. At 2:50 am Dora Hogg, 85, hip pains went to hospital admitted. 12:26 am Charles Reuthe, 66 ill to macgnal treated. 11:41 pm Howard Shelley, 73, breathing difficulty admitted. 8:36 pm Edith Hughes, 75, fell to hospital in fair condition. Auto backfire caused smoke and $100 damage at Grand Ave Breie Blvd. 11:07 am Judy Ratliff, 27 labor, to hospital treated. 10:58 am Lisa Estep, 16, ill to hospital admitted in fair condition.

Yankee Road Gaar Davis Florence St Dora Hogg Roosevelt Bivd Charles Reuthe The Alameda Howard Shelley Linden Ave Edith Hughes Grand Avenue Breie Boulevard Tytus Ave Judy Ratliff S. Main St Lisa Estep Central Ave

Jefferson School Custodians Treated to Free Lunch for Summer Work

Jefferson Elementary Principal Hermut Williston hosted a steakhouse lunch for custodians William Heflin and George Snell in thanks for their summer clean up. They waxed floors, moved furniture, scrubbed desks, and removed gum and graffiti as 400 students entered daily, with James from Job Opportunities and welfare staff assisting. Snell, at Jefferson three years, led the effort while Heflin joined since April, praising the gleaming floors and the team’s hard work.

Jefferson Elementary School Hermut Williston Williston William Heflin George Snell Snell Heflin Larry James Middletown High George

Gall bid to move trial overruled

In Burlington Kentucky Judge Sam Neace overruled a motion to move the murder trial of Eugene W. Gall Jr. to Louisville or Lexington due to pretrial publicity. Gall, 31, of Hillsboro, Ohio, faces a September 19 rape murder trial in Boone County for the 12 year old Lisa Jansen case. The defense sought change of venue claiming bias while the Commonwealth supported a fair trial in Boone County.

Burlington Eugene W. Gall Jr Boone County Circuit Court Sam Neace Gall Hillsboro Ohio Lisa Jansen Cincinnat Wilbur Zevely Florence Louisville Lexington Eugene Gall Boone County Zevely Neace Commonwealth's Bill Mathis Mathis Grant County Williamstown Boone On Jail Middletown

Raney Moves to Nevada After Lucasville Life Sentence

Wayne Lester Raney, imprisoned for life for a woman’s murder whose body was dumped in a gravel pit near Franklin, was moved to a Nevada facility. The transfer follows years of confinement at Lucasville State Prison.

Wayne Lester Raney Lucasville Franklin Nevada Raney Arthur Sprouse Carson City Ray Tidwell Nevada Department of Prisons

Ex-FBI Chief Kelley to Open Miami Lecture Series

Clarence M Kelley former FBI director will open the 1978 79 Miami University Lecture Series Tuesday with a talk on Terrorism and Kidnapping at 8 p m in Millett Assembly Hall Kelley served 21 years with the FBI before becoming Kansas City police chief in Missouri

Oxford Clarence M Kelley FBI Miami University Kelley Millett Assembly Kansas City, Mo

Police report porch plants theft and car thefts across city

Police logged porch plants valued at 140 dollars stolen from homes on Franklin Street and a tape player plus 12 tapes worth 180 dollars taken from Bradley Hollow’s car parked at St. Regis. Bolt cutters sliced garage padlocks at several Casper and nearby streets in 1961.

Franklin St Bradley Hollow Trenton-Franklin Road St. Regis Grimes St Igiehart St Casper Ave

French foreign minister visits Vietnam amid Southeast Asia stance

French Foreign Minister Louis de Guiring arrived in Vietnam for an official visit after departing Thailand where he urged an end to superpower interference in Southeast Asia.

Bangkok Thailand Louis de Guiring Vietnam Southeast Asia

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