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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1969
Page
10
An old oak lies across a Parke County road near Rosedale Indiana, with engineers preferring to split the road around the tree rather than remove it. The scene captures a rural transport snag highlighting practical local improvisation.
Applications are being accepted for an Ohio Peace Officers Training School sponsored by the Warren County Sheriff's Department. Col Walter O Bryant will instruct a 240 hour program from January 5 to March 27 1970, Monday through Friday evenings. The $35 fee covers instructional materials. 30 openings on a first come basis with applications due by November 30.
The McKinley Middle School Boosters Club will hold an organizational meeting Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the school auditorium. Parents of McKinley students have been invited to attend.
Farmers Robert D. Norton and Bill Kersting in Silex mourn losses as Norton's 590 hogs are destroyed. Across 104 farms the outbreak has led to 13,000 hogs culled to curb hog cholera.
Carlisle League notes a space themed program book for 1969 70 listing astronauts Virgil Grissom Edward White and others killed in a January launch pad fire. First meeting Sept 4 at Mrs Curtis Williams home with by laws discussed.
Inverness AP reports naturalist Gavin Maxwell died in a Scotland hospital at age 54. He gained fame for Ring of Bright Water about two pet otters and its Highlands cottage, later adapted to film. His works span the Arab marshes, Berbers, and Sicilian peoples.
Camden's Nonpariel Building once the McChristie factory and Preble County News plant nears demolition. Built in 1889 by W. E. McChristie Co, it employed many Camden residents and printed the Preble County News before downsizing after a 1900 recession and relocation to Cincinnati.
Dan Flory of Eaton Route 3 has won a German Akademischer Austauschdienst scholarship to study a year at the University of Gottingen. He and his wife depart September 14 via Lufthansa. Mrs. Flory, Barbara Leffler of Middletown, previously taught in Middletown and Knoxville.
May 1969 Miami Valley business activity rose in bank debits postal receipts motor vehicle tax receipts and the stock index while building permits fell, according to Miami University’s Miami Business Review. The five cities tracked are Cincinnati Dayton Hamilton Middletown and Springfield with ten counties and ten major corporations listed.
State biweekly tax breakdown shows Butler and Warren counties gain in sales and use taxes, while Preble trails. Butler sales rose 60 percent in mid August but year to date modest. Warren shows strong year totals. Preble mixed with up and down both tax types. An Italian bibliography set listing Italian works from 1886 to 1957 sells for 1980 dollars.
The Community Actions Committee of Warren County reports a funded expansion plan with two professional social workers and six outreach staff. Five VISTA volunteers may join in late fall to assist in target communities, while three committees seek 14 members each. Head Start served about 400 children. a $27,000 grant funded summer recreation in four communities.
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