Two Red Cross heroes honored for lifesaving deed at pool
Tom Koenig heads Middletown Area Chapter as James Pat Dillon and William Ed Miller receive Certificates of Merit for saving a teenage pool accident victim on August 21, 1976. Both lifeguards also earned a Middletown Safety Council citation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American National Red Cross
Red Cross
Forest Hills Country Club
James Pat Dillion
William ‘Ed’ Miller
Sunset Pool
Dillon
Miller
Middletown Safety Council
Columbus
James P. Dillon
Manchester Road
Wade Miller
Boylston St
Ohio State University
Thomas Koenig
Hampton Place
Middletown Area
Medical Specialists Ltd. Department of Anesthesiology
Koenig Easly
West Bend Wis
National Red Cross Resolutions Committee
Koenig
William Harrison
Victor H. Auvil
Good Samaritan action leads to street assault at Armco lot
Three women asked Marsha Cox for a ride near Armco General Offices. When she refused one struck her with a purse. Ralph Treak chased the assailants, restrained one until an Armco security officer arrived, but another man punched him in the mouth before fleeing. Police investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco General Offices
Marsha Cox
Curtis Street
Ralph Treak
Armco
Station Robbery at Omega Gas Station on Verity Parkway
A 19 year old station worker reports two men robbed the Omega gas station at 2501 N Verity Parkway last night. One suspect, about 40 to 42, used a knife to threaten the attendant and force him into a back room before fleeing in a dark older model car with the younger man. The men took money, a change purse, cash, and a small amount of gas. Police searched but found no vehicle. This follows two other armed robberies in the city within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omega
Verity Parkway
Scott Branham
Branham
Seco
West and South drought woes persist despite recent rains
Washington AP reports that widespread rains in the past month improved many droughty pastures but the West still faces grazing problems for livestock. Some Southern pastures remain poor to fair, while grasslands in the north-central states and Northeast are rated good as of early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Deaths of Ada Schraffenberger Atkins Cahall in Ohio notices
Miss Ada L Schraffenberger 85 of Barbara Park Convalescent Center died yesterday at Middletown Hospital. Graveside services Friday at Woodside Cemetery with Rev Robert Ward officiating. Also listed are Rosina Atkins 89 of Farmersville died at Middletown Hospital and Lewis F Cahall 65 of Waynesville died at home with services Friday at Stubbs Conner Funeral Home and burial at Memorial Park Cemetery Dayton. Surviving relatives noted for Schraffenberger include brother Thomas of La Jolla California and sister Mrs Nancy Miller of Fort Mitchell.
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Ada L. Schraffenberger
Barbara Park
Middletown Hospital
Miss Schraffenberger
Middletown
Orchard Street
Thomas
la Jolla
Calif
Nancy Miller
Fort Mitchell
Woodside Cemetery
Robert Ward
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Farmersville
Rosina Atkins
Farmersville Rt. 1
John A. Arpp
Germantown
Waynesville
Lewis F. Cahall
Ohio
Mr. Cahall
W. L. Harper Construction Co
Cincinnati
Elva
Terry Martin
Missouri
Perry
John
Joe
Georgetown
Erma Cahall
Stubbs Conner
Memorial Park Cemetery
Dayton
Mark Andrew Reeder
Ronald Reeder
Arnold Drive
David Cottrill
Doty House
Dayton Mental Health Center appoints new superintendent
Roger E. Mendenhall, 48, named superintendent of the Dayton Mental Health Center. He comes from Columbus Ga Medical Center as executive director and previously served five years as administrator of Cincinnati General Hospital. Mendenhall will take the post October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, Ohio
Roger E. Mendenhall
Dayton Mental Health Center
Mendenhall
Columbus, Ga
Cincinnati General Hospital
Prof Johnson dies active in civic and church work
Percival Fisk Johnson 81 of 208 Ardmore Drive and Middletown resident retired in 1966 after 27 years with the Ohio State Employment Service and the Bureau of Unemployment. He was an elder at First United Presbyterian Church and led local civic groups. Memorial services 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Presbyterian Church. Burial Woodside Cemetery.
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Percival
Fisk Johnson
Ardmore Drive
Ohio State Employment Service
Bureau of Unemployment
Middletown Hospital
Johnson
Garden Manor
Middletown
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Middletown High School
Oberlin College
Cleveland
Crawford Street
Central Avenue
Porter Paint Co
Mr Johnson
Ohio
International Association of Public Employe Services
Middletown Historical Society
Conn
Marilyn Oeming
Saginaw
Mich
Anne Javier
Tapachula
Mexico
Margaret Eddy
Canaan
First United Presbyterian Church
Irvin Emmons
Woodside
Wilson-Schramm
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Tom Koenig
Miller, Dillon
Boy
Dorrce Perkins
Robert Lambrix
James Chapman
Harrison
Lois Head
George Morgan
Richard Nein
James Wikoff
Steve C. Borich
Lambrix
Jan Pence
Robert McDade
Richard C. Beebe
F. Glenn Morgan
William Billett Jr
Bill Hart
Head
James Kunkler Anvil
Robert F. Watts
Butler County
Middletown Health Department
The
Public Health Nursing Bureau
Butler County Heart Assocation
Walter J. Lincoln
Gary Miller
Beverly Hills
William Miller
Pat Dillon
Wilbraham Rd
Interdenominational “Family Life Crusade
Robert Fisher
Fisher
California State University
University of Hawaii
Church of God
Robert G. Graham
Wister
Paul Kalem, Jr
Christian Education
Linda Hickey
Charles Novell
WPFB
WLWS
NEW Testament Church
Symphony
Phillips
Ida Schraffenberger
Lewis Cahall
Crystal Aerie F.C.E
EAGLE
S. Main
Country
Kustoms
Wark Reeder
Juler Sibey
Juler K. Sibey
Zephyrhills, Fla
Jackson Memorial
Dade City
Fla
McCoy-Leffler
William E. Duncan Jr
Miltonville Cemetery
Sibey
Florida
Meadow Gold Dairy
Jacksonburg Road
Zephyr Christian Church
Madeira
Helen
Wayne M
Carolyn Hacker
West Chester
Ramona Sechrist
Franklin
Pat
Frank
Lebanon
Charles
Milford
William
St. Petersburg
Susan Sibey
Tampa
Eula Matthew
Yucatan
Ehverett Blackford
Everett T. Blackford
Harold Ave
Journal
Franklin Freewill Baptist Church
Mr. Blackford
Jeffery Campbell
Jeffery K. Campbell
West Ave
Prof” Johnson
KitchenAid
Cremeans Appliance & TV
Trenton
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