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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1976
Page
2
Visitors at Miami University Middletown today explore a 10th anniversary open house featuring six campus buildings, lab demonstrations, nature walks, and a campus tour guide. The event showcases nursing history, industrial technology displays, art exhibits, and performances with professors and staff on hand to discuss programs and campus life.
MUM marks its tenth anniversary with a 1 pm dedication of a 102 ton Robert Gaston sculpture Guardians of the Path on Breiel Boulevard followed by a campus dedication reenactment at 1 30 pm. Logan T Johnston former Miami Dean Earl Thesken Campus Director C Eugene Bennett Miami President Phillip Shriver and Corky Cordray among others participate. A six tier cake is cut by Bennett as performances by the Campus Community Symphonic Band and Chorale unfold. A 38 stop campus tour, open buildings, and demonstrations highlight the afternoon with receptions in the Gardner Garvey Library and Logan Johnston Hall.
A one story metal concession stand at the Franklin football field burned yesterday causing about 1500 in damage to the building and contents. Firemen reported the cause was undetermined and noted the building was locked with no entry possible. No game was played Friday night and the structure should be usable after cleanup and possible glass replacement. Fire crews were dispatched at 8 22 a.m.
In Trenton at Marcia Drive and Oak Street an 8-year-old Manchester Kentucky boy riding a bicycle collided with a car driven by Teresa Stevens of 4913 Manchester Road Middletown. He suffered head cuts and was treated at Middletown Hospital. The driver was not cited.
Ohio 122 near Towne Mall saw a one car crash yesterday injuring Robert Wynne 56 of 3661 Village Drive Franklin He pulled across 122 striking a fence post He was in fair condition and charged with driving while intoxicated by a highway patrolman
Richard Nein, Armco Steel Corp. supervisor, bids $1 541 50 to conduct the local orchestra at the Oct 2 Pops Concert at the Middletown Mall. Tony Tenore places $340 for guest conductor. Proceeds fund symphony expenses. Rob Reider hosts second half. Lasagne dinner at 6 30 p m. Tickets $5 adults $2 50 under 12. Reservations via Mrs William Schaefer. Parking free in mall garage.
Fire inspectors note no extinguishers yet in the City Building at 1 Civic Center Plaza but say the site has other protections. Three standpipes with 75 foot hoses service floors, a smoke detector system, and fire doors. about 12 extinguishers were left by Turner Construction and architect plans call for about 70.
In Cincinnati 50 year old Albee Theater interior items go to public sale after court defeat in bid to stop demolition. National Content Liquidators reports 80 percent of pieces sold by Monday with doors bought by Ohio Theater in Columbus for reuse, seats and prisms fetching up to 10 dollars and 20 dollars respectively.
A Young Life paper drive occurs from noon to 5 p.m. at First Baptist Church and Mt. Pleasant United Presbyterian Church in Monroe. Participants may drop off papers at the churches or call 422 4962 for pickup.
Fire at 2111 Sherman Ave at 5 07 p m sent Jemmie Wilson 59 to hospital with numbness in left side admitted in fair condition. At 2 23 p m Willie Holcomb 76 admitted with numbness in right side at 4300 Lewis St. Fair condition. At 11 50 a m 4302 Vannes Ave Lida Ruth Cretors 56 treated and released after difficulty breathing.
Mrs Eva Faye Brown of 5837 Hendrickson Road died at Middletown Hospital at 1 30 p m after a stay since August 29 She was a former Middletown Hospital switchboard operator for 22 years widow of Clifford Brown died 1949 Survivors include two sons Robert and Clifford Franklin and one grandchild Arrangements at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home incomplete
George McKnight formerly of Trenton died yesterday and will be moved from McCoy Leffler Funeral Home to Powell Funeral Home in Clay City Kentucky for services at 2 p.m. Visitation in Kentucky begins after 9 a.m. Monday. Local visitation at McCoy Leffler is today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Butler County Prosecutor John Holcomb said he will seek a new trial for Henry Harris 37 of Dayton amid a hung jury in the 1974 Pittsburgh Paint Store holdup case. Harris was tried with two others before Visiting Judge Lowell Howard. Charles Arnold 32 and Donald Smith 31 were tried. Arnold convicted Smith acquitted. Jury selection for James Stephens 29 of Dayton begins tomorrow before Judge Fred B. Cramer.
The worst mine disaster in Ohio history occurred on November 5 1930 at Millfield in Athens County, claiming 82 miners as victims.
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