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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1971
Page
5
The lion on the Second Street bridge in Franklin was caught napping in autumn sun as traffic passed. Nearby the riverside park nymph continued delivering its spray, giving visitors a pleasant resting place on a sunny day.
Carl D. Stiles, chairman of the Lebanon Citizens National Bank, marks 50 years with the bank since 1921. A Sunday open house is set for Oct 3 from 2 to 4 p.m. to honor him, with attendance invited from the public.
The Morrow Wine Festival schedule starts Thursday at 5 p.m. in the downtown mall with a grape stamp at 8:30 p.m. and nightly amusements through a three day run. Events include river rides, teen dances, square dancing, and a Grape Bowl football game on Saturday at 2 p.m. Proceeds support restoring the Morrow Railroad Station into a museum and boosting Southwestern Ohio grape industry.
Germantown officials announced a village wide crackdown on speeders and hotrodders using a portable radar speedgun. Village administrator Dan Anslinger Jr noted the unit will be used by officers in cars or on streets to enforce speed limits. The aim is to curb dangerous driving and protect Germantown’s grape growing heritage.
Lawrence A. Gipson 90 Pulit zer Prize winner and Lehigh University history professor emeritus died Sunday in a Bethlehem nursing home. Gipson won the 1962 Pulitzer for one volume of his 15 volume series The British Empire Before the American Revolution.
Warren County Junior Miss Inc will hold preliminary judging Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Congress Inn near Ohio 63 and Interstate 75. The event is talent and interview based, not a beauty contest, with seniors from Kings Mills Mason Carlisle Little Miami Franklin Springboro Lebanon and Waynesville eligible.
Mason Junior Grange marked its 50th anniversary with a Sept 17 dinner at Mason Grange Hall. Ohio state grange officials and local past matrons attended. Marie Hause honored for 1925 service, Aretta Vonderhaar cited as 1969 state junior matron, and Dan Roesner and Ann Roesner received state recognitions.
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