August dates loom large in Denton past sports lore
An August parade of dates highlights baseball great Cy Young’s 511 wins in 22 seasons and his Hall of Fame induction in 1937. It recalls Edwin Prescott’s roller coaster patent of 1898, the 1919 birth of the Anti Cigarette League, Trotsky’s 1940 assassination, Burroughs Tarzan’s 1912 debut, and classic Tarzan films from 1918 to 1942.
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Denton True Young
Cleveland
Cy” Young
Baseball Hall of Fame
Edwin Prescott
Prescott
Anti-Cigarette League of America
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Elmo Lincoln
Tarzan
New York
Weissmuller
Letter to the Editors in Harrison Press Critiques Local School Board
A reader defends Harrison High and its farm community roots while challenging Cincinnati Magazine’s view of the school. The writer commends two board members June Merten and Bernice Colegate for integrity and sharply criticizes Don Meyer and Errol Frank, urging new residents to stand on their own feet.
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Harrison Press
Cincinnati Magazine
Harrison High School
Don
Harrison High
Harrison
Princeton
Wostworth
Meyer
Frank
Errol Frank
Don Meyer
Membes
June Merten
Bernice Colegate
Lawrenceburg Women’s Aglow Meeting with Dorothy Buchanan Speaker
The Lawrenceburg Women’s Aglow Fellowship will meet Monday August 27 1984 at 7:00 pm at the Chalet at Hidden Valley Lake. Dinner is $5.50 per person. Guest speaker Dorothy Buchanan of Dayton Ohio has served on multiple Aglow boards and hosted television programs. Reservations due by August 23 with four contact numbers provided.
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Lawrenceburg Women’s Aglow Fellowship
Hidden Valley Lake
Dorothy Buchanan
Dayton
Ohio
Women’s Aglow Fellowship International Board
United States
Aglow
Women's Aglow Fellowship International
Jesus
Dorothy
Secur
HHS Secretary Hails Passage of Stronger Child Support Law
HHS Secretary Margaret Heckler announced a nationwide initiative to speed up the new Child Support Enforcement Amendments, with rapid rule publishing and a two day Washington symposium for about 300 attendees. The campaign aims to boost collections, improve state performance, and aid both welfare and non welfare families in securing court ordered support.
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HHS
Margaret M. Heckler
Congress
Heckler
Washington
D.C
HHS Office of
Childbirth Education Series Offered at Bethesda North
Expectant parents may register for a 10 week series starting September 11 on Tuesdays from 7 15 to 9 15 p m in the Doctors Room at Bethesda North Hospital. The classes aim to prepare parents for a positive childbirth experience.
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Bethesda North Hospital
Kings Island to open new raft ride in Rivertown in 1985
Kings Island will add a 4 million raft ride in Rivertown in 1985 designed by Intamin of Zurich. The ride uses 26 fiberglass rafts, a 1,680 foot channel with waterfalls and geysers, and a four minute trip handling about 1,200 riders per hour. Construction began in March and runs through winter with a train-ride preview available.
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Kings Island
Rivertown
Intamin, Inc
Zurich
Switzerland
Dave Focke
Intamin
Focke
WCPO TV Air Telethon for MDA Seeks National Reach
WCPO TV 9 to televise the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The 21 hour event runs from 9 00 p m Sunday September 2 to 6 30 p m Monday September 3. MDA National Chairman Jerry Lewis praises Love Network affiliates for fundraising. The 19th annual Telethon features co host Casey Kasem with Lewis and involvement from about 200 stations. Local stations insert 15 minute segments hourly to educate viewers about MDA clinics and treatments at no cost, with Cincinnati area care at University Hospital and MDA funded camps nationwide including Camp Marydale in Erlanger Kentucky.
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Wcpo-Tv
MDA
University Hospital
Camp Marydale
Erlanger
Kentucky
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Trotsky
Lev Davidovich Bronstein
Red Army
Stalin
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Lake’s Jewelry
Harrison Ave
Shiva
Perry & Derrick Paints
E. Broadway
Post Office
In Harrison
Elva Bibee
North
Vine Street
U.S
Cincinnati
Eee Gee
Satchenane Toon Electric Singer
Oneida Rogers
Marjorie Roessler
Uck Johnson
Johnson & Knue
Lawrenceburg Women’s
Ely
Jesus Christ
Christ
Elmer
Marantha Bible Church
Katherine Nichols
Mary Tallentire
Sandy Howard
Wcpo TV
Air
Biddle’s Building
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