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Newspaper
The Harrison Press
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1970
Page
1
The charity races on Baughman Road at the Lloyd Curry farm start at 1 00 P M rain or shine. Admission is 150 with under 12 free as the club invites all to enjoy spectator sports and support a good cause for Santa.
The Harrison Christmas Season begins Saturday December 5 with a 2:00 p.m. parade starting at Harrison Elementary School on Broadway. Floats from schools clubs and businesses, bands, Boy and Girl Scouts, clowns and storybook characters join in to greet Santa and encourage festive shopping.
The Sunman Dearborn Community Schools board held a public meeting November 23 1970 at St Paul Elementary gym to report on a proposed central high school project. The plan includes Phase I a new central high and conversion of current highs to elementary use plus Phase II and III additions and a new middle school. Estimated cost 2 817 170 with max tax rate 1 93 and public access to data at the administration building.
With ample parking at the Senior and Junior High buildings there will be no formal parking at Harrison High School basketball games. Fans should enter and leave the lots carefully and watch for pedestrians before and after the games.
The Harrison Advance Club hosts its annual Christmas Lunch at the Presbyterian Church on Friday December 4 1970. Music will be performed by Elementary School students directed by Mrs Roger Lausch.
The LEO Club of Harrison High School teams with Cincinnati Red Cross to collect tape recorded Christmas messages for deployed servicemen and women. Sessions run December 12 1970 at Cincinnati chapter HQ 720 Sycamore St and neighborhood centers. 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. Each recording lasts 20 minutes. Call Bill Bishop or Mary Jo Viel for appointments.
The Harrison Jaycees with Maucher Realty sponsor the second annual Christmas Lighting Contest for homes within the Southwest Local School District. Details will be announced later.
J A Productions, the Junior Achievement Company of Harrison High School, is sponsored by Cincinnati Incorporated. Thirty students, led by advisors John Cornhan Bob Knox Dave Ertel and Bob Sadler, run a miniature business making the Pick A Peg game sold for 1.00. Contact Gary Sales at 634-2512 to buy. Officers include President Joe Streit and VPs Gary Sales Dennis Steelman and others.
The Goodwill Truck will visit Harrison on Monday December 7 and Monday December 21. Donated clothing furniture appliances toys and other repairable articles fund the Center's vocational and employment training program for handicapped persons who learn by doing.
Kermit Peters 54 perished in a house fire on Snow Hill Road A R 2 Harrison Ohio. Coroner says death likely from suffocation autopsy conducted. Firefighters battled flames over two hours neighbor Frank Iner alerted crews from Brookville Cedar Grove and Drew ersburg. Peters lived alone and the body found in a hallway above the furnace in the basement. Services held at Lutz Funeral Home with burial Arlington Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife Lucille two sons Eugene and Danny Lee and daughter Nancy Jane West.
A weekly School Question-Answer column will appear in the Press to answer community questions about district schools. Citizens Advisory Committee and the Board of Education back the idea to open two way communication. Submit questions to the district office at 230 S Elms or to Lois Beathard, 418 Broadway, Harrison. Personal questions will not be published.
Twenty two members of the Miamitown Volunteer Fire Department begin an Ohio Trade and Industrial Education Service fire training course. Chief Jack Hunter arranged for instructor Chief Don Sch lensker of Mack Vol Fire Dept to conduct the program, endorsed by the State Fire Marshal and Ohio Inspection Bureau. Southwest Local School District cooperates in the program.
Art Collison attended the funeral in Caro Michigan for his sister Mrs Elsie Putnam who died on Sunday November 22 and was buried on the 27th.
A newly installed Harrison village ice rink was damaged Saturday night when vandals cut the plastic liner and emptied three inches of water. The Recreation Commission and volunteers had just set it up. loss to the village reached 290 dollars with hours of recreation disrupted. The mayor appeals for whoever is responsible to come forward.
The Harrison Jaycees sponsor a free one minute blood sugar test campaign under the Why Wait? theme. High risk groups include those over 40, overweight individuals, relatives of diabetics, and women who have given birth to large babies. The event at Harrison Elementary School on December 12 from 2 to 5 PM and December 13 from 10 AM to 4 PM offers no charge screenings with medical staff performing the tests and referrals if abnormal.
Parents and boys ages 8 to 21 in Harrison New Haven area invited to a Boy Scouts informational meeting at St John’s School Cafeteria on December 14 1970 at 730 PM. The Great Miami District Dan Beard Council sponsors twelve units in the area with local leaders Sam Estell and Don Bardley assisting.
Jon Lee Hoppins five year old son of John and Nancy Hoppins is listed as a patient on 3 West at Children’s Hospital Cincinnati Ohio after surgery on November 24, 1970. He is doing as well as can be expected and is expected to stay for about two to three weeks.
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