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Advisory Group To Incorporate IM3 I Maplewood Firm Footing I x. iZ. Jf 7 I VxfeCSJ 1 I VAk Jp v' 'A 1 i nt Enquirer (Bob Free) Photo Outside Maplewood Home Dlckman, Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Rogers, Judge Backers (L-R) months, Mrs.

Morris said, "We've come a long way already. Before Maplewood, there were no foster homes in Boone County. We had to rely on families to voluntarily take children Into their homes." Houseparents at Maplewood are Mr. and Mrs Wally Bates, but they are leaving May 1, presenting another challenge to the committee to carry the needs of Maplewood to the various clubs and organizations throughout the county. "The hope was to sell the Idea ot Maplewood and Its needs to the various civic and fraternal organizations, churches and scout groups, hoping they mig tat be able to lend ideas, dollars and hard work to the task," Duckman said.

Originally, Dlckman said, the committee dldnt feel the need to be strictly structured: "Having no budget, we dldnt even elect a treasurer. We merely set up a priority list of needs and when a group asked bow they could help us, we showed them the list and let them determine how best they could help us." HHE RESPONSE, Dlckman said, "has been gratifying. With the help of a spectrum of Boone County organizations, the committee has been able to decorate and furnish the downstairs bedrooms. Install a new shower, furnish a library and a game room, put in a suspended celling, wall-to-wall carpeting and panel the entrance hall. "We were beginning to get a nice facility," Dlckman said, "but more and more we came to realize that more definite organization was needed to set us up on a firm footing." That first step toward that firm footing will be taken at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday In the Juvenile Court offices at the Boone County Courthouse complex, Burlington, when the citizens advisory committee meets to incorporate as a non-profit organization. The committee will draw up a constitution and by-laws similar to those under which Hope Cottage, the Kenton County children's home, is operated. Maplewood also plans to form a women's guild like that of Hope Cottage to help raise funds for the Boone County home. Mrs. Paul Rogers, Florence, one of the organizers of the Maplewood guild, said an Invitational organizational tea Is scheduled for 1:30 pjn.

Thursday, April 27 at Mrs. Richard Amnion's home, 459 Burlington Pike Already, plans are in the offing for the new guild to sponsor the Ohio Valley Walking Horse Show June 16-17 at the Boone County Fairgrounds. DICKMAN STARTED the ball rolling for a non-profit corporation to run the home when he appeared early last month before fiscal court, suggesting the reorganization and asking for funds for needed repairs at the home. Magistrate Dr. Ronald Crume, Florence, moved that the county immediately supply the fund3 for corrections and repairs including fire safety measures and that the new corporatlonbe formed by July 1, the start of the county's fiscal year, so the county's annual contribution could begin.

The drive for a children's home for Boone County was spearheaded by Mrs. BlHy Jo Morris, Burlington, director of Juvenile Court Services, who long recognized the need and saw the opportunity when the county vacated the home originally build as a county "poor house" nearly 80 years ago. A stand of maple trees are at the front of the two-story, white frame home, giving rise to the home's present name, as suggested by County i judge Bruce Ferguson, a member of the citizens advisory committee and a long-time supporter of the home. The Judge, speaking at an early meeting of the committee in September, 1970, said, "We want to de-veolp Maplewood into a permanent facility in the county for youths in trouble. There are two types of troubled youths, delinquent and dependent in the county and we want to see that Maplewood grows into a nice place for children to live." And Maplewood is becoming just that.

The 24-room home served as a temporary haven for 107 boys and girls last year, all referred by the Boone County Juvenile Court. There have been as many as 13 children at the home at one time, Mrs. Morris said, but the average number of residents is six. There are three children at the home now, a boy and two girls. Looking back at the past 17 Coaster Designer Proud Of Kings Island Ride By CAD EN BLINCOE Enquirer Reporter THIS IS AN Easter story of sorts.

It's the story of the rebirth of Maplewood, the children's home which "grew like Topsy" In Boone County, Ky. Maplewood got Its start about 17 months ago when the county's "old folks home" was vacated and Its occupants moved to new quarters at Woodspolnt In Florence. The home, located on Idlewild Road, Burlington, has been operated by a citizens advisory committee under what Its chairman, Paul Dickman, Hebron, calls "a happy working agreement with the Boone County Fiscal Court." Dlckman said the fiscal court, the county's governing body, agreed to finance the Installation of a new heating system and the citizens advisory committee agreed THB CINCINNATI BNQUI1E1 if 6-A Sunday, April 2, 197 Carroll Rakes Republicans And Nixon Lt. Gov. Julian Carroll had Kenton County Democrats slapping their sides Saturday night as he poked fun at the Republicans and President Nixon.

Occasion for the partisanship was the Kenton County Democratic Women's Club Jackson Day Dinner. Some 300 area Democrats attended to hear the GOP raked over. Mimicking President Nixon, Carroll declared, "Let me bring you together In unemployment lines." Predicting a new dance steD for the 1972 campaign, "The Tricky Dicky Shuffle," Carroll, blasted Mr. Nixon for playing politics with International and national events, such as the Vietnam War and the economy. "HE'LL BE TELLING you that red is purple, that hot is cold, and night is day.

I dont think much of a candidate more concerned with his time table than with helping people," the Liuetenant Governor said. Tongue in Cheek, Carroll delivered a 1975 radio news broadcast, that if President Nixon is re-elected, would feature: Phase Eight of the Economic Game Plan; a 12 interest rate on loans; an increasing national deficit and a continue lng Investigation of the International Telephone and Telegraph scandaL The lampooned president found memo No. -7 written by ITT lobbyi-est Dita Beard in his own middle desk drawer, and "made one thing perfectly clear, it was authentic," declared Carroll turned radio announcer. STRESSING that the GOP would turn to propaganda to get themselves returned to office, Carroll said the campaign could be like an X-rated movie, "You dont know what's coming off next." Carroll chastized the President's performance as one of higher prices, unemployment, debt and-foreign problems. The dollar is now worth 21 cents less than when the President took office, he charged.

Kentucky started a "Dump Nixon" movement with last year's gubernatorial election, and will continue it this year, Carroll predicted. "We'll make him eat his words," Carroll said of the President and tine campaign promises of four years ago. Also present at the dinner, but not on the speaker's rostrum, was the Democratic party leaders' choice for the U. S. Senate nomination, State Sen.

Walter (Dee)Hud-dleston of Ellzabethtown. Carroll called for full support of Huddles-ton. State A COVINGTON teacher who lives In Cincinnati struggling recently with her Kentucky non-resident income tax return and finally threw up her hands in dlspair. The federal tax return was on elementary level compared to the mathmetlcal calculations required in the Kentucky form, she complained. So she filled out the basic essentials, put down her expected refund without going through the required figuring, and then decided to write to the state department of revenue, telling them what she thought about their blankety-blank form If a college graduate can't figure out the form, she asked, who can? MOST ANYONE will argue that It's best to be honest, though a Northern Kentucky high school student found otherwise while taking a recent essay examination.

He was asked a question regarding the Egyptian -monetary system. Wrote the student, "I've never been to Egypt. I never plan to go. Therefore, I dont care what kind of ON A RECENT shopping trip, we heard this weird "siren like police, fire or ambulance. We finally saw it on top of Shiliito's at Trl-County a large yellow horn, slowly turning.

Why? And why such an eerie noise? MRS. R.J.R., Mlddletown, That's a Civil Defense warning siren that's tested the first Wednesday of each month at High Noon. They're Installed In many locations by the county Civil Defense organization, with permission of Shiliito's and others. "It is assumed that the eerie sound is Intentional, so that those who hear it do not mistake it for police, fire or ambulances," says Kyle Fowler, Shilllto offlctaL THERE IS a definite traffic problem on Red Bank at the ramp onto Wooster Pike Northbound traffic, even though it has the stop sign, will pull out in front of people making left turns It's a three-way intersection and a sign saying approaching traffic does not have to stop would help I was barely missed there by an automobile and don't tlhink they would like to tangle with me, handling a truck H.H., Ebenezer Road. Mister, I don't want to tangle with anybody be he driving a truck or a kiddy kar! Police Chief Paul Ferrara of Fairfax agrees with you.

A sign, "Oncoming Traffic Docs Not Stop," has been ordered and will be installed there, he said. WHAT IS the problem about getting a school crossing guard for Highlands Elementary on Eastern Avenue? You would think that the city could place a part-time policeman there during rush hours. They had a teacher there but eight hours of teaching and 45 minutes of time crossing children what do they expect? M.W., Eastern Avenue. Police Chief Goodin passed your letter along to Lt James Stanley, who admits It's a problem. "Several residents asked about the job, but declined on grounds they didn't have the time, or it would cut down on their welfare assistance," he said.

School and PTA have tried un-luccessfully to assist us in locating a person for this job. If anyone in this area is interested, they can contact our office, 421-5700, Line 553," Lieutenant Stanley said. MY father was In World War II from 1942 to 1946 and was In contact with jungle rot on Okinawa. Can you find out If the Army has a medical record on him? He can't get into a VA hospital without lt L.R.M., Elberon Avenue. A claim for fungus Infection was filed by your father in 1952, says C.

M. Tankersley, Veterans Administration officer-ln-charge. He was asked to submit further evidence, but never responded, so tne claim was denied. If he will contact the VA office, he'll get assistance In reopening the claim, Mr. Tankersley said.

OUR CLUB met in the Kemper Lane Apartments and we got on the elevator, pressed the No. 3 button nothing happened pressed the down button realized we were stuck between floors, for 55 minutes we were told the elevator was overweighed After we got down no one asked how we felt or they were sorry If the elevators are that old, they should be replaced. MRS. A.P., Hamilton Avenue. Elevators were altered, inspected weekly and approved by state and city, says Wm.

Ahlert, building commissioner. "The capacity is 1000 the thermo-over-Ioad switch tripped on the control board because the elevator must have been overloaded "We're sorry this happened but we cannot be responsible for the discourtesy of the elevator man or anyone else at the Mr. Ahlert said. SOUNDING OFF "I tried to purchase 3.2 beer in a place here in Cincinnati and I'm 20 years old. They would not let me purchase it, because I'm not 21 years old.

"It seems to me that if I am of legal age to buy the beer and can pay for it and the7 refuse to let me do that because I have not met their legal age requirements, this is a violation of my civil rights. "I'd like to know if they are legally allowed to do that, if it is an illegal action on their part and what can be done to correct tb situation." DEAN FELDMEYER. Four TVs Stolen i Someone Broke, a large plate glass window ana carried away four television sets from Johnny (TV) Peluso's Television Shop, Sixth and York early Saturday, New working to reshape the organization of the home. Dlckman and other members of the committee are interviewing applicants to replace the couple. "I'd like to thank the Bates for all the work and effort they've put Into the home," Dlckman said.

"It hasnt always been easy for them 'because of the lack of firm policy up the big hump which we call Hill 95 it's 68 feet high. We climb it at a 45-degree angle which is unusual. "This is probably the first time a coaster has been built with this steep an incline on a free-running train. From Hill 95, gravity brings the train back to the station. "There's been a lot of sensation built into this ride," Allen says with great satisfaction.

"We think this is the finest coaster ever built, one of the largest ever built and certainly the largest we've ever built" Allen came out of semi-retirement to design and direct construction of The Racer. He resigned last November as president of his firm and was promptly named secretary-treasurer. He claims this coaster will be the last he'll design, but adds that he won't say "never again I may have to do another one." But office talk is not his piece of cake. The coaster is the thing. "There's more than 600,000 board feet of lumber in this ride.

I couldn't begin to tell you how many tons of nails. We started out with 6000 tons of nails which I think lasted about 60 days." Alien started to design the racer on blueprints two years ago. Actual construction began at Kings Island in September, 1970. The first trial run came last September. It worked perfectly as Allen had predicted it would.

"This is probably the first coaster built structurally on the ground, with prefabricated sections lifted to position and bolted," he noted. We asked Allen why the big roller coasters are assembled on wood frames when, to the layman, steel would seem so much more sturdy. "We use wood in a coaster because of its great inpact strength," Allen explained. We don't build a coaster as a memorial to last 100 or 200 "Lumber is a very good material because it has a low module of elasticity. Where steel will bend and stay bent, wood will give and spring back under the same load.

Ferguson under which they were working." A firm policy will come with the reorganization, just days away as Maplewood stands on the threshold of a new beginning. Judge Ferguson summed up the official viewpoint of the home when he said, "I don't know what Boone County would do without Maplewood." Also, if there Is damage caused by a windstorm or lightning or whatever, wood is very easily repaired or replaced." He noted the wood in The Racer is inspected and stamped with its stress specifications "and there is a minimum we will allow." The wood is West coast Douglas fir. He said that "toboggan" was the proper name for a coaster 40 years ago, and that the Russians can probably take proper credit for inventing the ride. "When the Hyatt Bearing Co. came out with a roller bearing during the first World said, "coasters were one of the first industries to use it, and that's where the name comes from.

"Of course, the Russians claim everything but maybe this is one thing they can claim. They were the first to build coasters out of snow and ice, using toboggans and not wheels." Touching briefly on the safety built into The Racer, Allen said each 41-foot car has 12 wheels four riding the top of the rail, our on the side rail, and four underneath the rail. "The train is licked in the rails. It cannot possibly leave the track." ALLEN REGRETS the disappearance of old time coaster designers and builders. In his firm, for instance, there is no one to follow in his footsteps.

"To design a roller coaster, you must know Newton's Law, of course, and the way an apple falls and hit3 you on the head. I think another Important thing is to know the psychology of people," he says. "In the end, we must limit ourselves to the reaction of people. It's possible to throw the people around and drive them so fast that a centrifugal force is developed that is not pleasant. We avoid this in design.

The ride must be pleasant like a baby coach." Allen is planning to return to Kings Island for the preview weekend April 29. He wants to see the final confirmation of his faith in his work the giggles, smiles and exhilaration of the people who ride his Racer. ed to learn that a bill passed by the Kentucky General Assembly at its recent session provides for both a student and faculty representative to be voting members of the seven state boards. Students and faculty may have gotten only a "push," however, because the same bill puts two additional "establishment" members on the boards, who could neutralize any "radical" votes. WHAT HAPPENED to all the trees that were supposed to be left standing at the construction site of Latonla Elementary School? A Covington school board member brought up the question at a board meeting this week, pointing out that few trees were left.

It seems that everyone who had work to do on the site cut down trees to get the job done, Supt. Bert Bennett was told by the architect. First the city took some trees away for sewer construction, then others were removed for gas and power lines. "As a result we only have three trees," the superintendent lamented. By GEORGE PALMER Enquirer Reporter "It rides like a baby coach." That's the opinion of a Philadelphia man whose "baby" is the giant $700,000 twin roller coaster at the area's new amusement park, Kings Island.

John Allen, 65 next month and looking forward to retirement, was the president of his firm, the Philadelphia Toboggan for 17 years. But his rugged, weathered face and lean frame attest to his greater love for the outdoors of the roller coaster than the desk of an executive. He is extremely articulate about his "babies," although he cannot, remember how many he has designed and constructed In his 40 years in the amusement business. "The Racer (official Kings Island name for the ride) is really two coasters moving on the same structure," Allen says, gazing up at the myriad wooden posts, joints and cross beams tht support the steel tracks. "Each coaster is 3288 feet long that's three-fifths of a mile.

The object of a racer, of course, is that the cars start from the station at the same time, go up the incline together and from the top of that they race back to the station." The incline, the first big powered pull after the car leaves the station, is 87 feet high. That's the end of powered drive. From the top of the incline, the car screams down the 45-degree slope, attaining an average speed of 52 mph. "We drop within two feet of the ground (from the nine -story height). At the bottom of the drop, we take the riders over two small humps to give them the sensation of weightlessness.

The G-factor is above three (more than three times normal weight) but it's so fast it really isnt noticed. "We do lift the people from their seats very slightly and not more than 7-16ths of an inch," Allen says, "and they experience some weightlessness. "And more of the same going of state's office, and neither one will get to file before the deadline," is the way one Ford offioial laughlnghly put it. well, Big Foot" did file, and the administration laughs could turn to tears by November. DAYTON, KY, school officials believe there may be a connection between the fact report cards went out last Wednesday to 922 pupils at Lincoln Elementary School and someone's hurling rocks through four of the school's front windows that night.

The school has been relatively free of vandalism since new street lights were Installed several months ago. Sunday Movies MADISON THEATER living Free. MARIANNE THEATER Sometimes A Great Nation (matinee today). VILLAGE THEATER Bed Knobs and Broomsticks. FLORENCE DRIVE-IN Ten Commandments) True Grit.

DIXIE GARDENS Spirits of Dead) Mark of Devil) Count Vorqa Vampire. PIKE 2 AUTO Lawman) Blindman) Support Your Local Sheriff. RIVESVUE Spirits Of Dead) Mark Of Evil) Count Vorga Vampire. Tax Form Staggers Teacher money they have." Honest? Yes. He failed the question.

FORMER COVINGTON Mayor Claude E. Hensley, his usual jovial self, appeared for the first time this term before the new city commission last week. Hensley, now executive director of the Municipal Housing Authority, offered some quick assessments. He allowed that the new commission appeared to be doing quite welli but as for George Wermeling, the only incumbent board member, a smiling ex-mayor commented, "George, you're no better than you were last year." OFFICIALS IN Gov. Wendell Ford's office were having some chuckles over the last suspense of who was going to file last week to run for the U.

S. Senate. "Big Foot (former Gov. Louie B. Nunn) will, come ninning down one hall at 11:59 p.

and Super Chicken (John Y. Brown Jr.) will come the other way. They'll run Into each other at the door of the secretary WHILE MOST trees are almost bursting to burst out in new spring buds, the trees along the Burlington Pike look as if they were in' the direct path of a twister. Workmen have been busy the past few days buzzing off limbs and trunks of the trees as part of the preliminary construction work for a four-lane highway to be built from Just outside Florence to the Boone County Courthouse at Burlington. DRINKING AND driving is always a dumb Idea, but Northern Kentucklans who are prone to do it anyway should take note of a new Cincinnati police crackdown on drinking drivers.

A new Queen City police squad, funded by a U. S. Department Transportation grant, Is working exclusively on drinking driver enforcement, and its record of apprehensions to date has been "staggering." PEOPLE WHO favor student and faculty representation on state college boards of regents were elat A- port police reported..