The Journal News from Hamilton, Ohio • Page 65

Expand Laboratory At Mercy Hospital The So hit go Mcdiciil capabilities or Mercy IIospil.nl of Mercy Hospital and will mnke Mercy one of is undergoing MII expansion the first hospitals in Ohio with program to provide morc'-n complelc toxicology service comprehensive services for the, to aid in the study and treat people of Hamilton and Butler men I of drug disorders, nc- County area it was announced cording to John K. Himtsbarjlfcr, today. i assistant administrator and The expansion of the director of financial laboratory which the hospital management at Mercy, The laboratory is under the says is one of the most modern in Ohio, will provide a new toxicology laboratory, an office j'fJ ircc I0 of pl and developmental laboratory' Briimlablir chlcf for Iho clinical chemist, Louis Dr. Kurt E. Landc, associate I'" I1IV.

1 I I I I 11 I I 1 1 I I I. 1 I 111 i IT. Steinert, Ph. and Swlneharl specifically designed facilities for automated profile chemistry testing. Additional space is oquired by the.

histology scc- assistant Contracts for the new con jlruclion total $95,000. In nd- tlition, the hospital will spend lion for the study of tissues about to revise the air including special procedures. Office, being provided for Dr. James W. Swinchart, who joined the laboratory staff in August -inc! has in forensic medicine.

This remodeling program will a 11 a a the diagnostic sluiningj li a 1 i and temperature space is control, according to Hunts- bargcr. Additional funds will be needed to equip the new toxicology facilities and to provide new equipment for the a tl laboratories and furniture for the new offices, he said. News Wednesday, January 5, Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio 21 Plan Improvements, Recreation In Report To Fairfield Council lly NEWTON Journal News Staff Writer Capital improvements and public recreation will highlight the activities of the Fairfield City Council Public Improvements Committee, 'according to Councilman John chairman. In a report to city council, Davidson reported, "The implementation of more capital Weather Blamed For Mishaps As Eight Persons Are Injured Rain, sleet and snow was i Fairfield, driver of one blamed in a rash of minor traffic accidents in Hamilton Tuesday afternoon and night. Police said they investigated 17 traffic mishaps, most of the "fender bender" variety.

Six persons were injured in two of the accidents and two motorists cited. Four persons suffered minor hurts in a three-car rear-end collision on Neilari nsar Knightsbridgc -Drive, at p.m. They were dismissed after treatment at Mercy Hospital. They are: Marilyn A. Ostendorf, 33, 404 Beech Home Damaged In Fire Fire caused estimated $2,000 damage Tuesday at the home of Elmer Howard, 201 Creech mouth lacerations; Doughs Zimmer, 9, 1550 Evalie nose bruises; Penny Lepera, 13, 436 Blackburn right ami, and Patty Ryan, 4651 McCormick head bruises.

Police said the Ostendorf car struck the rear of a car driven by Ollie Walker, 44. 2378 Lynn Fork Cincinnati. The Ostendorf car was then struck from the rear by a car driven by Anna Mae Dclker, 50, 844 Chase Ave. Mrs. Ostendorf and Mrs.

Delker were each cited on charges of following other vehicles too closely. Mrs. Carolyn Boone, 63, 915 A1 to suffered whiplash neck and back injuries 6 p.m. Tuesday when the auto in which she was a passenger, driven by Dr. Garret J.

Boone, Butler County coroner, was struck from the rear by a car driven by Dwight G. Steelc, 40, 415 Carlisle on Lane, Fairfield, according to Th near St. Fairfield City William Schorr. Fire Chief A rear bedroom and bathroom were burned out The Boone and Steele autos were stopped in a traffic lane when the accident occurred and the Steele car was knocked forward when struck from the rear by a car driven by Thomas the frame home. No one was Vanover, 16, 1134 Doris Jane injured in the Company One' responded to the alarm around 'noon.

Cause Lane, Fairfield, who suffered bruises. Two persons sustained minor of the fire was being in-j injuries about 1:10 p.m. vestigated. (Tuesday when their pickup truck sideswiped an automobile on Rte. 73, cast of Oxford sheriff's deputies reported.

Patrolman James the sheriff's Charles Swift, 30, RR Corner, was driving-his pickup truck west when- the vehicle sideswiped a' westbound cai driven by Timothy G. Korver 21, 5348 Headgates Road. After the impact, the truck caromed into a telephone pole breaking off the pole, and the car went off the road anc through a fence, the officer reported. Swift and a passenger in his vehicle, Gene Robinson, 38, 2740 Millville-Shandon Road, were taken by the Oxford life squac to McCullough-Hyde Hospital Oxford, where they were treated for lacerations and abrasions. Caleb Mink, 53, 2439 Sharoi Road, Sharonville, was treatec at Mercy Hospital for a heac laceration and possible shoulde injury sustained Tuesday when his automobile collided with car driven by Carol A.

Hopper 29, -2063 John Gray Road, a Nilles and Winton Roads. Fairfield police said Mink wa driving south on Winton Roac and failed to halt his automobil for a stop sign. He was citec for failing to yield the right-of w-ay. Mink was taken to' the hospital by the Fairfield life squad. MR.

BOLDMAN MR. KENDALL MR. LEIPZIG Name Leaders In February YMCA Member Enrollment Branch chairmen for the 1972 metropolitan YMCA membership enrollment were named by Dr. Lamont T. Jacobs, genera! chairman.

The campaign will be held Feb. 2 to the three branch 23. Heading campaigns arc Gary Boldman, chairman of the Fairfield cam- pa ign; George Kendall, chairman of the Hamilton West campaign and James chairman of the Central YMCA a a i Don Butler, associate general Hamilton YMCA Will coordinate the drive. Dr. Jacobs announced the total goal for the February canvass is 2.U50 members, Boldmun is principal of Princeton Junior High School, He graduated from Fairfield 'High School and did his undergraduate work at Leosburg tuul Wilmington College, Ho received his graduate degree from Xavior University and done post Cincinnati voi'slty.

graduate work al und Miami Unl- Uoldmtm Is president of tho Wilmington College Club of Greater Cincinnati, a of Cincinnati Schoolmaster's Club and of the National Education Association. lie served as a worker on the YMCA branch expansion campaign and the Fairfield YMCA membership campaigns and has been active in Scouting. Boldman Is married to the former Donna Myers of Newcomerstown, Ohio. They reside at 1020 Fairfield, Wittenberg with their Drive, five children, Jill, Lane, Scolt, Craig and Loyd, is possible of the anticipated rcvc- ue from the two tenths jortion of the one half per ent increase in the city income ax approved by the voters last ear. "Projects being considered re widening and improvement Mulnauscr Road, traffic ignalixation on Rtc.

4 at Hicks Michael Lane, and the easc improvement of Nilles Road from E. River Road Rte. 4 (culvert, crown, lights it Rtc. 127 and Winton Road, and repair). "Preliminary engineering and cost estimates to extend Neilan Blvd.

through the western part if. the city," are also on the priority list of capital improvements, continued Davidson ias well as "relocation and improvement of Ross Road to align with the south leg of Bypass 4. "Further, it is the intent of the committee to work with the administration to obtain, where possible, supplemental Federal funds by participating in such organizations and programs as OKI and TOPICS. "In the area of recreation, we will be concerned with establishing a master plan. We have received a preliminary report from the consultants authorized to propose such a plan.

"The highest priority project "ccommcndcd is the acquisition of an option on contiguous lands, to a maximum of 100 This land would be developed as an area park for thp benefit of all citizens of Fairfield," continued Davidson. "When fully consultants recommend that the area park include the following facilities: A swimming poo complex, a teen center, a senior cUizcn center, a picnic complex open play areas and fishing ponds. "As you might expect, ou major task will be determining the best means of financing th recreation program. We have already appropriated $30,000 fo recreation capital im provements in the 1972 budget. "Here again, we shall exploring programs of variou government agencies tha provide supplemental or mai ching funds for acquisition an development of rccreationa facilities.

1 BRUCE SMILEY Is pictured at the switchboard at Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Medical Center. Journal-News photo by Chu ck Elliott. Who Said This Is Women's World? By CHRIS WHEELER Journal News Staff Writer If a man answers don't hang up! That, is, if you dialed Fort Hamilton Hughes addition to the capitalIj morial Hospital center. improvements mentioned, and the recreation program, we are awaiting the recommendations resulting -from a street lighting study conducted by Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co. "The public improvement committee is looking forward to a challenging and rewarding year, in 1972," concluded Davidson, in his report, to city council.

a i Lodge, American Legion, and VFW. Leipzig is claims supervisor for Ohio Casually Insurance Co. 11 graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1S30 and joined the Ohio Casualty Co. in 1080. Leipzig was division leader for the Central YMCA branch campaign in 1971 and chairman of Iho YMCA Forum and Travel enrollment in 1971.

Ho is chairman of the Central Kendall is supervisor at membership committee S. Plywood Chumpion Papers member of Metropolitan Ohio Division, lie is a graduates! Membership Council. of Hamilton High School und attended Chase College. Kendall, Park is a a member of the Hamilton West YMCA, ft member of Iho Board of Management and chairman of. Iho membership comtuilloo.

He is president of Iho Board of Trustees of Iho First United Presbyterian Church, served on llio Activities Hoard of Champion Papers and wa.8 a niember of the Youth and Swimming Pool commUtoe at HID ilu is active In the Leipzig has parlicipaled in many school levy drives und IMS worked on United Appeals Drives. Ho is leader in tho 11 inn 111 Campus, Miami University New Concepts Community Development. He lives ut 4,02 Sherman Aye. with his wife, Donna, und five children, Mary. Cynthia, Pebble, Gregory and Jefl'ery.

The Metropolitan campaign will open with a Uickuff Feb, Uoplalns und workers arc- now being selected, according to Dr. Jacobs, ARRESTS Russell W. Robinette, 49, 401 N. Third and Mrs. Mildred A.

Dermon, 38, 1720 Shuler each charged with forgery Tuesday in connection with the withdrawal of $1,250 from a savings account at the First National Bank by forging a withdrawal signature. Kenneth H. Ballinger, 25, 6970 Maud Hughes Road, charged with consuming malt liquor in a car when arrested at Central aiid Pleasant Aves. at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

William L. Needham, 25, and Gerald T. Needham, 23, both of Cincinnati, and Rodney L. Needham, 30, 6970 Maud Hughes Road, all three on charge of possession of open containers of malt in a car when halted at Central and Molten Metal Spill Burns Steel Worker Armco Steel Corp. worker Donald T.

Burke, 47, 118 Hamilton, received minor burns Tuesday when a breakout on a blast furnace ait the New Miami plant spilled 150 tons of molten iron on the ground. Burke, a screen operator at the plant, lost most of his hair and received minor burns on his face when the break out occurred about noon. He was treated and released at the plant dispensary. Cause of the breakout has not yet been determined, but damage is estimated at $65,000. William Diehl, area superintendent at Hamilton, said the molten iron damaged a torpedo shaped ladle oar used to transport the hot metal.

Wiring and pipes also were damaged. Diehl praised the prompt action of the New Miami Fire Department in responding to a call from the plant, "We were fortunate thai no fire started as a result of this breakout, but it's comforting to know that the New Mitvmi Fire a responded so promptly to this alarm," Diehl said. a 1 operations were scheduled to resume today. Bruce Smiley, 5863 Princeton Glendale Road, is relief switchboard operator at the hospital. Beginning his third week on the switdhboard, he said he like the work.

Discharged from the Marine Corps on Dec. 9, Smiley was Hamilton Hotel Sold; Plan Apartment Units By JIM NEWTON Journal News Staff Writer The purchase of the Hamilton Hotel, 118 S. Second and the proposed remodeling of the four'- story, structure into 36 apartment units, was announced today by Fred Estop, president Pleasant Aves. at 6:30 p.m. ft Este Enterprises, 21 N.

Tuesday. Garland Adkins, 46, 5322 South gate -Fairfield, arrested by Fairfield police Tuesday on charge of 1 a 1 ly tampering with a motor vehicle. Police said the complaint was filed by Joyce Ann Gill. The THEFTS following persons New Miami Meeting 'Tho New MiunU Village Council will meet at 7 p. m.

Thursday in the village hull, according to James Brown, clerk. Tho public is invited. reported thefts in excess of $100: Charles E. Troxell, 536 N. Sixth $935 in the theft of a battery charger, timing lights and tools from Chuck's Auto Repair, 1990 Fairgrove Ave.

Ken Smith, 1718 Greenwood $120 in the theft of a tape player and seven tapes from auto of Helen Brown, Monroe, parked at Garfield High School. Robert Savage, manager of Savage Auto Supply 630 Maple undetermined amount of tools and merchandise by thieves who forced entrance through a window. Edward C. Tribbey, 55, 1700 Princeton Road, reported to sheriff's deputies Tuesday that he was robbed of $690. Tribbey told officers he had just returned to the Princeton Road address early Tuesday morning when two men entered through a side door and asked for him.

He said the men took him into a hallway between two doors and robbed him. They then fled from the building, he reported. Theft of a saddle, several bridles and halters, a set of spurs and straps from horse and tack barn was reported to sheriff's deputies by Monroe Rednour, 3867 Somerville Jacksonburg Road. The loss was estimated at $460. John Barone, 6220 Hamilton Richmond Road, reported his 'home was entered through garage door and a television set, two clock radios, an AM FM radio, a transistor radio, 300 phonograph albums and a quantity of costume jewelry taken.

He set his loss at $1,729. VANDALISM Intruders broke into Wayne Hill Nursery, 1450 West Elkton 'H'Oad. and broke several ceramic pots and vases and caused other damage, sheriff's deputies reported. Officers said the loss would total several hundred dollars. Lawrence Lauridsen, M95 N.

reported the rear window broken on his automobile parked at his homo. Tho amount of loss was not estimated. OTHER REPORTS James G. Price, 77- 0-18 East Apl. 2, suffered head unc facial injuries when a mai knocked him down and kicked him at home al 6:40 p.m Tuesday.

He was taken to Mercy Hospital by Patrolmat Darrell Pbilpot. St. The 73 rooms hotel was sold by. Ben Strauss, 375 Columbia Road, wttio has owned the property for the last 16 years. The Butler County Recorder's Bell Keeps 'Fail-field' Officials of Cincinnati Bell nc.

announced today that the company "has no itentions" of eliminating the ame "Fairfield" from the ddress of any telephone ustomer in that city in the next Ireater Hamilton telephone li rectory. City officials and private itizens expressed concern this over a report that the dephone company planned to liminate "Fairfield" from the iddress of. customers in that ity. Another report regarding liminations of "Fairfield" as i poastmark on outgoing mail rom that city was reported Tuesday. of the Cin- innati Post Office said they planned to call the Hamilton )ostmaster and ask that irrangements be made so that residents can retain hat city's postmark undei conditions similar to that in Jamilton.

office reports that the title transfer indicates the propeirty was sold for approximately $85,000. Estep said today that he plans to spend more than $480,000 to completely 'renovate the building, providing 24 one bedroom apartments and 12 two bedroom units on the second, third and fourth floors, with tihe first floor to include offices as well as a social center for residents of the apartment house. The new owner said the apartments will contain complete kitchen units, wall to wall carpeting, and a new elevator will ibe installed in the Estejp said he expects the apartments to be ready for occupancy in seven months. in communications. While a member, of the Corps, ho operated a switchboard.

He also served in Vietnam for a year. A native of Mount Victory, Ohio, Smiley was a barbep before "entering the Marine Corps. With longer hair styles, there isn't as mudh demand for barbers as before he entered service. Since there was an- opening at Fort Hamilton Hughes, he applied for the job and was hired. He is married to the former ayes of Hamilton and the couple has a three-month old daughter, Elizabeth Ann.

According to Cincinnati Bell, more and more men are applying for jobs on switchboards. The Kentucky Post and Times Star has a fulltime male switchboard operator and so does Railway Express in Cincinnati. Parttime operators man boards at Providence Hospital and Christ Church in Cincinnati. Although the percentage is minute, it is definitely on the upswing. The telephone company in Cincinnati trains students from.

University of Cincinnati for relief PBX. operators. Maybe this is Women's Liberation in reverse. Jaycees Plan Annual Bosses' Night Jan. 19 Donald A.

Schwab, past president of the Hamilton Jaycees, and chairman of Rosses' Night 1971, announces the annual Jaycee dinner will be Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 p. m. in Eaton Manor. The annual event has been planned to coincide with National Jaycee Week, Jan.

17 through 22, Bosses' Night us an annual uvent planned by the Hamilton Jaycees to show appreciation to their bosses on an individual basis, for their cooperation with their Jaycee employes with regard to year round projects and the time involved in these projects. The Jaycees may honor their bosses by nominating them for annual Boss of the Year Award which is presented each year as a highlight of the evening. Waite Ployt, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and Cincinnati Reds announcer for years, will be speaker for the evening. Before announcing for the Reds, Hoyt was a pitcher for the New York Yankees. Another' highlight of Bosses' Night will be the presentation of the distinguished service award to the Outstanding Young Man of 1971.

Fairfield School Board Reorganizes MEMlltfKS uf Ilu- Hoard of lidiifutlgu of FaldlDld Lutal fichoul PUU'U't are at reorganization nun-ting Tuesday ufteruaou lu tho board offices, 5Q5Q Dixie Hwy, Kelly, president, is seated. Stuudhig aro Junm Suylor, lefl, Mrs, Margaret Luusloril Clumua' Glen lU'Hl, right. Mrs. UuuM untl (lie ttuilt uf ttfl'ictt, begUwlng four-year lorub, Slic was re-elected au4 ember, Ma 'V'.