Second class postage paid at Waynesville, Ohio Vol. 1 No. 26
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June 30, 1971 - Way nesville, Ohio
Independence Day Observance Planned Residents of the Waynesville area are invited 10 attend the Independem:c [}dY observance to be held at Otterbein Home Monday, july 5 starting with a parade at 10a.m. Robert Ml:Keeverand Mrs. Geneva Bcathard are l:hair· men for the annual event. Units "from Monroe. Huntcr, Springboro and Mason have indil:ated they will be represented in the parade whil:h will be followed by a short program. TIle Springboro Boy Scou t wlor guard will take part in a flag dedil:ation ceremony at this time.
Charles K. Dilgard, home administrator, will identify the participants in the parade as they pass the reviewing .stand and will chair the program following. In addition to the units from Springboro, Lebanon, Hunter and Monroe, the Warren county sheriffs department and the Butler county junior police wiU participate. This is one of the few observanl:es for the weekend holiday in this area and will be worth the attending.
"And the Star Spangled Banner, oh, long may it wave~
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On the Fourth of July, it's heartening to see our flag proudly before home after home. Show your colors _ .. on Independence Day, display the Red. White and Blue symbol of our nation's heritage.
Most 01: all, that heritage is freedom. Through the days and the ytears since July 4, 1776, there have been times of struggle and sorrow. of danger and difficutly. but through even the darkest hours the bright light of freedom ... sym-
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bolized by our flag: .. has sustained us and led us onward to rich and abundant blessings.
by Mar'l Bellman
Mary Stansberry was born in Waynesville and has been a resident of the area licr entile life. She is a graduate ~f Waynesville High School. atte .l d.:d 'Grace Green Normal Scho •. 1 and is also a graduate of the /mel ican Institute of Ballkir·g After completion of high ':"h<,ol, she was emrloyed by tl.e Waynesville National Bank for 28 years, II of those years as Assistant Cashier. She resigned in 1955 and went to Lebanon, bewming associated with several companies, speda/izing in real estate development and l:onstrul:tion.
This Fourth of July. say a prayer of thanks for priceless freedom . . . honor the flag and all it stands for . '.. show your colors.
Mary Stansberry
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Summertime Tragedy·····.·
YOUTH DROWNS Herbert Michael · Du ff. 16. of South Lebanon. drowned Sunday afternoon while swimming with friends in a gravel pit cast of South Lebanon.
The drowning was the second of the week end in Warren coun· ty. Young Duff drowned shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday afler diving into the Armitage gravel pit at Stubbs Mill and Mason-Laurel
Rds. Two friends a!ni;~~'t ed when they re~po~de calls for help the sheri said. A Mason /ife squad. covered the body 'in20 water. IT'S HOT!
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Turn that air conditi.... n'>r·; , At II :30 A.M. Mil ton Power and Light ailtl __ ""'_"' <~"fi' that a rCl:ord usage of. elect was reached. 1.4 74.000.kjlo werc used. At 2:30 thc' anuther record . was': ' I. 556.000 kilowatts: '" pl'< :~ ilIS1~, peak was July 2, 1970 423.000 kiIO\V'dt~s. .. - --
Father of Editor Dies
What started out as an afternoon of summer fun ended in tragedy in the rain swollen waters of the Little Miami River Saturday. Dead is Mrs. Rose Marie Kuhn, 44, of Kettering. Mrs. Kuhn drowned when the canoe in which she was . riding overturned. Her husband and daughter were able to swim to safety, however, Mrs. Kuhn, a non-swimmer, was overcome by the strong current of the river. The photo at the left shows the the Warren County Rescue Squad and angry waters of the river after a severe storm in Northern Ohio Friday evening. On the left. members Ohio State Patrol join in the search for Mrs. Kuhn's body which was recovered just south of Waynesville.
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