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THE PIQUA DAILY CALL PHOTO NEGATIVE COLLECTION
1964-2003
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Piqua Daily Call Photo Negative Collection 1964-2003 is divided into twenty parts and forty series. Each part covers a period of two years and each series covers a period of one year. Each series is subdivided into twelve sub-series containing the negatives for a single month.
PART 7 – CONTAINER LIST Jan 1976 thru Dec 1977 – the negatives in this part are found in Boxes 17 through 23.
SERIES XI: Jan 1976 thru Dec 1976 – the negatives in this series are found in Box 17, file 1 through Box 20, file 25.
SERIES XII: Jan 1977 thru Dec 1977 – the negatives in this series are found in Box 20, file 26 through Box 23, file 73
PART 7 – CONTAINER LIST – January 1976 – December 1977
NOTE: the numbers in parentheses are the number of negatives in the envelope. Unless otherwise noted, all negatives in Part 7 are 35mm.
SERIES XI: 1976
SUB-SERIES XI A: January 1976
BOX 17
File
1 January 2, 1976
a. Mrs. Jan Rayve’s noodles (41)
b. Copy mug shots of 14 different men – in coats and ties – not identified (35-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
c. Street scenes (24)
d. Tree chipper (6)
e. Fox in cage (7)
f. Fort Piqua Hotel – photos from the 5th floor looking at 4th floor ballroom ceiling and tower clock works. Also the grand staircase stained glass windows and views of the first floor from the second floor mezzanine. (14)
g. James Naveau – Daily Call sports writer (4)
h. John Walsh (7-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
i. Ray Hammer (5-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
j. James Gover (2 ¾” x 3 ¾” pos)
2 January 3, 1976
a. Anna vs. Fort Loramie boys basketball (32)
b. Brain damaged child center (12)
c. Wilder Junior High School boys basketball (33)
3 January 5, 1976
a. Junior bowling champions: Teri Leeper, Diane Leeper, Jeff Butts, Joe Pemberton, Brett Mason, Scott Starrett (7)
4 January 6, 1976
a. Piqua Daily Call carriers awards banquet – outstanding carrier awards went to Todd Brunke and Jon Davis – presented by J. Richard Harris, Daily Call general manager (18)
5 January 8, 1976
a. Sunset Fire Place Shop (14)
b. Ice Hockey on Echo Lake (6)
c. Snow man on Covington Ave.: Paulette Petry, John McKenna and Vicki Wolfe – related snow photos (43)
d. Tim Gaffney (9)
e. Mug shots of 8 men not otherwise identified (18-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
6 January 9, 1976
a. Cold weather scenes (14)
7 January 10, 1976
a. Russia vs. Versailles boys basketball (36)
8 January 11, 1976
a. Lehman vs. Northwestern boys basketball (54)
b. Graham vs. Bethel boys basketball (40)
c. ________ Cheney – mug shot lady (23)
9 January 12, 1976
a. Piqua Bicentennial Committee snowmobile races and other snow events (52)
b. Jupiter Store advertising photos (22)
10 January 14, 1976
a. Fuzzy tree (5)
11 January 15, 1976
a. Russia vs. Bradford boys basketball (41)
b. Maxine Zimmerman (4)
c. Roxie Roberts (4)
d. Daily Call carriers to tour Washington D.C. (9)
e. Greenhouse photographs (22)
f. D.A.R. History Month essay contest winners: Amy Stephan, Laura Carr, Julia Devers – background Mrs. Robert Klosterman, Mrs. Lloyd Beach, Louis Havenar (8)
g. Piqua Central High School football coaches (6-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
h. Newton boys basketball (40)
i. Boys basketball – teams not identified (12)
12 January 16, 1976
a. Tim Gaffney named City Editor of Daily Call (12)
b. Lehman vs. Versailles boys basketball (56)
c. Chet Clemens (10)
d. James “Moose” McMaken and Marge Deal (5)
e. Hockey players on Echo Lake (14)
13 January 17, 1976
a. Piqua vs. Vandalia Butler boys basketball (41)
b. Miami East vs. Covington boys basketball (31)
c. Bradford vs. Marion Local boys basketball (34)
d. Russia vs. Ft. Loramie boys basketball (17)
e. Plaque – “Pride in Piqua Award, Piqua Development Corporation, Inc., Pledged to Progress, January 21, 1976 (7)
f. Cancer crusade mug shot – Fran Balta (5-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
14 January 18, 1976
a. Bicentennial Committee – antique big wheeled tricycle (22)
b. Rev. Harry Manning (24)
15 January 19, 1976
a. Replacing cord on Orr Felt flag pole (4)
b. Snow shovelers (35)
c. Lehman vs. Newton boys basketball (45)
d. George “Gus” Wertz (1 pos)
16 January 22, 1976
a. Truck accident on I 75 near Miami Industries (12)
b. Piqua Daily Call offices – interior (30)
17 January 24, 1976
a. Miami East vs. Bethel boys basketball (55)
b. Piqua vs. Northmont boys basketball (24)
c. Newton Homecoming – Queen Bonnie Spitler (8)
d. Graham vs. Lehman boys basketball (49)
e. Covington vs. Northwestern boys basketball (44)
18 January 26, 1976
a. School patrol boys (12)
b. Piqua vs. Miami East boys basketball (36)
19 January 28, 1976
a. Newton vs. Bradford boys basketball (38)
20 January 29, 1976
a. North Street Elementary School music class in a restroom (15)
b. Automobile accident – C.R. 25-A at Farrington Rd. (18)
c. United Fund plaque of appreciation presented to Ronald Fox by Lawrence Baker, 1st V.P. of United Fund. (10)
d. Lehman vs. Springfield Central Catholic girls basketball (27)
e. Operation ID sticker (3)
f. Medi-Vac helicopter (13)
g, Woolworth Store inventory (11)
21 January 30, 1976
a. Snow scenes (20)
22 January 31, 1976
a. Piqua vs. Sidney boys basketball (55)
b. Versailles vs. Graham boys basketball (38)
c. Houston vs. Jackson Center boys basketball (31)
d. Houston Homecoming – Queen Julie Renner and King Mark Large (6)
e. Lehman vs. Covington boys basketball (21)
23 January 1976 – no specific date
a. Man making a presentation to a group (18)
b. Wheel chair story (35)
c. Piqua Power Plant, reactor dome and low dam (53)
d. Story Hour at Flesh Public Library, Piqua, Children’s Department – Mrs. Pat Smith and Mrs. Joyce Wagner (84)
e. Cold weather photos (8)
BOX 17
SUB-SERIES XI B: February 1976
File
24 February 2, 1976
a. Forest Ventura (6-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
b. Houston boys basketball (20)
25 February 3, 1976
a. Max Gutman – president and chairman of the board of Elder-Beerman (5)
b. Scenic photographs (6)
c. Reinforced electric power pole (3)
26 February 4, 1976
a. Homebuilders construct displays at the National Guard Armory for the Miami County Home Show (23)
b. Pigeon (3)
c. Upper Valley J.V.S. masonry students constructing a wall at the National Guard Armory (44)
d. Bicentennial beard growing contest entrants: Chuck Schlingman, Jim Bubeck, Wally White, Bud Strawsburg, Charles Popham, Lou Havenar (8)
27 February 5, 1976
a. Ice photographs (30)
b. Coke Hall demolition (former Piqua Coca Cola Bottling Plant) (48)
c. Robert P. Mills, manager of Buckeye Mart (5- 2 ½” x 2 ½”)
28 February 6, 1976
a. Snow photographs (37)
b. Piqua Central High School in the snow (11)
29 February 7, 1976
a. Lehman vs. Bethel boys basketball (62)
b. Versailles vs. Covington boys basketball (45)
c. Anna vs. Russia boys basketball (28)
30 February 9, 1976
a. CB-ID – an effort by the Police department to get citizen band radios and tape decks registered to deter theft. (10)
b. Structural repairs and a sprinkler system installed at Warren Nursing Home – 913 Covington Ave – Merrill Warren is the owner (12)
c. Fort Loramie vs. Lehman boys basketball (31)
d. Career Day at the Upper Valley J.V.S. (61)
e. William Sloane (12)
31 February 10, 1976
a. Freezing weather halts the demolition of Central Grain & Malting Co. (14)
32 February 11, 1976
a. Robert A. Shroyer, manager of Piqua Furniture Mart (5-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
33 February 12, 1976
a. Renovation of Francis Office Supply – 431 N. Main St. (24)
b. Man and two ladies exchanging envelopes with a pinball machine in the background (6)
34 February 13, 1976
a. Senator Robert A. Taft speaks at the Upper Valley J.V.S. (52)
b. Single car automobile accident on Washington-Concord Rd. (15)
c. Donald Beckert of Piqua Lumber is Jaycees “boss of the year” (5)
35 February 14, 1976
a. Piqua vs. Tecumseh boys basketball (32)
b. Bradford vs. Coldwater boys basketball (33)
c. Newton vs. Franklin Monroe boys basketball (33)
d. Miami East vs. Lehman boys basketball (48)
e. Edison State Community College construction photographs (22)
f. Jeff Minton – Prudential Insurance agent (5-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
36 February 16, 1976
a. Troy-Miami County Public Library building opens (89)
b. Piqua vs. Tipp City boys basketball (39)
c. Lehman vs. Wilbur Wright boys basketball (36)
37 February 17, 1976
a. Three Rivers Conference wrestling tournament – Graham was the winner (37)
b. Piqua Fire Department canopy (15)
c. Piqua vs. Tipp City boys basketball (57)
38 February 18, 1976
a. School bus repairs (9)
b. Y Street garage fire (16)
c. Steve Martin (5-2 ½” x 2 ½”) (2 pos)
39 February 19, 1976
a. Newsboy – Andy Epperson in the rain (8)
b. Bradford vs. Covington girls basketball (16)
c. Jim and Pat Lavy at 711 N. Downing and portraits (10)
d. YMCA City League basketball (43)
e. John Vollette (30)
40 February 20, 1976
a. Dr. Raymond Millbourn, D.D.S. visits Springcreek Elementary School sponsored by the Piqua Kiwanis Club. (14)
b. Iranian women tour Upper Valley J.V.S. home economics related facilities (9)
c. French Oil Mill Machinery Company executives (51 neg, 2 pos)
d. Norton’s Shoes Trunk Sale – 400 N. Main St. (6)
41 February 21, 1976
a. Match stick boat – model of a 17th century Spanish galleon built by Cletus Winhoven of 651 S. Main St. (4)
b. Lehman vs. Indian Lake boys basketball (40)
c. Miami East vs. Graham boys basketball (41)
d. Piqua Central vs. Fairborn Baker boys basketball (39)
e. Russia Homecoming Queen Ann Groff and King Guy Borchers (12)
42 February 23, 1976
a. Birds in Piqua (page 1 photo) (4)
b. Workmen on scaffolds at the Bijou Restaurant at 311 N. Main St. (12)
c. Speaker at the Holiday Inn (11)
43 February 24, 1976
a. Piqua vs. Lehman girls basketball (35)
b. Photographs of David Bowie in concert by Frank Young (19)
c. Two pedestrians struck by cars (12)
44 February 26, 1976
a. Utility employees fixing street lights from bucket trucks (11)
b. Mary Judd – Lehman H.S. named to first team Al-Three Rivers Conference girls basketball team (13)
c. Julie Poling – Graham H.S. name to first team Al-Three Rivers Conference girls basketball team (13)
d. Grass fire on the Emmett Reed property, E. U.S. 36 (7)
45 February 27, 1976
a. Newton vs. Cedarville boys basketball tournament action (49)
b. Covington vs. Ansonia boys basketball tournament action (27)
c. Car provided to the Upper Valley J.V.S. by Paul Sherry Chevrolet (11)
46 February 28, 1976
a. Ohio National Guard recruiter – 1st Lt. James Dapore with Leslie Gordon and Peggy Weldy (7)
b. Barhorst sheep
47 February 1976 – specific date not listed
a. Versailles vs. West Milton boys basketball (38)
b. Houston vs. New Miami boys basketball tournament action (36)
c. Piqua vs. Troy boys basketball (19)
d. Winans candy (12)
SUB-SERIES XI C: March 1976
BOX 17
File
48 March 2, 1976
a. Piqua vs. Greenville boys basketball tournament action (53)
b. Bramco building – 1711 Commerce Drive (13)
49 March 3, 1976
a. Bradford vs. Ansonia boys basketball tournament action (43)
b. Teeter totter – Alice Oda, Dixie Ellis and daughter Fonda Ellis (30)
50 March 4, 1976
a. Russia vs. Cedarville boys basketball tournament action (40)
b. Lehman vs. Botkins boys basketball tournament action (34)
51 March 5, 1976
a. Dale Compton and Elana Harvey on a tandem bicycle (8)
b. Fountain Park pool house repairs (2)
c. Painting stripes around gas station pumps (10)
d. Versailles vs. Graham boys basketball tournament action (43)
52 March 8, 1976
a. Frank Young photographs (27)
b. Uniform Company opening (8)
c. Bowling tournament winners (5)
53 March 9, 1976
a. Minster accident site where 8 Minster teens were killed (6)
b. Wire removal for demolition of the Sherer-Bell building at Canal Place (6)
c. First medical van to be built in Piqua by Wayne Corp – Ron Wilhelm, Jesse James, Paul Sherry (3)
d. W. H. Sloan Inc, 410 N. Main St. – formerly Hamer Uniforms – grand opening (5)
e. Reading in the classroom (15)
54 March 10, 1976
a. Paul Chretien – C.I.A. briefing officer speaks in Piqua (1)
b. Coca Cola building and Sherer-Bell building demolitions (30)
c. Captain Robert Holmes, commander Battery C, 136 Field Artillery, presented a cap and a plaque to Piqua Mayor Jack Wilson (10)
d. Sue Von Aschen (4)
e. Yvonne Gilmore (4)
f. Versailles vs. Northridge boys basketball tournament action (39)
55 March 11, 1976
a. Lehman vs. Arcanum boys basketball tournament action (51)
b. Coca Cola building smoke stack demolition (12)
c. Coca Cola building demolition (117)
d. Lockington locks and Museum of the Old Northwest Territory (72)
e. Fired chicken buckets (14)
f. Chamber of Commerce safety awards: Lawrence Whalen, Tom Bescanceney, Arthur Good, R. F. Struck (6)
56 March 12, 1976
a. Portrait of a lady (8)
57 March 13, 1976
a. Changing a truck tire at the site of the demolished Coke Hall (6)
b. Tom Buecker accepts check from Kiwanis Club presented by Ralph Schneider – Buecker represented the YMCA. (9)
c. Loyal Order of Moose hall (9)
58 March 14, 1976
a. Piqua east water tower (21)
59 March 15, 1976
a. Versailles vs. Urbana boys basketball tournament action (30)
60 March 16, 1976
a. Snow photos (29)
61 March 18, 1976
a. Piqua Police Department property room (5)
b. Chris and Tommy Grubb on Big-Wheels tricycles (14)
c. Schlingman Buick salesman (12)
62 March 19, 1976
a. Car going under a truck (23)
b. Bird house with a “See Rock City” sign on it (1)
c. First Dodge Ambulance produced at the 1530 Covington Ave. factory of the Cotner-Bevington Division of Wayne Corp. – Paul Holmberg, William Smith, Herman Fletcher, Jack Sharp (9)
d. Approximately 2013 U.S. flags presented to Piqua High School for use in the musical production “George M” – Nancy Greive, Glenna Hendricks, Howard Reed, Bill Poock, Jack Horner, Mary Speelman, Helen Vincent (9)
63 March 20, 1976
a. Versailles vs. Circleville boys basketball tournament action (81)
b. Mug shot of a man – possibly Harry Vetter (5)
64 March 22, 1976
a. Ribbon cutting at the new Moose Lodge building at 8575 N. C.R. 25-A: Eugene Wilson, John Bailey, Charles Cissner, James Beneleit, James Battson, Jeff Minton, Francis Meyer, Emory Pontsler, Jerry Young, Richard Kolker, Melvin Tipps, Harold Oda (8)
b. Russia vs. Jackson Center girls basketball tournament action (38)
c. Lehman track team members (11)
65 March 23, 1976
a. VFW presentation of U.S. flags for J.V.S. classrooms (11)
66 March 24, 1976
a. Mug shot of a man – no further information (6)
67 March 25, 1976
a. Grave digger – Ernest Clawson at Forest Hill Cemetery for 52 years (16)
b. Tooties pet rock – Tootie Gilmore (12)
c. Russia High School girls basketball team (6)
68 March 26, 1976
a. Hampshire cabinet company fire (3)
b. First shipment from the new Aerovent plant on Industrial Park Drive (10)
c. Edison State Community College construction photos (15)
d. Picking up nails at Miami Industries scattered as the result of a labor strike (16)
e. Feature photographs (9)
f. Kids playing basketball in the park (53)
69 March 27, 1976
a. Russia vs. Middletown Fenwick girls basketball tournament action (50)
b. Flea market (8)
70 March, 1976 – no specific dates listed
a. Miami East wrestling team mug shots (26)
b. Houston vs. Miami East boys basketball (13)
c. Piqua High School track team –girls and boys – photographs (67)
d. Fenner goats (20)
e. Russia H.S. boys basketball team (6-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
f. Covington H.S. boys basketball team (3-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
g. Boys basketball team – not identified (3-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
h. Boys basketball team – not identified (5-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
71 Miscellaneous 1975-1976 photographs – not identified or dated and found in the collection at this spot.
a. 35 mm negatives (77)
b. 2 ½” x 2 ½” negatives (5)
BOX 18
SUB-SERIES XI D: April 1976
File
1 April 1, 1976
a. Miscellaneous feature photographs (74)
b. Troy Dayton Power & Light Company smoke stack demolition (35)
2 April 2, 1976
a. P.J.’s Boutique grand opening – 319 N. Main St. (25)
b. Clowns at Piqua Memorial Hospital (25)
3 April 3, 1976
a. Gas pump hit at Hardenbrook Ford by Fred Howell (31)
4 April 5, 1976
a. Pouring concrete at the Fountain Park wading pool (12)
b. Hamid-Morton Circus in Troy sponsored by the Miami Fraternal Order of Police (23)
c. Mote Relays – track meet in Piqua at Wertz Stadium (13)
5 April 7, 1976
a. Ivan Heigel combining wheat (39)
6 April 8, 1976
a. Low water at Swift Run (56)
b. George Gallup – president of the Gallup Poll (17)
c. Covington vs. Bradford baseball (9)
d. Marsh Supermarkets in Troy (17)
7 April 9, 1976
a. Fire at 441 S. College St. – warehouse (61)
b. Cincinnati Red opening day (55)
c. Piqua High School vs. Fairborn Park Hills baseball action (7)
8 April 10, 1976
a. I 75 North after Reds opener – oversized boat on a trailer creating traffic problems (6)
9 April 12, 1976
a. Seedlings planted on the Edison State Community College campus to create a nature preserve (22)
b. Grand Opening of the Little House at 423 N. Main St. owned by Mary Steinhilber and Pat Miller (8)
10 April 13, 1976
a. Levee break in the Hydraulic Canal at Forest Hill Cemetery (19)
11 April 14, 1976
a. Clean-up at Forest Hill Cemetery from the levee break (25)
b. Fish picture – Clarence Meed of 933 Brook St. caught a 32 ½ inch 15 pound 12 ounce Walley (4)
12 April 15, 1976
a. YMCA Membership campaign chairmen: Ralph Schneider, Elwood Penrod, George Sellman, Pat O’Brien (9)
b. Piqua Memorial Hospital emergency drill (9)
c. Eurodrive celebrates the opening of its first American production plant in Troy – Governor James Rhodes visits (26)
d. Track – Lehman’s Lisa Hinger wins the 440 yard race (2)
e. Favorite City Auto Parts employees mug shots (45)
f. Sloane Uniform Company employee (11)
g. YMCA fund raising lunch – speaker (4)
13 April 16, 1976
a. Fisherman on rocks at Swift Run (11)
b. Feature photographs – miscellaneous (37)
c. Bruce Atwater (6)
d. YMCA victory luncheon (13)
e. Elder-Beerman photographs (53)
14 April 19, 1976
a. Car driven by Albert Rhynard Jr. crashed into the Orville Francis home at 622 Wood St. (5)
b. Troy wastewater pollution control facility (treatment plant) (15)
c. Versailles Invitational Track Meet (17)
d. Riverside School construction (10)
15 April 21, 1976
a. Car driven by Dorothy Warden of 516 Second St. is driven through her garage in into the house next door owned by Dennis Wogamen (8)
b. Lilies of the Valley – feature (10)
c. Driftwood and other feature photographs (49)
d. I – 75 Auto accident (14)
16 April 22, 1976
a. Top 100 Students banquet (15)
b. Piqua Chamber of Commerce presentation (18)
17 April 24, 1976
a. Piqua vs. Toledo Rogers H.S. baseball (7)
18 April 26, 1976
a. Feature photographs (50)
b. Covington Invitational Track Meet (14)
c. Mud puppy (5)
d. Roger Masquelier – speaker at the Top 100 banquet (9)
19 April 27, 1976
a. Removing the old Mays Opera House seats from Hance Pavilion at Fountain Park (6)
b. Girls track meet (23)
c. Troy – not otherwise identified (38)
d. Promotional photographs for the Piqua High School musical “George M” (5)
e. Miami Citizens Bank in Bradford (14)
20 April 28, 1976
a. Demolition of former Hammer Graphics, Inc. building at 216-20 W. High St. (9)
b. Baptist Home – the former Leo Flesh mansion – 648 N. Downing St. (9)
c. Hartzell Propeller Fan Co. sales tour for Hartzell salesmen (20)
d. Kiwanis Club photographs with 4-H members and animals (17)
21 April 29, 1976
a. Fulmer’s Market, 1282 E. Ash St., interiors (11)
b. Fulmer’s Market mug shots (11)
c. Jacoby’s Inc. – Appliances – 517 N. Main St. – exterior (4)
d. Piqua Baptist Church construction site – 1402 W. High St. (9)
e. People standing in line to get automobile license plates at Miami County Auto Club (AAA) – 601 W. High St. (22)
f. Piqua Memorial Hospital gift shop (6)
g. Fish and Easter eggs (11)
h. Ohio Bell Telephone Co. construction project (32)
22 April 30, 1976
a. Piqua High School Musical – “George M” (10)
b. Ohio State Highway Patrol and Piqua Police dispatcher (12)
23 April 1976 – no specific date
a. Speaker – man – no further information (8)
b. Girl Scouts and cookie sale poster (6)
c. Farm equipment dealer (17)
d. Helicopter (3)
SUB-SERIES XI E: May 1976
File
24 May 1, 1976
a. Salvation Army Citadel at 129 S. Wayne St. (10)
b. Aerovent tour (30)
25 May 3, 1976
a. Fulmer Supermarket grand opening: Don Fenton, Sam Jackson, Joe Anderson, Wayne Barfels, W. R. Faulkner, Derf Page (7-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
b. Jacoby’s Inc. appliance store receiving an award (3-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
c. Special Olympics (63)
26 May 5, 1976
a. Piqua Fire Department gives free blood pressure screenings (3)
b. Testing Gene Benning’s unlimited hydroplane at Dayton’s Hydrobowl – Driver is Milner Irvin (25)
c. School poster winners: Tamar Harrison, Kim Stump, Debbie Mitchell – posters to vote for the bond issue for the new high school on June 8, 1976 (10)
27 May 6, 1976
a. Border City Savings & Loan thermometer reading 4o (4)
b. Troy High School mock political convention in Troy (12)
c. Fulmer’s products: Bob Evans Farms Pork Sausage and Fulmer milk (16)
28 May 8, 1976
a. Burgher Haus restaurant (15)
b. Shelby County League track meet (17)
29 May 10, 1976
a. Bob Garbig on bicycle equipped with a citizens band radio (3)
b. Darke County League track meet (7)
30 May 12, 1976
a. Piqua vs. Greenville district baseball tournament (7)
b. Bird bath (18)
c. Lottery winner (7)
31 May 13, 1976
a. Dettmer Hospital disaster drill (50)
b. Russia vs. Lehman district baseball tournament (5)
c. Miami East vs. Newton baseball (3)
d. Tractor accident (4)
32 May 14, 1976
a. Barnhart Firestone Store – 326 N. Wayne (11)
b. Construction of Fort Piqua for the Bicentennial on the Square (11)
c. Store fronts on North Main (5)
33 May 15, 1976
a. Piqua Daily Call newspaper carriers earn a trip to the Indianapolis 500 time trials (7)
b. North Street Elementary School fourth grade at the Fort Piqua on the Public Square (15)
34 May 17, 1976
a. Bicentennial on the square – rained out and postponed until next week (10)
b. Piqua at district track meet (31)
35 May 18, 1976
a. Benning unlimited hydroplane on a trailer (19)
b. Piqua High School bond issue campaign workers meeting (13)
c. Three Rivers Conference track meet (12)
36 May 19, 1976
a. School bond issue campaign headquarters opens: Mrs. Robert Pratt, Mrs. Robert Von Aschen (12)
b. High Street Elementary School science fair (10)
37 May 20, 1976
a. Miami East vs. Springfield Catholic Central baseball district tournament (9)
38 May 22, 1976
a. Versailles Middle School jumping frog contest (56)
b. Lehman track photos (3)
39 May 24, 1976
a. Champion Foundry installs new equipment (13)
b. Aerovent open house at new plant – 8518 Industry Park Drive (32)
c. New Versailles fabric store (25)
d. Bowling regional winners: Julie Black, Janet Mott, Vicki Butts, John Pemberton (6)
e. First United Church of Christ – 232 S. Wayne – Senior citizens meal (16)
40 May 26, 1976
a. Fire at the William and Diane Holcomb residence, 1059 Broadway (15)
41 May 27, 1976
a. Mug shot of a man – no further information (13)
42 May 28, 1976
a. Lehman baseball tournament action (10)
43 May 30, 1976
a. Piqua Police cars with bicentennial emblems (4)
44 May 31, 1976
a. Road construction signs in Piqua – feature photo (12)
b. Bee Keepers article in the Daily Call Monthly Magazine (52)
c. Piqua National Bank corner – views of the square (34)
d. Piqua Memorial Day Parade ( 34)
45 May 1976 – no specific date
a. Children, a girl and a boy (2-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
b. Man in a belted coat (1-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
c. Lady in an office (2-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
d. Man with a big fish (3)
SUB-SERIES XI F: June 1976
File
46 June 2, 1976
a. Piqua Memorial Hospital and surrounding area (11)
b. Nick the Greek scarecrow (23)
c. Cat photographs (15)
d. Darla Niswonger and mother, Mrs. Donna Niswonger with bicycle Darla won as the student of the year at South Street Elementary School (5)
e. Bowling alley (2)
f. Miami County Safety Building dedication (16)
g. Piqua Daily Call carrier – male – no further information (5-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
47 June 3, 1976
a. Top scholastic award winners at Piqua Central High School: Steve Yenney, Michele Hepler, Mark Johns, Susan Polhamus, Robert Perry (5)
b. Troy-Miami County Public Library exterior (33)
48 June 4, 1976
a. Stillwater River canoe trip (77)
b. Russia state tournament baseball action (23)
c. Piqua Chamber of Commerce slogan winner (10)
d. Buckeye Mart exterior (1)
49 June 5, 1976
a. Piqua High School graduation held at Roosevelt field (Wertz Stadium) (35)
b. Shelby County Nursing Home (68)
c. Piqua flag (9)
d. Piqua Eagles vs. Paul Sherry Chevrolet slo-pitch softball (16)
e. James Gray retirement from Hammer Graphics and presents (46)
f. Earl Mischler (8)
g. Man speaking to a group – no further information (4)
50 June 8, 1976
a. High school girls state track meet (25)
b. Mike Teach, 723 N. Wayne St., with 4 pound catfish (5)
c. Canoe race (32)
d. “Annie Get Your Gun” production at Versailles Poultry Days (10)
51 June 9, 1976
a. School board members waiting for results of high school bond election. Piqua voted the bond issue down (10)
b. Tennis courts (10)
52 June 10, 1976
a. Five man 24 hour relay race: Joe Beasley, Doug DeWeese, Bruce Gover, Todd Wion, Doug Ditmer – all 1976 Piqua Central H.S. graduates (10)
b. Piqua vs. Kettering American Legion baseball action (4)
c. Automobile accident on I 75 (25)
d. Piqua Daily Call carriers trip (18)
53 June 11, 1976
a. Barclay’s grand opening at 318 N. Main St. (21)
b. Five man 24 hour relay race – the runners completed 176 miles, setting a new national record: Joe Beasley, Doug DeWeese, Bruce Gover, Todd Wion, Doug Ditmer (50)
c. Hammer Graphics vs. Piqua Printing slo-pitch softball (13)
54 June 12, 1976
a. Feature – low water level in the Great Miami River (28)
b. E. Waybright mug shots (6-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
55 June 13, 1976
a. Paul Koenitzer mug shot – Koenitzer Realty (5-2 ½” x 2 ½”) (1 pos)
56 June 14, 1976
a. Edison State Community College first commencement ceremony (16)
b. Bicentennial flag presented at Flag Day Ceremony – presented to the Bicentennial Committee by representatives of Ohio veterans groups: Robert Klipstine, Mrs. Hendricks, William Higgins, William R. Nelson (25)
c. Piqua Bicycle Court: referees Mike Hemm, Jim Hemmert, patrolman Craig Harris, the youthful offender and his father (7)
d. Versailles Poultry Days photographs (29)
57 June 16, 1976
a. Rainy day photos (21)
b. Piqua Merchants vs. Park Place slo-pitch softball action (6)
c. Versailles Poultry Days (6)
58 June 17, 1976
a. Park bench assembly at the Fountain Park pavilion (36)
b. Mobile home fire in Conover – belonged to Casper Holbert (8)
c. Wagon train arriving in Piqua – left Johnston Farm on its way through Piqua to Bradford (89)
59 June 18, 1976
a. Piqua newspapers on microfilm at the Flesh Public Library in Piqua (13)
b. Fallen leaves (25)
c. Police dog (9)
d. Container Corporation of America photographs (12)
e. Bicycle license sale (2)
f. Greene Street United Methodist Church fire (8)
60 June 19, 1976
a. Tornado his Houston (8)
b. Appalachian Green Parks Project – a musical group from Athens, Ohio entertained a crowd of 500 at the Fountain Park auditorium (22)
c. Independent Insurance Agents Youth Golf Classic (5)
d. Bennett Junior High School and the Great Miami River (4)
61 June 21, 1976
a. Old hand water pump by the side of a farm field just off S.R. 185, west of Piqua (18)
b. Piqua Central exterior (7)
c. Piqua water tower off E. U.S. 36, east of Looney Rd. (9)
62 June 23, 1976
a. Advertising – Kentucky Fried Chicken tubs (12)
b. Rotary Award – Peter Thompson presents Curtis Reynolds with a certificate naming him a Paul Harris Fellow at a Rotary luncheon. (8)
63 June 24, 1976
a. Feature photo – Mowing grass on the Great Miami River bank (15)
b. Snodgrass Road construction photos (13)
c. Clayton Pikers March to the Beat of the Farm Bureau – sign with a man standing next to it (10)
d. Gambling machines destroyed (32)
e. Road construction at the intersection of Sunset and W. High St. (10)
f. Piqua Cinema projection booth (15)
64 June 25, 1976
a. Bicentennial glass (13)
b. Fatal auto-pedestrian accident on Washington Road – 12 year old Scott Massie of 2646 N. Washington Road was killed when he ran into the path of a car (30)
c. Clarence Morrow (4)
65 June 26, 1976
a. Feature photos – cows in a feed lot (2)
b. Staunton Grange bicentennial celebration (15)
66 June 29, 1976
a. Piqua Daily Call sponsored Soap Box Derby car built and driven by Randy Elliott of 432 South St. (38)
67 June 30, 1976
a. Feature photographs: Top Value Stamps store and Spring Street School (10)
b. Fallen tree limb in the 600 block of W. North Street (5)
c. Forrest Black of 1107 Echo Lake Dr. with his paintings (24)
68 June 1976 – no specific date given
a. Exterior of the 1965 addition to Piqua Central High School (3)
b. Lehman High School graduation (21)
BOX 18
SUB-SERIES XI G: July 1976
File
69 July 1, 1976
a. Feature photographs: gasoline pump (3)
b. Mail carrier (4)
c. Piqua East Mall sidewalk sales (12)
d. Tom Garriety mug shots (11)
e. Demolition of the YMCA swimming pool and handball courts by Benning Construction (39)
f. Three unlimited hydroplanes at Benning’s Construction buildings (21)
g. Photographs for the Farm Magazine section (70)
70 July 3, 1976
a. 48 Star U.S. flag made from more than 300 cancelled red, white and blue stamps by Clarence Morrow of 1125 Covington Ave. (9)
71 July 6, 1976
a. Happy Birthday America – Free Cake – Margaret Wallace provides free cake to her Greene Street neighbors – looking on and waiting for cake are: Stacy Anthony, John Copsey, Laura Copsey, Mindy Wallace, Tricia Wallace (10)
b. Butz Miami Hardware, 331 N. Main Street – exterior (15)
c. Piqua Bicentennial 4th of July at Fountain Park (114)
72 July 8, 1976
a. Johnston Farm souvenir pewter tankard to be sold as a fund raiser (11)
b. Paul Noffsinger retirement party (13)
c. Bicycle donors (4)
73 July 9, 1976
a. Downtown sidewalk sale (14)
b. Mayor Wilson establishes a fund to pay for a tricentennial celebration: Robert Davis, Harold Short, Elwood Penrod, Sam Heitzman, Mayor Jack Wilson (18)
74 July 12, 1976
a. Piqua vs. Tipp City in Acme League baseball (7)
75 July 15, 1976
a. Miami County YMCA construction site (27)
b. Fire bell removed from city building tower and is to be displayed on the lawn next to the fire station (46)
c. Matching moths (15)
d. Piqua policemen promoted: John Hirsch (promoted to Lieutenant); Jerrold Smith (promoted to Sergeant); City Manager Wayne Barfels; Police Chief James Huffman (6)
e. Piqua Police Department child safety awards: Dale K. Stump, Richard Wilcon. Bruce Brand, Craig Harris (3)
f. Camp Evergreen – Houston (19)
g. D. J. Lighting super graphics (6)
h. Automobile accident (8)
i. Studebaker Rock, automobile and homestead (15)
76 July 16, 1976
a. Francis Office Supply – 431 N. Main St. – exterior (8)
b. Kids climbing on porch railing in front of the YMCA (8)
c. Storm damage photographs (24)
d. Semi tractor trailer accident at I 75 and U.S. Route 36 (40)
e. Wire down in the street as a result of storm damage – corner of Drake and Washington Roads (28)
f. Helicopter helping deliver materials to Early and Daniels Grain Elevator construction site at 2600 C.R. 25-A (17)
g. Miami County Realtors dinner: James Spatz, Jack Boesch, Ed Liette, Jim Owens, Neil Zimmers, Bob Netzley, Dale Marks (3-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
77 July 17, 1976
a. Wind damage (64)
b. Piqua Twin Cinemas opens (8)
c. Barn damage on C.R. 25-A (8)
d. “Keep your nose out of my Business” sign on Manier Ave. – Feature photo (8)
e. Leaves (5)
f. Fountain Park pool (4)
g. Tree limb down in a street (2)
78 July 19, 1976
a. Dayton Hydrobowl – Ron Snyder driving the unlimited hydroplane U-6 Miss Madison (30)
b. Piqua County Club Pro-Am golf tournament winners: Mel Puthoff, Dick Buecker, Tom Fay, Ed Collins, Jack Ortman, Ken Tipton, J. Grieshop (9)
79 July 20, 1976
a. Wallace White – director of the Flesh Public Library (4)
80 July 21, 1976
a. Shelly Meyer and Angie Meyer on a bench advertising Warehouse Paint Co. (7)
b. Donald Jenkins of D.J. Lighting Center (4)
81 July 23, 1976
a. Fire photographs (12)
82 July 27, 1976
a. Roger Queen and family building 30 picnic tables at his home at 1204 S. Roosevelt. 25 of the tables are for Piqua parks and 2 are for Bramco. Working on the project are: Roger Queen, Cora, Queen, Steve Mowery, Roger Queen Jr., Lena Stevens and Julie Queen (13)
b. Piqua vs. Kettering American Legion baseball tournament action (22)
c. Teens for Christ youth group meeting at the YMCA (13)
d. J.V.S. Vocational Guidance Seminar opens with a luncheon at the Willowbrook Hunt Club (13)
e. Sports Section – baseball action at Hardman Field – probably Acme Baseball (21)
f. Flooding on West Ash Street (38)
83 July 28, 1976 – Feature photographs
a. Paving on College Street (7)
b. Sean Martin swinging (7)
c. People cleaning debris from a river (8)
d. Large building not identified (7)
e. Fountain Park wading pool (7)
f. Donald Copeland of S.R. 185 standing near a field of corn (17)
g. Cattle grazing (5)
h. People working in their yards (13)
i. Fish in lake or river weeds (5)
84 July 29, 1976
a. William Becker wearing a summer Post Office uniform to deliver mail (3)
b. Mall walk sale (3)
c. Construction at Canal Place (8)
d. Larry Nimety and Lewis Nimety with their truck in a large pothole in the construction area at Canal Place (10)
e. Piqua Police presentation (7)
85 July 30, 1976 – Monthly Magazine photos
a. Miami County Fair grounds (27)
b. 4-H judging (24)
86 July 31, 1976
a. Monsignor Robert Con Kaenel retires (24)
87 July 1976 – no specific date
a. Barbecue pit being prepared (14)
b. Outhouse (3)
BOX 19
SUB-SERIES XI H: August 1976
File
1 August 2, 1976 – these are feature photographs which ran late July to early August.
a. Jim Brewer using leg supports to plaster dry wall (25)
b. License plate on a Volkswagen “EEK 2” (7)
c. Bumper stickers on the back of a Honda (4)
d. A farmers combine (11)
e. Gas pump (1)
f. Tower work at Greene Street Methodist Church (6)
2 August 2, 1976 – these are feature photographs which ran late July to early August.
a. Workers painting stripes on the streets (5)
b. Two ladies sitting under a tree in Fountain Park waiting for the Civic Band concert to start (13)
c. Plaque on the Fountain Park Pavilion – erected 1921 by Chautauqua Committee (6)
d. Signs on Reagan for president headquarters (7)
e. Employment Office sign (1)
f. Winnie the Poo for president poster (3)
g. Piqua Civic Band in concert at Fountain Park Pavilion (7)
h. New lights and traffic pattern at the intersection of West High and North Sunset Drive (25)
3 August 2, 1976
a. Annual 4-H barbecue (25)
b. Darrell Lowell (21)
c. Two ladies seated on a couch (3)
d. Antique Car in a parade (3)
e. Construction and street photos (15)
4 August 4, 1976
a. Hanging corn on the Fountain Park fence for the squirrels – feature photo (3)
b. Canal Place construction photos (6)
c. Kids on bicycles (11)
d. Motorcycle racer, Mike Ashton, and his bike #52 (10)
5 August 3, 1976
a. Truck accident on I 75 (8)
6 August 5, 19763
a. Miami County Fair Board: Chester Zimmerman, Emerson Halderman, George Ashton, T.S. Widener (5-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
7 August 6, 1976
a. Setting up for Chautauqua downtown (69)
b. Setting the sign at Piqua Central High School announcing schedule pickup dates and times (9)
c. Setting potted plants out to catch rain water – Debbie Finfrock of the House of Eden – 124 W. Water St. (7)
d. Canal Place (2)
e. Piqua Post 184 American Legion baseball team mug shots (32)
8 August 7, 1976
a. Sheriff’s Deputies and Piqua Police seizing illegal pinball machines from the Colony Club on C.R. 25-A (28)
b. New traffic lights at U.S. 36 and Looney Road (6)
9 August 9, 1976
a. Bicentennial Chautauqua parade (36)
b. 4-H dog show (10)
10 August 10, 1976
a. Removing the Piqua Daily Call sign (16)
b. Pre Miami County Fair photography – setting up and getting ready (85)
11 August 11, 1976
a. Raising a tent at the Miami County Fair (11)
b. Edison State Community College construction photos (63)
c. Automobile accident on College Street near Orr Street (8)
d. Kent Vosler – member of the U.S. Olympic diving team performs a short demonstration at The Hollow swimming pool (12)
e. Finfrock Farm (48)
12 August 12, 1976
a. Flower show at the Miami County Fair (11)
b. John Dzieub mug shot (10)
13 August 13, 1976
a. Mr. Robert Hance conducting the Piqua Civic Bank (11)
b. Hance Pavilion – named for Mr. Robert Hance – announcement of the name change was made at the Civic Band concert on August 12, 1976 (15)
c. Civic Band concert on August 12, 1976 – last concert of the season (37)
d. Pre Miami County Fair photos (39)
e. A strawberry shaped sunflower (4)
14 August 14, 1976
a. YMCA construction site (6)
b. Piqua Central High School sign announcing schedule pickup (6)
c. Sunflowers (3)
d. Station wagon with the entire front end torn off (2)
15 August 16, 1976
a. Miami County Fair Queen and her court: Julie Bodenmiller, Queen – (l to r) Penny Cruikshank, Elizabeth Yount, Queen Julie Bodenmiller, Karen Shaneyfelt (29)
b. Miami County Fair photographs (38)
16 August 17, 1976
a. Truck – train accident on C.R. 25-A at railroad crossing north of Piqua (16)
b. Automobile accident on Troy-Urbana Road (24)
c. Miami County Fair pacer races (11)
17 August 19, 1976
a. Lester Soliday talking to Piqua Central Band members at the Fair (2)
18 August 20, 1976
a. Miami County Fair livestock parade (37)
19 August 23, 1976
a. Marathon runners donate $500 to Miami County Center for Brain Injured Children: Joe Beasley, Doug DeWeese, Tm Kohl Jr. (track coach) Todd Wion, Bruce Gover and Gloria Hufford (15)
b. Auto Accident at 324 W. Ash street (11)
c. Trees planted downtown (5)
20 August 24, 1976
a. $10,000 lottery winner: Gene Bondurant, Norman Foster (winner), Drury Bondurant (3)
b. Lottery winner: Richard Baskerville (11)
c. Advertising seminar: Charles Householder, William Haight, Michael C. Rann, Bob Penny, Joanna Hill (14)
21 August 25, 1976
a. Piqua Central High School Cheer Club practicing at Wertz Stadium (15)
22 August 26, 1976
a. Locust shedding its shell on a clothes line (feature) (7)
23 August 27, 1976
a. Bijou Supper Club, 311 N. Main St. (11)
24 August 29, 1976
a. Richard Pearson, administrative assistant, Piqua City Schools applies a temporary number to one of Piqua’s School buses (feature photo) (13)
b. Man painting and sealing a metal roof (feature photo) (9)
c. Group of girls, probably PHS Cheer Club (feature photo) (2)
25 August 30, 1976
a. U.S. Route 36 construction (19)
b. Man – mug shots – no further information (14)
26 August 31, 1976
a. Jim Cox – mug shots (20)
b. Underground conduit laid at Canal Place (13)
c. School bus picking up Springcreek Elementary students at the Armed Forces Recruiting Center at 308 E. Ash Street (3)
d. Man – mug shots – no further information (13)
27 August 1976 – no specific dates listed
a. Midget League baseball action photographs – teams not identified (6)
b. Girl with ponies (12)
c. Golf tournament winners – Mary Lou Short, Mary Jane Stacy (10)
d. Business page – Piqua Granite Company (15)
e. Business page – Dari Barn (6)
f. Mall construction (7)
BOX 19
SUB-SERIES XI I: September 1976
File
28 September 1, 1976
a. New Piqua Daily Call sign on its building (feature photo) (3)
b. Man – mug shots – no further information (15)
c. Man – mug shots – no further information (12)
d. Man – mug shots – no further information (10)
e. People raking leaves and cleaning a sidewalk (feature photo) (9)
f. Piqua Daily Call wins an advertising award (16)
g. Signing contracts for Peter Nero to appear at Piqua Central High School auditorium November 23, 1976 as a part of the Community Concert Series (10)
h. The home of Gary Meek, Asst. Band Director, Piqua Central High School is decorated with toilet paper and signs by PHS Band seniors (16)
29 September 2, 1976
a. Bicentennial beard contestants: Steve Frank, Jim Garrity, Jimmie Swarts (10)
b. Building project – no further information (12)
c. Piqua Central vs. West Carrolton football scrimmage (60)
d. Lehman High School vs. Yellow Springs football scrimmage (35)
e. Street paving (3)
f. Changing bulbs in street lights (2)
g. Bradford Homecoming King and Queen (5)
30 September 3, 1976
a. Piqua-Troy Road bridge replacement (30)
b. John Harris climbing a large tomato plant on a TV tower (7)
c. McVety Realty – Bill McVety and Charles Sanders (9)
d. Cloud photographs (8-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
31 September 5, 1976
a. Salvation Army (3)
32 September 6, 1976
a. Visitor Information Center at U.S. 36 and I 75 (12)
33 September 7, 1976
a. Foundation for the fire bell to be set next to the Piqua Fire Department on the southeast corner of Water and Downing Streets: Dan Fowler, Lou Havenar (12)
b. Kathy Patten wins the Piqua City tennis Tournament (16)
c. Riverside R. C. (radio controlled) Hawks sponsored a “fun fly” for model airplanes in Industrial Park off C. R. 25-A (15)
34 September 8, 1976
a. 100 year old U.S. flag which flew at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial – 42 star flag on loan to the Piqua Bicentennial Commission and displayed in the lobby of the Piqua National Bank (9)
b. Bicentennial quilt contest to be held September 16, 17, 1976 (14)
c. Cucumber raised inside a bottle (11)
35 September, 9, 1976
a. Edison State Community College moves to its new building on Looney Road (14)
b. Captain Jack Walsh named Piqua Post Commander of the Ohio State highway Patrol (14)
c. Dorothy Kastner delivering tickets to the Piqua Players production of “1776” (17)
d. Marsh Supermarkets donates Encyclopedia to Piqua Central High School: Barbara Kohl, Librarian and George Schneider, Marsh manager (14)
e. Football Section:
[1]Piqua Central High School football coaches: Don Havas, Tom Stevens, Head Coach Chuck Asher, Randy Blair, Mike Leffel, Trainer Tom Kohl (15)
[2] Piqua High School football team (12-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
[3] Lehman High School football coaches: Fred Worth, Head Coach Bob Heil, Tim DeBrosse (6-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
[4] Lehman High School football team and coaches (12-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
[5] Piqua Central football scrimmage and cheerleaders throwing footballs (17)
36 September 10, 1976
a. New traffic lights at Spring and Ash Streets (34)
b. Piqua Chamber of Commerce steak fry (27)
c. Daughters of the American Revolution markers: Pickawillany stone and last battle of the French and Indian War monument – both located on Hardin Road near the entrance to Johnston Farm historic site (29)
d. Covington vs. Coldwater football (33)
37 September 11, 1976
a. Piqua Central High School Band Competition (31)
b. Piqua Central High School Drill Team (dance team with the band) in their new uniforms (12)
c. Bicentennial costumes (13)
d. Lehman football scrimmage (7)
38 September 13, 1976
a. Meet the Team night – Piqua Central High School (14)
b. Kids blowing bubbles (3)
39 September 14, 1976
a. Good Samaritans pushing a Miami Conservancy District truck: Don Mullens, Bob Ernst, Pat Garland (6)
40 September 16, 1976
a. Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby (12)
b. Bicentennial children’s parade (18)
c. Bicentennial activities (24)
d. Bicentennial costumes (4)
41 September 17, 1976
a. Bicentennial quilt exhibit (26)
b. Dale Elliott, manager at McDonald’s (3)
42 September 18, 1976
a. Versailles vs. Coldwater football (33)
b. Downtown bicentennial fort on the Public Square (20)
c. Lockington flag dedication (6)
43 September 20, 1976
a. Fire bell installed and dedicated: Lou Havanar, Col. William Baugh (6)
b. Bicentennial parade (80)
44 September 22, 1976
a. Governor James Rhodes in Piqua promoting jobs and future economic development (25)
b. Future YMCA pool has concrete sprayed onto the walls (3)
45 September 23, 1976
a. Lou Havenar presents a plaque to the Brick and Mortar Class of the JVS for their masonry work with the bicentennial bell on the southeast corner of Water and Downing Streets (10)
b. Lions Club light bulb sale: James McVety, Fred Lyman, Dr. James Seitz (6)
c. Four Piqua police officers will compete in a pistol shoot in Jackson, MS: Wayne Wilcox, James Schneider, Craig Obenchain, Randall Giesseman (7)
46 September 25, 1976
a. Lehman vs. Northwestern football (15)
47 September 29, 1976
a. Fishermen enjoy Indian summer weather: Herb Tooney, Ralph Ward (3)
b. Rosemary Driver named new Cancer Society director (mug shots) (15)
c. Sidewalk construction – west side of N. Main St. between Ash and Greene Streets (9)
c. Lehman preparing for Oktoberfest (19)
48 September 30, 1976
a. Exercise machine – mini-leaper – donated to Piqua Central High School athletic department by the Piqua Boosters Club and McDonalds: Ed Elliott, Benny Scott, Ed Purk (6)
b. North Street School gymnastics class (10)
c. Dodge ball game with children (17)
49 September 1976 – no specific dates
a. Miami County Fair photographs (32)
b. Garbry Road accident (5)
c. Trojan Asphalt construction plant site (29)
d. Horse show photographs (3)
e. Lockington – dedication of River Corridor to Shelby County (10)
f. House with a big rock in front – possibly the northeast corner of Brentwood and Edge Streets (4)
BOX 19
SUB-SERIES XI J: October 1976
File
50 October 1, 1976
a. Grand Opening of Long John Silver’s Seafood Shoppe at 1219 E. Ash Street – these photos were filed in with October negatives but one of the photos was published in the September 24th edition of the PDC. (12)
b. Flesh Public Library bicentennial costume photographs – one of these photos ran in the paper at the time of the bicentennial celebration in September – the negatives were filed in an envelope marked October 1976 (7)
c. Bicentennial bell dedication photos – one of these photos ran in the paper at the time of the bicentennial celebration in September – the negatives were filed in an envelope marked October 1976 (20)
d. Lou Havenar and his wife at the Fort on the Public Square in Piqua - the negatives were filed in an envelope marked October 1976 (34)
e. Piqua Daily Call demolishing buildings at High and Spring Streets - these photos were filed in with October negatives but one of the photos was published in the September 28th edition of the PDC. (7)
51 October 5, 1976
a. School bus letting a student off on Garbry Road (5)
b. Piqua Rotary Club luncheon and tour of Edison State Community College (18)
52 October 6, 1976
a. YMCA physical education class (15)
b. Jozanne Harvey and Heather Scherer on a gate swing at Fountain Park (17)
c. Jim Copeland of Hemm’s Glass Shops completes the installation of the Piqua Daily Call sign on the side of the Daily Call building – south west corner of Ash and Spring Streets (11)
d. Man raking leaves – Don Smith of 902 Caldwell (9)
53 October 7, 1976
a. Opening of Riverside School’s $1.5 million addition (45)
b. YWCA macramé class (11)
c. United Fund tote board on the square across from the Post Office (2)
54 October 8, 1976
a. Broken water pipe on Wayne Street between Water and High Streets (16)
55 October 9, 1976
a. Piqua vs. Vandalia Butler football (55)
b. Piqua Homecoming Queen and court – Deb Shough was crowned queen (14)
c. Helga Sandburg talking to Mary Lecklider during a book signing at the Old Canal Book Shop. Sandburg signing her new book Children and Lovers – 15 Stories. (8)
d. Edison State Community College front (10)
e. County road crew rolling a form of asphalt paving into a bridge (6)
f. Graham vs. Lehman football (36)
g. Men assembling playground equipment at Fountain Park – these photos ran in the Daily Call in late August (10)
56 October 11, 1976
a. YMCA pool floor to be poured soon (5)
57 October 12, 1976
a. City Street Department workers vacuuming up leaves (7)
b. JVS sign on the front of the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School (35)
58 October 13, 1976
a. Upper Valley J.V.S. students moving a school bus (3)
b. Trees losing their leaves (feature photo) (3)
c. Drying tents in the back yard – Ed Mikolajewski family, 700 N. Downing (10)
d. Terry Wright holding a Miami River Corridor Committee brochure (8)
e. Piqua Daily Call carrier Mike Rienke (17)
f. Piqua Daily Call carrier Carol Jenkins (17)
59 October 14, 1976
a. Children on playground equipment at South Street School (22)
60 October 15, 1976
a. Repairing the Chessie System railroad crossing on N. C.R. 25-A (24)
61 October 16, 1976
a. Lehman vs. Covington football (38)
b. Piqua vs. Northmont football (30)
c. Jacoby Appliances receiving an award (14)
62 October 19, 1976
a. Canal Place construction work continues (22)
b. Fall leaves – raking and mulching (feature photos) (17)
63 October 20, 1976
a. U.S. Senator Robert Taft touring Edison State Community College (46)
64 October 21, 1976
a. Russia High School girls volleyball action (33)
65 October 22, 1976
a. Old traffic light hauled away in the back of a truck (4)
b. Grain being graded and loaded for shipment at Early and Daniels Co. grain elevators (24)
c. Piqua Cardinal Market opening at 915 Clark Ave. – Nancy Curtis, Keith Curtis, Karen Curtis are store owners (7)
d. Demolition of Piqua Daily Call buildings at High and Spring Streets (43)
e. YMCA pool construction site (14)
f. Ducks on a pond (feature photos) (7)
66 October 23, 1976
a. 9th Virginia Regiment – Revolutionary War re-enactors at the fort on the Piqua Public Square (56)
b. Piqua vs. Sidney football (41)
c. Lehman vs. Bethel football (20)
d. Springcreek Township clerk (3-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
67 October 25, 1976
a. CROP Walk photos (16)
b. Flu shot photos (8)
c. Miami County Fair Grounds horse barns (2)
68 October 26, 1976
a. Kiwanis Halloween parade (18)
b. Texas Boys Choir appears at the Piqua Central High School auditorium as a part of the Piqua Community Concert Association series (34)
69 October 27, 1976
a. Traffic changes create problems for emergency vehicles – photos for a Tim Gaffney article (19)
70 October 28, 1976
a. Mrs. Clyde McVety, 1050 Garbry Road, holding a 4 pound turnip and a 2 ½ pound winter radish (18)
b. John Nichol of St. Paris, holding a 10 pound turnip (6)
71 October 29, 1976
a. Diana’s Pizza opening: John Walsh, Melody and Jerry Voisinet (15)
b. Jax Roast Beef restaurant opening: Georgia Eldridge, John Magoteaux, Tim Kelly, Harold Applegett, Marvin Cornellius, Joe Williamson, Lester McDonel (3)
c. Flesh Public Library story time: Nancy Spillane (14)
72 October 30, 1976
a. Man directing traffic at Ash and Spring Streets (8)
b. Versailles vs. Bethel football (24)
73 October 1976 – no specific dates
a. Lehman football action (10)
b. Man dressed as a frontiersman with children holding a copy of the Miami River Corridor book (5)
c. Photographs of the interior of the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School welding class and the dining commons (11)
d. Copy of the front page of the Piqua Daily Call, August 16, 1976 (9)
e. Man speaking to a group and using and overhead projector (15)
f. A set of negatives labeled “Inquiring photographer” consisting of mug shots of six men and three women (21)+
g. Ash Street auto accident – car hits a light pole (7)
BOX 19
SUB-SERIES XI K: November 1976
File
74 November 1, 1976
a. Dedication of the Miami County Rehabilitation Center for Brain Injured Children located on the southwest corner of South Main and Garnsey Streets: Ruth Hahn, Gloria Hufford, E. D. Marvin representing Orr Felt (14)
b. Little League Football action and team photos (10)
c. Architect John Ruetschle presents the keys to Riverside School to Barbara Kauffman marking the completion of the $1.6 million construction and remodeling project. (10)
75 November 2, 1976
a. People voting on election day (7)
b. Confiscated gambling equipment (11)
c. Canal Place and Piqua Daily Call construction (14)
d. Sandblasting the Orr Flesh building, 400 N. Main Street (11)
76 November 3, 1976
a. Man fishing near the bridge in upper Fountain Park (8)
77 November 4, 1976
a. Upper Valley Inn – restaurant operated by the senior food service students at the Upper Valley J.V.S. as part of their training (14)
b. Mack truck – feature photos (8)
78 November 5, 1976
a. Piqua Baptist Church phase one of construction is complete at 1402 W. High Street (67)
b. Interstate 75 construction continues (9)
c. County elected officials – mug shots (34)
79 November 6, 1976
a. Piqua vs. Tecumseh football (9)
b. Fatal auto accident on North C. R. 25-A, south of Country Club Road –Donna Marie Emerick (age 15) was killed (24)
80 November 8, 1976
a. Installing street lights at Canal Place: Dave Bates, Dick McKee (8)
b. Antique hand push garden tiller (feature photo) (6)
c. John White, 930 Park Ave., scraping snow off his car (6)
d. Jack-o-lantern pumpkin with a smiling face (feature photo) (7)
81 November 9, 1976
a. Remains of an old windmill along S.R. 69 (feature photo) (5)
b. Piqua Central High School receives new driver’s education equipment (14)
82 November 10, 1976
a. Piqua City Schools art display at the Piqua East Mall sponsored by the Piqua Noon Optimists Club (7)
b. Sprouting tree stump (feature photo) (10)
c. Jack-o-lantern on the balcony of the Colonial Saxony Apartments, 221 W. Greene Street (5)
d. CROP Walk photos (44)
e. Steel construction and the YMCA (17)
f. Ornate picture frame – advertising (10)
83 November 11, 1976
a. Piqua Central vs. Greenville girls volleyball sectional tournament (27)
b. Man – mug shots – no further information (19)
c. Veterans Day ceremonies and parade (33)
d. Paving Canal Place (33)
84 November 12, 1976
a. Piqua Central vs. Fairborn Baker football (47)
b. Versailles vs. Marion Local football (16)
c. U.S. 36 automobile accident (4)
85 November 13, 1976
a. Piqua Schools ciphering contest (11)
86 November 15, 1976
a. Piqua Central girls volleyball district tournament action – Piqua won the district tournament (16)
87 November 16, 1976
a. John Magnataux – manager of Jax Roast Beef restaurant – mug shots (15 neg, 1 pos)
b. Bonnie Mason – winner of District Five 600 Club bowling tournament (7)
c. Cat in the store window of the W. H. Armstrong Co. on Wayne Street (12)
88 November 17, 1976
a. Dead vine on the top of a power pole (feature photo) (4)
b. Jan Mottinger, elected clerk of Miami County Common Pleas Court and retiring clerk Earl Mishler (10)
89 November 18, 1976
a. Steve Peltier, 700 Broadway, on his skateboard (3)
b. Teresa Brock walking home from South St. School eating an apple and holding her stuffed animal (5)
90 November 19, 1976
a. Canal Place parking blocks, lines and parking meters (38)
91 November 20, 1976
a. United Fund tote board showing that the fund drive had exceeded its goal (11)
b. Group from Bob Braun’s 50-50 Club visited Dettmer Hospital to promote the Ruth Lyons Christmas Fund (36)
92 November 23, 1976
a. Man – mug shot – no further information (15)
b. A mountain of grain drifted with snow at an elevator on U.S. 36 between Covington and Bradford (12)
93 November 24, 1976
a. Construction on the new addition to the Flesh Public Library (7)
b. Salvation Army kettles (10)
c. Larry Roll turkey farm (117)
94 November 25, 1976
a. Thanksgiving dinner at Washington Elementary School (33)
b. Santa Claus at the Piqua East Mall (15)
c. Tree stump chair painted with the Ohio State flag (7)
d. Old barn (5)
95 November 26, 1976
a. Bill Silver – dog nursing a kitten (25)
b. Troy vs. Miami East boys basketball (30)
96 November 27, 1976
a. Piqua Central vs. St. Marys boys basketball (25)
b. New Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce executive secretary – mug shots (16)
c. Diamond ring for sale at Zimmerman’s Jewelers – advertising (21)
97 November 29, 1976
a. S. Howard Cheney – president-treasurer of Cron-Cheney Funeral Home (3-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
b. Piqua Daily Call carrier bundled up to protect against cold, on a bicycle (feature photo) (3)
c. Boy, Mike Crist, with head and face knit covering to protect against the cold (feature photo) (2)
d. Bird on a roof (feature photo) (3)
e. Ducks on a frozen pond (feature photo) (21)
98 November 30, 1976
a. Crisis Hotline sign (4)
99 November 1976 – no specific dates
a. Interior of Knobby’s Shop: William J. Cruse (3)
b. Steel construction at the YMCA (8)
c. Christmas trees arriving and being unloaded from a truck (12)
d. Photographs of leaves and trees (11)
e. Chick House party pack containers – classified advertising photos (27)
f. Demolition of buildings on the Piqua Daily Call site on Spring Street between Ash and High Streets (36)
g. Armco Quarry Regional Park map (1)
h. Lockington Historical Park map (1)
100 November 1976 – no specific dates
a. Moving electrical and telephone wires on Spring Street in preparation to demolish buildings (5)
b. Battery C, Ohio National Guard on maneuvers (137)
c. Piqua Central wrestling match (3)
d. Students raising the U.S. flag at a Piqua elementary school (3)
e. Piqua Central High School Band preparing for a parade at the old high school on College Street. (3)
f. North Main Street from the middle of the 400 block looking north (1)
BOX 20
SUB-SERIES XI L: December 1976
File
1 December 1, 1976
a. Ground breaking for the new addition to the Flesh Public Library: C.M. Sims, Harry Oda, Richard Cron, Helen Wellmeier, Elwood Penrod (with shovel), Margaret Hinsch, Elfreda Dunn (14)
b. Houston vs. Anna boys basketball (39)
c. Power outage photos at the main sub-station on the northeast corner of South Main and East Main (27)
2 December 2, 1976
a. Zimmerman’s Jewelers ring photos for advertising (10)
b. Window decorations at South Street School (36)
c. Structural steel at the YMCA construction site (12)
3 December 3, 1976
a. Fine Cars by Garren – William A. Garren (10)
b. Covington vs. Bradford boys basketball (30)
4 December 6, 1976
a. Newton vs. Yellow Springs boys basketball (44)
b. Cub Scout Pack 209, Den 2 cut this Christmas tree at a tree farm and decorated it for the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge #1067 (7)
c. Edison State Community College vs. Southern State College men’s basketball (18)
d. Bruckner Nature Center trees decorated with home made goodies – the birds loved it (31)
e. Don Gentile Squadron 1906 of the Civil Air Patrol changing cadet commanders: 2nd Lt. Richard Nadolny (new cadet commander), replacing 1st Lt. Alan Poling (15)
f. Edmund Bond built a model of the USS Youktown CV-5 aircraft carrier (40)
5 December 8, 1976
a. Ice skating and playing hockey on Echo Lake (feature photos) (7)
b. Cleaning the sign on the Jupiter Store, 326 N. Main (feature photos) (10)
c. J.V.S. trades classes working on building a 2-story home (17)
6 December 9, 1976
a. Lehman vs. Covington wrestling (23)
b. Locomotive on tracks (feature photos) (6)
c. Snow covered and wilted sunflower (feature photo) (5)
d. Piqua Daily Call newspaper boxes (feature photo) (4)
e. Wooly’s Beer Dock grand opening (10)
7 December 10, 1976
a. George McMillan Christmas trees for sale at George’s Dairy Queen, 329 Spring Street (feature photos) (6)
b. Men working on a manhole in a street (feature photos) (3)
c. Water safety program presented by John Wargo, supervisor of Ohio’s Division of Water Safety. Program was presented to students at Covington High School (38)
d. Piqua Central vs. Trotwood Madison boys basketball (31)
e. Graham vs. West Liberty-Salem boys basketball (34)
8 December 13, 1976
a. Fire at 4140 W. Farrington Road at the Donald Burns home (15)
b. Susan and Kurt Taylor intertain volunteers who helped pattern their daughter, 18 month old named Molly (10)
c. Fox hunt to benefit Houston firemen (7)
d. Mrs. Jenny Dorman, 316 S. Downing, making cookies (14)
e. Piqua City garbage bags (feature photo) (5)
f. Lines of people waiting at the Post Office (8)
g. Lehman vs. Minster boys basketball (30)
h. Helen Wellmeier retires from the Flesh Public Library Board of Trustees (8)
i. Man – mug shot – no further information (4-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
j. Lady – mug shot – no further information 5-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
9 December 14, 1976
a. Elmer Hoyle celebrates his 98th birthday with his friends at Terry’s Cafeteria (16)
b. Live nativity scene created by the residents of Western Ohio Youth Center (9)
c. Students exercising in the school classroom (10)
10 December 15, 1976
a. Margie Wallace putting up a sign that announces that her husband Tim Wallace is 30 years old today (5)
b. Salvation Army assists Santa Claus: Rebecca Arnett and Dorothy Carr select gifts for three children (10)
11 December 16, 1976
a. Versailles Varsity Club and Mascots distribute presents at Children’s Medical Center in Dayton (19)
b. Versailles students changing buildings and moving books and materials (11)
c. Versailles Safety Patrol boys party (6)
d. Piqua Police build their own firing range in the basement of the police station: Sgt. Wayne Wilcox and patrolman James Schneider (8)
e. Hand crafted Christmas decorations by Margaret Peschke of Versailles (18)
12 December 17, 1976
a. Tree topping at the YMCA construction site (4)
b. Holiday program for senior citizens at the Upper Valley J.V.S. (22)
c. Moving day at Versailles Middle School (15)
d. Nicklin Avenue School third grade art project (28)
13 December 18, 1976
a. Birds sitting on power lines (feature photos) (7)
b. Piqua Central vs. Fairborn Park Hills boys basketball (41)
c. Houston vs. Covington boys basketball (32)
d. Dougherty snowman created by Mitch and Amie Dougherty (22)
e. Children’s Home scene (8)
f. J.V.S. Christmas tree (12)
14 December 20, 1976
a. Lehman vs. St. Henry boys basketball (18)
15 December 22, 1976
a. Frank Hearn on a 1917 snowmobile (2-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
b. Piqua Central vs. Urbana boys basketball (44)
c. Dogs dressed like Santa Claus: Dave Thomas, Lisa Steinhilber (19)
16 December 23, 1976
a. Christmas Party at the Piqua Child Development Center, 322 Miami Street (17)
b. Piqua Daily Call Coloring Contest winners: Kim Ciesinski, Kim Huelskamp, Richie Cruikshank (4-2 ½” x 2 ½”)
c. Noon Optimist Club house lighting contest winners: John Hepler home at 1310 Maplewood Dr. and the Ray Loffer home at 7 Hopewood Dr. (27)
17 December 24, 1976
a. Nativity scene (feature photographs) (18)
b. J.V.S. Christmas door decorating contest (27)
c. Versailles family addressing Christmas cards: Phyllis, Cathy, Jan Collins (27)
d. Breakfast Optimist Christmas party at Mote Park Community Center (16)
e. Newton vs. Lehman boys basketball (35)
f. Hay ride (2)
g. Historic house photos, interior and exterior – Stone house near Casstown believed built before 1823. Wannemacher residence (85)
18 December 27, 1976
a. Fire at H & H Recreational World, 8527 N. C.R. 25-A (54)
b. Safe broken into at the clerk of municipal court’s office: Sheriff’s detective Jack Hall, Bureau of Criminal Identification agent Jim Hockenberry (16)
c. Piqua Central vs. Sidney girls basketball (36)
d. McColloch-Baker-Northwood-Latham Insurance agency – mug shots of five ladies (41)
19 December 28, 1976
a. Deer lawn ornament at the T.G. McMillan home, 1030 W. Garbry Rd. (feature photo) (7)
b. Piqua Central vs. Vandalia Butler boys basketball (38)
20 December 29, 1976
a. Piqua Central vs. Troy boys basketball (5)
21 December 30. 1976
a. Loyal Ray Davis Jr. cleaning snow off of dad’s car – 1014 Plymouth Ave. (16)
b. Crane work (feature photo) (13)
c. W. Harvey Latham – McColloch-Baker Insurance – mug shots (15)
d. Covington Cheerleader: Kelley McKinney with a broken arm (9)
e. Covington vs. Bethel boys basketball (51)
f. Piqua Central vs. Tecumseh boys basketball (34)
g. Miami East vs. Bethel boys basketball (63)
h. Newton vs. Miami East boys basketball (48)
22 December 1976 – no specific date
a. Outhouse placed on a sidewalk leading up to a home (7)
b. Piqua Central football action photos (5)
c. Trees behind a house – the house is seen through the trees (5)
d. Canal Place (6)
e. Street scene – location not identified (3)
f. Men working sign (3)
g. Forest Hill Cemetery (2)
h. Helicopter helping to set steel in a new grain elevator (2)
i. Children with sleds (2)
j. Semi-tractor & trailer hauling large cylinders (3)
k. Bicentennial barn – bicentennial flag painted on the side of a barn (3)
l. Automobile hits a light pole – location not identified (10)
m. Fire – location not identified (5)
n. Picnic – no further information (18)
23 December 1976 – no specific date
a. Wheel chair sequence (feature) (119)
24 December 1976 – no specific date
a. Dog at Pleasant Hill (55)
b. Elder Beerman grand opening in Piqua (16)
c. Magazine page – Telephone learning (54)
d. Helicopter at Aerovent Fan Company – “Carson” written on the side of the helicopter (68)
e. Piqua City Commission meeting (42)
25 December 31, 1976
a. Harrison Street automobile fire (51)
b. New Year’s lights at Ludlow Falls (26)
c. Newton vs. Covington boys basketball (36)
SERIES XII: 1977
SUB-SERIES XII A: January 1977
BOX 20
File
26 January 1, 1977
a. Ice on power lines at Piqua East Mall (17)
b. Meals on Wheels (5)
27 January 2, 1977
a. Snow Goose at the Thomas Bruner residence 726 Caldwell (24)
28 January 3, 1977
a. Ice cicles hanging down (3)
b. Coats hanging outside on a clothes line (5)
c. Children sledding at Mote Park (40)
29 January 4, 1977
a. Self Serve gasoline pumps at Denning’s Shell service station, 1608 Covington Avenue (6)
b. New sheriff Thurmen Adkins inspected all Sheriff’s Department personnel and equipment (37)
30 January 5, 1977
a. Covington vs. Bradford boys basketball (14)
b. Range Line Road snow removal (13)
31 January 6, 1977
a. Hoar frost on the trees (8)
b. Piqua National Guard Battery C recruiters and a recruit: Rolf Gruen, Sfc. Danny Flaugher, Spec. 4 Alvin Grau (11)
c. Cold weather photographs (147)
32 January 8, 1977
a. Russia basketball homecoming queen and court: Queen Kim Seger, King Jacque Borchers (20)
b. Russia vs. Houston boys basketball (57)
c. Piqua vs. Miamisburg boys basketball (5)
d. Sign – “Future Home of Readi-Temp Inc.” (5)
e. Students crossing the frozen Great Miami River behind Bennett Jr. High instead of using the bridge (6)
33 January 10, 1977
a. Snow pictures (feature) (12)
b. Lehman vs. Fort Recovery boys basketball (33)
c. CB [Citizens Band] coffee break at the M&M Café: Lawrence Meyer, Roland Sourmail, Jim Apple, Woodrow Riley, Ron Rice, Ed Jones, Ray Cline, Frank Brady (8)
34 January 11, 1977
a. Snow pictures (feature) (34)
35 January 12, 1977
a. City workers use heaters to thaw out the South Main Street water tower (11)
b. Fire at the Terry Hughes apartment at 232 ½ N. Wayne Street (39)
36 January 13, 1977
a. Over turned salt truck on I 75 (12)
b. Frozen water tower – city workers applying insulation in an attempt to unfreeze the tower’s central columns – on S. Main St. (4)
c. Miami Citizens Bank thermometer showing and early morning low of -18o and a mid-morning temperature reading of -0o (3)
37 January 14, 1977
a. DP&L office closed as the result of a strike by employees (3)
b. Church sign boards from Westminster Church, Congregational Christian United Church of Christ, Grace Methodist Church, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ and Greene Street United Methodist Church (16)
c. Looking west on Ash Street from Main Street (1)
d. Lisa Heffner covers her car with black plastic as protection against snow and ice (4)
38 January 16, 1977
a. Ann Street and Second Street snow pictures (47)
39 January 17, 1977
a. Art Linkletter at Piqua Central Auditorium(13)
b. Miami East vs. Covington boys basketball (24)
c. Snow person in a bikini constructed by the children of Marilyn and Roy DePriest of 1207 Maplewood Dr. (feature photo) (5)
d. Frozen coal at the power plant (feature photo) (6)
e. Amish or German Baptist inclosed wagon with a horse (feature photo) (8)
40 January 18, 1976
a. Dog snow sculpture by Brian Walker, 733 South Downing (25)
b. Zecher – Marie Hays (12)
41 January 20, 1977
a. Children returning to school in the snow (28)
b. Amaryllis bloom in the window of the Piqua Finance Department on Wayne Street: Connie Reichman, finance department secretary (13)
42 January 21, 1977
a. Empty high school classrooms and hallways – article on Governor Rhodes ordering all schools to close for 30 days by February 1 (10)
b. Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce banquet and presentation of the Order of George Award to Lou Havenar: Lou Havenar and Robert Hance (5)
43 January 22, 1977
a. Lehman vs. Graham boys basketball (36)
b. Houston homecoming: Queen Deb Waters and King Greg Booher (15)
44 January 23, 1977
a. Fire in the 100 block of West Ash Street – fire affected businesses from 114-120 West Ash Street including Miami County Credit Bureau, Reese’s Accounting Service, Office Supply Services, Capital Financial Services and Gentner Music Company (15)
b. Piqua Board of Education special meeting to deal with the energy crisis, natural gas shortage and the closing of schools ordered by Governor Rhodes (53)
c. Piqua Central vs. Miami East boys basketball (21)
45 January 25, 1977
a. Burned out hulk of the Miller Building as a result of the W. Ash St. fire (71)
46 January 26, 1977
a. Confederate flag displayed by a resident on South Street (feature photo) (4)
b. Piqua Central vs. Vandalia Butler boys basketball (15)
c. Ohio North Central Committee visits and evaluates the programs of the Upper Valley Joint Vocational School (46)
d. Cross on top of a church steeple (feature photos) (7)
e. Sign on store front: “Due to Gas Shortage Store Hours Are 9:30-4:30 Mon-Thurs-Sat” (feature photos) (3)
f. Children getting on and riding a school bus (feature photos) (8)
g. Children playing in the snow (feature photos) (8)
47 January 29, 1977
a. Cold weather scenes (feature photos) (29)
48 January 30, 1977
a. Kent Vosler and family (15)
49 January 31, 1977
a. Joe Garcia using an extension cord and light bulb to warm his car battery so the car would start (feature photo) (10)
b. Snow man Santa wrapped in tinsel and garland (feature photo) (6)
50 January 1977 – no specific date
a. Interior and Exterior of the Bijou Supper Club at 311 North Main (33)
SUB-SERIES XII B: February 1977
BOX 20
File
51 February 1, 1977
a. Ice on power lines at the Piqua East Mall knocks out all power to the mall (33)
52 February 3, 1977
a. Kiwanis Pancake Day kickoff: David Cobb, Ralph Snyder, Mayor Jack Wilson (11)
b. Zimmerman Road house fire (43)
53 February 4, 1977
a. Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) essay contest award winners: Julie Werling, Mike Ayers, Mary James, Mrs. Robert Klosterman, Pat Best, Mrs. David Humerickhouse (10)
54 February 5, 1977
a. Piqua Central vs. Miamisburg boys basketball (35)
b. Contraband articles confiscated at the Miami County Jail (12)
c. Twelve foot tall snowman built by teacher Darrell Clark and 70 other teachers and students at Piqua Christian School, 830 Covington Ave. (14)
55 February 7, 1977
a. Feature photographs – snow, snow removal, digging a car out of the snow, children enjoying the snow and Ohio Route 48 signs (35)
b. Newton homecoming: Queen Tammy Jackson (6)
c. Newton vs. Fairlawn boys basketball (33)
d. Mobile home fire: Fred Hubley residence at 8745 N. S.R. 66 (11)
e. Friendly Visitor: Cindy Ryman visits Zelma Kyle (58)
f. Piqua City Golf Champion trophy: Rick Ramer (14)
56 February 8, 1977
a. Copy of slides by H. Blake (16)
b. Snow at the Miami County Court House (25)
c. Snow around a fire hydrant (12)
d. Loading a truck with fire damaged supplies from the businesses in the 100 block of West Ash Street fire. (26)
e. Snow (2)
f. Broken water pipe on the Garnsey Street Bridge (8)
57 February 9, 1977
a. Union Fork and Hoe Co. office and factory – formerly Wood Shovel and Tool Company (8)
b. Washington Elementary School children leaving for winter break because of natural gas shortage (8)
c. Versailles vs. Lehman boys basketball (34)
d. Signs being produced by Upper Valley J.V.S. for the River Corridor Project (12)
58 February 10, 1977
a. Car going through a Town & Country Car Wash (feature photos) (22)
b. Children out of school playing in the snow (feature photos) (26)
59 February 11, 1976
a. Piqua Central vs. Miami East girls basketball (12)
60 February 12, 1977
a. Lake Street snowman holding a container of bird seed: Angie and Eric Stengel at the home of their grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Carl Mertz, 1100 Lake St. (15)
b. Piqua Central vs. Tecumseh boys basketball (37)
c. Louis Hall sweeping snow off of the U.S. 36 signs (22)
d. Wood Street snowman shaped like a rabbit: Mike White, Tonia Miller, Jeff White, 434 Wood Street (16)
e. New Miami County park site (31)
61 February 14, 1977
a. Father inducted into the National Guard and daughter inducted into the U.S. Army: Debbie Shanks, William A. Shanks Jr. and Capt. John T. Donnellan (3)
b. Ohio State Highway Patrol Junior Trooper program – children being instructed in bicycle repair and safety (23)
c. Richard Wilcox, Piqua Police Juvenile Officer (4)
d. “Scouts in Government Day” – City Manager Wayne Barfels instructs Boy Scouts during a mock city commission meeting: Randy Hardin, Brian Caserta, Vince Ashcraft, City Manager Barfels, Ken Kessler, Ken Bristow, Paul Skikus, Rick Hardin (8)
e. Schneider special pistol – a revolver (12)
f. Automobile accident a Broadway and Park Ave. (12)
62 February 16, 1977
a. Water main break at the corner of Downing and Water Streets (5)
b. Lehman vs. Covington boys basketball (18)
63 February 17, 1977
a. Upper Valley J.V.S. home builders skills Olympics (25)
b. Upper Valley J.V.S. Distributive Education awards (8)
64 February 18, 1977
a. Miami University vs. University of Dayton men’s basketball – Bernard Newman, former Piqua High School basketball player, was playing for Miami (13)
65 February 19, 1977
a. Covington vs. Bethel boys basketball (27)
b. Bradford vs. New Bremen boys basketball (43)
c. Pop bottles (feature photos) (13)
d. Bruckner Nature Center out of school classes (55)
66 February 21, 1977
a. House on N. Wayne Street that Tri-County Board of Mental Health and Retardation wants to use for a residential center – neighbors are opposed (3)
b. Jim Schneider – gunsmith (27)
67 February 22, 1977
a. Sun on a field of snow (feature photo) (18)
b. Kids on skateboards in the street: Steve Smith, Todd Bruner, Rodd Zeller (feature photo) (13)
c. Miami Citizens National Bank thermometer (feature photos) (7)
d. Automobile accident of S.R. 589 (32)
68 February 24, 1977
a. Piqua Utility workers install transformers at the end of Canal Place (14)
b. Y.M.C.A. construction photos (15)
c. Alaskan men working in West Milton to thaw pipes (15)
69 February 25, 1977
a. Piqua pastors making plans for Lenten services: Rev. Warren Smith, Rev. Charles Rader, Rev. Charles Johnson, Rev. Roland Fierce, Rev. Benjamin Lee, Rev. Charles Zweizig (9)
70 February 26, 1977
a. Bradford vs. Mississinawa boys basketball (47)
71 February 27, 1977
a. Piqua Central vs. Troy boys basketball (20)
b. Covington vs. Miami Valley boys basketball (14)
c. Piqua Central vs. Tipp City boys basketball (34)
d. Len Woods birthday cake (9)
e. Piqua Police Department CB units (17)
f. Ground breaking for the future Chem Lawn office in Troy (27)
72 February 28, 1977
a. Dog (feature photo) (5)
b. Newton vs. Dayton Christian boys basketball (18)
c. Versailles vs. Urbana boys basketball (50)
SUB-SERIES XII C: March 1977
BOX 21
File
1 March 1, 1977
a. Grissom’s Super Value Market interior photos (28)
2 March 2, 1977
a. Solar furnace in a home (3)
b. Students coming back to school for the first time since February 8 when the Piqua City Schools were closed due to the energy crises (17)
c. Bellefontaine vs. Graham boys basketball (26)
3 March 3, 1977
a. Piqua Elks Club Youth Awards: Vernon Luma (chairman of Elks Youth Awards Committee); Bill Poock (Piqua Central H.S. winner); Jane Beckert (Lehman H.S. winner); Michael Streib (Elks Club exalted ruler) (18)
b. Girl Scout cookies for sale (24)
c. Miami East High School girls basketball team photo (3)
4 March 4, 1977
a. Bill Tolle of Middletown shows a model of a solar collector at the Solar Energy Workshop in Piqua (3)
b. Covington vs. Bradford boys basketball (34)
c. Piqua Daily Call paper carriers (13)
d. Piqua Central vs. Fairborn Baker boys basketball (67)
e. Kiwanis Pancake Day photos (13)
5 March 5, 1977
a. Ohio Bell Telephone operators jobs phased out in Piqua: Norma Cromes, Marlene Tisher, Helen Pryfogle and Ester Hemm (43)
b. Bruce Hogston with antique fire equipment: a soda-acid fire extinguisher on wheels and the old fire alarm call board (24)
6 March 7, 1977
a. Mayor Jack Wilson buys a ticket to the Y-Teens spaghetti dinner from Debbie Little and Lori Curl (5)
b. Houston vs. Triad boys basketball (27)
c. Kathy Decker setting plants out on her porch at her home on College St. (10)
d. Piqua Daily Call carrier mug shots (5)
7 March 9, 1977
a. Piqua Lions Club gives city a Rolla Slide for Fountain Park: James McVety (Lions Club president) and James Collins (city parks director) (22)
b. Versailles vs. Franklin-Monroe boys basketball (32)
c. Covington vs. Ripley boys basketball (38)
d. Piqua High School baseball players running to the diamond at Fountain Park for practice. (12)
8 March 10, 1977
a. Scott-Boyer house, north east corner of Ash and Caldwell – exterior (2)
b. Houston vs. Clinton-Massie boys basketball (55)
c. Teacher (female) in a cast (9)
d. Mug shots of a lady (10)
9 March 11, 1977
a. Covington vs. Fort Loramie boys basketball (65)
b. Christy Jordan and Melody Lillicrap playing house (5)
c. Piqua Players with seat cushions (7)
d. Covington High School cheerleaders preparing spirit signs (21)
e. Household Finance Corporation – HFC – ribbon cutting and grand opening (18)
f. U.S. Rep. John Rhodes (R. Ariz.) and U.S. Rep. Tom Kindness (R-Ohio 4th) attending a Republican Men’s and Women’s Club dinner in Eldora (4)
g. Bijou Restaurant food photos (11)
10 March 12, 2015
a. Lou Havenar and Fort Pickawillany which was reconstructed on his farm (39)
11 March 14, 1977
a. Covington vs. Clinton-Massie boys basketball (37)
b. Covington basketball spirit signs in downtown Covington (6)
c. Bird feeders (10)
d. Sand blasting the Fort Piqua Hotel (2)
e. Russia vs. Jackson Center girls basketball game (29)
f. Call carriers compete for “Pot of Gold Jackpot” (76)
g. Fisherman – feature photo (5)
h. Bijou Restaurant advertising (7)
i. Disabled car on S.R. 48 – feature photo (4)
12 March 15, 1977
a. Virginia Supinger donates her 128th pint of blood: in photo are Polly Rich (director of Piqua Chapter American Red Cross); Dorothy Kastner (chairperson of the blood program) presents a bouquet of tulips to Mrs. Virginia Supinger (43)
b. Piqua levee Bikeway proposal (37)
c. Bradford free community bean supper: Richard Patty and John Bashore cooking beans (9)
d. Bradford Police Department dog box (5)
e. Covington Avenue sewer construction photographs (21)
f. Damage to the Hollow Swimming Pool (5)
13 March 16, 1977
a. Graham vs. Northwestern girls basketball (37)
b. Piqua spelling bee winner Erika Dorsey (5)
14 March 17, 1977
a. Tunnel connecting the Hollow to an old brewery site (11)
b. Harold Engley changing a tire on his car on West Ash Street (6)
c. Photos of telephone operators – feature photo (6)
14A March 19, 1977
a. Mumbley-Peg tournament (7)
b. L & K Coloring Contest winners (8)
c. Governor James Rhodes at Dettmer Court (34)
14B March 20, 1977
a. Construction at the Church of the Nazarene on Sunset Drive (7)
15 March 22, 1977
a. Piqua Ohio Development Corporation awards for renovation and modernization of store fronts or buildings in Piqua: Carl Zimmerman, Don Jenkins, James Butz, O.D. Mossburger, Max Winans, Roger Thyer (6)
b. Harold Fansler retiring from St. Paris First National Bank (5)
c. Sand blasting buildings in Troy (6)
16 March 23, 1977
a. Concrete block holding TV antenna at 1617 Washington Ave. – feature photo (4)
b. Bob Heil instructing driving students on changing a car tire – feature photo (3)
c. Man at desk (1)
d. Rabbi Nathan Zelizer, Columbus Congregation Tifereth Israel, is keynote speaker at the annual Safety Awards Banquet held at the Bijou Supper Club (9)
e. “The Free Spirits” quartet from the All-American City Chapter, Sweet Adelines, Inc.: Jo Slagle, Sheryl Wagner, Judy Cartwright, Mary Ann Fickenwirth (4)
17 March 24, 1977
a. Advertising – pipes from Knobby’s Pipe Shop (19)
b. Rolla Slide installed and in use at Fountain Park – donated by the Piqua Lions Club (36)
18 March 25, 1977
a. Three ladies waiting for a tennis court at Fountain Park: Charlene Harper, Wanda Cupp, Connie Hines – feature photo (7)
b. Spring Crocuses (flowers) – feature photo (5)
c. JVS students planting trees at the Stillwater Prairie Reserve (19)
d. Paul Dahover and James Bond of the Revo-Lad Co. install storm windows at the Orr-Flesh building, 400 N. Main St. – feature photo (4)
19 March 26, 1977
a. Miami District Cub Scout Kite Flying Contest at Springcreek School (69)
b. Charter members of the Miami County Association for Retarded Citizens Inc. presented with silver bowls at the group’s 25th anniversary dinner in Riverside School: Gladys and Herbert Roeth, Marguerita and Wayne Ryman, James DeWeese (association president making the presentation) (15)
c. Donkey basketball game at Roosevelt Fieldhouse to raise money for the Center for Brain Injured Children (79)
d. Canal boat “General Harrison” at Johnston’s Farm (49)
e. School bus accident involving the bus from River Side Schools and Adult Training Center (11)
20 March 28, 1977
a. Val Decker Co. bowling team (11)
b. Old brewery tunnel on east side of Miami River under the Chesse System railroad tracks (21)
c. Fort Piqua Hotel sand blasting (10)
d. American Cancer Society daffodils arrive for distribution: Rosemary Driver and Michael Schuster (18)
21 March 29, 1977
a. Piqua Daily Call carrier awards banquet photographs (17)
22 March 30, 1977
a. Rhonda Beckner earns her GED diploma from the JVS at age 82 (7)
23 March 31, 1977
a. Altrusa Club presents volleyball/badminton equipment to the Brain Damaged Child Center (10)
b. Spring Sports section photographs (124)
c. Lake Loramie State Park entrance sign (1)
d. Covington Schools disaster drill (25)
e. Road construction in Versailles on S.R. 185 (8)
f. Miami County Home Show (18)
24 Photographs not dated or identified
a. Lady with big round glasses – mug shots (15)
b. Man in jacket, dress shirt and tie – mug shots (11)
c. Front loader scooping up trash (8)
d. Elderly man, his wife and daughter (8)
e. Lady crossing Spring Street at Ash Street (1)
f. Man and woman on a farm with young pigs (23)
SUB-SERIES XII D: April 1977
BOX 21
File
25 April 1, 1977
a. Tractor and car for sale at the Delbert Kiehls farm – feature photos (9)
b. Spring flowers – narcissis – feature photos (5)
c. Two story bird house – feature photos (4)
d. Splints padded and bandages rolled for the Pleasant Hill Rescue Squad: Mrs. Evert Kinnison; Mrs. Mildred Trost; Mrs. Delbert Pour; Mrs Howard Burns (21)
e. Weavers Guild opens a display at Troy-Hayner Cultural Center (65)
f. Daugher scrubbing off lettering just applied to a window by her mother at Supinger’s Glass Barn, 520 S. Main: Mother is Peggy Supinger and daughter is Ginger Supinger. (8)
g. Roger Blair, St. Paris artist, displaying his limited edition prints (14)
h. Covington High School Junior Class play (8)
26 April 2, 1977
a. Bob Yoder retires from Paul Sherry Chevrolet – Yoder and Paul Sherry (14)
27 April 5, 1977
a. Miami County Farm Bureau Women attend a farm safety workshop at the Upper Valley JVS (12)
b. YMCA gymnasts, Mary Caughell and Kim Trost, to compete at national YMCA gymnastics meet (13)
c. Miami County Junior Bowling tournament winners from Piqua (8)
f. Feature photos of a budding Norwegian maple tree limb (7)
28 April 6, 1977
a. Sign on the door of the Old Canal Book Shop: “Closed, I went to get my wedding license. I’ll be back by 2:00 p.m. James Oda, Prop” – feature photos (14)
b. Snow in Piqua – feature photos (5)
c. American Flag with one end torn loose from the flag pole by high winds – feature photos (7)
d. Farmer Orville Wintrow plowing his land at 635 Versailles Road (26)
e. Mabbitts Carry Out photos for the business page (12)
29 April 7, 1977
a. Lester Strait, upholsterer (13)
b. Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and Brownies visit the residents of the Baptist Home (8)
c. Piqua Chamber of Commerce Heroism Awards to Paul McDorman, Frank Feight and Ptl. Keith Barber (18)
d. Ms. Anna Keeler’s traditional dandelion greens dinner (44)
e. Chalmer Rike’s Easter tree (15)
f. School children in class (10)
30 April 8, 1977
a. Rally at the courthouse in Troy in support of Sheriff Thurmen Adkins in his dispute with the county commissioners (92)
b. Harlem Globe Trotter advertising photographs (18)
c. Easter egg hunt in the Haverhill Drive area of Candlewood: Tanya Ball, Jennifer Vore, Michael Vore, Krista Howe, Michael Ball, Dean Howe, Donnie Miller, Bill Ball, Bill Perry (10)
31 April 11, 1977
a. Pleasant Hill Nursery School photographs (49)
32 April 12, 1977
a. Students from Bennett Junior High School and St. Boniface School visit Aerovent Inc. (30)
b. Lehman girls track meet with Jackson Center (19)
c. Piqua Optimist Club Auxiliary (Piqua Opti-Mrs.) Easter egg hunt (22)
d. County Road 25A construction photographs (8)
e. Honor Study Hall (8)
33 April 13, 1977
a. Albert and Christiane Roose visiting Piqua from Belgium (3)
b. Piqua-Troy Road barricades (23)
c. Fisherman riding a bicycle over the bridge on Echo Lake Drive (3)
d. Dog with puppies (2)
34 April 14, 1977
a. Noel Smith, 10700 N. Rakestraw Rd., getting his farm equipment ready for planting season (15)
b. Construction at the YMCA (7)
c. J.C. Penney Co. celebrating 75th anniversary in business (8)
d. Cub Scout awards program (11)
e. Feature photo – 3 males in street and in back of a pick-up truck w/o shirts (3)
35 April 16, 1977
a. Piqua City closes its first land purchase in the Riverside Neighborhood Development Program: William Eskew, Wayne Barfels, Steven King, Grovell Lee, Kenneth Hemm (13)
b. Edison State College spring open house (17)
c. JVS construction trades students building a garage/barn in Russia (15)
36 April 18, 1977
a. Canal Place power cables being threaded into underground conduits. Municipal utility workers pictured are: Sam Snavley, Dave Bates, Paul Kolhorst, Dick McGee, Ron Davey, Charles Spruance, Bob Hamilton (13)
b. Covington Special Fire Department ambulance is delivered: Doug Haines, Jack Sharp, Dave Roecker (24)
c. Versailles Invitational track meet (15)
d. Miami County American Cancer Crusade Sunday: Judy Bruner, Sharon and Robert Ford and their children Ryan and Nicole (19)
e. Larry’s Snack Bar – Larry Shrum, mgr. – Larry Shrum was blind – basement of the Courthouse – Troy (3)
37 April 19, 1977
a. Barricades on I 75 at the Route 41 exit in Troy (8)
b. Terry’s Cafeteria employees (41) [see add in April 20 newspaper]
38 April 20, 1977
a. Orville Kelly speaks at the JVS (42)
b. Troy Junior Skating Club rehearsal for its ice show entitled “It’s a Small World”: Roberta Chadd Browning, Troy Skating Club professional direct skaters (24)
c. St. Mary Elementary School exercise class (13)
d. Fatal auto accident – William R. Cox Jr. and wife Patricia killed when their truck hit a large tree (20)
e. Ronald and Karen Meade preparing tobacco beds on the DeMoss farm (10)
39 April 21, 1977
a. Plaque installed at Hance pavilion in Fountain Park listing the sponsors of the 130 new park benches at the pavilion – drive led by Piqua Kiwanis Club: Hubert McMaken, Ralph Zimmerlin, James Wick, James Collins (2)
b. Edison State College construction photographs (8)
c. Breakfast for students at Staunton Street School (20)
d. Preparations for the Piqua Central H. S. musical production of Carousel (45)
e. Grand opening of Galbraith Realty Service (11)
f. New gaslight-style street lights installed by the municipal power system employees in downtown Piqua: Phil Clark, John Hager (34)
g. Piqua Central H.S. Accounting students learning about the stock market: Don Smith (teacher), Scott Copsey, Sharon Lovett, Dean Burch, Scot Gabriel, Pam Jackson, Chris McCoy (17)
h. Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers grand opening – exterior (11)
i. Versailles Poultry Producers plant – exterior (6)
40 April 22, 1977
a. Flower show winners: Betty Grau, Ione Clark (6)
b. Versailles students practice leisure activities such as tennis, crafts, bowling, archery, baton twirling (47)
c. Wendy’s grand opening (12)
41 April 23, 1977
a. Girl with a letter from President Jimmy Carter (4)
b. Landscaping at the intersection of Broadway and Riverside (22)
42 April 25, 1977
a. YMCA youths clean up trash on Hetzler and Piqua-Lockington Road – ecology walk (32)
b. John Ford of the Piqua Street Department painting curbs yellow (13)
43 April 26. 1977
a. Hair care at Nicklin Elementary (51)
44 April 27, 1977
a. Norman Niswonger landing his helicopter on top of a mobile unit to refill spray tanks and refuel all in 45 seconds (36)
b. Piqua Central vs. Versailles baseball (3)
45 April 28, 1977
a. Miami County Health Care Center tour – adjacent to Dettmer Hospital (45)
b. Tony Rittenhouse is retiring from the Post Office (6)
c. Center for brain damaged children (33)
46 April 29, 1977
a. Top 100 Awards banquet (10)
b. Detour signs at the intersection the U.S. Rt. 36 and S.R. 235 (4)
c. Piqua Players members hanging drapes and building sets (20)
47 April 30, 1977
a. Last day to purchase license plates – AAA (25)
b. Dettmer Health Care Center (76)
c. Miami East Junior High School Class Play (24)
d. Piqua Fire Department emergency rescue unit (21)
e. Track meet – Covington, Lehman, Miami East, Versailles and others (13)
SUB-SERIES XII E: May 1977
BOX 21
File
48 1977 – no date – found in May section of files
a. Car – train wreck (7)
49 May 2, 1977
a. Piqua Breakfast, Noon and Evening Optimist Clubs’ annual bike hike for the benefit of retarded persons. Began at Eisenhower (Pitsenbarger) Park (12)
b. Automobile accident at the intersection of Spiker Rd. and S.R. 185 (12)
50 May 4, 1977
a. Miami County Medical Society Awards Banquet at Piqua Country Club (17)
b. Charleston Falls feature photographs (51)
c. Pat Garland and the view of his farm (38)
d. Joseph and Theresa Copeland and their bee hives and orchard.(45)
e. Amtrack Golden Spike Award given the Miami County Auto Club (AAA) for promoting passenger train travel during 1976 (11)
51 May 5, 1977
a. Edison State College composition class (16)
52 May 6, 1977
a. Feature photos of dandelions (8)
b. Electric car donated to Upper Valley JVS by Phil Kirk (13)
c. Safety product (12)
53 May 9, 1977
a. Miami County Health Care Center dedication (23)
b. Feature photos – two people fishing on Echo Lake (18)
c. Auto accident on U.S. 36 west of Piqua (7)
d. Optimist Club Law Week award to Piqua Police Officer Jim Garrity (6)
e. Fire extinguisher and safety equipment display at Mr. Wiggs (12)
f. High shool baseball Botkins vs. Lehman (7)
g. Ford Station Wagon acquired by Miami County Regional Transit Authority (10)
54 May 10, 1977
a. Boy Scout campout (35)
b. Lockington fire truck (3)
c. Two row corn harvester (3)
d. Mote Relays and baseball (16)
55 May 11, 1977
a. Dettmer General Hospital participating in National Hospital Week Debbie Dirkson, Nancy Harnish, Jill A. Spangler (patient) (15)
b. Shelby County League track meet (16)
c. Canal Place landscaping (11)
56 May 12, 1977
a. Feature photos – child on a park swing (30)
b. Junior Achievement business with infant car seats (9)
c. Piqua track meet (9)
57 May 13, 1977
a. Piqua Daily Call 10,000 gal. reserve fuel tank being unloaded (7)
b. Hospital Week displays by the Tri-County Board of Mental Health and Retardation and Piqua Memorial Hospital as part of the Health Fair at the Piqua East Mall (26)
c. Ribbon cutting to open Norton’s Shoes at its new location, 400 N. Main – Michael Routson, Jeff Garfield, Gary Rapp (14)
d. Ulhman’s Store front remodeled at the Piqua East Mall (10)
e. Miami County Park District controlled burn fire (31)
58 May 14, 1977
a. Feature photos – boys eating ice cream bars behind the pop cooler at a Piqua market (4)
b. Ann Das memorial tree planted and dedicated on the northeast side of the Public Square (21)
c. Track – Lehman’s Rick Thaman in high jump (4)
59 May 16, 1977
a. Ms. Nursing Home Pageant featuring eight contestants from eight local nursing homes – held at the Piqua East Mall: Golda Pearson, Queen; Carrie Cassel; Bertha Schafer; Margaret Tafel; Lillian Fetters; Viola Hewitt; Pearl Hoscak; Grace Miller; Thelma Routson; Evelyn Powland; Eleanor Smith; Ann Wilson. (71)
b. Houston High School prom king and queen: Kyle Plattner and Janice Paulus (9)
c. Echo Lake Drive bridge (3)
d. Auto accident on Garbry Road near the railroad crossing (2)
e. Senior Citizens return to school in Russia as part of Shelby County Senior Citizen Day (6)
f. Playground equipment being installed at Springcreek Elementary School (9)
60 May 17, 1977
a. Three Rivers Conference track meet (17)
b. Kenneth Cook, county recorder (2)
61 May 18, 1977
a. Versailles baseball (12)
b. Birthday window – “Happy Birthday Betty” for Betty Gerlach, age 4 (5)
62 May 20, 1977
a. Spring Street School exterior (20)
b. Senior Citizens Day at St, Denis Catholic Church in Versailles (22)
c. Miami East baseball (7)
63 May 21, 1977
a. Four Seasons Garden Club planting flowers in urns downtown: Mary Hinger, Louise Scott, Mary Schumacher, Sue Hulme, Barbara Creed (23)
b. Miami County Health Care Center new offices (15)
64 May 23, 1977
a. Auction of old items found at the old County Home – Lou Havenar is the auctioneer (33)
b. Piqua High School prom queen and king: Sheila Davis and Tony Jacomet (5)
c. Pioneer Days at Bruckner Nature Center (93)
d. Cub Scout fun day along river bank in Troy (21)
e. Special Olympics at Wertz Stadium sponsored by the Piqua Jaycees and Riverside School (23)
65 May 24, 1977
a. Feature photos – cows laying under trees and bushes (5)
b. 3rd Street auto accident (10)
66 May 25, 1977
a. Clyde Musser farm photos for farm page (13)
b. Anna Lopez and Jody Overholser of Piqua Girl Scout Troop 1197 doing tombstone rubbings (16)
c. Patsy Gentile’s birthday party photos (9)
d. Upper Valley JVS convocation (8)
e. Bradford vs. Franklin Monroe baseball (2)
67 May 26, 1977
a. Brel Aire Bowling Lanes award winners (8)
68 May 27, 1977
a. YMCA Nursery School photographs (71)
b. Hardin School kindergarten graduation (17)
69 May 28, 1977
a. Ash Street office building demolition and cleanup, 100 block West Ash (13)
b. Versailles baseball (12)
70 May 29, 1977
a. Piqua Central High School seniors trying on caps and gowns (9)
b. Construction work begins on the Polo Field on upper Park Ave. near the Wood estate in order to sub-divide the area. (13)
71 May 30, 1977
a. Funeral for Staff Sergeant Charles Gregory Huston – declared legally dead after being listed as missing in action in Vietnam for nine years (40)
b. Miami County Jail Matron Barbel Adkins shows limited space in the county jail (10)
b. Versailles baseball (16)
c. Garden Club Tree City planting at Fountain Park (8)
72 May 31, 1977
a. Virginia Bryant – mistakenly identified as having died in the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, KY (6)
b. Memorial Day Parade (22)
SUB-SERIES XII F: June 1977
BOX 22
File
1 June 1, 1977
a. Feature photos – children and mothers with strollers at Fountain Park (28)
2 June 2, 1977
a. Fire at home under construction – 5290 N. Troy-Sidney Rd. – owned by Dr. M.R. Funderberg (24)
b. North Main Street bridge repair photos (21)
c. Students from North Street and High Street Elementary Schools combine for Olympic athletic competition at High Street School (21)
3 June 3, 1977
a. Feature photos – low water levels in the river exposing the rocky bottom (22)
b. Miami East retiring Junior High School principal, Richard Putnam (12)
4 June 4, 1977
a. Piqua High School graduation photos (68)
b. Deb Shough in Ohio State high school girls track meet (3)
c. Versailles in state high school baseball tournament (10)
d. Favorite Hill Elementary fourth grade class skit – a Hee Haw style folk festival (10)
e. Upper Valley JVS junior carpentry class building a picnic shelter at the roadside park on S.R. 66 (11)
5 June 5, 1977
a. House design with one very large room – 812 N. Sunset Dr. – Ned Kurtz builder (26)
6 June 6, 1977
a. Sandy Filbrun, Miami East, wins mile race at state class A track meet (3)
b. Versailles baseball in state class A finals (8)
c. Springcreek Elementary third graders stage “MacBeth” (1)
d. Riverside Cemetery potters field photos: Commissioner John Knoop (18)
e. MoPed photos (5)
7 June 7, 1977
a. Last day of school at South Street Elementary School (22)
b. Park Avenue construction photos (17)
8 June 8, 1977
a. Photos of JVS board members and superintendent waiting for election results – the 2.4 mill levy passed: Supt. Richard Adams; Joe Brookhart, board pres.; Bill Stump, Clerk-treasurer (7)
b. Roberta Watercutter, 750 S. Wayne St., showing her son, Eric, her prized radish with a circumference of seven inches (19)
c. Bicycle license tag sales: John DeBrosse, Harry McKenna (8)
d. Library reading club (12)
9 June 9, 1977
a. Versailles – tents up in preparation for Poultry Days (16)
b. Jack’s Drugs, 307 W. High Street – new drive up window (21)
10 June 10, 1977
a. Ethel Moore retiring after 53 years in education – last 16 years at Bennett Junior High as a social studies and English teacher (8)
b. Former Piqua Schools Superintendent C. M. Sims leads Ladies from St. Michaels Church in Baltimore, Ohio on a tour of Johnston Farm (43)
c. Piqua Post 184 American Legion baseball team vs. Fairborn (6)
d. Feature photos: Lori Lemmon helps Jimmy Niswonger get used to roller skating along Wayne Street – also a 2nd floor door with no steps in Versailles (18)
e. Frank Brake holding a nine pound catfish with Willis Young and Willis Jr. (5)
f. Fire damaged house in Houston (11)
g. Play production in Versailles (17)
h. Frenchies Restaurant and buildings on Fountain Square in Versailles (17)
11 June 13, 1977
a. 100 foot long ice cream sundae at the Troy Strawberry Festival (74)
b. Versailles Poultry Days photographs (19)
12 June 14, 1977
a. Feature photos of electric power line work on the corner of S. Wayne and Young Streets (10)
b. Project to clean up the Piqua Hydraulic Canal: Randy Meed, Tim Cruea, Gene Bogan, Gary Price, Stan Selle (20)
c. Piqua Players preparing props for their production of “God’s Favorite” (12)
d. H & H Mobile Homes on C. R. 25A north (18)
e. Sweitzer & Weaver Heating and Air Conditioning truck (12)
13 June 15, 1977
a. Photos to accompany a story on the abuse of farm license plates (8)
b. Painting stripes on streets to mark traffic lanes: Tom Koehl and Rick Callison of Piqua Street Department (25)
c. Piqua Sewage Treatment Plant (19)
d. Jack’s Drugs exterior – 307 W. High St. (11)
14 June 17, 1977
a. Donkey in the Wood estate pasture on Park Ave. (8)
b. Piqua Players production of “God’s Favorite” (14)
15 June 18, 1977
a. Rent-A-Kid program (YMCA Hire-A-Teen program): Diana Sanders; Cheryl Epley; Guy Stover (7)
b. Boy Scout landscaping project around the Eagle on Nicklin Ave. (13)
c. Piqua Sewage Treatment/Disposal plant (16)
16 June 20, 1977
a. Fountain Park swimming pool (15)
b. Jack’s Drug Store drive in window (8)
c. Car fire on the corner of W. North St. and Broadway (9)
17 June 21, 1977
a. Piqua Daily Call carriers leaving for a trip to Chicago (4)
b. Rain photo: Don Kiser (1)
c. Cowbelles auxiliary of the Miami County Cattlemen’s Assoc. presenting a five pound beef roast to the fathers of babies born at Piqua Memorial, Dettmer and Stouder Hospitals (4)
d. Tim and Terry Vogler putting sheeting on the barn roof at the Noel Smith residence on Rakestraw Road (7)
18 June 22, 1977
a. YMCA construction photographs (25)
19 June 23, 1977
a. Jim Oda giving a river walk tour to David, Laura and Phil White (24)
b. Piqua Historical Museum interiors – 509 N. Main St. (23)
c. Fatal auto accident on CR 25A just north of Piqua – Lorenzo D. Minnich (18)
d. Piqua Noon Optimist biking awards (5)
e. Howard Earick scare crow pennants to protect his tomatoes (9)
f. Old Canal Bookshop window display: Jim Oda (9)
g. Kantwet trash fire (4)
h. Mail box at Lindsay home on DuBois (17)
20 June 24, 1977
a. Piqua Civic Bank concert: Bob Hance cornet soloist (28)
b. Dettmer Hospital becomes an affiliate of the Wright State University School of Medicine: Dr. Gerard Wolf, Dr. E.R. Torrence, Dr. John Beljan, Albert Hanna (9)
c. Auto accident at intersection of Kessler-Cowlesville Road and Peters Road (7)
d. Piqua Historical Museum (9)
e. Canal Place opening – between East High and East Ash (22)
21 June 25, 1977
a. Feature photos – Clint Baillie waiting for a ride home from a day at Camp Wakonda (6)
b. Flower beds on the corner of Water and Downing Streets (10)
22 June 27, 1977
a. Miami River Hike registration booth photos: Jim Oda (3)
b. Marathon run to benefit the drive for a new ambulance in Piqua – six runners in relay ran for 24 hours: Todd Wion, Bruce Gover, Jim Riesenbeck, Mark Diehl, Doug Higger, Andy Stevens (8)
c. Piqua Chamber of Commerce bicycle give away: Police Chief James Huffman, Lou Havenar (11)
23 June 28, 1977
a. Dettmer General Hospital expansion construction (5)
b. Miami County Incinerator on CR 25A between Piqua and Troy (61)
24 June 29, 1977
a. Miami County Animal Shelter (10)
b. Dr. W.W. Trostel, M.D. sign – Dr. Trostel celebrating 50 years in medicine (7)
c. Feature photos – bridge repair – N. Main St. bridge (16)
d. Feature photos – flowers (19)
25 June 30, 1977
a. Courtesy Cab Co. going out of business after 2 ½ years: Bob Rogers (12)
b. Youth Conservation Corps workers painting at The Hollow (32)
c. Central Grain and Malting Co. buildings – demolition (26)
d. Luther McCartney tombstone – Forest Hill Cemetery (19)
SUB-SERIES XII G: July 1977
BOX 22
File
26 July 1, 1977
a. Fashion Show at Diana’s Pizza, 536 Wilson Ave. (10)
b. Western Ohio Youth Center on Children’s Home Road and Riverside School – picnic (9)
c. Feature photos: Jason and David Detrick washing big wheels tricycle and car (14)
d. Fletcher Post Office (17)
e. Fletcher Post Mistress: Virginia Miller (13)
f. Piqua American Legion baseball (14)
g. New bridge on Piqua-Troy Rd. (6)
h. Jim Wright retirement photos – retiring from Piqua Daily Call (13)
i. Russian group touring French Oil Mill Machine Co. (11)
27 July 5, 1977
a. 4th of July at Fountain Park (55)
b. 4th of July fireworks at the Park (48)
c. Piqua American Legion baseball (6)
d. Gaffney photos (13)
28 July 6, 1977
a. Feature photo – bank thermometer at 100o and children trying to stay cool (24)
b. Soy bean fields showing effects of a lack of rain (7)
c. Nicklin Boulevard (10)
29 July 7, 1977
a. Breakfast Optimist “Leapin Lena” automobile (20)
b. Flesh Public Library book sale: Mary Fogt and Linda Overley (10)
c. Name the Piqua East Mall mascot dog (14)
30 July 8, 1977
a. Feature photos: flowering vine growing up a fence; mother and baby ducks (6)
b. Semi-trailer at demolition site of Central Grain and Malting (7)
c. Fish kill in the Great Miami River (19)
d. Bugs on a screen (6)
31 July 10, 1977
a. Piqua Auto Dealers Association car contest winner: Aleida Collins (10)
b. Feature photos: Melissa and Mathew Beaver giving water to geese (4)
32 July 11, 1977
a. Swirl Beauty Salon (14)
33 July 12, 1977
a. Wooden woodpecker on a Canal Place power pole (6)
b. Girl Scout day camp at Rolling Hills near Pleasant Hill (46)
c. Ralph Zimmerlin house (very old) copy photo (4 – 2x2 neg)
d. Mid-Ohio Shorthorn Classic beef show(11)
34 July 13, 1977
a. Fire at Central Grain and Malting Co. which is being demolished (76)
35 July 14, 1977
a. Piqua Steel Co. crane removing a tall furnace flue from the roof of Miami Citizens National Bank at 401 N. Main St. (25)
b. North Main Street bridge construction work – traffic rerouted (10)
c. Summer school physical education class at Piqua Central H.S. (7)
d. Piqua Kiwanis Club donates wheelchair for use by visitors to Johnston Farm: William McNeil and Clint Hoshor (2)
e. Piqua Memorial Hospital receives affiliation plaques from Wright State University Medical School: Charles Garrity, MD; John Beljan, MD; George William Hartzell (4)
f. Bridge demolition on Frederick-Garland Road over the Stillwater River (4)
g. Adjusting manhole covers on Main Street (13)
36 July 15, 1977
a. Accident involving an overturned tractor-trailer hauling pigs on I-75 north of SR 29 (16)
b. Feature photos:
[1] Wine bottle propping up a window (2)
[2] Scott Fourman getting a drink of water before a Civic Band concert (6)
[3] Utility work on a power pole (2)
[4] Cooling off with a cold drink from the Dairy Queen (6)
c. Boys fishing at Camp Evergreen near Houston (6)
d. Camp Street construction work (3)
37 July 16, 1977
a. Vandalized tennis courts (cut nets) at Eisenhower Park: Parks Director Jim Collins (16)
b. Harry Houser at Spring Street School (37)
38 July 17, 1977
a. Canoeing trophy – 3 men (3)
39 July 18, 1977
a. St. Boniface Church festival (11)
b. Horseshoe pitching tournament at Eisenhower Park (7)
c. Welding sculpture from the Hobart Welding School displayed at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center (13)
d. Ron Snyder driving the U-13 unlimited hydroplane at the Dayton Hydroglobe at Eastwood Lake (17)
e. Ron Snyder’s wife Suzanne Snyder and daughter Tammy Snyder watching Ron race at Dayton Hydroglobe (15)
40 July 19, 1977
a. County Recorder’s Office: Peter Thompson and Kenneth Cook (9)
b. Piqua City Building Annex – Boal Block on southwest corner of Wayne and Water (10)
c. Construction work on I-75 and SR 41 interchange in Troy (19)
d. Boy Scout day camp (49)
41 July 21, 1977.
a. Eldean Road covered bridge reopens: Commissioners Roger Massie and Robert Clawson (18)
b. County incinerator with photo of brick firewall that fell in (8)
c. Ohio Bell Telephone Co. workers burying new lines on Park Ave. (11)
d. Preview of this year’s Christmas decorations at the Chamber of Commerce offices (11)
e. Covington Ave. fire (5)
f. Skateboarders (13)
42 July 23, 1977
a. Piqua ambulance being manufactured by the Ctoner-Bevington division of the Wayne Corp.: Fire Chief Russell Selby; William Alexander, Mark Hopkins (20)
b. Charlie, the South American Macaw that lives in the Fort Piqua Hotel (9)
c. Hobart Welding School of Troy annual welded sculpture display (49)
43 July 25, 1977
a. Dayton Air Fair photographs (36)
44 July 26, 1977
a. Chris and Olive McVety looking at their 8 to 9 foot pole beans – 1050 W. Garbry Road (25)
b. Central Employment Training Act (CETA) employees Tim Cruea, Gary Price and Randy Meed of Piqua planting ground cover at old Brewery Site east of Piqua (22)
c. Favorite City Auto Parts – Carl Zimmerman with an “Autopro Video Answer Center” machine (12)
45 July 27, 1977
a. Tractor pull competition and tractors (7)
b. Feature photo – tree (3)
c. Feature photo – horses suffering from drought conditions (11)
46 July 28, 1977
a. Feature photo – Christmas wreath at 618 N. Wayne St. (9)
b. Feature photo – sunflower at 1115 Park Ave: Charles Hirby (11)
c. Feature photo – building construction photos (4)
d. Children’s International Summer Village (CISV) – Miami County delegation to the international youth camp near Belgrade, Yugoslavia (8)
47 July 29, 1977
a. Demolition of two homes in 200 block W. Water St. (8)
b. Piqua Child Development Center Head Start children graduating to public school (19)
c. Fire at Doug Ward residence, 1645 Children’s Home Road (10)
d. Park benches assembled for Hance Pavilion in Fountain Park (6)
e. Miami Citizens National Bank smoke stack laying on the ground having been taken down by Piqua Steel (3)
f. Gloria Minnich feature photos – children at a supermarket earning two cents each for returning carts from the Kroger parking lot to the store (10)
48 July 30, 1977
a. New Ohio Bureau of Employment Services building at 1268 E. Ash in the Piqua East Mall (12)
b. New County computer system: Collin Deitsch, data process manager; Commission President Robert Clawson (26)
SUB-SERIES XII H: August 1977
BOX 22
File
49 August 1, 1977
a. Airplane crash on Spiker Road: John Reardon, Stanley Hindmarch (15)
b. Feature photos:
[1] Fog photos on the Public Square (4)
[2] Spring Street School entrance (2)
[3] David and Tom Freshour feeding the barbecue fires for 4-H (4)
[4] Man standing on a ladder that is on the roof of an enclosed farm tractor. He is working on a cable line stretched between poles installing new light bulbs at Miami County Fair grounds: Dan Knoop, Albert GrossB (5)
c. Miami County 4-H Clubs beef barbecue at the Miami County Fair grounds (16)
50 August 2, 1977
a. Final JVS building payment is made to Piqua National Bank: JVS board president Joe Brookhart; Clerk-Treasurer William Stump; bank president Elwood Penrod (5)
b. Doug Holdren playing tennis at Fountain Park (15)
c. Bonnie Jenkins assists her children, Jana, Jackie, Jill, in setting up a lemonade stand (19)
d. 7’ 6” tall beef steak tomato plant grown by Mary Bodey of Fletcher (24)
51 August 3, 1977
a. Members of the Youth Conservation Corps and the Miami County Community Action Committee working together to build a 600 foot long swamp trail at Bruckner Nature Center (50)
b. Soybean field suffering from drought conditions in Miami County (10)
52 August 4, 1977
a. Feature photo – folding chairs filling the back of a Chevrolet pickup truck (2)
b. Dick Eury, 9382 Troy-Sidney Rd., built a Sioux Indian Lodge in his back yard (24)
c. James Ross, Grange state master, talks to the Miami County Fair Board (6)
d. John MacKellar playing golf at Echo Hills golf course (2)
53 August 5, 1977
a. Six man team of 24 hour marathon runners raised $1,714.51 to donate to the ambulance fund which put the fund over its goal: William Alexander, Todd Wion, Mark Diehl, Andy Stevens, Bruce Gover, Fire Chief Russell Selby and Jim Riesenbeck. The sixth team member Doug Hinger was missing from the photo (10)
b. Feature photos: Rex and Pam Neth on the roller slide at Fountain Park and ladies playing basketball at Fountain Park (11)
c. Individual photographs of the Piqua Post 184 American Legion baseball team who won the Connie Mack tournament championship: Mike Fess, Doug Davis, Jack DeBlase, Mark Cline, Jeff Wenrick, Greg Miller, Jeff Drake, Jeff Jenkins, Chris Stokes, Pat Brown, Greg Booher, David Butts, Tim Blakeley, Ted Hutson, Dan Cox, Rod Nealeigh, Jim Hardman (head coach), Tubby Wilson (assistant), Scott Hinsch (assistant) (33)
54 August 8, 1977
a. Removing the fire escapes from Spring Street School (20)
b. World Horseshoe Pitching Championships in Greenville (12)
55 August 9, 1977
a. Spring Street School equipment, furniture and artifacts sale (31)
b. Car stolen from Hardenbrook Ford dealership by thief ramming the fence (6)
c. Feature photos: Hospital chaplin – Jim Dinkle visiting with Rebecca Chipley(10)
d. Harness racing at the Miami County Fair (9)
56 August 10, 1977
a. Tomatoes entered at the fair (6)
b. Workers checking out some of the rides before the opening of the Miami County Fair (9)
c. Trooper Lary Zaberowski receives his “Ace” award from State Highway Patrol Superintendent Adam G. Reiss also Laurene Zaberowski, his wife, looks on (15)
d. Photos to accompany an article by Tom Millhouse on the difficulty encountered in dealing with arson fires (17)
e. Swing set damaged outside of the Montgomery Ward store (4)
f. Photographs of Miami County Fair buildings (36)
57 August 11, 1977
a. Old Piqua railroad depot (18)
b. Feature photo: Heather Crider looking at a palm tree planted in front of 638 S. Main Street by Roger L. Lillicrap (12)
c. Miami County Fair Queen and her court (40)
d. Edison State Community College computer (14)
e. Eric Smith – Kettering Foundation (7)
58 August 12, 1977
a. Feature photos: newspaper delivery truck (Dodge) with a “don’t follow to close” bumper sticker upside down (5)
b. Upper Valley J.V.S. Television Laboratory (20)
c. Houston High School office (12)
d. Kiddee Kampus (42)
59 August 15, 1977
a. Feature photos: Miami County Fair (50)
b. Miami County Fair King, Queen and court: King Keith Schaurer, Queen Tammie Myers, Penny Adams, William Herschberger, Alan Knoop, Sharon Davis, Robin Landis, Tim Woodward, Kathy Millhouse, Jeff Herron (25)
c. Harness Racing (8)
d. Piqua Post 184 American Legion baseball (5)
60 August 17, 1977
a. Barnhart Firestone Store, Inc. – 100 N. Sunset Dr. – Roger W. McKain, manager (19)
61 August 18, 1977
a. Harness racing at the Miami County Fair (6)
b. Steer auction at the Miami County Fair (14)
62 August 19, 1977
a. Betty Gerlach, 630 Linden Ave. and her daughter Betty decorated a window in tribute to Elvis Presley who died August 17 (16)
b. Miami County Fair Marching Band Contest (24)
63 August 20, 1977
a. Craig Obenchain, his wife, Pat; daughter, Julie and their camper (4)
b. Tomato plant behind Zimmerman’s Jewelry Store in Canal Place (3)
64 August 22, 1977
a. Police Academy swimming pool – near Water Works on SR 66 (15)
b. Work begins on U.S. 36 construction project to widen the road between Looney Rd. and the state highway patrol post (8)
c. Automobile accident at intersection of U.S. 36 and Garbry Rd.: Leonard Smith and John R. Young involved (37)
d. Toni Hardenbrook and Ann Lewis in the Piqua Junior Tennis Championships at Eisenhower Park (15)
65 August 23, 1977
a. Demolition of a house at 205 Bassett Ave. (9)
b. “Fairy ring” of giant toadstools that appeared briefly along Troy-Sidney Rd. (17)
c. Ken Green, golf pro at Echo Hills Golf Course (3)
66 August 24, 1977
a. John E. Hosking of Great Britain visiting the farm of Robert and Barbara Francis on Casstown-Sidney Road (7)
b. Favorite Craft and Yarn Shop, 514 W. High St. – Ruth DeNise (18)
67 August 25, 1977
a. YMCA Camp Wakonda swimming pool improvements (7)
b. Car battery from Piqua Battery Co. – Maintenance Free Cranker (5)
c. Buckeye Mart interior gets a face lift (20)
d. YMCA Swimming pool (11)
e. North Main Street bridge (11)
68 August 26, 1977
a. Kathryn Sharp builds replicas of houses out of foam meat trays – exhibit at Flesh Public Library (16)
69 August 27, 1977
a. Trash bags dumped along Drake Road (5)
70 August 29, 1977
a. Scarecrow made out of a manikin tied to the Richard and Viola Ault barn (18)
b. Antique car show swap meet at the Miami County Fair grounds (8)
c. Piqua Central vs. Elida high school football scrimmage (16)
d. Accident involving a truck and a motor home on I-75 (6)
71 August 30, 1977
a. First day of school photos (13)
b. Auto accident at Spring and Water Streets (7)
c. Feature photo – toys hanging on power lines outside St. Mary School (9)
d. Postal Union recognition award (15)
e. Bradford Circus (6)
f. School breakfast program – South Street School (4)
g. Mrs. Patricia Flesh purchased the tower of the Spring Street School and will move it to her home at 68 Orchard Lane (5)
72 August 31, 1977
a. Residential Living, Inc. opens group home for mentally retarded men at 109 S. Walnut St. in Troy, Ohio (4)
b. Troy-Miami County Public Library solar heating system (12)
SUB-SERIES XII I: September 1977
BOX 22
File
73 September 1, 1977
a. Back to school advertising – lady reading the Piqua Daily Call (18)
b. Fish kill at a private pond on the Ken Walters farm, 1500 Eldean Rd. (11)
c. Lehman High School football team photo (3 – 2”x2”)
d. Lehman High School football coaches: Bob Heil, ? (2 – 2”x2”)
e. Piqua High School football team photo (7 – 2”x2”)
f. Polish hospital tech (12)
g. Man in jacket and striped tie – mug shot (4)
74 September 1977 – negatives with no specific date
a. Brick-by-brick demolition of Wood Shovel & Tool Co. smokestack (14)
b. Miami County Safety Building presentation of awards for service to safety education of children: Lt. John Hinsch, Ptl. Richard Wilcox, Dep. Larry Hart, Sheriff Thurman Adkins, Dale Stump, Ptl. Can Miller, Ron Re (8)
c. Spring Street School demolition (15)
d. Graham High School football players in posed action shots (11)
e. Miami County Sheriff training center, 2100 N. CR 25A (5)
f. Edison State College sign on Looney Road (18)
g. Factory process – Max Winans running a machine that makes candy (12)
h. Ladies working at the Brain Damaged Children Center (17)
i. Construction – putting up concrete walls (7)
j. Clark Technical College presentation (9)
k. Blood donors (6)
l. Piqua Daily Call trophy award (11)
m. Covington High School cheerleaders (6)
75 September 7-10, 1977
a. Spring Street School demolition photographs and the removal of the tower (134)
76 September 9, 1977
a. Dick Herron, 529 New St., holds a Hickory Jack edible mushroom that is 23” across and weighs 25 pounds (4)
b. Piqua vs Troy football (30)
c. Bijou advertising photographs (13)
77 September 10, 1977
a. Graham vs. Urbana football (11)
78 September 12, 1977
a. Ohio Program in the Humanities and Edison State College sponsored a lecture/debate by Russell Train and Leon C. Martel on whether on not an energy crisis exists (13)
b. I-75 and SR 41 interchange nearing completion (16)
c. Miami County Mental Health Association’s first non-competitive motorcycle rally to raise money for the association’s programs (25)
79 September 14, 1977
a. Charleston Falls (8)
b. YMCA interior and exterior (6)
80 September 15, 1977
a. Kindergarten students eye testing at Fletcher Elementary (7)
b. Piqua Fire Department Captain with an Ear-Com communications device (10)
c.. Chamber of Commerce stagg barbecue at the Lloyd Fry farm on Hardin Rd. (5)
d. Salvation Army leaders (8)
e. YMCA completed additions interior and exterior (109)
81 September 16, 1977
a. Lehman vs. St. Henry football (24)
b. Bradford vs. Covington football (37)
c. New ambulance arrives at the Piqua Fire Department (6)
82 September 17, 1977
a. Kids football clinic (11)
b. Farm Bureau Federation meeting (6)
83 September 1977 – found in files in this location – no specific dates
a. Lehman High School marching band performance (13)
b. Lehman football (4)
c. Covington football (11)
d. Newspaper in the classroom (8)
e. Vision screening at St. Boniface School (3)
f. Bradford Homecoming football game (16)
g. Bradford Homecoming king and queen: Gerald Layman & Melinda Sue Shafer (3)
84 September 1977 – found in files in this location – no specific dates
a. Piqua High School cheerleaders (9)
b. Spring Street School demolition (9)
c. Piqua vs. Trotwood Madison football (21)
d. Piqua City tennis tournament action shots (26)
e. Piqua city tennis tournament winners (6)
f. Russia parade (10)
g. Men playing basketball in the gym at the YMCA (15)
85 September 19, 1977
a. Piqua City power systems director, Elmo Hastings, and City Manager Wayne Barfels (10)
86 September 20, 1977
a. Spring Street School demolition (20)
b. Piqua High School girls volleyball (29)
87 September 21, 1977
a. Tri County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board (648 Board) meeting performance of “Five Easy Ways You Get Your Way and Solve Your Problems” : Jim Million, Cathy Clark, Dr. Larry Cox (42)
88 September 22, 1977
a. Old Canal Book Shop exterior (4)
b. Piqua Daily Call classified advertising staff (8)
c. The former Firestone building, now the home of Murray Wells Company – certified accountants (12)
89 September 23, 1977
a. YWCA entrance (6)
90 September 27,1977
a. Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce annual breakfast (12)
b. Mrs. Katie Roberts (18)
c. Vacant home fire at the corner of Free and Statler Roads (21)
d. Piqua East Mall safety display including vintage fire equipment (9)
e. Paul Sherry Chevrolet conversion van (6)
f. Gloria Minnich, a man and a woman (5)
91 September 29, 1977
a. Solar panels being installed on the roof of the Troy-Miami County Public Library (23)
b. Ecology swap at North Street School where children can swap toys they no longer want rather than throw them away (11)
c. Advertising photos for Newspapers in the Classroom (13)
d. Big brother – United Fund Big Brothers program (17)
e. YMCA swimming pool with swimmers (18)
f. Shacks on Riverside (4)
g. House and condo unit construction with porta-potty probably in the Park Ridge development (6)
h. Flesh Public Library addition under construction (16)
92 September 30, 1977
a. General Motors science demonstration at Bennett Junior High School (22)
b. Home of Piqua High School band director Jerrel Morgan, 1227 W. High St., decorated by band members (4)
c. Belly dancing instruction at the YWCA (8)
SUB-SERIES XII J: October 1977
BOX 23
File
1 October 1, 1977
a. High water – Carol Eisert walking around and through puddles with her dog (16)
b. Covington vs. Springfield Catholic football (21)
c. Bradford vs. Ansonia football (27)
2 October 2, 1977
a. Spring Street School demolition (
3 October 3, 1977
a. Fire prevention poster contest winners and Moose Lodge members: Vickie Clark, Angela Booher, Krista Symons, Helena Lambert, Helen Mayberry, Gene Wilson, Martin Chambers, Francis Meyer, Dan Miller (9)
b. Boy Scouts washing windshields to in hopes of getting more people to contribute to the United Fund (14)
4 October 4, 1977
a. Piqua Daily Call front page October 1, 1977 – copy photo (14)
5 October 5, 1977
a. Covington High School football (15)
b. Miami River Corridor project photos in southern Shelby County [Port Jefferson, Lockington Canal Locks, Museum of the Old Northwest Territory, Landman’s Mill} and northern Miami County [Johnston Farm] and along the river (56)
6 October 7, 1977
a. Piqua Jaycees Haunted Hall at 124 N. Wayne St. (41)
b. Automobile accident on Perry Rd. .5 mile east of SR 48 (18)
c. Newspapers in the classroom – Marilyn Lanich presenting information to Piqua City Schools 3rd grade teachers (24)
d. Craig Belcher – clocks (42)
e. Feature photo – ducks on Echo Lake (5)
7 October 8, 1977
a. Piqua vs. West Carrolton football (16)
b. Graham vs. Versailles football (8)
c. Covington vs. Lehman football (26)
d. Covington homecoming queen: Letitia Smith with escort Gary Mohler and last years queen Melissa Shoup (5)
8 October 10, 1977
a. Lehman High School Oktoberfest (16)
b. Ohio State vs. Purdue football at Ohio Stadium (43)
9 October 11, 1977
a. Piqua Street Department employees sealing cracks in the streets (17)
b. Gourds planted by Kim Bryant at her home at 1007 W. North St. (17)
c. Construction crews widening U.S. 36 (15)
d. Lehman golfer John Westerheide (2)
10 October 12, 1977
a. Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs, west-central district meeting in Versailles (6)
b. Corn shocks on the farm of Loren McMaken on Hughes Rd. (24)
c. Kennel Club puppy kindergarten (43)
d. Campfire Girl rolling up a sleeping bag (6)
11 October 13, 1977
a. Chuck Richardson, yo-yo champion demonstrated his skill at Orr Toy and Novelty Shop, 212 N. Main St. (14)
b. Piqua Daily Call service photos – “People Serving People” (65)
c. Hat Day at Bennett Jr. High – student giving $0.25 or more to United Fund was allowed to wear a hat – raised $45.00: Kerri Davis, Robin Sweigart, Bryan Brown, Steven Greggerson, Chris Hartzell (6)
d. Bradford Pumpkin Show queen contest: Donna Poeppelman, queen; Mindy Shafer; Vickie Keller (28)
e. Bradford Pumpkin Show pumpkin carving contest winners (5)
f. Preparations for the Bradford Pumpkin Show (16)
g, Setting up the United Fund report tote board on the Public Square (15)
h. Holly Hobby Blue Birds [part of Campfire Girls] supporting and supported by the United Fund (7)
12 October 14, 1977
a. Kitchen Creations, 3485 N. Alcony-Conover Rd.: Arlene Zimmerman (10)
b. Feature photos: garage sale (17)
13 October 15, 1977
a. LeRoy Platfoot, Piqua Fire Department cook (15)
b. Versailles vs. Covington football (41)
c. Lehman vs. Bethel football (36)
d. Piqua Daily Call building exterior (7)
e. Piqua Daily Call carriers in Covington (13)
14 October 17, 1977
a. Democratic Party fish fry at Redman’s Picnic Grounds (17)
15 October 18, 1977
a. Ptl. James Garrity with the Piqua Police radar gun(21)
b. Fred and Diane Green with rabbits they raise as a source of meat (3)
c. Fire – location not determined (5)
16 October 19,1977
a. Miami County Sheriff’s drug bust – marijuana and pills found in James E. Rumble home at 3550 Experimental Farm Rd.: Sheriff Thurmen Adkins, Lt. Ronald Ventura, Det. Robert Sweitzer, Lt. Gary Alexander (23)
b. Business and Industry get acquainted luncheon at the Upper Valley J.V.S. (7)
c. Piqua High School homecoming candidates: Ann Cotton, Lori Jackson, Sheila Davis, Kim Fox, Nancy Peterson, Melody Platfoot, Barbara Wells (6)
d. Piqua High School cheerleaders (1)
e. Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce tennis trophy winners: Cleo Terry, Armand Wurstner (8)
17 October 20, 1977
a. Miami County Regional Transit Authority (RTA) bus/van in Troy (16)
b. Kiwanian of the Year, Lee VanDervort, presented by David Ott and Kiwanis president Mitchell Pedroff (9)
c. Pre-winter inspection of Ohio Department of Transportation District Seven snow-fighting equipment (20)
d. CROP foot steps at Wilder Jr. High – to get the students and staff involved in the CROP Walk to fight hunger: Glen Devers, Mike Schneider, Kris Goodenough, Lisa Burkett, Glenn Honeycutt (13)
18 October 21, 1977
a. Marcella ? Gift Shop photo for the business page (15)
19 October 22, 1977
a. YWCA haunted house decorating (7)
b. Piqua Homecoming Queen Lori Jackson and her court: Nancy Peterson, Sheila Davis, Kim Fox, Ann Cotton, Melody Platfoot, Barbara Wells (31)
c. Decorated house on Ash Street (10)
d. “Two Days” section features workshops for teachers at the JVS (29)
e. Greenhouse insulation feature photos (28)
f. Graham vs. Covington football (19)
g. Football action photographs for the feature page (24)
20 October 24, 1977
a. I-75, SR 41 interchange opens (17)
b. Small children with big bird dolls and poster: Phil and Nick Meiring, (9)
c. Feature photos of a barrel containing a a mailbox on a welded chair and a Piqua Daily Call paper box on a pole (11)
21 October 26, 1977
a. Feature photo: autumn leaves stuck to a rainy glass window (6)
b. Library story time: Kevin Chalk, a sixth grader, reads to pre-schoolers at Flesh Public Library (2)
c. Child Safety Program kickoff: Police Chief James Huffman; Dale Stump; Duane Bachman, Piqua Schools Supt.; Yuri Willcox; Sister Maureen, St. Boniface; Sister Margaret Verstege, St. Mary (7)
22 October 27, 1977
a. Fog photos (13)
b. Vandalism at Staunton Street School (15)
c. “Sidney” painted on the Wertz Stadium (Piqua) football field (5)
d. YMCA roller skating party at Piqua 36 Skate Club skating rink (9)
23 October 28, 1977
a. Kiwanis Halloween Parade photos (35)
24 October 29, 1977
a. Photographs for the “Two Day’s” section (16)
b. Versailles vs. Springfield Catholic Central (39)
c. Versailles Homecoming Queen and King: Robin Richart, Devin Wick(2)
25 October 30, 1977
a. Feature photo: figure of a man made of welded pipe holding a Piqua Daily Call paper box along the side of a road: Paul & Dorothy Purk, 499 VandeMark Rd. (15)
26 October 31, 1977
a. Brain Injured Children’s Center pre-publicity photos for their open house (11)
SUB-SERIES XII K: November 1977
BOX 23
File
27 November 1, 1977
a. Feature photos:
[1]Piqua street crews putting tar in cracks and sanding it (4)
[2]a couple walking on the railroad tracks (2)
b. Halloween decorations at the home of Ocie Page, 419 Garnsey St. (15)
c. Brians Muffler Man, 201 S. Wayne St., allowed trick-or-treaters to soap his windows if they donated to the United Fund (12)
d. Grandmother and grand daughter (4)
28 November 3, 1977
a. Feature photos: fun in and around Fountain Park
[1] Dorothy Reed going down the roller slide at Fountain Park (5)
[2] Man fishing (14)
[3] Man running (2)
[4] Child on a bouncy seat (2)
[5] Mother carrying a child and walking (1)
[6] Man running a leaf blower under the swings (2)
[7] Stacked seating (5)
[8] Weed photograph (8)
b. Lehman Cross Country team mug shots (17)
c. Teenage make-up lesson at YWCA: Tammy Millhoff, Julie Whited, Michelle Millhoff, Ann Hinger, barber Jim Landis, cosmetics advisor Virginia Williams from Elder Beerman (81)
30 November 4, 1977
a. US 36 construction completed and lanes open (11)
b. Raymond Kelch carving miniature shoes from wood (16)
c. Upper Valley JVS electricians class on a home construction wiring project: Ronald Stewart, instructor; Phil Berning, Kerry Kitzmiller, Kurt Deitsch (4)
d. Montgomery Ward All Season Cellulose Fiber Insulation advertising photos (12)
e. Baskin Robbins Belgian Waffles advertising photos: Walter Williams (7)
f. Rams Horn delicatessen cart serving New York style hot dogs in the Piqua East Mall: Mark Freytag, Paul Didier and Richard Shoff, owners and Maye Thomas, manager (8)
g. Mo’s Lounge, 111 S. Main St., Piqua, Charles “Mo” Gustin manager, advertising photographs (32)
31 November 7, 1977
a. Lehman cross country team placed second in the state meet (3)
b. Piqua 11 Man Football Association’s all-star game at Wertz Stadium (18)
c. CROP Walk photographs (10)
32 November 8, 1977
a. Mary Elliott – last night as Clerk of the Piqua City Commission (15)
b. Election day photographs – same day registration proves popular (9)
c. Parents meeting at Bennett Jr. High to discuss Bennett’s image: Harry Ashburn, principal (4)
d. Versailles photographs: Exchange students from Sweden & Sainte Famille (14)
33 November 9, 1977
a. Abused dog at the Miami County Animal Shelter: Elaine Elliot, shelter director (4)
b. 11 man football champions – The Bengals (Staunton, St. Boniface, South Street Schools) (4)
c. Linda Smith, of Piqua, won the 600 Club district bowling tournament at Troy Bowl (15)
d. Piqua Breakfast Optimists honor soccer players (7)
e. Three sets of twins playing volleyball for Wilder Jr. High: Janie and Joanie Curtis; Melanie and Michelle Sinks; Pamela and Paula Whitson (20)
f. 100,000th Stanley Garage Door Opener unit manufactured in the Stanley-Vemco plant on SR 48, south of Covington, Ohio (12)
g. Energy saving feature installed at Ulbrich’s IGA Grocery Store (7)
34 November 10,1977
a. Little league 11 man football championship game photos (15)
b. Feature photo: children’s books (8)
35 November 11, 1977
a. Piqua vs. Tecumseh football (64)
b. Westminster United Presbyterian Church van: Gene Herald, Wally McMasters, Jim Thomas (15)
c. Covington Junior High football team is Three Rivers Conference champions (4)
d. Lehman vs. Coldwater football (36)
e. Feature photo: Children’s cold weather coats and other apparel (32)
36 November 12, 1997
a. Automobile accident on I-75 just south of US 36 (12)
b. Veterans Day ceremonies (39)
c. “Two Days” section:
[1] Recipe winner Clara Sowry (12)
[2] Edward Elsasser collection of political campaign posters (34)
37 November 14, 1977
a. Crafts display at the Hayner Cultural Center in Troy (24)
38 November 15, 1977
a. Congressman Tennyson Guyer spoke at the Rotary Club meeting (20)
b. Christmas tree donated to the City of Piqua by Mrs. Leonard Butsch, 918 Elm Street (17)
39 November 16, 1977
a. Power Plant coal pile (19)
b. Piqua High School Home Economics sewing class (2)
c. Piqua post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol – exterior (12)
40 November 17, 1977
a. Staunton Street School book fair: Shirley Blackburn,, Librarian (8)
b. Conservation Awards given out by the Miami Soil and Water Conservation District: Bob Breck, Gene Weeks (8)
c. Course taught at the Hartzell sawmill on log grading: Bill Partin, teacher; Darrell Koch, Bill Watercutter (17)
d. Feature photos on the topic of energy efficiency (9)
e. “Two Day” section photos:
[1] Volunteers helping in Piqua Schools (22)
[2] Dottie Mather, recipe winner (10)
41 November 18, 1977
a. Education week photos – Bill Lester (PHS Principal) meeting with the facilities committee of the Citizens Council for Piqua Schools (11)
b. Feature photos:
[1] Debris in a fence (13)
[2] Baby sitting in a window looking out: Derek Sharp (13)
[3] Sign – “Married people don’t live longer it only seems that way” (3)
42 November 21, 1977
a. Miami County Junior Miss Contest: Elizabeth Yount is Jr. Miss; award winners are Janie Deaton, Ann Davis, Melinda Shafer, Beth Huffman, Gail Hershey, Paula Lavey, Karla Kleather (21)
b. Notre Dame vs. Air Force football (Naveau photo) (17)
c. Piqua Music Boosters Red Tag Sale day (17)
d. Education Week at the Piqua East Mall (33)
43 November 22, 1977
a. City Street Department putting up downtown Christmas decorations: Art McMasters (16)
b. Ann Rayner Wilson presents the original articles of incorporation of Piqua to Mayor Jack Wilson (8)
c. YMCA Swim Team divers (14)
d. United Fund campaign committee in front of the tote board on the square showing that the United Fund drive had reached its goal: Brian Phillips, Patricia Miller, Elwood Penrod, George Gibson, Jack Neuenschwander, Richard Sword, Lawrence Baker, James Hemmert, Kenneth Moore, James Cox, Ralph Hutchins, D. P. French, Richard Cron, Opal Couchot, Kathy Carnes, Jack Murray, Polly Rich (7)
e. Barnes Beauty Shop (6)
f. Farm safety program at the Upper Valley J.V.S. (11)
44 November 23, 1977
a. A group of five men who collectively have been members of the YMCA a total of 350 years: C.A. Campbell; C.B. Upton; Forrest Simon; C.M. Sims; A.J. Kaiser (15)
b. Russia vs. Houston boys basketball (36)
45 November 24, 1977
a. Fourth grade restaurant at Nicklin Elementary School – R & H Café (70)
b. Washington and North Street Elementary Schools thanksgiving lunch (45)
46 November 25, 1977
a. Versailles vs. Marion Local boys basketball (39)
47 November 26, 1977
a. Two Day section – Nicklin Elementary School fourth grade café (78)
b. Downtown Merchants’ Christmas Parade (71)
c. Salvation Army kettles are in place at Piqua East Mall: Lt. Michael Savage; Ralph Zimmerlin; Emily Wallace (15)
d. Lehman vs. New Bremen boys basketball (39)
e. K C gasoline station at intersection of Covington and College Streets (8)
48 November 28, 1977
a. Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) proclamation declaring it “Voice of America Week” in Piqua: Mayor Jack Wilson and H.W. (Doc) Staley (10)
49 November 29, 1977
a. Butcher Block (100 N. Sunset) employees (17)
b. Magic show safety assembly at High Street Elementary School (7)
c. NFL official, Don Wedge, speaker at the Miami Valley FOP Lodge 58 dinner (3)
d. Bob Braun at the Gloria Marshal Figure Salon (32)
e. Farm page feature – birds a problem at Shepard Grain Co., Fletcher (15)
SUB-SERIES XII L: December 1977
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50 December 1, 1977
a. The Open Book – new book store in the Piqua East Mall: Richard and Judy Twells (12)
b. Fairlawn Schools ordered closed by Ohio Superintendent of schools (10)
51 December 2, 1977
a. Piqua High School wrestling team – group photo (5)
b. Kingler Road school bus accident involving a Covington school bus (28)
52 December 3, 1977
a. Bradford vs. Covington boys basketball (21)
53 December 5, 1977
a. Preparation for lighting Ludlow Falls (25)
b. Piqua vs. Tecumseh wrestling (16)
c. Edison State vs. Wright State-Celina men’s basketball (31)
d. Bruckner Nature Center osprey and the crafts show (23)
54 December 6, 1977
a. Snow photographs: Tammy Millhoff and Ann Hinger clear a walk for Stella Moore at 651 W. Greene St. (15)
b. Bennett Jr. High wood carving class: Jamie Morris, Milton Burns, Kelly Treon, and teacher Don Reed (14)
55 December 8, 1977
a. Toys for all ages – children and adults playing with toys (49)
56 December 9, 1977
a. Snow photographs (23)
b. Wilder Jr. High production of the play, “The Canterville Ghost”: Andi Perry, Donivan Widney, Jeni Eberly (11)
c. Toys at the Sears Store in the Piqua East Mall (22)
d. Woolworth booties – advertising photos (11)
e. John Apple and family (5)
57 December 10, 1977
a. Snow covered tree decorated by William Dankworth and Larry Anderson at 1036 Broadway (16)
b. Smoke detector: Janet and Brent Lange
c. Two Days section photos
[1] Mary Louise Hamilton – recipe winner for her cherry winks (16)
[2] Scott Trostel, Piqua railroad enthusiast (8)
d. Ann Vale, student with multiple roles at Edison State College (9)
58 December 12, 1977
a. Feature photo: snowmobile crashes into a bush and four people trying to extricate it from the bush (11)
b. YMCA gymnastics competition (12)
c. Versailles vs. Miami East boys basketball (36)
d. Scrabble winner (6)
e. Kathy Mantooth filling baskets with fruit to give to nursing home residents (3)
f. Hartzell commercial award – girl pilot (9)
59 December 13, 1977
a. Demolition of the Central Grain Company Malt House on Downing St. (13)
b. Elmer Hoyle, former YMCA director – 99th birthday: Gertrude Frisch, F.C. Simon, Hoyle, Lowell Lewis, Joe Wise, David Whitmore, Robert Clawson (7)
60 December 14, 1977
a. Residents of the Health Care Center at Dettmer Hospital received bird feeders, bird food and books about the birds from the Covington Garden Club: Walter Sass, William Wenrick, Lee Banning, Fred Kessler, Pat Helman (17)
b. Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) citizenship award (21)
c. Society page feature photo – lady with hands to her face – holiday depression (8)
61 December 15, 1977
a. Fire at the house trailer occupied by Keith Roegner, 4415 Russia-Versailles Rd., Houston (18)
b. Great Miami River at the E. Main St. (Shawnee) Bridge – high water (11)
c. Great Miami River Corridor presentation at the Piqua YWCA: Jeff Miller, Bruce Jackson (students at Miami University) (8)
62 December 16, 1977
a. Salvation Army gifts to be given out: June Supinger, Omi Jenkins, Lt. Linda Savage (11)
b. Central Grain and Malt Co. demolition (25)
63 December 17, 1977
a. New YMCA gym floor (8)
b. Western Ohio Youth Center live nativity scene (15)
c. Covington vs. Indian Lake boys basketball (19)
d. Houston vs. Fort Loramie boys basketball (32)
e. “Two Day” section photos:
[1] Ned Garver (27)
[2] Recipe winner Linda Adams with son John Paul Adams for her lollipops recipe (7)
f. Advertising photographs for small appliances (19)
g. Wayne Street house – evicted furnishings sitting on the side of the street (13)
64 December 19, 1977
a. Piqua Jaycees sponsor a Disney movie for children who would bring a can or box of food – 565 children saw the movie in two showings at the Piqua Cinema and donated 600 cans of food (9)
65 December 20, 1977
a. Teacher Pam Higgins (4th grade, Favorite Hill School) brought her collie dog to school dressed as Santa Claus and entertained the children (20)
b. Lindsey Street sewer construction (16)
c. Piqua vs. St. Marys boys basketball (9)
66 December 21, 1977
a. Molly Leugers (age 5) holds two special dolls belonging to Marion Reed and Joe Reed (4)
b. Newton vs. West Milton boys basketball (33)
c. Organist: Jan Larson – wrote an original cantata to be performed by the Church of the Brethren choir Christmas Eve (11)
67 December 22, 1977
a. Three wheeled adult bicycle which can be pedaled with the hands or the feet, for use be handicapped individuals – developed by Louis F. Sherman, 1102 Washington Ave. (15)
b. Piqua Police Department ministerial program: Rev. Jack Chalk, Ptl. Anthony Swarts, Kevin Johnson, Police Chief James Huffman (7)
68 December 23, 1977
a. St. Mary School mobile classroom: Kathy McMaken teaching reading to a group of students (6)
b. Western Ohio Youth Center boys sing Christmas carols for the residents of the Dettmer Health Care Center (18)
c. Santa Claus at the Piqua Child Development Center Christmas party: Chris Newlin is the child on Santa’s lap (16)
d. Breakfast Optimist Christmas party for disadvantaged children held a Mote Park (15)
e. Salvation Army food baskets: Lt. Micael Savage, Clarence Denman, William Carr (9)
f. Piqua Daily Call coloring contest winners (11)
69 December 24, 1977
a. Christmas at the Sever’s house: Nancy Sever with sons Randy and Jimmy Sever (13)
b. Piqua vs. Greenville boys basketball (44)
c. Office of the National Weather Service, Vandalia, Ohio broadcasting weather information to two other weather stations in west central Ohio, at Cridersville and at Miamisburg: James Dew (10)
d. Miami East vs. Graham girls basketball (19)
e. “Two Days” section photographs: Silver dollars given by Juvenile and Probate Court Judge Richard Goater to children on the day of their adoption (42)
f. Maple sugar production at Bruckner Nature Center (21)
70 December 28, 1977
a. Lehman vs. Russia boys basketball (47)
b. Angie Mantooth distributes fruit baskets to residents of the Baptist Home of Upper Miami: Jean Purcell, Nelle Butz, Belvea Cowen, Goldie Smitley, Angie Mantooth (5)
c. Russia grocery store fire – Russia’s only grocery store (32)
d. Lions Club bicycle winner: Josephine Miller, 2790 Washington Rd., Covington (9)
e. Piqua City Schools Spelling Bee champion (7)
71 December 29, 1977
a. Piqua vs. Lehman girls basketball (25)
72 December 30, 1977
a. Marjorie Carr retires after 41 ½ years at Piqua National Bank (8)
b. Covington vs. Newton boys basketball (37)
c. Bethel vs. Miami East boys basketball (24)
d. Troy vs. Lehman girls basketball (37)
e. Retiring mayor Jack Wilson is honored at a city meeting (6)
73 December 31, 1977
a. Covington vs. Bethel boys basketball (36)
b. Miami East vs. Newton boys basketball (55)
c. “Two Days” section recipe winner: Ester Mantooth for her Strawberry Punch (5)
END OF SECTION 7