Miscellaneous Middletown Trivia

From Wikipedia.org-

- AK Steel's The Hot Strip Mill includes the first building design that ever needed to take into account the circumference of the earth.

- Middletown was once home to a professional baseball team.

- Middletown High School has more Division I State Basketball Championships than any other school in the state. (7)

Notable Middletown Natives:

- Todd Bell  Pro Bowl safety for the Chicago Bears during the early 1980s
- Butch Carter  Former player and coach of the National Basketball Association
- Cris Carter  Former NFL player and analyst, likely first ballot hall of fame inductee
- Glenn Tiger Ellison  Author and Innovator of the American Football Run & Shoot offense
- J. Eugene Harding  Successful businessman and member of the United States House of Representatives
- Jerry Lucas  Legendary NBA Hall of Famer, author, and world-renowned memory education expert
- Clarence Page  Pulitzer Prize winner, journalist, syndicated columnist, and member of the editorial board for the Chicago Tribune
- Susan Perkins  Miss Ohio and Miss America 1978
- Gordon Ray Roberts  Youngest living Medal of Honor recipient and the only Medal of Honor recipient still serving on active duty, has also been awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, and numerous other awards for valor and achievement
- Paul J. Sorg  Successful businessman and member of the United States House of Representatives
- William Verity Jr.  U.S. administrator and steel industrialist, served as the Secretary of Commerce between 1987 and 1989 under President Ronald Reagan

The Middletown Library has a nice collection of Middletown History books in their genealogy room, even old phone books and photo albums of all kinds.

Don't forget our famous baseball player Charlie Root of the Chicago Cubs.

Wonder if we will see any of these pics at the Historic Photo Exhibit Reception at Middletown City Building over the next few months.

Thanks Vivian.