Legal Question Delays Rehiring Of Middletown Teachers
The Middletown Board of Education delayed decisions on four month contracts for next year citing potential illegality under Ohio law requiring March 31 reappointment notices. Counsel Estes will consult courts, with a report due Tuesday, while eight new teachers were still appointed for next year. Schools will lower cafeteria prices and free butter will be provided to students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Meisler
Board of Education
Ohio
Henderson Estes
Estes
Tues
Springfield
Middletown
Wade E. Miller
Couple Recovers From Wreck Injuries
Mr and Mrs Lee Allen of 2016 Arlington Ave are recovering at Middletown Hospital from injuries suffered last Saturday near Eaton when another driver sideswiped their new car and overturned it into a creekbed. Mrs Allen will remain hospitalized for days. Mr Allen expected to be released today. Mrs Allen’s mother was uninjured.
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Lee Allen
Arlington Ave
Middletown Hospital
Eaton
Allen
Committee Sets Panel to Pick New School Superintendent
The board approves a citizens committee to screen applicants, define qualifications, and recommend candidates to replace retiring Wade E. Miller. The panel, chaired by Joseph Woodruff, includes E. J. Sebald, Tom Wilson, Donald C. Osborne, Dean Phillips, Oliver Smith, and others. The move mirrors a prior measure forming a committee on school finances and teacher salary increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Committee
Wade E. Miller
Robert Gruver
Joseph Woodruff
E. J. Sebald
Tom Wilson
Donald C. Osborne
Dean Phillips
Oliver Smith
J. L. Glass
Colin Gardner III
Elliot Levy
Robert Lukens
Robert Sant
Jack Linzie
Harry Lewis
Harry Phillips
Louis Kenny
Five Accidents Reported With No Injuries
Police logged five accidents yesterday with no injuries. Lawrence M. Trent 23 of 924 Catalpa Dr cited for failure to stop after a collision at Charles St and Carroll Ave. Morris 54 of 2415 Sherman Ave involved. Damages ranged from 15 to 125 dollars.
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Lawrence M. Trent
Catalpa Dr
Charles St
Carroll Ave
Trent
Charles
Neil R. Morris
Sherman Ave
Morris
New Officers Installed By Trades and Labor Council
Newly elected officers of the Middletown Trades and Labor Council were installed last night with Chester Hollenbaugh and Austin Smith absent. Committees named include grievance with Lester Hudson as president and Sam Henderson, Leslie Combs, Smith, Harris, Lukens, Miles and others. Sub committees to follow. The council plans joint drives with organizations to unify annual efforts.
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Middletown Trades and Labor Council
Chester Hollenbaugh
Austin Smith
Grievance
Lester Hudson
Sam Henderson
Leslie Combs
William Crispin
Robert Lukens
Gus Miles
Combs
Smith
Charles Harris
Lukens
Miles
Leslie Cramer
Hollenbough
MHS Sends 12 To Ohio Drama Contest Finals
Twelve students will represent state drama and poetry at the Ohio finals in Columbus. The group earned Superior ratings at the Southwestern District Drama Festival in Middletown on April 11. The Monkey's Paw cast includes Joanna Hershner Bill Hill Tom Roper Kenneth Blount Benny Weaver with Allen Gray Darlene Largent LaVonne Fugett Phil Price John Hurston Jack Rivers as production staff. Miss Florence Powell directs and Florence Thress competes in poetry with a Superior rating for Sonnets from the Portuguese.
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Columbus
Middletown
Joanna Hershner
Bill Hill
Tom Roper
Kenneth Blount
Benny Weaver
W. W. Jacob
Allen Gray
Darlene Largent
LaVonne Fugett
Phil Price
John Hurston
Jack Rivers
Florence
John Kauffman Tops Toastmasters Evening
John Kauffman rated best speaker and most improved at the Toastmasters Club meeting in Gardner Board and Carton Conference Room. John Carr and John Brannon also spoke. DuWayne Carlson moderated a debate on High Tariff with Kauffman Carr Brannon on the negative side, which won. Next meeting set for April 30 at 7 15 p.m.
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John Kauffman
Toastmasters Club
Gardner Board and Carton
John Carr
John Brannon
Mallory Bell
William Johnson
Ernest Bowen
William Schaeffer
Robert Sutton
Don Ashfall
DuWayne Carlson
Art Osborn
At The Movies PARAMOUNT and STRAND schedule
Paramount shows Holiday for Sinners at 1 35 5 00 and 8 25 p m Bad and the Beautiful at 2 50 6 15 and 9 40 p m Strand features The Marksman at 1 30 4 05 6 40 and 9 15 p m Target Hong Kong at 2 40 5 15 7 50 and 10 25 p m Saturday targets Hong Kong at 1 15 4 15 7 20 and 10 20 p m The Marksman at 3 05 6 10 and 9 10 p m
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Paramount
Target
Hong Kong
New Auto Awaits Released POW Brother Owns Car
In suburban Norwood a shiny new car sits at 4123 Ivanhoe for Joe L. Jewell. His brother Charles and mother Mrs. Kate Jewell learn Joe, 23, was freed from a Chinese Communist POW camp in North Korea as the family recalls his letters and his wish to join the ministry. Joe, a corporal in the Army for five years, had been missing then held as a prisoner of war since December 1950.
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Cincinnati
Ivanhoe
Norwood
Joe L. Jewell
Joe
North Korea
Charles
Kate Jewell
Jewels
Winschester
Sherman
Middletown
Geneva Kindred
Louisville
Rose Marie Kindred
Winchester
Jewell
Chesung Reservoir
Sherman Jewell
Fleming Rd
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Carton
Clouds Bring Wet Weekend Forecast To Miami Valley
The Miami Valley remains under cloudy skies with predicted rain through today and into Saturday. Temps rose to 78 yesterday with a 5:30 p.m. high, today’s forecast calls for 75, a low near 56 tonight, and a 72 high for tomorrow.
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Miami Valley
Central Store President Recovers After Gall Bladder Surgery
Ben Bender, president of the Central Store and the Middletown Civic Association, is reported recovering rapidly at Holmes Hospital in Cincinnati after a gall bladder operation performed Wednesday. He suffered no ill effects and has made quick progress since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bender
Central Store
Middletown Civic Association
Holmes Hospital
Cincinnati
Bender
POW Brother's Release Revealed In Fragmented Reports
A Gardner Board and Carton Company worker, Jewell, 37, learns his POW brother Joseph Jewell was released after two years in captivity. Other dispatches from Panmunjom quote Jewell describing brutal Red prison camps, hunger, and a foot amputation without anesthetic after capture in December 1950.
Man Suffocates In Bed Fire Suspected Smoking
Youngstown coroner reports 48 year old John Lateran died Thursday from suffocation after falling asleep while smoking in bed and starting a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
David A. Belinky
John Lateran
Harold W. Jones Hospitalized in Nassau Bahamas
Harold W. Jones of East Central Ave Middletown, an insurance man, is in Nassau hospital after a heart attack. He and Mrs Jones were on a Florida vacation and flew to Nassau for a brief visit before returning home. Condition improved overnight, no further word by press time.
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Harold W. Jones
East Central Ave
Middletown
Nassau
Order of Arrow Parley Cancelled
The Western Ohio Area Boy Scout fellowship conference of Order of the Arrow, originally scheduled for this weekend, has been cancelled by Scout Executive Robert Dalrymple of the host Fort Hamilton Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Boy Scout Fellowship Conference of
Order of the Arrow
Robert Dalrymple
Fort Hamilton
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