All Negro Washington School faces closure and reassignment
Middletown Board of Education voted to discontinue Washington School as an all Negro attendance unit by June 1956. Pupils would be reassigned to Taft and Garfield, with special education classes moving to Edison pending repairs costing over 15 thousand dollars. The plan awaits Ohio State University survey results and district considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jody Terney
Board of Education
Washington School
John D. Blackford
Taft and
Garfield
Poara
Edison School
Washington
Young Street
Middletown
Buldings
Commissioner of Health
State Division of Industrial Relations
Edison
Ohio State University
Blackford
Joseph Woodruff
Joseph Avellone
Hillsboro
Woodruff
Armco Steel Corp
Taft
Nicholas Demetriou
Roosevelt
Edwin Gransell
Raymond Lawrence
Middletown High School
Iola Little
Maple Park
Leon Noble
Nell F. Macready
Okayeed
1St Avenue
Ohio State University Education Research
George W. Bowman
Willmington College English Department
Sanford Lindsey
Robert J. Schmidt
Robert A. Manchester
State Board of Education
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount screens Price of Fear at 2 59 5 3 and 8 50 p m Creature Walks Among Us shows 1 15 4 15 7 15 and 10 15 p m Strand hosts To Catch a Thief at 1 30 4 40 and 8 p m Man With a Gun at 3 15 6 30 and 9 45 p m Wednesday Square Jungle plays 1 30 4 40 and 7 50 p m Night Holds Terror at 3 10 6 25 and 9 40 p m Dixie Cruise In presents Magnificent Obsession at 7 37 and 11 25 p m The Fake screens at 9 55 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Strand
Dixie Cruise
New Wails For City Manager
Middleton residents voice anxieties about City Manager Charles Thompson as he handles a newborn son birth this morning at Middletown Hospital. The piece frames Thompson as a target for public discontent yet a capable leader whose next challenge is family life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Thompson
Middletown
Thompson
60 Day Jail Term Handed To Woman
A 49 year old woman was sentenced to 60 days in Butler County jail by Judge J T Lamb. Mary Patridge of the Farle Hotel drew 30 day terms for intoxication and disorderly conduct, plus fines of 100 dollars and 50 dollars with costs. Trent, 28, was fined 50 dollars for intoxication and disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
J. T. Lamb
Mary Patridge
Farle Hotel
Robert Gerald Trent
Brentwood St
William D. Chambers
Hammond
Ind
Chambers
Middletown
Madeline Chambers
Indiana
Wilbur Mattix Elliot
Connersville
Elliot
Ohio
Roosevelt Sankey
Joe Binshock Jr
Lafayette Ave
Grain Elevators Burglarized. Youth in Custody
A Middletown youth, Denny D. Lawson, 19, was taken into Darke County custody on charges of burglarizing three grain elevators on Route 127 last Wednesday. Investigators say he cased the sites, visited a drive-in, and entered the offices that night, claiming he opened safes but found no money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Darke County
Rt. 127
Denny D. Lawson
1St Ave
Lawson
Small Blaze at 907 Columbia Ave Checked by Fire Units
A fire at 907 Columbia Ave caused 15 dollars in damage to an apartment building and was halted by Middletown firemen. Playing children moved burning embers behind weather boarding at the northeast corner, prompting Companies 1, 4 and the ladder unit to respond at 9 38 a.m. The building is owned by Walter Childers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Ave
Middletown
Walter Childers
JA Examinations For Executive Pins Set Tonight
Junior Achievement candidates seek the organization's highest pin by tonight's exam at the JA place. Eligible leaders must hold junior executive pins, have served in a company office, and be recommended by advisers. Examinations run from 4 to 4 30 p.m. Pins will be awarded at the May 17 annual awards banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JA Place
Dayton Man Injured In 2 Truck Collision
A Dayton man suffered minor injuries in a two truck collision in the 300 block of Garfield Street yesterday. Police reported six city mishaps causing at least 1375 dollars in damage, including a parked White Baking Co. panel truck and a pickup driven by Edgar Sissom, 32, at 10:45 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Garfield St
Middletown Hospital
A. J. Baldwin
Lynnfield Dr
White Baking Co
Edgar Sissom
Rufus St
Grand Avenue Drainage Protest by Residents
Residents of Grand Avenue petitioned Butler County commissioners for relief from drainage water harming their properties. A 36-signature protest cites unsanitary and dangerous conditions from improper drainage in the Bachmann subdivision. County officials plan a tour May 4 to seek relief, with Bachmann’s attorney claiming efforts to address drainage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Avenue
Butler County
Harry Bachmann
Peggy Y. Keister
Grand Ave
Bachmann
Gordon Augspurger
County Commission
Jesse Pochard
H. A. Moore
Ben Kitchen
Rape Charge Reduced to Assault in Franklin Case
A Mi amisburg man Talbert Turner, 22, was placed on probation after a rape charge was reduced to assault and battery. He received 30 days in jail and a $50 fine with $30 suspended if he avoids a 15-year-old married girl who filed the charge. The incident reportedly occurred April 19 at the girl’s home. Other docket items include Homer Chasteen fined for failure to register and bond forfeitures for Forest Hatton and Ray Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Miamisburg
Warren Young
Talbert Turner
Young
Homer Chasteen
Sycamore St
Forest Hatton
Middletown
Yellow Line
Ray Williams
Dayton
Car Overturns Injure Two Youths Near Hamilton
Two youths were injured when their car left Rt. 129 and overturned in a ditch near Hamilton. Paul Hartman 21 of Seven Mile suffered facial cuts and Jerry Lakes 18 of Hamilton-Eaton Rd. 2318 received cuts and bruises. Hartman was charged with reckless operation after losing control hitting a road hump and skidding 150 feet before the rollover. Both were thrown from the vehicle and treated at Mercy Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton (Special
Rt. 129
Sheriff's
Mercy Hospital
Paul Hartman
Seven Mile
Jerry Lakes
Hamilton-Eaton Rd
Hartman
Evening usher meetings at New Era Baptist Church
The senior usher board of the New Era Baptist Church meets tonight at 7 at 1313 Sycamore Street, home of oe Pendergrass. The City Ushers Union convenes at the church tonight at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Era Baptist Church
Oe Pendergrass
Sycamore St
City Ushers Union
Woman Hurt In Two Car Wreck At Blue Ball
A young woman suffered a bruised right side in a two car collision on U S 25 at Blue Ball. Katherine Creech, 20, Reading, declined treatment. Ronald Johnson, 20, Franklin Rt. 1, pulled into the southbound lane to left turn when struck by a northbound car driven by Lloyd Creech, 23. The crash at 7 35 p m caused moderate damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S 25
Blue Ball
Katherine Creech
Reading
Ronald Johnson
Franklin Rt. 1
Heart Campaign Report Presented At Butler County Meeting
A Heart Sunday campaign report will be heard tonight in a Butler County Heart Assn board session at 6 30 p m in the Manchester Hotel. Dr Walter Roehl president leads the meeting with invited ward and township chairmen along with Mrs Max Petty county chairman Mrs Arnold Gross Hamilton chairman and Miss Mary Strodtbeck Middletown chairman. Vaden Fitton treasurer will present a financial report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart
Butler County Heart Assn
Manchester
Walter Roehl
Ward
Heart Drive
Max Petty
Arnold Gross
Hamilton
Mary Strodtbeck
Middletown
Vaden Fitton
Traffic Hazards Disputed In Highview Central Suit
Highview Realty Co seeks injunctive relief to zone southeast corner of Central Avenue and Highview Road for neighborhood business. Middletown officials and planning consultants advised against, citing residential area. Plaintiff claims due process denial and pecuniary loss, while witnesses note traffic hazards would be limited. The case highlights conflict between planning recommendations and city zoning action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Avenue
Highview Road
Common Pleas Court
City Commission
Highview Realty Co
City Planning Commission
Ladislas Segoe & Associates
Joseph Blackmore
Cecil Runyan
Middletown Safety Council
Division of Police
Safety Council
Middletown Planning Commission
Doris Kronborg
James Rinderknecht
Planning Commission
Allison C. Neff
Highview Central Intersection
G. W. Breiel
Neff
Cincinnati
Elliott
Boll
Middletown
Breiel
Ellison
Sebald Winners Quizzed On TV SE Bald Awards in Middletown
Middletown’s two first place Sebald Self-Reliance Awards winners Sharon Moore and Gene Young, Lemon Monroe High School seniors, were interviewed yesterday on WLWD by Becky Brooks. They discussed activities earning them $400 cash awards in this year’s contest, with Harold Osborne of the Middletown Jaycees outlining the Sebald awards and their three-year history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Sharon Moore
Gene Young
WLWD
Lemon-Monroe
Becky Brooks
Channel Two
Harold Osborne
Middletown Jaycees
Fenwick Welfare Plans Festival and Style Show
Fenwick Welfare Association will plan the Fenwick festival and junior senior class prom at its meeting tomorrow night. Sister Christopher will present a sewing class style show of outfits made this year. A covered fish supper begins at 6 30 p.m. in the cafeteria and the meeting starts at 8 p.m. Families should bring their own service and a covered fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenwick Welfare Assn
Christopher
Jury Selection Begun In Detective Slaying Case
Cincinnati five women seated as tentative jurors in the trial of Robert Jackson 39 on charges of murder and robbery tied to the slaying of Detective Walter Hart. Jackson is co indicted with Lemuel Trotter at large and Willie Barnett, declared insane, sent to Lima State Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Robert Jackson
Walter Hart
Jackson
Lemuel Trotter
Willie Barnett
Trotter
Barnett
Sento Lima State Hospital
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Walter N Nco
Juneral
Qur
Sommer Hones
Order OF the Golden Aut
Lylburn Rd
John McNabb
Hood Ave
Lylburn Road
McNabb
Edwin B. Smith
S. Sutphin St
Clarence Lawson
Yankee Rd
Ollie Whitt
West Middletown
Clinton Street
Columbia
Howard Woodrey
State St
Trenton
Verity Parkway
Tytus Avenue
Woodrey
Arnold Buchanan
West Elkton
Ralph Hedric
2Nd St
Estil Hounshell
Vail Avenue
Ge P
James Burgen
Lexington
Iva Lee Shearer
Tytug Ave
Colored News
Packard & Clipper
Barton Sales & Service
Studebaker & Packard
Central Ave
Heart Campaign Report
Highview-Central
Bell
Hillview-Central Corner
Harold W. Goetz
City Com
Fenwick Welfare
George L
van Lieu
Democrat
Pol
Charles
Sur
Sanitone
Central
Coats
oFrFr
Poppit Pearls
By Coro
Bermuda
Tein
British Overseas Airways
First National Bank
American Society of Travel Agents
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