Too Busy For Decision Now Madison Board Hears Merger Possibility
The Madison Township Board of Education told the Middletown school board they are too busy to decide on a merger. They face loss of state aid under the new foundation law, with West Middletown sending at least 50 new students this year and 1150 district children affected. The board discussed studying a potential consolidation with Middletown or other districts, while handling bond issues and salary talks.
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Madison Township
West Middletown
Homer Weikel
Madison
Middletown
Concensus
Joseph Woodruffs
Harry Hadley
Jack Christy
State Department of Education
Wayne
Trenton
Seven Mile
Spring Hill School
Miller Road
Maple Park School
Monroe
Harold Barnes
Ancil Evick
Doris Meehan
Lora Steele
Hugh Butler
Driver in Crash Gets Stiff Fine
Franklin special report. A man identified as James Mitchell, 50, of 102 Bellomonte Street, was fined $300 plus costs, sentenced to three days in jail, and had his license suspended for three months for driving while intoxicated. The crash involved Airman James Hammond, 19, of Sumter, North Carolina, hospitalized with serious injuries. Hammond’s wife Margie was treated for cuts. their infant, Vicki, was unharmed.
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Sumter
N. C
Middletown Hospital
Hammond
Margie
Hammonds
Shaw Air Force Base
Vicki
Club To Discuss Adult Program At Maple Park
Miss Joan Wilson supervisor of playgrounds and community centers will discuss area adult program at Maple Park Mothers’ ar Chie meeting. The meeting begins at 1 p.m. at the school. Wilson will report results of interest ballots previously filled out by the club.
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Joan Wilson
Maple Park
Wilson
Quarry Official Dies in Columbus at 65
Russell Rarey, 65, president and board chairman of Marble Oil Quarries Co., died Monday at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus Ohio. He was past president of the National Crushed Stone Assn.
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Columbus
Ohio
Broad Street Opens After Sewer Work Delay
Broad Street and Manchester Avenue area to reopen to traffic late Friday after sewer construction closure. C A Boeke, director of public service, says Manchester Avenue will be closed between Broad Street and Verity Parkway during holidays, with key intersections reopening after Christmas. Wildwood Road crossing to close for a week for relief sewer under NY Central tracks, with sewer work finishing in March.
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Broad Street
Manchester Avenue
C. A. Boeke
Public Service
Boeke
Verity Parkway
Manchester-Verity
Wildwood Road
Whisky and wine nearly cost boy his life on river bank
A Middletown youth intoxicated after drinking whisky and wine fell into the Miami River on Tytus Avenue. Officer Arnold Ferguson rescued him from shallow water, then he was cared for at City Building and Middletown hospital for shock. The boy has no complaint filed.
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Old Middletown
Arnold Ferguson
Tytus Avenue
Miami River
Ferguson
Middle Town
Jacoby Will Contest Goes To Trial In Common Pleas
A jury trial opened Tuesday in Common Pleas Court to contest the will of Mrs Lillian Jacoby of Middletown who died July 30 1955 her estate valued about 400000. First cousin Charles F Kenworthy of Hanford California challenges the 1954 will asserting it is not the final will and testament. John B Andrews Hamilton attorney acts as executor with other executors named in the document.
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Court of Common Pleas
Fred B Cramer
Lillian Jacoby
Middletown
Charles F. Kenworthy
15Th Ave
Hanford
Calif
Jacoby
John B. Andrews
Hamilton
Kenworthy
Boys' Choir Feted At Christmas Party
The Optimist Civic Boys Choir was feted last night at a parents’ party. The youngsters were served refreshments and received their choir robes.
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Optimist Civic Boys Choir
Parents’ Organization
School Insurance Review and 1956 Year-End Meeting Set
A committee will review all school insurance including high school athletic associations. An executive meeting is planned for Saturday morning to finalize the salary schedule for teachers and non certified employees, with the year end meeting to wind up 1956 business at 10 am on December 31.
Christmas plea for gifts at Hamilton Children's Home
County residents have been slow to answer a Christmas appeal from four children at the Hamilton Children's Home. They request toys clothing and jewelry, noting tax money does not cover such luxuries. Donations may be mailed to S C Plasterer superintendent or Warren L Harding director of Welfare, or dropped at Mrs. Thomas H Wilson 210 S Main St. Deadline Saturday. A tablecloth item was donated by Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority.
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Santa
Hamilton
S. C. Plasterer
S. C. Plasterer, Superintendent ‘To ‘the Children's Home
Warren L. Harding
Department of Welfare
Old Post Office
Ladsow Streets
Thomas H. Wilson
S. Main St
Wilson
Hume Co
Sigma Phi Garmmma Sorority
Fairfield Police Raid Book Joint
Fairfield police raided an alleged race-horse bookie operation yesterday afternoon and arrested Arthur Houchin 31 of Cincinnati along with charging Sharonville restaurant proprietor for permitting gambling. Deputies also raided another bookmaker on the Hamilton Middletown Pike where Oakey Draught 28 of Lawrenceburg Ind was fined and jailed.
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Fairfield
Charles Hawkins
Art
Dixie Hwy
Arthur Houchin
Grandview Ave
Sharonville
Hawking
Bookle
Hamilton-Middletown Pike
Flenner’s Corner
Young Democrats Meet in Butler County
The December meeting of the Young Democratic Club of Butler County meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Democratic headquarters 110 2nd St Hamilton. President Albert Ray Anness says a membership drive dance will be discussed.
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Young Democratic Club
Butler County
Democratic
2Nd St
Hamilton
Albert Ray Anness
Woman hit walking on wait sign in Middletown injures ankle
Middletown police report Elizabeth Torzsak aged 49 living at 216 Garfield Street was slightly injured when crossing Verity Parkway against a wait signal and struck by a northbound car driven by Britton Kendrick at 9 15 a m. She received treatment at Middletown Hospital for abrasions to her left ankle and leg right knee and left arm.
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Middletown
Central Avena
Verity Parkway
Yestern
Elizabeth Torzsak
Garfield St
Middletown Hospital
Britton Kendrick
S. Main St
Scout Group To Meet Here On Thursday
The Pokey Griffith district roundtable will be held at 7 30 p m tomorrow at the Church of Ascension in Middletown. Commissioner Paul Doughman presides with squads led by Herb Daniels Chester Fultz Ed Zickgraf and Sam Carruthers.
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Church of Ascension
Middletown
Paul Doughman
Herb Daniels
Chester Fultz
Ed Zickgraf
Sam Carruthers
Carruthers
A Witl
Bob Sant
Rt 122 Relocation Tops Two Million Ohio Highway Plans
Ohio plans a three year statewide highway program to spurge more than two million meters of road work. Major items include Rt 122 relocation east of Middletown from Breiel Boulevard to US 25 and Rt 73 relocation near Waynesville. Additional projects cover Rt 503 and Rt 725 bridges and multiple improvements in Preble and Montgomery counties.
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Ohio
near-Middletown
J. S. Paxton
Ohio Department of Highways
S. O. Linzell
Rt. 122
Middletown
Breiel Boulevard
Iu. S
Preble County
Preble
Montgomery
Paxton
Grand Avenue
Blue Ball Pike
E. Central Avenue
Statehighway Department
Grand Central Shopping Center
Linzell
Monroe Honor Roll list honors 39 students
Thirty-nine Monroe Elementary seventh and eighth graders appear on the second grading period honor roll. Names include Joan Adams Kathryn Baker Janet Jaak James Campbell and many others across grades seven and eight.
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Monroe
Joan Adams
Kathryn Baker
Janet Aak
James Campbell
Jim C . Delores Casperson
Sharon Diver
Larry Doebler
Linda Gabbard
Shirley Hinkle
Doris Massey
Janet Sommier
Jerry Snyder
Betty Sparks
Linda Wallace
LaDonna Whitman
Rieck Williams
Linda Sue Barnett
Patricia Berry
James Buck Sue Coppess
Betty Deaton
Donna Faye Hammond
Becky Hannah
Travis Housman
Beverly Hayes
Alda Hodapp
Jackie Holton
Judy Lanier
Lynn Leavell
Carol Lewis
Robert Miller
Susan Oliver
Charles Price
Linda Shackelford
Ellen Sizemore
Fred Spencer
Jackie Streifthau
James White
Y Swimmers To Give Show At YMCA
The YMCA Swanettes girls rhythmic swim club presents a winter water show Friday at 8 p.m. at the YMCA theme Calendar Capers features 12 numbers one for each month with seventeen members including Caroline Warren Becky Frisby Sarah O'Neil Anna Winger Betsy O'Neil Linda Evans Janet McGraw Martha O'Neil Sally Rhodes Mary Grubbs Gloria Millar Laurie O'Neil Bonnie Upton Stephanie Dearth Linda Hayes Heather Hidy and Marilyn Marshall Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students.
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YMCA
Swanettes
Caroline Warren
Becky Frisby
Sarah O'Neil
Anna Winger
Betsy O'Neil
Linda Evans
Janet McGraw
Martha O'Neil
Sally Rhodes
Mary Grubbs
Gloria Millar
Laurie O'Neil
Bonnie
Miami Dorm System Outranks Big Ten for Housing Share
Miami University reports its residence halls house 3,812 of 5,567 students with a 604 dollar room and board rate, far surpassing Big Ten counterparts in housing share and lower costs. Michigan State Indiana Purdue Michigan all show lower percentages of students housed on campus. Miami's 69.8 percent housing rate leads among listed schools.
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Oxford
Miami University
Big Ten
Lid
Miami
Ohio State
Michigan
Illinois
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Purdue
Indiana
Iowa
Northwestern
Iowa State
University of Chicago
Mishap Victims Remain Fair After Two Car Collision
Three people hurt in a two car crash on U S 25 near Oxford State Road Sunday stay listed as fair at Middletown Hospital. Victims include James H Vermilya 56 Westerville with leg and facial injuries Emma Vermilya 53 cut cheek and limb injuries and Jerry Lee Miller 18 Ligonier Michigan with forehead and limb injuries.
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U. S. 25
Oxford State Road
Middletown
James H. Vermilya
Westerville
Emma
Jerry Lee Miller
Ligonier
Mich
Butler County Muscular Dystrophy Patients Plan First Christmas Party
Plans move forward for Butler County muscular dystrophy patients Christmas party to be hosted by the Couples Club of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hamilton. The event at 3 p.m. Sunday will feature entertainment by the Tatterman Marionettes of Oxford, supper, and gifts.
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Butler County
Andrew Turber
Couples Club
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Hamilton
Colored News Infantile Paralysis Committee Meeting
The Infantile Paralysis Committee will meet at 9 p.m. today at the home of Mrs. Fannie Patterson, 937th Ave.
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Fannie Patterson
Ave
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Dayton
Estil Hanes
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Franklin
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Shafer
Benrus
M'Coy Leffler
Walter M McCoy
Homer
Leffler
1St Ave
Young Democrats
Eugene Payne
N. Grimes St
Hitskip
Columbia Avenue
Webster Street
Connie Ashcraft
Bellomonte St
Central Avenue
Robert Steele
N. Broad St
James Daniels
Iglehart St
New
Waynesville
Colored News
Wm. Schaeffer
Isrez
Niee
O & B Auto Loan Savings
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