Youths Propose Curriculum Changes at Mock Board Meeting
Middletown High School students leading Youth in Government Day presented requests including four years of English and two years of science for college prep students, eight 45 minute periods, a registered dietitian, and mandatory physical education. The board approved the dietitian plan and fitness courses, while the schedule change and expanded English/math/science were defeated. The group also sought encyclopedia sets for all study halls, approved unanimously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
MHS
Board of Education
Elaine Perkins
Peggy Edwards
Russia
Don Lennie
Arthur Lennie
Bill McDowell
Barbara Finkelman
Marsha Ulrich
Don Voorhis
Board Eyes School Site Purchase Under Consideration
The Board of Education voted to authorize its counsel Tilmon A. Ellison to negotiate a land purchase study for a 39 acre tract near Clifton farms and Bachmann's subdivision, priced at 1500 per acre with access via Johns Road and future Marshall Road alignment. The board also accepted the resignation of Bernadine Liston and appointed Marjorie Keeler to fill the vacancy, while addressing first grade overcrowding by adding Alice Hidy after a leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Tilmon A. Ellison
Robert J. Briede
Hamilton
John
Amelia Augsperger
City Corporation
Clifton Farms
Bachmann
Johns Road
Marshall Road
Bernadine Liston
Taft School
Marjorie Keeler
Howard Cromwell
Monroe Elementary
Alice Hidy
Middletown and Lemon Monroe consider foreign language lab purchase
Two language teachers and two administrators briefed the school board on buying foreign language laboratory equipment for Middletown High and Lemon Monroe High. Miss Katherine Roude Paul Gates Robert Johnson and Tom Webb supported the proposal noting rising student interest and a Classroom Teachers Association committee study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Lemon - Monroe
Katherine Roude
Bush
Middletown High
Paul Gates
McKinley
Robert Johnson
Tom Webb
Johnson
Webb
Classroom Teachers’ Association
School principal reports missing $7.50 from desk
Laura Farrell School principal Franklin Shelby Middle ton reported to police that seven dollars fifty cents vanished from an office desk over the weekend. Police found no signs of forcible entry.
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Franklin
Shelby Middleton
Laura Farrell School
Twelve More Suits Filed Against Armco Drainage
North Dakota counties filed damage suits in federal district court against Armco Drainage and Metals Products Inc a subsidiary of Armco Steel Corp. They seek about 1.485 million alleging Armco conspired with other corrugated steel manufacturers. Earlier suits include three counties the states of North Dakota and South Dakota and a well drilling firm.
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Bismarck, N.D
North Dakota
Armco Drainage and Metal Products, Inc
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Ohio
Armev
South Dakota
Theft reports span homes and local sites in city
Police logged thefts including a raincoat from Ernest Rothe's son at 4418 Poppy Drive, parts from tractors at Fenwick High School on Manchester Road, and about $90 from a machine at Cecil Wray Laundromat on S Sutphin Street. Damage occurred to washers at two laundromats on Baltimore Street and S Main Street. Vandals damaged Delman Lawson's car windshield wipers at 134 Manhattan Street.
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Ernest Rothe
Poppy Drive
Fenwick High School
Manchester Road
Cecil Wray
S. Sutphin Street
Ga Laundromat
Baltimore Street
Violet Bay Laundromat
S. Main Street
Delman Lawson
Manhattan St
Woman dragged into sedan near Clinton and Central
Officers reported a man stopped them last night on Clinton Street and Central Avenue after witnesses said women dragged a woman down Eagle Alley and forced her into a station wagon. Police searched the area but found nothing.
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Clinton Street
Central Avenue
Eagle Alley
Car Hits Bridge Injures Middleton Man
One Middleton resident James A. Johnston, 29, was slightly injured when his car skid on West Central Avenue and struck the Middletown hydraulic canal bridge. He refused medical attention and was charged with an assured clear distance violation. The crash caused about 200 in damage at 6 45 p.m. Also, Katherine Powers was charged with backing when unsafe after a collision on Central Avenue damaging 400. Margaret Evans backed into Powers car after turning lights off. James R Parm an, 32, Camden, was charged with backing when unsafe after hitting a parked auto on Tytus Avenue. Minor accidents under investigation.
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Middletonian
W. Central Avenue
Middletown Hydraulic Canal Bridge
James A. Johnston
Heinkel Road
Johnston
Ceneral
Johnson
Katherine Powers
West Middletown
Gerald F. Myers
Eaton Rt 4
Tytus Avenue
Cub Pack 10 Inducts Bobcats in Holiday Meeting
Induction ceremonies and a Christmas party for cubs and parents highlighted last night’s Pack 10 gathering. Bobcats inducted were Billy Carter Gregory Upton Jay Cornwell Kenneth Yarber Douglas Cole Rodney Turner Michael Gomin Joe Woolridge Mike Maloney Randy Smith Mark Rebholz Jack Skidmore Garry Combs and Terry Ratliff. Other awards went to Terry Lee Fox Martin Maines Jackie Bowng Ned Bowling and Thomas Edwards. Seventy seven members attended.
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Billy Carter
Gregory Upton
Jay Cornwell
Kenneth Yarber
Douglas Cole
Rodney Turner
Michael Gomin
Joe Woolridge
Mike Maloney
Randy Smith
Mark Rebholz
Jack Skidmore
Garry Combs
Terry Ratliff
Terry Lee Fox
Martin Maines
Jackie Bowng
Ned Bowling
Thomas Edwards
Columbia Avenue extension opens easing truck traffic
William Cottrell, assistant to City Manager Charles W Thompson, cited benefits of the Columbia Avenue extension from Middletown Hydraulic Canal to Carmody Boulevard opened yesterday at noon. The bypass directs trucks away from Central Avenue, easing turns at Central and Main and allowing larger vehicles to use Verity Parkway to Columbia for access to Ohio 122. Cars shopping downtown are also expected to use the bypass.
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Columbia Avenue
William Cottrell
Charles W. Thompson
Middletown Hydraulic Canal
Carmody Boulevard
Ohio 122
Central Avenue
Central
Main Street
Cottrell
Main
Manchester Avenue
Manchester
Verity Parkway
Columbia
Miami River Bridge
Four injured in Rt 122 Elk Creek crash and more accidents
Four persons were injured in area traffic crashes yesterday as highway patrol cited three drivers. Edwin Danley 43 of Clayton Ohio attempted a left turn on Rt 122 in front of Ray Swartz 43 of Somerville Rt 1 injuring Swartz and his wife Wilma 34 and son Dennis Kay 5. Swartz family treated at Middletown Hospital. Swartz car demolished. Danley cited for failing to yield. In another incident Thomas Bowker 23 of Hamilton suffered head lacerations on Tylersville Road near I 75. A truck driver on Rt 4 at Gregory Creek bridge escaped injury after his rig hit the bridge. Jimmy Brown 182141 Stahl Heber Road Hamilton cited for reckless operation.
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Rt. 122
Elk Creek
Swartz
Wilma
Dennis Kay
Middletown Hospital
Danley
Thomas H. Bowker
Hamilton
Tylersville Road
Rt. 4
Gregory Creek Bridge
Rt. 747
Jimmy M. Brown
Stahl-Heber Road
Brown
Truck Crash Reported on Tylersville Road In Hamilton
Patrolmen described a crash involving a westbound truck driven by John A Ziepfel 21 of Hamilton and another auto driven by Bowker. Bowker received treatment at Mercy Hospital Hamilton and was cited under the assured fault rule.
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John A. Ziepfel
Hamilton
Tylersville Road
Bowker
Mercy Hospital
Hamiltton
Youths Held In Thefts At Laundromats
Three Middletown youths aged 15 to 18 and a 19 year old, Norman E. Knott, were arrested after laundromat machine vandalism at Barnes Quick Clean on Yankee Road and Smith Avenue. Knott charged. others jailed for investigation. The 15 year old admitted breaking into Violet Ray Laundromat on Main Street. The 15 year old was sent to Butler County Juvenile Detention Home.
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Middletown
Norman E. Knott
Ross S
Barnes Quick Clean
Yankee Road
Smith Avenue
Violet Ray
Main St
Butler County
Hamilton
Annexation discussed in Oakcrest subdivision area
Oakcrest Subdivision south of Tug gle Heights reports resident meetings on annexation changes in rates and services. Attendees include George P. Irwin at 4900 Coles Road E J Polisini 4816 Central Ave Gradyon Rudd 105 Hendrick Drive Ray and Mrs Linville 4907 Creekview Drive Al Ober 4906 Brookhaven Drive and Adrian Smallwood 5 Hendrick Drive.
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Oakcrest
Tuggle Heights
Dave Lamphier
Hendrick
George P. Irwin
Coles Road
E. J. Polisini
Central Ave
Graydon Rudd
Ray Linville
Creekview Drive
al Ober
Brookhaven Drive
Adrian Smallwood
Hendrick Drive
Residents to discuss annexation at Blue Ball church meeting
A Warren County residents meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m at Blue Ball Presbyterian Church will review annexation details. Earlier twenty residents from Tuggle Heights and East Plains gathered at the YMCA for a briefing on the same topic plus Interstate 75 and Manchester Road proximity.
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Warren County
Butler County
Manchester Road
Blue Ball Presbyterian Church
Tuggle Heights
East Plains
YMCA
Thursday Meeting Set By AP Group Knights of Pything
The Butler County Past Chan cellors Association of the Knights of Pything will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at Castle Hall. President Paul Jewell will preside with Lafayette Lodge 37 as the organizing body.
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Butler County
Eight Entries In Yule Contest In Middletown
Eight entries have been received for the Christmas lighting and decorating contest, more than last year. Picture window entries stand at one, seven in the general category, none in doorways. Deadline is December 26 by mail or telephone to Mrs. Robert Tenant. Judging will be from 6 30 to 10 30 p m. Mayfield, Amanda and Excello are eligible to enter, open to residents within Middletown city limits. Contest cosponsored by Town and Country Garden Club and Cincinnati Gas Electric Co.
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Robert Tenant
Nodiuas
Mayfield
Amanda
Excello
Middletown
Town and Country Garden Club
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Special Elections Under Way In Three Area Communities
Special elections on school levies in Trenton Lebanon and Germantown drew expected turnout with weather shaping patterns. In Trenton registered voters rose as committees pressed for passage of 19 mill levies. precincts reported varied early voting and Miltonville showed heavy activity. Lebanon courtly campaigned for 3.7 mill levy while 50 committees planned calls and in person appeals to boost turnout.
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Trenton
Lebanon
Germantown
Germantown Board weighs Civil Defense plans for schools
The Germantown Board of Education discussed emergency plans contingent on today’s school levy passage. Sergeant Verlyn Klopfer was authorized to appoint an advisory committee to guide Civil Defense measures in schools.
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Germantown Board of Education
Spt
Verlyn Klopfer
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Journal
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Paul Sullivan
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Armco Drainage
Cub
Bobcats
Courtney Brewer
Calvin Woodrey
Morgan
Edwin ©. Danley
Clayton
Ray Swartz
Somerville Rt. 1
AP Group
Wm. Schaeffer
Miltonville
Herman Myers
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