No Vacation Time For Madison School Problems
Madison Township Improvement Association studies enrollment and rising school costs amid limited local tax bases and looming state aid cuts. They note a high district tax rate, rising per pupil costs, and a trend of growing enrollment with few local industries to support funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Poasttown
Madison Township Improvement Association
Martin Littman
Madison Township
West Middletown
Littman
Madison District
Middletown
Littmen
Improvement Association
Trenton
Franklin Dogwood Planted By Club Memorializes Hazel Brown
A white dogwood tree was planted at Franklin Public Library as a memorial to Mrs. Hazel I. Brown a Jo-Ba-Lena Garden Club charter member who died April 4 The planting was done by Mrs George Baxter civic projects chair and Mrs Victor Wootan club member Also announced was the completion of another landscaping project at the library with ancy leaved caladiums set in the planter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Franklin Public Library
Hazel I. Brown
George Baxter
Civic Projects
Victor Wootan
Trenton Girls Attend Spiritual Conference at Hanover College
Four Trenton girls Carlene Ennis Brenda Mehl Alice Sharits and Betty Sharits were to attend a spiritual conference at Hanover College Indiana yesterday. Accompanying them were Mrs Carl Ennis and Mrs Joe Schrock. Also noted are local social gatherings births and military enlistments affecting the Trenton area including three boys Harold Arnold Nelson Bowlus and Jack Evans enlisting in the U S Marines and stationed in San Diego.
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Trenton
Hanover College
Hanover
Ind
Carlene Ennis
Brenda Mehl
Alice Sharits
Betty Sharits
Carl Ennis
Joe Schrock
Harry Specht
William Bailey
Mississippi
Carl Willsey
Preston Harris
Bert Andrews
Hamilton
Morgan Dickerson
Jacksonburg
Coretta Coulthard
Warren Mitchell
Joe Barker
Jack Harris
Middletown
Donald
Harold Arnold
Nelson Bowlus
Jack Evans
Boom Area Valley Values Rising Very Fast
A state auditor report shows Miami Valley real estate values rising far faster than Ohio average. Montgomery County valuations jumped 58 percent above state average. remaining Miami Valley counties rose about 46 percent. Total Ohio taxable wealth reached 22.976 billion, up over 1 billion from 1955.
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Columbus
Miami Valley
Ohio
Montgomery County
James Rhodes
Germantown Club hostess at Mere 500 gathering
Special Germantown note details Mildred Strayer hosting a Mere 500 club meeting at her home. The piece lists many local visitations, trips, and family news including visitors from Palestine Dayton and Salem and trips to New England New York and California with multiple households mentioned.
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Germantown
Mildred Strayer
Germantown youth named Montgomery County rep to cooperative institute
Daniel Gephart of Germantown route 1 was chosen as Montgomery County's representative to the American Institute of Cooperation at Colorado State College August 18 21. The selection announced by John Vermilya chair man of the county youth cooperative committee. Gephart valedictorian of Germantown High School and winner of a cooperative scholarship to Ohio State University. He also earned a gold medal in this year's Future Farmers of America extemporaneous speaking contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Daniel Gephart
Montgomery County
American Institute of Cooperaion
Colorado State College
Gephart
John Vermilya
Ohio State University
Future Farmers of America
Springboro pushes water and natural gas expansion
Springboro moves to extend the Main Street water line about 800 feet north toward the corporation line as part of continued village growth. Contracts estimated at 3000 to 5000 dollars aim for a 90 day completion by fall, with water rates 3 dollars per quarter inside the village and 4 outside. Citizens, Lions Club push for natural gas hookups, petitioning Cincinnati Gas & Electric with 250 signatures to require village council action. minimum tap-in charge set at 40 dollars. Gas lines already exist about a mile from the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Public Affairs Board
Mitchell Parker
Corporation
Citizens Improvement Committee
Lions Club
Robert South
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Montgomery County
Springboro
Club Has Big Plans for Take Off Pounds Club
Leb anon TOPS meets every Tuesday evening at Harmon Hall starting at 7. Club organizers outline plans to expand activities and promote weight loss through group support and routine meetings.
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Lebanon
Harmon Hall
Seven Mile Knights Of Pythias Homecoming Event
SEVEN MILE Special reports the Knights of Pythias will sponsor a homecoming at the school grounds on Saturday evening July 20. The note mentions attendance by League players, coaches, parents and friends at a Cincinnati ball game last week and lists local residents visiting relatives and traveling to various cities. The piece reads as a community update with multiple brief personnel movements and visits across Benton Harbor Dayton Detroit and several other places.
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Edmond Goodwin
Palestine
Ill
John McCall
David D. Durnbaugh
Salem
Carl Miller
Dayton, Pike
Susan Durnbaugh
Linda Truax
Clifford Martin
Dayton
New England States
William Addleman
Katherine Louise
Middletown Hospital
iMr
George Bell
Rex Addleman
Lee Barkalow
Ralph Barkalow
Carol Gables
Fla
Boyd Askins
Greg
John Hamm Jr
Cantonment, Fla
Knights of Pythias
Cincinnati
Karl Hake
Benton Harbor
Mich
Paul Grollmus
E. J. Gilford
Nell Cornthwaite
The
Methodist Union
Ohmer Park Church
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Max Summers
Association
West Middletown School
Oliver Seitzer
Butler County
Ohio State
Farely
Peasttown
Peasttown School
Sommers
Herbert Daniels
Brown County State Park
Tom Marianos
Sacramento
Calif
Marianos
James Hurt
Charles Reynolds
Earl Kindred
E. S. Coleman
H and H Club
Rike’s
Mel Earnhart
Jacob D. Scholl
Indiana Lake
Lylburn Cummins
Franklin Heights
Claire Humphrey
Claire Ellen
Kenny
Wisconsin
Walter Fryburger
Julian Gaiser
Ruth Lake
Wis
Preble County
Warren County
Rhodes
Mrs. Strayer
Glenn Southard and
C. Southard
Miamisburg
Glenna Rickard
Byron
Bill Laughlin
Ross Winning
Blanche Wessell
Harry Maxson
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mrs. Budcliff
Fam
Robert Judy
Harold Judy
Harry France
Paul Arnold
Rex Addieman
William Addieman
Leonard Hartzell
Gail
Whittier
Harold Schnell
Michigan
Leslie McKinley
Florida
Sterling Long
Redley-Phillies
Crosley Field
Vivien Klopfer
Pittsburgh
Donald Fleisher
Board of Public Affairs
Charles Gray
Paul
TYTUS
VIC & Paul’s
Ora Stang
Tony Stang
Smoky Mountains
al Carpenter
Detroit
Wellington
Charles Listerman
California
Jimmy Grollmus
Carl Grollmus
William Grollmus
Eaton
Tennessee
Charles Cortelyou
Ray Shadle
Janne
Walter Lee
Minnie Manrod
Er Cunningham
Collinsville
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