Middletown School Board Approves 1956 Budget Plan
The Middletown Board of Education approved a $3,119,490 tentative budget for 1956 with a $114,370 deficit after cutting $117,000 from the superintendent’s request. Major outlay is $1,750,000 for teachers’ salaries, with further reductions in repairs and capital outlay. The board also set staffing, adopted new textbooks, and discussed bond retirement, building funds, and policy on Sunday use of school property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
John D. Blackford
Blackford
Middletown
Lemon
Maple Park
Amanda
Jack Kenny & Co
Roosevelt
Washington
Otto L. Long Jr
Beth Sholom
Russell Weatherwax
Barnitz Field
Hugh Butler
Hamilton
Board of Liquor Control
Donald Jackson
17Th Ave
Butler
Bureau of Educational Research
Ohio State University
University Burea
Citizens Committee
Ohio State Group
Heard
Middletown High School
Charles Hattery
Jaycee
Heck Exits Race for Middletown School Board
Joseph Heck, the third member of Middletown Board of Education, will not seek another term this year. He was appointed in January to replace Ross Snyder and previously served on the Lemon Monroe Board, where he was president at the time of the merger of Lemon and Middletown systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Heck
Middletown Board of Education
Heck
Ross Snyder
Lemon-Monroe Board of Education
Lemon
Middletown
Police Briefs Detain Suspect With Bond Jump in Georgia
Detective Herbert Frazier yesterday arrested Joseph Williams age 23 of 1219 Sycamore Street for jumping bond and failing to appear on a drunken driving charge in Georgia. Williams was released to a Lawrenceville deputy sheriff. Tom Andre of 1510 Woodlawn Avenue reported a tent stolen from his yard.
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Herbert Frazier
Joseph Williams
Sycamore Sr
Georgia
Lawrenceville
Tom Andre
Woodlawn Ave
Harold Wheeler Arrested for DUI and Red Light Violation
Harold Wheeler, 33, of 2020 Brentwood Street, was arrested early today at Clinton Street and Central Avenue for driving while intoxicated and a red light violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wheeler
Brentwood St
Clinton Street
Central Avenue
Armco Posts New Six Month Record Earnings and Sales
Armco Steel Corp reported record earnings and sales for the first half of 1955. Net income totaled $28,020,534 or $2.65 per share on 10,572,739 shares, with 102.5 percent of capacity used. Six month sales reached $329,521,667, up 23.3 percent from 1954. The board also declared a 45 cent per share dividend payable Sept 8 to holders of record Aug 5. The company expects continued strong demand and notes expansion projects including Middletown Works furnaces due early 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco Steel Corp
Charles R. Hook
Armco
Hook
Armeco
Middletown
Armco Board of Directors
Parolee Fined for False Hotel Registration in Court
Garnie Neace, 24, Mansfield Reformatory parolee, paid 100 fine and costs for false registration at the Earle Hotel after using the alias Harold Combs. Other charges of disorderly conduct and impersonating an officer were dismissed. Neace also faced a $2 parking ticket and remains held on a parole violation.
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Mansfield Reformatory
Garnie Neace
Vanderveer St
Harold Combs
Earle
Neace
J. T. Lamb
Anna Mae Lovely
Earle Hotel
Lamb
S. Main Street
One Car Stolen and Another Found in City
Police reported a double theft with one car recovered near the victim’s home. Edward Wells’s vehicle, taken Saturday night from Broad Street, was found a block away. Horace Miller reported a 1952 black car license 4417 KK stolen from Calumet Avenue around 5 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wells
Judy Dr
Wells
Broad Street
Horace Miller
Calumet Ave
Cincinnati Woman Admitted for Observation at Good Samaritan
Miss Mary OConnor proprietor of the Manchester cigar stand and hotel was admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati for observation and treatment She resides at the Middletown Girls Club
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary O'Connor
Manchester
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati
Miss O'Connor
Middletown
Firemen Respond to Two Minor Middletown Incidents
Middletown firefighters handled two minor blazes and an injury call yesterday. A faulty incinerator at B F Sawyer & Son Inc 1501 1st Ave caused smoke but no damage. A short circuit sparked a small fire at 1103 Nelbar St with no damage. An emergency run at 11:15 a.m. assisted Mrs. J W Boyd 80 at 217 Franklin St after a knee injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
B. F. Sawyer & Son, Inc
1St Ave
R. E. Scott
Nelbar St
J. W. Boyd
Franklin St
Accident Victim Improves to Fair After Three-Car Collision
Mrs. Alene Spencer aged 30 of 2313 Byron Street was injured in a three car crash at North Broad Street and Columbia Avenue Sunday. In Middletown Hospital she improved from serious to fair, with a fractured jaw and multiple facial and head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alene Spencer
Byron St
N. Broad Street
Columbia Avenue
Middletown Hospital
Spencer
At The Movies Showings This Week
Paramount screens Love Me or Leave Me and Dam Busters with multiple nightly starts. Strand features Glenn Miller Story and Seminole Wagising with varied showings. Colonial and Dixie Cruise In list Seven Year Itch and Mr Scoutmaster respectively with several times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Dixie Cruise
YMCA Board Okays 1955 56 Budget With Expansion
The YMCA board approved a 1955 56 operating budget of 155 673 with earned income projected at 123 873 and a 1400 allocation increase sent to the Civic Association. The rise funds expansion of women and girls programs and a 12275 maintenance and repairs line reflecting a long range upkeep plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Association
YMCA
Ralph Knight
Ymca Board of Directors
Knight
Hamilton Pair Held After Hit-Skip Here
Five charges filed against Hamilton men after an auto sideswiped a parked car at 807 Yankee Rd. Louis McChane 38 was charged with driving while intoxicated fleeing the scene and no operator license Fred Maggard 49 owner passenger was charged with intoxication and permitting an unlicensed person to operate a motor vehicle. Police said McChane drove north after hitting the parked car owned by John Phillips 73 at 12 55 p m. and then to 6th Avenue. A separate report noted a driver Richard Waits 23 said a fast moving car on a curve crossed the wrong side of Sutphin Street causing damage to his car about 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Yankee Rd
Louis McChane
John St
Fred Maggard
East St
McChane
John Phillips
6Th Avenue
N. Sutphin Street
Richard Waits
Tibball St
Franklin
Waits
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J. L. Jacobs
Valeska Appleberry
Frances Rossman
Marie Corley
Mary
Barbara Schick
Velma Browning
Joseph Ruggles
Dean C. Glasgow
Joseph Woodruff
Delphine Dale
Taft School
Lila Stewart
Monroe
Miriam Patton
Washington School
Maytag Sales & Service
Melampy
Centra
Cincinnati Hospital
McCoy-Leffler
Col Ler “Funeral Home
Howe
Order OF the Gowen
Civic
Fidelity Orthopedic
Fidelity Medical
U.S
Second Avenue
Broad & Verity Parkway
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