Study Finds Advantages in Proposed School Consolidation
A Middletown Lemon Township merger study led by Robert Gruver argues long term educational gains outweigh short term drawbacks. Benefits include better planning, shared teaching resources, expanded curricula, and improved finances, while short term issues involve levy renewals, state aid changes, and administrative integration challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Wolfe
Middletown
Lemon Township
Middletown School Board
Robert Gruver
Police Seek Two Youths In Robbery Case
Middletown man Jack Toole reports two youths robbed him at 5th Avenue and Yankee Road late last night. He says one assailant 5 feet 9 inches tall, 145 pounds, in a yellow T shirt, 17 to 19, fled north with $21 and cigarettes. second suspect unseen. Police filed the report at 12:35 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
5Th Avenue
Yankee Road
Jack Toole
S. Main St
John Fitzgerald
Dan Pelfrey
Willaim Brewer
Toole
No Relief Is Sighted
Rainy spell continues in Middle town as showers persist for a week. The heat eased briefly with a cool wave as temperatures peaked at 92 and dipped to 68, with 80 degrees by midmorning. The Weather Bureau forecast stays warm and humid with scattered showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Bu-reau
Boy Returns Stolen Lawn Mower to Sutphin Street Home
A 13 year old boy who took a lawn mower from a home on N Sutphin Street returned it the same week. Police said he was almost back to the residence when officers arrived and he was handed to juvenile authorities and released after a lecture.
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N. Sutphin Street
Junile
Fracture Cases Keep Middletown Hospital Busy
The Middletown Hospital cast room treated two adults and two children for fractures. Patients included 62 year old Mrs Walter Heffling who slipped and fractured her right leg and 6 year old Beverly Vanderpool with a fractured left forearm. A 9 year old, Bruce Lickliter, received care for a left wrist fracture after a tree fall. An employee of Continental Motors Co. was treated for a fractured left ankle after a fall from a loading truck at Armco. All were dismissed after treatment.
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Middletown Hospital
Walter Heffling
Middletown Pike
Beverly Vanderpool
Fernwood St
Bruce Lickliter
Jewell St
Sidney Sutton
Cincinnati
Continental Motors Co
Armco
Middletown Names Three New Fire Captains for Rookie Training
Middletown will train twelve new firefighters under three captains Jack Clark R J Hester and Karl Davis starting July 1. Each captain will lead a four man crew for a 30 day period to ensure continuous operation. Clark 39 Hester 43 and Davis 54 bring long service records with Clark and Hester appointed in 1942 and Davis since 1932. All three are first aid trained and reside with their families in local homes.
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Middletown
Jack Clark
R.J. Hester
Karl Davis
William Fishbaugh
Department
Clark
Most
Hester
Tillerman
Florence
Harrison St
Ment
City
Davis
Eva Naomi
Euclid Ave
Karl Jr
Main Street Auto Agency Sold in 225000 Deal
The sale of 115 119 N Main St including garage and salesroom to Merlin J Loew Inc of Marion from O C Johnson was reported. The frontages total about 100 ft with 200 ft depth. Johnson also traded a 27 acre Twin Creek estate to Loew. Possession Oct 1 transfers lease and remodel plans to extend the front. Johnson plans market of the estate. the country home dates from around 1936.
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N. Main St
Wreath
Mid-Town Motors, Inc
Merlin J. Loew, Inc
Marion, Inc
O.C. Johnson
Main Street
Merlin J. Loew
The
Marion Company
Loew
Marion
Dayton
Indianapolis
Johnson
Twin Creek
Middletown
Exchange
First National Bank of
Elliott Levey
Bradley Schaeffer
al Rubin
Middletown Realtor
Mid-Town Motors
James R. Smith Jr
William P. Foster
OK Stamped On Food Licensing Program In County
Butler County's food service licensing program earned early approval from the Ohio Department of Health. County Health Commissioner Dr. H A Moore said a formal notice from Dr. T A Gardner confirmed the achievement, noting the approval is the first issued since the law took effect last January.
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State
Butler County
Ohio Department of Health
H. A. Moore
T. A. Gardner
Dayton
Southwest Ohio
Food Service
Grand Avenue Traffic May Be Resumed Monday
City Manager Howard H. Kramer reported that traffic on Grand Avenue between The Alameda and Orchard Street is expected to resume Monday. The Sutphin-Grand relief sewer construction has blocked the road for two months. L A Waldner Construction Co. moved its equipment to Florence Street as sewer ditch fill is packed and paving on the new line will begin soon.
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Grand Avenue
Alameda
Orchard Street
Howard H. Kramer
Ohio Rt. 122
L. A. Waldner Construction Co
Florence Street
Kramer
Wicorf Street
Sutphin Avenue
Mansfield Awarded North-South All-Star Game
Massillon Ohio reports the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association has awarded the 1955 North South All Star game to Mansfield. The classic will be held mid August following a week long clinic. The 1954 game is set for August 13 at Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massillon
Ohio
Ohio High
Mansfield
Springfield
Good Samaritan Reported Theft From Center
Howard Haskins of 228 Garfield Street, chairman of the cerebral palsy program for Middletown, reported to police that about $100 worth of tools were stolen from the Clark Street treatment center building. He has worked to obtain equipment for the facility and the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Haskins
Garfield St
Middletown
Clark St
Clark Street
Grandmother Linked to Youths in Golf Course Burglaries
Two Middletown youths were picked up by detectives amid allegations they burglarized Verity golf course on 2nd Avenue and a car on 400 S Main. Their grandmother, 62, is in custody for contributing to the delinquency of minors after $40 was allegedly used for racing bets at River Downs.
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Middletown
Verity Golf Course
S. Main St
River Downs
Ralph Bauer
Steve Lazaron
Lazaron
2Nd Avenue
Cap. Bauer
Paul Fouts
Louis Janka
Bauer
City Clears Weeds at Fresh Air Camp
City officials today announced the Fresh Air Camp on Rosendale Road has been prepared for summer. The street department cleared underbrush and mowed weeds at the campsite, according to City Manager Howard H. Kramer.
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Howard H. Kramer
Rosedale Road
Officers Renamed On JA Board For Next Year
Junior Achievement board of directors re-elected all officers at the June meeting held at the Manchester Hotel. New officers are John A. Lawler president, David Arnold vice president, and Mrs. Evelyn Day secretary. C. H. Murray Mrs. Day C. W. Beck J. F. Mulligan and R.A. Nash were reappointed. Robert McDade, Crystal Tissue Co industrial relations manager and former JA director, was elected to fill the vacancy from Robert Bergstein’s resignation.
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Junior Achievement Board of Directors
Manchester
John A. Lawler
David Arnold
Evelyn Day
C. H. Murray
Robert Bergstein
Union to Vote This Weekend at Nelva Center
Aaron Fields, president of Local 112 United Paper Workers CIO, announced that voting will be held at Nelva Center tomorrow and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Fields
United Paper Workers, Cio
Nelva Center
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Financial Committee
Don Reichelderfer
Reichelderfer
School Foundation
State Department of Education
Nab Boy
Cently
Company No. 1
Ann
Goldman Ave
R. J. Hester
Main Street Auto Agency
Homestead
Dixie Highway Garage
Bunnel
Bryan Philips
Ken Philips
Lincoln-Mercury
Verity
Coldspot
General Electric
Crosley Shelvador
Westinghouse
Broad ST
First National
Bank OF
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Park Place
Sutphin
Monroe
Monroe, Ohio
Armco East
Lady Sylvia, Inc
GAS & Elect
Main ST
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