Public Housing Opens Bright New Life For Residents
Readers tour two public housing developments as the city opens 52 apartments on 18th Avenue and Minnesota Street and 98 units on South Main Street. Brick buildings feature small patios, concrete lattice enclosures, and kitchen entrances on the street side with living rooms facing the yard. Inside spaces are compact yet comfortable as families settle in.
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18Th Avenue
Minnesota Street
South Main Street
Wilbur Wilson
Prospect Ave
Garfield
Yankee Road
Cothell Palmore
18Th Ave
Curtis St
Hamilton
Memories of a Retiring Weegie Fire Chief Fishbaugh
Middletown celebrates Chief William Fishbaugh known as Weegie who began as a boy with the firehouse and Ouija board curiosity. His career spanned from 1930 to 1945 as chief, growing the department from 3% firefighters with four rigs to 69 men and 13 pieces of equipment. He notes fire fighting evolved with better gear and materials, and stresses fire prevention in schools as key for safety.
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William Fishbaugh
Middletown
Weegie
Crawford Street
Linden Avenue
Hoy
Naeebehs
William “Weegie
Fishbaugh
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Dixie News
Main Street
Central Avenue
Hamilton
Dayton
Sorg Paper Co
Harry Truman
Records On Loan Boost Middletown Library Music Room
A gift from Columbia Records raises the Middletown Public Library music room total to over 1300 records, mainly 33 rpm long players. The collection favors classical and jazz with no rock and roll, loan terms include a one week period and modest fines for late returns.
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New York
Middletown Public Library
Columbia Records
Jeanette Niederlander
Laura Mae Sebald
Music Room
William Shakespeare
Ronald Coleman
Burn Road
Middletown High School
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Jim Bohman
Journal
Tom Olds
Ron Brauer
Mrs. Sebald
Ted Elam
9 Lyl
Sebald
Darren
Michael
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Middletown Journal
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