Middletown Schools Operate On Tight Budget Of 2 991 105
The Middletown Board of Education approved nearly three million dollars in appropriations, leaving a projected balance of 99 253 after a 2 991 103 expenditure. Superintendent J. D. Blackford warned the 1956 budget must avoid extra levies, with contingency funds and categories monitored. Largest item is instruction at 1 920 500, including 1 611 000 for teachers salaries, plus administration and other costs. The two mill levy due for renewal in 1956, and state reports on local schools were discussed as part of ongoing fiscal and staffing planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Blackford
Doan’s Pills Offer Backache Relief After Kidney Strain
Painful backache and low energy from slow kidney function are described. Doctors stress proper kidney health, while Doan’s Pills are promoted as a mild remedy used by millions for fifty years to relieve discomfort and flush waste from the kidneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
School Board Advances Actions At Middletown Meeting
The board accepted J. Ronald Steiger’s resignation from McKinley Junior High and reviewed Blackford progress on reap pointment status for teachers, extra curriculars, and a non professional staff salary survey. A League of Women Voters letter supported easing lunch-hour relief for elementary teachers and a House resolution lauded Butler County as home of basketball. Considered repairs or replacement of Middletown High clocks and repurposing property on 1st Avenue for offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ronald Steiger
McKinley Junior High
Blackford
League of Women Voters
Ohio House of Representatives
Butler County
Middletown High School
1St Avenue
Homecoming for sick baby without a crib or clothing
After seven months at Mercy Hospital, two percent year old David McFarland returns home with no crib and limited clothing. His widow mother Mary McFarland says she owes 11.37 and struggles to care for five other children with welfare aid only. A Middletown lodge has shown interest but no aid yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
David McFarland
Mary McFarland
Middletown
Fees Start For Use Of Dump Area
City officials announce enforcement of disposal area fees starting today. City residents must buy tickets from the finance office to dump garbage. no cash is accepted at grounds. Ticket scale ranges from 25 cents for private cars to $1 for trucks over 14 tons. proof of city residence required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard H. Kramer
Kramer
Parole Violator Nabbed Working On Sad Job Here
James Thieneman, 30, a parolee from Mansfield Reformatory for armed robbery, was nabbed by Sgt. James Howerton on Ross Street and Sherman Avenue while doing sod work near the officer’s home. He had been on parole since last year and did not report to his parole officer. the January 1948 robbery at the former Kearney’s Restaurant on S Broad Street is noted in police records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney’s
Ross Street
Sherman Avenue
James Howerton
James Thieneman
Plum Ave
Thieneman
Mansfield Reformatory
Howerton
Ralph Bauer
Louis Janka
Mansfield
S. Broad Street
Zoning Bequest Is Turned Down
Middletown Planning Commission declined to change zoning for triangular area between Tytus Avenue and Verity Parkway north of Clark Street. Several property owners asked for a move from neighborhood business to central business. A. C. Neff said commissioners are drafting a letter to the City Commission detailing the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Two Youths Treated For Auto Injuries
Two youths were treated at Middleton Hospital after separate auto mishaps. James Perry, 17, suffered facial lacerations head injuries and a concussion when his bicycle collided with a car at Crawford Street and Grand Avenue at 3 35 p.m. His condition was listed as satisfactory. John Coleman, 18, driver of the car, said Perry rode through a red light while attempting to turn onto Grand Avenue. The collision caused about 50 dollars damage to Coleman's car. Donald Bryant, 13, was listed in satisfactory condition after a street collision on Young Street left him with a possible skull fracture and abrasions to the knee head and hand. Wesley Banks pulled the boy from under his car after it ran over him in the 1300 block of Young Street. Further incidents included Henry Jeffers cited for following too closely after a truck collision on Central Avenue and Shafer Street, leaving Virginia Crowe and others involved with minor damage totaling 185 dollars. Robert Stamper reported body bruises after his bicycle collided with a car at Central Avenue and Canal Street. Other minor city auto mishaps with under 150 dollars damage were noted on various streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleton Hospital
James C. Perry
Woodside Ave
Crawford Street
Grand Avenue
John T. Coleman
8Th Ave
Perry
Circle
Donald Bryant
James Bryant
Young St
Young Street
McCoy-Leffler
Wesley Banks
Curtis St
Banks
Henry J. Jeffers
Fairborn
Central Avenue
Shafer Street
Virginia Crowe
Lafayette Ave
Miami Maid Bread Co
Jeffers
Crowe
Robert Stamper
1St Ave
Canal Street
Benjamin Henry
Richard Diver
Germantown
Roland L. Anspach
Lower
Springboro
S. Broad Street
1St Avenue
William Hill
West Middletown
S. Broad St
Woman Arrested After Car Strikes Three Parked Cars
A local woman, 31, was arrested at 11 p.m. after her car allegedly struck three parked autos in the downtown area and left the scene. Police charged Mamie Hatton with fleeing the scene of an accident after witnesses and officers traced the car through S Main, Verity Parkway, and nearby streets. Damages totaled about 165 dollars across the three vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Main Street
Lafayette Avenue
Eugene Wolgamot
Delmas Birch
Mamie Josephine Hatton
S. Main St
Herbert Fawley
Kenneth Irwin
Trenton
Earl Dale
16Th Ave
1St Avenue
Verity Parkway
Verity
Powers Auto Sales
N. Verity Parkway
Tytus Avenue
Dale
Irwin
Powers Auto
Hatton
Cincinnati Bakery Strike Enters 24th Day
Cincinnati bakery strike enters its 24th day as the AFL Teamsters Union pushes a five day work week replacing the current six day schedule. The move aims to cut workdays while large chain stores with in-house bakeries remain unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Bakery
Cincinnati
AFL Teamsters Union
Police Nab Three Boys As Thieves
Police apprehended three local teenage brothers after solving two city break-ins valued at more than 100 dollars. The Garfield Cafe and Rossi Grocery were entered, with loot including cash, cigarettes, a radio, and a damaged telephone. The suspects, ages 15 16 and 17, were taken to juvenile authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Cafe
Garfield St
Rossi Grocery
John Fitzgerald
Roy Crout
Coy Hall
Paul Judd
Woodlawn Avenue
Curtis Street
Six Injured In Three-Car Crash At Peasttown Ohio
Six persons were injured, none seriously, in a three car collision on Ohio 4 two miles north of Middletown last night. The injured include Emory Adkins 36 Daniel Sibey 19 Harold Rose 34 Oleta Rose 27 Floyd Rose 8 and Darlene Rose 3. Sibey was fined 35 dollars for reckless operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio 4
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Emory Adkins
West Middletown Rt
Daniel Sibey
Trenton Rt
Harold Rose
Oleta Rose
Floyd Rose
Wife and Daughter Missing From Home Reported
A man told police that his wife Celeste, 33, and daughter Beth Ann Bennett, 10, have been missing from their home since 10 p m yesterday Kenneth Jeffries of 416 McKinley Street reported the disappearance Celeste is 5 feet 3 inches tall weighs 120 pounds has brown eyes and reddish brown hair and was last seen in a light green suit brown shoes Beth Ann is 4 feet 2 inches tall weighs 97 pounds has brown eyes and brown hair and wore a white blouse dark brown skirt loafers and white socks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Jeffries
McKinley St
Celeste
Beth Ann Bennington
Aeronca Plans Stock Plan Reorganization And Par Value Change
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp directors announced a plan to reorganize and simplify capital structure. It swaps 5% prior participating preferred stock into 25 shares of 5.44% prior cumulative preferred stock plus five shares of common, with $28.87 per share accrued dividends settled by one additional preferred share and $8.87 cash. The plan raises the par value of 55-cent cumulative convertible preferred to $10, changing accrued dividends and board election rights. A special stockholders meeting is set for 1:30 p.m. April 5. The move aims to clarify value for investors and adjust control, while reporting 1954 earnings and records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
John A. Lawler
Aeronca
Lawler Explains Proposed Structure to Stockholders
Lawler told stockholders the proposed new structure would simplify the corporation's capital structure and make possible a balance sheet that accurately reflects the interests of the company and its investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawler
Serviceman Nelson Warmoth to Return From Germany
Pfc. Nelson Warmoth, son of Mr and Mrs Sam Warmoth of Oxford State Road, will embark March 19 at Wilflicken Germany to return to the States. He has served two years in Germany with the Army Medical Corps and entered the service three years ago after attending Lemon Monroe High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Warmoth
Sam Warmoth
Oxford State Road
Wilflicken
Germany
Warmoth
Army Medical Corps
Lemon-Monroe High School
At The Movies Listings For Paramount And Strand
Paramount shows Privates of Tripoli at 1 15 and 4 20 7 30 10 00 Green Fire at 2 30 5 40 8 50 Tuesday. Wednesday Conquest of Space at 1 15 4 05 7 00 9 50 Unchained at 2 50 5 45 8 40 Strand presents Golden Mistress at 1 30 4 45 8 00 Garden of Evil at 3 00 6 15 9 30 Tuesday Big Sleep at 1 30 5 20 9 10 Singin in the Rain at 3 25 7 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Department of Education
Lemon- Monroe
Roosevelt and
McKinley
Lemon - Monroe
Howard R. Cromwell
Cromwell
Middletown Park Board
Central
Wilson
Lincoln
Hugh Butler
Spring Hill
Monroe
Lemon-Monroe
Middletown Auto Dealers Assn
Middletown Safety Council
Normen Rockwell
US OF
Converse Monuments
Armco Park
Waanchester Road
Baby
Iona Blevins
Vermont St
Butler County Welfare Service
McFarland
David
the Order
The
McCoy
Leffler Funeral Home
Broad Street
First Ave
Police
Peasttown
Middletown’s
Ivory Soap Laundry
Logan Ave
Paramount
Fire—Auto
Scce
Atcx
Ario
Jack Christy & Sons
DIAL
N. Main ST
Him
Middletown Journal
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!