School Board Sets Standard Gym Sizes for New Facilities
The Board of Education approved standard gym dimensions for five new or added auditoriums. A 72 by 56 foot floor with 60 by 40 foot playing area was adopted, seating 300 in bleachers, with 28 by 20 foot stages. The move aims to save costs and mirror existing elementary gym sizes. The board also approved investing 3,050,000 of 3,500,000 school bonds in government securities maturing Aug 1, 1958 at 3.85 percent, placing the remaining 450,000 in building funds. They authorized a 750 change order for four extra ducts at Maple Park and the 3,963 bid from Valley Sheet Metal Co for a new roof on Middletown High School gym. A meeting with A M Kinney Associates was scheduled to discuss Amanda Junior High plans.
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Board of Education
Last Hight
Howard R. Cromwell
Cromwell
Halsy-Stuart Bond House
Chicago
Don Reichelderfer
Maple Park
Valley Sheet Metal Co
Middletown High School
Valley Sheet
A. M. Kinney Associates
Cincinnati Architects
Amanda
Middlesetown High Band Trip to Cleveland Likely Not Sanctioned
The Middlesetown School Board refused to sanction a request by the Band Associates to invite the Middlesetown High School band to appear at a Cleveland Browns game next year. Band director Joe B Franklin had tentatively withdrawn his resignation, but the board cited uncertain leadership and the possibility of a new director as reasons not to commit to the invitation. Superintendent Howard R Cromwell noted Franklin had morally withdrawn his resignation on Oct 31 but his future remained unresolved.
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Board of Education
Middletown High School
Cleveland Browns
MHS
Joe B. Franklin
Howard R. Cromwell
Browns
George Koeppel
City Commission Schedules 2 P.M. Meeting Tomorrow
The regular City Commission meeting is moved to 2 p.m. tomorrow from 7:45 p.m. The change was approved by commissioners last week.
Draft Quota For Butler Placed At 6
COLUMBUS The state Selective Service system announced a December induction call for 438 Ohioans. Butler County's quota is six, 10 below November and four above the year’s low. Montgomery 23, Prebie 1, and Warren 3. The youngest registrant eligible in December must be 22 by December 1 unless volunteer or delinquent.
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Columbus
Butler County
Montgomery County
Prebie County
Warren County
Eight-year-old breaks forearm in fall at home
Tim Guastaferro aged eight, son of John Guastaferro of 4002 Central Ave, broke his right forearm in a fall at home yesterday and was treated at Middletown Hospital and released. Also injured, 17-year-old John D. Tipton, son of John Tipton of West Middletown, required minor surgery to repair a thumb injury from farm machinery.
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Tim Guastaferro
John Guastaferro
Central Ave
Middletown Hospital
John D. Tipton
John Tipton
Franklin-Trenton Road
West Middletown Rt. 1
Sewer Closure Planned at Charles Street Intersection
The intersection of Charles Street and Manchester Avenue will be blocked at 8 a m tomorrow for about three days to permit construction of the Bulls Run sewer. Partial opening will follow to allow traffic, announced by public service director C A Boeke.
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Charles Street
Manchester Avenue
C. A. Boeke
Public Service
Boeke
Bulls Run
Four Deer Killed By Cars In Southeast Ohio Counties
Four deer were hit and killed on rural roads in Muskingum and Guernsey counties over a 24 hour period Monday, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol. No injuries were reported, though four vehicles were damaged.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Muskingum
Guernsey
Ohio Highway Patrol
Pastor in Critical Condition After Train Crash
The Rev Clifford Hutchinson of Grand Avenue Church remains in critical condition at Middletown Hospital after a train automobile collision at Yankee Road B&O crossing Thursday night. Wayne Waggoner and Roy Waggoner’s 10 year old son are injured. Karla Bryant 9 and Rose Nation 13 also hospitalized with serious injuries. Hutchinson has had multiple major operations, received 18 pints of blood, and remains conscious able to speak briefly through a tube.
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Clifford Hutchinson
Grand Avenue
Seatch of God
Middletown
Yankee Road B&o
Wayne Waggoner
Roy Waggoner
Yankee Rd
Karla Bryant
Hayward Bryant
Pershing Ave
Rose Nation
Harry Nation
Mohawk St
Calvary Methodist Board Plans Evening Session
The Calvary Methodist Church board meets tonight at 7 30 in Fellowship Hall to map out the coming program. Rev Floyd Powell of Miamisburg First Methodist Church will conduct the session after serving as guest leader for Calvary in the National Christian Teaching Mission last week.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Fellwship Hall
Floyd Powell
Miamisburg First
Atomic energy to light Coon
Moorpark Calif This 1500 residents will be lit for five minutes tonight by energy from a commercial nuclear reactor. Southern California Edison lines will carry the power from Atomics International Santa Susana to the Edison grid marking the first time a community is illuminated entirely by reactor power. Heat from fission drives steam and Edison generators at the site. Energy has fed into the system intermittently since July 1952.
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Moorpark
Calif
Southern California Edison Co
Atomics International
Santa Susana
Edison
Middletown School Actions Include Staffing And Facilities
The board granted church parking lot use on Sundays and praised the school for youth welfare efforts. They recognize science teachers amid Middletown High School’s two finalists in Bausch & Lomb scholarships and consider bids for Lemon Monroe High site improvements. Staff changes include Wilkinson replacing Abney, several bus driver raises, Hill’s extended year work, Cook replacing the late Clear, and Boyd’s resignation due to relocation.
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United Presbyterian Church
Middletown High School
Middletown Optimist Club
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co
Cromwell
Lemon-Monroe High School
Clarence Wilkinson
Grover Abney
Cecil Banks
Jimmie Howard
Charlie Howard
Herman Cornett
Russell VanCleave
Charles Brooks
Fred Banks
Harry Hill
Middletown High
Eloise Cook
Katherine Clear
Amanda
Clear
Sandrena Boyd
Wilson
Middletown
Journal Names Winners In Circulation Contest
Two Middletown Journal news carriers won a city circulation contest and received $50 wrist watches from circulation director F W Chew. Winners Thomas M Hutchinson and Ronald Pressler led among 89 entrants with routes in Mayfield Eaton Drive Mc Gee Central Kensington Euclid and Lamberton Sheffield Burbank and Plymouth avenues.
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Journal
Middletown Journal News
F W. Chew
Thomas M. Hutchinson
William Hutchinson
Orchard St
Ronald Pressler
William .Pressler
Lamberton
Hutchinson
Eaton Drive
McGee and
Central Avenues
Kensington
Euclid Streets
Pressier
Mayfield
Sheffield
Burbank
Plymouth
F. W. Chew
Tom Hutchinson
The
Teahouse of the August Moon at Middletown High
Middletown High School reports strong advance ticket sales for the senior class production Teahouse of the August Moon. The 8 p.m. show in the high school auditorium stars Mike Aronoff as Sakini, Steve Geckeler as Lt Frisby, and Dottie Sams as Lotus Blossom.
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Middletown High School
MHS
Mike Aronoff
Sakini
Steve Geckeler
Frisby
Nev Om
Ty Island
Dottie Sams
Lotus Blossom
Traffic Mark Broken
Harold W. Frentzel, 64, of Fremont, died in a Toledo hospital after being struck by a car in Fremont. He was the first traffic fatality in the area in 14 months, occurring a week prior.
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Fremont
Ohio
Harold W. Frentzel
Frentzel
Toledo
Overloaded Circuit Blamed for Tragic Middletown Fire
Fire Chief cites overloaded electrical circuit and frequent fuse blows at 4208 Vannest Ave as the cause of Middletown's worst fire in 27 years. Staton family, Clay 32 Morene 26 Susan Kay 5 Cynthia Ann 2, all perished from smoke and lack of oxygen. Insurance covers damage. state fire marshal may review findings.
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Middletown
William Fishbaugh
Clay Statan
Vannest Ave
Clay Staton
Morene
Susan Kay
Cynthia Ann
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Fishbaugh
Statens
Cincinnati
Home Owners Warned After Fire At 4208 Vannest Ave
Middleton officials caution homeowners about overloaded circuits after a fatal fire at 4208 Vannest Avenue. Commissioner Frank Ludewig urges use of licensed electricians, adherence to the National Electrical Code, and a city Electrical Inspection Bureau review for safety.
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Division of Fire
Ludewig
Electrical Inspection Bureau
Valen
Sorg Reports Net Earnings
Sorg Paper reports nine months 1957 net income of 373 153 on net sales of 12 358 026. For the same period 1956 net income was 673 163 on 14 407 078 in sales. Net income per common share after the 1957 split is 77 cents versus 1 48 in 1956 with ongoing operations at current levels.
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Sorg
D. G. Driscoll
Lorg
Ed Wynn Refuses Offers to Tell Life Story
Ed Wynn, the comedian turned serious actor, rejects stage, screen, TV and literary offers to tell his life story saying he hasn't lived it yet. He emphasizes a memoir may come after further experiences and growth.
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Ed Wynn
Parish Leaders Attend Opening Deanery Program
A leadership program for Hamilton Deanery Councils of Catholic Men and Women opened last night at the Fenmont Center in Hamilton. Daniel Kane of Cincinnati led introductions. Ford Niehaus of Cincinnati spoke on parish officer roles. Middletown and Trenton participants attended. next training session is Monday at 8 p.m. in St John’s Church basement.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Fenmont Center
Daniel Kane
Cincinnati
Ford “Niehaus
Richard Suedkamp
Margaret Cosiman
Howard Rieder
William Oke
Joseph Gordon
John Blust
John Dobrozsi
Clayton Fay
Celestine Frey
Herschel Bennett
John Lucas
James Cosimati
Peggy Gordon
Edith Norris
Joan Fullen
Cosimati
Robert Nunlist Jr
Fred Sennet
Trenton
Amanda Athlectic Club names officers for 1958 year
Bill Long of Aeronca Manufacturing Corp will head the Amanda Athletic Club for 1958 replacing Kenneth Page. New steering committee members include Shirley Thomas and Ed Sicking. Officers named are Carl Doughman vice president Ellis May treasurer and John Roof secretary, all residents of Middletown and Seven Mile.
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Bill Long
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Kenneth Page
Shirley Thomas
Ed Sicking
Long
Carl Doughman
Seven Mile
Ellis May
Middletown
John Roof
Electronic Switching System In Operation
In Youngstown Ohio a seven million dollar electronics system for switching freight cars went into limited use at the yards of the New York Central and Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroads Monday night.
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Youngstown
Ohio
New York Central
Pittsburgh
Lake Erie
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