Absenteeism Rises At Local Schools Amid Flu Outbreak
McKinley Junior High reports 259 pupils out sick, 38 percent absent. Roosevelt Junior High at 26.7 percent, 276 of 1 034 students missing. Other schools show higher rates including Lemon Monroe Middletown Taft Central Wilson and Jefferson. Holy Trinity rises to 23 percent. Fenwick improves to about 20 percent. No Middletown police or firemen off duty today due to influenza. One officer was out earlier this week with a non Asian flu illness.
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McKinley Junior High
Princial L. J. Ragland
Roosevelt Junior High
Lemon-Monroe High
Middletown High
Taft Elementary
Central
Willson
Jefferson
Holy Trinity Parochial School
Fenwick High School
Middletown
Little Miami Schools Closed by Flu Epidemic
Warren County’s Little Miami District closed all four schools due to a flu outbreak. Hamilton-Maineville Elementary recorded 125 of 440 absent, Morrow and Harlan-Butlerville Elementary also shut as absences rose. high school and Morrow Elementary had earlier closures. Football game with Seven Mile postponed and later to be rescheduled.
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Morrow
Bethel
Little Miami
Seven Mile
Warren County
Toastmasters guests name top speakers at meeting
Ralph Gaynor and Don Gephart tied for best speaker honors while Jack Siegried was voted most improved. Earl Moore presided as toast master and Dr R R Hasemeier was named best critic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Gaynor
Don Gephart
Toastmasters Club
Jack Siegried
Earl Moore
R. R. Hasemeier
Flu Forces Cancellation of Scout Camporee Near Otterbein Home
About 500 Mound Builder Area Boy Scouts see their weekend camporee canceled for health reasons after a conference with Dr. Jack Harris and local scouting leaders. The flu delay disrupted prepped campsites, gateways, and food plans while troops report varied absenteeism. It remains unclear if the event will be rescheduled this fall.
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Otterbein
Jack Harris
Council
W T. Adams
Charles Stutenhoim
George Bundick
Bundick
Camperee
Javeee Party Set Oct 31 At Stadium
Junior Chamber of Commerce hosts a Halloween Party October 31 at Barnitz Stadium starting 6 30 p m with bonfire lighting followed by games and prize drawings. City Park Director Tom Carlson and Hi Y members run games with judges from Middleton. Registration cards at schools enter radio child prize draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Lions Hear of Schools Construction Progress
School Superintendent Howard Cromwell addressed the Lions Club at the Manchester Hotel detailing bond sales architect reviews and project assignments as steps before building begins. He projected the Central building replacement finishing within two to three months of the Wildwood Elementary opening and noted park playground cooperation with the Park and Recreation Department. He also outlined a renewed operating levy on the November ballot reducing the original 3.5 to 3.0 mills.
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Howard R. Cromwell
Lions Club
Manchester Hotel
Cromwell
Wildwood
Park and Recreation Department
Rock Throwers Sent To Court
Three Middletown juvenile boys have been ordered to appear in juvenile court for throwing a rock through a bedroom window at the residence of Jack Moore on Sheridan Avenue. No ages listed.
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Middletown
Jack Moore
Sheridan Ave
Car Rams Pole In Middletown Police Report
A Middletown man, Laverne Sargent, 25, escaped serious injury when his car crashed into a utility pole at Jacoby Avenue and Grove Street at 2 05 p m He was treated for chin cuts at Middletown Hospital and released after five stitches The collision damaged the car and knocked two transformers from the pole Police say Sargent lost control while passing another car and struck the pole Estimated damage 1200 Two other incidents cited include a failure to yield collision at Columbia Avenue and Clinton Street with $225 damage and a separate yield violation at Baltimore Street and Fairmount Avenue with $200 damage The day also saw a collision between a car driven by Robert Clark and a B and O engine at Yankee Road crossing causing 50 in damage
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Middletown
Jacoby Avenue
I Grove Street
Laverne Sargent
Lewis St
Middletown Hospital
Sargent
Parkview Avenue
Grove Street
Parkview
Grove
McCoy
Letfier Ambulance
Pearl Randall
Forest Ave
William K. Robinson
Linden Ave
Columbia Avenue
Clinton Street
William Maloney
Woodlawn Ave
Jerry Manning
Douglas St
Baltimore Street
Fairmount Avenue
Robert Clark
Alameda
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Charles Rosell
Cincinnati
B&o
Yankee Road
Parents Draw 100 Fine In Truancy Case
The parents of a Middle town junior high pupil were fined 100 dollars and costs by Judge David Black in Hamilton Domestic Relations Court for contributing to their child’s truancy. The fine was suspended on condition of regular attendance. failure to comply could bring further action and possible placement in a corrective institution. The father spent days in jail for not posting bond. Local school officials provided the background prior to the hearing.
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Middletown
David Black
Hamilton
Black
Saxbe Advocates Republicanism At Ohio Rally
Ohio Attorney General William Saxbe addressed about 300 people at the Young Republicans barbe cue dinner at the Sportsmen's Club. He argued Republicanism reflects modern life and that government should run like a business amid global scientific advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
William Saxbe
Repubblicans
City awaits papers in $350000 damage suit
James Miles of Cincinnati filed a $350000 damage suit in Butler County Court naming the city of Middletown the McCoy Oil Co and Herschel Greenham as co defendants. He seeks $250000 compensatory and $100000 exemplary damages for injuries from a Oct 22 1956 sewer explosion that killed two men and injured another. Miles remains hospitalized as the petition alleges gasoline spilled into the sewer system from the Municipal Garage on N Verity Parkway and Greenham spilled fuel while delivering it to an underground tank. City Manager Charles W Thompson said he has been served with process.
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Butler County Court of Common, Pleas
James Miles
Baymiller St
Cincinnati
McCoy Oil Co
Middletown
Herschel Greenham
Dixie Highway
Kelly Baker
Franklin
Bulls Run
Miles
Middletown Hospital
N. Verity Parkway
Greenham
Charles W. Thompson
Banquet Planned By GOP Group in Hamilton
The Women's Republican Club of Hamilton will host a fall banquet at 6 30 p m next Wednesday at the First Methodist Church. Speaker lineup includes Roger Tracy state treasurer and Rep Paul Schenck. Reservations via Mrs Edwyw Fath or Mrs Stenger before Monday night. In Overpeck two cars were damaged when a Mary E Schell of Miamisburg hit Peggy Ewen of Williamsdale, knocking the Ewen car into a telephone pole. No injuries. Deputies responded.
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Hamilton
Women’s Republican Club of
First Methodist Church
Hazel Stenger
Roger Tracy
Paul Schenck
Edwyw Fath
Stenger
Mary E. Schell
Miamisburg
Peggy Ewen
Williamsdale
Ewen
EUB Men Plan Sunday Service
The First Evangelical United Brethren Church hosts a Men Day Sunday with a 7 am breakfast prepared by men. S H Kitchen chairs the planning with Dr L H Bremer and Roger Garrett assisting. Talks by Alma Evans Frank Troutvine Jr and Robert Gray Jr replace the sermon. A men's chorus performs during the service.
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First Evangelical United Brethren Church
S. H. Kitchen
L. H. Bremer
Roger Garrett
Alma Evans
Frank Troutvine Jr
Robert Gray Jr
Short Circuitt Sets Car Afire
A fire under the hood blamed on a short circuit in wiring caused about 175 dollars of damage to the car of George Pierce at 3400 Grand Ave in front of 35 S Verity Pkwy. Firemen from Company 1 responded at 6 26 p m and by 7 38 p m found a street torch had overturned with no further damage. The emergency squad aided Esther Young 52 of 509 Yankee Rd at 1 45 p m yesterday and she was not hospitalized.
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George Pierce
Grand Ave
S. Verity Pkwy
Company 1
Grimes Street
Manchester Avenue
Yankee Rd
Esther Young
Davis and Roper Attend Ohio Principals Association Meeting
W. E. Davis principal of Lemon Monroe High and Andrew E. Roper principal of Roosevelt Junior High are at the semi annual meeting of the Ohio High School Principals Assn in Columbus. The two day session gathers junior and senior high school principals, supervisors and coordinators to study current school problems with another meeting planned for April in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Davis
Lemon-Monroe
Andrew E. Roper
Roosevelt
Ohio High School Principals Assn
Columbus
Domestic relations warrant arrests at Ottawa Street home
Sheriff's deputies and a juvenile officer arrested Beulah Rhodes, 32, on a Domestic Relations Court warrant charging neglect of five children aged 4 to 14. Hearing set for Thursday. Burglary at General Wholesale Supply Co. on Woodlawn Avenue. Building pried open. missing items not yet determined. Hubcap thefts reported from Carl Amatulli and Clifford White.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Beulah Rhodes
Ottawa St
General Wholesale Supply Co
Woodlawn Ave
Carl Amatulli
Sherman Ave
Clifford White
Kiwanis Hear Driscoll Levy Talk in Middletown
Don Driscoll, chairman of the Better Middletown Committee, outlined the city’s depleted finances at the Kiwanis noon meeting. He urged a two mill levy to be voted on next month to fund current services and improve employee salaries.
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Middletown
Middletown Kiwanians
Don Driscoll
Better
Driscoll
Painting Ends On Water Tower In Kensington Area
The painting of the Kensington Curryer Road water storage tank is finished and full pressure is restored citywide. City Manager Charles W Thompson announced that painting of the Curryer Road tank should finish next week and that customers in the northeast city may face low pressure in the meantime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington
Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Curryer Road
City to hire nine for new sewage plant separate funds
City Manager Charles Thompson said hiring for the new sewage treatment plant will be funded from the sewage fund, separate from the general operating fund. He noted a $105,000 year-end deficit in the general fund and that a two mill operating levy on the November ballot aims to cover future needs.
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Charles Thompson
Thompson
City Commission
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Middletown
Miami
Rep Schenck to Meet Constituents in Middletown
Representative Paul F. Schenck of Ohio's Third District will visit the American Legion home on Main Street in Middletown next Tuesday between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. to make up for August conferences canceled by Congress delay. No appointment needed. executive secretary Arthur A. Graf Jr. coordinated the prior schedule.
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Paul F. Schenck
Dayton
Ohio
Middletown
Schenck
Washington
American Legion
Main Street
Third District
Rep. Schenck
Arthur A. Graf Jr
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Les Baxter
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