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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1957
Page
25
Miss Sarah Downs, producer of the Chautauqua Players, reflects on a first season that cost about 1,200 dollars weekly to run but yielded artistic growth and several minor profits. She plans a lighter, classical lineup next summer with lower prices and improved technicals, guided by this year’s lessons.
Clergymen psychologists and social workers weigh a Middletown youth center. Parks director Tom Carlson argues a dedicated facility is needed for teens and for Golden Agers, offering combined recreation education and spiritual programs. Opinions vary on supervision and approach, with YMCA facilities and community input favored. Carlson says the project would come when the city is ready.
Local students prepare for back to school with staggered openings at parochial and public schools. Fenwick High begins with a half day on Tuesday and full days Wednesday, while Holy Trinity and Roosevelt McKinley juniors also return. A 9 a.m. teachers’ meeting is set for Middletown High, and kindergarten orientational conferences begin Tuesday afternoon with postcards notifying parents of times.
Middletown officials and the Butler County Automobile Club urge motorists to share responsibility for child safety as schools reopen. Regular classes begin Wednesday with 12,000 public enrollments expected. St John’s and St Mary’s delays affect openings, amid repairs and illness.
Middletown’s water system uses 5.5 million gallons daily from 19 wells feeding four reservoirs including Kensington and Curryer Road towers and a hospital tank. Morningstar notes most supply comes from hydraulic canal power with emergency pumping from a 1916 steam pump. annual consumption topped two billion gallons with 1956 sales receipts of about $266,000. Water costs residents about a penny per gallon after sewer charges, with 40 gallons per 20 cents, and daily test-chlorinated water is considered pure. Eastend and Sunset Pool are heavy users, and a near 10 million gallon day in mid July drained Kensington tower, prompting plans for two additional pumps.
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