Book: Wintersville Citizen

              VOL. 4, NO. 18                                          THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1966 - TWELVE PAGES                                        $5.00 per year 10� per c<


         The Proposed

School Consolidation


This is the second of a series of
articles attempting to answer
questions relative to the proposed
reorganization of the Mingo Junc-
tion, Cross Creek and Wayne
school districts. It is to be hoped
that these articles will influence
you to vote for your children's
sake on May 3, 1966.
               Sincerely yours,
  0. W. Buchanan, Superintendent

QUESTION: Will consolidation
cause a drastic change in school
organization in 1966-67?
NO. Much work will have to be
done in the adjustment of the
rates, salary schedules etc. A
survey and careful study of the
entire area will have to be made.
All this takes much time and
work.
QUESTION: If no radical change
will take place at once, why con-
solidate now?
DELAY will accomplish only
more delay. The sooner the con-
solidation takes place the sooner
the benefits can come about.
QUESTION: If this consolidation
takes place will the new district
organization  become obsolete
after the "Prudy Report'" and the
new school standards are a-
dopted?
CERTAINLY NOT. A district
with an enrollment of some 5,000
pupils and a tax base twice the
state average will neither be
obsolete in two years nor for
many years.
QUESTION: How will this con-
solidation affect the school tax
rates in the three districts?
IN WAYNE AND CROSS CREEK
it could well reduce the school
tax rate two or three dollars a


$1,000 of the assessed property
value. No exact rate can be set
at this time. In Minto it would
raise their present school tax;
however, the rate would still be
lower than Mingo hasbeenpaying
for the past several years.
QUESTION: What will this con-
solidation do for the college bound
students?
  IT WILL INCREASE the number
of courses available and mate
them better prepared to compete
with students from larger high
schools where 80 to 90 courses
are offered.
QUESTION: How does the number
of courses in grades 9 through 12
compare in the three districts as
now organized?
WINTERSVILLE offers 9 more
courses than Mingo. In terms of
a regular yearly 4 course pro-
gram for a high school student
this means Wintersville is offer-
ing 2 years more of high school
work than Mingo. Wintersville
high  school offers   20 more
courses than Wayne. On the same
basis this is the equivalent of 5
more years of high school work.
QUESTION: Will it be possible to
begin this expanded program by
1967-68?
YES. Even with the same build-
ings, specialized teachers can be
rotated. In some cases where a
specific course is established in
one of the present buildings,
pupils could be transported to that
building so that the benefits of
consolidation need not be post-
poned for years to come.

   GIVE THE KIDS A BREAK
        CONSOLIDATE


Wintersville Receives Fire

           Prevention Award


The City of Wintersvflle has been honored by the National Fire
Protection Association for their accomplishments in the Annual
Fire Prevention Contest.
Wintersville received Honorable Mention in the State of Ohio.
Ohio State Governor James A. Rhodes presented the award at the
ceremony held at the Capitol Building on March 7, 1966.
In presenting the award, the Governor praised the Wintersville
Fire Department and the citizens of Wintersvllle for striving to
make their community a fire safe place in which to live and work.
Pictured above are L to R: Governor Rhodes, Paul W. Taylor,
Cross Creek Township Fire Prevention Officer, representing Chief
Willard Ekey and State Fire Marshal George Schlotterbeck.


   Report On RE
   Mr. G. Donald Hutton is Chairn
ville Area and Mrs. Alice Murphy
Business area, for the Jefferso
which is now being carried on
Wintersville quota is $1200.00
$46.000.00. Mrs. Murnhv has


    MINGO CITIZENS COMMITTEE VOICE THEIR OPINION             supervision for -the business an
  The residents of the Cross      these three districts, reportedfby Vaccaro, Assistant principal for
Creek, Wayne, and Mingo June-  Dr. E. E. Holt to the State Board Chairman for the drive.
tion School Districts will be vo- of Education at the January 11,  The County Chairmen, the loca
ting on a plan to reorganize these 1966 meeting, is certainly a far Mrs. Adelaide Shaheen, Adena
three districts into one combined cry from meeting the anticipated Miss Sue Speaker, Alikanna
district at the primary election  state standards of 10,000 to Mrs. Angelo Randelson, Amsterc
May 3, 1966.                      15,000 pupils in a district after Mrs. Anna Fulton, Annapolis
The Mingo Junction Board of       January 1, 1967.                Mrs. Thomas Stropki, Bergholz
Education and the Citizens Corn-   Why reorganize on a plan we Mrs. Walter Frazier, Bloomingc
mittee have voiced their objec-   know will not stick after this Mrs. Charles Adrian, Residential,
tions to such a reorganization be- year? This would be typical of Mr. J.A. Reed, Business
cause it is not in accordance with the many mistakes the state de- Mrs. Arthur Malin, Dillonvale
modern thinking on district reor- partment has made in the past. Mrs. Margaret Keenan, Empire
ganization. The plan is an ill-   Surely we are all aware that re- Mrs. Howard Dye, East Springfi
conceived grab-type program not   districting is coming, whether on Mr. Allen Fugett, Goulds
based on the welfare of the boys  a county-wide basis or a popula- Mrs. Henry Iddings, Hammondsv
and girls for whom the schools  tion-centered basis. In any event, Mrs. William Truax, Knoxville 9
are intended,                     let us keep the welfare of the boys Mrs. Dean McElroy, Mt. Pleasa
Dr. Purdy of Miami University  and girls in mind in the process. Mr. Allen Fugett, New Alexanc
is heading a committee es-      The idea of lowering the tax rate Mrs. Eugene Householder, New
tablished by the state board to   in Cross Creek and Wayne dis- Mr. William Pezzopane, Pleasar
study redistricting and to make   tricts is only a myth. After three Mrs. Frank Jewett, Pottery Ad
recommendations to the State   years, when the state's additional Mrs. Robert Hanna, Costonia
Board of Education and to the  aid will be withdrawn, the tax rate Mrs. Joseph Olesky, Irondale
state legislature. He stated be-  will be practically the same as Mrs. Curtis Jones, Business
fore the superintendents of north- now, or perhaps a little higher. Mrs. Invern Hoerchler, Residenti
eastern Ohio, meeting on March  Costs of raising salaries of cer- Mrs. John Kertoy, Smithfield and
9, 1966, that the committee was   tified and non-certified personnel Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Dillon, Ra
considering a minimum of 10,000   to the Mingo Junction level are Mrs. Mary Byers, Stratton
to 15,000 pupils in the new district  expensive, and all costs will rise Mrs. Herbert Rice, Business
reorganization plan. The final  with the gradual process of infla- Mrs. Robert Bayardi, Residentia
committee recommendations will  tion that is taking place in our Mrs. Harry Ault, Unionport
be presented to the State Board of economy.                       Mrs. Alice Murphey
Education and state legislature by The only party to gain financially G. Donald Hutton, Wintersville
January 1, 1967. The last state   will be the state. On these three Mr. George Dodsworth, Business
legislature ordered a recommen-   districts, the state, after three Miss Sophia Divish, Residential,
dation to be made by January,  years, will be able to transfer ap- Mr. William P. Garman, Toront
1967, because present redistrict- proximately $140.000 per year of
ing by the State Department of  its financial obligation to the  that will meet the new 10,000 to
Education is puny, short sighted, people and industry of the newly 15,000 district pupil enrollment
ill conceived, biased, and con-   created district,           minimum and will not cause us to
trary to any long-range planning.  Your state taxes will not be  drive past two high schools before
The people of Mingo Junction do   lowered, so in reality you will be  we can unload, will be acceptable
not expect to control the taxpro- paying this amount twice: once to to Mingo Junction. By using dis-
ceeds from the newly created in-  the state through sales tax, etc., tricts of this size, the industrial
dustrial valuation, but would like and once for the support of your wealth of the river front can be
to see reorganization in terms of local schools through local taxa- spread throughout the county and
large population areas, whether   tion.                          , the high schools of the future
they cut county lines or not.   Any plan of redistricting that  placed  in population centers
The 4,628 pupil enrollment in  will encompass a total enrollment   which will mean shorter trans-


?d Cross Drive
nan of Special gifts for the Winters-
is Chairman for Residential and the
n County Chapter Red Cross drive
through the month of March. The
and the Jefferson County quota is
some fifty co-workers under her
d residential districts. Angelo J.
Steubenville High School is General

tion and the goal are listed below:
                           500.00
                           50.00
lam                        300.00
                            40.00
                            200.00
lale                        75.00
Brilliant
                           500.00
                           300.00
                           75.00
ield                       125.00
                            30.00
rille                      100.00
and Taylortown             200.00
ant                        275.00
Iria                        40.00
Somerset                    35.00
at Hill                    125.00
dition                      75.00
                            30.00
                            200.00

il, Richmond & Fairfield   250.00
Bradley                    350.00
iyland                     115.00
                            20.00

1, Tiltonsville            250.00
                            85.00

                          1200.00

 Mingo Junction            750.00
o                         1750.00


portation lines and greater ad-
vantages to all boys and girls.
There is nothing personal in this
position. We have only the finest
regard for the people of Wayne
and Cross Creek School Dis-
tricts, and we are vitally in-
terested in sharing our good for-
tune with them if the outcome of
a thorough study should prove
these districts would be a part of


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Blischak Appointed To

Legislative Committee


  ivcnaei   iscnaK, ireslaent 01o
  the Board of County Commission-
  ers, Jefferson County, has been
  appointed to the Legislative Com-
  mittee of the County Com-
  missioners Association of Ohio.
  Mr. Blischak was notified of the
  appointment by Mr. Nelson Car-
  mean, President of the County
  Commissioners Association of
Ohio and Mr. Stitsinger, Chair-
man of the Legislative Com-
mittee.
  Mr. Blischak desires the pro-
  motion of "the passage of legis-
  lation authorizing a Board of
County Commissioners to pur-
chase group health insurance for
employees of counties.
  "The Board has only the author-
  ity granted to it by the State
Legislature; since such has not
been granted in this matter, the
Board is unable to pay for such
group health insurance for county
employees. Municipalities under
the Home Rule power are paying
for such insurance, and such
benefits should also be available


employees of counties."
  "To encourage qualified per-
sonnel to make a career of ser-
vice in county government, county
employees should receive bene-
fits similar to what employees
receive in private business and
industry."
             * ** * *

  Richmond Lions To

    Present Jubilee
  At 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March
  26, at Jefferson Union High School
  the Richmond Lions Club will
  present their annual Home Town
  Jubilee, with Mr. Thomas Day of
  W. S. T. V. Radio as Master of
  Ceremonies, assisted by Arvel
  Palmer of Jefferson Union High
  School as his "assistant.
  This entertainment is presented
  yearly to raise funds for the Lions
  Club to support their many com-
  munity and other projects. The
  principle outlay of funds go to the
  examination of eyes of pupils in
  the Jefferson Union School dis-
  trict. The purchase of glasses
  where needed. Furnishing funds
  to support the Ohio Lions Eye
Research Program and to the
Ohio Pilot Dog Association.
  This program is made up of six-
teen acts, performed by the stu-
dents of the district. All ama-
ture acts but without no compe-
tition.

Unionport VFD To
     Sponsor Round and
                Square Dance
 The Unionport Volunteer Fire
 Department will sponsor a Round
 and Square Dance at the Union-
port School Gym on Saturday,
March 26, 1966 from 9:00 to
12:00 p.m.


Knox Township Grange
       Card Party Scheduled
  The Knox Township Grange will
  hold a card party at the Grange
Hall Saturday evening, April 2 at
7:30 p.m.
  Refreshments will be served.
  Donation is $1.00.

  a new district that will meet the
  anticipated state guidelines.
  In the meantime, until a longer-
  range plan is in the offing, where
  all local districts have been In-
  volved in the planning, we must
  encourage you to vote against the
  proposal to be presented on the
  May ballot for your own welfare
as well as ours.


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