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VOL. 4 NO. 19                                            THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1966 - SIXTEEN PAGES                                       $5.00 per year 10� per


Evans Wins Athletic Award


        The Proposed

School Consolidation


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   The  ig h point of the Wintersville High School All-Sports
   Banquet is the awarding of the "Outstanding Athlete of the
 Year" trophy.
   Athletic Director, Jeff Peltz, explained that this annual trophy
 award started four years ago, by an anonymous donor, is pre-
 sented to the athlete selected by the boys who participate in all
 sports.
 The award, a trophy with the inscription "Athlete of the Year",
 was presented to Bob Evans, a member of the Football, Basket-
 ball, and track teams.
 Bob is pictured above with the trophy kept in the school trophy
 case with a similar inscription and has-previously been awarded
 to Teddy Harris-1963, Tyrone Harris-1964 and 1965 and Evans
this year.
   Evans, who preceeded an outstanding banquet speaker,Joe
 McMullen, said, "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, from the
 bottom of my heart thank you. To the boys who played on teams
 with me, and the team supporters, thank you. I know other boys
 here tonite are more deserving than me and I can only say
 Thank You."
   Evans has been offered a grant in aid to Dartmouth and the
 University of Buffalo and his decision is pending.
                      (More coverage of the Banquet on page 10)
 , Red Cross Reports Latest Results In     Fund Drive

 Red Cross Reports Latest Results In Fund Drive


THURSDAY, MARCH 24,1966
Advance Gifts          6,204.00
Local Corp.            2,707.24
Small Business           583.75
Clubs & Organizations    335.00
Industry              13,062.50
National Corp.           260.00
Women's Residential    1,684.86
County                 3,744.89
Total                $28,582.24
Ang J. Vaccaro, Chairman of the
1966 Red Cross Drive called for
reports from the various Divi-
sion Chairmen. The above was
reported at the Red Cross Chap-
ter House, March 24. Mr. Vac-
caro noted that many places of
business had not reported yet.
He urged all present to work
their cards so that the Red Cross
Drive can "Go Over The Top"
next week.
  Mr. N. Hart Cohen, Chapter
  Chairman again reviewed one
  of the 19 services given by the
  local Chapter stressing the ser-
  vice to Military Family Program,
  which has accelerated to an all
  time peak due to the many men
  and women now serving in the
  armed forces. Mr. Cohen gave
  the following information: 75


cases were handled last month,
61 emergency messages relayed
both in the United States and
Overseas. 164 services were
completed in the service to Mili-
tary Program alone.
In view of the summary of this
program, Mr. Vaccaro stated
that persons not contacted by a
Red Cross volunteer may mail
their contribution in direct to
him or the Red Cross.
The final report meeting will
be Thursday, March 31, 12:00
noon at the Red Cross Chapter
House.
Mr. Vaccaro stated it is im-
perative that all Division lead-
ers, captains, and workers re-
port at the final meeting.

WINTERSVILLE LITTLE
    LEAGUE TO MEET
 President Carl Grunwald of the
 Wintersville Little League has
 called a meeting of team man-
 agers and league officers to be
held on Tuesday, April 5, 7:30
p.m. at the Wintersville Grange
Hall.
Plans outlining the 1966 season
are to be discussed.


Dear Sir,
It has come to my attention that
there still exists some confusion
as to the role played by the
Jefferson County Board of Edu-
cation in the proposed reorgani-
zation of the Mingo Junction,
Wintersville, and Wayne school
districts.
Several years ago, the County
Board asked the State Board
of Education to make a study
of the schools of the southern
half of Jefferson County. The
Buckeye Local School District
was a direct result of this sur-
vey.
The present proposed school
reorganization is the second and
final phase of that study. The
Jefferson County Board of Edu-
cation did not have, and does
not have any authority whatso-
ever over the Mingo Junction
Exempted School District. The
present reorganization is the
recommendation of the State
Board, and the State Board only.
Another point which has come up
of late is the complaint of a
few citizens of Mingo Junction
that they were being consolidated
and Stanton Local was not. At
the last regular meeting of the
Jefferson County Board of Edu-
cation, a resolution was passed
proposing the consolidation of
Stanton Local, Jefferson Union,
and Springfield   Local school
districts as soon as practicable.
The boards of education of the
three school districts have been
consulted on the subject. All
three agree that consolidation
is not only inevitable, but de-
sirable for the future good edu-
cation of their children. Their
tax duplicates are of secondary
importance to them. The Stanton
Local School District has a tax-
able wealth of approximately
$74,000 per student. This makes
it the wealthiest district in Jef-
ferson County taken on a per
capita basis; yet their attitude
has been one of cooperation, good
will, and above all, unselfishness.
I find this most refreshing in
view of other opinions voiced re-
cently on the same subject by
other individuals.
             Respectfully yours,
           Dr. David T. Russell
      Member Jefferson County
            Board of Education.

 Excise Tax Reinstated

 On Telephone Service

 Starting April 1 telephone bills
 will reflect an increase from
 three to 10 percent in the Federal
 Excise Tax on local and long
 distance telephone service.


The reimposed 10 per cent tax
is the result of the Tax Ad-
justment Act of 1966, enacted
recently by Congress to help
meet the country's need for ad-
ditional revenues during the Viet
Nam emergency.
Since January 1. telephone sub-
scribers have been paying three
per cent excise tax under pro-
vision of a general excise tax
reduction instituted by Congress
last year. The new law reinstates
the tax at its former 10 per cent
level until April 1, 1968, when
it will be reduced to one per
cent, and then eliminated com-
pletely at the end of 1968.
One of the most unpopular taxes
on the books, excise tax is col-
lected by the telephone comnnany
for the Federal Government. In
1965 Ohio Bell collected some
$34,257,000 in excise tax.


This is the third 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 this consolida-
tion make It easier to obtain
teachers for necessary replace-
ments for the teaching staff in
Cross Creek and Wayne?
YES. The teachers salary sche-
dules in Wayne and Cross Creek
are among the lowest in Jeffer-
son County.
The O.E.A. Research Report,
Vol. XIX, No. 6, Nov. '65, lists
the average teachers salaries in
the school districts of Ohio.
From a list of 25 districts which
includes all of Jefferson County
and south to Bellaire, north to
East Palestine and west to Uh-
richsville, we find:
Buckeye ranks second, Mingo
fourth, Steubenville fifth and
Cross Creek twentieth, Wayne
twenty-third and one other Jef-
ferson County school twenty-
fourth. In the top 6 of these
twenty-five districts five are in
Jefferson County. In the bottom
six, three are in Jefferson
County.
QUESTION: Will consolidation
help to equalize educational op-
portunity for our boys and girls?
DECIDEDLY - School organiza-
tion in this country is a glaring
example of the extremes of wealth
and poverty. In other words, the
extremes of educational opportu-
nity for the boys and girls of this
area.
QUESTION: Is this consolidation
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  A meeting was called by Dr.
  Morton, assistant director of
education for the State of Ohio
in  Cross Creek Junior High
School for representatives of the
Mingo Junction, Cross Creek, and
Wayne Boards of Education on
September 21, 1965.     At this
meeting, Dr. Morton stated that
the Jefferson County Board of
Education had requested the state
board   of education to make
recommendations for the redis-
tricting of the southern half of
Jefferson County. (Route 22 more
or less would be the dividing line
between the northern half and the
southern half of the county.)
The first recommendation of
this study made in the spring of
1965 resulted in the formation of
the Buckeye Local School Dis-
trict.
The people of Mingo Junction
would like to know how the county
board of education and the county
superintendent of schools have
any legal or moral right to inter-
fere with the lives and welfare of
the children and citizens of an in-
dependent school district not
under the county jurisdiction.
The county board of education has
acted like the bully on the play-
ground who gets a good fight
started and then withdraws to let
others do his fighting for him or
hides under the skirt of the state
board of education. By this tech-
nique the real culprit has escaped
unscathed and umblemished.
If the county board should have
the right to interfere with inde-
pendent districts, which it has
not, then why are two other inde-
pendent districts, namely Warren
Consolidated andSteubenville, all


in keeping with the demands of
modern education?
  YES.   Of all the high school
students enrolled in Ohio, 78.2%
are in high schools of over 500
pupils. This consolidation is in-
evitable.
QUESTION: What are some of
the school programs and ser-
vices this consolidation will make
possible?
HEALTH SERVICES, vocational
training, special education for
slow    learners,   and   rapid
learners, classes for the physi-
cally  handicapped, counseling
services, kindergarten, speech
and hearing-training groups, ad-
vanced courses in mathematics,
science, English and foreign fan-
guage.
QUESTION: Will all these ser-
vices and classes be available
in September 1966?
NO. However, the longer con-
solidation is delayed the longer
it will take to begin these pro-
grams.
QUESTION: Who will determine
the policies, programs, trans-
portation, number of buildings,
building sites and all such mat-
ters pertaining to the operation
of public schools?
A LOCAL BOARD OF EDUCA-
TION, elected by the voters of
the combined area.
QUESTION: Will this consolida-
tion transfer that part of the
Cross Creek District which is
now in the City of Steubenville,
to the Steubenville City Schools?
  NO. The school district lines
  will be the same except the line
between Mingo and Cross Creek
will be erased to the east, and
that between Wayne and Cross
Creek to the west.
  LEARN MORE - PAY LESS
  THROUGH CONSOLIDATION
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of one district south of Route 22,
and nearly all of the other south
of Route 22 not covered in the con-
solidation plan.
The reason must be money; and
yet the Stanton Local School Dis-
trict, far more wealthy per pupil
than Mingo, but under the juris-
diction of the county board of edu-
cation, has been permitted for
years to operate a local district
high school with less students
than the old state minimum stan-
dards, namely, 240 pupils must
be enrolled in the upper four
grades, with no effort on the part
of the county board to unite this
district with two extremely poor
districts,  namely,   Jefferson
Union and Springfield Local, so
the pupils in these poor districts
might have some of the advan-
tages of their wealthy neighbors.
Why should a county board of
education be permitted to upset
the lives of the pupils, parents,
and teachers in an entire com-
m unity over which it has no juris-
diction, not only for this year, but
for many years to come, without
its true motives being brought
out into the open so the people
can judge the county board for
what it really is.
Can it be that the inclusion of
Mingo Junction in the county sys-
tem could mean that a handsome
amount of revenue would be di-
verted to the county office and
that it is the welfare of the county
board of education and the county
superintendent of schools that is
at stake and   t ;the welfare of
the pupils in all the districts in-
volved.
     Mingo Citizens Committee


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