By Walt Schaefer
The Cincinnati Enquirer

QUESTION: I understand swimming pools in Cincinnati were at one time segregated. Is this true?

ROY EUVRARD, Avondale

ANSWER: A check of Enquirer files uncovered no coverage of public pools being segregated. However, Coney Island with its Moonlite Gardens dance pavilion and Sunlite Pool were segregated.

According to Cincinnati Historical Society records, Coney Island admitted blacks in 1955, when the Cincinnati branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other local civil rights groups pressured the city to withhold the park's operating license unless it ceased discrimination.

Moonlite Gardens and Sunlite Pool remained closed to blacks until 1961 when members of the NAACP and the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) were repeatedly arrested for seeking admission. On May 29, 1961, the park's owner, Edward L. Schott, announced the entire park would be open "to any person who is prepared to conduct himself properly."

Q: Will the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) consider installing a stoplight, stop sign or "sharp curve" warning sign near the intersection of Bridgetown Road (Ohio 264) and Shady Lane in Miami Township?

MICHAEL FOSTER, Delhi Township

A: ODOT will place signage alerting motorists of the approaching sharp curve and intersection by the end of the month.

Q: When we moved to the area, there were stop signs at the intersection of MacArthur Court, Manning Avenue and Pershing Court with Coral Park Drive in Westwood. These signs were removed and never replaced. How can we get them back?

ANN FERGUSON, Westwood

A: Cincinnati Traffic Engineer Steve Bailey said the signs have been replaced.

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