Well known Heberle

The Heberle Elementary School was located at 2015 Freeman Avenue. The school was built in 1929. About 950 students attended this school in 1998, c70% African-American and 27% white. This building contains many decorative features, including a tiled fountain dedicated to Joseph�A Heberle. The school was relocated in c2007, due to safety concerns. Students at that time were about 400, c96% African-American. The school was located at 1035 Mound Street in 2010. Joseph Heberle was an early school advocate, winning support for free textbooks in the public school system. He was a teamster and trade unionist. He founded the Temsters union in Cincinnati. There is a monument to Joseph Heberle in Cincinnati.

Born/Geboren/N�/Nascido 24.8.1866 Rulzheim, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany.

Parents/Eltern/Parents/Pais: Johann Georg and Theresia Kern Heberle. Hoerdt branch.

Married with 2 children but they drowned in the Great Lakes.