Out Of Retirement - After 20 years away from the big desk that stands in front of every classroom, Mrs. Leona Noble Tuesday will rejoin Middletown's school system. "Now I’m alone, and I want to do something," the widow, who lives at 2204 Superior Ave., says, "I can think of no other way to spend the remainder of my life than teaching." She will instruct the pupils of Garfield School's third grade. Twenty years ago she was a primary teacher at Sherman. In order to return to school as a teacher, Mrs. Noble had to go back as a pupil. She found, early this year, however, that she no longer had the educational requirements for an Ohio teaching certificate. Standards had gone up during her twenty years of retirement. Wade E. Miller, former Middletown superintendent of schools, and officials of Dayton University encouraged her to enroll in the university's School of Education. Mrs. Noble registered in February, was hired in June, received her certificate in July and went right on taking workshop courses until last week...

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