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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1961
Page
4
New officers of the Welcome Wagon Club were installed at the annual banquet held at the Sports Bowl. Mrs. Thomas Moore presided as president with Mrs. James Irwin as vice president, Mrs. Karl Smith secretary, and Mrs. Ervin Riesz treasurer.
American War Mothers meet tomorrow at 1 30 p m at the Legion home. Prosser chapter 367 of the Order of the Eastern Star honors past matrons and past patrons at their 7 30 p m meeting at the Masonic Temple. Entertainment by Roy Fitzgerald of Franklin and social hour led by Mrs Horace Hunter.
Miss Mary Jo Fenders fiance of Joseph Hatton received two linen showers. Hosts included Mrs Gary Wall at her Renee Drive home with umbrellas on the gift table. Guests named include Miss Jane Dorenbusch Miss Sue Wood and others. The couple plan to marry April 22 at Holy Trinity Church Erie Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue residents are noted.
A surprise mixed party for Miss Fenders was held at Joyce DeWald home in Erlanger Kentucky with twenty four guests attending the pre-nuptial event.
Herbert F. Koch of the Ohio Historical and Philosophical Society spoke at the Col. Jonathan Bayard Smith chapter DAR Guest Night and Colonial Party at the Girls' Club. He described southwestern Ohio’s role in the Civil War, Lincoln’s Cincinnati visits, and figures like Morgan’s Raiders and Stephen Foster in a 100th anniversary talk.
Mrs Michael Kaurich of West Middletown hosted a rush party for Alpha Epsilon chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority. Rushees were Mrs Carrell Lackey and Mrs Dave Holbrook. Attendees modeled hats and plans were shared for an April model meeting at J J Lanes.
All-Campus Musical Show presents the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls at Miami University. The home-grown version opens Thursday at 8 p.m. in Berton Auditorium for a three-night stand. The campus production is student created and produced this year.
Miss Jeannette Wiederlander presided as regent at the annual meeting. Mrs. James Cast introduced the speaker and assisted at tea with Miss Mary Hankinson. Tea table leadership came from Mrs. Cast, while Mrs. Robert H. Velte chaired arrangements with co chairmen and several helpers including Mrs. Coburn, Mrs. Brown ing, Mrs. Rush, Miss Easter, Miss Strodtbeck, Mrs. Hensel and Miss West.
Mrs. Donald Perkins was elected president of Omicron chapter Beta Sigma Sorority at a meeting at Mrs. Ray Stidham’s Arcadia Drive home. New officers include Mrs. Clarence Congleton vice president, Jacque Lint secretary, Kenneth Lott treasurer, and Jack Prichard corresponding secretary. The “Girl of the Year” will be awarded during Founders Day on April 17 at the Golden Lamb Inn in Lebanon. Mrs. James Carter assisted hostess.
New play by Henry Denker opens Tuesday at the Music Box Theater examining Sigmund Freud’s early career. Kim Stanley stars as a neurotic patient, Steven Hill and Sam Wanamaker support, with a restrained, staccato portrayal of Freud shaped by direction.
The passage traces professional jealousy, hints of anti-Semitic bias, and domestic clashes. It sketches a family dynamic where rivalries and prejudice complicate personal relations, set against a backdrop of competing ambitions and social pressures.
Lili Darvas plays an Austrian matriarch while Salome Jens calms a domestic scene as Freud's wife in a staged prep for flight. Patrick O Neal portrays a steady suitor with Donald Oenslager designing a shifting set from cluttered to sterile as the Nazi threat nears in 1938.
Mary E Wilson and Kenneth Wyatt have completed plans for a May 6 wedding at 7 30 p m in the First Methodist Church. The bride to be is daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Wilson of Fleming Road. George Knore of Germantown will attend as matrons of honor. Bridesmaids include Barbara Ellison Mrs Thomas Morrical and Jacqueline Duerr. Kathy Keever is flower girl and Larry Keith of Dayton is best man with ushers Ronald Larzier George Knore and Jerry Davis. A reception will follow in Fellowship Hall with hostesses Miss Sandra Carmody Miss Carol Grier and Mrs Thomas Keith.
Twenty six members of the Phila thea Class of First Methodist Church met in Epworth Hall for a covered fish dinner. They voted to place a memorial book for Emma VamAtta at Middletown Public Library and to subscribe 100 copies of the Upper Room for Brown Veteran's Hospital Day ton in memory of Lawrence Dugan. A committee to select officers was formed and Easter remarks were given by Mrs. Walter Gibbons.
Evening Circle at First EUB Church featured mission participants Mrs Henry Louth Mrs Homer Getz and Mrs Win Arnold. Business session led by Mrs Sam Ivins announced the May 5 Fellowship Luncheon at First Presbyterian Church with tickets via Mrs Ralph DeBord. Assisting hostess was Mrs Faye Mason. Music program showcased Angela Cogan vocalist and Donald Viel pianist for Fidelis Class at St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church.
The Sheafor Philathea Class annual birthday party met in Fellowship Hall with about forty attendees including guests from the SSW Class Rev. G Walter Weber and family Rev. Dale Turner and daughter. Bouquets and pastel tapers decorated tables. Mrs Guy Smethers led the finess session and program by Ray Everett of Lemon Monroe High School. Dinner planning by Mrs Smethers, Mrs Ross Crim, assisted by several parish members.
Forest Hills Country Club unveils plans for the Swinging in the Spring formal at the Manchester Hotel on April 15. Organizer Bob Hecker leads the dance as the committee meets at the Bartlett residence with guests Ernest Graff James Finley and Robert Weatherey in attendance.
A miscellaneous shower for the bride-elect was hosted by Mrs. Bernie Wyatt and Mrs. George Knore at Knore’s Germantown home. Twenty guests attended the event as part of a series honoring the bride.
Hamilton Ohio Bus Line Co. received authorization to run city passenger service in Hamilton during evenings after 6 45 p.m. on Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays and after 9 45 p.m. on other days including holidays. Fares are 0.25 dollars cash or via company tickets not city tokens. Evening hours operate Sundays Mondays Fridays and holidays. If Monday and Friday shopping times shift, 9 45 p.m. remains in effect on those days.
A Franklin roundup lists numerous births with parents and addresses including Julian and Mrs Hoke, Patrick and Mrs Dinan, and Daniel Haney among others. Names include Malcolm Hollingsworth, Jennifer Turvey, Fred Wireman, and Jimmie Combs with various street addresses and family ties.
Local clubs and posts schedule Wednesday gatherings. Shawnee Field Archers meet at 7pm, Sportsmen's Club at 7:30pm, Burton Blythe Williams American Legion Post 231 at 7:30pm, McElfresh Post 149 at 7:30pm, Knights of Columbus at 7pm, ICOF Highview Encampment at 8pm, Monroe ICOF, Hal Order of Ahepa at 9pm, Greek Orthodox Church hosts Alcoholics Anonymous at 9pm.
Kompakt schedule listing Kiwanis Lions Toastmasters Alcoholics Anonymous J J Bowling Lanes Knights of Pythias Lafayette Lodge Alpha Council Jr OUAM Monroe PTO Monroe Elementary Orioles Nest Tried Stone Masonic Lodge AFL Volunteer Air Reserve Training Moose Arbors Lodge 501 Armors Hall and other local groups with times from noon to 10 PM at various venues including Manchest er Hotel and Ar mors.
Dr. James Doolittle of Ohio State University is appointed department chairman of romance languages at the University of Cincinnati by the Cincinnati directors on Tuesday.
A short street notice indicates free parking along Verity Parkway beside Studio, Georgia 25444. The fragment notes parking clarification for visitors and residents near the studio district.
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