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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1954
Page
5
Auditions for the Civic Chorus will be held April 13 at 7 p m in Middletown High School for the annual spring pops concert. Open to the public as chorus members, auditioners may choose their own music. The pops concert is set for May 14 at Roosevelt Junior High auditorium.
Mr and Mrs Raymond E Adams announce the engagement of their daughter Irma to W Dennis Conn son of Mr and Mrs Charles Conn of Oregonia The bride elect graduated from Clarksville High School and the Jewish Hospital School of Nursing in Cincinnati where she is employed Mr Conn a Morrow High School graduate and armed forces veteran now works for the Frigidaire division of General Motors in Dayton
The engagement of Delilah Lee White, Lima, to Air man Walter E. Peffly, Eaton Rt. 1, is announced. The bride-elect is a South High School Lima senior. He is a U. S. Air Force graduate, studying radar at Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi. A December wedding is planned.
Dr Ralph Parmenter attends a three day Ohio Valley Education Congress gathering vision specialists from five states. They discuss latest techniques and developments in caring for children's vision at the Hotel Arms in Cincinnati.
Mrs Ida C Pohlen of Carrollton announces the engagement of her daughter Helen Reickhoff of Fairborn to Charles Shartle Bridge son of Mr and Mrs Adam E Bridge of Franklin. The prospective bride attended Ohio University. The groom is a Harvard and Exeter alumnus and currently with Landis Ferguson Beiser and Grier in Dayton. A spring wedding is planned.
The Women's Century Club met at the Girls' Club with a paper on American Culture by Mrs. C. R. Cooper and a review of Elizabeth Goudge's Heart of the Family by Mrs. De Rettig. Cooper discussed culture as a necessity, noting postwar growth in art sales, museum attendance, and the expansion of music and reading tastes. Mrs. J. Lowry Miller was installed as a member. refreshments followed with Mrs. Harry One presiding.
Announcement of the marriage of Mrs. Audrey Clemens and George Supinger. The ceremony was performed by Rev. R J Turrell at the bride’s parents’ home in Oregonia Rt 1. Attendants were Kenneth and Mrs. Garrison. The couple will reside in Lebanon after a brief wedding trip.
Mrs. C. J. McKnight outlined Grove Hiram Patterson editor of the Toledo Blade from a $1 a week start to a leading reporter and world traveler. She highlighted his objective reporting and fight against slanted news, noting his influence on editorial standards.
Mina Jacot was chosen Girl of the Year by Omicron chapter Beta Sigma Phi at a meeting at Mrs Dale Converse on Manchester The chapter will present the Music Award for Recognition Day at Middletown High School and donate to the national endowment fund Plans for Founders Day dinner April 28 at Geckler's Hearth with installation ceremonies for new officers Also, mobiles of aquatic animals were made for Mermaid Splash decorations for the dance scheduled May 22 at the American Legion
Miss Dorothy Lee Branham daughter of Mrs Harold Stiver Germantown and Richard Boyer son of Mrs Ella Boyer Franklin and Richard Boyer Germantown exchanged vows March 13 at St Pauls Lutheran Ciuron Franklin with Rev Elmer J Gregg presiding. Witnesses included Delores Branham and Jack Boyer both of Germantown. The couple resides in Germantown.
Open house for about 150 patients at Brown Hospital Veterans Administration Center Dayton and guests Sunday afternoon. Refreshments by Middletown chapter American Red Cross Canteen Services led by Mrs Joseph R Baker Jr assisted by Mrs John A Gibbs and Miss Mary Carr and Miss Edith Karnath of Dayton. Attendees from Middletown chapter included Mrs Clara Mae Braden and Miss Sally Emerson of motor services. The party was arranged by Mrs Lawrence Dugan chair of entertainment supply and production services.
Miss Sue Nannette Johnson and Robert Charles Binkert wed at St. Paul Methodist Church Eaton. The couple, daughter and son of local families, now reside in Lake City Iowa.
At Win more Bible Class meeting at St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church members prepared scrapbooks for Mdietown Hospital for May. Mrs Earl Flint read Thank You God while hosts served Easter decorated refreshments. Amama Class at First Baptist hosted by Mrs J Howard Stalker featured a film by Morningstar on women fashion and bandage rolling for leper colonies with guest Mrs Clifton Roger of Towson Md.
Pythian Sisters plan an all day sewing session at Mrs. Russe Cunningham's Woodlawn Avenue tomorrow. Art Study Club meets tonight at Mrs. J. G. Purvis's 405 Aberdeen Dr. Alpha Epsilon chapter hosts an oriental party tonight at 7:30 at Mrs. Howard Cohen's 2104 Central Ave. Blue Bar Presbyterian Missionary Society gathers Thursday at 2 p.m. at Mrs. Betty Long's 2417 Superior Ave. instead of Mrs. Nathan Long's home. guest speaker is Mrs. Howard Wilson. Jacksonburg Mothers' Club meets tomorrow night at 8 at UB Church hosted by Mrs. Don Brown Jr. Monroe WSCS meets Friday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. E. R. Hiteshue's Monroe home. co-hostess is Mrs. William Garver. Program by Mrs. Norman Hazleton and Mrs. William McGohan.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Sword of West Middletown Rt 2 welcomed a boy yesterday and Mr and Mrs Christopher Tone of Lebanon welcomed a boy today.
Verlen E Seals 22 chemical operator Okeana and Daisydean Sowder 19 typist Hamilton are named alongside Lynn Meyer 24 farmer Middletown Rt 1 and Dorothy Busli 25 clerk typist 225 Main St Hamilton. Charles H Lukey Jr 38 salesman 1016 Yankee Rd and Elizabeth Wills 39 are noted. Raymond Bay Co employe 2216 Highland Ave appears in the notice.
Ronald Gray and Joseph Beckman among a group of Highland and Queen Avenue residents listed as medical. Beverly Perry Paul Perry and others from Florence Street, Oxford State Road, Trenton, and Camden sites shown as medical or surgical. Dismissed entries include Mrs Hobart Crisp Excello and Miss Janet Edison Franklin.
William L. Corson to lead Corson Buick Inc. new Lebanon dealership taking over Ed Fred’s long-held franchise. Corson, Middletown native and former Heber Jones sales manager, will relocate with wife and three sons. Officers named Dan S. Corson president and Doris Corson secretary.
Mr and Mrs Victor Kemplin of Waneta Street Mrs Floyd Hileman of Grand Avenue Forest Jones of Lincoln Street Mrs Myron Stevens of 1st Avenue Adel Tinch of Franklin OUT OF TOWN Mrs Albert Post of Middletown Route 1 Mercy Hospital Hamilton Highlig hted residents in a public notice listing several names and addresses related to a local matter.
Students from Middletown High School speech class will entertain the Golden Age Club tomorrow at 1 30 p m at the Civic Association. Any person aged 60 or over is invited to attend.
Edward Ingram, 52, of 3008 Navaho Street, was jailed for three days and fined 100 dollars plus costs for driving while intoxicated. His license was suspended for three months after arrest on Saturday night on the Hamilton Middletown Pike.
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