Middletown Art Exhibit Set For April Week
Local artists prepare displays for the annual Middletown Art Exhibit to run April 19 through 25 at the Civic Association auditorium. Sponsored by the Middletown Federation of Women's Clubs, the show is free for entrants and spectators with many well known local names, schools, and clubs contributing works across painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Civic Association
Middletown Federation of Women's Clubs
Audrey Martin
Dayton Art Institute
Walter Fening
Cliff Crawford
James Parker
Parker
Parson’s School of Design
Art Students’ League
New York City
New York
Washington, D.C
Middletown Camera Club
Dark wood color not linked to greater durability
A study notes that wood color varies with tree species and finishing but durability does not simply rise with darkness. Researchers tested common woods and found that hardness and resistance depend on species and treatment rather than color alone.
Sorority Easter Party for Otterbein Children
Miss Marguerite Miles announced Omicro chapter of Beta Sigma Phi and several members drove to Otterbein last Saturday to host an Easter party for local children. After an egg hunt and refreshments, each child received an Easter basket. The group, meeting at the YMCA Barnitz Room, was reminded of Founder’s Day dinner in Lebanon on April 20 and invited to jewel ceremony and installation of new officers at 7 p.m. Mrs. James Sloan Jr was named Omicron chapter’s outstanding girl of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Miles
Social Service Committee of
Omicro
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Otterbei
Joseph Peters
Golden Lamb
Lebanon
James Sloan, Jr
Omicron
Barnitz
YMCA
Dinner Honors Elmer Stewarts
Mr and Mrs Hargis Stewart of West Middletown Route 2 entertained Sunday with a family dinner in honor of recently married Mr and Mrs Elmer Stewart of West Middletown The dinner concluded with a three tiered wedding cake Seated were Mr and Mrs James Stewart and son Jimmy Mr and Mrs Walter Prater Mr and Mrs Homer Gay and sons Mrs Eva Stewart Herschel Kimberlin Mrs Lula Carpenter and the hosts sons Donnie and Charles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargis Stewart
West Middletown
Elmer Stewart
Stewart
Dixie Lee Tittle
James Stewart
Jimmy
Walter Prater
Homer Gay
Eva Stewart
Herschel Kimberlin
Geography Topic Of Club Meeting
The Current Events Club held a quiz on current geography yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. H. Ayres on Sherman Ave. Mrs. Harry Holiday and Mrs. J. N. Christiansen led the program with assistant hostesses Mrs. F. G. Sutphin Mrs. C. J. McKnight and Mrs. R. C. Todd. Tea hosts were Mrs. Charles Beck and Mrs. Joseph Butterfield at a well-arranged tea table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Ayres
Sherman Ave
Harry Holiday
J. N. Christiansen
F. G. Sutphin
C. J. McKnight
R. C. Todd
Charles Beck
Joeph Butterfield
New Fabrics Topic At Baptist Women’s Meeting
Mrs. Robert Burns spoke on new fabrics to the Amamia Class of the First Baptist Church at a gathering last evening hosted by Mrs. James Wikoff on Russmar Court. Mrs. W. C. Cade joined the program. hostess duties were shared by Mrs. Melvin Ashcraft Mrs. Alton Ellison Mrs. C. D. Ellison and Mrs. E. L. Howe. The May meeting will be at Mrs. DeHart Lord’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Burns
First Baptist Church
James Wikoff
Russmar Court
W. C. Cade
Wikoff
Melvin Ashcraft
Alton Ellison
C. D. Ellison
E. L. Howe
DeHart Lord
Century Club Hears Bells And Cups Talks
The Woman's Century Club heard papers on Cups Through the Ages by Mrs. E A Badger and on Bells by Mrs. James Diefenbach at the Girls' Club. The talks traced cup development from gourds and wheel made vessels to the paper cup and noted the carillon origins and two large current examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Century Club
E. A. Badger
James Diefenbach
Girls’ Club
United States
Riverside Drive
New York City
Bok
Lake Wales
Fla
Elizabeth Schenk
Vincent Sisson
Bess Mitchell
Travel notes from readers across towns and families
Travel notes list visits and returns by residents and relatives across Elyria Dayton McKinley Street Springfield Warren Wellsville and other places. Items mention Mrs Harvey I Allen visiting Eaton Drive in Dayton and multiple family gatherings over Easter with relatives in Kentucky Virginia and Hamilton.
Industrial Council Group To Hear Crout
Crout of Wilson School speaks on community resources in education and building school curricula at the Education Industry Committee finale. Session 6 30 p m Monday at the Manchester Hotel features A E Roper’s Los Angeles trip photos and Roosevelt Jr High School principal’s film from the state tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorge Crout
Wilson School
Middletown Industrial Council
Manchester Hotel
A. E. Roper
Roosevelt Junior High School
Los Angeles
Paul Walker
Middletown
Dr Peale to Speak in Three Talks Tomorrow
About 200 people are expected to hear Dr Norman Vincent Peale at a midday Industrial Council meeting in the Manchester Hotel junior ballroom. He will also address Middletown High School students in the afternoon and the Council of Churches dinner at 6 30 p m in the hotel senior ballroom. He speaks to Butler County teachers in Hamilton tonight. Council president Harlan W Jarvis says dwindling tickets suggest about 800 will attend tomorrow night’s dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Vincent Peale
Industrial Council
Manchester
Dr. Peale
Middletown High School
Council of Churches
Butler County
Hamilton
Harlan W. Jarvis
Oddly Garbed Youth Reported Missing in City
A 10 year old boy Kenneth Back left home at 1 a.m. wearing a brown cowboy hat brown jacket blue trousers and a red polka dot umbrella and remained missing at 8 p.m. His mother Opal Back of 2205 Sherman Ave reported the disappearance. A separate case involved Wanda Centers an 18 year old who returned home later that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal
Sherman Ave
Kenneth
Odie Centers
Sheridan Ave
Wanda Centers
Clemmons
Lodges Middletown Shrine 25 announces re obligation night
The Lodges Middletown Shrine No 25 announces a re-obligation night Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Temple. They invite all sojourners to attend. Arrangements are led by Mrs Harry Davison chair of refreshments and Mrs Bessie Barnes chair of entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Shrine No
Masonic Temple
Harry Davison
Bessie Barnes
Suiter to Return to Robbins Air Force Base
Suiter, recently back from 11 months in Korea, will return Thursday to Robbins Air Force Base in Malcolm Ga. Relatives visited during Easter included Miss Bess Harb of Kunz Ave. and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mann of El Paso Tex. The gathering also hosted Mr. and Mrs. William Hale of Sherman Ave. and others visiting Philadelphia and Baltimore. Weekend guests were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fry of Downingtown Pa. and Mrs. C L Bauman with Linda Kay of Dayton and Mrs. Robert Barr of Antwerp Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Burns
Aberdeen
Elyria
Man Suiter
Korea
Robbins Air Force Base
Malcolm Ga
Thomas Mann
el Paso, Tex
William Hale
Sherman Ave
C. C. Whitehead
Fifteenth Ave
Mrs
Clarence Fry
Downingtown
C. L. Bauman
Linda Kay
Dayton
Robert Barr
Antwerp, C
H. T. Phillips
Fourteenth Ave
Perry Wins Bronze Star for Korea Service
Horace Gene Perry 21, of 311 Chester Rd., husband of Geraldine Perry, was awarded the Bronze Star after refusing to quit his machine gun post on Heartbreak Ridge in Korea while wounded. He joined active duty January 23, 1952, served with Company F, 147th Infantry, and had been in the National Guard since October 1947. Perry trained at Camp Polk La and went to Korea September 30. A Roosevelt Junior High School graduate and former Pollack Paper Company employee, he has two sons Gregg and Bobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Horace Gene Perry
Heartbreak Ridge
Korea
Perry
Elsie Perry
Chester Rd
Geraldine Perry
Trenton Rd
Company F
147Th Infantry
National Guard
Camp Polk
Roosevelt Junior High School
Pollack Paper Company
Gregg
Bobby
Heer’s 1913 City Hall Era and Flood Memories
Former mayor Jake Heer recalls 1913 flood cleanup on Central Avenue and Main Street. Flatcars carried debris to the river while looting was deterred by police presence. Heer's administration saw paving on Charles Baltimore Curtis Garfield Broad streets and Sunday baseball in a river park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Avenue
Main Street
Heer
Andy Mehl
Miami Bicycle Works
James Anderson
Dick Snyder
Albert Fenzel
Charles
Baltimore
Curtis
Garfield
Jake Heer
Hart, Mich
Births Report from area families this week
Vital Statistics lists several newborns as Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wells Germantown Route 1 welcomed a girl Monday. Mr and Mrs F C Lewis Route 2 announced a boy Monday. Mr and Mrs Tancy Adams West Middletown welcomed a girl Monday. Mr and Mrs John Kinder 316 Bellomonte St welcomed a girl Monday. Mr and Mrs Carl Hounshell 2220 Fernwood St welcomed a girl today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Wells
Germantown
F. C. Lewis
Monay
Tancy Adams
West Middletown
John Kinder
Bellomonte St
Carl Hounshell
Fernwood St
Civil Service Personnel Named in Local Segment
James Harry Christy 24 U.S. Air Force Akron and June Irene Acree 27 Hamilton appear among listed locals. The group includes William Drake 21 carton employee Germantown Route 1 and Carolyn Stiehl 20 typist, Joseph E. Okruhlica 21 student, Maureen Smith 19 both Hamilton. Also James Setters 23 U.S. Army Franklin Route 2 and Geraldine Turner 25 North Broad St. Richard A. Lyons 22 sample maker 117 North Sutphin St and Mary Jane Buchanan 21 clerk typist 3206 Sherman Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Harry Christy
U.S. Air Force
Akron
Irene Acree
Hamilton
William Drake
Carton
Germantown
Carolyn Stiehl
Joseph E. Okruhlica
Maureen Smith
James Setters
U.S. Army
Franklin
Geraldine Turner
North Broad St
Richard A. Lyons
North Sutphin St
Mary Jane Buchanan
Sherman Ave
Local Residents Listed With Medical and Surgical Notes
A compiled notice lists numerous residents by name and street, noting medical or surgical status. Entries include Mrs. Walker Teward Van derveer St medical, Mrs. Dorsie Brewer Middle town Route 2 surgical, H G Lyons Central Ave medical, Joe Long Bexley Dr surgical, Mrs. Carl Rentschler Milton Rd surgical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Teward
Vanderveer St
Dorsie Brewer
Middletown
H. G. Lyons
Central Ave
Joe Long
Bexley Dr
Carl Rentschler
Milton Rd
Edward Hodge
Manchester Ave
David Burton
Marion Burton
Winton St
Domenick Forni
Grand Ave
Roy Woods
Lenix Faulkner
Carol Brate
Clarence Brate
Coles Rd
Wallace Gullette
Wilbraham Rd
Henry Moore
Waynesville
Robert Adams
Germantown
Destroyer Squadron 20 Returns After War Duties
Newport R I L eight destroyers with 2700 men return Saturday after four months in Korean waters and a goodwill swing to Asiatic, Middle Eastern and European ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. IL
Baker Put On Probation In Manslaughter Case
John Baker, 49, of 866 Sixth Ave, convicted of second-degree manslaughter, was placed on three years probation by Judge Fred B. Cramer. Driving rights suspended six months. probation hinges on paying funeral expenses for Lois Gordon, 39, who died after Baker’s auto crashed into a tree on South Main Street near Sixteenth Avenue. Will Gordon, Lois’s husband, had charged negligence. Baker pleaded innocent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Baker
Sixth Ave
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Cramer
Baker
Lois Gordon
Garfield St
South Main St
Sixteenth Ave
Will Gordon
Sycamore St
Woman Reported Forced Into Car by Two Men
A 19 year old woman told police she was forced into a car by two middle aged men while walking on Lincoln Street. She said they beat her when she refused to cooperate and kicked her out before police returned her home. The incident occurred at 2 30 a.m. yesterday in West Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Middletown
Lincoln St
Man's Leg Broken In Fall From Scaffold
John W. Buchheit 61 of Trenton Route 1 was treated in Middletown Hospital after a fall from a scaffold at work. He arrived at 3 p.m. Monday with a fractured left leg and is listed in satisfactory condition. Buchheit is self employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Buchheit
Trenton
Middletown Hospital
Buchheit
Middletown man on probation for worthless checks
Sam Allen eighteen backdated case details show a 28 or 32 year old Middletown man placed on probation for issuing worthless checks. Prosecutor Jackson Bosch says Allen must turn over government pension checks to the probation department until restitution is paid, after allegedly obtaining about 300 dollars. He was arrested June 12, 1952, and ordered held for the grand jury on two thousand dollar bond, with charges tied to cashing checks at Filsons Lawson’s and Montgomery Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Allen
Middletown
Jackson Bosch
Allen
Filson's
Lawson’s
Montgomery Ward
South Clinton St
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Dy.sauttvans
Ohio
Civic Auditorium
Robert S. Burns
Aberdeen Dr
RUG Cleaners
Wilson St
Sorority
Elmer Stewarts
Century Club
William R. Johnson
Eaton Dr
Harvey I, Allen of
Howard Humphreys
McKinley St
Florida
Michael Mandzak
Michael III
Hollywood, Fla
Joseph Winglewich
Springfield
Peter A. Winglewich
Auburn St
Winglewich
Donnie Winglewich
Margaret Renneker
Ira Newlin
Warren Rd
Mr. Newlin
Wellsville, O
B. F. Suiter
Joseph D. Suiter
Catalpa Dr
Kentucky
Virginia
Air
Industrial Council Group
Crout
Bess Harb
Kunz Ave
Bern
Ind
Rockford, Ill
Harvey Sutton
Edna Sutton
Harvey Sutton, Jr
Manchester Rd
Philadelphia
Bronze Star
Ivory Soap Laundry
Logan Ave
Gerald Cole
Boyd Cole
Sheffield
Brenda Brewer
Vernon
Charles St. Edmond Boellke
May-Etta
John Harmon
Navaho
Gayle Humston
Mary- Etta
Thomas McCarty
Winona
John McClure
Ellen
Jordan Parson
Janie Powell
Joseph Powell
Glen Rd
Karen Wilvens
Frank Wilvens
Frank Robert Williams
Oxford
Carl F. Williamson
States
Maytag Melampy
Sales & Service
Central Dial
Stordy
Ud Press
Ai Ones
Jewelers
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