National Secretaries Honor Boss of the Year Dinner
The National Secretaries Association will name its Boss of the Year at a dinner tonight at the Manchester Hotel ballroom. Fifteen nominees were considered. the winner was chosen on a secretary's nomination letter. Roy F. Dunfrey of Hastings-Rall-Marvin Safe Co. will deliver the bosses’ response, with Mrs. Lilyan Miller, NSA president, as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
National Secretaries Assn
NSA
Mimders
Gwendolyn Mattews
Norma Imhoff
Mary Edna Sullivan
Manchester
Charles R. Hook
Armco Stel Corp
Roy F.dunfey
Hasting-Rall-Marvin Safe Co
Hamilton
Lilyan Miller
Miller
Actual Business College
Akron
University of Akron
Akron Law School
Herbert B. Link
The
Bellows Co
Psi Chapter Plans Hayride and Dinners
Psi chapter Nu Phi Mu sorority met at the YMCA for a regular business session. A hayride is planned for April 24 with a committee led by Mrs. Jerry Fra, Mrs. Oral Sallie, and Miss Jackie Cornwell. Mother's Day dinner is set for May 5 with plans by Miss Mary Harris and Miss Peggy Cox.
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Psi Chapter
Nu Phi Mu Sorority
YMCA
Jerry Fra
Oral Sallie
Jackie Cornwell
Mary Harris
Peggy Cox
Delores Rhoades
Ways and Means
Friends Fete Emma Burton Bride elect in Easter party
A party at Mrs. John W. Grass home honored Miss Emma Burton the bride elect of Robert Philers. Guests awarded games to Mrs. Royce Parks and Mrs. Joseph Horton. The couple plans to wed April 17 at the Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma In
Robert Philers
John W. Grass
Queen Avenue
Royce Parks
Joseph Horton
Miss Burton
Church of Christ
Plans Completed For Annual Dinner By Local League
Final plans are made for the Mid Mol Middletown chapter of the League of Women Voters annual dinner at First Presbyterian Church tomorrow evening. Guest speaker will be James R. Sexton Butler County representative to the Ohio General Assembly. After dinner officers will be elected and study items for the coming year set. Dinner opens to the public at 6 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
League of Women Voters
First Presbyterian Church
James R. Sexton
Butler County
Ohio General Assembly
Local Lodge and Club Events At Ma sonic Temple
Tomorrow at 7 30 p m the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem holds reobligation night at the Ma sonic Temple. The Ladies Auxiliary of Middletown Commandery 71 Knights Temp lar hosts a 6 30 p m covered dish dinner at the Masonic Temple. A film titled Deep Roots will be shown during the Keystone Guild First Methodist Church dinner at 6 30 p m in the church social rooms. Eighty percent of America s known phosphate rock lies in southeastern Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Ladies Auxiliary
Middletown
Knights Templar
Keystone Guild
First Methodist Church
America
Idaho
Philothea
Albert Rammel
Middletown High School
Jim Jewell
George Jones
Fred Wigginton
Russell Cunningham
Group 4
Mildred Long
Ruth Rye
George Schueller
J. S. Day
E. A. Rammel
Lawrence Dugan
Roy Hazelwood
Snider Cardin Vows Announced
Mr and Mrs G R Tom Snicer of Arlington Avenue announce the marriage of their daughter Edna to Armand J Cardin of Arizona The couple exchanged vows March 17 in Tucson and are spending time with Ednas family in Arlington They plan to return to Tucson next weekend to reside there
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G. R. Tom Snicer
Arlington Avenue
Edna
Armand J. Cardin
Arizona
Tucson
Mrs Baker Speaks On Loewy Career At Club
Mrs R C Baker outlined Raymond Loewy career as a leading industrial designer who shaped packaging trains autos stores and resorts describing his functional artistic and saleable designs. She noted peers Henry Dreyfuss and Walter Teague and concluded with Life magazine cartoons on human form in the machine age. Refreshments followed as members and hostesses attended the meeting at Aberdeen Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Study Club
R. C. Baker
Raymond Loewy
Mr. Loewy
Henry Dreyfuss
Walter Teague
Loewy's
C. S. Mills
Sorority appoints social committees for coming year
Mrs Nicholas Cornelia president of Delta Chi Sigma selects social committees at YMCA. She and Mrs Cornelia plus Mrs William Dix to attend international meet in June at Catalina Island. Sorority with Hi Y to sell Easter lilies for Butler County Crippled Children, booth downtown April 16. Members approve amendments to Middletown Federation of Women's Clubs constitution and Delta Chi Sigma to host at Federation meeting April 27 at the Girls' Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Cornelia
Delta Chi Sigma Sorority
YMCA
Cornelia
William Dix
Catalina
Hi-Y
Butler County
Booth
Middletown
Travel Notes Highlight Long Weekend Visitor Updates
Travel notes recount Mrs. Frank Vigor and Mrs. Charles Kerr attending a song recital by Miss Dolores Leffingwell at the School of Brown County Ursulines. The Tobins returned to Bronxville after a visit with relatives. The Danfords vacationed four weeks in Fort Lauderdale joined by daughter Marilyn. Gilbert Sheard, Arthur Mount and family also vacationed in Florida and Urbana. Princeton Glee Club tours include Gene M. Phillips as accompanist with rehearsals at Sea Island and Miami.
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Frank Vigor
Charles Kerr
Dolores Leffingwell
School of
Far
Brown County Ursulines
Fred Danford
Alameda
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Danfords
Marilyn
St. Aoracee 8
Waterbury
Ionn
Gene M. Phillips
E. L. Phillips
Kenwood Drive
Princeton University
Princeton Glee Club
Cloisters
Sea Island
Miami
Fia
Homemakers Circle Two elects officers at Aberdeen Drive
The Homemakers Circle Two meeting at Mrs. Tudor Morris home elected officers including Mrs. Morris as president and Mrs. Ray Minter as official board member. Other posts went to Mrs. Wel don Baker, Mrs. John Hackett, Mrs. Donald Unger, and Mrs. Ervin Reisz. Members planned selling an afghan at a June event and viewed colored Florida slides by Ray Minter.
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Tudor Morris
Aberdeen Drive
Circle Two
Ray Minter
Morris
Weldon Baker
John Hackett
Donald Unger
Ervin Reisz
Florida
Woman's Assn Elects Stigler President at Oakland Church
The Women’s Association of Oakland Presbyterian Church elected Mrs. E. J. Stigler as president at the meeting hosted by Mrs. Russell Oglesby. Other officers include Mrs. Holly Lawson as vice president and Mrs. Walter Kuiken as secretary. The group will hold a mother-daughter banquet in May.
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E. J. Stigler
Women’s Assn
Oakland Presbyterian Church
Russell Oglesby
Sherman Avenue
Holly Lawson
Walter Kuiken
Laura Strain
Paul Thiel
Jack Frost
Meryle McGlynn
Esther McKinley
Ted Griss
Oglesby
Elwood Craig
Ernest Rothfuss
Ada Selby Attends Ohio Cosmetologists Meeting
Mrs. Ada Selby of the Jesu beauty salon attended the Ohio Cosmetologists Association meeting held April 4 and 5 at the Hotel Sinton in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Selby
Jesu Beauty Salon
Ohio Cosmetologists Assn
Hotel Sinton
Cincinnati
Vital statistics births and relatives noted
Vital statistics list multiple newborns from area families with names and addresses. Mr and Mrs Rose, Wells, Hart, King, Wells, Goins, and others reported births yesterday or today at Akron Hospital. Out of town entry notes a girl born yesterday to Frazier family in Cuyahoga Falls, with named grandparents and great grandmother in Cleveland and Shafor Street.
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David Rose
Highland St
Wardie Wells
Lafayette St
Buford Hart
Prospect Ave
Willie King
Grove St
Isaac Wells
17Th Ave
Norman Goins
1St Ave
James Frazier
Edincott Way
Cuyahoga Falls
Akron Hospital
R. M. Frazier
Yankeo Rd
Herbert Crumbaker
Cleveland
James Bolser
Shafor St
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several Couples in Indiana
The Richmond Indiana license list shows Jack M Hammel 23 U S Air Force and Marian C Brookes 21 clerk both of Hamilton. James Oliver Pogue 23 laborer and Helen A Smiley 19 press er both of Hamilton licensed in Richmond. Orie J Burns 23 Trenton and Phyllis Jean Fee 24 Middletown. Ray H Hall 45 and Marie Davis 31 both of Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack M. Hammel
U. S. Air Force
Marian C. Brookes
Hamilton
James Oliver Pogue
Laborer
Helen A. Smiley
Presser
Richmond
Ind
Orie J. Burns
Trenton
Phyllis Jean Fee
Middletown
Ray H. Hall
Marie Davis
Hospital Patient List Updates Across Town
The notice lists multiple patients from West Middletown, Trenton, Granada Avenue, and other locales admitted for medical or surgical care. Names include Patsy Reed, Mrs. Lawrence Mann, Mrs. Ann Sprinkles, Ronald Siler, Owen Case, George Fitzpatrick, and others, with many tied to local streets and towns. End entries note Freeland Back at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati.
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Lawrence Mann
West Middletown
Patsy Reed
Junior Reed
Middletown
William Saunders
Trenton
Ann Sprinkles
Granada Ave
Pe Rempe
Kunz Ave
Miller
Miamisburg
Noah Powers
Peter Welch
14Th Ave
Charles Payton
Ottawa St
Leroy Alfrey
Wilbraham Rd
Ronald Siler
Jasper Siler
Germantown Rt. 1
Dannock
Carl Brock
Mohawk St
Charles Faulkner
James Faulkner
Columbia Ave
New Unity Council 241 Officers Elected at Nelva Center
Daughters of America Unity Council 241 elected new officers last night at the Nelva Center. Helen Getter will serve as conductor, Walter Cavori’s wife as warden, Ross Ewen’s wife as insider sentinel, Kenneth Duff’s wife as trustee, and Courtney Tibbs as deputy. Meetings are set for the first and third Tuesday each month at Nelva Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Council
Daughters of America
Nelva Center
Helen Getter
Walter Cavori
Ross Ewen
Insider Sentinel
Kenneth Duff
Courtney Tibbs
Canada moves to cut tariffs and suspend duties in Eisenhower program
Abbott announced tariff reductions on several articles and the suspension of duties on others including uranium imported from the United States as plutonium. He predicted Canada’s dynamic economy would overcome hesitancy by midyear and 1954 production would equal or surpass 1953’s $24.345 billion, up $1.1 billion from 1952.
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Abbott
United States
Canada
Misses Pattern 9123 Promises Easy Fit and Style
Therican Mast markets Pattern 9123 for Misses sizes 12 through 20 and 40 featuring a sundress apron and jumper options. The one pattern opens flat for ironing, includes a Sew Chart, and requires 3 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 16 with mailing details for ordering and pricing.
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Marian Martin
News Journal
Middletown
Ohio
West 18Th St
New York
N.Y
Suits Settled By Railroad in Canton Crossing Deaths
Widows of two Canton men and the widow of a Cleveland trucking firm president reached settlements with the Pennsylvania Railroad totaling 23,000 dollars. Mrs. W. R. Cleckner received 14,000 dollars, Mrs. Ronnie Hurst 9,000 dollars, and Anthony J. Rocco’s widow 22,000 dollars. The men died at a Stark County grade crossing in Louisville in 1950 while returning from a hunting trip to Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland
Canton
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. R. Cleckner
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Ronnie Hurst
Anthony J. Rocco
Stark County
Louisville
Pennsylvania
Octopus Battle Ends With Escape for Man and Abalone Haul
Antone fought an eight foot octopus weighing 40 pounds as spectators watched in California. He struck the creature’s head against a rock for about ten minutes until it wilted, then freed himself, pried five abalones from the rocks, and returned to operating a bulldozer.
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Antone
Engineer Parley 2nd Session Set
The Ohio Highway Engineering Conference sponsored by the state highway department and Ohio State Universitys civil engineering department will hold its second session today. About 300 federal, state and private industry engineers are attending the three-day meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Department
Ohio State University
Civil Engineering Department
Spelling Final Sets TV Run for Cincinnati Area
Jean Catherine Herr of Holy Trinity School headlines 12 finalists in a Cincinnati area spelling final televised on WCPO-TV at 10 30 a m This Saturday The program originates from Cincinnati Gas and Electric auditorium The winner earns an all expenses paid trip to Washington for the National Spelling Bee Other prizes include Britannica sets films and a language dictionary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Catherine Herr
Holy Trinity School
Cincinnati
Washington
Wcpo-Tv
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Encylcopedia Brittanica
Brittanica Film Library
Jean Catherine
Ford Regains Lead in Butler County Car Registrations
Joseph T. Kiep, clerk of courts, reports Ford took the county lead in new car registrations for March after a close six month contest with Chevrolet. Ford totaled 99 passenger cars, Chevrolet 76, Buick 38, with total passenger car registrations 382 and truck registrations 64.
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Ford
Butler
Joseph T. Kiep
Chevrolet
Buick
Mercury
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Plymouth
Nash
Dodge
Chrysler
Cadillac
Packard
Studebaker
Lincoln
Hudson
de- Soto
Willys
Kaiser
Austin
GMC
International
Rep
Ali
Grange Dates Announced At Monroe Meeting
Monroe Grange announces May 17 for the bake and sewing contest for different age groups. Achievement Day is set for April 24 with tickets through local officers. Play writing contest closes May 31. Liability insurance for patrons driving tractors now available. First and second degrees to be conferred on April 9. An entertainment program featuring scrambled quartets was planned.
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Monroe
Grange
Monroe Grange
William Hofmann
Home Economics Committee
Roy Bake
Charles Zecher
M Roy Kettman
Kenneth Martin
Lester Kennel
Martin
Laura Wheeler 1954 Needlecraft Catalog offer
Easiest embroidery and sewing promo from News Journal Middletown Ohio advertises Pattern 881 for Children's sizes 2 through 10 with embroidery transfer and tissue. Requests 25 cents per pattern plus 5 cents more for first class mail. includes order to News Journal and mailing details with address zones. Also promotes 20 cents for a complete catalog with 79 patterns, gifts ideas and fashions.
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News Journal
Middletown
Ohio
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
Youths Questioned In Piggy Bank Theft
Ruthie Carter reported to police the theft of a piggy bank containing 10 dollars a silver dollar and small change from 1313 Walnut Street Monday night. Officers questioned two juvenile suspects who denied the theft as some money was recovered by a youth behind a nearby home.
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Ruthie Carter
Walnut St
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