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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1960
Page
8
Final plans for the Middletown Federation of Women's Club card party are completed. The event will be held at the Girls Club with an afternoon session from 1 to 4 and an evening session starting at 8. Mrs. Melvin Dawson and Mrs. Earl Bonniville serve as general and co chairmen.
Mrs Ruth H Ewell a leading New York fashion authority will comment at the John Ross Store dress fashion preview Summer Stock The shows will be at 12 15 p m and 3 30 p m on the second floor Tickets for the two session card party can be obtained from Mrs Bonniville or federated clubs presidents or at the door Actors and guests are urged to bring tickets to collect prizes between 10 a m and 12 30 p m Wednesday April 27 at the Girls Club.
A notice indicates the Firefighters' Wives group will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Carmody Boulevard club house instead of tonight. The brief mentions fashion authorities in New York and Paris and a quote attributed to Mrs. Jefferson in 1790 about liberty.
Miss Carol Marie Kruse and her fiancé David Lee Parker were honored guests at a buffet supper Saturday hosted by the bride elect’s parents Mr and Mrs Robert L Kruse of Moore Street Middletown. Attendees included Virgil Parker James Knapp Lloyd Ball Eleanora Parker Goldie Parker Fred Kruse Shari Lyn Tutt and Robert W Kruse and daughter.
Mrs Thomas F Tuttle of 404 Eastline Dr leads the Middletown area for the 12th annual House and Garden Tour sponsored by the Cincinnati Smith College Club. The April 24 event opens seven Cincinnati houses in Hyde Park Indiana Hill and more with proceeds to the Smith College Scholarship fund. Four buses will shuttle visitors and maps on tickets aid self drivers.
The Democratic Foreign Policy Advisory Committee calls for U S funding to educate about half a million foreign students annually and for doubled Western aid to underdeveloped nations. The 30 member panel led by Dean Acheson released the proposals, with Rep. Chester Bowles and Sen. John F Kennedy ally among members.
The report notes the next two months will be lean for new steel orders with a turning point expected in July as auto makers begin 1961 model build ups. Mills face a 75 percent capacity rate before summer, aiming to exceed 1955 steel output. District rates show declines in Youngstown and stable to higher rates elsewhere amid easter holidays and a strike.
The engagement of Teresa Ann Wolf daughter of Bert Antrim and Harley Wolf Jr to Varney Taylor son of Otis and Mrs Otis Taylor is announced. The bride elect attended Fenwick High School and the groom is a Middletown High School graduate employed by Armco Steel. They plan to marry May 14 at 2 30 p.m. in St John’s Church.
The Middletown Longview Social League sponsored a Easter party for 225 patients at Longview Hospital Cincinnati. Mrs. Jolliff performed piano and vocal selections. Arrangements were led by Mrs. Call with several helpers. Group singing and dancing accompanied the event. A note announced 200 bars of soap collected by Trenton Presbyterian Church women for patient distribution. Mahatma Gandhi's real name Mohandes Karamchand Gandhi.
Mr and Mrs Charles Myers announce a girl at 4313 Elk Creek Road Trenton on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Carson Johnson report a boy at 4620 Stubbs Road on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Clyde R West from Lebanon Mounted Route 395 welcome a boy on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Michael R Mehi at 2222 Grand Avenue greet a girl today.
A hospital notice lists multiple patients and out of town transfers with affiliations to Reading area hospitals. Names include Mrs. Ralph Turner and Mrs. James Harper, with addresses across Reading and nearby towns. Several patients are noted as discharged to home or other locales, including Mercy Hospital in Hamilton and Grandview Hospital in Dayton.
Local clubs and service organizations announce a full week of meetings. Including Garfield Trans. Bd, Armory Middletown Civic Symphony, Monroe Firemen's Assn, Monroe Grange, American Legion committee, Civit Club, Rotary, Safety Council, Sertoma, South Middletown Fire, Civic Chorus, Mayfield Fire, Al-Affon Family, Middletown Grocers, Maple Park PTO, American Citizen's Club, MHS Band Associates, FOE Lodge 528.
Mr and Mrs Cash Wheeler and son Chalmer hosted an Easter day dinner at their Grand Avenue residence. Attendees included Reckl and Wright families from Arcanum and Franklin, plus Planck and Wheeler relatives. Also present were Carl Wheeler Nova Whitt and Emma Wheeler. Event listings note SPEBSQSA eight p m at Legion Home IOOF Miami Lodge eight p m Monroe IOOF Hall and Alcoholics Anonymous eight thirty p m.
Russell MacKenzie, 18 months old, was snatched from his crib in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, by a young man and found safe in a field behind the family home. A store clerk Jean McPhee found the boy at 7 10 a m after the infant was taken from his crib. The baby wore only a T shirt and was noted to be a little cold but otherwise well. Police detained a man but released no details. The parents, Frank MacKenzie a Canadian Overseas Telecommunications employee and his wife, were at a late movie in North Sydney when the kidnapping occurred.
Police launched an extensive search after a heavyset man about 27 abducted a baby while the child’s brother Frank 3 was cared for by their aunt Christina MacKenzie 20 on Sunday night. The Causo Cause Way, the only road entrance from Cape Breton Island to the mainland, was sealed off.
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