Local Birth Announcements Across Several Towns
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gross of Lebanon Route 2 welcome a boy. Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGuire of 1728 Carolina Street announce a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Wilson of 121 Crawford Street report a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Lockard of West Middletown Route 1 welcome a boy. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Taylor of 856 South Main Street Franklin announce a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Males of 610 Baltimore Street announce a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Don Pratt of 521 Moore Street report a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Foster of 766 Tibball Street Franklin welcome a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Arvel Campbell of 2102 Queen Avenue report a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Carroll of 117 Webster Street report a girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Gross
Lebanon
Harry McGuire
Carolina St
Steven Wilson
Crawford St
Jess Lockard
West Middletown
Richard Taylor
South Main St
Franklin
Calvin Males
Baltimore St
Don Pratt
Moore St
Ronald Foster
Tibball St
Arvel Campbell
Queen Ave
Ronald Carroll
Webster St
Man Captured After Hit and Run Theft and Fraud Charges
A Muncie man, Clay Jones aged 43, was arrested after a dawn accident at Garfield Street and Fairmount Avenue. Jones faces charges including conversion fraud fraudulent checks larceny and physical control related to a stolen trailer and a bad check. The trailer was resold in Kentucky. Jones was to be arraigned in Municipal Court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Crout
Clay Jones
Franklin St
Muncie
Ind
Jones
Garfield St
Fairmount Ave
Arthur Wells
Glenn Ave
Crout
Engle’s Corner
Kentucky
Civic Symphony Final Concert Delights Middletown Audience
The Middletown Civic Symphony Orchestra at the high school auditorium closed the 1952-53 season with a varied program. Highlights included Marcel Poot Carnival Overture, a Bennett medley from The King and I, Stravinsky Dance Concertantes, and Wagner Die Meistersinger selections. Soloists Haley Dodds Jr. and Nancy Berkey, with conductor Valda Wilkerson, received praise for technical skill and artistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Marcel Poot
Miss Wil
Broadway
Igor Stravinsky
Haley Dodds, Jr
Nancy Berkey
Shower Honors Jeanne Ritter Bride Elect of William Sandston
Miss Jeanne Ritter was honored with a linen shower luncheon hosted by Mrs. John Weber on Central Ave. The guest list included Mrs. James Dickerson Mrs. Robert Hayes Jr. Mrs. James Heck and others. After bridge, prizes went to Mrs. Evans Mrs. Ballard and Mrs. Hayes. The couple will wed Saturday at St. Mary's Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Ritter
William L. Sandston
John Weber
Central Ave
James Dickerson
Robert Hayes, Jr
James Heck
Lee Ballard
Washington, Pa
Pat Hayes
Ruth Rempe
Wilma Gade
Walter Evans
Lars R. Larson
Charles Bolton
Evans
Ballard
Hayes
Miss Ritter
Mr. Sandston
St. Mary’s Church
Mrs Karl Wilkinson Enshrined Royal Matron of Amaranth
Mrs Karl Wilkinson was installed as royal matron of the Imperial Court of the Order of the Amaranth at the Manchester Hotel. The ceremony featured coronation of Wilkinson with Miss Evelione Meahl assisting, and a song by Charles Egelston. Officers named included Karl Wilkinson royal patron and Mrs St Clair Leavall associate matron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Amaranth
Manchester
Evelione Victoria Meahl
Earl Moore
Charles Egelston
Egelston
Karl Wilkinson
St. Clair Leavall
Ralph Scott
Karl D. Conklin
W. H. Gillespie
Luff Laundy
John Taylor
Edgar Reeder
Hubert Fall
Harry Pratt
Harry Pell
Arthur Siebert
Margaret Peterson
M. L. Hackney
Robert Graham
Roger Hockman
Alma Evans
Edythe Taylor
Marcellene Thompson
Taylor
Harold Hannah
C. C. Hursh
Earl Flint
George Vencer
Dayton
James Schweitzer
Frank Schweitzer
Cincinnati
Lileka Rolitz
Wilkinson
W. A. Worman
W. S. Conk
Stuart Nixon
Claire Hunek
Margaret Hovel
Robert Roosa
Carlton Wilkinson
Senior Students Visit Verity Hall
Six senior high school students with nursing interest joined a Verity Hall weekend visit. They attended a house party Friday, then toured a hospital Saturday with student nurses, observing departments and activities. Middletown guests were Liddy Harpring Ruth Downey Shirley Duncan Elizabeth Jack. Dayton guests were Hazel Mc Laughlin and Helen Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verity Hall
Liddy Harpring
Ruth Downey
Shirley Duncan
Elizabeth Jack
Middletown
Hazel McLaughlin
Helen Potter
Dayton
Travel Notes Highlight Local Residents' Trips and Visits
Mrs Leslie Akison returns home from Ball Clinic Excelsior Springs Missouri after a two week stay She visited Ava Missouri with Miss Hazel Stamp a former Middletown resident Mrs Eldon McLaughlin and family from South Main St spent a week in Chicago stopping at the Hotel Ava Also Lars R Larson arrives from Ashland Kentucky to visit her parents Mr and Mrs P F Gardner Aberdeen Drive and to take part in pre nuptial events for Ritter Sandston wedding Mr and Mrs James E Martin of South Sutphin St returned from Grand Rapids Michigan after attending the funeral of Mr Martin's father Glenn E Martin Mrs William H Henry returns from Washington DC and New York City Visiting her son and daughter in law Lt and Mrs William H Henry Jr in DC she attended a tea at the French Embassy where Mrs Dwight Eisenhower was present Then she went to New York for further shows Jerome Jarrett and family return from three weeks in Hollywood Florida C O Beck of Muncie Indiana visits friends in Columbus Judge and Mrs Fred B Cramer visit Columbus Mrs Lee Ballard visits from Washington Pennsylvania to West Middletown for sister Patricia Lynn Fraser's May 2 wedding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Akison
Fairmount Ave
Ball Clinic
Excelsior Springs
Akison
Ava
Hazel Stamp
Middletown
Lars R. Larson
Ashland
P. F. Gardner
Aberdeen Dr
Ritter-Sandston Bridale
Washington
D. C
New York City
William H. Henry
First Ave
William H. Henry, Jr
Henry
Dwight Eisenhower
New York
Lee Ballard
Washington, Pa
R. R. Fraser
West Middletown
Ballard
Patricia Lynn Fraser
Beauty Contest Finalist Found Dead in YWCA Room
The coroner weighs the death of Nancy Ann Novotny 19 whose body was found in her YWCA room Saturday night by a maid. Novotny was a finalist in the district Ohio sesquicentennial beauty contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, O
Nancy Ann Novotny
YWCA
Marriage Licenses for Weber and Coldiron in Hamilton
Clarence Weber aged 19 and Mari etta Coldiron aged 21, both residents of Hamilton, obtained marriage licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Weber
Marietta Coldiron
Hamilton
Hospital patients listed by condition and residence
A hospital notice lists patients including Mrs. Robert Specht Lafay ette surgical and Miss Marilyn Fett Centennial Ave medical. Other names include Mrs. Maude Vogelsang Moore St medical and Mrs. George Reeve Franklin Route 2 medical. Additional entries cover surgical patients Mrs. Dewitt Scott Yankee Rd and Mrs. Harold Graham Springboro, with several others noted by street or town and condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Specht
Lafayette St
Marilyn Fett
Centennial Ave
Maude Vogelsang
Moore St
George Reeve
Franklin
Conrad Korn
Hamilton
Belle Boyd
Eighth Ave
Robert DeJarnette
James DeJarnette
Middletown
Harry L. Brooks
Vanderveer St
Henry Stidham
Girard Ave
Don Switzer
Everett Switzer
Dewitt Scott
Yankee Rd
Harold Graham
Springboro
Tom Anstas
North Clinton St
Edna Phares
Trenton
Linda
Donna DeFrates
Donald DeFrates
Byron St
Douglas Staley
Crawford St
Connell Duncil
Germantown
Joseph Weist
Lebanon
Rudolph Augspurger
Middletown Route 2 Patients and Dismissals List
A listing of residents with hospital notes and dismissals from Mercy Hospital Hamilton and local clinics. Names include Mrs. John Haddix, Mrs. D. D. Thirkield, Patricia Goforth, Mrs. Anna Dennis, and many others tied to local streets and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
John Haddix
Charles St
Beauty Operator Maud Helton Reported Missing
Mrs. Maud Helton of Eagles Corner is missing from her Central Avenue home since 10:30 a.m. Saturday. A beauty operator at a Central Avenue shop, she was last seen getting into a taxicab in the 1700 block of Central Avenue. Described as 5 feet 5 inches, 112 pounds, reddish brown hair and gray blue eyes, she wore a white uniform with a brown coat and beige shoes. Her niece Betty Kilgore reported the disappearance, noting occasional memory lapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Helton
Eagles Corner
Central Ave
Helton
Betty Kilgore
More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH
An ad for FASTEETH denture powder promises firmer upper and lower plates with a pleasant taste and no sour or pasty feel. It claims to be alkaline, non acidic, and to help reduce denture odor, encouraging readers to buy at drug stores.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wells
Jacoby Ave
William Palmer
Clarence Bailey
Civic Symphony
Harper
Bess Mitchell
James Parker
Calvin Skinner
John Newby
Nancy Harper
Adv
Vivaldi
Dodds
der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss
Miss Berkey
Verdi
Leroy Anderson
Valda Wilkerson
Ancient
Egypt
Spinet
Music House
Dial
Electrolux Electro-Hygiene
Electro-Hygiene Vacuum Cleaner Co
15Th Ave
Ohio
Imperial Court
James E. Martin
South Sutphin St
Grand Rapids, Mich
Mr. Martin
Glenn E. Martin
Jerome Jarrett
Highland St
Hollywood, Fla
C. O. Beck
Muncie, Ind
Charles E. Harmon
Ellen
Fred B. Cramer
Aberdeen
Columbus
Beauty
John Wesley
Charles J. Shartis
State St
Mercy Hospital
Surgical
Wilma
Mrs. Harley
Eaton Route 5
D. D. Thirkield
Frank
Lin
Jacob Root
Loren Neighbor
Alameda
James Litteral
Glen Ave
Paul Gondi
Patricia Goforth
Mrs. Goforth
Waneta St
Anna Dennis
Paul Combs
Logan Ave
Walling Corwin
Poinciana
James Childress
Frank Carter
Ninth Ave
John Burdsall
Jade John Burdsall
Grandve
Paul Bishop
Paul Wright
Sycamore
Joseph R. Baker
Ora Stewart
James Isbell
Kenneth Davis
Carlisle
Zee Clark
Herbert McCain
Minnesota
Andrew Chupka
Pearl St
Ralph Bowling
North Ave
Carleton Bates
Journal
Lions Club Sight Fund
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