Pretty Linen Shower for Mrs Ivan Whisler in Dayton
A luncheon and linen shower was held at Rike's dining room in Dayton Saturday noon in honor of Mrs Ivan Whisler Vera Pratt. Hostesses Mrs Chester Spitler Mrs Paul Benning and Mrs Phillip Lasswell organized the event. The table featured a large bouquet of white lilacs daisies and pink carnations and the brides place cards were crafted by the hostesses. Mrs Whisler received gifts after the meal. Attending guests included Mrs L J Ragland Mrs Helen Hawkes Mrs Edward Drayer Mrs L D Ludwick Mrs John Vencer Mrs Carl Mercer Mrs Robert Stewart Mrs Neil Bachelor Mrs Harry Ward Miss Ellen Easton Miss Marie Beaton Miss Frances Heilman and Miss Ann Chenoweth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Whisler
Vera Pratt
Rike’s
Dayton
Chester Spitler
Paul Benning
Phillip Lasswell
Whisler
L. J. Ragland
Helen Hawkes
Edward Drayer
L. D. Ludwick
John Vencer
Carl Mercer
Robert Stewart
Neil Bachelor
Harry Ward
Ellen Easton
Marie Beaton
Frances Heilman
Ann Chenoweth
Births Reported At Local Hospital And Out Of Town
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Pieratt welcomed a boy Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Sherman of Franklin had a girl Monday. Volney Helton of West Middletown welcomed a boy. Louis Brown of North Street had a boy Tuesday. Kelley Farrish of Oneita Street had a girl Tuesday. Byron Countryman had a boy Tuesday. Andrew Mittenholzer of Fourteenth Avenue had a girl Tuesday. Out of town, George W. Barr and Irene Hodge welcomed a boy in El Segundo, California Saturday, with maternal and paternal grandparents named. Colored, Curry Dupee and wife on Garfield Street welcomed a girl Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital
Gerald Pieratt
Fleming Rd
Harold J. Sherman
Franklin
Volney Helton
West Middletown
Louis Brown
North St
Kelley Farrish
Oneita St
Byron Countryman
Andrew Mittenholzer
Fourteenth Ave
George W. Barr
Irene Hodge
el Segundo
Calif
Floyd Ray
Manchester Ave
Harry W. Barr
West Sixth Ave
Treble Clef Chorus Gala Party At Manchester Hotel
Treble Clef Chorus held a gala dinner and entertainment in the Green Room at a Manchester Hotel last night. Directors, members and guests attended with tables decorated in white and lilacs, finishing with singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Treble Clef Chorus
Tom Giles
Herbert Frantz
R. L. Rettig
C. H. Martin
C. A. Hagan
A. H. Baldwin
I. O. Focht
4. D. Riggs
Marilyn Graham
W. W. Jones
Bess Mitchell
Donald Broughton
Donna Broughton
Jane Riggs Brown
Local Society Notes From Dayton and Nearby Areas
Ray Richter of Malvern Street is confined to Grandview Hospital in Dayton. Jack Hoover of Elmo Place is a patient at University Hospital in Columbus following an operation. Linda Sue Havemann, daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Havemann Jr of Ardmore Drive, has been chosen flower girl for the wedding of her cousin Rosemary Hahne of Dayton. Rosemary Hahne will wed H Clifford Inkrot of Norwood on June 12 at Corpus Christi Church in Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hoover
Elmo Pl
University Hospital In
Columbus
Linda Sue Havemann
W. A. Havemann, Jr
Ardmore Dr
Rosemary Hahne
Dayton
Hahne
H. Clifford Inkrot
Norwood
Corpus Christi Church
Sigma Phi Gamma sorority meeting with prizes and pledges
Sorority members met Monday evening in Girls' Club with prizes for cards won by Mrs. Alfred Schwing, Miss Elizabeth Rock, and Mrs. Gene Weidner. Pledge service was held for Mrs. Edward Moore, Miss Betty Shaffer, and Miss Dorene Davis. Refreshments were served by hostesses Mrs. Ray Yelton, Miss Juanita Roebuck, Miss Dorothy Lyle and Miss Marian Willough by.
Girls Club Executive Board Meeting At Burke Home
Mrs. C. E. Burke hosted the Girls' Club Executive Board at her Kenwood Drive home Tuesday night. New treasurer Miss Mary Strodtbeck and board member Miss Florence Beck were welcomed after the business session, followed by a social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Burke
Kenwood Drive
Mary Strodtbeck
Mabel King
Florence Beck
Annual Mother and Daughter Banquet Hosted by Local Women
The Women’s Society of World Service and Otterbein Guild of First Evangelical United Brethren Church plan the annual Mother and Daughter Banquet for next Monday May 3 at 6 30 p m in the church. Guest speaker Mrs Claude M Lotspiech of Cincinnati is named Mother of the Year for Ohio. Reservations are due by Friday April 30. All women and girls of the church are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of World Service
Otterbein Guild
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Claude M. Lotspiech
Cincinnati
Lotspiech
Ohio
Birthday party marks first year for Mabel E Dickerson
Mabel Eileen Dickerson of Middletown Route 2 celebrated her first birthday with a gay party. A large birthday cake centered the table and many gifts were piled around it. Family members and friends including Garry Woolum Fritz Woolum Ronnie Specht Sue Brate Carol Brate Robin Brate Ruth Ann Brate James Albright Robert Willsey Debbie Short Penny Short Tommie Short James Squire Bonnie Squire attended along with mothers Mrs. Walter Brelsford Mrs. Harry Specht Mrs. Orville Short and the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Eileen Dickerson
Morgan Dickerson
Middletown
Garry Woolum
Fritz Woolum
Ronnie Specht
Sue Brate
Carol Brate
Robin Brate
Ruth Ann Brate
James Albright
Robert Willsey
Debbie Short
Penny Short
Tommie Short
James Squire
Bonnie Squire
Walter Brelsford
Harry Specht
Orville Short
Clarence Brate
Woman's Party Honors Mrs Campbell at Germantown Home
Mrs Paul Campbell was honored by her mother and mother in law at 1715 Germantown Rd last evening. Blue and pink ribbons and lilacs decorated the room as games and prizes entertained guests. Gift opening followed a buffet luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Campbell
Walter Leap
Omer Campbell
Germantown Rd
Rose Miller
Helen Armbruster
Ed Wiener, Jr
William Saunders
Charles Preusch
Roy Bowling
Lana Turner Weds Millionaire Henry J Topping in Lavish Hollywood Ceremony
Lana Turner married Henry J Topping in a glamorous Bel Air setting. The ceremony drew 25 reporters and 16 photographers as Turner wore champagne lace, and the groom, a tinplate fortune heir, pledged vows with calm assurance. The couple planned a brief stay before travel to New York and a May 5 voyage to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lana Turner
Bob Topping
Hollywood
William
Billy) Wilkerson
Millionaire Topping
Gil
Henry J
Bob) Topping
Lana
William R
Wilkerson
Bel-Air
Chery Christine
Stephen Crane
Palm Springs
New York City
Mauretania
London
Middletown Students Named for Miami District Scholarship Tests
About 2000 high school students from nine Southwestern Ohio counties compete in the Miami District state scholarship tests at Miami University on Saturday. Middletown High School names 36 seniors across biology to bookkeeping I, including Robert Fraser and Jay Beatty. Tests begin at 9 30 a m with Dr James H St John directing. additional sites include Dayton and Wilmington. Twelve junior high students from each local school also participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Miami
Miami University
Middletown High School
Robert Fraser
Beth MacKinnon
Lynn Learey
Charles Mosier
Gary Troupe
James Young
Jerry Curtis
Irvin Herman
Robert Shoemaker
Cale Ledford
Robert Olt
Ray Root
Fred Lipfert
Clark Gable
Dwight Neill
Barbara Egelston
Barry MacDonald
Donald Thomas
Dick Coddington
Tom Holton
Barbara Kennedy
Jim Demetriou
George Skillman
Paul Walls
Sue Lawrence
Gretchen Mnnnich
Edwin Bleedow
Carmen Bleedow
Joan Heyer
Bonnie Loveless
Jay Beatty
Nancy Hampton
Joan Ingwersen
Don Crowley
Catherine Hillard
Donna Spears
Dolores Holtz
Shirley Maxwell
Sally Pomeroy
Nancy Ayres
Janice Gordon
Nancy Neill
Jean Phillips
Allen Thompson
Loren Yount
Carolyn Flavin
Constance Lewis
Barbara Tannreuther
Robert Dearth
Lrary Fraley
Donna Fleming
James H. St. John
Dayton
Willmington
Franklin youth Gary Harris injured in hit and run
Hospital attendants reported Gary Harris eight of Franklin Route 2 in good condition after being struck by a car and run over by another while crossing Route 25 Penny Royal Hill Saturday evening. He was admitted to Middletown Hospital with a fractured arm. Witnesses said the driver of the car that ran over him did not stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Harris
Franklin
Gary
Penny Royal Hill
Middletown Hospital
DuPont Announces $30 Million Lab Expansion Plan
DuPont will begin immediately a $30 million expansion of research facilities at its Wilmington experimental station. It is described as the largest single laboratory project planned by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington, del
DuPont Company
Wilmington Experimental Station
DuPont
New Look of Spring Highlights Armco Girls Banquet
Over 360 Armco Girls Association members and guests gathered at the Manchester Hotel ballroom for the annual banquet themed the new look of spring. Highlights included May pole decor, a May-pole table display, and prize awards to Irene Dineen and six others. Officers announced: Tilman Ellicon president, Charles Fogelman vice president, Treasurers Magdaline Faries and Joan Doring, with Mary Delp chairing finance. A varied program featured a choral group, piano solos by Ed Hobart, a barber quartet Staircase Four, dances by Miss Alice Lazaron and Miss Agatha Evers, and several solos, all under Willard L. Williams’s coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armco Girls’ Association
Manchester
Mary Jane Sheets
C. H. Murray
L. F. Reinartz
C. E. Stutenroth
Irene Dineen
Herbert Woolf
Jwis Weikal
Bessie Dunlap
Ruth Ann Shaffer
Irene Phillips
Maude Wilson
Tilman Ellicon
Charles Fogelman
Joan Doring
Magdaline Faries
Mary Delp
Emily Hansel
Raymond Barr
Agatha
Gilbert Egelston
Mark Schiebert
Troy Hall
J. Beatty
Alice Lazaron
Agatha Evers
Alice Page
Manana
Walter L. Goodman
Joseph Sabo
W. C. Thompson
Cadman
Ruth Rose Lawson
Gershwin
Willard L. Williams
Betty Jo Acra
Marilyn Cronk
Betty Rhoads
Earl Simpson
Carl Elam
William Stonex
Robert Scheurer
John Kf. Minor
Leonard Henderson
Ralph Hurst
Charlies Bogan
Hospital Patients Listed By Condition In Franklin Area
In The Hospital Henry Robinson of Franklin surgical Albert Rubin of Fairmount Ave medical Cornett Noble of Navaho St medical Donna DeHart daughter of Mr and Mrs William DeHart of Logan Ave surgical Mrs Leonard Smith of Colum bia Ave surgical Paul Howdyshell son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Howdyshell of Germantown Route 1 surgical Jack Mokry Jr son of Mr and Mrs Jack Mokry Sr of Jeffer son Rd medical Darlene Ruth Bishop daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Bishop of Burton Rd medical Omer Sexton of Charles St Bernice Kelley daughter of Mr and Mrs Silas Kelley of Glen Ave medical Ronald Bennett son of Mr and Mrs Earl Bennett of Gideon Rd surgical Miss Martha Wallace of Tytus Ave surgical William EF Wilson of Beuna David Carmody son of Mr and Mrs John Carmody of Shafer St medical Oliver Rhoads of Carroll Ave
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Robinson
Franklin
Albert Rubin
Fairmount Ave
Cornett Noble
Navaho St
Donna DeHart
William DeHart
Logan Ave
Leonard Smith
Columbia Ave
Paul Howdyshell
Lawrence Howdyshell
Germantown
Jack Mokry, Jr
Jack Mokry, Sr
Jefferson Rd
Darlene Ruth Bishop
Alfred Bishop
Burton Rd
Omer Sexton
Charles St. Surgical
Bernice Kelley
Silas Kelley
Glen Ave
Ronald Bennett
Earl Bennett
Gideon Rd
Martha Wallace
Tytus Ave
William EF. Wilson
Beuna Ave
David Carmody
John Carmody
Shafer St
Oliver Rhoads
Carroll Ave
Local residents listed in community notice
The notice names Mrs. George Conner of Reyn olds Ave Eugene Sponsel of Excello Frank Daly of Clark St Mrs. Lizzie Hollan of Meadow Ave LeRoy South Jr son of Mr and Mrs Leroy South Sr of Baltimore St George Armour Jr son of Mr and Mrs George Armour Sr of Overpeck William Perry of Beech St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Sponsel
Excello
Frank Daly
Clark St
Lizzie Hollan
Meadow Ave
LeRoy South, Jr
Leroy South, Sr
Baltimore St
George Armour, Jr
George Armour, Sr
Overpeck
William Perry
Beech St
Thundershowers Still Predicted Tonight and Tomorrow
The weatherman maintains a forecast of thundershowers for tonight and tomorrow. He expects warm weather to continue into Wednesday. Early readings show a 6 a.m. low of 60 degrees, a 1:45 p.m. high of 88, and a 6:30 a.m. low of 62, with 9 a.m. at 71 degrees.
Mount Union students compete in extempo speech contest
Nine Mount Union College students from Ortheon Ohio will compete tomorrow in an extempore speaking contest sponsored by Ohio Supreme Court Justice William L. Hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Union College
Ortheon Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
William L. Hart
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peg Rosing
Mark
H. Randall
Miz Catalpa
Dial
Mrs. Curry Dupee
Garfield St
Midd. Business College
Gallaher
Lakeside Inn
Tytus AV
Ray Richter
Malvern St
Grandview Hospital
Burke Home
Raa
St. John’s School
Swidombe
United Brethren Church
Hugh Cook
Wilbraham Rd
Priscilla Club
Frank Cox
Trenton - Franklin Rd
En Avant
Mary Dell
North
Sutphin St
Louise Sixt
American Association of University Women
R. C. Baker
Community Mothers of Mothers
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Hazel Stamp
Middletown Federation of Women's Clubs
MHS
Central Ave
George Conner
Reynolds Ave
Carr Lake
N. Broad St
Reeves
Jewelers, Inc
Samtone
Erle A. Hanson
Charles ST
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