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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1959
Page
3
Society Department invites students returning to college or entering for the first time to contact the Journal before Aug 29 to be included in the annual back to college feature. Submit student and parent names, address, college, class, major, and high school.
Imogene Coca headlined a week of performances at the Cincinnati Summer Playhouse in The Bells Are Ringing. The musical by Betty Camden and Adolph Green features Coca as an overeager answering-service operator who mysteriously helps subscribers with their problems.
Miss Coca lights the stage in a lively versatile performance as a pint sized comedienne who can imitate any singer. King Donovan plays the drunken playwright with humor and sincerity sharing praise with Coca. Jane Dale and Jerry Mann deliver strong supporting turns while Yvonne Othon and Lenny Dale win ovations for a Mu Cha Cha dance. The NY cast elevates the package show despite weaker musical accompaniment and dated arrangements.
Mr and Mrs Harold Fisher announce the engagement of their daughter Betty Lou Fisher of Sycamore Road Trenton to James R Pearce son of Mrs Alice Pearce of Grand Avenue The bride to be is a Middletown High School graduate employed by Armco Steel Corp The groom to be is a Fenwick High School graduate and works for Manchester Machine Co A late summer wedding is planned.
The Duplicate Bridge Club at Temple Beth Sholom held a master point session with 4 percent of tables in play. The Gersney Cole Jr team won with 46 points, Delbert Meyer team earned 44, and Mrs Gordon Nein with Ernest Bowen placed third with 39.42 points.
The Ida Morningstar chapter of the U. D. Order of the Eastern Star meets tonight at 7:30 in the Commercial Building on S. Main Street. The new chapter was established on July 18.
Lois Frith married Frederick G. Creager in a 2 p.m. double ring ceremony at St. Marys Church parsonage Franklin. The bride, daughter of Roy Frith, wore embroidered silk organza with a pearl crown veil and carried a prayer book orchid. Best man was Robert Lindsay. matron of honor Mrs. Lindsay in navy dress. The couple plans a Spooner Wis. wedding trip and will live at 201 Woodlawn Ave Chautauqua.
Twenty three members of Vio la Rebekah Lodge met last night in Odd Fellows Hall. Directed by Mrs Ray Tanner the district 48 representative Mrs John Brechman reported on the Ohio Rebekah Assembly in Toledo. Guests included Mr and Mrs Edmund Swope of Hamilton with Mrs Swope a past president of the Ohio Rebekah Assembly.
Miss Cathie Herr of Linden Avenue recently returned from a six week mathematics course at the University of Notre Dame Indiana. It is her second year receiving a scholarship for special classes at Notre Dame. She will enter her sophomore year at the College of Mount St. Joseph Cincinnati in September.
AP News profiles Mary Whelchel, a silver haired model who sews eight outfits for her Moscow Exhibition trip. Born in Chickamauga, Ga., she studied fashion, models older-woman home patterns from Vogue, and selects black and white, wrinkle-proof fabrics for versatile travel attire including suits, dresses, and a coat with matching chiffon dress.
Births list multiple families with names and addresses. includes Nelson Baker, Abbott, Pickett, Fry, and others with newborns indicated yesterday or today. Hospital entries show out of town, discharges, and various residents, reflecting community birth and discharge notices.
James H Fall Nancy Jean Sixt Lawrence Neal Norah Nichols Harold Glen Barnes Percy T Williams Mrs Donald Ansberry George W Sutphin Estill King Jr Mrs Bishop Childers all named with ages and addresses as filed in the county marriage records. The notice compiles licenses issued to residents including Armco em jPloye Milford area and Middletown region, with varied occupations and street addresses listed.
Pueblo Colorado August fair policy states women must wear dresses on the grounds with the exception only for contestants in the milk maid contest. Manager Clyde Fugate insists jeans and slacks are not allowed for attendees.
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