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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1955
Page
5
Arthur Bregstein, executive vice president of a company making electric cooking devices, claims housewives are the world’s best engineers. He says women design and refine appliances, foresee needs, and will remote control kitchens soon. He also teases a cooking unit that thinks for the housewife and eliminates guesswork.
Miss Barbara Lee Deaton and James A Polleys plan to marry August 20 at 7 30 p m in the Church of the Brethren Grand Avenue. The bride’s sister Faye Deaton will be maid of honor. Best man will be Richard Polleys with ushers William Polleys and Eddie Gehm. A reception will follow at the groom’s mother’s home.
Members of Lone Star Past Councilors will gather at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Duff located at 3807 Grand Ave for a community meeting and wrap up by noting local civic interest.
Miss Norma Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Smith wed Frederick Leight son of Mrs Bernice Leight in a Red Lion Methodist Church double ring ceremony Friday at 730 pm. Rev Denver Noggle officiated with palms candles and white floral arrangements as music by Arleen Fry accompanied vows in a pale blue suit.
The annual Hogg-Back family reunion will be held Sunday at Armco Park with a basket dinner at 1 p.m. For more information contact Mrs. Herman Hogg at 1731 Jackson Lane.
A batch of birth notices lists new additions to families at numerous addresses including Pershing Avenue Baltimore Street Art Avenue and Franklin locations. Names include Mr and Mrs Lawrence Smith and Mr and Mrs Edward Wolf with a boy and girl born yesterday or today.
In The Hospital Mrs Cora Mohr of Ravena and Obie Eddie Goode of Fernwood St are mentioned as patients. The fragment lacks context on dates or further details.
Miss Louise Patricia Long daughter of Mr and Mrs Carlton H Long of Centerville wed Earl Robert Heckman son of Mr and Mrs E R Heckman of Eaton at Faith Lutheran Church in a 7 30 p m ceremony. Bride wore chantilly lace gown with French illusion veil. maid of honor Bonnie Hayes and bridesmaid Nancy Miller. best man James Heckman. ushers Ronnie Elliott William T Heckman H L Heckman. Reception at The Wishing Well in Centerville. The couple will reside at 544 Telford Ave Dayton.
Travel notes report Mr and Mrs J W Holman of Alameda Circle representing the First Baptist Church at the American Baptist Assembly National Missions Conference Aug 6 13 in Green Lake Wisconsin More than 300 church leaders and 100 missionaries and nationals from five continents attend. Mrs C J Hughes of Central Avenue returns from a seven week European tour with sister Miss Grace Coblantz of Dayton.
Engineers estimate the average typist completes about 14 745 000 keystrokes per year. The figure reflects overall typing workload and productivity expectations across typical office tasks.
Mrs. H. C. Bennett returned to her Gage Drive home after a month in South America with Western College's Latin American Seminar. The 32-member group flew Pan American from Miami to Lima visiting the Peruvian American Institute, a sugar cane plantation, and the Inca Lost City. They met Chilean alumnae in Santiago, toured museums and industries, and visited the University of Chile and Braden Copper Mine. The itinerary included Buenos Aires, Argentina with tense streets, Asuncion, Paraguay, São Paulo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, and Venezuela, finishing in Caracas. Leaders were Dr. Herrick B. Yong and Miss Anita L. Martin. The program is part of Western's international emphasis, followed by trips to the Far East, Middle East, and Europe.
Notice asks students returning to college or entering for first time to phone or write the Society Department before Sept. 1 to be included in the Back-To- School round-up in the Sept. 11 edition.
Mrs Ralph Kah and Mrs Stan ley Weinstein teamed to win first place at the Middletown Duplicate Bridge Club session. Mr and Mrs John Murphy, former Middletonians now in Connersville Indiana, placed second with thirty tied for thirds by Mrs De Meyer and Mrs Bryan Philips and Mr and Mrs Howard Wikoff. The meeting was at the Wikoff home on Milton Road with five tables and an average score of 54.
Announcement from Camden parents Mr and Mrs Vernon O Caskey confirms the marriage of Delores Ellen Caskey to Marlin Monroe Cook. The couple exchanged vows July 30 at 2 45 PM in Lawrenceburg. Cook, a Camden High School graduate, works with his father in a restaurant business and farms at Pittsburgh Landing Tennessee.
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