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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1953

Page

8

Shower Honors Lois Lindsay Bride Elect For Cpl James Conrad

Miss Lois Lindsay, bride elect of Cpl James Conrad, was honored at a linen shower hosted by Miss Jacqueline Cornwell and Mrs Oral Sallie at their Yankee Road home. Guests included Mrs William Thomas Mrs Robert Gray Mrs Art Snowden Mrs George Butts Miss Delores Rhoades and Miss Suzanne Paynter. Prizes went to Mrs Butts Miss Lindsay and Mrs Gray after games.

Jacqueline Cornwell Oral Sallie Yankee Road Lois Lindsay Cpl James Conrad Miss Lindsay William Thomas Robert Gray Art Snowden George Butts Delores Rhoades Suzanne Paynter Butts Gray

Couple Plans Fall Wedding Announcement

Engagement of Miss Carol Marie Conrad of Middletown to Carl Mitchell of Trenton is announced. Miss Conrad attended Middletown High School and works at Middletown Hospital. Mr Mitchell is a graduate of Trenton High School and employed by Aeronca Manufacturing Corp. The wedding is planned for fall.

Carol Marie Conrad Velma Conrad Middletown Warren Conrad Cincinnati Carl Mitchell Lawrence Mitchell Trenton Conrad Middletown High School Middletown Hospital Enton High School Aeronca Manufacturing Corp

Miss Dolly Wood Completes Training at Christ Hospital

Miss Dolly Jeanne Wood daughter of Mrs. Dewey Wood of Elwood Street completes training at Christ Hospital School of Nursing in Cincinnati. She accepted a position with The Christ Hospital and will take the state board examination in November. She graduated Middletown High School in 1950.

Dolly Wood Dolly Jeanne Wood Dewey Wood Elwood Street Christ Hospital School of Nursing Cincinnati Miss Wood Christ Hospital Middletown High School

Travelers Return From Western and Florida Vacations

Mr. and Mrs. Louis McCandless and children resumed home from a West trip including Mt. Rushmore and the Badlands. Florida visitors Mr. and Mrs. R L Davidson with Eleanor and Miss Suzanne Croy visited, with Croy staying briefly in Jefferson City. Mrs. Edmund Lawrence and Madeline enjoyed Lakeside Ohio Chautauqua at Hoover Auditorium. Other households vacationed at Birch Lake Michigan and in Chicago for golf.

Louis McCandless Carroll Avenue Mt. Rushmore Black Hills Badlands Florida Key West R. L. Davidson Eaton Drive Eleanor Suzanne Croy Edmund Lawrence Madeline Lawrence Christel Avenue Lakeside Lake Erie Hoover Auditorium

Lone Star Past Councilors Meet At West Middletown

Tomorrow at 7 30 p m Lone Star Past Councilors gather at the home of Mrs Hattie Snethen in West Middletown for a local meeting.

Lone Star Hattie Snethen West Middletown

Women’s Missionary Society holds picnic supper

Eighteen members of the United Presbyterian Church Women’s Missionary Society attended a picnic supper last evening at the home of Mrs. Bruce Boutson on the Middletown Hamilton Road. Mrs. Clarence Gingerich and Miss Dorothy Radabaugh performed on the program. Mrs. Clay Yocum and Mrs. Harold Draut helped with hostess duties.

Women's Missionary Society United Presbyterian Church Bruce Boutson Middletown Hamilton Road Clarence Gingerich Dorothy Radabaugh Clay Yocum Harold Draut Routson

Arnold Lindsay Vows Announced

Miss Jo Anne Arnold daughter of Mr and Mrs Teuman Arnold of Sabina and Dale William Lindsay son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Lindsay of Middletown were married June 16 at the Sabina Methodist Church. The bride a Wilmington College graduate taught at Northridge School. Lindsay also a Wilmington College graduate teaches at Middletown High School. They reside in Germantown.

Jo Anne Arnold Teuman Arnold Sabina Dale William Lindsay Gordon Lindsay Middletown Sabina Methodist Church Wilmington College Northridge School Lindsay Middletown High School Germantown

Eaton Couple Announce Nancy Lee Clear and Thomas Fulks Wedding

Mrs. and Mr. Malcolm Clear of Eaton announce the marriage of their daughter Nancy Lee to Thomas C. Fulks son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Fulks of Eaton. After September 14 the couple will reside in Cincinnati where Mr. Fulks will study engineering at the University of Cincinnati.

Malcolm Clear Eaton Nancy Lee Thomas C. Fulks Samuel J. Fulks Cincinnati Mr. Fulks University of Cincinnati

New Middletown Pattern 536 for Child Middy Dress

Pattern 536 offers child sizes 2 4 6 8 and 10 with an anchor motif easy to embroider or sew a variation without embroidery. Send 25 cents plus 5 cents per pattern for add ons to News Journal Middletown Ohio 178 Needlecraft Dept P O Box 169 Old Chelsea Station New York NY 11 for tissue transfer easy directions state size.

News Journal Middletown Needlecraft Dept P. O

Union To Treat Regulars Friday At Cincinnati Game

The United Paper Workers Local 112 CIO will treat members with six consecutive monthly meetings to a Cincinnati Redlegs game Friday night. A chicken dinner will follow at the Cottage on South Yankee and Oxford State Roads. Bus departs Nelva Center on Canal Street at 5 35 p.m.

United Paper Workers CIO Cincinnati Redlegs Cottage South Yankee Oxford State Roads Cincinnati Nelva Center Canal Street

Fair tans for fair complexions and careful sun exposure

The article advises fair skinned readers not to envy deep tans and promotes pale topaz or pale apricot shades. It describes three sun tan products for different skin tones a lotion for fair skin an oil for olive skin and a spray formula for in-between skins that protects yet encourages tanning.

Mystery Company believed to hold downed airmen in Korea

Cpl. William H. Abbott, a liberated American, said the Communists may keep Allied airmen shot down over North Korea in a fourth Camp Two company not listed by the Chinese. He noted POWs learned of the mystery unit when suppliers were misdirected. Abbott, captured in 1950, described multiple relocations due to anti communist views.

Freedom Village Korea North Korea William H. Abbott Jerusalem Ohio Camp Two Sinuiju Camp 2 Panmunjo Abbott

Year's First Hurricane Forms Near Florida Coast

The first hurricane of the year developed in the Atlantic about 325 miles east of Daytona Beach. The Miami Weather Bureau said it was a small storm with top winds near 75 mph and could slowly intensify. A Navy hurricane hunter plane discovered it this morning and it moves north to northwest at about 12 mph. The bureau expects the movement to continue for 18 to 24 hours with slowly increasing intensity.

Miami Fla Atlantic Ocean Daytona Beach Fila Weather Bureau

Biggest Crops Since 1948 In Prospect

The Agriculture Department reports the largest U.S. crops since 1948 with corn seen at about 3.33 billion bushels. If forecasts rise by November 15, Secretary Benson may impose controls such as acreage allotments or marketing quotas.

Washington U. S Agriculture Department Secretary of Agriculture Benson

Earthquake Toll Unclear in Southern Italy

Rome reports a large southern Italian quake with no casualties confirmed. London says the U S Air Force atom bomber search near Ireland has ended with four rescued, five bodies found, 14 missing. Mun san claims Allied planes over the neutral zone five times at Panmunjom. Se culp notes seven Allied dead and 38 wounded in the 8th Army mine field duties, not all confirmed as American.

Rome Italy London Ireland Air Force

AEIF Schedules Husband and Wife Night at W F Hall

The Arnico Emploes Independent Federation plans a Husband and Wife Night at the regular meeting in W F Hall 1208 Reynolds St at 8 p m Thursday Walter Leonard secretary announced. The annual AEIF outing will be held at the Middletown Canoe Club on Saturday Leonard said.

Arnico Employes Independent Federation W. F. W. Hall Reynolds St Walter Leonard Middletown Leonard

Victory Dinner Honors Opti-Derby Contestants

Thirty one Middleton youths who drove racers in the citys first Opti-Derby last Sunday will be honored at a 6 30 p m victory dinner in the Manchester Hotel. City officials and Optimists will present trophies and savings bonds to winners while magician Charles McCall and others perform in a 45 minute program.

Manchester Charles McCall Frankfort Ind McCall National Association of Magicians Indiana Herman McCall N. J. Lawler Journal Alien Johnson William Johnson Eaton Dr Joseph Blackmore Young Johnson Johnson Howard Kramer Francis Carmody City Commission Bob Lenhart and Son Kramer Commission Carmody Lawler Sylvester Husser St. Mary’s Church Victory Banqnet Ralph Kirby Blackmore and Rossi

Violence Strikes Ceylon Amid Rice Price Rise

In Colombo a state of emergency was declared as a Communist led strike spreads across Ceylon. Demonstrations protest a threefold rise in rice prices after subsidy withdrawal and disrupt transport. Attacks threaten economic life with a bombing near Madhu shrine injuring four pilgrims and a coastal rail section blown up at Hikaduw a.

Colombo Ceylon P—Ceylons Thestrike Celyon Madhu Hikkaduwa

Births Mr and Mrs Elbert Powell Ex cello a girl Tuesday

Vital statistics item reports two births: Mr and Mrs Elbert Powell of Ex cello welcomed a girl on Tuesday and Mr and Mrs George Skelton of North Broad Street welcomed a girl on Tuesday.

Elbert Powell Excello George Skelton North Broad St Tuesay

Medical and surgery listings from Pearl to Dayton notices

A compiled list of individuals with medical or surgical notes including Mrs. William Tucker Pearl Street Mrs. Lexton Ellington Somerville Route 1 Mrs. Otis Hall Henry Avenue Mrs. Ralph Rickard Miamisburg Route 1 Mrs. Harry Selby Germantown Route 1 Mrs. Robert Schlotterbeck Lewisburg medical Mrs. Carl Ennis Trenton surgery Robert Ford Goldman Avenue surgery Mrs. James Cope Water Street medical Floyd Fletcher Morgan Street surgery William Brothers Batavia Route 1 medical Betsy Puckett daughter of Edna Puckett Trenton Route 1 Frank P. Wells Winona Drive Brown VA Hospital Dayton medical Mrs. Seldon Birch Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati DISMISSED Mrs. Lily Smith North Clinton Street Mrs. Robert Ritter Highview Clyde Pence Central Avenue Margo Page daughter of Wesley Page Trenton ag John Osterberger Winona r Miss Bessie Huff Excello Mrs. Milford Evans West Middletown Route 1 Clemmon Ellison Hughes Street Dale Dowrey Tenth Avenue James Collier son of John Collier Vanderveer Street Willard Boothe Glenn Avenue

William Tucker Pearl St Lexton Ellington Somerville Otis Hall Henry Ave Ralph Rickard Miamisburg Harry Selby Germantown Robert Schlotterbeck Lewisburg Carl Ennis Trenton Robert Ford Goldman Ave James Cope Water St Floyd Fletcher Morgan St William Brothers Batavia Betsy Puckett Edna Puckett Frank P. Wells Winona Brown VA Hospital Dayton Medical Seldon Birch Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati Lily Smith North Clinton St Robert Ritter Highview

Lawrence Leads Ohio NEA Building Fund Meeting

H. H. Lawrence assistant principal of Middletown High School will join Ohio building fund committee members Friday to plan a state campaign. The drive aims to raise funds for a multi million dollar NEA building in Washington D C. Lawrence serves southwestern Ohio on the committee led by Paul A. Miller of Warren.

H. H. Lawrence Middletown High School National Education Association Ohio Building Fund Committee NEA Washington, D. C Lawrence Southwestern Ohio Paul A. Miller Warren

Dean to Receive South Korea's Highest Military Honor

President Syngman Rhee announced Maj. Gen. William F. Dean will be awarded the Order of Tae-Guk, South Korea's top military honor, upon his release in the prisoner exchange.

Seoul Syngman Rhee South

Bowman Brothers Quartet To Perform At Mayfield Church

The Bowman Brothers from Birmingham with Bill Neel will present a musical program Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the Church at Mayfield on Burbank Street beside Mayfield School. The program is open to the public per Rev. Frank Sowards.

Bowman Brothers Quartet Birmingham Ala Bill Neel Mayfield Frank Sowards Burbank Street Mayfield School

Two 15 Year-olds Held for Wil son Junior High Break-in

Two 15 year old boys confessed to breaking into Wilson Junior High School Monday night and damaging the chemistry department. They were turned over to juvenile authorities after detectives picked them up yesterday.

Hamilton Wilson Junior High

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