Weekend arrivals from Greenbrier and broader travels
A roundup of residents returning home or visiting relatives after trips or weekend stays. Mr. and Mrs. Hook and Mr. and Mrs. Webald came back from The Greenbrier in West Virginia. Baltimore visitors H Norman Aetjer and Cathrine Aetjer joined Mrs. Baetjer’s parents. Mrs. J A Aull, Sr. finished a six week East trip visiting Cape Cod Edgartown Martha's Vineyard and the Jane Club. Others include J L Weaves guests Jed L. Davis family from Parkersburg. Duffin family visited Akron and planned Michigan vacation. Derroughs returned from California with Hobart Thomas, visiting Oakland. Yvonne Laut ended two weeks in New York City Canada and Michigan’s Houghton Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Hook
W. Webald
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
J. A. Aull, Sr
Cape Od
Edgartown
Martha's Vineyard
Jane Club
John Derrough
Robert
Warren Rd
Derrough
William Cook
Alhambra
Calif
Hobart Thomas
Chester St
John Beningo
Oakland
Yvonne Laut
McKinley St
New York City
Canada
Houghton Lake
Mich
Julia Dillon Middletown
Europe
Delta Chi Sigma Holds Tea at American Legion Home
Beta chapter of Delta Chi Sigma Sorority hosted its monthly social at the American Legion Home auditorium at 8 p m last evening. About forty members and guests enjoyed a musical program featuring Richard Jones on piano, Mrs. Robert Nickell, Gilbert Egleston, and Mrs. Thomas Class. Tea followed, with patronesses Mrs. Lucy Ralston and Mrs. Edna Adrian assisting. autumn flowers and candles adorned the tea table. committee chair Winifred Sabo led the event with members Fred Ziegler and Eileen Sheely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Chi Sigma Sorority
American Legion
Richard Jones
Robert Nickell
Gilbert Egleston
Thomas Class
Miami Valley
Lucy Ralston
Edna Adrian
Winifred Sabo
Fred Ziegler
Eileen Sheely
Founder's Day Celebrated by Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
The Farm in Miamisburg hosted Founders Day dinner with fall flower decor and orchid candles. Prize winners were Mrs. Clark Wilhid and Miss Vera Schirmeyer. New officers include President Mrs. George Frye and secretary roles filled by Miss Jean Gray and Miss Elizabeth Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miamisburg
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Ray Welsh
Roger Glei
Jean Wallick
Elizabeth Rock
Clark Wilhid
Vera Schirmeyer
George Frye
Miss Wallick
Miss Rock
Jean Gray
Howard Schneider
Welsh
Frank Diver
Robert Meehan
William Neuenswander
Dorothy Lyle
William Whitesel
Calcutta Social Night Planned at Wildwood Club
Wildwood Golf Club hosts a Calcutta social night for members and guests starting at 8 30 p m with dancing refreshments and a door prize. Entries for the Calcutta Tournament due by 5 p m on August 30 for Sunday September 3. Contact Matty Coghlan for entry blanks or information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wildwood Golf Club
Calcutta
Matty Coghlan
Kitchen Shower and Luncheon for Joan Davies
Mrs Charles Beck and Miss Marjorie Beck hosted a red and white kitchen shower and luncheon for Joan Davies bride elect of Robert Davies. The Beck home on Linden Ave was decorated with seasonal flowers and 18 guests enjoyed canasta with prizes awarded to Nancy Stabler Davies Gloria Pyle and Martha Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Beck
Marjorie Beck
Joan Davies
Miss Davies
Robert Davies
Beck
Linden Ave
Nancy Stabler
Gloria Pyle
Martha Martin
Farewell Party Honors Ruth Levy
A farewell surprise party honored Ruth Levy at the Levy home on Monroe Street. Miss Levy departs Friday for New York City to enroll at the Pratt Art Institute. Guests included Dolores Gruenloh Janet Malott Carole Bowman Dana Fleming Bernice Levy and the hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Levy
Lora Mendel
Norma Baker
Levy
Monroe St
Farewell Dinner Honors Al Withrow
A farewell buffet at the Osborn home on Garver Rd honors Al Withrow before his Friday departure for the US Army. Hosts Bill Cisco and Mr and Mrs A O Osborn decked the rooms with zinnias marigolds and snapdragons as gifts were presented including a fountain pen. Guests included Rexill Lawson James Fall R W Scott Robert Hawthorn Charles Schueller G M Osborn Leah Poling Eugene McKnight Robert Bogan Arnold Fuller Norma Staton Helen Brock and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cisco
A. O. Osborn
Osborn
Garver Rd
al Withrow
Withrow
US Army
Rexill Lawson
James Fall
R. W. Scott
Robert Hawthorn
Charles Schueller
G. M. Osborn
Leah Poling
Eugene McKnight
Robert Bogan
Arnold Fuller
Norma Staton
Helen Brock
California Visitor Honored At Parties
Mrs. Meta Lewis Mathews has been the honored guest at several parties while visiting Middletown with Mrs. Gertrude Lewis of Crawford Street. A basket picnic was held at Chautauqua by relatives and friends. On Sunday Mrs. William Ditmyer entertained with a dinner party in Eaton Ohio. Those present included Miss Ruth Habig, Mrs. Mary Mathews, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Mathews, and Mr. and Mrs. Ditmyer. She departed for Los Angeles yesterday accompanied by her aunt Miss Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Meta Lewis Mathews
Middletown
Gertrude Lewis
Crawford St
Chautauqua
William Ditmyer
Eaton
Ohio
Ruth Habig
Mary Mathews
Lewis
Mathews
Ditmyer
Los Angeles
Miss Lewis
Caure Wher Sturdy Boots Pattern Hit with College Crowd
Laura Wheeler's Needlecraft pattern offers crochet and knitting guidance with charts photos and directions for boot pattern 697 in multiple sizes. Send twenty cents for pattern 697 and enter name address zone to News Journal Middletown Ohio. The Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book features new patterns and a free pattern printed within.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Wheeler
News-Journal
Middletown
Ohio
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Chelsea Station
New York 11
N. Y
County Tax Collections To Be Opened After Labor Day
Real estate tax collection for Butler County is set to open after Labor Day with bills to be mailed next week. Oxford Village and Oxford Township bills are already in the mails and will open Wednesday. Deputy G N Ross, standing in for Treasurer John W Wendel, will be at Farmers State Bank for about a week or ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
John W. Wendel
Oxford Village
Oxford Township
G. N. Ross
Wendel
Farmers State Bank
Local NAACP Meets Sunday in Middletown
Middletown's NAACP chapter will hold its September meeting Sunday at 3 p.m. at Bethel AME Church on Columbia Ave. The session site is moved from Church of God. Principal speaker will be George Lawrence of Dayton, Ohio. Also noted: Malaya produces over a quarter of the world's tin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Ridge Evangelical United Brethren Church
Howard Hartman
Eaton
Middletown
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bethel Ame
Columbia Ave
Church of God
George Lawrence
Dayton
Hospital Admissions Rise 2000 Percent in 33 Years
Middletown Hospital now handles near capacity daily with 140 patients. Logan Johnston, president of the Hospital Board, told the Industrial Council admissions grew from 406 in 1917 to over 7,600 projected for this year. He cited shorter stays, from ten days in 1940 to 6.5 days now, and urged planning for population growth and emergency bed space at 15 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Council
Middletown Hospital
Logan Johnston
Hospital Board of Trustees
Johnston
Little Theater Trustees to Meet at Civic Library
Members of the Little Theater board of trustees will meet tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the library of the Civic Association to elect officers and outline plans for the coming season. Thomas Downs, president of the group, announced the plan today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Little Theater
Library of the Civic Association
Thomas Downs
Dramatic Group
UAW and Agalog Tubing Sign New Contract in Springfield
Springfield AP report states the CIO United Auto Workers and Agalog Tubing Company reached a new contract granting pay raises and welfare benefits to 95 workers. Specific terms were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
CIO
United Auto Workers
Agalog Tubing Company
Social Security Changes Expanded in Butler County Area
President Truman signed the 1950 amendments boosting old age and survivors benefits for 4,856 local recipients. September checks will rise 50 to 100 percent, with typical retired worker benefits increasing from about 26 to 46 dollars monthly. The new law raises earnable monthly limits and extends coverage to self employed and workers in nonprofit sectors, with phased employer and employee payroll tax increases and new wage credits for World War II veterans. Household and farm workers gain coverage under defined conditions, while many farm workers remain excluded unless meeting specific quarters and earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
Truman
Hamilton Field
Mary Lloyd Lane
Hamilton
Lane
Veterans Administration
New Social Security Rules Expand Eligibility for Benefits
New legislation loosens qualifying conditions allowing anyone aged 65 or older with six quarters of coverage to receive monthly benefits. About 750,000 seniors may qualify, with many previously ineligible due to shorter employment histories. The Social Security Office will notify potential beneficiaries to renew claims. Mothers may also receive insurance benefits if caring for a child entitled to monthly payments, regardless of spouse status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Office
Alf
August Rains Near Mark Of Three Inches
August weather fluctuated hot and cold with rainfall near normal. Including 0.78 inches last night, the total for the month is 2.85 inches, comparable to 1947 and 1948 Augusts around 2.80 inches and last year’s 4.47 inches average. The temperature peaked at 90 degrees at 4 p.m. after a 59 degree low at 6 a.m. Today’s low was 68 at 7 a.m., rising just three degrees by 9:30 a.m. Tonight looks cloudy with scattered thunder showers and similar conditions expected Wednesday.
Driver Injured When Cycle Hits Canine On Road
Early Clawson, 45, of Hamilton Route 1, was injured when his motorcycle struck a dog and veered into a ditch. He was taken to Fort Hamilton Hospital by Brown-Dawson ambulance for a lacerated scalp and possible collarbone fracture. The 8 p m. Sunday crash occurred on Liberty Fairfield Road about half a mile south of Princeton Pike. Clawson said he tried to avoid the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Early Clawson
Hamilton
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Brown-Dawson
Liberty Fairfield Rd
Princeton Pike
Clawson
A. N. Peters
Kindergarten Schedule Change Announced by Miller
Superintendent Wade E Miller announced changes to the public school kindergarten program for next year. No kindergarten will be held at Roosevelt Junior High. students will attend Lincoln School instead. Teachers remain the same and other kindergartens will be located at Central, Garfield, Jefferson, Sherman, and McKinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade E. Miller
Roosevelt Junior High
Lincoln School
Central School
Garfield School
Jefferson School
Sherman School
McKinley Junior High School
Civil Service Openings Listed at Rural Electrification Admin
Examinations announced by the U S Civil Service Commission for several Rural Electrification Administration posts. Tele phone engineer with design options, 4600 to 6400 dollars. telephone specialists 3825 to 4600. auditor telephone 5400. loan appraiser facilities 4600 to 6400. Most jobs require constant United States travel. No written test. More details at the Middletown Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Rural Electrification Administration
United States
Middletown
Victim Of Torso Slaying Identified In Cleveland
Cleveland police identified the latest torso slaying victim as 44 year old homeless man Robert Robertson who had been arrested 12 times for drunkenness since 1949. His body, cut into five pieces, was found July 22 on a storage lot. Authorities link him to the so called mad butcher of Kingsbury Run, still sought for 13 torso slayings from the 1930s. only three victims had been identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Robert R Robertson
Welfare Lodge
Kingsbury Run
Two Escape Hurts As Cars Collide
Auto mobiles driven by Tony Capozzi and Donald Roose crashed at 1:30 a.m. on State Route 4 at Greenlawn Rd. Capozzi and his passenger Justin Mi comonasi faced minor injuries, while Roose and his passenger Robert Hood were uninjured. Hamilton police and Deputy Sheriff Louis Fritz investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Capozzi
Lopane Ave
Middletown
Donald Roose
Richmond
Ind
Greenlawn Rd
Capozzi
Justin Micomonasi
Roose
Robert Hood
Hamilton
Louis Fritz
Cincinnati authorizes local defense program in response to Korea crisis
Cincinnati designated a city emergency plan with Fire Chief Louis Wade named defense director to handle potential crises stemming from the Korean situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Leckland
Louis Wade
Trucks wedged on Route 128 cause two hour delay
Two large trucks trapped on a one way bridge south of Venice blocked Route 128 for two hours as patrolmen reported a wreck between a Raveldriven rig from Cincinnati and a semi from Churubusco Indiana. Three wreckers removed the vehicles with no injuries. The bridge corner abutment was broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Route 128
Venice
Alphonse Wiseman
Ross Ave
Cincinnati
James D. Johnson
Churubusco
Ind
Widow Eva Bartley Found Dead in Cornfield
The body of 76 year old Eva Bartley of Circleville was found two miles northeast of Washington Court House. Officials say she wandered from a rest home and died of exposure after going missing since August 14. The note on Helmstedt references historic German communication hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington D. H
Eva Bartley
Circleville
Washington Court House
Bartley
Delighted by brightness of the colored scene
A fragment recalls strong reaction to vivid colors and bright light, noting pleasure in the visual display and the immediate impression it made on the observer. The terse lines imply an encounter with art or decoration that left the viewer impressed and engaged.
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By Susan Breiel
H. Norman Aetjer
Cathrine
Baltimore
Maryland
Ms. Baetjer
Rs. Charlies R. Hook
J. L
South Main St
Jed L. Davis
Wine and Freddie, Jr
Parksburg
George T. Duffin
Pat and
Kitty Yu
Akron
Inwn
Ts. Duffin
Leo Reinartz
Duffin
Helen Reinartz
Robert Konthier
Dist. Mer
Seventh Ave
Wwe
Rusco
LF. Scofield Sales CO
Maple Ave
Delta Chi Sigma
Quality Family
Ivory Soap Laundry
Kessler Auditorium
Caure
NAACP
Malaya
Robert Millan
Franklin Presbyterian Church
Roy Miller
N. W
Third and Main Sts
Franklin
Hamilton Bldg
J. T. Riley
Central Ave
Maud Muller
DIAL
Defense Program
William E. Carpenter
Pater Ave
Chester O. Skillman
Carpenter
Skillman
Marti-Paullin Rd
Thomas Sauter
Joanne C. Huff
Germantown
Rogers
Helmstedt
America
Office Outfitters
N. Main St
WRS
Robert Stephan
Ward Ave
Bellevue, Ky
Chen
U.S
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