Initiation at Middletown NSA Christmas Dinner Meeting
Initiation of three members Mrs Richard LeForce Miss Pearl E Profitt and Miss Loretta Barker into the Middletown chapter of the National Secretaries Association highlighted the group’s Christmas dinner in the Promenade Room of the Manchester Motor Spa. Miss Hazel Duvall presided with Miss Evelione Meahl assisting. guest speaker Miss Joe Bruewer of Cincinnati spoke on NSA officer responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard LeForce
Pearl E. Profitt
Loretta Barker
Middletown
Iter
National Secretaries Association
Manchester Motor Spa
Hazel Duvall
Evelione Meahl
Joe Bruewer
Cincinnati
Ohio
NSA
Bruewer
Gwendolyn Matthews
Georgia Lefftheris
Mead
Marguerite Conover
Donations Voted By War Mothers
American War Mothers met at the Legion with thirty one members. They voted donations to the Salvation Army and tuberculosis program and noted 334 volunteer workers at the Veterans Center in Dayton. A Christmas program and gift exchange were planned for December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
American War Mothers
The
Legion
Burley Cottle
Margaret Freeman
Frank Wilson
Shutins
Veteran's Center
Dayton
Charles Bolton
Robert Petry
Charles Fakes
Cincinnati Hospital
Willie Pieratt
Ladies Day Duplicate Bridge At Brown's Run
Ladies Day Bridge held at Brown's Run Country Club drew 36 members and guests. Nine tables played Mitchell movement with North-South and East-West winners named, several scores in the 60s and 70s. The next duplicate game is set for December 20 at the clubhouse on Sloe Big Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown's Run Country Club
Walter Evans
M L. Johnston
Phil Cade
D. C. Osborne
de Meyer
Murray Wilson
Richard Rossman
C. L. Layman
Stuart Ives
W. A. Danner
Howard Cheney
E. H. Bindley
Mabel Shebanek
G. W. Breiel
Ken C. Thomas
Sidney Yager
Sloebig Road
Amanda Elementary PTO Bazaar and Dinner Fundraiser
The PTO at Amanda Elementary hosts a Christmas bazaar and turkey and ham dinner from 5 to 8 tomorrow night. Proceeds fund books for the school library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Elementary
PTO
Sorority Alumnae Hold Christmas Party in Middletown
Delta Theta Tau Sorority Alumnae held a Christmas party at the Manchester Motor Inn and at Miss Minnie Weir’s Marshall Road home. Mrs. Alex Balka inspected the local chapter, welcomed new member Mrs. Joseph Singer, and a needy family shopping project plus canned-goods basket were planned. Co-chairs Miss Weir and Mrs. Homer Lefler. Next meeting March 6 hosted by Mrs. Robert Mayer and Mrs. Jacob Berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Motor Inn
Minnie Weir
Marshall Road
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Alex Balka
Middletown
Joseph Singer
Miss Weir
Homer Leffler
Ward Party Aided by Three Middletown Women Groups
Three groups assisted with a ward party at Longview State Hospital in Middletown. The Longview Social Service League directed the event and presented a radio to Ward B East patients. Refreshments were provided by St. John's Church women led by Mrs. John Blast and Mrs Herschel Bennett. The Gay Young Mothers Club and Mothers Study League, chaired by Mrs. Richard Hasemeier, gave each patient a Christmas gift. Soap gifts came from First Evangelical United Brethren Church led by Miss Marie Draut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Longview State Hospital
Longview Social Service League
St. John’s Church
John Blast
Herschel Bennett
Young Mothers’ Club
Mothers’ Study League
Richard Hasemeier
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Marie Draut
Mrs Ramsdell on Vocal Song Form at Morning Musicale
Mrs Ramsdell spoke on vocal song form at the Morning Musicale, defining it as a two part composition of antecedent and consequent phrases. She listed forms ranging from solos to operas and noted music as a universal language expressing emotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ramsdell
William Kennedy
Corbin
Docs of Dixieland Dentists Entertain Kee ly Society
The Docs of Dixieland an all-dentist band from Dayton performed at the Kee ly Dental Society Christmas party and covered dish dinner at Middletown Sportsmen's Club. About 57 couples attended as Dr and Mrs Ralph Clemens co chaired the event. The group, seen on national TV, plans an April 20 Dayton show co featuring the Pete Fountain Dixieland band from New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Docs of Dixieland
Dayton
Keely Dental Society
Middletown
Docs
Garry Moore
Pete Fountain
New Orleans
Women’s Auxiliary
Ralph Clemens
Forest Hills New Year's Eve Dance Hosted by Leightons
Les Leightons chair Forest Hill Country Club plan a New Year's Eve Dance at the Manchester Motor Inn with 8:30 cocktail hour and 9:30 to 1:30 dancing to Harry Jack Walton's 11 piece orchestra. Reservations due December 26. bids mailed December 20 to members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Leighton
Forest Hill Country Club
Manchester Motor Inn
Manchester
Harry Jack Walton
Dayton
Harry Pratt
Poinciana Road
Tony Elieff
Billy Kash
Pete McGee
Frank Troutvine
Jim Barker
Arnold Grine
Jim Kernan
Ray Miles
Richard Brandenburg
Ernest Graff
Christmas Guild and church circles in active season
Multiple church groups hosted Christmas gatherings and meetings across St. Pauls United Church of Christ Bethlehem Lutheran and First Christian Church. Programs featured Christmas thoughts lectures carols and exchanges with members from New Jersey and local circles, plus plans for Doty House gifts and Dec 23 Luther League refreshments.
Holiday club dinners and gift exchanges noted
The Julia T. Roth Past Councilors kick off a Christmas dinner at the Ranch Inn with prizes awarded to Mrs Victor Click and others. A Homemakers Circle Two gathering featured a 17 foreign dish covered-dish dinner and a talent exchange hosted by Mrs Norman Marks. Elks Socialites held a cocktail dinner with a gift exchange and a musical program led by Mrs Tony Butch. Corona Circle Mothers' Study League met at the Manchester Motor Inn to plan a Christmas gift for a needy family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Click
Lucian Jones
Maggie Egleston
Richard Shockey
Alle Mauch
Julia T. Roth
Ranch Inn
Elks Social
Ites
The
Elks Temple
Tony Butch
Joe Sabo
Sol Cohen
Eugene Fishbaugh
Edna Long
John Mason
William Wilkerson
Roy Barton
Don Jordan
Corona Circle
Mothers’ Study League
Fred Burk
Manchester Motor Inn
Greene and Ladd
Christmas dinner for Alpha Cristonians at Mrs Al Fel ton’s home
Fifteen Alpha chapter Cristonians attended a covered-dish social at Schirm Drive hosted by Mrs. Al Fel ton. Helpers Mrs. Wilson Sherman and Mrs. Ernest Tatro arranged provisions and a youth-focused gift exchange. Next meeting is a card party at Mrs. James Ringel’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Felton
Schirm Drive
Alpha Chapter
Cristonians
Wilson Sherman
Ernest Tatro
Hamilton County
James Ringel
Cristonian Gamma chapter holds Christmas dinner gathering
Eleven members of Gamma chapter Cristonians attended a covered-dish dinner and gift exchange Wednesday night at Mrs. C. W Holloman’s Ardmore Drive home. Mrs. Paul Bruggeman co hosted the party and Mrs. Paul Scott Malcom was introduced as a new member. Plans for a spring Cristonian dance to benefit the Butler County Juvenile Center were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamma Chapter
Cristonians
C. W Holloman
Ardmore Drive
Paul Bruggeman
Paul Scott Malcom
Butler County
Club Program Reviews O'Neill Life and Strange Interludes
Mrs. Carl Roess and Mrs. J. C. Lockmeyer led a Guided Study Club program on Eugene O'Neill. They explored a biography by Bowen, titled Curse of the Misbegotten, and discussed O'Neill s Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, marriages, children, and the themes of Strange Interludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene O'Neill
Carl Roess
J. C. Lock
Local Zeta Alums Stage Skit At Miami Oxford
Local Zeta Tau Alpha alumnae from Middletown joined Miami University and Butler County members at Oxford for an informal skit Life as a Zeta Alum. The evening featured certificates of merit for Oxford duo Hilda Wright and Dorothy Wirts and noted active roles in the university. Hamilton, Middletown, and Oxford alumnae managed refreshments to close the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Freeman
William Saunders Jr
C. R. Schneider
Middletown
Zeta
Beta Delta
Zeta Tau Alpha
Miami University
Oxford
Butler County
Anne Sneddon
Miami
Hilda Wright
Dorothy Wirts
National Council
Ice
Ohio
Wright
Miss Wirts
Middletown Extension
Hamilton
Christmas party plans and play reading noted
The passage describes a 28 year span of emotional crises ending with a reading from Act 6 Scene 11 and closing speeches giving the play its name. Mr Lackmeyer delivered the reading while Mrs Nevin Smucker chaired speakers and Mrs Edwin Bobbitt led a business session planning a December 20 Christmas party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackmeyer
Nevin Smucker
Edwin Bobbitt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brown’s Run
PTO Bazaar
Robert Mayer
Jacob Berry
Helen Whiting
Orion
Jacquard
Society
Chardelle Weber
Bertram
Les Leightons
Forest Hills Dance
William Rehse
Walter Boutson
Women's Guild
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
Harvey Apple
Fellowship Hall
Robert McNameera
Judy Geselbracht
New Jersey
Virgil Combs
Melvin Smith
William Rupp
C. J. Hileman
Richard Hopper
James Neal
Mary Vance
Billy Burnett
Virgil Webster
C. Nolte
Circle Three
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Charles Hayes
Charles Hayes Sr
Ralph Shane
Flemming Road
Edward Fabing
St. Francis of Assisi
R. F. George
Christ
Paul Masoner
Church Fellowship Hall
Franklin Kresheck
Circle Two
S. P. Moyer
C. E. Popp
Billy Graham
South America
Graham
Orville Watson
Charlotte Dell
Doty House Ias
Circle
Chester Wendt
Nellie Steel
Kenneth Steel
Robert Kirby
Loyal Friends
First Christian Church
Selma Oslu
Istanbul
Turkey
Charles Egelston
Caroll Burdsall
Karern Trueblood
Phylis Davidson
Janet Newby
Betty Mershall
Beth Banzhaf
Sue Urmston
Circle Four
Karl Banz Haf
Arlington Avenue
H. G. Schmidt
James Galeese
Eleanor Haueisen
Martin Littman
Fred Wolf
Jesus
Banzhaf
Frank Wendt
Emil Kolodzik
Doty House
Luther League
Estil Seals
Perry Clarke
Della Mullendore
Ray Lucas
Mas Sury
Homemakers Circle
Norman Marks
Robert Anderson
Robert, Youmans
Audrey Div
Frank Wassell
Holiday House
Corner Men’s Shop
Central Ave
O’neill
Meyer
Kathleen Cunningham
Miami U
Iouncil
Pettis
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