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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1960

Page

10

Yale Music Club Delivers Christmas Oratorio Performance

Middletown Music Club presented its annual Christmas concert at Bethlehem Lutheran Church featuring Bach s Christmas Oratorio arranged for women s voices by Ernest Read. Directed by Mrs Homer Weiker with Mrs Paul Morrow as organist and accompanist, soloists Miss Lileka Polliz Miss Joanne Brooks and Mrs F Kern Cate led soprano recitatives arias and contralto solos.

John R. Stalls Middletown Music Club Bethlehem Lutheran Church Johann Sebastian Bach Ernest Read Homer Weiker Paul Morrow Lileka Polliz Joanne Brooks F. Kern Cate Edward Forsyth Frederick Gall J. C. Lockmeyer, Jr Corbin Bertram Donald Douglas Janice Schulz J. P. Carpenter Floyd Lockard E. Hl. McCandlish Bach

Baptist and Methodist Circles Hold Christmas Meetings

The Mavity Circle of First Baptist at Mrs. H L Dell’s Highland Street home met with 17 members to read Babouscka and Come See The Man stories. A missionary letter from Miss Katherine Long was read and a donation to the Baptist Center in Sacramento was decided. A Mary Circle gathering at Calvary Methodist on Auburn Street featured talks on The Stable of the Inn and Heritage and Home Horizon with plans for a home missions study beginning January 8 and a follow up meeting January 12 at Mrs. Frank Yeager’s Hill Avenue home.

Norman Kreitzer Bethel Neighbor Center Kansas City Kan Memberg Baptist Center Sacramnte Calif Mary Circle Calvary Methodist Church Yestoring Emmanuel Clifford Auburn Street Paul McCauley Vernon Moon Nell Vice Frank Yeager Hill Avenue

Lodge members hold Christmas party and officer swearing

Twenty members of Julia T. Roth Past Councilors gathered Wednesday in Junior Hall for a Christmas party and dinner. Readings, carols, games, prize winners, and decorations highlighted the evening while Miami Valley Council 30 officers were announced for 1961.

Julia T.roth Allan Gravenstein Love Bethlehem Harry Richardson Jesse Mcintosh Opal Adams Estil Sealf Lucien Jones Arthur Richardson Clementine Whitesell Grant Barnett Sealf Margaret Sticklen Percy Kash Ink Crowe Jr Miami Valley Council Daughters of America Junior Hall N. Broad Street David Specht Lester Let Rurger Victor Leturgez Charles Crouch Charles Gerard Robert Grifffin Millard Crouch Allen Gravenstein Richard Stockley Fréd Pummill Violet Koch Financelal Joe Ditmyer Carl Mutlendore Marguerite Stickley John Stromquist

Fostoria Council Renews 1 Percent Income Tax

Fostoria City Council renews a 1 percent income tax for two years starting January 1. The levy has raised about $1.6 million since its imposition on July 1, 1956.

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DTT Alumnae Group Adds 2 Members

Mrs. Robert Mayer and Mrs. Homer D Leffler were accepted as new members of Delta Theta Tau Alumnae at a Christmas dinner meeting. Afterward members gathered at Mrs. Earl Keezer’s home for a gift exchange and bridge. The next session will be at Mrs. M H Weinstein’s Hampton Place home.

Robert Mayer Homer D. Leffler Delta Theta Tau Alumnae the Meadows Earl Keezer Hampton Place M. H. Weinstein

Club Reviews Act One at Current Literature Study Group

Mrs Dwight Townsend led a review of Moss Hart's Act One for the American Association of University Women chapter with Wednesday meeting at Mrs Glenn Hempstead Thorny Acres home. Announcement said annual reviews this year will focus on American humorous literature. assistants were Mrs aa Crout and sliss Agne Bech o. Homemakers Circle Eight hosted its Christmas party at Mrs Robert Hannah's Goldman Avenue home with 12 members and 3 guests Mrs Rosemary Moseman Mrs Bonnie Lyttle and Mrs Lee Brandfass. card games and a gift exchange were highlights.

Dwight Townsend Moss Hart American Association of University Women Glenn Hempstead Thorny Acres Aa Crout Sliss Agne Bech O Homemakers Circle Eight Robert Hannah Goldman Avenue P. C. Brestel Charles Fletcher Rosemary Moseman Bonnie Lyttle Lee Brandfass

Sorority Plans December Thirteenth Christmas Party

At the Iota Nu chapter meeting Sorority members discussed a December 13 social at Mrs. Lylburn Cummings home on W Lawn Drive. Tau Province organizer Mrs Shirley Solbert attended with Miss Pat Riner of Dayton. Mrs William Fink Jr will assist the hostess for the covered dish dinner. A gift exchange will be a feature of the party.

Iota Nu Sgma Phi Gamma Sorority Shirley Solbert Tau Pat Riner Dayton Gates Franklin First National Bank Lylburn Cummings W. Lawn Drive William Fink Jr

Marriage Licenses List With Multiple Couples

Charles Robert Garrett 5 salesman 1300 Girard Ave and Elizabeth Miller 43 2209 Queen Ave. Harold Dickens 25 sheet metal worker Galion Ri 1 and Edna Whitlock 26 1822 Logan Ave. Carl Mosser 58 foreman Dayton and Leah Acree 39 sales lady 206 Baltimore St. Eldon Hershel Matthews 30 inspector 4411 Pennyroyal Road Frankl and Janice Sue Ross 22 drug store clerk 3206 Ohio

Charles Robert Garrett Girard Ave Elizabeth Miller Queen Ave Harold Dickens Galion Ri Edna Whitlock Logan Ave Carl Mosser Dayton Leah Acree Baltimore St Eldon Hershel Matthews Pennyroyal Road Frankl Janice Sue Ross Ohio Ave

Women Prefer Fur Over Christmas Gifts Says Survey

A Chicago Survey of hundreds of women in Chicago Philadelphia and Los Angeles shows fur as the top Christmas gift desire with sweaters jewelry sewing machines and appliances also favored. Wrapping paper is rated as highly as the gift itself and the average Yuletide present costs about 4.91 dollars.

Chicago Philadelphia Los Angeles

Bridal Shower for Sharon Jones Held at Harrison Home

The second shower honoring bride elect Sharon Jones, fiancée of Richard LeForce, was hosted by Mrs. William Harrison and Mrs. Paul Russell at the Harrison home on Shattle Street with Christmas and French sidewalk cafe themes. Guests included Gail Medley and the honoree, and the couple is set to wed January 14 at Grace Baptist Church.

Sharon Jones Richard LeForce William Harrison Paul Russell Harrison Shattle Street Gail Medley Helen Johnson Dave Holbrook Jack Williamson Kenneth Palmer Ben McIntyre Virginia Metzger Frank Jones Betty Miller Atco Street LeForce Fagar LeForce Oxford State Road Grace Baptist Church

Miss Campbell Honored At Christmas Shower In Jacksonburg

Miss Marcia Campbell bride elect of David Profitt was guest of honor at a Christmas season shower hosted by Mrs. Ray Pergram and Mrs. Derald Hatton at the Pergram home in Jacksonburg. Attendees included numerous local couples, with the couple planning a January 28 wedding at Calvary Methodist Church.

Marcia Campbell David Profitt Ray Pergram Derald Hatton Pergram Jacksonburg Betty Bishop James Ramsey John Campbell Lee Baird Robert Coyle William Hickman Douglas Baird Roger Carter Ernest Romans John Hess LeeCenters Jessie Prosper Lee O'Neil Roger Pyle Miss Campbell John N. Campbell Hughes Street Profitt H. M. Profitt Baltimore Street Calvary Methodist Church

Ladies Day Bridge Luncheon At Brown's Run Club

A ladies day bridge luncheon was held yesterday at Brown's Run Country Club. Winners were Mrs. Russell Anness, Mrs. George Brecht, Mrs. Ed Barker, Mrs. William Snider, Mrs. M. L. Johnston, Mrs. W. T. Maxwell, Mrs. E. H. Bindley, Mrs. Walter Roehil, and Mrs. W. E. Reinhelderier, with arrangements led by Mrs. Richard Wilson.

Brown's Run Country Club Russell Anness George Brecht Ed Barker William Snider M. L. Johnston W. T. Maxwell E. H. Bindley Walter Roehil W. E. Reinhelderier Richard Wilson

Vital Statistics and Hospital Notes Entry List

Birth records list several families with newborns including Williams Franklin Lakes Lebanon and Williams Morrow and others. Dismissals and out of town mentions follow plus a note about the first school for girls in Turkey opening in 1858.

Turkey Istanbul

Local residents listed in wartime draft notices

The clipping lists individuals with addresses and parental names including Robert Augspurger, Lee Allen, Homer Roberts, Ellsworth Williamson, Matt Ballard, Archie Settles, Mrs. Clarence Burns, Elizabeth Kalnai, Mrs. Frank Quiett, Clifford M. Gentry, Frank Michael Yeary, Mrs. Chalmer Gullett, Mrs. James N. Stormer, and John R. Allen, noting their connection to draft or civic records.

Robert Augspurger Church St Lee Allen Poppy Drive Homer Roberts Monroe Ellsworth Williamson Trenton Matt Ballard Kunz Ave Archie Settles Yankee Road Clarence Burns Frank Elizabeth Kalnai Columbia Ave Frank Quiett Central Ave Clifford M. Gentry Clifford Gentry Franklin Michael Yeary Mary Yeary Chalmer Gullett Maud James N. Stormer John R. Allen Hanna Drive

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