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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1972
Page
6
A last minute Christmas and New Year baking suggestion features Banana Orange Bread. Tested in the kitchen, it proves to be among the best banana bread varieties and slices well without butter due to its natural sweetness.
A stray recipe for Banana Orange Bread includes flour, baking soda, salt, butter, eggs, mashed banana, orange rind and juice, pecans in a leaf pan. The text warns against trusting unfamiliar house to house canvassers, noting potential danger and suggesting cautious handling of a home purchase or service.
A humorous reminiscence about a basement battle with a haunted washing machine and dryer. The author describes whirrs, gurgles, floods, and a mischievous cat as the appliances misbehave, leaving a colonel of suds and a message from mother that this too will pass.
The 51st Panhellenic Dance drew 300 plus guests to enjoy Al Nori’s band with intermissions by Sam Ashworth’s Dixieland Band and the Elktones choir. Planning was led by Brad Oelman and a committee including Gary Carson Dan Danner Al Decatur and others at the Manchester Inn with numerous reservations listed.
An inexpensive easy to make lotion protected against cold. Mix glycerin rosewater and witch hazel in proportions two two three ounces. Rub in well before and after weather exposure. Keeps hands soft and prevents redness.
Iona Asher files a report from the Chardelle Weber desk with notes on assignments handled by the Women’s Editor and staff writer.
Mrs. Robert Easton, coordinator at Miami University's Middletown Campus, will speak to the Business and Professional Women's Club Christmas party at the Women’s Center. She will discuss Christmas customs inspired by Phillips Brooks and his poem Everywhere Everywhere Christmas Tonight. The Joy Singers from First Christian Church will perform and a gift exchange will be held. Public affairs committee members organize the program. Activities start at 6 p.m. with dinner.
Mrs. Robert Hill and Chester Scott were chosen as the new worthy matron and worthy patron of Lily of the Valley Chapter 55, Order of the Eastern Star PHA. Other officers include Mrs. Harry Johnson associate matron Reuben Doty associate patron Mrs. Frank Williams conductress Mrs. Douglas Brownlee associate conductress Mrs. William Mack financial secretary Mrs. Reuben Doty recording secretary and Mrs. Judson Gear treasurer. The election and installation were held at the December meeting in Jordan Hall Memorial Chapel.
The annual Coronation Ball for Middletown Girls Assembly 13 OES PHA will be held from 9 30 p m to 1 a m on Sunday Dec 30 at the Manchester Inn Reservations must be made with hostesses by noon Dec 27.
Earl Paine of 508 The Alameda earned a bachelor of arts degree in education during midyear commencement at the University of Akron. William D. Ruckelshaus of Washington, D.C., administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, spoke at the December 10 exercises in Memorial Hall.
In 1901 a pioneering automobile exceeded one mile per minute on a Brooklyn test course marking a historic speed achievement. The machine demonstrated remarkable propulsion and boosted interest in early automotive technology.
The revised method of district operation will be reviewed Monday at a Pokey Griffith District meeting. The session starts at 7 30 p m in the auditorium at the CG&E building. Calendars of scouting activities and priorities for the coming year will be available. All adult scouters in the district are urged to attend.
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