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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1963
Page
6
Mrs Lewis Reiner and Dr Mabel Gardner received honorary life memberships at the Girls' Club 50th anniversary dinner in Middletown. The event featured a gold themed dinner, past president tributes, and plans for four new board members.
Mrs. Robert S. Burns reviewed pewter history for the Art Study Club at the S Main Street home of Mrs. Tom Wilson. She traced early Chinese pewter lead and tin ware to 2,000 years ago and outlined the Middle Ages as the start of household pewter use. She noted London's tin heavy pewter quality and the American Golden Age from 1700 to 1850 with Wiel Danforths Boardman in Hartford and Philadelphia.
Armco Girls present Parisian Prelude to Spring on February 24 at 2:90 p.m. in the Manchester Motor Inn ballroom. Narrator Mrs Virginia Berry will guide models from 11 local stores with entertainment by Bonnie Long Elk-Tones and Dee's Dixieland Band.
Simultaneous meetings of the Mu chapter and Pi Mu Parents Club were held at Mrs. George Fowles home on Lamberton Street. Attendees studied brass instruments and member degrees while Tim Fowles and others played piano. Mrs. Fowles spoke on the Rev Baring-Gould marching song Onward Christian Soldiers and Mrs Edward West presented a paper on Handel's Messiah.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will speak on Political Aspects of Victory in a Cold War during a Cincinnati Council on World Affairs program on February 22 at the Netherland Hilton. The afternoon session will feature a panel of government, diplomatic, military and scientific experts for educators, parents, businessmen and students from the Cincinnati area. The Middletown League of Women Voters is encouraged to attend for its depth on American Foreign Policy.
Prosser Chapter Order of the Eastern Star hosts Friendship Night at the Masonic Temple with Far Hills Chapter 577 as guests. Salad lunch chaired by Mrs Roy Ross and decorations by Mrs James Stamper. Middletown Music Club hosts Morning Musicale at 605 S Main Street with program by Mrs Robert Leasure. Knights Templar Commandery 71 Ladies Auxiliary to hold a covered dish dinner Friday at 6 30 p.m.
Final arrangements for the Welcome Wagon Club dinner and dance were set for Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Sportsmen's Club. Call reservations for the costume event to Mrs. Robert Ramsdell Jr. at 804 Arthur St., Trenton. Prizes will honor best costume and most dressed couple as king and queen. Card winners included Mrs. Vander Hart and Hackett in bridge, Mrs. Gross and Sta ton in pinochle, and Mrs. Tackett and Wallace in canasta.
Last night Calvary Baptist Church Women’s Missionary Union discussed witnessing to Oriental Americans with Mrs. Jack Hughen leading the program assisted by several members. Valentine party planned for Baker Rest Home in Hamilton on Feb 14 and business session led by Mrs. Cecil Henry.
United Nations New York AP reports Adlai E Stevenson U S chief delegate to the United Nations died at age 63 on Tuesday.
Miss Mary Ann Lubberger bride elect and her fiancé James Thomas Leeds were honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Miss Helen Harmon and Miss Wanda White at Harmon's Ohio Street home in Monroe. Thirteen guests attended with decorations of pink and white streamers and wedding bells. Prizes went to Miss Carol Hofmann Mrs. Dale Cole and Mrs. Charles Neu. The couple, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Lubberger of Monroe and son of Mr and Mrs Merle Leeds of Middletown Rt. 3, plan to marry March 2 at Mount Pleasant United Presbyterian Church in Monroe.
The Rev. and Mrs. Avery A. Esteridge will be guests of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church on February 8. Esteridge, executive director of the Van Buren Methodist Community Center in Dayton, will discuss the center serving newcomers in a transient urban neighborhood with programs for all ages. A vocal trio and a reading will highlight the WSCS program, followed by luncheon and committee meetings.
Qualifications for entering Middletown Hospital School of Nursing were outlined by Miss Esther Swinehart, director of nursing education. She described cost, curriculum, Miami University affiliation, ward work, student activities, rules, and the 1963 program theme Let’s Get Acquainted, at the Alumni Association meeting at Verity Hall. New officers presided at the business meeting, with committees named for 1963 and hostesses arranged for the social hour.
Cleveland AP reports Dr Charles A Doan director of medical research at Ohio State University was named to head a $2 million cancer society drive in Ohio for April. The appointment was announced by Dr Wilford D Nusbaum Lancaster American Cancer Society Ohio Division president.
Mrs. Lanore McQuin announces a combined meeting of all church circles set for March 5. Attendees will discuss upcoming activities and plan joint events for the parish.
Fred Sennett reviews Take Her, She's Mine at Shubert Cincinnati with Tom Ewell. A comic study of a father confronting his daughter's college life amid Harvard Yale and Boston College crowds. The two hour and fifteen minute play runs through Saturday and appeals to parents and college-age audiences.
Vital statistics report lists multiple births with addresses in Trenton and surrounding areas. Entries include several families welcoming boys and girls, with names such as Sibey May Dye Brown Turner White, and many residents named by street and city. The item reads like a community notice of births and local residents mentioned by name.
Jerry Dean Clark 24 service station attendant 1005 Ferrer St Excello wed Rose Marie voho 19 sales clerk 2812 Shat tle St Sanford Benis 38 U S Air Force Dayton wed Nancy Math is 32 medical receptionist 6573 Lorraine Drive John W. Clark 26 machine operator 23 Curtis St wed Ella L. Cole 24 IBM operator 3108 Ben Harrison St Excello
In The Hospital Mrs. Heaton Carmack of Frank. Mrs. Eleanor Hardeman of Baltimore St. James W. Saylor of Sheffield. Kathryn Godsey daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Talbert Godsey Garfield St. Tracy Wiese daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Wiese Trenton. Carliss Miller of Oxford State Road. Mrs. James Arnold of Garfield. Mrs. Louella E. Forster of Orchard St. Mrs. Otto Helton of Shafer St. Mrs. Mary Ward of Elsmere St. Mrs. Lloyd Nichols of N Sutphin St. Mrs. Lenox Stacy of Tremont Court. Mrs. Albert Singer of Central Harvey Thurmond of Young St. Mrs. Alva L. Harrison of Middletown Rt. 2. John F. Vonderhaar of Sunset Place. Paul Smith of Shafer St. Ralph Bentley of Somerville.
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