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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 10, 1962

Page

2

Bride-Elect Sara Malcom Feted At Kitchen Shower

Miss Sara Malcom bride-elect of Philip A. Shook Jr. of Lima was honored at a kitchen shower hosted by Mrs. Kent Little on Grand Avenue. Attendees included Mrs. Alan Cooper and several other ladies. gifts reflected aqua and copper kitchen colors. The couple plans to wed February 17 at the Church of the Ascension.

Sara Malcom Philip A. Shook Jr Lima Kent Little Grand Avenue Alan Cooper Ernst Gottmann Richard Knox Lutie Hale Emma Hale Otto Hein Robert Myers Donald Osborne Edward Barker Heber Jones Edward Singley John Perkins Miss Malcom Donald Malcom Mr Shook Philip JA. Shook Mr. Shook Church of the Ascension

Good Will Mothers Club elects new officers at meeting

At Mrs John Derroughs Warren Board home last night the Good Will Mothers Club elected officers. Fifteen members and one guest attended. Officers chosen include Mrs Reese Johnson president, Mrs Raymond Bell vice president, Mrs Turner Power secretary, Mrs Addie Bailey assistant secretary, Mrs Earl Lacey treasurer, and Mrs Derrough assistant treasurer. Other participants were Miss Elmeda Dunagin Mrs Lavey Mrs Johnson Mrs Corbett Thomas Mrs Larue Ginter Mea Verna Anthony and Mrs Bell. Prize winners were Mrs Bell Mrs Johnson Mrs Georg Fletcher and Mrs Powers.

Good Will Mothers Club John Derrough Warren Board William Cook Reese Johnson Raymond Bell Turner Power Addie Bailey Earl Lacey Derrough Elmeda Dunagin Lavey Johnson Corbett Thomas Larue Ginter Mea Verna Anthony Bell Powers Georg Fletcher

Woman Burned When Gas Furnace Explodes at Home

Mrs. Marcial Roark, 1, of Woodsdale, was hospitalized at Mercy Hospital after a noon furnace blast at her home. Deputies say she was burned on her face and arms while lighting the gas furnace.

Hamilton Marcial Roark Woodsdale Mercy Hospital

Oxford concert to feature Chausson concerto and Bergsma quartet

Pianist Charles T Smith and violinist Winford C Cummings Jr join the Oxford String Quartet for Oxford’s first performance of the Chausson Concerto for Piano Violin and String Quartet at Benton Auditorium The group includes Miami University School of the Arts faculty Elizabeth Walker Adton Foster Elizabeth Potterger and Joseph Bein The program also presents Mozart Quartet in G major K387 and Bergsma Quartet No 1 1942 The group performed the same program in Lexington Ky last night

Oxford Charles T. Smith Winford C. Cummings Jr Oxford String Quartet Miami University Benton Auditorium Miami School of the Arts Elizabeth Walker Adton Foster Elizabeth Potterger

Marriage Vows Said In Franklin For Dotson Deck Union

Judith Lyon Deck daughter of Mr and Mrs William W Deck of Deardoff Road Franklin became the bride of Buster O'Brien Dotson son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Dotson of Dayton in a ceremony Saturday January 20 at 6 30 pm in the parsonage of Franklin First Baptist Church Dr H Gessner officiated Maid of honor was Judith Ann Cox Best man was J L Dotson The bride wore a white wool sheath dress with white accessories and a white rosebud corsage Mrs Dotson a Franklin High School graduate attended Ailine School in Kansas City and is employed by National Cash Register Co in Dayton Her husband attended high school in Grand Forks North Dakota and is an apprentice plumber with United Plumbing Corp in Dayton They reside on Valley Pike Dayton.

Mise Judith Lyon Deck William W. Deck Deardoff Road Franklin Buster O'Brien Dotson Leonard Dotson Dayton Gessner Franklin First Baptist Church Judith Ann Cox J. L. Dotson Franklin High School

Lebanon Breakfast For Scouts Set

A father son breakfast for local Cub Scouts Boys Scouts and Explorer Post members will be held Sunday at 8 am at the American Legion building on North Broadway announced by assistant district commissioner Joe Worley. About two hundred boys and dads are expected to attend to commemorate Boy Scout Sunday and the week.

Lebanon Explorer Post American Legion North Broadway Joe Worley Worley

Early White House Residents Faced Rough Comforts and Quirks

JOY MILLER reports on the White House over centuries, from Abigail Adams’s six workable rooms with no water or baths to later rulers dealing with creaks, ghosts, and gadgets. Notable anecdotes include Andrew Jackson’s guests prompting a decor overhaul, Johnson’s muddy carpets, Roosevelt’s renovation, Truman’s reinforcements, Fillmore’s odd bathtubs and stove, and Harriosons’ electricity fears.

New York White House Executive Mansion Abigail Adams Andrew Johnsons Theodore Roosevelt Harry Truman Abraham Lincoln

Churches Women of Zion elect new officers at meeting

The Churches Women of Zion Luthean Church chose officers at a Thursday meeting naming Mrs. Laurence Wiedig as president Mrs. Alva Bennett as vice president Mrs. Frank Charles Sr as treasurer and Miss Phyllis Earnhart as secretary They will be installed at 10 30 a m tomorrow during worship Also notes describe Future activities at Maple Park EUB and St Pauls UCC plus World Day of Prayer plans and Guild events with many named participants and hosts

Women of Zion Luthean Church Laurence Weidie Alva Bennett Frank Charles Sr Phyllis Earnhart Feu Women’s Guild St Paul's United Church of Christ Dana Heaton First Christian Church William Gade

Carnival opens at Shubert Cincinnati with star Ed Ames

The musical Carnival opens Friday February 23 at the Shubert Theater Cincinnati and runs through March 3. It won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award as best musical of 1960-61. Ed Ames and Susan Watson headline the national company with a cast including Jonathan Lucas Jo Anne Worley Johnny Hamer Alfred Dennis Skedge Millfor Harry De Dio and the Rud enk o Brothers. Curtain is 830 pm evenings and 2 pm Wednesday and Saturday matinees.

Shubert Cincinnati New York Drama Critics’ Circle Ed Ames Susan Watson Mr. Ames Ames Brothers Fantasticks The Crucible Miss Watson Jonthan Lucas Jo Anne Worley Johnny Hamer Alfred Dennis Skedge Mill Harry de Dio Rudenko Brothers France Shubert Theater

Adventists Set Series Of Services At Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Rev. Paul Gregoroff conducts a series titled The Joy of Living at 611 S. Main St. Services run 7 30 tonight to Feb 2 with altered Saturday schedule. Worship at 11 a m and Sabbath school at 9 20 a m. Youth vesper services resume March 3.

Paul Gregoroff Seventh-day Adventist Church S. Main St

Local births Reported for Four Families

Vital statistics record four newborns with parents and homes listed. Mr and Mrs Louis Kakaris welcomed a son at 3101 Rufus Street yesterday. Mr and Mrs James Engle newborn son at 2107 South Avenue yesterday. Mr and Mrs Lexie Manning welcomed a son at 607 Auburn Street yesterday. Mr and Mrs Kendrick Napier welcomed a daughter at 3009 Ottawa Street today.

Louis Kakaris Rufus St James Engle South Ave Lexie Manning Auburn St Kendrick Napier Ottawa St

Marriage licenses list multiple couples across towns

Barry Thomas Klein aged 18 of Hamilton and Margaret Proctor aged 18 of Middletown Rt. 1 apply. William Morton Day aged 67 of 618 Cleveland St. and Fitz Jabeth E Lay aged 59 of 3201 Manchester Road apply. Robert Eugene Jenkins 33 yard conductor Lebanon Rt. 2 and Creola Taylor 27 factory worker 2208 Baltimore St apply. Dennis Hamilton 23 US Army Bethany and Marion Andrea Schrimper 19 clerk Middletown Rt. 1 apply. Philip Albert Shook 26 salesman Columbus and Sara Ann Malcom 20 student 3910 Grand Ave apply. Orville Wills 26 mechanic Middletown Rt. 3 and Betty Jane Curtis 35 Raymond Bay Co employee 610 Douglas St apply. Donald Lee Farrier 18 laborer 2007 Logan Ave and Betty Louise Swartz 18 student 5317 S Vine St West Middletown apply.

Barry Thomas Klein Hamilton Margaret Proctor Middletown Rt William Morton Day Cleveland St Fltz Jabeth E. Lay Manchester Road Robert Eugene Jenkins Lebanon Creola Taylor Baltimore St Dennis Hamilton U. 5S. Army Bethany Marion Andrea Schrimper Philip Albert Shook Columbus Sara Ann Malcom Grand Ave Orville Wills Betty Jane Curtis Raymond Bay Co Emploe Douglas St Donald Lee Farrier Logan Ave Betty Louise Swartz S. Vine St West Middletown

Hospital Roll Call Names Dismissals and Residences

In The Hospital Lee Nelson N Leibee St Linda Bors daughter of Mr and Mrs Alexander Bors Harrison St Mrs Verna Bole Stout Ohio Mrs Shirley Frayshur Frank Mrs Russell Oglesby Dix Rd Mrs Kenneth Weiss Cincinnati Mrs Robert McGill Barnitz St Barry Lawson son of Mr and Mrs James Lawson Stubbs Rd Joseph Slimak Curtig St Eugene Warmoth son of Mr and Mrs Zollie Warmoth Young St John Farkas Vicof St Geraldine Hall Walnut St Mrs Walter Mentz Lebanon OUT OF TOWN Carl Theiss Franklin Grand view Hospital Dayton DISMISSED Robert Brewer West Middle town Rt 1 Shirley Burgher Meadow Ave Mrs John Chapman Hamilton Alton Cope Germantown Harry Garver Forest Glen Dr Paul Habig Sixth Ave Harry Hummel Trenton Mrs Giles Hunter Sorge Treasa King daughter of Mr and Mrs Jeff King Glenn Ave Mrs Larkin Parman Camden Mrs James Rossman Franklin Eugene Weber Creekview Dr

Lee Nelson N. Leibee Linda Bors Alexander Bors Harrison St Verna Bole Stout Ohio Shirley Frayshur Frank Russell Oglesby Dix Kenneth Weiss Cincinnati Robert McGill Barnitz Barry Lawson James Lawson Stubbs Joseph Slimak Curtig Eugene Warmoth Zollie Warmoth Young St Robert Brewer West Middletown Shirley Burgher Meadow Ave John Chapman Hamilton Alton Cope Germantown Harry Garver Forest Glen Paul Habig Sixth Ave Harry Hummel Trenton Giles Hunter Sorge Treasa King Jeff King Glenn Ave Larkin Parman Camden James Rossman Franklin Eugene Weber Creekview

Man Files Bankruptcy in Cincinnati Court

Bankruptcy filings in U S District Court Cincinnati include Gilbert L Morningstar of 705 Columbia Ave with debts totaling 1693 and assets listed at 102. The case outline notes a cupola tender item among the listed debts.

U.S. District Court Cincinnati Gilbert L. Morningstar Columbia Ave

Night of sports and space news on local channels

Radio tonight at 8 25 features Withrow at Middletown and Minnesota at Ohio State. TV today includes Royals vs Hawks at Cincinnati Gardens at 2 30 and a viewers question program on the American space effort at 4 30. Also Don January vs Art Wall Jr in Sarasota and Cassius Clay vs Sonny Banks in heavyweight boxing plus other billing from 6 30 to 10 45 with bowling and a film on Gold Cup Theater.

Radio Tonight Wpfb-Am Withrow Middletown Wpfb-Fm Minnesota Ohio State TV Cincinnati Royals St. Louis Hawks Cincinnati Gardens Don January Art Wall Jr Sarasota Fla Pat Garrett Cassius Clay Sonny Banks Monroe Moore Pontiac Mich Ray Bluth St. Louis Charles Laughton Franchot Tone Burgess Meredith Robert Hutton Eiffel Tower Gold Cup Theater

Child Stealing Filed In Butler County

Mrs Irma Sandage of Oxford charged her former husband Curtis N Sandage with child stealing after their 10 year old Anne did not return from school. The child told a teacher she wanted some of her work to show her father. The warrant filed in Butler County Court states Sandage recently lived somewhere in Kansas.

Oxford Ohio Irma Sandage Curtis N Sandage Anne Sandage Butler County Kansas

Preble Barn Lost In Blaze Near Here

A small barn on James Rader’s farm six miles southwest of here on Concord Road was destroyed by fire yesterday. A pony and 150 bales of hay were lost. Faulty wiring was blamed for the blaze, with losses estimated at about 2900 dollars.

Eaton Here James Rader Concord Road

Date Set For Traffic Death Trial

A jury trial for Arnold T. Osborne 21 of Middletown begins Wednesday in Common Pleas Court Judge Arthur J. Fichter presiding. Osborne pleads innocent to second degree manslaughter in the December 5 1961 traffic death of Clifford Jarrell 76 of Middletown.

Hamilton Arnold T. Osborne Seneca St Middletown Common Pleas Court Arthur J. Fichter Osborne Clifford Jarrell Elmwood St

Lana Turner Resting After Birthday Collapse

Actress Lana Turner was hospitalized for rest at Hollywood Presbyterian after collapsing at a party for her 42nd birthday. A hospital spokesman said she is exhausted but not seriously ill and is expected to be ready for work again Monday.

Hollywood (Ap Lana Turner Miss Turner Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital

Perfume Spray Aims to Tame Paris Subway Odors

In Paris, transit authorities test releasing perfume in subway cars to neutralize foul smells. The approach seeks to improve rider comfort by masking objectionable odors during peak travel times and for special events.

Paris

Knights of Pythias Lafayette Lodge 37 names committees

Lafayette Lodge 37 of the Knights of Pythias announced the committee slate for the coming year this week, as officers disclosed the assignments and leadership roles for various lodge activities and initiatives.

Lafayette Lodge 37 The Knights of Pythias

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By Chardelle Weber John Perk Ind Avenue Centre West Control Gideon Rd Curvem Reo Strand Theater Joy Miller AP Women’s Mrs. Adams Andy Jackson Martin van Buren Millard Fillmore Fillmore Patent Office Benjamin Caroline Harrison A. L. Yingst Anna Crider William Bergmann Maple Park EUB Church Ned Bowman Heinkle Road Jane Fox Nancy Mike Bowman Robert Bell Robert Gray Charles Bell Bowman Harold Flatter Paul Nickell Edna Baskins Roy Tanner Wilbur Wells Charley Wagner Far. Lindsay Mary Wilkinson Adventists John Farkas Vicof St. Geraldine Hall Walnut St Walter Mentz Carl Theiss Grandview Hospital Man Preble Lana Chicago Grains Chicago Christian Science WPFB Baptist Church Bernie Lovely Hutchinson Poasttown Rev. Hutchinson God Billy Brown Dick Reinholtz Youth For Christ Director Beaumont, Texas Dasaei Grand Ave. Church OF Gop Henry Howard Cliff Hutchinson
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