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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1961
Page
10
Retailers faced a post Christmas backlash as shoppers reported wrong sizes colors and gifts in exchange delays. The article notes crowds in downtown and shopping centers seeking returns and exchanges after Christmas 1960 with extra Monday holiday slowing stores before Tuesday open.
Crowds flood stores in an old custom described as an un shopping season. The text likens the bustle to Alice in Wonderland with the March Hare and the Mad Hatter celebrating a second birthday and a second Christmas shopping spree.
Shoppers fill busy counters amid post yuletide bargains and gift swaps as retailers report rising after Christmas purchases. Narrator laments missed deals and delays as crowds surge and popular items vanish quickly, with Christmas shopping plans delayed to next year.
A reflective piece on how Christmas culture persists beyond December. Shoppers juggle exchanges, lines, and sales as merchants plan year ahead. It notes patience versus hurry in everyday errands and the building anticipation that stretches from after Christmas to the next season.
The piece recalls Virginia O'Hanlon's famous Santa letter and uses the sentiment of Christmas as generosity. It urges a New Year resolve, fresh calendar, and renewed faith in humanity as The Journal looks to 1961 with cautious optimism and a sense of journalistic duty.
The Greek Orthodox church on Sts. Constantine and Eleni hosted a single ring wedding on December 26 at 3 am for Miss Cleo Anzaline Garofalos and William Henry Garvin. The bride, daughter of Mrs. George Garofalos, wore white velvet with lace and seed pearls. the groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Garvin Sr. The ceremony featured organ music by Dolores Revelos, with John Garofalos serving as best man and ushers including George Christy and Jim Kinder. A reception followed.
Miss Mary Elaine Zilles daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter E Zilles Fremont and Kenneth H Manifold son of Mr and Mrs Howard Manifold Monroe were married Saturday at 4 30 pm in the Methodist Church Liberty Ind Rev Robert Rogers officiated before a Christmas motif altar The bride a Fremont Ross High School Ohio State University graduate and dental hygienist in Dayton wore a navy wool jersey suit with a blue accessories corsage of white baby chrysanthemums The groom Lemon Monroe High School graduate and State University sophomore affiliated with Psi Omega dental fraternity They will reside in Columbus.
Meat production since mid October runs slightly below the same weeks a year earlier due to lower pork output. Earlier in the year total meat supplies were higher than a year prior.
Cicily Brownstone explains making large hero sandwiches with crusty bread and a range of meats and cheeses. Includes prosciutto salami cervelat capicola Coppa and classic accompaniments peppers pickles tomatoes onions and olive oil plus a simple iced tea picnic method.
The bride, Middletown High School and Middletown Hospital School of Nursing alumna, works for the Bureau of Public Health Nursing. The groom, also a Middletown High School graduate with degrees from Miami University and Indiana University Graduate School, teaches at Lakota High School and Miami University. They will live at 1503 Manchester Ave.
Miss Nancy Lee Burleigh and John Rhodes Paul wed in Columbus First Community Church on December 17. The ceremony featured Christmas decorations, a double ring Nuptial rite, and a gown of ivory bouquet taffeta with Alencon lace. The cascade bouquet featured white poinsettias.
Miss Wanda Sue Palmer and Donald Hess announce engagement and set wedding for July 7. Palmer a Lebanon High School and Anderson College alumna employed as a speech therapist in Columbus. Hess, Lem on Monroe High School and Duke/OSU alum, works at Manchester Machine Co. both plan to wed in Columbus after a trip to Stowe Vermont.
Margot Ann LeRoy of Ft Lauderdale Florida and William O Robertson Jr of Manchester Road announce their engagement. Margot, a Rollins College and Ohio State University graduate, teaches in Columbus City schools. William, Johns Hopkins and Ohio State Law student, is a junior in the OSU College of Law. They will wed June 13.
Dim itri Bashkirov, a rising Soviet pianist born 1931 in Tbilisi, makes his U S debut with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Max Rudolf at Music Hall in January. He will perform Mozart's Piano Concerto in C minor. The 10 piece orchestra will also play Smetana Overture to The Bartered Bride Chou Wen-chung And the Fallen Petals and Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4.
Collegiana Del Diehl of Monroe and Lois Cramer of Aberdeen Drive at Ohio State University earned academic recognition this semester. Diehl, a junior in the School of Optometry, achieved a high point average and is a member of Epsilon Psi Epsilon. Cramer, a senior sociology major and Sigma Delta Tau member, was named to the dean's list.
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