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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1951
Page
6
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McClellan of Second Ave. traveled from West Palm Beach to Melbourne in Florida after a three week stay with their son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. McClellan and family.
University Women met at the Girls Club for their annual party with bridge and canasta games. Mrs John Dobrozsi Jr won the door prize. bridge winners included Mrs Charlies Staley and others. high canasta scorers listed. refreshments served. chairwoman Mrs P Gaw. committee members named. hostesses listed.
Mrs. T. E. Jones hosted her bridge club at Excello hill with a dinner and card evening. Guests included Mrs. C. W. Beck Mrs. Harold Sebald Mrs. Arthur Harvey Mrs. Robert Brosius Mrs. G. W. Breiel Mr. Douglas Bleeker and Mrs. H. A. Sebald. Winners were Mrs. Beck Mrs. Harold Sebald Mrs. Harvey wind Mrs. Brosius.
Attendants announced for Miss Geraldine Womack and Oli Cruse with Edward Cruse as best man. The ceremony occurs Saturday January 13 at 7 30 pm at the Mennonite Church Tren ton followed by nuptial music by organist Mrs Margaret Stretcher and a reception at Edwin Streibick home for relatives and close friends.
The Friendship Club will meet Friday at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs Ralph Evans home on Wikoffs The newly elected officers will lead the meeting John Thornberry is president Calvary Methodist Church Class Plans Friday Gathering at Mrs Ova Kash 1820 Oberon Dr at 7 30 p.m.
Mrs. Ralph Mull, president of the Middletown Council of Church Women, spoke at the Ascension Episcopal Church luncheon on “The Work of the Council.” She outlined aims of community, prayer, and fellowship and noted World Day of Prayer and World Community Day as council initiatives.
At the Delta Chi Sigma Sorority monthly meeting held Monday evening at the YMCA, members vote to hold their annual dance on May 19 at the Sportsmen's Club. Proceeds go to a charitable cause. Mrs. H. E. Lawson named Mrs. Carl Bauer as delegate to the Federation nominating committee. January social committee includes Miss Elinor Conway as chair, Mrs. John Dooley, and Miss Gladys Griss.
The Sigma Phi Gamma sorority met Monday in the Barnitz Room YMCA. They discussed Christmas gifts for Longview Hospital patients and voted a donation to the Middletown Longview League for playground equipment. A convention planning session followed. the chapter will host the international convention this year. The next meeting January 22 will be a social and convention event inviting rushees. Hostesses named are Mrs. Dorothy Hale Mrs. Robert Meehan Mrs Eleanor Nixon and Miss Marian Willoughby.
Sorosis Club members met at Mrs. M. A. Brawley’s home on Central Ave for their regular session. Mrs. C. R. Clarke presented a book review of A Laugh a Day Keeps the Doctor Away by Irving Cobb, noting its 166 anecdotes.
Inveterate student of human nature cracks jokes across races and creeds with Kentucky as a favorite theme. Mrs. Clarke endorses Cobb's stories as blues antidote, reading favorites during a social hour hosted by Mrs. Bradley with assistances from Mrs. Stewart Hill and Murat.
Century Club hosted by Mrs. C. F. Bailey at The Alameda Monday evening featured the current theme Spotlight on America with January program Spotlight Abroad. Marietta Mc Cray presented Strategic Locations and H. H. Lawrence spoke on Current Events in the United Nations. Kathleen Thaxton, English exchange teacher, will speak at the February 5 guest night at the Girls' Club. Guests included Mrs. H. W. Starick Mrs. Kenneth S. Learey Mrs. J. D. Riggs and Mrs. Tom Brown. Social hour hosted by Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. L. J. Ragland.
The Current Events Club held its January meeting at Mrs. H A Wilson's South Main Street home. Assistant hostesses assisted, members answered roll call with I would like to visit, and papers on vacations were presented. Mrs Douglas Robbins spoke on package tours and travel fun, followed by Mrs A R Edwards on Cape Cod. A social hour featured tea poured by Mrs Wylie Mitchell and Mrs Joseph Butterfield from silver service tables with candles.
The Middletown Band Parents Club met at the senior high school with 45 members. President Robert Baker led plans for a paper drive to be announced later. high school youths performed including Marilyn Gehm and Buelah Squires on piano, Lee Price and Peter Carruthers on songs and violin. The band concert is set for January 21 at 3 pm in the high school auditorium, free to the public. Next meeting February 27 with Ernest Gehm and wife as chairs. a social hour followed.
Ashtabula city has sold Wood land Beach park once a popular amusement site dating to the early 1900s. The buyer N. J. Pinney plans industrial development two miles west of the town.
Mr and Mrs Ronald L Richardson of West Middletown Route 1 welcomed a baby girl today at home. The birth adds a new member to the family with local joy cited in the notice.
A list of marriage licenses shows multiple couples from Hamilton and surrounding areas. Named pairs include Richard Thomas King with Mary Catherine Tegge, Paul Gene Hymer with Hazel P. Combs, Olin P. Cruse with Geraldine L. Womack, Paul Metcalf with Janet Samuels, John H. Pennington with Margaret E. Biehl, Myron Daniel Osborn with Ruth Ann Henderson, Louis E. Loughran with Rosetta Brunner, Charlies W. Flinchum with Anna G. Wires, Robert G. Lorenz with Dorothy M. Wilder, and Earl G. Murphy with Mae Sizemore.
A mixed list reports patients at various addresses undergoing medical procedures or awaiting discharge. Names include Mrs Roe Johnson Buena Ave Mrs Edward Meeks Sheridan Ave and Mrs Carl Barnickel German town Route 1 with surgery notes. OUT OF TOWN Mrs Wilford Fox Hamilton Mercy Hospital surgical and several dismissals listed by relative or address.
The local AAA office reports 76 new members between November 9 and December, with 25 recruited from Middletown. Butler County AAA in Hamilton aims for 6,000 members by May 1, 1950, with current total 5,900 led by Earl Ralston.
Rep. John M Vorys of Ohio told the House that the United Nations will fail unless it says soon and overwhelmingly that Communist China is an aggressor in Korea He is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and urged firm denouncement to uphold civilization amid what he called crime.
Rt. Rev. Henry W. Hobson of southern Ohio told the House of Bishops in El Paso that seminary students should not be asked to defer service. He argued wartime experiences boosted leadership in postwar enrollees, offsetting clergy shortages.
Martin T. Bevis, guest organist from McGee Avenue, will perform on the Babe Reising Nash program on WKRC radio this Sunday at 12:30 p.m. He is slated to join the broadcast as the featured musical guest.
Middletown Girl Scout Council plans a four session leadership training course open to leaders and interested community members. Courses run February 14 21 28 and March 7 from 9 30 a m to 3 p m led by Mrs Garnet Church Frances Robinson and Mrs William Johnston with the executive director announcing the program.
Dayton man George W. Siler, 48, suffered severe cuts after his car collided with a vehicle driven by Charles H. Arbill, 41, near Collinsville on Route 127 south of Route 73. Siler was thrown from the car and treated at Mercy Hospital, Hamilton, then released. Both cars sustained extensive damage.
Carl Morrison 26 of 903 Lafayette St rests at Middletown Hospital after injuring his right ankle in a fall from a four foot brick stack at Armco Steel Corp. No. 2 open hearth department. The accident occurred about 10 30 p m and is Armco’s first job injury of the year causing time off work.
Mrs. Edward Meeks of 1705 Sheridan Ave is in fair condition after suffering second and third degree burns to her back when her clothing caught fire from a coal stove. She was taken to Middle town Hospital by a visitor who found her in the residence. no home damage was reported.
Officers were reelected for 1951 at a meeting of American Legion Post 218. George Denny was named president, Harold W. Jones vice president, and E A Lampe secretary treasurer. The board, composed of past commanders, also discussed plans for the Legion anniversary set for March 15 16 17.
Joy Clapp, 19, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Clapp, is recovering from a slight concussion at Whistler Hospital, Denison University, after being thrown from a new horse at a riding stable four miles from the university. The horse bolted and ran, throwing her into a muddy ditch and leaving her unconscious. a passing farmer took her to the hospital. Miss Clapp, a sophomore at the university, was injured last Saturday.
Ronald Lane chairman of Huckeye Boy's State announces a meeting soon to plan this year's program. The annual af fair is set for June with committee selection expected late January. American Legion Post 218 sponsors local attendees.
Five Hamilton and Butler County automobile agencies were presented with Civic Contribution Certificates by the Butler County Automobile Club during December. C. M. Young Jr. announced the awards for promoting driver training in high schools. Each dealer loaned a new dual controlled sedan for student use. The agencies include the Howe Motor Co., Middletown.
Columbus AP reports milder weather allowed the Ohio Fuel Gas Company to restore full gas service to central Ohio industries after a 50 percent cut for 24 hours to conserve supply for heating homes during the cold spell.
The Middletown Personnel Association hosted a program on Socialism and Communism versus Americanism. Ray Sloan of the American Legion and Tom Merraw presented a film and gave brief talks. Melvin Rayburn led an open discussion on personnel problems after the program.
Wilbur Cohen of Cohen Bros Inc a local scrap metal and waste dealer will attend the National Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel annual meeting at the Hotel Commodore in New York January 14 16 Cohen serves as a director of the Institute s Cincinnati chapter.
The grant of United States citizenship to Puerto Ricans in 1917 marked a major shift in colonial status and civic rights. The law extended full national status to residents of Puerto Rico, outlining their eligibility for U S passports and participation in national life.
Knights of St John meet at 7 p m in the St John basement. Lemon Township Board of Education gathers at 8 p m at Monroe School. Company D of the 107th Armored Cavalry trains at 7:30 p m at the Armory garage. Alcoholics Anonymous meets 7:45 p m Thursday. Boy's Choir rehearses 4 p m at the YMCA. Alpha Council No 326 Jr OUAM meets 8 p m at 19 N Broad St. Lions and Kiwanis noon sessions at Manchester Hotel. Toastmasters at 6:30 p m Manchester Hotel. Blythe Williams Post Auxiliary of the American Legion meets 8 p m at Silver Leaf Social Club. Odd Fellows Lodge meets 7:30 p m at the hall. Moose Lodge weekly meeting 8 p m at the hall. Dog Training Class 7:30 p m at S Main Armory Garage. East Middletown Improvement Association 7:30 p m at Gas and Electric auditorium. Middletown Trades and Labor Council 7:30 p m at headquarters.
Co B Ohio Defense drills at 7 30 p m at the state highway garage the bi monthly meeting of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at 8 p m the Elks Temple regular meet of Middleton Branch 188 National Association of Letter Carriers at 8 p m at the Trades and Labor Hall
John Joseph Smith Jr a 23 year old Notre Dame junior from Flushing New York was killed yesterday when his car returning to campus collided with a freight locomotive near Bryan.
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