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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1961
Page
5
Middletown AAUW branch speaker Mrs Leona Markel explained new textile developments and label reading at a general meeting at the Girls Club. Scholarships of 150 each were approved for two local high school senior girls planning for college to be awarded at the April meeting.
Mrs. John Wilks spoke on Census Reflections at the Current Events Club gathering at Mrs. Newman Eberne’s S Main Street home. She described census training, data transfer to the Census Bureau, and use of electronic computers and scanners to tabulate results with charts. She noted 160000 enumerators visited 60 million homes in 1960 and two income families raising living standards. A social hour followed with excerpts of Ohio In the News. tea hosted by Mrs. C J McKnight and Mrs. Harry Nicholson featuring white carnations and chrysanthemums.
Members of Sigma Phi Gamma met at Doty House to plan activities. The spring dance is set for April 8 at the American Legion and a fall card party is planned under co chairs Mrs James Gutshall and Mrs Howard Schneider. Delegates to the province meeting February 4 and 5 in Kenton include Mrs Clark Wilhide and Mrs Howard Perkins. William Whitesel will run for province president and Wilford Wells for secretary at the conclave. Next meeting is January 2 at Frisch's party room 5 S Main Street.
Delbert Meyers and spouse won first place at the Mid dletown Duplicate Bridge Club meeting held in Temple Beth Sholom recreation room with a score of 44. Second place went to M L Johnston and Joe Novara with 42 percent. Howard Wikoff Gordon Nein and Leland Lynch Jr tied for third with 37 percent. An average of 86 was noted across 442 tables.
Reservations end January 23 for the Coterie Sno Ball dinner dance at Club Sno Ball with Mr and Mrs Paul Bruggeman. Steering committee chaired by Mr and Mrs Jack Thomas met at Mr and Mrs James Bruner to plan decorations. Cliff Lash’s orchestra to play at the annual event.
New York couture previews feature three spring collections by Edward Abbott Luis Esteves and Marquise. Models display high and bare backs with deep cowls necklines natural waists and slim skirts as editors track jet age influences and versatile layering across five days of shows.
Bethlehem Lutheran Circle Five and St. John's group meet at private homes to hear talks on the Holy Land and Bell Telephone history. New committees are named, officers installed, and a free will offering is planned for Catholic Charities and hospital patients.
The 83rd Infantry Division Thunderbolt seeks about 30,000 former members for its 15th annual reunion in Cleveland at the Hotel Manager on August 17 to 19. Ohio-based veterans from Buckeye State are emphasized and asked to contact national secretary Harry Lockwood at 43 Oakland Ave, Jersey City, NJ.
The Rev Stewart J Labat of Marion Ohio has been named rector of St Peter s Episcopal Church in suburban Lakewood. He succeeds Rev W Chave McCracken who becomes rector of St Paul s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights on February 5.
Vital statistics list births and hospital notes for numerous families. Names include Emery Williams and Frohm at multiple addresses with newborns, and other newborns like Long, Cornett, and Ward. Discharges feature Anita Banks and several residents returning home from area facilities, with out of town entries noted.
A list of individuals with ages, professions, and addresses includes Leonard Estes, 21 carpenter of Somerville, with Helen Turner, 19 cashier from Hamilton. Also named are Claud VanCleave, 38 truck driver, and Geneva Ross, 37 babysitter of Germantown. C. O. Brown, 79, and Louisa Plaisant, 58, of Williamsdale and Hamilton respectively. Other pairs include David Gaw, 24 Armco employee, and Carol Gerber, 19 typist. Richard Tendam, 41 machinist, and Frances Aug burger, 39 of Williamsdale. William Miller, 19 roofing worker, and Alpha Smith, 16 of West Middleton. Jerry Helmig, 19 tool designer, and Joyce Koeppel, 19 clerk.
W. D. Vorhis and Harry K Moore were re-elected directors for three years at the American Savings & Loan Association annual meeting. Holdover members J. L. Glass A. James Moorman Vance E Cribbs James O Finley Harold C Sebald. Glass named president Moorman executive vice president M P Schrock treasurer Paul Steigerwald Jr assistant secretary treasurer. Walter R Bender and Ben M Kitchen remain as legal counsel.
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown appointed Robert A. Horstman of Dayton to the Montgomery County Board of Elections to fill the unexpired term of his late father Albert A. Horstman. The term runs until February 28, 1962.
Tuesday schedule lists Sertoma Club 6 9 pm Manchester Hotel South Middletown Fire Department 6 3 pm Amanda Fire House Battery A 14th Gun Bn 7 pm Armory Mayfield Fire Department 7 3 pm Sheffield Street Fire House Al Anon 7 30 Alcoholics Anonymous 7 30 Miami Valley Post 3609 8 pm post HQ Lemon Monroe Band Boosters 7 30 Monroe High School Butler County Medical Assistants 7 pm Manchester St Marys PTO 8 pm church basement Sportsmen Club 8 pm 100F Miami Lodge 8 pm Monroe IOOF Hall FOE Lodge 528 8 pm Eagles Hall SPEBSQSA 8 pm Legion Home Exchange Club noon Wan Golden Age Club 1 30 Civic Association Girl Scout Room Knights of St John 7 pm St Johns church basement Franklin FOE Auxiliary 7 30 FOP Lodge 8 pm Police Pistol Range Alcoholics Anonymous 30 pm
Mrs. William Yaw of South Suthpin Street returned home after a three week vacation in Miami Florida visiting her two sisters Mrs. Thomas Galvin and Mrs. George Groff. Dr. and Mrs. William Henry of First Avenue recently returned from a four month tour of Europe. Their son Capt. William Henry Jr. and his family in Würzburg Germany hosted them and they toured Holland France Italy Austria Switzerland and England.
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