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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1950
Page
6
In Columbus protestant convocation with about 400 delegates from 32 churches plans resolutions to fight racial discrimination and segregation. They will press for non-segregated home missions, interracial staff, and cooperative city life studies.
The first council wide scouting exposition is planned for Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22, at the Otterbein Field House. Paul Parker announces action displays in every booth and a Little Theater program. About 100 displays are expected, with first come first served participation and exhibit approvals required for unlisted displays.
Canton Ohio AP reports John R. Hoffman a Democrat who lost a state legislature race by one vote in 1948 filed petitions yesterday to run for the assembly.
The U S Public Health Service extended emergency help to seventeen states hit by epidemics or disasters in 1949, coordinating relief efforts and medical supplies to affected areas nationwide.
Mrs. G. W. Breiel hosted her South Main Street luncheon and bridge game with guests including Mrs. J. H. Ayres Mrs. Charles Beck Mrs. E. H. Bindley Mrs. Howard Cheney Mrs. Clyde Davies Mrs. Fred Greathouse Mrs. Don Holstein and Mrs. Milton Johnston. Weekend visitors joined Mr. and Mrs. John Strait, C. E. Thatcher of Dayton, A. A. Strait of Princeton Street and granddaughter Genevieve McClain of Germantown along with Lydia Louise Hoffman visiting from Miami University.
Correction notes Phi Beta Psi will hold a business meeting Wednesday January 25 in the Barnitz room at the YMCA. The gathering starts at 7 45 p m and will cover club matters.
Members of Delta Chi Sigma Sorority were entertained at Mrs. Fred Ziegler's home on McKinley Street. A basement carnival featured miniature booths, dart throwing, ring toss, a toy gun shooting gallery, and a mystic tent with Palm reader Marguerite Rose. Miss Elizabeth Toro won a tiny roulette game. lunch was served by a committee including Mrs. John Dulley Jr and Mrs. Douglas Barrett.
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority hosts a social at 12 Young St. tonight and other local groups meet January 26. A Sheriff’s sale of a 1939 Ford Panel truck, Hoffman Press, and Hoffman Boiler is set for January 27 at 10 to 11 A.M. at 1329 Grove St Middletown. A Monroe annexation hearing is scheduled March 14 at the Butler County Court House.
Members of the Park Arlington Missionary Circle of the First Baptist Church will convene Thursday at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Kiser Wells on Central Avenue instead of the previously announced location at Mrs. Bernard Draut’s home.
A social gathering of Sigma Phi Gamma held at Mrs. Don Lewellyn home on Broad St featured hostesses Mrs. Lewellyn Mrs. White sell Mrs. Lina Sheets and Miss Vera Shirmeyer. Games awarded prizes to Mrs. Roger Glei Miss Mary Carroll and Miss Shirmeyer. Pledge services noted for Mrs. Wilford Wells. Prizes went to Mrs. Gene Weidner and Mrs. Alford Schwing. Plans outlined for a leukemia benefit card party and fund for Middletown people. Next meeting set for 7 p m at the Barnitz room YMCA.
City briefs list multiple 7 30 p m and 8 p m gatherings across Middletown area. Groups include Rounders rehearsal at Armco Auditorium Fraternal Order of Eagles Unity Council D of A Middletown Co operative Club and PTA chapters at various schools. Annual dinner of Butler County Society for Crippled Children set at Hamilton YMCA.
Louis Viney Steinfeld, 62, a veteran newspaper reporter and public relations man for the Cleveland Press, Newspaper Enterprise Association, the Red Cross, and the community chest, died yesterday in Cleveland from a heart ailment after more than 35 years in the field.
Approximately 70 members and guests of the Salvation Army Woman's Auxiliary gathered yesterday at the Manchester Hotel for a mid winter luncheon and business meeting. Mrs. John Aull Jr. presided while Mrs. James Nelson of Columbus offered the opening prayer. Captain Kenneth Sharp summarized recent work and noted about 1800 dollars in kettles donations funding Christmas dinners for Middletown’s needy. The Christmas Committee reported 200 dolls prepared for distribution to needy children. The day nursery reported progress and ample volunteers but low local use, risking closure if interest does not rise.
The American Nurses Association published the census questions to guide enumeration starting April 1. Everyone over 14 will describe last week’s job, last job, and three structured items: occupation, industry, and class of worker.
American Legion Post 218 Commander Paul Long named a National Defense Committee to inform members about defense activities unification and draft laws and selective service. J W Pratt was named chairman with members Walter Evans Andrew Dobrozsi James Cochran Robert Brayton Robert Stuart Harold Goetz John Howard Dr William H Henry Richard A Wilmer Win Arnold and Robert Hayden. First meeting set for 7:30 p m Monday January 30 at the Legion Home.
Mrs Bertha Perkins announced an interracial meeting will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. at Phillips Chapel C M E Church West Ninth Ave to observe victims of infantile paralysis. Special music includes trios and vocal solos. A smaller note mentions water plants should have charcoal added occasionally.
Lt. Col. Horace W. Pote of the Air Materiel Command Dayton will speak Thursday at 8 p m before local reserve officers at the American Legion. The Roland Kohr Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association sponsors the event. Pote, a photo intelligence specialist with 25 years of service, discusses his war time duties and postwar training including early A-bomb photo work in New Mexico and jet tests at Muroc Lake. The program also includes a business session and a progress report on arrangements for the February 18, 1950 military ball.
Earl Campbell, director of field organization for the National Safety Council, will visit Middletown on February 1. He will speak at a noon meeting at the Manchester Hotel with the Middletown Safety Council's executive committee and Board of Control to explain the new conference plan and enhanced personal service from the national council.
An infant burial in Bellevue was delayed after thieves stole a pine burial vault at York Free Chapel Cemetery. A second vault had to be obtained to proceed with the burial.
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