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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1954
Page
6
Middletown Music Club will hold a combined business and social meeting for active members Thursday at 8 15 p.m. at 104 Franklin Street home of Mrs E H McCandlish. January session will discuss the February 11 concert and a home talent program. Social chairmen are Mrs Dan Daly Ada Louise Weishart Mrs William Havemann Jr and Miss Pearl Walburg.
Mr and Mrs Watson L Quillen announce the engagement of their daughter Lois to William Clayton Burgess of Lebanon. Both are Lebanon High School seniors. No wedding date has been set.
About 125 members and guests of Bethlehem Lutheran Church gathered yesterday afternoon in the Parish Hall for a tea marking the 100th anniversary of the congregation. Miss Alice Hawkins oversaw arrangements with help from Circle chairmen and several hostesses, as red and silver decorations set a festive tone around a three tiered cake and a brass plaque noting the church’s founding a century ago.
Plans are set for the next Cotillion Club dance Saturday at 7 30 p.m. at the Manchester Hotel. Jack Mokry and his Moon Misters will provide music for the formal dinner dance. A committee led by Mr. and Mrs. Tilmon Ellison organized the event with active members including Mr. and Mrs. John C. Dillion Mr. and Mrs. William Crooke Mr. and Mrs. Luther Ikenberry and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Wolf. Reservations are still being taken.
Friends hosted a dinner party and personal shower at Irene Dineen's Malvern Street home honoring Miriam Harkrader ahead of her Saturday wedding to Lon Sheley at the First Presbyterian Church. Guests included Margaret Renner Patricia Hayes Lars Larson Betty Lou Riner William B Rehse and Betty Trettel.
The Rev. Max G. Mittelstedt officiated Saturday at East Baptist Church Lebanon for the marriage of Miss Rose Collett daughter of Mrs. Martha Collett Lebanon and Orlando Howell son of the late Mr and Mrs J G Howell Lebanon.
Travel notes recap shows Merrill Hat field starting married life at 112 Moore St as Mr. and Mrs. Hat field. George Gerhard enjoys a Florida vacation with Purdue classmates after earning a civil engineering degree last Friday. Paul Theodore of Chicago visits his son and daughter-in-law on Hood Avenue. Donald and Dora Snyder return from a Puerto Rico winter trip via New York Broadway stops to Central Avenue. Lars Larson returns to Ashland after weeks with his parents in Aberdeen Drive. C V Musser returns from Florida visiting Daytona Beach and Miami, then home on Poinciana Road.
Princeton University professor Whitney J. Oakes will be guest of honor and speaker at the Princeton Club of Southern Ohio meeting. The annual event begins at 6 30 p.m. February 1 at the University Club in Cincinnati.
The Missionary Society of Jacksonburg EUB Church will meet Thursday at 2 PM at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. Lloyd Davis.
Birth notices list dozens of newborns from Franklin, Trenton, Lebanon, and surrounding areas. Families include Stewart, Ashton, Snider, Gay, Luck, Craft, Waye, West, Reid, Moore, Arnett, Nickell, Robinson, Siler, McCall, Anderson, and out of town Keller and Lenhair, with both local and hospital details and dates noted as Saturday Sunday or today.
A compiled list names numerous residents by condition and address including Linda Miley and William Sebastian as medical and surgical cases. The entries cover Grand Ave Malvern St Vannest St Garfield St Middle town Rt 1 2 West Middletown Trenton Franklin and other locales with patient status noted as medical or surgical.
Bethlehem Lutheran Church authorized a study at the annual meeting to assess a new building or expansion. S. P. Moyer and Stanley Crist named co chairmen. New officers elected include Robert George as elder Carl Nicklas as trustee and Ronald Lane as deacon. Centennial plans were mapped by L F Reinartz with a committee including George Fahrenholz Emma Wenzel and others. A centennial skit Thankfulness was staged by Mrs Banzhaf and Mrs Wendt.
Hollywood reports Marilyn Monroe has returned with husband Joe DiMaggio in New York for a TV show, while the studio hesitates to reveal honeymoon details. The studio extended her deadline to start a leading role, after suspending her earlier.
The Rockefeller Foundation announced 5,367,964 in grants for scientific research in the United States and abroad during the fourth quarter of 1953. The General Education Board also issued 1,050,000, mostly for Negro education, with 200,000 not targeted to that area. The largest grant was 1% million to the California Institute of Technology for chemical biology research.
A Colorado legislator trimmed expenses by filing mileage but no meal charges. The voucher carried a note stating Carried my lunch, highlighting efforts to economize state funds.
Imagine hand finishing shirts at regular prices. Lightning Laundry promises careful hand pressing around the collar and cuffs, claiming better results than ordinary shirt pressers. The service emphasizes attention to detail and a neater appearance.
Marine Sgt. Leopard Back Jr. reports to Cherry Point after a 30 day leave. Cp. Albert Heizer Jr. returns to the United States after service with the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea. Cpls Walden Wolf and William Mullins celebrate the 40th Infantry Division’s second Korea anniversary. Seamen Thomas Burbick and William Walker serve aboard the Fleet Sonar School at Key West. Pfc. Forrest Day among 125 Marines discharged at Treasure Island after seven months in Korea.
Airman Claude Snelling Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Claude Snelling of 4305 Grand Ave and husband of Mary Snelling Hamilton, is named tactical instructor of the week by Sampson s 3650th Basic Military Training Group. He enlisted in September 1951 after graduating from Middletown High School and attended the general instructor school at Sampson.
The notice urges filing by March 15 if you earned as little as $600 in 1953. It stresses reporting income even with large deductions, attaching Form W2s, and that joint returns often reduce tax. It highlights help from the IRS and a 25 cent booklet “Your Federal Income Tax.”
AP News details 1953 social security rules for self employed workers. It explains that self employed individuals pay half the employer share plus the employee share totaling 2 percent on the first 3600 dollars, with exceptions for farmers, railroad workers, public officials, and several professions. It also covers part time self employment and mixed earnings cases.
Taxes due March 15 1955 apply to 1953 returns. Refunds may be expedited if you mark refund on the envelope. Anyone earning $600 or more must file. New rulings could save money though deductions from pay may be smaller. Sign the return and if filing jointly both spouses must sign.
James Roosevelt, eldest son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, announced his Democratic bid for Congress in California's 26th District. Incumbent Samuel W. Yorty also entered the race for the primary.
Hollywood comedian Red Skelton cut his right arm when it slipped through a shower room glass door at home Friday night. A CBS spokesman said he needed 30 stitches and was expected for television rehearsal today.
Robert C. Lubenger will preside at the American Cancer Society Middletown chapter noon meeting at the Manchester Hotel. Reservations by 4 p.m. Tuesday to Mrs. Frances Franklin.
I A Casper of Middletown Ohio appointed Administrator of the estate of Daisy Proffet aka Proffit aka Daisy Banks deceased in Middletown Butler County. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Jan 4. Probate Judge Harry F Walsh. Casper and Casper Attorneys. Jan 11 18 25.
Private Charles Edward Clark of Camp Stoneman California is notified that Ethel Marie Clark filed for divorce in case No 70612 on grounds of gross neglect of duty. He must answer by February 6, 1954. otherwise the petition may be granted. Clerk John T. Kiep and Deputy Norman G.Grevey, with Maxwell Finkleman attorney.
A Cincinnati Ohio testimonial touts Rennel as a home weight loss remedy. The narrator claims losing 37 pounds after using Rennel mixed with grapefruit juice and promises a money back guarantee if initial results are not seen. The copy urges readers to obtain Rennel at local drugstores and notes widespread use.
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