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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1950
Page
18
The Eaton High School cast rehearses Mollie OShaughnessy a western comedy to be staged by West Alexandria High School seniors at 8 15 p m Tuesday in the auditorium. Directors are Mrs Helen Baumhart and C J Mc Farland. Proceeds fund the yearbook.
Tax examiner Charles F. Lampe will assist vendors with June 1949 to December 1949 sales tax returns while based in Warren County. He will be at Waynesville National Bank today, the Morrow Mayor’s office Friday 9 am to 4 pm, and Warren County courthouse Lebanon January 30–31 8 am to 4 pm. Vendors should bring last report, sales records, and vendor purchase orders. Lampe noted the new schedule O on the return and that purchases must match pink slip totals on line 2 of the return.
Mr and Mrs John Theiss attended a minstrel show in Dayton on Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Keith Bell bought the Plum St restaurant from Mr and Mrs Robert Gunckle. Mr and Mrs John Thompson returned home Wednesday after two weeks visiting relatives in New Mexico. Mrs Emory Oblinger's condition is improving. Mrs Clarence Shuey hosted her card club Tuesday night. Honors went to Mrs Robert Rettich Mrs Paul Bell Mrs Clarence Emley and Mrs Paul Bressler. Mr and Mrs C Waddell of Springfield visited Tusatng with Mr and Mrs Kenneth Adder and family. Mrs John Torrence will host a tea for the German town Girl Scout troop committee and leaders Monday afternoon. Mrs Carl Zink and daughter of Miamisburg visited Wednesday with her parents Mr and Mrs Albert Rettich.
In Trenton the school installs an Institutional Sound System linking the principal’s office to twenty classrooms with a capacity for forty. It carries messages and music, features a phonograph and radio, and even helped recover a lost dollar and a girl’s wrist watch. Superintendent Daniel H. Kruger defends privacy and praises early results.
Dr. Carle W Beane health commissioner and tuberculosis association chairman announces a special Preble Health Unit meeting this Friday at 1 p m in the courthouse. All members urged to attend for important business discussion.
Franklin The annual Congregational Meeting and Old Fashioned Meeting will be held at the Congregational Christian Church all day Sunday starting with Sunday school at 9 15 a.m. followed by worship. A basket dinner is planned at noon with an afternoon meeting, a fellowship supper, and an evening service.
IOOF Relief Lodge officers will be installed Thursday in the lodge hall. WCTU meets Friday afternoon at Mrs. Stanley Fry’s home. Washington Community Club meets Friday at Mrs. Pearl Ross’s home. Union Ridge Community Club meets Friday at 1130 at Mrs. W Kevenaugh’s Deerfield Rd Germantown home. Franklin Faculty Wives Club meets Thursday evening at Mrs. Clarence Weaver’s Brown St. Birthday Circle of First Baptist Church meets Thursday evening at Mrs. John Baker’s home.
Franklin area residents visited with relatives and friends from Centerville to Indianapolis. The column lists numerous callers and guests including N L Dearth Ina, Elizabeth Dearth, Raymond Collins, William Ward, John Seybold, and others. It notes a hospital operation recovery for Mrs. William Warman and a Geneva Illinois birth of Joanna Kay to Earl Shulaw and Mary Jane Skinner.
The Warren County Farm and Home week runs Thursday and Friday at the Grange Hall. Warren County Pomona Grange officers will be installed Saturday night.
The Miami Valley Press Association will hold a meeting Thursday night in town. Members are set to discuss association affairs and upcoming events.
The Amanda Athletic Association hosts a fish fry for club members and guests Friday at 7 in the club rooms. Circle One of Amanda Methodist Church sponsors a bake sale Saturday at 9 to be held at Eckert and Conrad Grocery.
The Ralph 8. Penquite Post 194 of the American Legion will hold an event in the Mason Municipal Building Saturday evening.
Lebanon reports Clarence D. Banker states Warren Squire handled 218 cases last year with total fines of 5033 dollars.
Charles W. Morsie, 24, of Lebanon, Ohio, convicted in Judge Charles S. Bell’s Criminal Court of unlawfully operating an automobile without the owner's consent and concealing a stolen car. It was his third auto theft conviction. He was sentenced to one to 20 years in the penitentiary for selling the stolen vehicle to McKinney Auto Sales. The car, stolen in Warren County, was linked to Thomas W. Hardy of Lebanon.
A historical note states Benjamin Franklin attended school for only two years between ages eight and ten. He later pursued self education and became a renowned diplomat inventor and founding father.
Mr and Mrs Robert Gephart hosted a birthday party for Mrs Stuart Gephart Thursday evening. Numerous gatherings follow with friends and relatives visiting and celebrating at homes across Chautauqua including Meadows and gatherings with the Sniders Wehr and Thompsons. Jack Huntsberger returns from Alameda Naval Air Base and home Thursday.
The annual Butler County Dairy Committee meeting will be held Tuesday at the Hamilton YMCA from 10 30 a m to 3 p m George Wilson announces. The program includes regulatory updates for milk shippers and Bang s control program explanations by Dr David A Hill and Bruce Jes. Luncheon is provided by the Cooperative Pure Milk Association.
Liberty Township reflects on a recent Liberty School Community Club election. Elected officers include Gail Mitzel as president and Don Hall as vice president, with Mrs Genevieve Barnthouse noted among the officers.
Germantown Shrine Club gathered Tuesday night at Reform Church then adjourned to the Anslinger Room. Committee in charge included Mr and Mrs Farl Sliver and Mr and Mrs Earl McClain with prizes won by Mr and Mrs Harry Tanruther, Arles Hora, John Flisnpach, Mr and Mrs John Fox.
Franklin WSCS of the First Methodist Church will meet on Thursday February 2 with Miss Bernice Culp. Mrs. Lloyd Ritz serves as assistant hostess. Mrs. Roy Anderson leads the devotional service and Mrs. Creighton Burns directs the program.
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