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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1952
Page
6
Mr and Mrs James Thompson of Milton Rd hosted this weekend with Miss Dorothy Stauffer and Miss Patricia Stauffer nieces of Mrs Thompson both Otterbein College students.
Proceeds from a charity card party sponsored by the Pythian Sisters go to the polio fund. The 8 p.m. event at K of P Hall 1044 Central Ave features co chairs Mrs. Chester Mull and Mrs. Clyde Peck. Admission 50 cents per person. Bring your own cards. Table prizes door prizes bake sale and luncheon planned.
Sigma Phi Gamma sorority meets tonight at 8 in the Girls' Club. The Women’s Society of World Service at Jacksonburg Church gathers Thursday at 2 at Mrs Katherine Brelsford’s home. Members should bring sales tax stamps to be counted after the meetings.
Mrs. Robert Ramsdell hosted a 3 to 5 p.m. tea and reception for Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Case Jr. of Oxford in Western College for Women circles. About 35 alumnae attended at the Ramsdell home on Central Ave. Dr Case, president since 1951, outlined future plans and spoke of his background and writings. The Cases have two children, Edmund III and Mary Jane.
Mrs. James B. Diefenbach hosted Group Five of the First Presbyterian Church Friday afternoon for a meeting discussing plans for the coming year. Members noted efforts to send worn shirt collars to leper colonies and heard Meditations on Salome the Ambitious and missions work from "Missions to America."
Group Eight of the First Presbyterian Church met at Mrs. John Leighton’s home on El Paso Drive. Mrs. Russell Dempster led devotions and Mrs. Tom Wilson presented a program on The Role of Every Church in the Community Itself. Refreshments followed, served by hostesses Mrs. Forrest Morrow Mrs. Clyde Pence Mrs. E. R. Kohler and Mrs. Leighton.
A half cup of shelled pecans and a half cup of chopped tart apples may be added to two and one half cups of prepared mincemeat. This will yield enough filling for a two crust nine inch pie.
Paris designer Madame Elsa Schiaparelli accuses Italian fashion of unfair competition and praises Paris as the creative center. She calls Franco-Italian fashion noise and argues only a few Paris houses should be supported with tax relief to revive the industry.
A reader letters page advises an unnamed college freshman in love with a married man to seek medical and psychiatric support, avoid abortion, and consider maternity care options. The response cautions against trusting the man, suggests consulting a faith-based doctor, and addresses self worth and emotional recovery.
Hugh Boyd, 40, will face ten charges in Municipal Court including resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, assault and battery, two drunken driving counts, two counts of driving with a revoked license, traveling with fictitious tags, violating Ohio auto law, and falsifying a state affidavit. He is also held for investigation of auto theft.
James Marlow outlines 1951 income tax changes including filing deadlines for all with $600 or more income, exemptions, and new self employed social security tax rules. It covers Form 1040 and 1040-A usage, joint filing, and dependent exemptions with medical expense deductions rules.
Minnie Lee Terry, 29, of 23 Chestnut St., was fatally shot in Hamilton Saturday night. Josh Kirksey, 30, of Hazelwood, is in custody on a murder charge after the shooting at his wife’s home. Kirksey reportedly told detectives the act was to punish his wife, as the victim had a prior police record and recent indictments.
Civic and service groups meet weekly with Moose, Civitan, Rotary, Sertoma, and Americ an Legion activities listed. Fire departments and hospital clinics also hold evening gatherings at local venues including Manchester Hotel North Middletown Fire House and Middletown Hospital.
Christian T. Anderson, 46, a Detroit Board of Education secretary who died January 9, had his ashes committed to the Detroit River. The ceremony was performed yesterday by a Coast Guard buoy tender and attended by members of the Detroit Power Squadron, marking the first official river burial since 1812 and 130 years.
The Rev. L. L Denning pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church is hospitalized in Miami Florida with a hip fracture after tripping over a bench on a boat during a fishing trip. He will remain hospitalized about five weeks according to friends here.
A blaze at Rush Motor Sales in Columbus Sunday destroyed six cars and much equipment. Damage was put at 150000. Two firefighters and a company employee were injured but none seriously.
Hamilton police issued a lookout for five checks valued at 912.79 stolen Saturday from an envelope left at Miller Brothers Wallpaper Store 201 S Third St. Paul Grattman the store manager said the envelope was delivered through the mails and stuck under the front door. The checks drawn on Western Bank and Trust Company Cincinnati.
Moscow reports the death of Outer Mongolia's veteran Premier Marshal Choi Bal-san at 56 after kidney cancer surgery. A Council of Ministers communique calls him a true friend of the Soviet Union. He led Mongolia since 1923 and helped bring the Red Army into Mongolia in 1939. Tass notes long illness and arrival in Moscow for treatment on January 14 at the Kremlin hospital.
New York AP report notes actress Fannie Ward died Sunday at Lenox Hill Hospital. She claimed to be 79 but friends said in her 80s. Ward famed as the eternal soubrette sought a facial secret learned from Gaby Deslys to stay youthfully slim and glamorous. She began on stage in 1890 and appeared in vaudeville and films.
Middletown police arrested two men after separate accidents on city streets with no injuries. Carl Childress, 38, was charged with physical control of a motor vehicle when intoxicated and released on $500 bond after hitting a parked car owned by Charles Palmer. Raymond Massey, 39, was charged with failure to yield and cited after striking a taxi driven by Owen Van Ostrand. Massey’s car sustained $5 damage.
The next fox drive will be held Saturday in Ridgeville with patrons meeting at the township hall at 9 a.m. Shotguns and dogs are allowed. The Ridgeville Church ladies will serve luncheon.
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