Rehearsal Dinner Before Kraft Murka Wedding
Mr and Mrs Raymond Kraft hosted a rehearsal dinner at the Colony for Mary Frances Kraft and Gerard Murka. The ceremony is set for 7:30 this evening at First Baptist Church with Rev H H Jung officiating.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1949
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Raymond Kraft hosted a rehearsal dinner at the Colony for Mary Frances Kraft and Gerard Murka. The ceremony is set for 7:30 this evening at First Baptist Church with Rev H H Jung officiating.
Fifteen members of the Goodwill Mothers Club met last evening at 4110 Warren Rd with Mrs. C. R. Bell. After a brief business session, readings were presented by members including Mrs. Turner Powers and Mrs. LaRue Ginter. Contest prizes were awarded to four members, and refreshments concluded the evening.
The Willing Workers of the Evangelical United Brethren Church plan their annual birthday dinner at LeSourdville Lake Wednesday at 6 30 p m. Husbands are invited. Reservations may be arranged by calling Mrs. Fred Garver Mrs. William Arkill or Mrs. Edward Behrens.
The Ohio Air National Guard 55th Fighter Wing begins field training today through July 23 with simulated air raids on the east coast. The unit basing is at Dover Air Force Base Delaware, while anti aircraft drills involving the CNG occur at Camp Perry Ohio from July 10 to 24.
Saturday schedule lists WLW T channel 4 programs from 2 PM to 10:01 PM including Weather Dugout Dope Fans in the Stands Reds vs St. Louis Newscast and Midwestern Hayride. Channel 5 shows Dugout Dope Fans in the Stands Dayton Indians Baseball and Weather. WHIO TV channel 13 carries Telenews Lets Visit Chicago Billy the Kid News Ball Scores and Sign Off. Sunday schedule continues with similar time slots featuring Weather Dugout Dope Fans in the Stands Reds vs St. Louis Newscast Ball Park Ball Park Fans in the Stands and Sign Off.
Miss Marilyn Eldridge has announced attendants for her marriage to Norman L. Cole. Matron of honor is Guerney Cole Jr along with bridesmaids Harold Anness and Peggy Martin and flower girl Joan Ferryman. Best man is Guerney Cole Jr. Ushers are Robert Lubberger Richard Newlin Charles Barton and John Weber. Rehearsal dinner is July 14.
Hamilton officials awarded the Peoria Reily Milville Road fill contract for Pater Lake to Walter Follmer of Hamilton at 11649 dollars. Competing bids ranged from 12883 to 13228 dollars, with the project elevating 800 feet of road to a 13 foot peak. The lake will cover 300 acres at Bunker Hill two miles east of Reily and should be open to the public early next year under state supervision.
The Census Bureau will conduct a July current population survey collecting sugar use data from about 25 000 U S homes to aid the Agriculture Department Sugar Act program. District Supervisor Roger R Francis announced the study from Cincinnati noting many Middle Town area families will be surveyed.
Cincinnati officials say the summer opera will end on July 16 instead of August 6 due to $30,000 in losses so far and a projected total of $108,000. Officials blame excessive heat for the attendance drop.
A Jefferson County grand jury in Birmingham is expected to issue a final report on cross burnings and beatings by white sheet mobs. The Birmingham News predicts 28 to 32 indictments in mass flogging cases as Klan leader William Hugh Morris remains jailed for contempt after refusing Klan records.
Rep Franklin D Roosevelt Jr of New York asks the House clerk to record him as Democrat Liberal rather than just a Democrat. He ran on the Liberal Four Freedoms ticket after losing the Democratic nomination and filled Sol Bloom's vacancy.
Santa Monica calif AP Margaret O Brien's mother is asked by bandleader Don Sylvio to specify acts of cruelty in her divorce suit filed June 8. He seeks details for the period February 22 Palm Beach to May 23 and a hearing on his demurrer is set for July 15.
A man and wife were treated for cuts after an altercation at 1116 Young St. Robert Hunter was wounded in the right shoulder and Myrtle Hunter cut on the right hand. They were released from Middletown Hospital. Solomon Ringer, 31, of 1313 Garfield St., was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge on a Garfield Ringer Sr. warrant. Lafe Henderson, 2409 Superior Ave., reported the loss of a billfeld with $20 and papers. Two boys were ordered to appear before Juvenile Authorities after police caught them throwing firecrackers at Sunset pool.
Doward Salley 28 of Eaton Route 3 was fined 100 dollars for being in physical control of a motor vehicle and resisting arrest. He was arrested July 4 on Sutphin Street south of Central Avenue and appeared yesterday before Judge Alton H. Combs.
Officials declare that the flag shall be displayed during school days in or near every schoolhouse to honor patriotic tradition and educate students about national symbols. The measure emphasizes uniform visibility across districts and during morning announcements.
WLW 700 K and WSAI 1360 K air Tea and Crumpets Supper Serenade Fantasy in Melody and Listen to Music through Dancing Mail Box of Long Air. Features include Tommy Dorsey, Vaughn Monroe, Gene Autry, Barry Allen, Hawaii Calls, Music Festival, Jamboree, Twenty Questions and LeSourdsville.
A compact word puzzle row lists clues and answers for a food herb theme. Items include pedal digit twelve and birds of prey, with various short entries such as a Roman magistrate and a goddess of infatuation.
The provided text lists numbered across and down clues including references to gods eggs dawn goddess driving command and various definitions, resembling a scrambled puzzle page segment with a mix of terms and hints. It hints at a verb for vindicate a Polynesian term and other simple descriptors.
A Fulton County coroner's jury ruled the bullet killed Metropolitan Opera tenor John Garris came from a Belgian automatic seized from South Carolina convict Grover Pulley. The jury urged murder charges and possible extradition, while Pulley remains in a South Carolina penitentiary.
In Jacksonville Alabama a 250 pound St. Bernard faced near fatal heat as temperatures rose into the 90s. Salvation Army Major Henri Servais reported strong public response with an ice company installing an air conditioner on the porch to cool the dog. A three year old offered to fan the animal, but it now stays under cooling air.
The Young Men's Business Club announced a national convention for people who have seen flying saucers. Scientists writers and government investigators will be invited to compare notes. Reports of discs were seen in Alexandria twice this week.
The 70 day Honolulu waterfront strike nears resolution as 2000 CIO ILWU stevedores offer to end the walkout if employers accept a Presidential board of inquiry for wage setting. They seek $1.72 per hour, 32 cents higher. Meanwhile 2600 tons of tinplate will be unloaded to aid pineapple canning, under court order, easing shortages. The sugar industry also gains storage space as Maui facilities are freed and Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar resumes grinding. A $42,000 wage attachment suit is filed against the freighter Hawaiian Citizen after crew walkouts and ship seizures.
The Rev. E. C. Potterf, pastor of Lorain Street Baptist Church for four years, has accepted a call to a Baptist Church in St. Marys Ohio. He will assume his new position on August 14.
The article notes Niagara Falls as the largest cataract in America and the second largest globally, surpassed only by Victoria Falls in South Africa.
Funeral services will be held today for George L. Rodgers 72 a retired banker and former Perry County treasurer who died at his home here yesterday. Burial will be at New Lexington.
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