Local Families Return From Extended Trips and Visits
Mr and Mrs Raymond Schrock and children Eddie Larry and Karen Sue of Fleming Rd returned from a four week motor trip to California joined by Mr and Mrs Lee Mossteller formerly of the city Mrs Alma Richardson vacationing in Baltimore Md with her son and his family for a month Mr and Mrs W C McCabe and children Skippy and Ginny Sue of San Juan Puerto Rico formerly of Middletown visiting Maude McCabe Elmo Place Armco International employs Mr McCabe in Puerto Rico Mrs C V Musser and Peg Cannon Fleming Rd concluded visits in Pittsburgh and East Liverpool Now Mary Clare McNicol of Wellsville Ohio visiting Mrs Musser at her home Mr and Mrs D H Carpenter First Ave returned home after visiting daughter and family Mr and Mrs Howard W Newcomed and children of Lubbock Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Schrock
Eddie
Larry
Karen Sue
Fleming Rd
California
Lee Mossteller
This City
Alma Richardson
Baltimore, Md
Paul Richardson
W. C. McCabe
Skippy and
Ginny Sue
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Middletown
McCabe
Maude McCabe
Elmo Place
Armco International
C. V. Musser
Peg Cannon
Pittsburgh
East Liverpool
Musser
Mary Clare McNicol
Wellsville, O
D. H. Carpenter
First Ave
Howard W. Newcomed
Lubbock, Tex
Community groups schedule combined picnic and meetings
Coming Up Lone Star Past Councilors and Unity Council plan their annual covered dish picnic Thursday at 6 30 p m at Mrs Elbert Wood 2125 Lamberton St Kings Messenger Class of Calvary Methodist Church meets Friday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Fletcher Shoup Superior Ave
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Past
Unity Council
Elbert Wood
Lamberton St
Kings Messenger
Calvary Methodist Church
Fletcher Shoup
Superior Ave
Jolly 9 Club Celebrates First Anniversary
The Jolly 9 Club marked its first anniversary with an officers election and an evening gathering at Mrs. Jack Martin’s home in Trenton. New officers are Mrs Jack Williamson president, Mrs James Cornwell vice president, Mrs Donald Harrison treasurer, and Mrs Jack Martin secretary. Card prizes went to Mrs Kenneth Young and Mrs Donald Harrison. An August meeting is planned at Mrs Delmer Keith’s home in Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly 9 Club
Jack Martin
Radabaugh Rd
Trenton
Jack Williamson
James Cornwell
Donald Harrison
Kenneth Young
Delmer Keith
Wedding Revealed At Lawn Party On McGee Farm
The Charles McGee farm on Middletown Eaton Rd hosted a lawn party revealing the marriage of Robert McGee to Betty Jo Stephens. The couple wed May 11 in Liberty Indiana. About 200 relatives and friends attended, with guests traveling from Kentucky Indiana California and Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McGee
Middletown-Eaton Rd
Pretty Kitchen Shower Fetes Doris Reardon
A kitchen shower at Miss Doris Reardon’s home honors the bride elect of E. B. Sickle Jr. The event features a summer theme with pink and blue gifts and canasta winners. The wedding is planned for September 8 as a social highlight.
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Doris Reardon
E. B. Sickle, Jr
Charles DeNeene
George Perry
Miss Reardon
Virgil
Floyd Bishop
Sickle
William Reardon
Clarence Long
Mare Vail
Myron Stevens
George Pierce
Sigma Phi Gamma Club Meeting Reports Cincinnati Convention
The Clubs Sigma Phi Gamma held its annual business meeting at the YMCA on Monday evening. A report on the Cincinnati convention in June was presented. Middletown welcomed over 500 delegates from the United States and Canada. Delta Phi president Mrs George re ITI will travel to Hawaii to join her Navy husband, accompanied by their young son Darry who last saw his father in October. Ways and means committee losers will host the July social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigma Phi Gamma
YMCA
Cincinnati
Middletown
United States
Canada
Delta Phi
George Re
ITI
Hawaii
U.S. Navy
Darry
Ways and Means
Beta Sigma Phi Omicron Plans Next Year Committees
The Omicron chapter held its first summer picnic at Armco Park on Monday evening. A brief business session followed with President Mrs. Roy Benning announcing committees for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omicron Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Armco Park
Roy Benning
Aeronca Girls Club Opens Year Plans Card Sales
The Aeronca Girls Club held its first meeting of the new fiscal year at Aeronca and decided to sell Christmas cards to raise funds. Refreshments were served by Miss Anna Margaret Wright, Miss Laura Sword, and Miss Millie Schultz. The August meeting is set for LeSourdsville Lake on August 14 as a covered-dish picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeronca Girls Club
Aeronca
Anna Margaret Wright
Laura Sword
Millie Schultz
LeSourdsville Lake
Water service approved for 15 Avalon and Dixie Heights homes
Butler County Commissioners approved water mains installation at a cost of $12,500 in Avalon Section I and Dixie Heights Section II just outside the city limits. The project will be funded by assessments on benefiting property owners after a public hearing with no objections. Gordon Augspurger, president, said a formal Middle Town application will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Avalon
Dixie Heights
Verity Pkwy
Butler County
Gordon Augspurger
Middletown
Grier Joins President's Club for Life Insurance Quality
E. Calhoun Grier of Middletown is named a member of the 1951 President's Club of Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. He received a special plaque from president Peter M. Fraser for excellence in life insurance protection written in the past two years with the James H. Farrar Agency of Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Calhoun Grier
Middletown
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Peter M. Fraser
Grier
James H. Farrar
Cinemnati
Reverend Bolen Resigns for Newark Post
Rev. James S. Bolen, pastor of First Presbyterian Church New Philadelphia for seven years, resigns to take the pastorate at Second Presbyterian Church in Newark. The note mentions the era of cinema with a 1950 full length motion picture, noting a quarter of its release was in color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James S. Bolen
United States
Society Deadlines For Weddings Engagements And Notices
Society sets deadlines for wedding and engagement notices five days before events with Tuesday noon specifics for Saturday weddings and Sunday engagements. Photos for Sunday must arrive by Tuesday noon. two week advance reservations required. phones not accepted for bookings. Sunday calendar items due by Friday 3 p.m. Report deadlines and photo usage rules apply to various society features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society Department
Servicemen Promote Two Local Navy Members in Korea Action
Carl P. Chamberlain of Franklin has been promoted to boiler man third class aboard the destroyer USS Orlock, part of Task Force 95 in the Far East. Eugene P. Campbell, an airman, reports to duty with a new air group aboard the USS Princeton off Korea, providing close air support for UN forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl P. Chamberlain
O. E. Chamberlain
South River St
Franklin
Chamberlain
Orlock
Far East
Korea
Navy
Franklin High School
Eugene P. Campbell
Princeton
Campbell
Harry H. Campbell
Dayton
Naomi Ruth Campbell
Excello Youth Enlists in Marines at 18
David Lee Becraft, 18, son of Mrs. Pearl Becraft of 1201 Forrer Ave in Excello, has enlisted in the U S Marine Corps. MSgt Dennis Roe announced the enlistment yesterday and Becraft will begin eight weeks of basic training at Parris Island South Carolina. A former Armco Steel employee and Middletown High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lee Becraft
Pearl Becraft
Forrer Ave
Excello
U.S. Marine Corps
Msgt
Dennis Roe
South Main St
Becraft
Parris Island
S. C
Armco Steel Corporation
Middletown High School
Horses and mules decline by more than half in a decade
Over the last ten years the number of horses and mules in the United States has fallen by 52 percent, reflecting long term shifts in agriculture transport and rural life. The decline marks a major decrease in live stock traditionally used for work and travel.
Middletown Officers Attend Eaton Police Meeting
Six Middletown Police Department members joined the Southwestern District Police and Sheriff's Association meeting in Eaton. Attendees included Chief Joseph Blackmore Captain Ralph Bauer Detectives John Fitzgerald Sam Moore and Patrolmen Lester Keeler Marvin Amburgey with speakers Judge Kiracofe defense attorney Emerson Young and FBI officials Al Ostholthoff Tom Garrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Funeral services set for Lydia EF Goodwin 86
Obituary notes Lydia EF Goodwin 86 of 300 North Main Street will have services at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Wilson Funeral Home with Rev. Louis Walter officiating and burial in Woodside Cemetery. Visitation is tonight from 7 to 10. Survived by daughter Mrs. Harry Wolverton and son Bert Smith of St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia EF. Goodwin
North Main St
Wilson Funeral Home
Louis Walter
First Methodist Church
Woodside Cemetery
Goodwin
Harry Wolverton
San Antonio
Bert Smith
St. Paul, Minn
Funeral services for Mrs Pearl L Pegs held at residence
Funeral services for Pearl L Pegs 62 of 601 Lake Ave Franklin will be at 2 p.m. Thursday from her daughter Ruth Jackson 825 Dearborn Dayton with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Dayton. Surviving Green Pegs widower three sons Charles Joe Dolphin and two daughters Ruth Jackson Louise Pegs. Friends may call at the Jackson residence after 4 p.m. today. Robert Eaton Funeral Home Franklin in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Pearl L. Pegs
Lake Ave
Ruth Jackson
Dearborn St
Dayton
Woodlawn
Pegs
Green Pegs
Charles
Washington, D.C
Joe
Dolphin
Deaths Elsewhere by Associated Press
LA JOLLA California Charles FE Johnston 69 former chairman of the Western Railway Association and former president of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company with 53 years in railroading. SIOUX CITY Iowa G J Moen 67 former South Dakota and Iowa banker credited by friends with helping start Calvin Coolidge toward the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
LA Jolla
Calif
Charles FE. Johnston
The
Western Railway Association
Kansas City Southern Railway Company
Sioux City
G. J. Moen
South Dakota
Iowa
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Two children bitten by dogs prompt owners to confine pets
Police report two dog bites yesterday affecting William Crooke age 3 of 1003 Ellen Dr. and Edward Lewis age 14 with no address listed. Owners were ordered to keep the animals tied for observation. Also reported: damage to two bicycles at Sunset Park with spokes bent and frames damaged. Paul Hunts barger of 1816 Woodlawn Ave. filed the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Crooke
Ellen Dr
Edward Lewis
Sunset Park
Paul Huntsbarger
Woodlawn Ave
Portsmouth hits third traffic victim of year
Charles F. Weaver, 76, died after being struck by a car while crossing a street in Portsmouth. The crash occurred yesterday afternoon. The driver, Charles Carpenter of Route 1 Mansfield, was not held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Charles F. Weaver
Charles Carpenter
Mansfield
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By Susan Breiel
Jolly 9
Ee Eee
Crawford
Dot
Central Ave
Harry Benadum
Wilson
Howard A. Wilson, Jr
Thomas H. Wilson
Omicron
Beta Sigma Phi
President's Club
Thurs
Marines
Eaton
Lydia FE. Goodwin
Mrs
Hyde Park
Kingsridge
Devonshire
Panama
Loren D. Neighbour
C. McDowell Furs
Broad ST
McDowell’s
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