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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1949
Page
8
A late afternoon report notes a campaign against tribes achieved victory. A pleasant picnic lunch was enjoyed on the Wenrick home lawn afterward, highlighting a moment of leisure following the campaign's success.
Dinner hosts Dr and Mrs Fred Brosius welcomed guests including Mr and Mrs Max Zinninger and children Jane and George of Cincinnati Dr and Mrs E T Storer and Dr and Mrs David Gerber Also Mr and Mrs Richard Trout hosted a steak fry at Wild Acres guests from Dayton Lebanon and Pittsburg The Tri Sigma reunion at Miami University drew chapters from several states Mrs Mary Hester visits from Central Avenue Myra Russell of Waynesville NC visiting Fourteenth Avenue then Warren and Pittsburgh Arthur Sixt Jr and Mrs Ralph Boxwell spent weekend in Indianapolis watching Funzapoppin Robert Butts and Marilyn Dossman weekend visitors from Arlington VA J Alfred Herb returning from Cleveland after the Master Plumbers convention Mike Mandzak hosted 40 at a Hamilton Middletown Road garden party Sam Marstein and daughter returned from two and a half months in Miami Beach Emma Ayres from Los Angeles visiting relatives in Sunset Place Dr and Mrs W H Henry attend AMA meeting in Atlantic City Ray Ashley and son en route to the Ozarks Walter Moehring hosted visitors Parkersburg IN McGlynn and Clara Grover MeGlynn and Clara Grover noted Graduate Regents Women of the Moose meet tomorrow at 7:30 with Mrs Howard Newcomb Armco Dr
Viola Rebekah Lodge meets at Knights of Malta Hall at 7 30 p m. Dorcas Circle of Calvary Methodist meets Tuesday at 2 at 1336 Manchester Ave with Ruth Busseer speaking. Unity Council Daughters of America meets Tuesday at 7 30 at Knights of Malta Hall with Christine Jackson presiding. Senior Philathea Bible Class installs officers and shares dinner at 6 30 tomorrow at 2209 Wilbraham Rd. Oakland Presbyterian Women meet tomorrow at 859 South Main St Franklin with assistants Hugh Thompson and Meryl.
Miss Mildred L. Spencer and George G. Fletcher wed in a June ceremony at Pleasant Ridge Evangelical United Brethren Church. The wedding featured a simple program, with two attendants and a reception at the groom’s home. After a wedding trip the couple will live at 2002 Clayton St. both are employed by Inland Container Company.
Mr and Mrs Wheeler Farley announce engagements of their daughters Arlene and Patsy. Arlene Farley will marry Robert Albert of Germantown with no date set. Patsy Farley will wed Joseph Barger of Urbana, Ohio, in June.
Miss Margaret Read and William G Lowe wed at Trinity Lutheran Church Union City Ind amid white gladioli palms and candlelight. The bride daughter of Fred Read and groom son of J C Davis. Rev William H Sherer officiated at 3 30 pm. Reception followed at the bride’s home. The couple will reside at 535 Garfield St after a wedding trip.
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock a garden party and bridal shower were held at the home of Mrs. Neal Pressler in honor of Miss Bette Lou Augsperger, bride elect of Jack Williams Jr. at St. Mary's Church on June 25. A circle seating arrangement surrounded a centerpiece table of yellow pink and white crepe paper, gifts for the bride. Miss M'Della Moon of Bluffton Ohio won the afternoon’s prize. The guest list included Mrs. C. F. Smith, Mrs. B. A. Smith, Mrs. Robert Augsperger, Mrs. Charles McGill, Mrs. Fred Roberts, Mrs. Lou Paul, Mrs. Walter Hamilton, Mrs. Helen Williams, Mrs. James Edmonds, Mrs. Tipton Ginter, Mrs. Irvin Ginter, Mrs. LaRue Ginter, Miss Mary Burns, Miss Hilda Greb, Miss Lenora Greb, Miss Jane Doebler, Miss Mary Smith, Miss Joan Smith, the honoree, and the hostess.
Piano and voice pupils of Ada Louige Weishaar performed two recitals at the Girls Club auditorium. The programs included solos by classical, romantic, and American composers with Ms Weishaar as accompanist and listed participants Judy Brown Marjorie Mills Shirley Wenzel Madonna King Phyllis Stacey Claire Satterfield Patty Meeks Dorothy Harris Wilma Gross Joan Johnson David Barker Marcia Bowlin Karen Good Betty Lanson Beverly Clark Norma Barker Peggy Meymann Velma Bell Benny McIntire Mary Newman Maxine Wood Beverly Pate Betty Jean Pierratt Norma Bailey and Mary Harris. Weishaar is an Ohio Music Teachers Association certified private teacher.
Invitations went to 27 high school graduates and parents from First Methodist Church for a lawn party and dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Linval Johnsons. Mrs Kenneth S Learey led singing, Mrs Fred Stein gave devotionals, and Mrs Ralph Mull hosted a quiz. Prayer books and class pictures were presented, with Bibles given on May 29 by Mr. and Mrs. Learey.
Governor Frank J. Lausche received a doctor of civil laws degree at Miami University’s 110th commencement. Three others were honored: Philip Rhys Adams of the Cincinnati Art Museum with a doctor of letters, Dr. Harold Moulton of Brookings Institution with a doctor of laws, and Dr. William Hale Church of E. I. Dupont with a doctor of science. Sixteen Middletonians among over 600 graduates.
Eighteen members of the Critique Literary Society visited the Wenrick home near New Madison for a picnic. Miss Blanche Earnhart led the session in the absence of the president while Mr. Wenrick introduced a talk on Austin St Claire, a Scottish born founder of the Northwest Territory who led 1790 campaigns against Native tribes and died in poverty after controversial battles. The discussion referenced St Clair’s early army, lack of supplies, and later involvement by Anthony Wayne.
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