Community church groups share youth and civic talks
Members of Afternoon and Evening Circles meet at Mrs. Charles Dagenbach's home to hear program on Christian Youth and Christian Vocation. Fidelis Class discusses faith with Mrs. James Wray, and Circle Six hosts a Bible study and paper on Responsible Citizenship at Mrs. Ronald Lane's Kensington Street residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EUB Church
Charles Dagenbach
Howard Price
Delman Whitt
Grover Hoss
Herbert Knapp
Dan Davis
L. K Henderson
Harry Pratt
Central Avenue
Circle Six
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Ronald Lane
Kensington Street
Carl Sixt
William Bergmann
Louisa Behrens
Lane
John Dumford
Yale and Xavier Announce Graduation Plans
Yale University lists 2,000 candidates for degrees at its 255th commencement outdoors on Old Campus with Edward Herb Brede III and Richard Donald Dieterly among BA degree candidates. Xavier University’s 118th commencement honors 400 degree recipients at 8 15 p m, noting its 125th anniversary and several Middletonians slated for master’s degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletonians
Yale University
Edward Herb Brede III
E. H. Brede
Euclid Street
Richard Donald Dieterly
Donald C. Dieterly
Winton Street
Xavier University
Paul L. O'Connor
Ohio
Northwest Territory
William L. Ramsey
Highland St
Donald W. Maley
Franklin
John J. Clear
Middletown Rt. 1
Blue Lustre Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner Review
A new foam cleaner for carpets and upholstery promises quick, gentle cleaning without sagging or matting. It lifts colors, leaves no rings, and empties spots and traffic lanes with a long handle brush, offering economical use with four gallons cleaning three 9 by 12 rug areas.
Culligan Soft Water Ad Appeals to Households
An ad touts white laundry with Culligan Soft Water and claims no need to buy to try. It promises service rates as low as 3.00 dollars per month and invites readers to call GA 2-6356 for details, noting it won’t require giving up poker games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Jim
Miss Thompson Ends 30 Year Ohio Bell Career
Miss Marcellene C. Thompson retires after almost three decades with Ohio Bell in Middletown. A retirement dinner at Hotel Manchester will honor her, with guests including T. S. Crockett from Dayton and J. M. Brandon from Springfield. A Leechburg, Pennsylvania native, she joined Ohio Bell in 1926 and remains active in Eastern Star and related groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcellene C. Thompson
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Middletown
Manchester
T. S. Crockett
Dayton
A. McCalla
J. M. Brandon
Springfield
W. R. Rittenhouse
Sorority Announces Delegates for International Convention
Beta chapter Delta Chi Sigma will be represented by Mrs. Nick Cornelia and Mrs Alvin Chambers at the international convention June 21 to 25 in San Diego California. The announcement came Tuesday at the Colony meeting led by chairman Mrs Marlyn Hackney. Mrs Jack Stauder and Miss Ethel Ponder organized a June social picnic with members husbands as guests and a Salvation Army Kiddies Picnic donation was voted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Cornelia
Alvin Chambers
Delta Chi Sigma
San Diego
Calif
Colony
Marlyn Hackney
Jack Stauder
Ethel Ponder
Salvation Army
Alumnae Association Plans August Breakfast Event
The Middletown Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association met at Verity Hall to finalize details for its annual breakfast set for August 2 at 9 a.m. at Victory Motor Court near Franklin. Mrs. Ray Cracraft gave a convention report and Miss Margaret Hoel scher spoke on the district nurses organization. Donations were approved for cancer and multiple sclerosis funds. Hostesses included Mrs. Henry Bohne, Mrs. George Staley, Ruth Freeman, Nadine Orr, Esther Swinehart, Betty Long, and Mary Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Ray Cracraft
Margaret Hoelscher
District 10
Ohio State Nurses Assn
Henry Bohne
George Staley
Ruth Freeman
Nadine Orr
Esther Swinehart
Betty Long
Mary Beck
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Names Committees
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Beta Zeta chapter held a meeting at the YMCA naming committees with Mrs. Don Yenser as president appointing chairs for ways and means social publicity and welfare and other posts. Plans discussed include a June 19 social at Mrs Lee’s Wilbraham Road home and a September state meeting at the Manchester Hotel. Mrs Gene Popper and Mrs Lee head to Albuquerque for the sorority international convention with Popper a candidate for international president and Lee for corresponding secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
YMCA
Don Yenser
Domineck Esposito
Harvey Haber
Nancy Miles
Charles Kurtz
Charles Feagins
Lillian Dowrey
Elmer Thomas
Dorothy Lee
John Griggs
Don Turner
Beta Zeta Chapter
Roger Dillman
Alpha Epsilon
Gene Popper
AF Chapter
Lee
Albuquerque
N.M
Popper
Pleasant Ridge church events and Knights Templar dinner
Wide Awake Class from Pleasant Ridge EUB Church meets at 8 p.m. Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Paul Long in West Middletown. Ladies Auxiliary of Middletown Commandery 71 Knights Templar to hold a covered dish dinner at 6 30 p.m. Friday at Masonic Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Ridge
EUB Church
Paul Long
West Middletown
Ladies Auxiliary
Middletown
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Travel Notes From Franklin Visit
Mr and Mrs Ben Thirkield, former Franklin residents now stationed in Finland with the State Department, visit Franklin before a week’s leave to Burma. Mrs John Ferguson and daughters Toni and Wesley Ann of Atlanta arrive for a month with Mrs Ferguson’s parents, Mr and Mrs T E Jones of Excello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Thirkield
Franklin
Finland
U.S. Department of State
Burma
John Ferguson
Toni
Wesley Ann
Atlanta, Ga
Shower Honors Charlotte Horn
Miss Charlotte Horn, bride elect of Jim Hall, was guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower given by Mrs. Don Horn and Mrs. Elizabeth Harpring at Harprings home on Dixie Highway. Seventy five guests attended the earlier Amanda Athletic Club shower hosted by Mrs. Albert Hall and Mrs. Robert Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Horn
Jim Hall
Don Horn
Elizabeth Harpring
Dixie Highway
Albert Hall
Robert Page
Amanda Athletic Club
Community meeting notices across local groups listed
Local organizations announce evening meetings at various venues including Armory, post headquarters, Golden Helmet VFW, Kof Auditorium, Nelva Center, Manchester Hotel, Colony Restaurant, Knights of Pythias Castle Hall, Alpha Council 326, IOOF Lodge, Volunteer Aire, Moose Lodge, Tried Stone Masonic Lodge, AFL Hall and Alcoholics Anonymous. An unrelated fact notes that about ten quarts of milk yield a pound of butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
107Th Armored Cavalry
Armory
Blythe-Williams American Legion
Golden Helmet
Main St
Kiwanis Club
Manchester
Lions Club
Optimist Club
Colony
Blythe - Williams
American Legion Auxiliary
Knights of Pythias
Lafayette Lodge
Castle Hall
Alpha Council 326
Jr. Ouam
Broad St
IOOF
le Main St
Volunteer Aire Reserve Training Squadron
Legion
Moose Lodge
Hall
Stone Masonic Lodge
AFL Hall
Alcoholics Anonymous
Club events highlight Welcome Wagon and several ladies clubs
The Welcome Wagon Club met at Colony Restaurant with Mrs John Weith as hostess committee chair. Prize winners included Mrs John Akerman Mrs Carl Kindell and others. Gay Young Mothers Club named committees and planned a July 3 picnic. Merrie Mothers Club held its final meeting at Holiday Center with plans for summer activities and a rummage sale benefiting local needy children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Weith
Welcome Wagon Club
Colony
Gay Young Mothers’ Club
MSL
James Lewis
Stevens Drive
Dudley Inwood
Paul Gleim
Darrell Hatton
Donald Fiessinger
Robert Marts
John Ransdell
Doug Helsel
Lawrence Long
Donald Roberson
Cummings
Fred Kruse
Kruse
Merrie Mothers’ Club
Holiday Center
Verity Parkway
Harold Sherron
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Tom Jones
Larry Kibbler
Norman Kreitzer
D. Q. Louderback
Glenn Maier
Clara Pergram
Robert Petrocy
Robert Wilson
Robert Petry
Paast
Civitan Election To Be Next Week
A Civitan Club noon meeting at the Manchester Hotel heard a nominating committee report and announced the election of officers to be held next week. Robert Funston of Armco International Corp showed colored slides from South Africa including Johannesburg and Victoria Falls while detailing his trip. Members said they began the initial spraying of poison ivy at Camp Hook last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Club
Manchester
South Africa
Robert Funston
Armco International Corp
Johannesburg
Victoria Falls
S. Africa
Funston
Camp Hook
Music Students Present Program For St. John PTA
St John PTA heard a student program from the school's music group and awarded Sister Joyce, the music instructor, a bouquet of roses for her work. New officers installed include Ken Ditmyer as president and Mrs Tony Hurr as vice president, with trustees and committee chairs named for the year. A lunch followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's
PTA
Joyce
Ken Ditmyer
Tony Hurr
Walt Schneider
Vincet Lutz
Robert Brehm
Francis Moorman
Howard Reider
John Blust
Paul Jeffery
Ton Krizan
Fran Fisher
Richmond cigarette factories hit 1955 output high
Richmond cigarette factories produced 110 122000000 cigarettes in 1955 ranking third in the citys history. It marked the 13th straight year factories in Richmond turned out more than a hundred billion cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Loot Is Small In Two Thefts
Two break ins in the same neighborhood netted thieves about 30. Burglars entered the Quality Family Laundry at 1801 Logan Ave by prying a lock, stealing from an envelope. Capt. John Fitzgerald investigated at 5:50 a.m. Today. A second break in at the First Church of God on Crawford Street and Logan Avenue left the thieves empty handed after window smashing. Ptl. Herbert Fawley and Lloyd Reffett investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quality Family
Logan Ave
John Fitzgerald
First Church of God
Crawford Street
Logan Avenue
Ptl
Herbert Fawley
Lloyd Reffett
Aviatrix Cochran Odlum Seeks GOP Nomination in California
Riverside Calif aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran Odlum led early GOP ballots for California 29th Congressional District with 5545 votes to 4376 for Fred Eldridge among 206 of 417 precincts. Democrat Dalip S Saund, a naturalized Indian Hindu, topped his field with 6632 votes to Odlum's 2494.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Calif
Jacqueline Cochran Odlum
California
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Nellie Evans
Hamilton-Lebanon Road
W. E. Cribbs
D. Q. Louderbach
Fidelis
St. Paul's Evangelical and
James Wray
Clayton Bailey
Louis Hess
Maurice Mammen
Ruth Sebald
Ben Osborne
Sheafor Philathea
First Baptist Church
Erie Avenue
T. W. Baird Sr
Nona Goettman
First Methodist Church
Gleaners
Fred Wiggington
Walter Johnson
Roy Patterson Sr
Gleaners Glass
Mama
Henry Price
Wallace Frayer
Yale
Xavier
Attentione
Gortons
St.ai
John Broski
Mgr
Lene
By Monico
Cologne
Dai Stenume Oe
Miss Thompson
Alumnae Assn
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Names Committees
Verity & Broad
Central Ave
Union Sanitary Inc
Louise Horn
Paul Fox
Edward Harpring Jr
Lee Whiteted
Beverly Whiteted
Tom Sauter
Stanley Fugatte
Lynn McCormick
Joyce McCormick
Harold Moon
William Horn
Charles Merchant
Charles Bell
L. S. Jones
Carol Jones
Eva Buckingham
Suzanne Buckingham
Wallace Baldwin
Frank Armstrong
Civitan
Maud Muller
Hallmark Cards
Gillen-Crow Pharmacies
Ross
Gerald Pieratt
Renee Drive
Lillian Childs
Wilson St
Earl Beatty
Roger Stewart
R. R
Lebanon, Ohio
G. Sexton
Highland
Helen Ericson
Charles St
Louis Heeg
Burton Rd
D. C. Hetkard
Ellen Drive
Richard Harfst
Euclid St
Helen L. Hagen
Yankee Road
Tom Keen
Grand Ave
Jaman Lowe
Nelbar St
Wm. Daly
14Th Ave
Dona Howard
Crawford St
Margaret Faries
John W. Ensley
F. M. Booth
Fleming Rd
Charles E. Paige
Lamberton
Etta Wise
N. Sutphin St
Ida Mae van Ostrand
Lefferson
Register Daily
St. John Pta
Smokey City
Aviatrix
GOP
the Bake Shop
N. Verity Pkwy
S. Broad ST
Artcarved
Prudence
Wraadse
Pht
Miller’s
Clothcraft
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