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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
10
Lists of events at Miami Valley Chautauqua include workshops by Ohio Department of Education supervisors through June 10, tours, and talks by Lawrence on Chautauqua’s 53rd year. Salvation Army convention, June 7 picnickers, and SPEBSQSA performances are planned among many others.
Warren County Methodist Brotherhood gathered for its monthly meeting in the new church building. A dinner was served at 7 p.m. by the Women’s Missionary Society. Guest speaker was Rev. James E. Thompson, pastor of the Centre Merville Church.
Local residents attended graduation exercises at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music where Louise Paylor earned a violin certificate and Katherine received a master's degree. Numerous Germantown families visited relatives, celebrated birthdays, and announced a marriage between Ann Louise Thompson and Carmen Fletcher in East Waterbury Vermont, with the couple planning to reside there.
An announcement calls for additional volunteers for Franklin's Blood Bank. While many have joined, more are needed due to increased demand. Eligible individuals aged 21 to 60 should contact Mrs. Corbutt Kindred of Anderson St. for details.
The Franklin Junior Chamber of Commerce will host Charter Night on Wednesday June 22 at 7 30 pm in the Masonic Hall Gerald Miller will be master of ceremonies More than 150 guests are expected and the program will feature the presentation of the Charter to the new group
A flurry of visits and family gatherings spans West Carrollton Oakwood Columbus and multiple towns. Guests include Mr and Mrs Seldon Coffeen with family in West Carrollton and Mrs Hazel Bennett from Oakwood staying with the Mays. Numerous local families host dinners and attend alumni events across Celina St Albans and Lebanon highlighting community ties.
Miss Jeannine Collins will represent the New Jersey Presbyterian Church as a delegate to the Presbyterian Youth Synod of Ohio. The synod meets at Wooster, Ohio, beginning Monday, June 20.
Franklin Chapter No regular meeting set for Thursday. Details incomplete but meeting is scheduled at the local lodge with plans to discuss chapter affairs and upcoming events. Members urged to attend for updates and participation.
Franklin boys form the General Agricultural Club in Warren County with Richard Ruppert as president and Lynne Augspruger as secretary. Advisors are A. T. Easton and Gilbert Humphry. Four projects include vegetable gardening breeding gifts steer feeding and market and pig feeding.
Warren County has 2,494 living World War II veterans receiving 755,956.49 dollars at an average 303.11 per claim. Next of kin claims total 23,223.68, grand total 779,180.17. Ohio overall reports 691,728 living veterans and 19,151 next of kin receiving about 219,819,705.71. Checks must be endorsed personally and may be filed until June 30, 1950.
A joint Warren and Montgomery county 4 H club camp will be held next week at Camp Clifton in Greene County. Sessions split by ages 10 to 12 and 13 to 21. crafts and swimming featured. Attendance expected around 150 to 160 youths per session.
Germantown Brownie Troop 100 held its final meeting of the year at Camp Miami. The girls entertained their mothers with an evening entertainment and refreshments. Mrs John F Torrence attended as a guest and Mrs Barbara Kelly led the group.
Liberty Township Community Club will hold its second annual lawn fete and picnic supper at the school on Friday from 6 until 10 p.m. There will be rides for the children and various awards will be presented. Everyone is welcome.
Registration for the Daily Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church in Franklin will start Friday morning for a two week session beginning next Monday. A street parade of children and adult volunteers will follow registration.
West Elkton The Social Workers will meet this afternoon at the home of Mrs Pearl Crist with Olive Withrow Esther Walker Ivie Mendenhall and Alice Spurlock as assistant hostesses The Womens Society of World Service will meet at the home of Mrs Deila Boice Thursday evening
West Elkton The Evangelical and United Brethren Church announces its annual Father and Son Banquet will be held Tuesday June 14 in the church. For more information contact Kelly Bashford.
Enumeration of the Camden School district is now being completed by Mrs. Ruth Neff and Mrs. Bessie Coon. The first grade class is expected to number about 50 students next fall.
The Order of the Eastern Star will convene Thursday night in the Masonic Hall for a stated gathering.
Numerous community organizations from Germantown Trenton Camden Lebanon Franklin Springboro and more announce midweek gatherings. Blood bank in Germantown benefits Dayton Veterans Hospital while other groups plan picnics meetings luncheons and social events at churches schools and private homes this week.
Mr Katie Pallmon and Mrs Melva Schul hosted a birthday party for Ida Mae Pallmon. Attendees included numerous families from Elk Creek and nearby towns such as Oxford and Middletown. Visits and weekend gatherings spanned Clay City Germantown Camden and Peastown as relatives traveled between homes.
A large mixed guest list attended a miscellaneous shower Friday night for Mrs. Eugene Moore formerly Bessie Charlton and recent bride. The event at the Charlton home on Tibball Street featured gifts and a late hour lunch.
Carlisle high school alumni held their annual banquet with 165 attendees including members and guests. New officers elected for 1950 were Joyce Weiser as president and John Squier as vice president, with Edwin Longman secretary and Orpha Updyke and Mary Louise Conover as toastmistress. Seventy three Camden School students earned perfect attendance for 1948 49.
Mrs Agnes Wheatley of Miamisburg was elected president at the Greenwood School alumni reunion held Sunday in the Legion Home. About 60 former teachers, students, and families attended a basket lunch before officers were named for the coming year. Ina Dearth of Franklin became vice president and Orissa Hayner of near Springboro was secretary and treasurer. Entertainment included vocal numbers by Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gorsuch, piano by Lynette Grauder, and magic by Paul King.
The Cardinal Booster Club will host the second in a series of summer band concerts on Saturdays in Germantown. Band Parents hosted the previous week. Each concert features a different community group as hosts with homemade cake pie and ice cream. Awards will be given and attendance is open to all residents and visitors.
Plans for the summer recreation program for boys and girls aged 9 to 18 will be discussed at a meeting this Friday at 9 a.m. in the high school building with Gordon Johnson, playground supervisor.
Mrs Jack Decker hosted a two table bridge group on East Main Street with a salad course and top prizes for Mrs Wilbur Sherwood and Miss Marian Willoughby. Entre Nous Club held a noon covered dish dinner at Mrs David Ross’s home on East Main Street followed by an afternoon of socializing. Dessert-bridge brought ten tables at Hillcrest Lodge hosted by Mrs Zane Brant Mrs Orville Keever and Mrs Elmer Terry. The Birthday Club met at a country home with a covered dish dinner and prizes shared among Mrs John Watson, Mrs Robert Klick, Mrs Nixon, Mr Klick, E O Ragland and consolation prizes to Mrs Ragland and Mrs Sadie Simpson. Executive committee dinner of the Lebanon Business and Professional Women’s Club was hosted by Mrs Gerald Eger on Mechanic Street. May Stephenson of Hyde Park was Sunday guest of Mrs Ellery Beller. Charles Collins and a buffet supper were shared at the home of Mr and Mrs William Dewey in Blanchester. Mrs Robert Chamberlain attended a Franklin 500 club meeting at Miss Lucille Moore’s home. Weekend guests of Miss Lulu Irvine and Edward O Smith included Mr and Mrs W B Stinbler of Parkersburg West Virginia, Mrs Rose Wilzer and Mr and Mrs Al Wolf and children of Mr Healthy, Mr and Mrs Ray Wilzer and sons of Grosbeck.
Camden hosts a summer music program directed by O. K. Bilger. The junior band meets at 3 p.m. and the senior band at 7 30 p.m. Classes run through the day with instrument lessons available. Local students should contact Bilger next Monday at 1 30.
The Missionary Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church will host its annual Silver Tea on the lawn of Mrs. R. C. Nein at No. Main St. next Wednesday, June 15, from 2 until 5 p.m. The Kappa Chi Society will hold a members and families picnic Friday evening at the roadside park north of Gratis.
Mr and Mrs Harry Atchley attend their nephew Tom Patton’s Bethel graduation. Dinners and visits span St Paris Celina Dayton and Mayfield with family from Middletown Reading and West Alexandria. Guests include the Morningstars Gentrys Kramers and the Peterson Huddleston families with weddings and funerals noted.
The Trenton Nazarene Church hosts a Daily Vacation Bible School with over 100 students aged 4 to 14. Rev A M Wilson leads the program with supervisor Mrs Wesley Poole and a team of teachers including Mrs Roscoe Evans Mrs David Holt and Miss Wilma Monce. The session runs through June.
Camden ministers and leaders decided to cancel this year’s Bible school due to the risk of a whooping cough epidemic. Several youngsters have contracted the illness recently. The director Mrs. Robert Elston says plans are already underway for next year’s school.
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