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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1959

Page

8

Forest Hills Plans June Socials at Club Lodge

Forest Hills Country Club outlines June activities for teens and adults. A June 12 swim dance party for grades 7 through 12 includes a wiener roast and guest invites. Other events include a mixed card party June 13, a June 17 ladies card party and style show, a June 19 Father’s Day stag, a tots party June 23, and a June 27 informal dance with Soft Tones.

Ralph Parmenson Forest Hills Country Club Ter Manchester Road Ed Orlandson Tom Stubbs Forest Hills Lodge Robert Davies William Rehse Lawrence Davis Herbert Lawson Larry Schell Davies Rehse

Veterans Dinner for 60 at VFW Post 389

Local VFW Post 389 hosts a dinner for 60 veterans from the Dayton VA Center on a Saturday night. The meal at 1636 Central Ave. was organized by Middletown American Red Cross with Mrs. Lawrence Dugan as entertainment chair, and Auxiliary members assisted. Two more baseball dinner events planned with American War Mothers on July 11 and Red Cross Canteen on Sept 26.

VFW Dayton VA Center Cincinnati Central Ave Middletown American Red Cross Lawrence Dugan Sallie Miller Charles Wells Hazel Hopper Sam Warmouth Red Cross

Bride-to-be Phyllis Orth feted in Ross Street shower

Miss Phyllis Orth bride elect of Jack Downey was guest of honor at a misc shower hosted by Ruth and Mary Ann Downey on Ross Street. Twenty guests attended with blue and white streamers and chrysanthemums adorning the gift table.

Phyllis Orth Jack Downey Ruth Downey Mary Ann Downey Ross Street Ruth Farne Marie Martin Lee Sant Henry Orth Mabel Woffler Miss Orth Emerick Orth Lafayette Street Mr. Downey John Downey St. John’s Church

Shower Honors Miss Pat Hackett Bride Elect

Miss Pat Hackett was guest of honor at a shower hosted by Miss Diane Pohlman and Miss Mary Dineen on Kenwood Drive. Prizes went to Libby Hogan and several guests. Hackett and Michael Mehl plan to wed June 20 at St. Marys Church after their Glen Lane and Ellen Drive families met at the event. Also notes that the largest living starfish is the sunflower starfish of the North Pacific coast reaching over two feet.

Pat Hackett Michael Mehl Diane Pohlman Mary Dineen Kenwood Drive Libby Hogan C. J. Dineen J. R. Hackett Jean Catherine Herr Gus Mehl Ruth Ann Dobrozsi Margie Connelly Linda Beier R. E. McLaughlin Ellen Bishop Sara List Charlies Swallow Janice Sullivan Michael Abell Marcia Cramer Robin Lindauer Frank Pohlman Peggy Pohlman Anita Pohlman Miss Hackett John Hackett Glen Lane Mehl Ellen Drive St. Mary's Church North Pacific Coast

Flower Show and Art Exhibit Draw 300 in Middletown

The Flower Show and Art Exhibit, co sponsored by the Middletown Federation of Women’s Clubs and seven local garden clubs, drew nearly 300 visitors at the Art Center. Co chairs were Mrs Robert J McDade and Mrs Robert L Holly with judges Frank Herre and Harry Rasbourne from Cincinnati. Winners named in artistic and horticultural divisions. area art exhibit judged by MSS Orpha Webster and Robert Butler of Miami University.

Middletown Art Center Frank Herre Jon R. Prows Herre Harry Raiboursie Cincinnati Ohio Assn. of Garden Clubs Art Center Middletown Federation of Women's Clubs Middletown Robert J. McDade Town and Country Garden Club Robert L. Holly Orpha Webster Robert Butler Fine Art Miami University Oxford

St John’s School Eighth Grade Party Buffet and Record Hop

Forty one eighth grade students attended a party at the Knight of Columbus auditorium hosted by Mary Therese Kittel Ardatt Stacy and Barbara Steele. Chaperones included Mr and Mrs Melvin Steele Mr and Mrs Roy Stacy and Mr and Mrs Norbert Kittel.

Mary Therese Kittel Ardatt Stacy Barbara Steele St. John’s School Knight of Columbus Audiorium Melvin Steele Roy Stacy Norbert Kittel

Miss Anna Marie Marstall to Wed Rob ert Norris

A Springboro bridal shower honors Miss Anna Marie Marstall ahead of her June 20 wedding to Robert Norris of Middletown. Guests from Middletown, Franklin, Centerville, Miamisburg and Springboro attend multiple pre nuptial events and related showers hosted by family and friends.

Richard Updyke Springboro Anna Marie Marstall Robert Norris Middletown Harold Norris Tom Younger Joseph Marstall John Wolsefer Marc Updyke Robert Robison Owen Phillips Mae Shaffer Franklin C. C. Mahan John Mahan Cecil Harnish Howard Pratt Robert Hartshorn Reed Brown C. C. Mahan Jr Centerville Jack Saltman Carl Mayer Helen Kehrle Miamisburg Ed Eyer William Potts William Marstall Wilma Marstall Anna Marstall Marie Marstall Earl Adams Orval Tipton Waynesville Norman Southard Jack Poff Richard Fuller James Glosser David Adams Robert Perkey William May Benny Barrett Benny Leonard Lebanon James Dayton Carol Luttringer William Hart Russell Pursley Ted Black Gerald Lakes

Chiefs Club of Butler County Meeting Planned

The Coming Events notice lists a noon covered dish luncheon by the Butler County Chiefs Club tomorrow at Mrs. John Berry's home in Bethany.

Chiefs Club Butler County John Berry Bethany

California Demos Pledged To Brown

The California Democratic Central Committee formally pledged to Gov. Edmund Brown for the 1960 presidential nominating process. Brown says he does not seek the nomination and plans to run as a favorite in the primary to retain control of the state delegation. The unanimous Sunday resolution made no mention of favorite son status.

Sacramento Calif Democratic Central Committee Edmund Brown Central Committee Brown

Seek Fliers Missing For 16 Years

U S investigators search the Libyan desert for nine airmen from the B24 Lady Be Good bomber of the 376th Bomber Group after the crash near Benghazi in 1943. The plane belly-landed with one running engine and crew bailed out at low altitude amid rain and overcast skies.

Wiesbaden Germany U.S Benghazi Naples Italy Wheelus Air Force Base Tripoli Air Force

Navy blimp moved by truck from Weymouth to Quincy

A 60 foot by 22 foot Navy blimp was hauled on a special trailer along routes 18 and 3 from Weymouth naval air station to Fore River Shipyard in Quincy. The plan then shifted to barges to Toms River New Jersey for trucking to Lakehurst New Jersey. The vessel had earlier collapsed under heavy snowfall in April 1958 and has been a transport challenge for over a year.

Weymouth Mass Navy Naval Air Station Fore Rivey Quincy Toms River N.J Lakehurst

Highway Patrol warns Amish buggy drivers on lights after dark

Warren Ohio AP report says State Highway Patrol will issue tickets for unsafe driving to buggy drivers who fail to show lights after dark. Accidents involving unlighted buggies have been reported in Trumbull and Geauga counties.

Warren Ohio State Highway Patrol Trumbull Geauga

Desert Search To Start For Wrecked Party

A desert search begins with the party equipped for arid terrain and a planned minimum of ten days. Officials expect no major difficulties unless the team must traverse the expansive sand area about 60 miles north of the wreck site.

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