Middletown Area Colleges Confer 895 Degrees
A batch of 895 graduates received degrees in the 198th Ohio University commencement at Athens. Among the awardees were Charles M Urban Jr and Judith Te Wart, both with B S or BA degrees, plus Carol Chupka, Gerald Fogle, Thelma Maines, and Judith Supinger, all from local addresses. Brown University president Dr Barnaby Keeney gave the commencement address on College Green. Earlier, a baccalaureate sermon was delivered. Also noted last week, Jack K Schaefer earned a veterinary degree from Ohio State University and will practice in Aurora Illinois, with Nancy Lee Saunders earning a BS from Tennessee A and I State University. Gloria Paulo of Middletown was among 1,432 graduates at the University of Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Athens
Charles M. Urban Jr
Mill Road
Judith K. Tewart
Michael Road
Carol J. Chupka
Pearl Street
Gerald H. Fogle
Lebanon
Thelma J Maines
Judith K. Supinger
Lebanon Rt
Barnaby Conrad Keeney
Brown University
Memorial Auditorium
Karl F. Schafer
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Jack K. Schaefer
W. Harry Schaefer
Middletown - Eaton Road
Ohio State University
Aurora, Ill
Nancy Lee Saunders
James Saunders
11Th Avenue
Tennessee A. and
S. State University
Nashville
Tenn
Gloria J. Paulo
Middletown
University of Kentucky
Miss Paulo
Miss Pettus Weds Robert Hamilton in Blue Ball Church
Miss Shel by Jean Pettus of Oxford State Road wed Robert Hamilton son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Hamilton of Pikeville Kentucky on June 1 at 7 30 p m in Blue Ball Presbyterian Church. Rev William H Winch officiated. Maid of honor Becky Finney. best man John Villilla. ushers Cecil Shear and Andy Sabo. Bride a Lemon Monroe High School graduate employed by Central Store. Groom a Pikeville High School graduate employed by Armco Steel Corp. They plan a wedding trip south and will reside in West Elkton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Pettus
Oxford State Road
Shelby Jean
Robert Hamilton
Oscar Hamilton
Pikeville
Blue Ball Presbyterian Church
William H. Winch
Becky Finney
John Villilla
Cecil Shear
Andy Sabo
Lemon - Monroe High School
Central Store
Hamilton
Pikeville High School
Armco Steel Corp
West Elkton
Shepard Earns Dartmouth Honor For Space Feat
Alan B. Shepard Jr., first American in space, received an honorary master of arts from Dartmouth College in Hanover N H on a Sunday. The award commemorates bravery with skill during his suborbital flight on May 5 1961. Shepard, born in Derry New Hampshire, visited his home state for the ceremony. A stray paragraph notes Australian aborigines keeping warm with dogs, defining three and five dog nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
N.H
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Dartmouth College
Navy
Shepard
Derry
Playhouse Meeting to Review Convention Entry and Plays
Middletown Actors' Playhouse meets at 7 30 p m at the Art Center to critique its entry for the June 17 Cincinnati convention at the Holiday Inn. Douglas Faulkner and David Cromwell perform a cut from A Man Called Peter. reviews of My Three Angels and The Desperate Hours follow. contest progress to Columbus is noted. Notables attending include Winston Higham and Mrs Paul Faries, with Mrs Douglas Faulkner and others listed as judges and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Actors’ Playhouse
The
Art Center
Playhouse
Cincinnati
Holiday Inn
Peter
Douglas Faulkner
David Cromwell
Jack Akerman
Columbus
Sam
Bella Spewack
Richard Cooper
Joseph Hayes
Winston Higham
Paul Faries
Harlan Grund
William, Riggs
Charles Shields
Earl Hicks
John Schraffenberger
Travel Notes Miss Cynthia Gephart and Miss Nancy Hall
Travel notes report Miss Cynthia Gephart of West Middletown and Miss Nancy Hall of Dayton leaving Saturday for Tucson Arizona to join their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Huffman who are vacationing there. The pair will tour the West for several weeks and return in mid July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Gephart
Floyd Gephart
West Middletown Rt. 1
Nancy Hall
Dorothy Hahn
Dayton
Tucson
Ariz
Herbert Huffman
Eck Road
West Middletown
Arizona
West
Doebler Home Recital Showcases 27 Students
Piano and organ students of Mrs. Paul E. Doebler Sr. were presented in a recital yesterday afternoon at the Doebler home on Ohio Avenue in Monroe. Seventy five people attended, including students, families and friends, with Paul E. Doebler Jr. as guest flutist and Lawrence A. Doebler as guest accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Doebler Sr
Doebler
Ohio Avenue
Monroe
Jayne Wilkinson
Douglas Evick
Cindy Whitenack
Jackie Pochel
Billy Housh
Rena Mehl
Kim Lubberger
Marilyn Wilkinson
Glenn Williams
Barbie Lubberger
Teresa Whitenack
Pamela Mehl
Joan Hagan
Betsy Barnes
Lori Whitenack
Cynthia Utz
Mary Ann Lamphier
Mike Allen
Charma Jo Fisher Weds Arthur C Baker in St Johns Church
In a double ring ceremony at St John s Church on Saturday afternoon Miss Charma Jo Fisher daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Fisher of Winton Street became the bride of Arthur C Baker son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Chester Baker of Waneta Street The Rev John Oberlander officiated The bride s aunt Mrs Robert Schmidt served as attendant and Schmidt was best man The couple will reside on Winton Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Church
Charma Jo Fisher
Joseph Fisher
Winton Street
Arthur C. Baker
Arthur Chester Baker
Waneta Street
John Oberlander
Robert Schmidt
Open House Honors Visitors for Barnes En Route to Texas Base
Mr and Mrs Wayne E Hursh hosted an open house on Kensington Street honoring Chief Warrant Officer and Mrs Paul Barnes as they head to Waco Texas Air Force Base from Tachikawa Japan. Mrs Dorothy Moody Barnes formerly of Anoka Minn joined and Mr Barnes served six years in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne E. Hursh
Kensington Street
Paul Barnes
Waco
Texas
Air Force Base
Tachikawa
Japan
Barnes
Dorothy Moody
Anoka
Minn
Civil Service
Middletown
Bessie Barnes
Brentwood Street
Hursh
Nellie Draut
Florence Draut
Robert Draut
Arthur Draut
Opal Adams
John Bates
Joe Stahley
Sherman Steele
Mattie Sorrell
William Stillwaugh
Kay Bailey
Jack Linzie
Robert Green
Robert Dennis
John Mason
Roy Barton
John Burna
Farris Ratliff
Harry Berry
Paul McGraw
Garrett Phillips
George Perry
Color Degree Awarded To 26 Rainbow Girls and Advisers
The Grand Cross of Color, the highest honor of the Rainbow for Girls, was conferred on 13 Rainbow Girls and 13 adult advisers from District 20 during a ceremony at Wilson School. Ohio supreme deputy Mrs. Evan Owen led the conferral with district officers and local members from Middletown Franklin Lebanon Mason Waynesville Wilmington Portsmouth Wooster and Harrison in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Order of the Rainbow
Order
District 20
Wilson School
Evan Owen
Barberton
Ohio
Owen
Ohio Grand Assembly
Middletown
Neena Brown
Beverly Kuhn
Jeanne Shackleford
Vivian Spies
John Howard
Leonard Shackleford
Wendell Tallman
Franklin
Lebanon
Mason
Waynesville
Wilmington
Portsmouth
Wooster
Harrison
Franklin Rainbow
Beverly Hannah
Pat Howard
Carol Frank
Harry Hannah
Donald Thompson
Pam Craig
Margery Baker
Rainbow Girls
Myron Baker
Mozelle Ross
Karen Gilbert
Karen Schriefer
George Watts
Ters
Grand Truth
Bonnie Moore
Grand Vision
Mary Ann Gaydos
Lakewood
Marcia Chenoweth
Penny Duvall
Donna Tallman
Marie Collart
Rainbow
Mark Sexon
Order of the
Grand Cross of Color
Jeanne Shacklesford
Middletown Assembly
Order of the Rainbow
Vital Statistics and Hospital Notes Community births and names
A long list details births at several addresses including Gib son at 1915 Queen Ave a girl Leach at 1016 Jackson St a girl Dunning at 4104 Riverview Drive a girl and more. The record also notes numerous individuals by name and residence with dismission notes and a final item naming the fish Bryconamericus grosvenori in Peru after Gilbert Grosvenor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Gibson
Queen Ave
R. S. Leach
Jackson St
Carlie Dunning
Riverview Drive
Robert Hipsher
W. Sixth St. Franklin
Robert Brown
Lebanon
Bryconamericus Grosvenori
Urubamba River
Peru
Gilbert Grosvenor
The
National Geographic Society
Late Entry Wins Penny Beauty Title
Penny Lineman, 18, entered Miss Pennsylvania after being inspired by a Philadelphia Miss Pensylvania semifinal item. She was accepted and Sunday night chosen from 15 finalists as Miss Pennsylvania, earning a spot in the Miss U.S.A. pageant July 7 in Miami Beach Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Alice Lineman
Lineman
Penny
Peny
Pennsylvania
U.S.A
Miami Beach
Fla
Explorer Post Hikes 83 Miles on Weeklong Indiana Trail Tour
Eight members and two leaders from Explorer Post 9 Unit 100 hiked 83 miles in seven days through Indiana ending yesterday. Participants included Dick Stevens Richard Caudill Bob Brown Jim Reuter Jerry Myers Dave Clendenin Bill MeCray and John Mann with unit leaders Charles Perkins and Ray Gabris. They traversed the Indiana Lincoln Trail Muskogen Yellowwood Tulip Tree Trace and Ten O Clock Line Trails camping at Lincoln State Park Burdett Park Morgan Monroe State Forest Brown County State Forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Explorer Post 9
Unit 100
Indiana
Dick Stevens
Richard Caudill
Bob Brown
Jim Reuter
Jerry Myers
Dave Clendenin
Bill Me ‘Cray
John Mann
Charles Perkins
Ray Gabris
Indiana Lincoln Trail
Muskogen Trail
Yellowwood Trail
Tulip Tree Trace
Ten O'Clock Line
Lincoln State Park
Burdett Park
Morgan Monroe State Forest Park
Brown County State Forest
Charles Perkins Jr
Robert Brown
Joseph Kennedy Walks With Cane at NYU Rehab Center
President Kennedy spent 45 minutes with his recuperating father, Joseph P. Kennedy, who had just endured his best two weeks of hospitalization for a stroke. The elder Kennedy was aided by a cane and was walking with improved speech, pushed in a wheelchair through a garden at the NYU Medical Center Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Howard A. Rusk confirmed the progress to reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
New York University Medical Center
Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Howard A. Rusk
Institute
Mason Woman Hurt in Home Accident
Mrs. Mary E. Butler an 80 year old Mason resident of 207 North West Street suffered a fractured left hip in an accident at her home and was rushed to Mercy Hospital by the Mason Life Squad for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Butler
N. West St
Mason
Mercy Hospital
Mason Life Squad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Middletown Area
Miss Pettus
Mr. Hamilton
Dartmouth
Ude
TY By
Chardelle Weber
Vicki Mackall
Sandra Niederman
Grand Victory
Judy Cole
Judy Wal
Judy Vogele
Jayne Barker
Roy Ross
Prosser
Order of the Eastern Star
Teri Steele
Herb Duvall
Lester Chenoweth
Mary Ruth Boyd
Leonard Henderson
William H. Dennis
Columbia Ave
Edward Caudill
Oberon Drive
Irvin Sorrell
West Middle
Arthur Markland
Carolina
Glenna A. Langsdon
Fiesta Way
Earnest King
Woodlawn
Albert J. Rothfuss
Cynthia Witt
Mrs. Arthur Witt
Garfield St
William la Port
Germantown
Jimmy Barker
Walter Barker
Charles Adkins
Water St
Paul Duncan
Fourth Ave
Lula Barker
Sixth Ave
Perry Combs
Joseph Canclla
Poppy Drive
Charles A. Carter
Baltimore St
Richard Coyle
Ronald Criss
Regent Drive
Celestine Hornbeck
Milton Road
Warnie Howard
Lamberton
Stephen Lawson
Elmo Lawson
Lamberton St
John Lee
Middletown Trailer Park
Augustus W. Wheeler
S. Broad St
Kelly C. Prater
Trenton
Anthony J. Adurina
Frank
Dorothy Kinder
Yankee Road
Ernest G. Perry
Wilbraham Road
Louis Madlener
Lin
Garland C. Lingerfelt
Carlisle
Steven Allen
Gomer J. Allen
Linden Ave
Michael Pugh
Herbert R. Pugh
Robert Fogle
Leroy Weller
Monica de Bord
William de Bord
Young
John Carl
William Carl
Delores Willhoite
Stanley Willhoit
Auburn St
Noel Fultz
Lawn Ave
R. Carter
Miamisburg
Paul Clemons
Gideon Road
Troy A. Coomer
William Cox
Ninth Ave
Robert Darragh
Henry B. Day
Margaret Edwards
15Th Ave
Arthur Garrison
Navaho St
Robert Gillum
Charles
Harry Gribble
William H. Harrison
iShattle St
Deborah Heaberlin
Jay Heaberlin
George Knott
Gordon Lewis
S. Dixie Highway
Robert Lindsay
Iglehart St
Michael Melton
John Melton
Curtis St
Enoch Patrick
Salzman Road
Mrs. Sartie Reese
Prospect Ave
Nedra Rusk
Pearl St
Louis E. Schafer
Park Drive
Mabel Z. Stone
Superior Ave
Elmer Triplett
Lafayette
Charlie Tuttle
Morgan
William Underwood
Elenora van Holt
Ger
Mantown
Robert W. Wade
Springboro
John White
Este White
Armco Drive
Nathan Williams
Walnut St
William Sims
Ronald K. Banks
Mrs. Ebie Banks
S. Verity Parkway
Richard Buchanan
Seneca St
Brenda Caudill
Alfred Caudill
Granada Ave
John Collingsworth
Greentree Road
Warren Elam
Seneca
Dana Haney
Buford Haney
Jefferson Road
Levi Jiles
17Th Ave
Elsie Method
Brown St
Carol Miller
Melvin C. Miller
Ray McMonigle
Sim Moore
Robert Patterson
Forrest Ave
Edward Teater
Taylor Ave
Myrtle West
Journal of the American Legion
American Legion
Middletown Journal
Journal
Broad Street
First Ave
Post
Main Street
Explorer Post
Joseph Kennedy
Eve
Castell’s Rate Drugs
Bonnevilles
Catalina
Central Ave
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