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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1962
Page
3
London reports a fashion surge as Britain's Ya-Ya girls flash ultra short skirts during Whitsuntide. The trend, praised by fashion figures like Madge Garland and Mary Quant, features hemlines two to eight inches above the knee with layered petticoats to push the length higher.
Members of the Coterie Dance Club committee met at Midway Lodge to plan decorations for the July 14 event. The shipwreck in the South Seas theme was chosen and a cookout followed at the Maurice Angel home on Marshal Road attended by Mr and Mrs Maurice Angel, chairmen Mr and Mrs Ken Monroe, Mr and Mrs Larry Poe, and Mr and Mrs William Apple, advisers.
Washington secretaries say Secretary of State Dean Rusk will be awarded an honorary doctor of laws by Oxford University during a 10 day Western Europe tour later this month. The State Department would not confirm the report. Rusk is a Rhodes Scholar who earned a master’s at St John’s College Oxford. Byblos in Lebanon is a fishing village of about 1000 people.
Dorothy Huff promotes the idea that women need a standout beauty asset for current fashion. The piece highlights hair styles as the key attention getter and urges readers to visit Dorothy's Beauty Service at 1951 Central Avenue Middletown Garden 24852 for updated coifs.
The article details a pre nuptial weekend party for Miss Nita Lou Ellison and Mr. Jack McCoy featuring brunch, gifts, and decorations in Dayton with guests from Cincinnati Middletown Sidney and Washington DC. The couple, daughter of Glenn Ellison and the son of Mr and Mrs Jack McCoy, will wed June 30 at First Baptist Church.
A list of recent births and out of town acknowledgment. Local couples welcomed nine new babies yesterday and several today. Names appear with street addresses and towns including Middletown Harveysburg and Franklin. Out of town relatives and hospital announcements accompany the births and maternal grandparents names are noted where given.
Mrs. Charles W. Beck spoke on southwestern Ohio birds and garden attracts at Middletown Garden Club held at Mrs. John A. Lawler home on Manchester Road. She showcased red wood bird houses and feeders built by herself which won prizes for Mrs. Richard Haller, Mrs. Ned Warren and Mrs. Newman Fler sole. Awards were announced for flower arrangements with multiple winners and the next meeting set for June 25 at Mrs. George Leighton’s home featuring color slides of members’ gardens.
An average of 84 points was attained last night at eight tables in play during a session of the Club in the recreation room of Temple Beth Sholom. North-south winners were Mrs. C. W. Rohisson and Mrs. Richard Manuel, and Mrs. Walter Evans and Mrs. Don Van Ausdall, who tied for first place with 93 points. Also tied for third were Mrs. Howard Wikoff and Mrs. Stanley Weinstein, and Jerry Lehman and Ted Forsyth, with 89 points. East-west first place winners were Mr. and Mrs. Phil Cade, with 101 points. Mrs. Roy Granger and David Grander were second, with 91.5, and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Selby, third, with 90.
Members of Delta Pi Chapter, Sigma Phi Gamma International Sorority, met at Doty House for their June business session. They discussed by law changes to be proposed at the international convention in San Diego from June 27 to July 1. The next gathering is set at Mrs. John Neuvenswander’s Euclid Street home with hostesses Mrs. Harold Hoover, chair, Mrs. William Burton, and Mrs. George Frye.
Members of Soroptimist International of Middletown will stage their eighth annual installation ceremony Thursday at 6 30 p m at the Manchester Motor Inn. District director Mrs Lucille Kuck will install Esther Wittemeyer as president and others in senior roles. Afterward new members will be initiated into the club including L H Beckwith and several others.
Mrs. John Gilmore hosted a bridal shower at her Hetzler Road home for Miss Mary B. Whiteman, bride elect of Melvin Duff. Gifts surrounded a centerpiece with a bride doll and parasol. guests included Mrs. William Wetzel, Mrs. Charles Whiteman, and many Wetzel and Whiteman relatives.
Mrs Truesdell Mrs Weidle and Mrs Seitter join Miss Whiteman daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Whiteman of Manchester Avenue and Mr Duff son of Mrs O M Whitt of Kalbfleisch Road and James R Duff of Hamilton in a Friday morning ceremony at 6 30 in Pleasant Ridge EUB Church. The article notes a historical digression on King Louis XIV era troops as early wearers of true military uniforms.
Middletown Town and Country Garden Club took first in the niche class Heritage Collectors at the Butler County Federation of Garden Clubs show held over the weekend at West Elementary School Hamilton. Individual awards went to Mrs. Charles Goforth with five honors including first vertical arrangement and third Hogarth curve. Other recognitions went to Mrs. James Cast, Mrs. C. E. Campbell, Mrs. H. H. Schrock, and Mrs. W. B. Johnston, all Monroe Garden Club members. Only one first second and third honorable mention were awarded per class.
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