Engagement News Sparkles Across Week End Festivities
Stephen Gardner and Polly Harrison announce their engagement with a series of gatherings. Local families hosted dinners and teas in their honor including Driscoll, Snyder, and Cox households. Guests traveled from Cincinnati and Chicago to celebrate, with trips to Duxbury and Sea Island noted along with university commencement attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Gardner
Polly Harrison
Dayton
Donald Driscoll and
Vid
Robert
James M. Cox
Trails
Delores Lewis weds Omer Ratliff in Brethren parsonage
Miss Delores Lewis daughter of Mr and Mrs Asa Lewis of 1616 Crawford Street and Omer Ratliff son of Mrs Martha Ratliff of 606 CaltaIpa Drive were married Saturday June 11 in a double ring ceremony at four o'clock officiated by Rev C Walter Warstler at the Church of the Brethren parsonage. The informal ceremony was attended by Miss Darlene Lewis and John Heer. The couple left for a six week wedding trip to Mexico then will reside at 411 Baltimore Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delores Lewis
Omer Ratliff
Asa Lewis
Crawford St
Martha Ratliff
Caltalpa Dr
C. Walter Warstler
Church of the Brethren
Darlene Lewis
John Heer
Mrs. Lewis
Mexico
Baltimore St
Community clubs plan meetings this week
Unity Council and Daughters of America meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Knights of Malta Hall with Mrs Christine Jackson presiding. A social hour follows. Busy Bee Sewing Circle convenes Wednesday at 2 p m at Mrs Wallace M Diver’s home in West Middletown. Jolly Eight Bridge Club gathers Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Mary Fisher’s home 108 South Clinton St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity Council, Daughters of America
Knights of Malta
Christine Jackson
Busy Bee Sewing Circle
Wallace M. Diver
West Middletown
Jolly Eight Bridge Club
Mary Fisher
South Clinton St
St John s PTA Meeting Set For Tuesday Evening
The final PTA meeting of the year for St John s will be held Tuesday at 8 p m in the church basement. New officers will be installed and square dancing instruction follows by Lubber School of dancing. Program committee includes Mr and Mrs Russell McDermott chaired by Mr and Mrs A Hampel Mr and Mrs H Bennett and Mr and Mrs Ray Wills. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Pta
Lubber School of Dancing
Russell McDermott
A. Hampel
H. Bennett
Ray Wills
Elks Flag Day Service Held for Hamilton Middletown
Charles Gorlando led the Cincinnati area flag day service staged by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at the Elks Country Club. Major Gorlando trains reserve corps units around Cincinnati. Phillip Biegel and Charles Harmon presided as 500 attendees gathered for a basket picnic after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gorlando
Cincinnati
Middletown
Hamilton
Guard Pay Day Set For Tuesday
Payrolls for February, March and April for Company F, 147th Infantry, Ohio National Guard, will be distributed at the regular meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the armory on Tytus Ave. Lt. Herbert C. Chandler said this is the only payment and any funds not collected will be sent back to Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
147Th Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Herbert C. Chandler
Tytus Ave
Chandler
Columbus
Society Deadlines and Rules for Notices
Establishes Society Department deadlines for items and photos. Reports must be in by 10 30 a m the next day with a 9 30 a m Saturday cutoff. Sunday pictures require Thursday noon arrival and one week space in advance. weddings and photos over ten days old are unusable. either engagement or wedding photos used. Sunday calendar items can be called in by Friday 3 p m. children's parties and stork showers not used.
Miss Jackie Wilmore to Wed Donald Bolton
Miss Jacqueline Wilmore and Donald Bolton plan marriage, announced at a tea and shower held at Martin Meadows on Route 4. The couple, daughter of Mrs. C. F. Wilmore and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bolton, were feted with rambling roses, delphinium, and Japanese lanterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Martin
Martin Meadows
Route 4
Jacqueline Wilmore
C. F. Wilmore
Central Ave
Donald Bolton
Charles Bolton
Yankee Rd
Martin Home
Jackie
Don
Betty Sebald
Joan Davies
Gloria Pyle
Wilmore
Virgil Perry
Robert Crooke
Roberta Baker
Miss Sebald
Shirley Kneisel
Miss Pyle
Miss Davies
Charles Wilmore
Edward Mulligan
Howard Neer
Bob Davies
Don Lampe
Scouters Cut Entrance Ages For Three Scout Programs
Boy Scout officials announced September 1 changes lowering entrance ages for cub scouts to eight from nine, for boy scouts to 11 from 12, and explorers to 14 from 15. Senior scouting becomes explorership with land sea and air activities. units in seamanship or aviation become explorer ships or squadrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Parker
Arthur A. Schuck
Dr. Schuck
Parker
Weather outlook cloudy cool with thundershowers
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm conditions with tonight's thundershowers. Tuesday should bring cloudier, cooler weather and showers in the eastern portion. Yesterday's temps ranged from 74 at 7:30 am to 88 at noon, with 72 at 5 am and 80 at 10 am.
Local Flower Growers Win Show Prizes
Two Middleton residents swept delphinium prizes at an Italian cloister show at the Dayton Art Institute. Mrs. Leonida Edmonds won blue for a 40 inch white delphinium among commercial entries. spike 32 inches. Millard Murphy entered four spikes earning four prizes: two firsts, a second and a third in various colors. Show by the American Delphinium Society of the Miami Valley drew nearly 1000 attendees. Sherwood Snyder won the prize cut. Mrs. Edmonds helped organize and the event opened to the public at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletonians
Dayton Art Institute
Leonida Edmonds
Curryer Rd
Millard Murphy
American Delphinium Society
Miami Valley
Middletown
Sherwood Snyder
Centerville
Edmonds
AT&T Accused by CIO Chief of Targeting Union
CIO President Philip Murray charged AT&T with trying to break the phone workers union and vowed CIO support. He labeled the company as the most vicious monopoly in America and said contracts are treated as scraps of paper. Banked on decertification petitions, AT&T listed no comment on Murray’s remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CIO
Philip Murray
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Phone Workers Union
At&t
Organization Committee
Murray
America
Walter S. Gifford
AT & T
United States
National Labor Relations Board
Communication Workers of America
CWA
New York
Bell System
NLRB
Election Preference CWA CIO Noted by Workers
A fragment notes that workers favored the CWA CIO as their union, indicating an election outcome or preference among employees. The line reflects employer-employee discussions about the union choice and ongoing organizing efforts.
Local Club Meetings Set for Monday in Middletown
Longview Social Service League plans a covered dish dinner at 6 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Row lans Linsch Middletown Hamilton Pike Blythe Williams Post of American Legion meets at 8 p m at 836 Eighth Ave Middletown Association of Fire and Casualty Underwriters gathers at 6 15 p m at LeSourdsville Lake
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longview Social Service League
Rowlans Linsch
Middletown
Hamilton Pike
Blythe-Williams
American Legion
Eighth Ave
Middletown Association of Fire and Casualty
LeSourdsville Lake
Local Club Meetings Throughout Middletown This Evening
A noon Rotary Club gathering at the Manchester Hotel, plus 8 p m meetings for Fraternal Order of Eagles and Sportsmen's Club at their halls and clubhouses. VFW Auxiliary and Miami Valley Post convene at 7 30 p m, Civilian and Camera clubs meet at various venues, and many unions and associations gather around 6 30 to 8 p m at the Manchester Hotel and Civic Association. The Cancer Clinic opens at 7 p m and North Middletown Fire Association meets at 7 p m on Manchester Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Middletown Fire Association
North Middletown Fire House
Manchester Road
Middletown Chapter to Elect Officers at Hotel Meeting
Members of the Middletown Chapter National Secretaries Association will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Manchester Hotel Chamber of Commerce room. Acting president Miss Ruth Southard will chair the session which will also feature a program by this month’s program committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
National Secretaries Association
Chamber of Commerce
Manchester Hotel
Ruth Southard
Franklin Man Held In Indiana
Sheriff Gerald W. Couden arrested Russell W. Coyle near Franklin in South Lebanon Indiana. Indicted by the May Grand Jury he waived extradition and was sent to Warren County Jail for arraignment before Judge Alton F. Brown today or Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Gerald W. Couden
Russell W. Coyle
Franklin
Ind
Coyle
Warren County
Alton F. Brown
Fires Struck City on Sunday Evening Alarms
Firemen responded to three alarms between 5 50 and 9 05 p m Sunday. A gas line leak caused a kitchen fire at 122 North Main Street Earl Gressle residence. Herbert Ingram 23 of Park Street suffered slight wrist burns and was treated. Damage totaled 35 dollars by Company No 1. A roof vent pipe steam release at 306 Bellomonte Street Russell Dempster caused no fire or damage. A cigaret dropped into oily rags started a fire at Armco East Works hot roll processing building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Gressle
North Main St
Herbert Ingram
Park St
Howard Gall
Russell Dempster
Bellomonte St
Armco East Works
Detroit Man Held By Patrol Over Car Theft Charge
Fred Burdette, 42, of Detroit, was detained by patrolmen and likely to be turned over to the FBI under the Dyer act for transporting a stolen car across state lines. He was arrested in Monroe after stopping for car repairs. a companion escaped. Burdette claimed knowledge of a Detroit case involving Vincent Reuther, brother of Walter Reuther, who was shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Burdette
Detroit
Burdette
Vincent Reuther
Auto Union
Walter Reuther
Monroe
C. W. Combs
Martin Richards
Michigan
Alarm sound at 5 50 p m. no damage reported
An alarm was sounded at 5 50 p m. Rags on top of steel lockers were observed but caused no damage.
Final St. John's PTA meeting set for 8 p m at church basement
The final meeting of the St. John's Parent-Teacher Association will convene at 8 p m in the church basement.
Company F Meets at Armory on Tytus Ave
Company F of the 147th Infantry will assemble at 7 p.m. at the armory located on Tytus Avenue for a scheduled meeting.
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C. L. Kingsbury
Richard Kingsbury
Cathy
Philadelphia
William W. Henry
American Medical Association
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Annapolis
Natural Bridge
R. W. Weatherwax
Treasure Island
St. Petersburg
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Hilda Alexander
Miami, Fla
Florence
Nebraska
Ginny Sue Reese
Walter Reese
St. Louis
Walter Reese, Jr
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John Dobrozsi, Jr
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Post
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Manchester
Camera Club
Civic Association
Upa-Cio
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Middletown Personnel Association
Sportsmen’s Club
Middletown Hospital
Board of Control
The
Middletown Safety Council
Indiana
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