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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1951
Page
5
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Mr and Mrs Dayton Canaday visit Mr and Mrs Marion L Wetzel in West Middletown. Mrs Canaday is the former Olive Wetzel. Mr Canaday has completed a master’s degree in Library Science at the University of Illinois and has been recalled to active duty in the U S Marine Corps, to be stationed at Parris Island, North Carolina. Mrs Canaday will stay several weeks with her parents before joining him.
Mr and Mrs C H Huntsberger and daughter Charlene of Hill Ave travel in the East An additional stop includes Mrs Huntsberger s son James Dokas who is with General Electric in Burlington Vermont
Miss Donna Patricia Largent and Edgar Lindy Streifthau plan to marry at 7:30 this evening at the First Evangelical United Brethren Church. A buffet luncheon for attendants followed the rehearsal at the bride’s parents’ home on Taylor Ave, with hygeraniums, roses, and baby's breath decorating.
A Ladies Day luncheon and golf session were held Thursday at Forest Hills Country Club. Speaker Jess Reid, pro golfer and South Main St. driving range owner, gave demonstrations. Mrs. Roy Granger won first with 49, Mrs. Kent Little second with 50, Mrs. Coker closest to the pin, and blind bogey going to Winger, Ferguson, Flagg, and Boyd.
Miss Joanne Whitley hosts five Delta Gamma sorority sisters from Ohio State for the weekend. They are Miss Mary Barimore Akron Miss Janet Kemp Rocky River Cleveland Miss Pat Smith Bay Village Cleveland Miss Nancy Lashly Steubenville and Miss Beth Stover Lima. They attend the wedding of Miss Barbara Hess and Don Grammer at Fairview Presbyterian Church in Dayton.
More than 200 leaders of the Women's Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed Church gathered at Earlham College in Richmond Indiana for a four day session. St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church sent Mrs H H Jung and Mrs Chalmers Brewer as delegates. The program emphasized church and community study under the theme In All Things Then We See with courses on Know Your Church The Christian Home Practical Help for Leaders Program Building Churches for Our Country's Needs and Latin America.
The Clubs Unity Council No 214 Daughters of America met at the Knights of Malta Hall last evening. Members are asked to wear white and attend a 7 p.m. Sunday funeral service for Mrs Harriet Snethen at McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home.
The Cincinnati archdiocese assigns Rev. Raymond Kallaher to take temporary charge of St. Louis Church North Star Ohio. He previously served as assistant chaplain at Good Samaritan Hospital and was with Fenwick Club. Also named is Rev. Edward Herb as assistant at Holy Family Church Dayton Ohio. he was previously assistant at St. Francis de Sales in Cincinnati.
Butler County faces a delay in pursuing a $16,000 refund for road work near Reily tied to the planned Pater Lake. County Engineer Jesse Pochard and Commissioner Art Reiff said court action hinges on a definite state halt to the project. County leaders said they funded the road at the state’s request, hoping for the lake, though refund of $6,000 is preferred to delaying the lake.
Patrolman Harold Gray caught five youngsters playing cards in the Sherman School yard yesterday afternoon. He confiscated the deck and sent them on their way. A bicycle reported stolen by Gerald Long was recovered in front of the Strand Theater.
Police investigated a damaged light pole in front of Mc Kinley Junior High and found a car bumper and green fender at the scene. Cecil Bryant, 18, of 2000 South Main St., was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under suspension at Central Ave and Grimes St by Patrolmen Trimble and Thompson.
Mrs. Lillian Wells of 1014 Elwood Street was treated at Middletown Hospital for deep lacerations to the left knee and right hand after she fell on glass returning from a grocery store yesterday. Attendants reported the injuries were serious but not life threatening.
A junked auto at Troy Ohio exploded when William Manson 63 was cutting the car with a torch. He died hours later from severe burns.
The article notes that head cabbage appears to have been developed in Europe in the 9th century, highlighting early horticultural variety formation and regional farming practices of that era.
Jackie Lakes, 19, of Franklin Route 2, jailed on charges of carrying a deadly weapon after an argument in a local restaurant. Police say Lakes drew a knife on Jess Coffey and is scheduled for a Monday hearing in Mayor J. T. Riley's court.
A local proprietor is being held in jail after failing to post bond, with authorities stating he remains in custody pending resolution of the default.
A four inch deep by six inch wide and twenty inch high swarm of bees disrupted Brooksy's Bar in Cleveland. Proprietor Jacob Teichman called the Animal Protective League and fire department but could not reach handlers. The bees finally returned to their hive after wandering through the bar.
Birth notices list new babies born to families including Harley Wolf Hubert Horn Walter Harvie Ted Robinson James Neal and David Bowman with locations on Yankee Road Germantown Forest Avenue Franklin West Elkton Sheffield Street and Lowell Street. Several medical and dismissed entries appear for Michael Frye Shelby Jackson and Goldie Krebs among others.
A dense listing of daytime and evening programs across WLW T Channel 4 including Wake Up and Live News Morning Matinee Breakfast Party Tooney The Clown TV Rangers Western Film Haystack Hullabaloo Sports Show Belmont Stakes Wrestling On the Line Milton Berle Hit Parade and other features.
Total receipts for the 1950-51 Butler County Cancer Drive exceed the target of 10,000. County chairman Mrs. Lester Huggins of Hamilton reports 8,672.64 added to 7,707.98 from April totals, aided by Oxford and outlying areas.
New Jersey has backed the Democratic candidate in all but four presidential elections since 1872, illustrating a long-standing party alignment in the state.
A dense listing shows a day’s radio and television program blocks including Voice of Enquirer Midwestern Hayride Eddie Arnold Judy Canova Grana Ci Opry and assorted shows. It references stations WMOH WPFB and others with a mix of music sports and talk segments and time slots from 6:00 to late evening.
The woolsack or seat of the chancellor in the House of Lords symbolized Britain's wool trade prominence. The article discusses its significance as a historic cornerstone of the nation's economy and identity tied to wool.
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