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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1949

Page

4

Louise Hagen Honored With Personal Gifts

The bride elect Louise Hagen received numerous personal gifts at a pre nuptial party hosted by Mrs E S Land. The event featured a lily and rose setting with a bridal aisle motif, a crystal bowl with heart candles, and prize drawings won by several guests including Louise Hagen and Susan Hagen.

Louise Hagen Claude Higgins E. S. Land Louise Claude Susan Hagen Lee Chamberlain J. T. Johnston Jesse Clemments Donald Malcolm H.D. LaGrande Norman Lindsay Ross Fisher Carl Davis John Martin Fred Keathan C. E. LaPole Loree Hagen Chester Hagen Mary Ann Peters J. K. Groninger Horace D. LaGrange

Sunshine Circle Hosts Evening at Fleming Road

Twenty three members of Sunshine Circle of First Evangelical United Brethren Church met at Mrs. Dan Davis’s Fleming Road home. President Mrs. Charles Sanderson led, with devotional reading by Mrs. Elmer Combs, reports from committees, and decisions to send hospital flowers for Dr. E. R. Turner and to donate to Salvation Army for the kiddie picnic. Refreshments followed.

Sunshine Circle First Evangelical United Brethren Church Dan Davis Fleming Rd Charles Sanderson Elmer Combs E. R. Turner Salvation Army

Gay Dinner Party for Mr Whitt Birthday Celebration

Mr and Mrs Howard Cohen guests at 2104 Central Ave hosted a Thursday night dinner party for Mr Bethel Whitt in honor of his birthday. The table featured spring flowers and gifts were opened amid social chat and games enjoyed by guests including Mr and Mrs Paul Faries Mr and Mrs James Chappell Mr and Mrs Joseph Miller and the host and hostess.

Howard Cohen Central Ave Bethel Whitt Paul Faries James Chappell Joseph Miller Whitt

Trials pause as Hiss and Communists adjourned

Associated Press reports both the Al Ger Hiss perjury case and the 11 Communist defendants’ trial adjourned to Monday The Hiss case ended its government presentation with Benjamin Firsheim as the final witness and defense motions to dismiss the charges denied In the Communist case Hall and Winston seek bail restoration via the U S circuit court of appeals as judges reserve decision

Associated Press New York Alger Hiss Hiss Benjamin H. Firsheim Whittaker Chambers Chambers Gus Hall Henry Winston U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Synod Meetings Set For Wooster Ohio In June 2023

The 68th annual Ohio Presbyterian Synod will meet in Wooster in June 2023. Concurrently the 28th annual Presbyterian Womens Synodical Society meeting and the ninth annual Youth Synod gathering will be held.

Wooster Ohio Presbyterian Synod Presbyterian Womens’ Synodical Society Youth Synod

Final Sessions Observed Friday By Church Circles

Five circles of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist convened for final sessions. Circle 1 held a covered dish luncheon at Mrs. R. C. Beam's home, with 16 members. Mrs. Ralph Mull reviewed Our Children Are Being Cheated by Benjamin Fine and a plant presented to leader Mrs. Ellison Young. Circle 2 hosted 22 members at Mr. and Mrs. Albert Maier's home with final reports and a social hour on the lawn. Circle 3 gathered 19 members at LeSourdsville Lake for lunch and park activities with helpers listed. Circle 7 met in the church recreation room for a 1 pm luncheon. brief business, devotionals, and games followed. Circle 8 met at Chautauqua with 16 members, a luncheon, a business session at the Deardorff cottage, and a year-end gift to leader Mrs. Melvin Kelso, who passed leadership to Mrs. Sam Latham.

Woman's Society of Christian Service First Methodist Church Circle 1 R. C. Beam Ralph Mull Benjamin Fine Ellison, Young Circle 2 Albert Maier Maier Circle 7 E. C. Burbick R. Wikoff H. M. Wikoff Linval Johnson Daniel Murphy John Rice H. A. Augsburger Chautauqua Circle 8 Roy Deardorff William Gallaher Deardorff Melvin Kelso Woman's Society C. W. Beck Kelso

West Virginia flood threat grips Cumberland area

A marooned group and two others on a raft drifted downstream as floodwaters surged over an island. Efforts to contact the distressed pair failed. Cumberland, Md., with 40,000 residents, and nearby McCool and Keyser across the river, faced urgent danger from rising waters.

Cumberland Petersburg McCool Keyser W. Va

Austrian agenda for NATO defense coordination

The Austrian agenda centers on coordinating defenses within the North Atlantic Treaty framework as ministers discuss allied security. Meanwhile El Salvador’s ruling junta says a “reactionary group” plot to kill leaders, with steps taken to counter the alleged threat. Paris police prepare for clashes as De Gaulle supporters and Communists plan counter demonstrations on the ninth anniversary of his appeal.

el Salvador Paris Charles de Gaulle France de Gaulle

Puzzle Words From Cross Clues And Wordplay

A compact list of crossword style clues across horizontal and vertical entries. The grid hints include Indian terms, body parts, and language clues with several theme connections and crossfill prompts.

Answer to Previous Puzzle Tha 33 Witticism 36 Father or Mother

Puzzle clues list with terse definitions and answers. Readers identify terms for each numbered item, including a witticism, kin, vessel, fabric unit, and various historical or linguistic references.

Man Freed After 30 Years on the Run in Virginia

Seventy five year old Dave Hall, once known as John Henry Thomas in West Virginia, was pardoned by Governor Tuck of Virginia. He escaped prison in 1919 after a murder conviction and lived as a farmer and church member before a conditional pardon ends his decades of fear.

Richmond Dave Hall Virginia Tuck Hall Wyoming County W. Va John Henry Thomas Groundhog Creek Baptist Church Dickenson County West Virginia

Tucker To Face Court Thursday Tucker To Face Court Thursday

Chicago AP reports Preston Tucker and seven others indicted by a federal grand jury in relation to operation and stock sales of the Tucker corporation. They will be arraigned on charges of mail fraud conspiracy and Securities Act violations. The firm, reorganized under bankruptcy laws, planned a rear engine car and once ran a large plant closed last January. Fujiyama rises to 12,995 feet.

Tucker Corporation Tucker

Worry Clinic and lonely workers seek mates

A lone renter pleads for companionship and marriage as he laments living alone and wanting a wife. An engineer on a west coast construction job writes that eight unmarried men crave correspondence with eligible girls and asks why society does not help single men meet potential mates.

Wheelbarrow trek plans from Jacksonville to Detroit

Mrs. Julia Roka St Clair and her seven year old son Adolphius will travel by wheelbarrow from Jacksonville to Detroit to visit his 82 year old grandmother Eva Roka and attend a family reunion. Adolphius will ride, the mother will push, route via Waycross Augusta Asheville Knoxville Dayton to Detroit. The trip spans about 870 miles straight line with longer rolling distance and includes a canvas shelter for rain.

Jacksonville, Fla Julia Roka St. Clair Adolphius Detroit Eva Roka Cc. S. Basher Ashton Road Waycross Augusta Asheville N. C Knoxville

Robeson’s Son to Wed Sunday in New York

Paul Robeson Jr., 21, son of the Negro baritone, and Marilyn Greenberg, 21, a New York woman, plan to marry tomorrow after Cornell graduation. They filed for a license. Rev John Whittier Carr Jr. to officiate. Eslanda Robeson called the couple in love and praised Miss Greenberg as a daughter.

NEW York (Ap Paul Robeson, Jr Marilyn Paula Greenberg New York Cornell University Robeson John Whittier Carr, Jr Eslanda Miss Greenberg

Ellen Drew Seeks Divorce From Sydney Bartlett Again

Actress Ellen Drew files for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging cruelty from Sydney S Bartlett. This is her second filing in three years after an earlier interlocutory decree in 1946 and a reconciliation before finalization. The couple separated again last May.

Los Angeles Ellen Drew Sydney S. Bartlett Miss Drew

Radio Schedule Highlights and Host Lineup

Radio programs listed include Hit Palace at 9, Judy Canova at 9 30, Dennis Da at 10, Grand Ole Opry and Quiet Please at 10 30, Musical Etchings at 10 30, News by Peter Grant at 11, and a 10 30 Dance Orchestra with guest Aneta Ellis performing Just Music.

Dennis da Peter Grant Dance Orch

Saturday Radio Schedule and Club Listings

Radio and club listings outline Saturday programming across stations WKRC WMOH WPJB and others featuring News Keyboard Kwiz Johnny Det Sports Spike Jones Hawaii Calls Twenty Questions Modern Mood Life Begins at 80 and music shows at Mutual Concert Hall LeSourdsville Lake and Plantation Party Midd Jamboree and Dance shows with orchestra and requests listed.

Dallas man gets 1 to 20 years for Columbus burglary

Charles C. McCurry, 26, of Dallas Texas, was sentenced to one to 20 years in the Ohio penitentiary for stealing several hundred dollars worth of morphine in a burglary of the Mutual Drug Company in Columbus on Christmas Day.

Columbus Charles C. McCurry Dallas Tex Ohio Mutual Drug Company

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