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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1952

Page

6

Class Observes Birthdays With Dinner Party

Calvary Methodist Church class held a birthday dinner in the church social room honoring members with April May and June birthdays. Tables featured summer flowers and green candles with yellow accents. Mrs Albert Meir received a gift for her recent 50th wedding anniversary. hostesses were Mrs William Housh Sr Mrs Arthur Wall Mrs Shan Dakin and Mrs Earl Farquer. Mrs John Derrough to entertain July 18.

Guiding Star Calvary Methodist Church Albert Meir William Housh Arthur Wall Shan Dakin Earl Farquer John Derrough

Gleaners Class Dinner and Sorority Social Planned

Coming Up Gleaners Class at First Methodist hosts a covered dish dinner at 12 30 Thursday members urged to bring table service and sandwiches Mrs E S Clark chairs Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority social at LeSourdville Lake at 6 30 this evening members meet at gate 6 15 Also notes diabetes immunity to seasickness for sufferers.

Gleaners First Methodist Church E. S. Clark Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority LeSourdsville Lake

Town and Country Club Hosts Card Evening at Brown's Run

Mrs. Daniel O Fisher Jr hosted the Town and Country Club last evening at her Brown's Run home. Prizes went to Mrs. Howard Reider Mrs. Eddie Canter and Mrs. Ernie Brothers. Lunch followed. July meeting will be at Mrs. Ernie Brothers' home.

Daniel O Fisher, Jr Town and Country Club Brown Howard Reider Eddie Canter Ernie Brothers

Circle Four Meets Circle Four WSCS Lunch

Circle Four WSCS of the First Methodist Church held a Friday luncheon at Chautauqua with 20 members present. Chairman Mrs. Claire Tieman led the business meeting followed by devotionals and a program.

Circle 4 WSCS First Methodist Church Chautauqua Claire Tieman

Legion and civic club meetings listed for week

Meetings scheduled include American Legion 218 Executive Committee at 7 30 p m Monday at the Legion Home Civitan and Rotary at noon Tuesday at the Manchester Hotel North Middletown Fire Association at 7 p m at the North Middletown Fire House Battery A 180 AAA Gun Battalion at 7 45 p m at LeSourdsville Armory and F C O E Lodge at 8 p m at the hall

American Legion Legion Civitan and Rotary Clubs Manchester North Middletown Fire Association North Middletown LeSourdsville F.C O.E. Lodge Hall

Final Aman da VBS meeting at Amanda Methodist Church

The final meeting of the Aman da Vacation Bible School will be held at 6 30 p m today at Amanda Methodist Church.

Amanda Vacation Bible School Amanda Methodist Church

Travel Notes on a Weekend of Visits and Reunions

Miss Rita Blossom left Wilbraham Road for a short visit in Washington. The Duke family reunion in Columbus drew more than 100 relatives from across the state. Several families from Monroe Street and Howe Road hosted and attended gatherings, with extended travels including Get tysburg and Baltimore. The Bible Institute delegates from Washington conducted services at Amanda Methodist Church before returning to Arlington.

Rita Blossom Wilbraham Rd Washington, D. C John Duke Francis Dearth Middletown Charles Duke Trenton Duke Columbus Zoo Park George Miles Ralph Jones Excello The Bible Institute of Arlington, Va Amanda Methodist Church

Junior Achievement offers $500 scholarships for members

Middletown Junior Achievement announces ten $500 scholarships for outstanding members to attend Case Institute of Technology or West Reserve University in Cleveland. Scholarship sponsors are Christian Gott wald and the Rick-Well Corpora tion. Scholarships available in September. JA seeks sponsors and advisors for 1952-53 with about 18 companies involved.

Middletown Case Institute of Technology and West Reserve University Cleveand McCall Christian Gottwald Rick-Well Corporation Cleveland Barberton Toledo Atlantic City Middletown JA

Lid Is Off On Navy Recruits

The Navy offers an unlimited July recruiting quota per S. T. Dunham at Hamilton station. Middletown staff confirm this is the first time such a quota exists. Applications are now open for men 17 to 31 and women 18 to 26. Enlistees proceed to Bainbridge Maryland for basic training.

Navy S. T. Dunham Hamilton Middletown Dunham Bainbridge

Riding the Rails Horizontal Clue List and Answers

A crossword style receipt listing numerous clues across horizontal and vertical lines. Includes entries such as Wooden bi supporting rails, Passengers relax in thi, Free ticket, Footed vase, Moon godd, Landed, Marsh, Remove, Ostrich, Roman date, Wind musical instrum, Locomot are nick wee hy.

Thi Wind Musical Instrum Nick “Wee Hy

Puzzle answers from cryptic clues list

A sequence of crossword style clues with numbers and hints including Remove dir soothed accord cheat slang sudden fear Russian wolfhound location suffix person, senseless parson’s ho ra at handle sew together unbleached yucca fiber outbreaks of disease simple employs promulgates imitative trying experience trigonometric functions bone cretic school therefore unusual taverns fondles Cretan mount.

Famous English School

Charles F Clarke 77 dies in Frenchburg Kentucky

Charles F Clarke 77 of Frenchburg Ky died at 5 am Sunday in Jane Cook Hospital Frenchburg He was admitted June 15 a lifelong resident and active United Presbyterian Church member Surviving are his widow Martha four stepdaughters Mrs C B Wilson Mrs W M Hale Mrs Elbridge Haynes and Mrs W E Brown of Hamilton and three step sons Thomas Mann El Paso W L Mann Morgantown and Delbert Mann Middletown Funeral services will be at the Presbyterian Church in Frenchburg at 10:30 am Tuesday Burial will be in McCausey Cemetery

Charles F. Clarke Frenchburg Jane Cook Hospital Clarke United Presbyterian Church Martha C. B. Wilson W. M. Hale Elbridge Haynes W. E. Brown Hamilton Thomas Mann el Paso Tex W. L. Mann Morgantown, Ky Delbert Mann Middletown Mr. Clarke Presbyterian Church McCausey Cemetery

Death of William H. Norvell Middletown railroad foreman

William H. Norvell, 56, of Middletown Route 1, died at Middletown Hospital at 12:30 a.m. Monday after admission. He served as a section foreman for the New York Central Railroad for 26 years. Arrangements are incomplete at Robert E. Eaton Funeral Home in Franklin.

William Henry Norvell Trenton Rd Middletown Middletown Hospital Norvell New York Central Railroad Rom Robert E. Eaton Franklin

Funeral services set for Mrs Mary C Routzahn at 2 p.m.

Funeral services for Mrs Mary C Gephart Routzahn age 91 of Carlisle will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Gebhart and Schmidt Funeral Home in Miamisburg with Rev Elmer J Gregg of the Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Woodhill Cemetery. She was widow of Calvin Routzahn who died in 1922. Surviving are one brother Charles Gebhart of Miamisburg two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.

Franklin Mary C. Gephart Routzahn Carlisle Gebhart and Schmidt Miamisburg Elmer J. Gregg Lutheran Church Woodhill Cemetery

Obituary: Glenna M. Haas of West Alexandria dies

Mrs Glenna M Haas 48 of West Alexandria Route 2 died at 6 30 p m Saturday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after a brief illness Survived by widower Oscar one son Leonard of West Alexandria two brothers Carl Focht Dayton and Dale Focht Baltimore Md Funeral services 2 p m Wednesday at Church of the Brethren West Alexandria Burial Mound Hill Cemetery Eaton Friends may call Birmingham Funeral Home Dayton until noon Wednesday when body will be taken to church

West Alexandria Glenna M. Haas Miami Valley Hospital Dayton Oscar Leonard Carl Focht Dale Focht Baltimore Church of the Brethren Mound Hill Eaton Birmingham West Third

Funeral Services for Firman Wilson in Lebanon

Funeral services for Firman Wilson 57 of West Warren Street will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oswald Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. Wilson custodian of the Lebanon Masonic Temple died Saturday at his home. Survived by father Jesse one brother Theodore of Lebanon two sisters Mrs Herman Sims of Lebanon and Margaret Wilson of Gallipolis.

Lebanon Firman Wilson West Warren St Oswald Wilson

Lucille McDaniel of Mason dies after illness

Mrs Lucille McDaniel 25 of State Route 42 near Mason died at 6 p m Sunday at Middletown Hospital after a lengthy illness Surviving are husband Robert and three children Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Johnson Funeral Home Lebanon with burial in South Lebanon Cemetery Visitations at the funeral home after noon Tuesday

Mason Lucille McDaniel Middletown Hospital Robert Johnson Funeral Home Lebanon South Lebanon Funeral

Obituary notices for several local residents

Florence Kutter 76 of 550 South D Street widow of Herman L Kutter dies aged 76 with services at 9 a m Tuesday at St Marys Church. John G Pap Sandlin 56 of 137 North Front Street services 2 p m Tuesday at Brown Dawson Funeral Home. Hilda Arent 60 of 197 North F Street in Fort Hamilton Hospital Sunday. Josephine Brusch 75 of 906 Vine Street services 9 a m Tuesday at St Stephen Church. Charles Billingslea 85 of Over peck longtime Butler County Democratic Central Committee member services 10 a m Wednesday Webb Funeral Home.

St. Stephen Charles Billingslea Overpeck Butler County Democratic Central Committee Webb Funeral Home

Notable Obituaries And Biographies From National Dispatch

Walter R. Mc Coy 72 retired manufacturer and president of the American Phil atelic Congress. Forest J. Smith 57 U S Steel executive. Gui lermo Novoa 70 general Chilean Red Cross president. Mrs John O Hornung founder of Miami Gulf steel. Dr Hugo Iltis 70 retired biology professor Mendel authority. Samuel W Gumpertz 84 showman Ringling Brothers executive. Clara Lipman Mann actress playwright. Born in Washington D C.

Fredericksburg Hugo Iltis Gregor Mendel Sarasota Fila Samuel W. Gumpertz Ringling Brothers Circus Washington, D. C

PAL Boxing Program Starts Tuesday at Sunset Park

Boys interested in boxing through the Police Athletic League should report to Sunset Park tomorrow at 6 p.m. Patrolman Clarence Lawson, PAL chair, said boxing activities at Sunset Rathman and Douglas parks will be in full swing by July 1 with weekly meetings on Tuesdays around 5 30 or 6 p.m. The PAL received a $25 gift from a resident praising police home checks while he was away. J P Butterfield noted neighbors told him officers checked his home during a six month Washington trip and everything was in order. Activities also benefit from the annual police dance held each spring.

Police Athletic League Sunset Park Clarence Lawson PAL Lawson Rathman Douglas Parks J. P. Butterfield Ardmore Dr Washington

Bartender Faces Assault Charge

John Demerer, 32, of Excello was arrested at the VFW building on a warrant charging assault and battery. Steve Cominos, 64, of 215 North Clinton St., a janitor at the VFW, says Demerer assaulted him during a cleanup at 4:15 a.m. He sustained a scalp cut and possible jaw fracture, and was taken to Middletown Hospital for treatment and X-rays. Demerer posted a $300 bond and is due in court this afternoon.

John Demerer Excello VFW Steve Cominos North Clinton St Cominos Middletown Hospital Demerer

$60 Stolen From Hotel Room In Early Morning Incident

Police report a $60 theft from Kash Whitt's Earle Hotel room. Money hidden under a rug disappeared while he slept, and Whitt saw a man leave the room. Leonard Key, a bartender at Son's East End bar, said a man attempted a strongarm robbery at 4 am but failed.

Kash Whitt Earle Hotel Whitt Leonard Key Son East End

Oxford Woman in Fairly Good Condition After Crash

Mrs Phyllis Poccia 27 of Oxford Route 1 was treated at Middletown Hospital for fractured vertebrae after a Saturday night car accident on Route 42 near Waynesville. Her husband Nicholas Poccia was driving the car, which skidded on wet pavement and left the roadway, state police reported.

Oxford Middletown Hospital Waynesville Phyllis Poccia Nicholas

Seven Treated At Hospital For Minor Injuries

One person suffered a broken arm and six received lacerations after incidents at Middletown Hospital emergency room. Louise Minge aged 20 fractured her left arm at Midway Skating Rink. Louise, Harlan Craft, John Callahan, Davie Anderson, Michael McIntosh, Madelyn Harris, and Stephen O'Neill are listed with various injuries and home addresses.

Middletown Hospital Louise Minge Franklin Midway Skating Rink Harlan Craft Curtis St John Callahan Walter Callahan Middletown Davie Anderson Michael McIntosh Tom McIntosh Madelyn Harris Eugene Harris Young St Stephen O'Neill Daniel O'Neill Crawford St

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