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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1956

Page

7

Mrs Laws Speaks at Middletown Garden Club Meeting

Mrs Langdon Laws of the Cincinnati Garden Center was guest speaker at Middletown Garden Club. She shared her hobby of drying garden flowers and displayed several arrangements. Guests included Mrs Morris Renick. awards were given for real cool arrangements and garden displays with several members honored in multiple categories.

Langdon Laws Cincinnati Garden Center Cincinnati Garden Club Middletown Garden Club Laws Louise Hunter Windsor Central Avenue Morris Renick Charles R. Hook Stanley Watkins Dean Phillips Sleebig Road

Peabody Summer Playhouse opens farce in Champagne Complex

Review of The Champagne Complex at Cincinnati Summer Playhouse features Barbara Buick as Allyn Macy whose champagne fueled urge to peel off clothes drives a one woman show. Jeffrey Lynn and Charles Quinlivan support as the love triangle unfolds with subtle psychotherapy twists and stage tempests. The critic lauds Buick’s performance and the production’s lively tone, urging weeklong attendance and noting the pleasant venue drive through Green Hills.

Cincinnati Summer Playhouse Barbara Buick Jeffrey Lynn Miss Buick Lynn Charles Quinlivan Allyn Macy Barbara Allyn Miss Ruick Helms Fell Harper Carter Bowen Helms Harper Leslie Stevens

Italian Orphanage Choir Returns For Second Local Concert

The Italian Casa Materna Choir from Portici, Italy, gave a second concert at First Methodist Church. A covered-dish supper preceded the performance with Italian and American dishes shared by the choir and host families. Encores featured Deep In the Heart of Texas and a native-costume dance. Directors Fabio Santi and Joel Warner spoke during intermission. the program closed with America and God Be With You Til We Meet Again. The troupe sails for Columbus next, then Pennsylvania and New Jersey before heading home July 6.

Casa Materna Portici Italy First Methodist Church Orfeo Pinna Texas America The Beautiful Fabio Santi Joel Warner New York Los Angeles San Francisco Columbus Pennsylvania New Jersey Charles Lovell Walter Davis

Bridge Club at Hotel Hosts Middletown Winners

William Springer and Jerry Lehman captured first with 42 points at Middletown Duplicate Bridge Club's session in Manchester Hotel. Vernon Jones with Ernest Bowen and Gene Coker tied for second at 38, four 4% tables averaged 36. Next week’s master point night and summer meetings move to hotel room 225, air conditioned.

William Springer Jerry Lehman Middletown Manchester Vernon Jones Ernest Bowen Gene Coker

Sorority Picnic Supper At Coles Road Home

Mrs Ray E Welsh hosted a Sigma Phi Gamma sorority picnic supper at her Coles Road residence. After supper the group played charades with a prize won by Mrs Don Mitchell. Guests included Mrs Ralph Clevenger Mrs Daniel Schouse and Mrs Charles Jay. Hostesses were Mrs Richard Hasemeier Mrs Harold Hoover and Mrs Raymond Patrick.

Travel notes on multiple families vacationing regions and returns

A roundup of local residents returning from trips to Florida and California with visits to relatives, college commencements, and employment updates. Included are Carl Frye Jr and family, Rome Johnson and relatives, Kenneth Dye, James Harpring, Miss Helen Marie Weishaar's five country trip, and Canary Islands population data noting about 820 000 Spaniards living there as two provinces.

Carl Frye Jr Gregory Patrick Richardson Drive Florida Cypress Gardens Silver Springs Marineland Miami Beach Fryes J. Black Little Woodlawn Avenue Blanche Nickell Yankee Road France Germany Helen Marie Weishaar Middletown Versailles Napoleon's Tomb Notre Dame St. Lorenz St. Sebaldes Altenberg Middletonian Paris Canary Islands Africa Spain

Vital Statistics births and marriages listed in region

A collection of birth announcements in several households including Elmo and Mrs Lawson, Ratcliffe, Creech, Caperna, Nishet, Wardrow, Fannin, Powell, Fry, Flesher with names and addresses. Also listed are numerous couples from Hamilton and surrounding areas with ages and locations, and a section labeled OUT OF TOWN with additional names and hospital notes.

Elmo Lawson Raymond John Ratcliffe Trenton James Creech Armco Armando Caperna Centerville Dick Nishet Hampton Pl William Wardrow Young St

Margery Brubaker Weds H Stewart Prakel in Eaton

Miss Margery Ann Brubaker married H Stewart Prakel son of Homer F Prakel of Versailles. The couple wed June 2 at First Congregational Christian Church Eaton. Mrs Prakel, a Wittenberg College graduate, taught in West Alexandria. he, an Ohio State University graduate, manages Preble County Lumber Co West Alexandria.

Margery Ann Brubaker H. Stewart Prakel Homer F. Prakel Versailles Orville Joseph Brubaker Eaton First Congregational Christian Church

Hospital Notes Mention Local Residents

In The Hospital Tom Dunaway of Dayton. Gene Osborne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Osborne of Baltimore St. Mrs. Harold Risner of Queen Mrs. Eliza Patterson of Andrews St Mrs. DeWitt Albright of Franklin Rt. 2.

Gordon Reed Queen Ave Dayton Miami Alley Hospital Don Dixon Leslie Dixon Kensington St Mercy Hospital Hamilton Tom Dunaway Gene Osborne Charles Osborne Baltimore St Harold Risner Eliza Patterson Andrews St DeWitt Albright Franklin Rt. 2

Portable screen house costs just $100 for DIY summer living

A do it yourself portable screen house can be built for as little as $100 this summer. Plans and material lists are in the July issue of Better Homes & Gardens and available wherever magazines are sold.

Better Homes & Gardens

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Mrs. Laws Garden Club R. C. Todd Ralph Gray Todd Gray G. W. A. Wilmer W. D. Vorhis C. T. Atkinson Hook New Playhouse Winton Road Princeton Pike Kemper Road Winton Green Hills Bess Mitchell Bridge Club Sorority Meli It By Jeax Vance Russelo Gillen-Crow Murphy’s Harmiess Arte Iba Ise and Doebe Colgate Charles al Ren Wunetek Middletown, Ohio Rome Johnson San Fernando Calif Joseph Reese Jr 1St Avenue Johnson James Dennis Lind Street Jolson WLW Cobblestone Howard L. Dye Tytus Avenue California Kenneth Monterey Peninsula College San Diego Robert Navy Kenneth Dye Yellowstone National Park Elizabeth Harpring Dixie Highway James Miami Fla Edward Aigellinger Harpring Carl M. Little David and Gail Woodburn Avenue Little Clinton B. Hancock Sr Baltimore Street Smoky Mountains Georgia Charles Bierman Phoenix Ariz Melampy Robert Flesher Barnitz St Allen Richard Vance Donna Rae Gillespie John E. Sayre Norma M. Milton Charles S. Harrison Betty J. Stitzel Charles R. Row Janice Ballerino John Lawrence Burneson Julia May Coffey Oxford James D., Tussey Donna Jean Vandersnook George Osier Hamilton Betty Mae Gatliff Somerville Harry Francis Falk Nancy Louise Overly John Adams Clayton St Derrick Crockett Eugene Crockett Grove S Dennis Gardner Dennis Gardner Sr West Middletown Rt. 1 Dora Meckler Arlington Ave Carl Ogle Bernice Ave Wyatt Smith 10Th Ave John Wettel Fleming James Duvall Clarendon Ave Seu N. Verity Pkwy S. Broad ST Central Ave the Bake Shop New Reaver Downs Cincinnati Kellogg Ave Beechmont River Downs Inc Government Square
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