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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1948

Page

6

Pleasant Ridge Wedding Unites Ruth Deitz and Cpl Wendle Howland

Miss Ruth Deitz daughter of Mr and Mrs John Deitz and Cpl Wendle Howland son of Clarence Howland were united in marriage at Pleasant Ridge Evangelical United Brethren Church. The double ring ceremony featured green palms and garden flowers with Rev J D Nisewonder officiating. Maid of honor Miss Mary Nettie Treadway and best man Carl Treadway attended. The bride wore a light blue suit with carnation corsage. the groom a air corps officer stationed in Wilmington Delaware. The couple will reside at 219 Garfield Street after a brief honeymoon. Attending included Miss Helen Evans and relatives from Middletown Seven Mile Dayton and Franklin.

Ruth Deitz John Deitz Michael Rd Cpl Wendle Howland Clarence Howland Manchester Pleasant Ridge Carl Treadway Miss Treadway Middletown High School McKinley Junior High School Huntington W. Va Air Corps Air Force Wilmington Garfield St Helen Evans Cincinnati Middletown Sevenile Dayton Franklin

Births Report Multiple New Arrivals This Week

Mr and Mrs William Adkins announce the birth of a girl Monday. Mr and Mrs Ernest Johnson and Mr and Mrs Robert Mull of Middletown Route 2 report a girl Monday. Mr and Mrs Robert Kerschbaum at Toledo Hospital welcome a boy Monday. Paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ralph Tata of 2915 Fleming are noted.

William

Gulinski Centers Tie the Knot in Newport Ceremony

Honeymooning for a week at Indian Lake, Mr and Mrs Paul J Gulinski wed yesterday morning in Newport Kentucky. The Rev R B Tipton officiated a simple single ring ceremony at the church parsonage. The bride Miss Nellie Lena Centers of 29 North Broad wore a white frock with gold accessories and a yellow corsage. The groom is co proprietor of Godwins restaurant and is the son of Mrs Nan Sandlin.

Social meeting of Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority in Lebanon

The Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority held its monthly social at the Wednesday Night Club in Lebanon. Prizes awarded to Mrs. Ira Harter and Miss Dorothy Lyle with our prize to Miss Juanita Roebuck. Hostesses Robin Hamilton Walter Haines Cowin Nixon and Roger Glei served a delightful lunch. The Chinese sometimes use grated raw potato as a substitute for soap.

Lebanon Club Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority Lebanon Ira Harter Dorothy Lyle Juanita Roebuck Robin Hamilton Walter Haines Cowin Nixon Roger Glei

Miss Magdalen Faries Feted By Co-Workers

Miss Magdalen Faries was honored at a dinner at Le Sourdsville Lake as Armco time office colleagues celebrate her 25 years with Armco. Attendees included Mrs. Harry Layburn Mr. David Hetzler Mrs. Charles Daniel and others, with a surprise handkerchief shower for the guest.

Magdalen Faries le Sourdsville Lake Armco Ime Harry Layburn David Hetzler Charles Daniel George Meloy Paul Shyers Leena Anness Gladys Craft Jean Wilkinson Joan Doring Thelma Jackson Miss Faries

Box Social By Delta Chi Sigma Members

Members of Delta Chi Sigma held an old fashioned box social at Mrs. William Apgar's Grand Ave home last evening. The event featured social chat and reports from delegates about the recent west coast trip for the national convention. Mrs. as Nichols and Miss Mable oe led the committee.

Delta Chi Sigma William Apgar Grand Ave West Coast As Nichols Mableoe

Patterson Family Visits Before Japan Post

Major and Mrs. Riley Patterson and family from Mississippi visited Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McAdo w. They are en route to Yokohama Japan where Major Patterson will be stationed for two and a half years.

Riley Patterson Mississippi Samuel McAdow Pattersons Yokohama Japan Major Patterson

Society meeting deadlines and photo submission rules

Notices of club lodge and church meetings must reach the society editor by 10 30 a m the day after the event. Events several days old cannot be used. Photos for Sunday edition must be in the office by Thursday noon. It is noted that two thirds of known creatures can glide or fly.

Two-Ball Foursomes at Wildwood Golf Event

Five two-ball foursomes tee off at 3 30 p m Sunday for enjoyable competition. Low gross winners were Mrs Richard Getter and Virgil Clark with 44. Blind Bogey won by Mr and Mrs James Abbott. A delectable covered dish supper followed. Committee in charge included William Aogar chair and Martin Bauer and Abbott. Another two-ball foursome planned in two weeks with Roger Cotter chair and assisted by Campbell Allen and Fred Schatzmann.

Richard Getter Virgil Clark James Abbott William Aogar Martin Bauer Abbott Roger’ Cotter Campbell Allen Fred Schatzmann

Hospital Admissions Listing For Franklin Area

The notice lists patients admitted to area hospitals with medical or surgical status. Names include Phyllis Jean Williams Betty Jo Keuthan Evelyn Moler Claude Holloway Eason Holt Russell Day Jr Herbert Fuller Elaine Hall Floyd B Ashmore Paul Conley John Bierman Jasper Lawson Homer Hughes and addresses around Lylburn Franklin Hamilton Vaneerveer Auburn Veterans Village and West Middleton.

Phyllis Jean Williams Orville Williams Lylburn Rd Surgical Betty Jo Keuthan Clifford Keuthan Oberon Dr Evelyn Moler Albert Moler Franklin, Surgical Claude Holloway Franklin Medical Eason Holt Russell Day, Jr Hamilton Roue i.Herbert John Bierman, Jr Veterans Village Jasper Lawson Hill Ave Homer Hughes West Middletown

War Mothers Drill Team practice at Civic Auditorium

Tomorrow at 2 p.m. the War Mothers' Drill Team convenes in the Civic Auditorium. The Homemakers' Circle No. 2 hosts a covered dish picnic at 6 30 p.m. at Chau tauqua with committee led by Mrs. William Yarber Mrs. William Monk and Mrs. Victor Mackall.

War Mothers Civic Auditorium

Strike Threat Looms At Canton Timken Plant

With a strike deadline near, union and Timken Roller Bearing Company officials plan another negotiation meeting. If strike authority is exercised, workers may walk out as soon as Thursday.

Canton Timken Roller Bearing Company

Strength Of Local Guard Unit To Be Stabilized At 140 Men

Middletown’s National Guard unit will be stabilized at 140 men and two officers until quotas are set for the 1949 fiscal year starting July 1. First Lt. Donald E. Howard of Company F, 14th Infantry said the Ohio commander ordered strength reports for 1948 and the Guard statewide is over quota. He noted the local unit’s 188-man authorized strength fits a six year program and that funding limits prevent training many new recruits.

Middletown National Guard Donald E Howard 14Th Infantry Ohio

Officials to travel to Washington over water deal

Hamilton city officials will send a delegation to the Capitol to finalize a contract supplying water to Auto-Lite Corp. from the Wright plant system. The team includes City Manager Howard F. Wilson and others, meeting 10 a.m. Wednesday with Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming.

Hamilton Washington Capitol Auto- Lite Corp Te Wright Lockn Howard F. Wilson Charles Schwalm John L. Puerifoy Alfred Lefeber Philip B. Fleming Federal Works Administrator Wright Plant General Fleming Wilson Wright Lant Eward Beckett Millcreek Valley Mill Creek Valley Norwood

Monroe Lions Club hears Dr. M A Boyd

Monroe Lions Club heard Dr. M A Boyd recount his trip to northern Ohio and guest Lions Club experiences at a Bedford schoolhouse. Other speakers included Clifford Crawford Dayton Layton Goodman and Wilbur Flory with talks on Lemon Township Progressive Association policy. A July 12 ladies night at LeSourdsville Lake will feature officer installation led by Don Carey with William Long as principal speaker. Members plan a dinner meeting at Camp Hook with the Monroe Scouts on July 26.

M. A. Boyd Monroe Lions Bedford Lions Club Clifford Crawford Dayton Layton Goodman Wilbur Flory Flory Goodman Lemon Township

Labor calls to Back Barkley for presidency

Democrats urged union members to back Senator Alben Barkley for the presidency and oppose Truman. Henry A. Wallace echoed the labor critique in Berlin New Hampshire saying labor does not get its due from current foreign policy and that corporations profit greatly postwar. Dewey plans to attack the administration's overseas policy as he begins his Republican campaign.

Alben Barkley Thomas E. Dewey

Quake Aftermath In Fukui Amid Looting And Rescue

Reports from Fukui Japan describe continuing fires and aftershocks as 17 officers 17 enlisted men and two civilians aided victims through the night. Black market stalls sprung up amid destruction offering rice watermelons and other goods at inflated prices. John Carroll University noted a seismograph reading an aftershock with two recorded waves shortly after the previous quake.

Fukui Japan Toyo Cleveland John Carroll University

Police Hunt For Missing Plane Pilot

Police searched through Graveyard Bay near Brooklyn for Mack Robin 45 president of Wheeling Motors Incorporated who flew from Allentown to attend a business trip. The private plane crashed into the water in fog Sunday night and was raised with no sign of Robin or other occupants.

NEW York Gravesend Bay Brooklyn Mack Robin Wheeling Motors, Incoreporated Wheeling W. Va Robin Allentown Matilda Robin

Six In Family Hit By Polio

Infan tile paralysis struck six of Oscar Ray's eight children yesterday in Cleveland. Hospitalized are Lois fourteen Geraldine ten Eleanor eight Thomas five James three and Nellie twenty two months. The other Ray children Eugenia sixteen and Oscar Jr twelve remain under observation at home. Henry H. Sweeney thirty five a Lakewood salesman also stricken with polio boosting the county total to ten.

Cleveland (Ap Oscar Ray Lois Geraldine Eleanor Thomas James Nellie Harold J. Knapp Ray Eugenia Oscar, Jr Henry H. Sweeney Lakewood Cuyahoga County

Truman Signs Retirement Credit for Reserve Service

President Truman approves retirement credit for reserve time, allowing 20 years in the reserve and prior active service in World War I and II to qualify for retirement at age 63. Pension formula caps at 75 percent of the highest active duty pay, with provisions for active and inactive service years and temporary wartime ranks. The plan reorganizes Army and Air Force promotion and retirement systems with boards to review records for eligibility.

Army Air Force

UMW Complaint Sees NLRB Trial Examiner Hearing

The UMW named complaint set for August 10 before an NLRB trial examiner in Kingwood West Virginia. District 31 is accused of Taft Hartley violations at four mines for mass picketing and beating non union workers to force them to cease work and join the union.

NLRB Kingwood W. Va UMW District 31

Japanese officers sentenced to hang for Bataan death march

Maj. Gen. Yoshitaka Kawane and Col. Kurataro Hirano were sentenced to be hanged by a U S Eighth Army tribunal for responsibility in the 1942 Bataan death march. The report notes an unrelated claim about alligators making loud noises.

Yokohama Yoshitaka Kawane Kurataro Hirano Bataan Eighth Army

Woman Injured in Readings Car Crash

Mrs Grace Hartzell 47 of 244 Clark Rd Reading sustained minor injuries when a car driven by her husband Paul Hartzell 48 struck a vehicle driven by Clarence Short 25 of Trailer City Miamisburg Route 25 eastbound. Police also reported a second collision on Crawford St involving Mrs E H Bailey 40 and E O Tankersley 68 both of Reading with property damage only.

Grace Hartzell Clark Rd Reading Paul C. Hartzell Clarence C. Short Trailer City Miamisburg Short Crawford St E. H. Bailey E. O. Tankersley Moore St

Postmaster Rhodabelle Mullen Installed as Vice President

Mrs. Rhodabelle Mullen of Springboro was installed as vice president representing the Fourth Class Post Offices in Ohio during exercises held in Cleveland recently.

Lebanon Rhodabelle Mullen Springboro Ohio Cleveland

Birth twins frequent in leading nations study finds twins per births

Registration data shows that one pair of twins occurs for roughly every 90 single births across leading countries indicating a steady twin birth rate.

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