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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1949

Page

8

Social airstream of area travelers and visitors

Mrs. Carrie M. Lawrence and daughter Madeline return from a Mexico City vacation with side trips to Taxco Cuernavaca Toluca and Xochimilco en route home they visited San Antonio Dallas and New Orleans Also Mrs E F Curry returns from Florida with her son and daughter in law and grandchildren of Xenia After three weeks at Indian Lake Miss Marilyn Lawson and Miss Marilyn Rose Cox return from West Middletown Mr and Mrs John B Minnich return to Manchester Hotel after two weeks at Wayne Lakes Gretchen Minnich attends an educational clinic in Meadeville Pa Dr Dale M Schulz and his parents return to St. Louis Dr D M Blizzard returns from two weeks in the east with daughter Patricia visiting friends in North Manchester and eastern cities Also Mr and Mrs Edwin Rovse Oglesby and guests return from Detroit while others vacation at Elkmont Penn and Evansville Ind. Mr and Mrs T L Jarvis host G W Jarvis of Evansville and Mr and Mrs John Cullen of Shaker Heights as they visit Piqua Frank Ridenour Miss Maria Von Saher visits Helen Quail in South Main Street.

Carrie M. Lawrence Madeline Lawrence Mexico City Taxco Cuernavaca Toluca Xochimilco San Antonio Dallas New Orleans John B. Minnich Manchester Hotel Wayne Lakes Gretchen Meadeville D. M. Blizzard South Main St Patricia North Marshville Mass New York City

Members and Guests Enjoy Ladies Day atildwood

Seventeen members and five guests attended Ladies Day at a golf club yesterday. Guests included Mrs Louis Wilshetter, Mrs Sylvester Shetter, Mrs Jean Huggins, Mrs Harry Wil Jett and Mrs Conyers Jr. Winners were Mrs M B Sanderson with 45 gross, Mrs A C Connor who won blind bead with 45, and Mrs Harry Illett who received consolation.

Ildwood Louis Wilshetter Isyvester Shetter Jean Huggins Harry Wil Jett Conyers, Jr M. B. Sanderson Jow Gross A. C. Connor Harry Illett Hugh Wright Sanderson George Ritter Edgar Westfall

Women Cubs and League Voters discuss city charter revision

Board and civic committee members of the Federation of Women's Cubs will meet with the League of Women Voters Thursday evening at the Girls' Club to discuss revision of the city charter and the council-manager form of government.

Federation of Women’s Cubs Wwth League of Women Voters Girls’ Club

Ashland Wedding Of Interest Here

A wedding in Ashland Kentucky united Miss Penny Weight and Thomas Wuerdeman at First Methodist Church. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs C Deck Weight of Prospect Street now society editor of Ashland Daily Independent. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Lee A Wuerdeman of Phelps Street, works in Armco Steel Ashland Division after Pearl Naval Air training. The ceremony followed a reception at Henry Clay Hotel with family attendees listed.

Ashland First Methodist Church Penny Weight Thomas Wuerdeman Wuerdeman C. Deck Weight Prospect St Lee A. Wuerdeman Phelps St Jeanette Sebald Middletown Ashland High School University of Kentucky Zeta Tau Alpha Theta Sigma Phi Ashland Daily Independent Lamda Chi Alpha Social Naval Air Corps Armco Steel Corporation Ashland Division

Senior travel notes from a boarding school era social column

Miss Von Salter and Miss Quail shared a room at a boarding school. Mrs. Frank Temple, Sr. visits her son and daughter in Princeton Ave. before traveling to Tomahawk Wisconsin to see her son-in-law and daughter. She heads home to Los Angeles after the trip. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ashley spent a week in the Ozarks with Eureka Springs highlighted as the "Little Switzerland" of America.

Miss von Salter Miss Quail Inlaw Frank Temple Princeton Ave Frank Temple, Sr Tomahawk Wisc Richard Helm Los Angeles Calif Ray Ashley North Ave Ozarks Eureka Springs, Ark Little Switzerland America

Society Deadlines And Regulations For Society Section

The Society Department sets deadlines to avoid confusion. Reports must be in by 10 30 am the following morning with Saturday deadline at 9 30. Sunday pictures arrive by Thursday noon and Sunday calendar items may be called in by Friday 3 pm. Weddings and engagement pictures over 10 days old are excluded. Stork showers and children’s birthday parties are not used.

Carolyn Cribbs and Marilyn Turner Recital at Cribbs Home

Carolyn Cribbs and Marilyn Turner presented a piano recital at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vance E. Cribbs. The program opened with a duet of Beethoven and Schubert, featured solos by Cribbs and Turner, and closed with a second duet, followed by a tea for friends.

Carolyn Cribbs Marilyn Turner Vance E. Cribbs Carolyn C. J. Hughes Miss Cribbs Miss Turner Beethoven Schubert Rosamund Iss Turner Torjussen

Lodges Unity Council Plans Installation Next Tuesday

In The Lodges Unity Council Daughters of America held a meeting in Knights of Malta Hall with Mrs. Leslie Cremer presiding and Mrs. Courtney Short directing the social hour. Business discussions led to installation plans for next Tuesday. Pythian Sisters met with Mrs. John Mattson presiding and an auditing report by Mrs. Edward Hiner. Mrs. C. W. Davis reported Medina homecoming and Mrs. Russell Cunning ham announced memorial services on Thursday, June 30.

Unity Council, Daughters of America Knights of Malta Leslie Cremer Courtney Short John Mattson Edward Hiner Medina C. W. Davis Russell Cunningham

Miss Coldiron and William Ellis wed in Franklin church

Miss Coldiron and William Ellis married at Franklin Baptist Church on Saturday evening in a double ring ceremony. Rev H S Gessner officiated. Attendants included maid Imogene Callahan and bridesmaids Janet Fryburger Norma Ellis. The couple plans to reside in Franklin after a honeymoon to Washington DC and New York City.

Miss Coldiron William Ellis Franklin Baptist Church First Baptist Church Franklin Aoe Coldiron William Elis H. S. Gessner Paul King Gerald Miller Donald Ellis James Meyer Walter Downs Eugene Combs Donald Carter Imogene Callahan Janet Fryburger Norma Ellis Maid of Honor

Miss Independence Winners Appear Before Service Clubs

Five young women representing basic American freedoms spoke at Kiwanis Rotary and Cooperative Club events ahead of the ninth annual Fourth of July celebration at Sunset Park. The Miss Independence title will be decided July 4 with votes tallied from the Independence program. winners include Marilyn Flesher Pansy Jones Georgia Kampschaefer Mary Ann Roof and Evelyn Veidt.

Kiwanis Club Chamber of Commerce Eugene Danner Sunset Park John W Jack” Wilson Jaycee Tom Crowley Russell Stevens Stevens Crowley Middletown The Freedoms Marilyn Flesher Pansy Jones Georgia Kampschaefer Mary Ann Roof Evelyn Veidt

Signs Erected Improve Area Highways Entrances

The State Highway Dept completed sign installation and entrance beautification at area highway intersections on Routes 73 25 and 122 and at Excello to reduce hazards. The Middletown Federation of Women’s Clubs urged the project and will add ground cover shrubbery where possible. Coles Rd improvements were noted as well maintained. The Civic Committee led by Mrs G W Breiel oversaw the effort with Mrs Richard Macks bury and Mrs Earnest Bowen among organizers.

State Middletown Coles Rd West Middletown Civic Committee Federation

Five County Sewer Bids To Be Studied

Hamilton Butler County commissioners will study five bids for the Rosedale sewer line project in Fairfield Township. Bidders include Utilities Construction Co. Dayton Bond and Sheehan Cincinnati Andrew Hamner Hamilton W L Harper Cincinnati and L A Waldner Middletown. Gordon Augspurger said bids were given to Harry Duane for tabulation. Estimated cost ranges between $50,000 and $60,000.

Hamilton Butler County Rosedale Fairfield Township Utilities Construction Co Dayton Bond and Sheehan Cincinnati Andrew Hamner W. L. Harper L. A. Waldner Middletown Gordon Augspurger Harry Duane

Buckeye Girls' State Governor Barred From Washington Trip

Miss Joan Rankin, 16 year old Cincinnati native and Buckeye Girls State governor, was told she would not accompany Ohio’s group to Washington for the auxiliary’s girls nation. The American Legion Auxiliary cited social discrimination concerns, while the Ohio State Democratic League urged inclusion to showcase democracy and fight color barriers. Rankin will attend as guest of honor at the auxiliary’s Columbus convention next August.

Columbus Joan Ranga Buckeye Cincinnati American Legion Auxiliary Washington Ohio Board of Girls’ State Leslie Merritt BGS Buckeye Girls’ State Ohio State Democratic League American Legion Joan Joan Rankin Legion Auxiliary League America Auxiliary Miss Rankin

Yoder declines Springfield post over committee support

Worth N. Yoder, city manager of Sturgis Michigan, refused a similar job in Springfield yesterday. He rejected the $8,500 a year post because the Citizens Committee would not back him.

Springfield N. Yoder Sturgis Mich Yoder Citizens Committee

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Ny News of Society Peg Rosing E. F. Curry Manchester Rd Florida Indian Lake Marilyn Lawson Marilyn Rose Cox St. Louis Dale M. Schulz J. C. Schulz Linden Ave Edwin Rovse Oglesby Detroit, Mich Edwin Oglesby Robert F. Oglesby Charles Bailey Fleming Rd Elkmont Penn T. L. Jarvis G. W. Jarvis Evansville, Ind John Cullen, Jr Shaker Heights Cleveland E. S. Myers Piqua Frank Ridenour Maria von Saher Helen Elizabeth Quail South Main Glenn Mulligan Jane Fravier al Leake NG Ea Gough-Lamb Cleaners Eer Virginia Youtsler Mgr Youtsler N. Main ST Lewis Drugs, Inc Society Deadline C. P. E. Bach Mozart Durand Puck Gillock Hungary Koelling Mrs. Ellis Truby Coldiron Park Ave Glenn Ellis Washington, D. C Ellis Franklin High School Middletown Business College U. S. Navy Monroe Highhool Stevens Institute of Technology Shartle Brothers Machine Company Our ICO Tesonal Broad Street First Ave Sermwice Trip Melampy Edgers Ralston’s Paint Store, Inc N. Broad St Landscape Service Wayne Hil Nursery High Street Burnett Dres Soll Paul Sachs Ellen Kaye Loretta Doris Dodson John McCauley Central Ave
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