Middleton Vacationers Enjoy Florida Return Home
March arrives like a lion as Middleton residents return from sunny Florida trips. E. E. Grant and wife spent five delightful weeks in Bradenton with Cav tourists, hosted by Al and Sutphin in Fort Myers. Ted Schoppelier hosted a dinner for guests including Hegner, Ringersen, Murray Smith, Mary Lou Schoppelier, and Robert Gray. Fred Benadum, Miami University freshman and Ardmore Drive resident, was honored at a scholarship recognition dinner attended by his parents.
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Florida
E. E. Grant
Eaton Dr
Bradenton
al C. Sutphin
Fort Meyers
Miami University
Fred Benadum
Harry C. Benadum
Ardmore
Fred
Benadum
Mrs William Mason Phillips To Address Art Study Club
Mrs William Mason Phillips of Lebanon will discuss Ohio Shakers to the Art Study Club and guests Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Girls Pub. She is a Warren County historian and former curator with deep local history research. The event is the club’s annual Guest Day with Mrs James G Purvis presiding.
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William Mason Phillips
Art Study Club
Ohio
Phillips
Friendship Club honors Mrs. Malcolm Profitt at Friday event
The Clubs Friendship Club honored Mrs. Malcolm Profitt Friday evening with entertainment by Mrs. Charles Sebastian. Prizes were won by Mrs. Paul Draxler Mrs. Eric Earsle Tolliver and Mrs. Clyde Tolliver Cruse At March meeting the group will hold an auction sale of homemade baked goods at the home of Mrs. Clyde Tolliver Highland Street.
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Malcolm Profitt
The
Friendship Club
Charles Sebastian
Paul Draxler
Eric
Earsle Tolliver
Clyde Tolliver
Clyde Cruse
Highland St
Women of the Moose Attend Ice Capades in Cincinnati
Seventy members and families of Women of the Moose enjoyed a day trip to Ice Capades at Cincinnati Gardens. On returning to Middletown they held a covered dish dinner at Moose Hall with Mrs. Alfred Gehron in charge of arrangements.
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Women of the Moose
Cincinnati Gardens
Middletown
Moose Hall
Alfred Gehron
Antique Gifts Given At Shower For Montgomery Couple
Relatives and close friends attended a Saturday night shower for Mr. and Mrs. Harry Montgomery. The couple wed February 12 at the First Baptist Church in Indianapolis. Attendants included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Donke. After a Chicago trip they reside on Eleventh Ave. Mr. Montgomery is affiliated with Armco.
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Frank Jenkins
S. Frank Vivens
Franklin
Harry Montgomery
Mrs. Montgomery
First Baptist Church
Indianapolis
Charles Donke
Chicago
Montgomerys
Eleventh Ave
Mr. Montgomery
Armco
Mrs Clifford Emerick Hosts Regent Women of the Moose
Mrs Clifford Emerick will host a gathering at her Illinois Avenue home tomorrow at 7 30 p m for Graduate Regents and Women of the Moose members.
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Clifford Emerick
Illinois Ave
Women of the Moose
Scouts Meet Schedule Crowded With Key Planning Sessions
The Middletown Girl Scout Council lines up meetings this week. Mrs. Robert L. Davidson leads the troop camp committee gathering this afternoon. At 8 p.m. today the council development committee convenes at the Methodist parish house in Lebanon. The council steering committee meets 1 30 p m Tuesday at the Civic Association with Mrs Wade Ex in charge. The Middletown council monthly session follows at 7 p m Wednesday at the Civic Association led by Commissioner Mrs Andrew Roper.
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Council of Girl Scout
Robert L. Davidson
Methodist
Lebanon
Dorothy Davidson
Civic Association
Wade Ex
Middletown
Changes in Oakland Presbyterian Women Meeting Plan
Due to illness the Women s Association of Oakland Presbyterian Church will not meet at Mrs Merton DeForest s home Tuesday evening. A pot luck supper will be held at the church at 6 30 p m Tuesday with Mrs DeForest serving as chairman.
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Women's Association of Oakland Presbyterian Church
Merton DeForest
DeForest
Sorority Hosts Square Dance in Cincinnati
Delta Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held an old fashioned square dance in the Gas and Electric auditorium with Jerry Helt of Cincinnati calling and teaching new steps. A buffet luncheon followed as Mrs. Richard Monroe and her social committee organized the successful event.
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Delta Sigma Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Jerry Helt
Cincinnati
Gas and Electric
Richard Monroe
Couple Plans March 15 Vows
Mrs. Albert Ullum of Lebanon announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter Kathryn to Cpl. Paul Clark. Kathryn is a Lebanon High School senior employed by the Credit Bureau. Cpl. Clark, a former pharmacist, is with the Air Force at Hampton, Virginia. The wedding is set for March 15.
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Albert Ullum
Lebanon
Kathryn
Paul Clark
Maria Clark
Morrow
Ullum
Lebanon High School
Credit Bureau
Corporal Clark
Air Force
Ivins- Jameson
Aoene Air Force Base
Hampton
Ohio Receives About 2.7 Billion in Federal Grants 1933–1951
Washington report shows Ohio received $2,702,040,819 in federal grants from mid 1933 to June 30, 1951. Most went to unemployment relief under WPA or WWII veterans readjustment aid, with about 150 programs nationwide during the period. The bulk arrived in the prewar and early war years.
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Washington
Ohio
Joint Congressional Committee On
Vital Statistics Births Reported in City Homes
Vital statistics note four newborns this week. A son born to Mr and Mrs Donald Mann at 4126 Vannest Street announced Saturday. A daughter to Mr and Mrs David Raine of 630 Crawford Street announced Sunday. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Orville Wishman of 1330 Manchester Avenue announced today. A son to Mr and Mrs Ray Pendergraft of 710 Edwood Street announced today.
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Donald Mann
Vannest St
David Raine
Crawford St
Orville Wishman
Manchester Ave
Ray Pendergraft
Edwood St
Medical and surgical patients listed in local notices
A long line of residents including Mrs. Stephen Johnson, Mrs. Josephine Seastrom, Dallas Hoppe, Mrs. Glen Taylor, William Fulton, Pamela Berry, Miss Olga Cunningham, Virgil Evans, Daniel Hausman, Charles Schueller, and many others are recorded as medical or surgical patients. Several names appear as discharged or moved, with addresses across Franklin, Middletown, Garfield, and surrounding areas.
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Stephen Johnson
Carolina St
Josephine Seastrom
North Broad St
Dallas
Charles Schueller
Monroe St
Ray Callahan
Franklin
William Bacon
Benjamin Henry
Curtis St
Donald Venneman
Hill Ave
Elmer Barker
Franklin Route 1
Ben Moren
South Main S&t
Calvin Puckett
Sycamore St
Lawrence Glass
Garfield St
Mayfield PTA Screens India Film at Meeting
The Mayfield PTA will show the film India narrated by Paul Ruark at the school auditorium after the 7:30 p.m. business meeting. Ruark, a Lemon-Monroe High School teacher, previously served in India during World War III.
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India
Paul Ruark
Mayfield P.T.A
Ruark
Lemon- Monroe High School
Hamilton Couple Hurt Michigan Pair Killed
Mr and Mrs Raymond Hughes of Hamilton were listed in critical condition in a Peru Indiana hospital after a collision that killed a Michigan farmer and his wife. The Van Dragt couple, ages 61 and 60, were returning from a Florida vacation when their car collided with the Hughes vehicle on U S 31 just north of Peru.
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Hamilton
Raymond Hughes
Peru
Ind
Michigan
John van Dragt
Florida
U.S. 31
Hit and Run Car Crash Reported on Tytus Avenue
Police report a hit-skip crash late Saturday on Tytus Ave and Germantown Rd. Harry J. Harris, 21, of 515 East Linden Ave, Miamisburg, said another driver sideswiped his car and fled the scene.
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Tytus Ave
Germantown Rd
Harry J. Harris
East Linden Ave
Miamisburg
Ex-Con Sought After Drugstore Clerk Slaying
Columbus police seek 22 year old ex convict Herbert Francis Miller in the holdup slaying of 70 year old James E Smith at a local drugstore. Miller, paroled from North Carolina State Prison, is charged with first degree murder. Det. Chief Lowell Sheets says witnesses saw Miller in the store near the time of the shooting. Miller is described as Black, about six feet tall and 165 pounds.
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Columbus W
Columbus
Herbert Francis Miller
North Carolina
Miller
Lowell Sheets
James E. Smith
Sheets
YMCA awards for 25 advancing swimmers at recognition night
Twenty five boys in the YMCA physical department progressive swimming program were advanced at a recognition and award night at the Y pool. Parents and friends saw aquatic maneuvers for advancement emblems with the Minnow award going to Charles Lee Harold Barker Roscoe Wise Bill Peck Bill Wilkinson Philip Kincaid and David Danner. Fourteen boys became fish including Larry Bobbett Robert Lawwill Mike Lawson Jack Mynhier Bill Truck Joe Fishbaugh Russell Whitley Tom Saint Ken Campbell Frank Cox Bob Mitzel Charles Lee Ronnie Maupin and Ronald Whitley. Four advanced to flying fish were Bob Swaim David Truck Mike Lawson and Al Decatur.
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YMCA
Charles Lee
Harold Barker
Roscoe Wise
Bill Peck
Bill Wilkinson
Philip Kincaid
David Danner
Fish
Larry Bobbett
Robert Lawwill
Mike Lawson
Jack Mynhier
Bill Truck
Joe Fishbaugh
Russell Whitley
Tom Saint
Ken Campbell
Frank Cox
Bob Mitzel
Ronnie Maupin
Ronald Whitley
Bob Swaim
David Truck
al Decatur
Girls Leg Cut On Sharp Seashell
The emergency room at Middle town Hospital treated two people over the weekend. Linda Trimble, two, daughter of Patrolman Robert Trimble, suffered a cut on the left leg from a sharp seashell. Mrs. Eleanor Haven, 307 Chester St., suffered cuts to the head and abrasions in a fall at her home.
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Middletown Hospital
Linda Trimble
Robert Trimble
Garfield St
Eleanor Haven
Chester St
Prayer Book and Cooler Stolen in Hamilton
Weekend thieves stole a breviary valued at 22 from the auto of Rev. Paul Aumond of St. Mary Church behind the rectory and a soft drink cooler worth 25 from the rear of a Chestnut Street restaurant.
Aluminum Can Afford Pay Hike, WSB Told
The CIOs Steelworkers Union urged a Wage Stabilization Board panel to grant a raise for about 16 000 workers across 10 Aluminum Co of America plants claiming the workforce desperately needs it and that ALCOA is financially able to pay. Vice President James G Thim mel opened the union statement before the six man panel led by Sol Wallen.
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Washington
Cio’s
Steelworkers Union
Wage Stabilization Board
Aluminum Co. of America
James G. Thimmel
Sol Wallen
Shasta Dam Water Flows Toward Central Valley in 1951
In California water from the massive Shasta Dam began its 500 mile voyage to the Central Valley in August 1951. It stands as one of the world’s most ambitious irrigation projects.
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California
Shasta
Central Valley
Brannon Wins Toastmasters Speech Crown at Midstate Club
Brannon Cops Toastmasters' annual speech contest last evening at the Church of the Ascension with Art Osborne second and William Johnson third. Brannon will represent Middletown in the Area Seven contest at Springfield on March 29 where the winner advances to a zone contest in Columbus and a national finals in California.
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John Brannon
Toastmasters Club
Church of the Ascension
Robert McConaughy
Art Osborne
William Johnson
Brannon
Osborne
Middletown
Springfield
Columbus
California
Johnson
Fowler
Scout Roundtable At Otterbein Home
The Ft. Ancient District Boy Scouts Mound Builders Area Council holds a monthly roundtable at the Otterbein Home field house tonight. A covered dish dinner starts at 6 45 p.m. led by district commissioner A E Edwards. Scouters of Troop and Post 39 attend.
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Ft. Ancient
Mound Builders
Scout Council Camp Meeting Topics Planned
Sponsored by the Otterbein Home, Cub Scout leaders discuss Jungle Tales while Boy Scout leaders work on Outdoor Living and Explorer leaders cover Vocational Exploration. A Council Camping Committee meeting is set for 7 30 p.m. Tuesday at the Boy Scout offices in the Civic Association, per chairman Don Broughton.
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Otterbein Home
Boy Scout
Civic Association
Don Broughton
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Ted Schoppelier
Philip Hegner
Mason
Charles Ringersen
Bethany
Murray Smith
Lockland
Mary Lou Schoppelier
Robert Gray
Music Store
Sorority
Mt. Washington, N. H
Dewey Blanton
Camden
H. L. Wilson
Oberon
Harlan Vick
First Ave
Glen Taylor Garfield
John Myers
Frank Myers
Piqua
John Trimble
Winona
Roy McIntosh
Granada Ave
Eayeard Kramer
Oxford State Rd
Lonnie Hatfield
Frank
Lin
Robert Dunn
Samuel Dunn
Navaho
Arthur Caldwell
Sycamore St. Pate
John Campbell
Hughes
Kathryn Cornele
Opal Blackburn
Ottawa
Jacob Barnickel
Central Ave
Carl Bowles
Nancy Knapp
Herschel Knapp
Trenton
Household Finance
America
HFC
Doe
First National Bank
Main St
Newby Tower
WSB
Ely
Keays
Appliance CO
Brannon Cops
Otterbein
U. S
Conweight
William J. Miller
King Features, Inc
Johnstois Uing Co
Crawford
Union
Union Sanitary
Park and
2Nd Avenue
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