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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1949

Page

8

Middleton Families Return From Florida Trips

Middleton residents report multiple winter returns from Florida. Mr and Mrs David E Harlan came back from a three month stay at the Pennsylvania Hotel in St Petersburg. H L Dell and spouse spent February in Miami and Key West. E E Grant and daughter Betty Jean returned from Bradenton after five weeks. Several others joined the back-home wave, with side trips to Key West St Petersburg and Miami.

David E. Harlan South Main St Florida Pennsylvania Hotel St. Petersburg Middletonians H. L. Dell The Alameda Miami Key West E. E. Grant Betty Jean Bradenton Fla

Solemn Initiation Ceremony by Order of Rainbow

Miss Shari Lee Kah presided over a Rainbow for girls initiation held Saturday night. Officers wore spring pastels in a formal display. Miss Sally Pomeroy sang two numbers, My Task and You Are a Wonderful Mother. C. A. McCutcheon led the Rose ceremony. Refreshments followed, with Mrs. Homer Moyer chairing the committee assisted by Miss Marilyn Fitzgerald and Miss Lois Hel singer.

Shari Lee Kah Order of the Rainbow Sally Pomeroy C. A. McCutcheon Homer Moyer Marilyn Fitzgerald Lois’ Helsinger

Anniversary celebration for Malott couple planned Sunday

An open house will honor the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Malott at Hiram Matott home 411 Stanley St on Sunday March 13. Guests may attend from 2 to 5 p m and again from 7 to 10 p m with friends and relatives welcomed.

Hiram Matott Homme Stanley St Malott

Brown couple to return home from Chicago visit

Trail in Mobile Alabama and Key West Florida reports that Mr and Mrs Thomas Brown of North Broad Street will return home today after spending several days in Chicago.

Mobile, Ala Key West, Fla Thomas Brown North Broad St Chicago

Birthday Surprise Held At Moore Home

Mrs. C. H. Moore was pleasantly surprised on her birthday Saturday night when Mr. Moore and their children hosted a gathering at their Howe Rd home. The evening featured social chat, games, gift opening, and a late luncheon for a long list of relatives and friends including the Ennis, Clark, Estes, Layld, Albert, Floyd, Moore, Palmer, Archie Wickers, Wilson families, and many others.

C. H. Moore

Unity Council and Daughters of America Meet Tuesday

Unity Council and Daughters of America convene at Knights of Malta Hall Tuesday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Christine Jackson presiding over business. Mrs Edgar Screechfield district deputy to lead a school of instruction. Lunch and social hour follow. Pythian Sisters Lafayette Temple gather Tuesday evening in Castle Hall at 7 30 with special officer and drill team practice after meetings. Sorosis Club meets at Mrs George Davies 704 Eleventh Ave Tuesday at 2 30 with assistants Mrs E Norwood Clark and Mrs Glenn Miller. Mrs W F Wikoff's Sunday School Class meets at Mrs Russell Weather-

Unity Council, Daughters of America Knights of Malta Christine Jackson Edgar Screechfield Lafayette Temple Castle Hall Sorosis Club George Davies Eleventh Ave E. Norwood Clark Glenn Miller First Methodist Church Russell Weather

Opening Concert Of Spring Series By Middle Band

Middleton residents missed the opening Middle Concert Band concert Sunday due to snow flurries. The light, breezy program pleased the few in attendance with a mix of familiar pieces including a Oklahoma medley. Louis Driever and Barbara Egelston gave notable solos under Vincent Carter’s baton with Delores Holtz at piano. student conductor Jean Carter closed the program with Skornica’s Instrumentalist on Parade.

March Oklahoma Louis Driever Vincent Bach Pat Lockard Picardy Barbara Egelston Miss Egelston Fritz Kreisler Delores Holtz Oley Vincent Carter

Housewarming Held For Atlanta Couple

Mr and Mrs James D Williams and their daughter Linda were honored by proxy at a housewarming in Atlanta Georgia hosted by Williams parents Lucian and Mrs Jones. The party featured a St Patrick Day motif with gifts from grandparents ReynOlds Stor ey Haney Plummer and others. Williams served eight years in the Marine Corps and recently graduated from radio school in Kansas City. He now works with Delta Air Lines in Atlanta where the family will reside.

James D. Williams Linda Atlanta Williams J. M. Reynolds Elgin Storey Georgia Laura Haney Nana Sue Otis Plummer Nana Plummer W. B. Lake Harry Sarver Alma Triplett Earl Moore Percy Kash Linda Rae Marine Corps Kansas City Delta Airlines

Club meetings set for evening hours this week

Nu Phi Mu Unit 1 will meet at the YMCA tomorrow at 7 30 p m to discuss plans for seeing the play Harvey in Cincinnati Phi Beta Psi meets Wednesday in the Barnitz Room of MCA at 7 45 p m Epsilon Sigma Alpha gathers tomorrow evening at the YMCA at 7 30 p m and wax on Tuesday evening at 8 p m

Nu Phi Mu YMCA Cincinnati Phi Beta Psi Barnitz MCA Epsilon Sigma Alpha

College dormitory destroyed by fire at Farmville College

A Sunday morning blaze swept through the white house dormitory auditorium at Farmville State Teachers College in Farmville Virginia. Sixty coeds were displaced with most escaping in their night clothes. Three volunteers were slightly injured. President Dabney S. Lancaster valued the loss at about 300000 dollars.

Farmville White House Farmville State Teachers’ College Dabney S. Lancaster

Commerce plan splits department into two services

The Interstate Commerce Commission proposes major reorganizing of the Commerce Department. It would create a transportation service to run most absorbed units and the weather bureau, and an industrial and commercial service to house the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, the new fisheries bureau, the census, patent office, and related agencies. It rejects merging all transportation agencies into a single new cabinet department.

Interstate Commerce Commission Commerce Civil Aeronautics Board Bureau of Civil Aviation Interior Department Fish and Wildlife Service Bureau of Fisheries Commission Commerce Department Transportation Service Weather Bureau Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce New Fisheries Bureau Census, Patent Office Department Department of Transportation

Russians eye Germany conditions ahead of broader talks

Russia will study conditions in Germany ahead of a high level conference with Britain and France to deepen Western Europe integration. Ambassador Murphy returns from Berlin where he advised Gen. Clay as NATO talks begin with eight nations. Denmark explores joining the North Atlantic pact as Rasmussen heads to Washington. A fifth of U S cotton bales are damaged by insects.

Germany Britain France Europe Robert Murphy Berlin Lucius D. Clay Acheson United States Canada Norway Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Copenhagen Gustav Rasmussen Washington Denmark

Soviet shifts in foreign ministry raise UN exposure

The foreign ministry reorganizes with 40 year old Andrei Gromyko likely to attend many international conferences and UN meetings. Vishinsky departs to a new post while Menshikov is promoted. Vishinsky and Gromyko begin duties as Shvernik meets a foreign delegation.

Foreign Ministry Vishinsky Gromyko United Nations Moscow M. A. Menshikov Stalin Orean People’s Democratic Republic North Korea

Unusually cold thief steals stoves in rural IRONTON

Police hunt a thief described as unusually cold for stealing three old-fashioned pot-bellied stoves from two rural locations near Ironton. Investigators seek tips from residents and have noted the unusual motive as a possible clue.

Ironton

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