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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1957

Page

6

Legislative Forum Plans Announced by Nine Sponsors

Nine organizations join to sponsor a Legislative Forum on March 29 at 8 p.m. in the American Legion Auditorium. Sponsors include the Middletown League of Women Voters Women Teachers Club Junior Chamber of Commerce and others. Speakers will cover mental health highway taxes education and can laws with state and local officials.

American Legion Middletown League of Women Voters Women Teachers Club Junior Chamber of Commerce Middletown Federation of Women’s Clubs Classroom Teachers Assn Middletown Bar Assn Business and Professional Women American Legion Post 218 American Assn William Beckett C. H. Jones James Sex Tilmon Ellison Middletown Fred Davis Lima League of Women Voters Breiel

Rothsteins Claim Bridge Club Victory in Middletown

Mr and Mrs Kerry Rothstein won first place at Middletown Duplicate Bridge Club with an 81 percent score. Second went to Mrs Clifford Woodruff and A J Frey with 79, followed by Mrs Gene Coker and Mrs William Bales with 78 as six tables played at Beth Sholem Temple with a 67 percent club average.

Kerry Rothstein Middletown

Circle Four Bethlehem Lutheran meeting hosts officers

Mrs Gus Rempe and Mrs Arthur Follmer hosted Circle Four at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Parish Hall. Twelve members and one guest attended with Miss Louise Sixt directing the business portion. Miss Agatha Evers presented talks on Tongue and Changing One's Mind. other participants included Mrs Richard Shaffer and Mrs Oakwood Jordan.

Gus Rempe Arthur Follmer Circle Four Bethlehem Lutheran Church Louise Sixt Agatha Evers Richard Shaffer Oakwood Jordan

Lodges Ladies plan Easter box for Shriners hospital

In The Lodges Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America meeting at Mrs Harold Pattison's home on Middletown Hamilton Road final plans were made to prepare an Easter box for the Shriners Crippled Children Hospital at Greenville. Soak stained napkins in cold water before washing in hot soapsuds.

Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America Harold Pattison Middletown-Hamilton Road Shriners’ Crippledene Hospital Greenville Sever

Wishing Well Puzzle From 1007 William Miller

A short puzzle feature explains a daily numeric fortune message. It tells readers to count letters in their name, adjust by four or three, then follow a grid to read a message from checked cells. The item appears in a 1007 publication distributed by Kine Features.

William 2 Miller Kine

Hospital Notes and Births in Local Area

Vital statistics list patients in hospital with current status and discharged names. Birth announcements report several newborns to local families with addresses and dates.

University Club Event Showcases Antioch Players Drama

The University Club's AAUW meeting featured Antioch Players presenting Scattered Showers a family drama about mental health. Mrs Dorothy Laming Miss Ava Parks and Miss Marjorie Woodruff performed with members from Yellow Springs Antioch. The program also included a French horn segment by Joe Franklin and a discussion on behavior problems led by Mrs Edward Erlandson. Plans for future events include a spring card party and guest night. officer elections were announced for April.

Dorothy Laming Ava Parks Marjorie Woodruff American Assn. of University Girls’ Club Marjorie Compton

Area Couple Betrothal Told in Overpeck

Miss Topper, a Miami University graduate, has studied voice in New York City for a year and a half. Mr. Van Over, a Hamilton High alumnus, served four years in the Navy. A May wedding is planned.

Miami University Hosts Two Sunday Concerts in Benton Auditorium

Classical fans will enjoy a double bill this Sunday at Miami University. At 3 p.m. cellist Janos Starker performs in fear of value music programs as part of the Artists Series. At 8 p.m. pianist Thomas Collins, with his Brookville twin brother Jerome, presents a recital on the same stage. Both are seniors in Miami's School of Fine Arts.

Miami University Benton Auditorium Janos Starker Viaue Thomas Collins Brookville Willl Jerome Miami School of Fine Arts

Swisher Family Returns From Portsmouth After Mother's Death

Mr and Mrs J D Swisher along with David and Mary Jo of Sherman Avenue have returned from Portsmouth where they were summoned by the death of Mrs Sarah Frances Guilkey, Mrs Swisher's mother, who passed away there Friday.

J. D. Swisher David and Mary Jo Sherman Avenue Portsmouth

March meetings and events planned by Longview clubs

Longview social service league met with 11 members at Mrs. L D Wilmore’s home on Tytus Avenue. Union Chapel EUB Church will sponsor a party at Longview Hospital. A St Patrick’s Day dance is planned for March 16 at the Firehouse Amanda. Homemakers host and speak on telephone use. Circle 12 plans a March 19 visit to Circle Seven. La Sertoma Club schedules Ladies Night March 26 and Inaugural Ball June 29 at Middletown Club with a card party at American Legion Home.

Longview Social Service League L. D. Wilmore Tytus Avenue Wilmore Union Chapel Eub Church Peasttown Longview Hospital Forrer Street Amanda Helen Morris Ohio Bell Telephone Co Circle 12 Circle Seven Herman Rekers Grand Avenue LaSertoma Club Paul Hess Superior Avenue Xenia la Sertoma Club Middletown Anell BO American Legion Robert Green Charles West

Tour to Follow Unit Meetings of League Women Voters

A City Building tour follows LWV unit meetings tomorrow at 9 30 a m and 1 p m in the build ing auditorium. Evening session at Mrs George F Nardin Jr s home 2214 Arlington Ave. Discussion topic is A Study of Present Facilities of the City pekaine with Mrs E C Hasel ton Jr chairing the local study item Reservations with Mrs Cecil Kindred are due before March 15 for the League s annual visit March 20 to the state legislature in Columbus.

League of Women Voters George F. Nardin Jr Jlington Ave E. C. Haselton Jr Cecil Kindred League Columbus

Middletonians Elected Tau Province Officers in SPG

Mrs Ray Welsh and Mrs Howard Schnei der were elected delegates to Tau Province officers at the recent convention. Elizabeth Rock was named Tau Province president and Mrs John Neuenswander province organizer for a second term.

Sigma Phi Gamma Jack Nee Middletown

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