Merry Married Mixers Celebrate 30 Years of Dance
In 1932 Kay Keyser’s call to dance drew 32 couples to the Merry Married Mixers, a landmark city group now marking three decades. The anniversary year includes a December dance by four of the original five couples Mr and Mrs W H Spindler Mr and Mrs Carl Bogan Mr and Mrs Earl Klein and Mr and Mrs H H Harrison.
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Kay Keyser
Middletown
W. H. Spindler
Carl Bogan
Earl Klein
H. H. Harrison
Christmas Night Began the Merry Married Mixers in 1931
On Christmas night in 1931 a new social idea formed at the Spindler home with J. R. Wilks and A. W. Spaulding. The group grew from 23 couples invited to a New Year’s Eve dance, evolving into a hand-picked circle that defined a city’s social scene as it expanded.
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Spindler
J. R. Wilks
A. W. Spaulding
March of the Merry Married Mixers Dance History
The article traces the evolution of a 1930s dance group in Baltimore, naming the embryonic Merry Married Mixers and outlining rising costs, changing orchestras, and dinner prices from 1932 to a recent event, highlighting shifts in membership and pricing over decades.
ABWA Tea Fetes Prospective Middletown Members Today
The Middletown ABWA chapter hosts the Hand of Friendship Tea from 2 to 4 pm in the Manchester Motor Inn Promenade Room, inviting about thirty local business women to learn ABWA aims. Chapter officers and Mrs Beckwith will greet guests as part of a national network of 325 chapters with over 17,500 members.
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Chardelle Weber
Middletown
American Business Women's Association
Manchester Motor Inn
ABWA
Don Turner
Beckwith
H. A Burton Jr
Kansas City
United States
Widdietown Group
Eugene Fay
Lloyd Williams
Roy Neal
Roberta Gephart
C. A. Burnett
Jeanette Bell
Hubert Moyer
John Pitzgerald
Marvin Shane
Ruby Hancock
Kenneth Monroe
J. W. Harier
The Merry Married Mixers Remembered Years
The piece recalls early Merry Married Mixers nights with eight original members and later participants. It notes the 1936 Castle Farm event where 51 couples paid $1.25 per plate plus a $10 tip to hear Bob Crosby’s Orchestra and a 1943 blackout and bomb scare prank by a creative committee.
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Castle Farm
Bob Crosby
CCW Conclave Set for April 25 in Lebanon
The Hamilton Deanery Council of Catholic Women will hold its biennial conference on Wednesday April 25 at St Francis DeSales Church in Lebanon. General chairman is Mrs Charles Landis of St Augustine Church Waynesville with officers and committee chairs from 25 parishes attending.
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Hamilton
True muffins versus cake texture and flavor
The note argues muffins should be evenly coarse in texture with a modest sweetness, distinguishing them from cake. It emphasizes a straightforward, not cake like, crumb and flavor profile.
College honor roll and sorority pledges across campuses
MISS SUE COPPES of Monroe has made the dean's list at the University of Arizona and joined the honors program. GERALD DAVID BORDERS of Middletown-Eaton Road was pledged to Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Evansville College. MISS ROBIN E. VELTE of Stanley Street was elected first vice president of Alpha Chi Omega at Ohio State University. MISS BARBARA JEAN LEFler of Arlington Avenue pledged Zeta Tau Alpha at Miami University.
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Sue Coppes
W. H. Coppess
Monroe
University of Arizona
Tucson
Gerald David Borders
Paul Borders
Middletown - Eaton Road
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Evansville College
Evansville
Ind
Robin E. Velte
Robert Velte
Stanley Street
Alpha Chi Omega
Ohio State University
Barbara Jean Leffler
Arlington Avenue
Zeta Tau Alpha
Miami University
Ohio Wesleyan initiations highlight sorority news
MISS TRAVIS SNIDER daughter of Mr and Mrs W T Snider Linden Avenue has been initiated into Ohi Omega sorority at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware She was elected personal chairman of her chapter Kappa Gamma Miss Penny Yocum also a student at Ohio Wesleyan University has been initiated into Delta Delta Delta Sorority.
Miss Charlotte J. Dieterich Named to Dean List at Ohio University
Miss Charlotte J. Dieterich of Lyburn Road is named to the dean's list for the first semester at Ohio University Athens. The announcement notes academic honors for the current school year.
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Charlotte J. Dieterich
Lyburn Road
Ohio University
Athens
Miss Marlene Apple Joins Muskingum College Club
Miss Marlene Apple daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey C Apple of Flemming Road pledged Kiana social club at Muskingum College New Concord She is a liberal arts freshman and one of two attendants to the freshman queen during the February formal dance She also sings with the college a cappella choir which performed during Col John Glenn homecoming celebration The choir will tour Ohio Pennsylvania and Washington DC during spring vacation
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Marlene Apple
Harvey C. Apple
Flemming Road
Muskingum College
New Concord
Miss Apple
Col
John Glenn
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
Argentina-Bound Couple Treasures Middletown Stay
Mr and Mrs Algo Estivill from San Nicholas Argentina spent six months in Middletown learning steel making at Armco. They enjoyed American life, noted milder winters, and adapted to local customs while missing Mate tea. They bought a car, toured Ohio and nearby states, and planned to use their new skills at Argentina's first steel mill.
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Middletown
Algo Estivill
San Nicholas
Argentina
Somisa Steel Corp
Armco
Estivill
United States
Mr. Estivill
U.S
Chicago
Winter quarter commencement in St. John Arena announces degree candidates
Candidates for diplomas at winter quarter commencement in St John Arena include Joseph K Harrison for BBA, Gordon C Kresheck for PhD in philosophy, Fredric L Miller for BA in education, Judy Whitt Sizer for Bachelors in home economics, and Robert L Hammond of Trenton as candidate for a BSc in electrical engineering.
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St. John Arena
Joseph K. Harrison
Gordon C. Kresheck
Fredric L. Miller
Judy Whitt Sizer
Robert L. Hammond
Trenton
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Central Ave
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Merle Norman
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