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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1950
Page
17
Poasttown voters will decide May 2 on a $90,000 bond issue for Madison Township Schools. Funds would build a fireproof bus storage facility in Poasttown, expand West Middletown School with two classrooms a cafeteria and a large storage room, and furnish the site.
Germantown High School public speaking students taught by John Dunlap took part in the Teen Canteen program in Dayton on Thursday.
Mrs. Charles R. Mount hosted a luncheon for multiple local ladies including Mrs. Lee Barger and Miss Edna Chamberlain, followed by a theater outing in Middletown. Other gatherings included Franklin lunches with Mrs. C. M. Hart and Mrs. Warner Conover hosting guests from Centerville Franklin Red Lion and local families.
At the annual meeting the Lebanon National Farm Loan Association elected Clarence Jordan of Fayetteville and Frank Wuallan of Blanchester to three year terms as directors. Victor Roell of Cleves was named president with J. C. Wilson of Mason as vice president and Davis Furnas of Waynesville joining the board. Ellis Sturm was reappointed secretary treasurer and Mrs. Viola Shutts as assistant. About 127 people attended and $2,708 in dividends were distributed. Rev. Cecil Leek of Georgetown was guest speaker and Walter Shoop of Sabina provided music.
The Monroe Society hosts a style show sponsored by Circle One of the Women Society of Christian Service at the Monroe Methodist Church. The event is Thursday at 8:15 p.m. in the Catholic Recreation Hall with music and refreshments. chairwoman is Mrs. Dorothy Hiteshue. Tickets cost 75 cents from Mrs. G. W. McGohan.
Miss Ruth Lowe of Washington returned home after a week with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lowe. Louise Paylor gave a concert at Cincinnati Conservatory to earn her Bachelor of Music. The Heitz family hosted Sunday guests including Earl Kern and Marion Hoover. Cincinnati visitors Mr. and Mrs. William Troxell arrived in Germantown. Mrs. Glenn Southard and sons left Miami Valley Hospital. Mrs. Paul Bowlus visited with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shaeffer. Mrs. George Phillabaum spent days with Herbert Phillabaum in Miamisburg. Frederick Emrick visits his mother and sister in Germantown.
Mr and Mrs Clinton Eckhardt and family of Middletown visited Myrle Harkleo s Met and Mrs Herbert Coy and sons of Williamsburg Ind were Sunday guests of B R Emrick and family Mrs Jackie Beshaw of Miamisburg visited Mrs Orville Thoms and family Mr and Mrs Cecil Charles and daughters of neat Gratis called at M J Moore s Sunday Mr and Mrs Clayton Schul Mrs Stella and Fern Schul called on Mr and Mrs Myrle Harkloo and Susan recently Mr and Mrs Forest Terill and sons had as Saturday evening guests Mrs Minnie Downs Mrs Ruby Blanton and children Mr and Mrs Sterling Downs of Middletown and Mr and Mrs Glenn Myers Mrs Dorothy Emrick and children visited Mrs Blanche Lawson and family of Maud Saturday Mr and Mrs Myrtle Harkloo and Susan attended the funeral of Mrs Charles Kinzer at Hamilton Thursday
Members of the Germantown FHA Club and advisor Mrs Robert Hill took an educational tour of Cincinnati on Friday.
Lydian Sisters Class of the Lutheran Church meets Monday at 8 P M. Bethany Class of the Reformed Church gathers Wednesday at noon. Germantown Masonic Lodge holds inspection Wednesday in Franklin. OMT Club meets Tuesday night. Franklin Women's Club hosts a hair styling show Wednesday night at the high school. Excell o Amanda Methodist Church box social Sunday at 6 30 by the Young Married group. Elk Creek Butler County Home Economics Committee meets Monday in the Grange jail. Camden Philomath ea Club meets Tuesday.
Mrs. Matilda Hamilton is bedbound at home on South Main. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Groninger and sons from Chautauqua and others visiting area families. Several residents host gatherings, dinners, and club meetings. Mrs. Frank Meeker of Greenville, formerly Franklin, dies. survivor is brother George Anderson of Franklin. Mrs. Laura Yeakle of Middletown visits Franklin area.
Abe Stingley of Germantown attended a dinner meeting of the Southwestern Superintendents in Oxford on Thursday night. The event gathered district leaders to discuss educational issues and school administration.
Mrs Raymond Paullin attended a 4 H Club leaders meeting at Baker Hall. Mr and Mrs W Thompson and daughters visited Mr and Mrs Howard Treadway. Mr and Mrs G O Michael celebrated Miss Mary Michaels birthday at Mrs Perry Forrests in Ellerton. Local visits include Mr and Mrs Walter Wirtley with the Schencks in Trenton and Everett Powell from Camden. Mrs Lulu Johnson visited Mrs Margaret Johnson in Springfield Hospital. David Reeve is a patient in Middletown Hospital.
Five Point and North Clearcreek Farm Councils call an open joint meeting in Springboro at 8 on Wednesday evening in the high school auditorium. A film titled Ohio Wild Life At The Crossroads, winner of first honor in a national conservation contest, will be shown followed by a lecture by Theodore Anderson P.H.D. of the University of Cincinnati.
The Philomathean Club will meet on Tuesday with Miss Enola Appleby as host. The evening theme is Present Day Music and Those Who Make it. Papers include The Three Spitalnys by Mrs William Eikenberry Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians by Mrs William Robert. Response will be A Radio Program I Enjoy.
Mr. Jack Ross and Mrs. Ernest Pickering attended a One to Four Club meeting at Mrs. Charles Wallace’s home. Fifty Springboro EUB Church women will travel to Cincinnati on March 28 to attend Ruth Lyons’ broadcast. Mrs. Frank Hunter will host Pinochie Club members on March 28.
At a Six Pals gathering in Mrs. John Berger’s Clark Street home the group decided to meet Wednesday afternoons. The six friends will convene every two weeks and Mrs. Everett Priest invited them to her Main Street home for a Wednesday visit.
The text records visits and travels among residents. Mrs. Carl Morgan and family spent time with a niece, while Mrs. Yeakle and her son with his family from Middletown plan to move to Wisconsin next Monday. Mrs. Edward Nickell, Mrs. Biechler and son, and Mrs. Y. Morgan went to Dayton. Little Karen Sue Morgan visited grandmother Mrs. Carey Kellis.
The Carlisle Parent Teachers Association announces a home talent play titled The Old District School to be performed April 22 at the school. Cast includes Clarence Eckhart Ernest Earnhart and several Mrs. names with Miss Florence Eckhart and Miss Jane Eckhart among participants. following the show, Jane Frazier Studio of Middletown presents a revue.
The West Elkton unit of the Epicurean Club met at the Highway Inn near Camden for a monthly gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. James Nesbit and Mr. and Mrs. Desmond Stamper. Guests enjoyed several games followed by lunch. The April meeting will be hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George Staley of Middletown.
Dean Mullen of near Oregonia was fined 15 dollars plus costs by Mayor William Fraser after pleading guilty to a reckless driving charge in Lebanon.
Mr and Mrs Edward Burns and family from Oxford joined Sunday dinner with William Lowell and daughter. Hollie Cox and family Paul Campbell and Eldon Cox dined with Darce Cox and family. John Pallman honored at a birthday dinner hosted by Charles Pallman. Several visitors from Middletown Indiana Hamilton Gratis Jacksonburg Somerville frequented local homes.
Officers were elected at a Wednesday choir meeting at the Presbyterian church. Presiding director Mrs Edward Johnson, elected president Mrs Willard Moss vice president John Biggs secretary Jeanne Post treasurer Joan Armstrong news reporter and Mrs Robert Elston choir mother. Business meetings will be held as needed.
Mrs Waller Byrd Jr will entertain members of her bridge club on March 30. The Garden Club will meet March 41 at Mrs Robert Prickett’s home. The Clearcreek Township PTA sponsors a dance at the high school on April 1. Mr and Mrs Walter Taylor attended the Jolly Jokers Club meeting Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs Wiley Montgomery near Franklin.
germantown chapter of the order of eastern star will hold a special meeting friday march 31 at 7 30 p m to initiate candidates in germantown event details and time were announced by leaders seeking new members for the fraternal organization
The Rural Franklin area notes a Married Circle meeting set for April 1 at the Robison residence. Local families share multiple birthday anniversaries and dinners, with guests from Trenton Centerville and Farmersville gathering to celebrate Mrs Edward Stoutenboro’s eighty first birthday and other family occasions.
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