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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1962
Page
17
Irene Barr profiles Mrs Paul Crane of Lebanon who created the You Do Shoe Cover Kit after turning an improvised shoe covering into a market idea. The kit includes fabric, glue, pins, patches, and instructions, with sales expanding from local shops to national reach via McCall magazine ad.
Wil- Walton Court carillonist John Geckeler, a sophomore music major at Wilmington College, will perform special concerts May through May with additional May 13 and 27 recitals. He has been offered free lessons at Riverside Church and invited to play during Hoy Week 1963. Judy Hall joined William Jewell College synchronized swimming program in a spring show. Duke University names two undergraduates to the fall dean’s list, Dennis Buckley Block and Judy Ann Geckeler. Ohio State Mortar Board welcomes Sidner Whitehead into the senior women’s honor society for leadership and scholarship.
A reader asks about removing heavy nail polish layers and suggests saturating a cotton ball with remover and applying it to the nail for a minute. The column also answers questions about adding body to long hair with home waving kits and curlers, and advises medical consultation for dark eye circles with cosmetic concealing tips.
A pair of home hints covers cleaning unbleached muslin before using it to strain liquids, emphasizing laundering with plenty of soap to remove sizing. The text also offers an odd culinary tip: add capers to a French omelet, suggesting a tablespoon of capers per four eggs.
A dense list of upcoming meetings and activities across local clubs churches and sororities from Monday through Friday. Repeated venues include First Baptist Church Bethlehem Lutheran Church and Circle groups with times ranging from 1:30 p m to 8 p m.
Ruth Finney exchanged marriage vows with Oney Seldon Williams Friday at 7 p.m. in Mayfield. The Rev. Charles Foley officiated. Bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Millard Murphy of Currier Road, and groom, son of Mrs. Anna Williams and Wilson Williams of Dixie Highway, hosted a reception at the bridegroom’s mother’s home. Mrs. Williams works for Black Clawson Keuthan Foundry Division. the groom for Middletown U S Postal Service. After a trip to Gatlinburg and the Smokies, they will reside at 4102 S Dove Highway Franklin.
A repair tip notes using a bar of soap to lubricate screw threads after reupholstering a slip seat. The method eases reinsertion of screws, guiding readers on quick DIY maintenance.
Si Zentner and band bring a two hour swing jazz show to Memorial Hall on May 26 produced by WB Productions. The program features Bill Coburn's Colony Club band with Peggy Cooper Jr and new trio performing big band, dixieland and blues. Box office opens May 14 with mail orders available.
Hannah Gorgold of Pennsylvania turned widowhood into a home business by teaching bridge lessons. She transformed her dining room into a card room, used 22 by 2 inch setup hands, and printed a rules booklet. She charges 1.25 dollars per lesson in groups of eight, with a ten lesson course and repeat enrollments.
Dr. Lester Coleman, noted ENT specialist, answers the question is soap bad for the ears. He says there is no special protective care needed beyond avoiding deep probing into the ear canal and that soap is perfectly safe for general cleaning.
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