Sorority Members Attend OSO Council Meeting in Newark
Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority members gathered for the Ohio State Council's second quarterly meeting in Newark. Dinner hostesses from Alpha Tau Chapter at the Taft Hotel showcased spring decor and flower glass baskets. Dr. William Utter of Denison University spoke on Ohio’s background. Middlestown attendees included Mrs. Lillard Lee Mrs. John Griggs Mrs. Donald Yenser from Beta Zeta and Mrs. Gene Popper from Alpha Epsilon.
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Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Ohio State Council
Newark
Taft Hotel
Alpha Tau Chapter
William Utter
Denison University
Ohio
Middletown
Lillard Lee
John Griggs
Donald Yenser
Beta Zeta Chapter
Gene Popper
Alpha Epsilon Chapter
Petrys to Hold Open House for Departing Daughter-in-Law
Mr and Mrs Petry announce an open house on May 31 from 2 to 5 p.m. at their Sherman Avenue home to honor Mrs Robert F Petry Jr who is leaving with her son Robert Dale for Japan. She and her son fly to Seattle June 3 to join SSgt Robert F Petry Jr who has served near Tokyo since December 1952.
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Robert F. Petry, Jr
Robert Dale
Japan
Robert Petry
Sherman Avenue
Petty
Air Force
Phoenix
Ariz
Petry
Arizona
Club Elects Officers at Final Couples Card Club Meeting
The Cou ples Card Club elected Mr and Mrs A M Laren as co chairs and Mr and Mrs Richard Weller as vice chairs at its final season meeting held at the Girls' Club. Also chosen were Mr and Mrs John Whitman secretary and Mr and Mrs Sam Boeke treasurer. Prizewinners were Mrs Raphael Block, Mr Boeke and Mr Whitman. The event was organized by Gordon Nein and other members including the Larens, Clifford Welland and Robert Morehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Laren
Richard Weller
John Whitman
Sam Boeke
Raphael Block
Boeke
Whitman
Gordon Nein
Laren
Clifford Welland
Robert Morehead
Mother's Study League Advisory Board Meeting Date Change
The Coming Up Mother's Study League advisory Board will meet June 4 in the Barnitz Room YMCA at 1 30 p m shifting from the previously scheduled May 28.
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Mother’s Study League Advisory Board
Barnitz Room
YMCA
First Presbyterian Church groups host luncheon meetings
Mrs Venon Jones and other hostesses led the Group 10 luncheon at First Presbyterian Church. Miss Helen Weinberger spoke at Group Eight about her trip to South Africa. Elizabeth Schenck presented a life of Hannah, while officers of reorganized Group Eight outlined new year plans and committee assignments at a meeting hosted by Mrs Sawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venon Jones
S. R. Ives
R. R. Smith
J. J. Miller
Wiliam Beard
First Presbyterian Church
R. A. Pochel
H. K. Porter
T. A. Repper
Jones
Helen Weinberger
Middletown High School
Thomas Wilson
South Main St
Weinberger
South Africa
Hannah
Elizabeth Schenck
Wilson
Schenck
Roy Edwards
W. I. Chamberlain
Group Eight
J. D. Sawyer
Russell Nein
Ira S. Kern
Forrest Morrow
Sawyer
Superior Avenue
Bryan Phillips
Harold Young
William Jack
Otto Doring
E. H. McCandlish
David White Hurst
Weekend Kentucky trip noted by five women travelers
Travel notes describe Miss Bess Harb Miss Virgie Browning Miss Georgia Charles Miss Esther Haglin and Mrs. Paul Shafer enjoying a weekend motor trip to Kentucky. Separate items mention Mrs. James Boilser returning from a two week visit with her grandson and wife in Silver Lake Ohio, and Miss Roberta Baker arriving home from Los Angeles for an extended visit with her parents in Manchester Avenue and her brother John a patient at St Marys Hospital in Rochester Minnesota.
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Kentucky
Bess Harb
Virgie Browning
Georgia Charles
Esther Haglin
Paul Shafer
James Boilser
Shafer Street
James R. Frazier
Silver Lake
Roberta Baker
Los Angeles
Joseph Baker
Manchester Ave
John
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Shower Honors Joann Whitley
Miss Joann Whitley bride elect of Robert Grimes was honored at a Delta Gamma shower in Columbus hosted by Miss Janet Kemp and Miss Barbara Smith. Thirty five sorority sisters and several relatives attended, gifts arranged beneath a pastel umbrella as Mrs Watt Banker oversaw the tea table.
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Joann Whitley
Robert Grimes
Janet Kemp
Barbara Smith
Delta Gamma Sorority
Columbus
Helen Smith
Ralph Grimes
Paul Whitley
John Raine
Nancy
Sally Raine
Middletown
Watt Banker
Delta Gamma House
New DAR Officers Honored At Tea
Mrs V C Thompson of South Main Street hosted an informal Saturday tea for the newly elected officers of Colonel Jonathan Bayard Smith Chapter DAR. Spring bouquets graced the tea, with Mrs L F Raine presiding and guest Mrs A L Gaddis of Dayton, formerly of Middletown, in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. C. Thompson
South Main Street
Jonathan Bayard Smith
Daughters of the American Revolution
L. F. Raine
A. L. Gaddis
Dayton
Middletown
Kitchen shower honors Miss Joan Leight at Danneker home
Mrs. Melvin Conn Mrs. Lloyd Schlotterbeck Miss Catherine Edwards Miss Phyllis Adams and Miss Lorraine Danneker hosted a kitchen shower at the Danneker home on Milton Road for Miss Joan Leight. Miss Leight and Carless Whitt plan to marry June 5 at First Church of Christ.
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Melvin Conn
Lloyd Schlotterbeck
Catherine Edwards
Phyllis Adams
Lorraine Danneker
Danneker
Milton Road
Joan Leight
Miss Leight
Carless Whitt
First Church of Christ
UC Alumni Farm Butler County Club officers elected
Ralph H. Hetterich of Hamilton was chosen to serve a two year term as president of the Butler County University of Cincinnati Alumni Club at a Hamilton YWCA meeting. William A. Siegel, Mrs. Carl H. Guckenberger, Alfred Fritzsche were elected to key posts. Dr. Raymond Walters and Percy Morris spoke.
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Ralph H. Hetterich
Hamilton
Butler County University of Cincinnati
Hamilton Ywca
William A. Siegel
Carl H. Guckenberger
Princeton
Alfred Fritzsche
Raymond Walters
Percy Morris
U. C. Alumni Association
Soldiers From Ohio Reach Seattle After Far East Duty
Eight Miami Valley soldiers including Middletown natives arrive in Seattle with more than 3,000 other veterans aboard Navy transports Gen H B Freeman and Gen C C Ballou. Names include MSgt Thomas R Payne Hamilton Maj Raymond J Blackwell Cpl James E Morton Eaton Sgt Calvin K Stonecash Hamilton Pfc William E Bennett Hamilton Sfe Melvin L Bittinger Hamilton Cpl Donald E Rike Eaton Sgt Paul L Weber Lebanon. Ballou first ship to load rotation troops in Korea for direct transport home, reversing earlier queue through Japan.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Seattle
Far East
Navy
H. B. Freeman
Thomas R. Payne
Young St
Raymond J. Blackwell
Cpl
James E. Morton
Hamilton
Calvin K. Stonecash
West High St
Eaton
C. C. Ballou
William E. Bennett
Minor Ave
Sfe
Melvin L. Bittinger
Herald Lane
Donald E. Rike
South Barron St
Paul L. Weber
Lebanon
Ballou
Korea
United States
Japan
Rotary To Hear Telephone Expert At Luncheon
Ralph E. Irwin of Ohio Bell, Columbus general traffic engineer for the south west, will address the Rotary Club at noon tomorrow at the Manchester Hotel. He will outline long term planning in the telephone business forecasting dial conversions 10 to 15 years ahead and discuss advances such as operator toll line dialing and subscriber toll line dialing in long distance calls. Middletown operators currently dial direct 70 percent of long distance calls. Hugh Harvey is program chairman.
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Ralph E. Irwin
Columbus
Southwest
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Rotary Club
Manchester
Irwin
Middletown
Hugh Harvey
New Rectory Bought For Holy Trinity Church
Special purchase of an Oxford home to serve as a new rectory for Holy Trinity Episcopal Church was announced yesterday. The current rectory next to the church will be razed and Rev. A L Kershaw will move soon to the Beasley home on Chestnut Street. The old rectory site will be landscaped as church grounds are expanded and beautified.
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Oxford
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
A . L. Kershaw
Beasley
Chestnut St
Wally Cox Searches For Ideal Wife In List Of Demands
The AP reports Wally Cox seeks a wife capable of intelligent conversation and steady humor. He specifies ten criteria including calm talk, health, desire for children, and emotional compatibility, regardless of social standing or family ties, believing love grows with time.
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America
Wally Cox
Mr. Peepers
Wally
Wally Belives
Dayton Vets Entertained at White Elephant Party
Sixty patients at Wright-Paterson AFB Hospital Dayton were entertained with a white elephant games party in the hospital auditorium Saturday evening. Prizes of many kinds were awarded as merriment filled the room under the supervision of Mrs. Lawrence Dugan, chairman of the entertainment and supply committee, Middletown chapter, American Red Cross, with assistants Mrs. Harvey Augspurger, Mrs. Paul Franz, Mrs. Mark Walke, Mrs. E. E. Eckman, and Mrs. J. L. Livzey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright - Patterson Afb Hospital
Dayton
Lawrence Dugan
Middletown
American Red Cross
Business Women Elect Officers in Ohio Federation
Miss Cecilia H. Healy of Springfield was elected president of the Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs at yesterday's Columbus meeting. Miss Jeannette Williams of Lebanon was chosen first vice president. About 900 delegates attended from 135 Ohio clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecilia H. Healy
Springfield
Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Columbus
Jeannette Williams
Lebanon
Ohio
Blast damages Quapa lodge. ex-residents injured in Michigan
Mr and Mrs Stanley Carpenter, former Middletown residents who ran the City Hotel, were listed in fair condition at a Bay City hospital after an explosion at their Quapa lodge resort in Clear Lake Michigan. The blast occurred under the kitchen where a bottled gas water heater lay in the basement. Mrs Carpenter suffered a compound leg fracture while her husband had a badly wrenched leg. Mrs E J Doane saved her two children and her mother from flames, later returning to free Mrs Carpenter. Damage to the resort was estimated at $30000.
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Stanley Carpenter
Bay City
Mich
Quapa Lodge
Clear Lake
Carpenters
Middletown
Carpenter
Three Aces Top Hand In Poker Run
Donald Hoskins led the Middletown Pacemakers annual hunt across the Miami Valley using a royal flush. Bob Bennett placed second with eights and nines and Dave Rader third with kings in a field of 26. Sport car drivers collected cards from five countryside stations. leading hands earned gifts. Prizes donated by local service stations and auto shops at Barnitz Stadium parking lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hoskins
Middletown
Miami Valley
Bob Bennett
Dave Rader
Barnitz Stadium
Sebastian Service Station
Certified Parts
Lewis Motor Mart
Ross Motors
Patrick's
Sohio
Franklin
Sully’s Body Shop
Beckett Heating
Howe Motors
Franklin Man Hurt Slightly As Car Plunges Into Ditch
A Franklin man, Ransom McQuinn, 36, was treated at Middletown Hospital for left arm and elbow injuries after his car ran off a curve on Shaker Road near Franklin and landed in a ditch at 6 am. Four other accidents yesterday left no injuries beyond property damage.
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Franklin
Middletown
Ransom McQuinn
McQuinn
Shaker Road
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U. S. 25
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