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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1954

Page

5

Middletown Garden club honors flower hats at Chapman home

Blossom trimmed hats featured at the Middletown Garden Club meeting held at Mrs. Nett Chapple's home on Mce e Avenue. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Harold Anness Mrs. Fred Greathouse and Mrs. Alvin Skinner for the rettiest flowered chapeaux. Other winners included Mrs. Newman Ebersole Mrs. Howard Lawrence high arrangements and Mrs. Louise Hunter Windsor and Mrs. Chalmers Todd for sow and H V Mercer. miniature honors went to Mrs. Lawrence and Mrs. Windsor. Mrs. Myers won rose specimens. speaker Mrs. Morris Renick discussed The World in Your Garden noting origins of popular flowers.

Middletown Nett Chapple Mcee Avenue Harold Anness Fred Greathouse Alvin Skinner Newman Ebersole Howard Lawrence Louise Hunter Indsor Chalmers Todd H. V. Mercer Boston Charles Beck Kapple

Bowen-Shepherd Nuptials Held At Home Of Bride's Parents

Eleanor Jane Bowen and Richard Grandin Shepherd wed at the Bowen home in Lebanon in a ceremony by Rev. Dr. Maxwell Long. The reception followed in the living room with family attendees. The couple plans to reside in Cincinnati after a wedding trip.

Bowen-Shepherd Bride S. Errington Bowen Lebanon Eleanor Jane Richard Grandin Shepherd Leroy K. Shepherd Cincinnati Dr. Shepherd Maxwell Long Church of the Redeemer Waterbury

Buck O Roke Engagement Told to Marcia Ellen Buck

Dr and Mrs Marcus A Buck announce the engagement of their daughter Marcia Ellen Buck to S Sgt Ward Eugene O Roke son of Mr and Mrs Millard O Roke of Martinsburg WV The couple plan a June 6 wedding at the bride’s Germantown home Marcia Ellen Buck a Germantown High School graduate attended Western College for Women the University of Dayton and Miami University where she joined Alpha Chi Omega sorority She teaches at Fairborn High School Ward Eugene O Roke Martinsburg High School alumnus attended Shepherd College West Virginia He is stationed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton.

Frances Williams Lebanon Leroy Keys Shepherd John W. Shepherd Holloway Bowen Bowen Crawford Pogue Far Hills Drive Cincinnati Bradford Junior College Shepherd Kenyon College University of Michigan Law School Delta Tau Delta Air Force Marcus A. Buck Germantown Marcia Ellen Martinsburg High School Shephard College West Virginia Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton

Dottie Mack Show Invites Two Cincinnati Dancers

Two students from the Middletonians appear as guest performers on the Dotty Mack Pantomime Show on WCPO TV. Miss Sherry Shane and Mrs Clyde W Lawson perform a Hawaiian hula number, connected to Cen tral Avenue and Grand Avenue in Cincinnati.

Sherry Shane Ralph Shane Central Avenue Clyde W. Lawson Grand Avenue Mae Sinclair Cincinnati Dotty Mack Wcpo-Tv Middletonians

Epsilon Sigma Alpha Holds Initiation Banquet Meeting

Alpha Epsilon chapter plans a 6:30 PM gathering at the Colony Restaurant for a formal initiation and installation banquet tonight.

Alpha Epsilon Chapter Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority Colony

Sniders Celebrate Golden Anniversary At Home

Greetings pour in as Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Snider mark their 50th wedding anniversary at Gardner Place. Attending are daughter DeWitt Chapple and husband, grandson De Witt Chapple Jr. who returned from UNC. They wed May 25, 1904, at First Baptist Church with Rev. Elmer F. Stevens officiating.

D. E. Snider Gardner Place DeWitt Chapple Santa Fe Road DeWitt Chapple Jr University of North Carolina Snider First Baptist Church Elmer F. Stevens Ed Six Smith Dayton Seven Mile Worthington Snider West Middletown Sniders Middletown Ford

Words Fat Crystal Gazing At Dictionettes Dinner

Geckler's Hearth hosted a Toastmistress International Dictionettes dinner meeting. Speakers covered Words as a Scepter Butter Fat Gazing through a Crystal Ball and Battle of the Bulge. Next meeting is June 7 at the EUB Church.

Geckler Dictionettes Toastmistress International Clayton Ashcraft Edward Wilkinson John Akerman George Kalb Midge Weir Sam McAdow Arthur Osborne John Kaufman Kaufman Eub Church

Picnic Supper Ends Club Year

Members of Critique Literary Society and their families gathered at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hose on Franklin Route 1 for a covered-dish picnic to close the season. Outdoor games served as the main activity. Out-of-town attendees included Mrs. Norma Asbury and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wenrick with Diane and Tom Jr.

Critique Literary Society Jack Hose Franklin Rt. 1 Norma Asbury Tom Wenrick Diane Tom Jr

Sorority Chooses Delegates for June Conclave in Detroit

Sigma Phi Gamma selects Mrs Alfred Schwing and Mrs Wilford Wells as delegates to the international convention June 22 to 26 in Detroit Michigan. Alternates include Mrs Donald Lewellyn and Mrs James Neuenswander. Delegates to install Gamma Pi and Epsilon Lambda will meet at the Biltmore Hotel Dayton June 5 to 6 0.

Alfred Schwing Wilford Wells Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority Detroit Mich YMCA Donald Lewellyn James Neuenswander George Frye Neuenswander Gamma Pi Epsilon Lambda Biltmore Dayton James Gutshall Wilbur Roberson Salvation Army

Marriage Announced Wilberta Whitaker and Donald Chamberlain

Announcement of the marriage of Miss Wilberta Whitaker of Miamisburg and Donald Chamberlain of Franklin Rt 1. They wed May 22 at the First Methodist Church Miamisburg in a double ring ceremony led by Rev. Albert Hack. The bride is a Miamisburg High School alumna. the groom a Franklin High School graduate. They will live at 104 South 7th Street Franklin.

Wilberta Whitaker Wilbur W. Whitaker Miamisburg Donald Chamberlain Enoch Chamberlain Franklin Rt. 1 First Methodist Church Albert Hack Miamisburg High School Franklin High School

Area Couple Wed May 22

Miss Marcia Mae Becker daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Becker of Eaton and Lt Robert Berry Smith son of Mr and Mrs George Smith of Zanesville were married last Saturday at the Church of Visitation Eaton. The double ring ceremony was performed by Father F J Vander Hart at 2 30 pm. Mrs Smith is an Ohio University graduate and Phi Mu alumna. Her husband is a US Air Force officer.

Marcia Mae, Becker Howard C. Becker Eaton Robert Berry Smith George Smith Zanesville Church of Visitation F. J. Vander Hart

Sorority Elects Miss Strodtbeck as Treasurer

Miss Strodtbeck was elected treasurer of the Hamilton Middleton chapter of Alpha Phi sorority at a meeting held at Mrs. Paul Harm's home in Hamilton. Mrs. Walter Waltrip was named president, with Mrs. Max Petty as vice president and Mrs. James Frauenhoff as secretary. The quarterly meeting will be June 14 at Mrs. Clyde Davies's home, 3204 Fleming Road.

Marvy Strodtbeck Hamiton-Middletown Alpha Phi Paul Harm Hamilton Walter Waltrip Max Petty James Frauenhoff Je Zink Cortae Clyde Davies Fleming Road

B and P W Elects Lebanon Member State President

Miss Jeanette Williams of Lebanon was elected president of the Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women at the 34th annual state convention in Cincinnati. Other officers include Helen F. Reisinger Cincinnati first vice president Dorothy L. Flechter Findlay second vice president Lucille Cowan Xenia third vice president Janet Klinger Dayton recording secretary Cecile D. Bilby Cleveland treasurer Florence Bechtle Kent auditor.

Jeanette Williams Lebanon Dayton Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women Cincinnati Helen F. Reisinger Dorothy L. Flechter Findlay Lucille Cowan Xenia Janet Klinger Cecile D. Bilby Cleveland Florence Bechtle Kent

Installation Highlights Meeting at Middletown Music Club

Mrs Dale Wiley was installed as president at the Middletown Music Club annual dinner last evening at Gecklers Hearth. Officers named include Mrs Edward Jones as vice president and Mrs William Havemann Jr as treasurer.

Dale Wiley Middletown Music Club Geckler Edward Jones William Havemann Jr Dan Daly Paul Ruth Robert Sutton Murray Jacobs

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