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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1957
Page
6
Dorothy Roe reports a surge of American women sending in recipes for an eggless milkless butterless cake from World War I memory. The feature recounts a 1930s era craze sparked by Ralph Bellamy on To Tell the Truth and notes diverse add ins like dates nuts and citrus peels.
Announcement notes the marriage of Carol Ann Helton to Pvt John William Robbins on Oct 29 at Reid Memorial Church Richmond Indiana. Officiant Rev P R McDonald. Bride employed at Crystal Tissue Co. Groom with U S Army Fort Thomas Kentucky. Both graduates of Middletown High School.
Five tables played at Temple Beth Sholom in Middletown for a master point night. Ernest Bowen and Jack Baltzell led with 65 points, followed by Mrs. Vernon Jones and Mrs. M L Johnston with 61, and the pairings of Mr and Mrs Harold Layman with Mrs Howard Wikoff and Mrs William Maxwell tied for third with 56 percent.
Members met at Odd Fellows Hall and finalized plans for a School of Instruction on November 9 at 1 30 p.m. at the hall. A dinner follows at Calvary Methodist Church at 6 p.m. then a special meeting at 7 30 p.m. Attendees included 23 members and Mrs Russell Hiteshue of Monroe, district M4 representative.
The Omicron chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held a model meeting at Mrs. James South’s home on Bexley Drive last night. Members showcased films from the Rose Bowl Parade and local trips and discussed future events including a tea on November 10, a pledge ritual November 25 at the Colony, and a talent auction December 2 at Mrs. Perkins’ home on Manchester Road. Four members spoke on the Federation banquet held October 22 and trustee Mrs. Jacque Lint attended.
The November meeting of Cur rent Events Club gathered yesterday afternoon at Mrs J N Christiansen’s home in Harrison. Members answered roll call with television viewpoints. Guests Mrs Edgar Huselton and Miss Jeanette Niederlander spoke on Albert Schweitzer and Audubon’s Lucy. Social hour tea hosted by Mrs Tom Jones and Mrs W H Spindler.
Mrs. Robert R. Easterling was elected president of Winmore Bible Class at St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church during a meeting at Mrs. C. J. Hileman’s Grand Avenue home. Other officers named: Mrs. Fred Irwin vice president, Mrs. Claire Shibley secretary, Mrs. Hileman treasurer, and Mrs. Henri Schnabl reporter. Calista Van Horn chaired the program and bazaar with Mrs. Kenneth Berry. social hour aided by Mrs. Donald Van Dyne and Mrs. Lawrence Booker. City Manager Charles Thompson spoke on City Government at Amoma Class First Baptist Church with 19 attendees at Mrs. Ernest Peach’s Hawkins Road home. Refreshments served by the hostess and assistants Mrs. Harry Hayes and Mrs. Frank Wells.
Members of Gamma chapter Cristonians will meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the residence of Mrs. Bill A. Deaton 1417 Winona Dr. Horses can sleep while standing because their legs have muscular mechanisms which lock.
The notice lists births to several families including Mr. and Mrs. Donald Horn in Dixie Highway area a boy. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Neal in West Middletown a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Miller Windsor Avenue a boy. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Taylor Creekview Drive a boy. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Horner Lake Avenue a boy. Mr. and Mrs. Ora Woodward Tytus Avenue a girl. Dena Eliopoulos of Birmingham Alabama a boy born November 1. maternal grandmother Mrs. George Eliopoulos of Girard Avenue noted.
The list names Leo Blevins of N Main Street and many others including Mrs. Everett Combs Webster Street Miss Welda Hayes North Avenue and Mrs. Daniel Troutman Franklin among discharged patients and relatives. Several entries note kinship such as Gerald Lang son of Mr and Mrs John Lang Jr and Randy Stout son of Elmer Stout.
Members of the Woman's Century Club discussed two health phases at their meeting at the Girls' Club hosted by Mrs. James Diefenbach and Mrs. H T Phillips. Mrs. W W McGuire spoke on physical medicine and Mrs. C R Cooper on mental health noting the 1937 to 1957 era as medicine s golden age and the rise of sulfa drugs and antibiotics. The talk covered hepatitis Asian flu coronary thrombosis heart operations and the Salk vaccine and mentioned tranquilizers as a new discovery with 20 million users and 125 million dollars in prescription sales. The meeting also noted mental illness terminology change in Pennsylvania and urged faith kindness and spiritual growth. Business session covered the Federated Club southwest district meeting in Batavia on Oct 11 attended by officers.
San Francisco report of an infant born without a nose or nasal opening who now develops normally after plastic surgery by Dr. John PD. Des Prez and Dr. Clifford L. Kienn of Western Reserve University. The operation occurred when the infant was four months old, previously breathing via a tracheostomy tube.
A Phoenix complaint secretary received a bizarre call about a barking dog. The caller claimed the dog was on a "new Russian moon" and hung up. The odd line adds color to routine police phone duties. William Seward once bought Alaska for 7.2 million dollars, a point some called Seward's Folly.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hamilton of Hill Avenue Franklin announce the engagement of their daughter Barbara to Phil E. Brewer son of Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers Brewer of Lisa Lane. Barbara attends Ohio State University and Phi Beta Phi. Phil is a Bowing Green State University junior and Phi Delta Theta member. The couple will marry December 28 at the First Presbyterian Church in Franklin.
Walter Pidgeon stars in The Happiest Millionaire at Shubert Theater Cincinnati. The play follows Anthony J. Drexel Biddle a quirky Philadelphia millionaire who duels theology with Billy Sunday and boxes with John L. Sullivan while housing alligators in his Walnut Street conservatory. Broadway company features Edward Hunt Dorothy Elder Don Britton and Gorge Grizzard among others.
A listing of Tuesday and Wednesday meetings across multiple groups including the YMCA Sertoma Man chester Hotel Fire Departments PTC and school groups. Events span 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at venues such as the Township Hall the Fire House Monroe IOOF Hall and the Legion with organizations like FOE IAM IOOF SPEBSQSA and VFW active.
A fire razed the second and third floors of the 80 year old Tropical Hotel in Key West, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. About 300 firemen and civilians battled the blaze for four hours. The 64 room hotel once hosted President Taft.
PAINESVILLE Ohio Fred Weisbrod resigns as Oberlin city manager to accept a new post in Painesville at a salary of 10000 dollars annually.
Less Angier, sole male heir to a tobacco fortune, hosts a lively opening night of The Happiest Millionaire with boxing and ju jitsu antics and verbal zingers from Angier and his New York Democrat mother Nancy Cushman. The show plays through Saturday with matinees tomorrow and closing day, then Separate Tables arrives December 9 with Eric Portman and Geraldine Page reprising their acclaimed New York roles.
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