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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1972
Page
10
A humorous reminiscence about autumn football rituals. The speaker notes a husband’s knee injury flare every fall and his obsession with games. The piece contrasts halfbacks with ends and ends with a pragmatic note on quarterback protection as the central topic.
Birth notices list a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Larry Stidham at 2137 Lamberton St yesterday, a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Roy Risner at 1166 Melvern St yesterday, and a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lipps of 1509 Church St yesterday. Additional names include Leah Zimmey, Heather Hatton, and several residents named with addresses and associations, plus Middletown Hospital patient number 424-1871 for Thomas R. Ousley of Franklin.
Proceeds from the 1972 Charity Ball fund major upgrades for the Middletown Hospital physical therapy department. The first general hospital without a burn unit adopts disposable plastic liners for whirlpools, an air-assisted system, and bio degradable waste. Upgrades include an electric stimulator, diathermy unit, whirlpool turbine, ultrasound unit, tilt table, and extra stretcher cart to handle more patients. The event runs Dec 1 at the Manchester Motor Inn with Count Basie. tickets are $8.50.
Chardelle Weber, women’s editor, appears prominently in city pages as a driving voice for community coverage. Her role signals a focus on local events, social items, and profiles shaping neighborhood narratives.
Miss Carla Rene Jordan and Michael Allen Kuth plan a 3 30 p.m. January sixth wedding at First Baptist Church. Dr G Walter Weber will officiate. Matron of honor is Mrs Tony Edwards. bridesmaids include Mrs Eugene Smith Mrs Jane Ann Day Miss Lisa Johns and Miss Sue Ann Willis. Flower girls Jacqulin Jones Elisha Smith. ringbearer David Jones Jr. Best men William Ruth Kevin Jordan Stephen Grimes Ushers Neal Luckado Tim Berry Pages Don Grimes Tom Grimes. Reception in church narthex hosted by Miss Joan Walter Mrs David Jones Sr Miss Neysa Luckade and Mrs Neil Pappas. Ruth is son of Mr and Mrs Robert S Grimes.
Fresno County Family Services Division runs mandatory counseling for underage couples seeking court consent to wed. Counselor Lelan Bergstrom notes courts require sessions, typically a week, with 454 applications studied: 205 approved, 21 denied, 34 questionable, 1% not completing. Average ages: male 19.9, female 16.7. oldest male 33, oldest female 25. youngest male 15, youngest female 13.
The World War I Auxiliary Bar racks 636 will meet on Thursday November 30 instead of this Thursday. Members will bring wrapped soap for distribution at a party at Longview Hospital in Cincinnati.
Lemon juice keeps peeled bananas apples and pears from browning. Dip the cut pieces in juice or pour juice over the fruit to slow oxidation.
Actor Peter Lawford 49 is home from UCLA Medical Center after surgery to remove a pancreatic cyst. He told newsmen he hopes to be fully recovered by Christmas.
Omicron Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Sorority held a candlelight pledge ritual at a member’s home with new pledges: Mrs. Carl Shannon, Mrs. Richard Wilson, Mrs. Steven Posey, Mrs. Richard P. Nein, Mrs. John Stolzenbach, Mrs. Edwin Mor row, Mrs. Edward Flang, Mrs. Gerry Armstrong, and Mrs. Lindsay Montgomery. President Mrs. Lynden Peters led. co-hostess was Mrs. Robert Beckett.
Mrs. Nick Revelos hosted a dinner reception for her son George N. Revelos and his bride Soula Geroulakou of St John Sparta Greece. The couple married Oct 15 in Greece. About 180 guests attended at Sts Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church with Greek folk dancing afterward.
Thomas K. Wenrick described his Critique Literary Society paper as a sad but serious protest against leadership failures and complacent followership. He quoted Vance Packard on Washington and the American Way of Life and warned that welfare mentality promotes the goods life while debt grows. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. William McGuire. December meeting planned at the Kenyon Monroe residence.
Gov. John Gilligan received three Thanksgiving turkeys from the Ohio Poultry and the Ohio Turkey associations at the Statehouse. He said he would keep one and send the others to the Ohio Soldier's and Sailor's Orphans Home in Xenia and the Lincoln Heights Senior Center for the aged near Cincinnati.
Thirty two players joined the Middletown Duplicate Bridge Club at Temple Beth Sholom. Top north-south pairs were Mrs JC M Woodruff with Mrs Frank Coldiron, Mrs Russell Anness with Mrs Stanley Weinstein, and Mrs Howard Wikoff with Mrs Richard Getter. In the east-west division, top pairs were Mrs Dan MacLean with Paul Smith, Mrs Elaine Kreitzberg with Mrs Dan Howard, and Herschel Greenham with CN Woodruff.
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