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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1950
Page
6
Mr Ray Camier returned over the weekend from a weeklong tour of the South visiting New Orleans and Nashville cities as part of the trip through the region.
Irregularities flood Middleton social pages as snowstorms keep visitors stranded motorists marooned outside Columbus and a Sportsmen's Club dance is canceled amid broken roads. A psychiatrist assists as residents huddle by fires while local gatherings yield few attendees and many stay home.
The Delta Theta Tau benefit card has been cancelled and the Elks Club event scheduled for Tuesday evening is called off. Sigma Phi Gamma also cancels its party at Mrs. Howard Schneider’s home in Excello. No further meetings until the regular December business session.
The Middletown Civic Symphony Orchestra will not rehearse in the High School Music Room tonight as originally planned. The change affects the scheduled session and attendees should note the postponement and seek updated information from the orchestra.
The Co-Oper ettes meeting at the Girls' Club, set for Tuesday evening, has been postponed.
Coming Up lists include Julia T. Both and past councilors meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. at 1811 Manchester Ave hosted by Mrs. Butler Jewell. A Woman's Club gathering is planned Wednesday at the Girls' Club with Mrs. Ira S. Kern and Mrs. Carl W. Banzhaf as hostesses. The Women’s Society of World Service of the Jacksonburg EUB Church meets Thursday at 2 p.m. with open house at the church.
In Tel Aviv AP reports canned vegetables are valued highly as Israelis seek foreign currency. A Raanana canning factory expanded to two shifts with 140 workers, already producing 18,000 cans of cabbage and 40,000 of cucumbers. Israel plans to ship 100,000 cans of cucumbers to the United States aboard steamers.
Burglars broke into Harry Schrober's Chicago home and stole a phonograph a mattress a garbage burner a wash basin and the kitchen sink in a bold daytime break in authorities reported no injuries and ongoing investigations into the theft network of missing items remains unclear.
Mrs. William Ihlendorf and Mrs. Fred Ruscher Sr hosted a miscel laneous shower and luncheon at the Ihlendorf home in Monroe to begin pre nuptial festivities for Miss Jean Homan bride elect of Fred Ruscher Jr. Yellow chrysanthemums decorated the table with cathedral tapers. Guests later watched Miss Homan open gifts as prizes were awarded in games.
WILDER Ky AP A $1,000,000 fire wrecked the Newport steel mill metal shop when an electric furnace toppled into a pit spilling blazing oil through the building. No workers were present due to bad weather. officials planned investigations into the furnace failure and said operations would resume today.
Edwin Bell, 74, has joined Britain's Civil Defense Corps and started a refresher course to train air raid wardens for atom bomb threats. He previously led wardens in Wimbleton during the Nazi blitz and chaired volunteers in London during World War I Zeppelin raids. Lignite, brown coal, resembles decayed wood.
Martha E. Hollinger of Louisiana State University argues the school lunch program must do more than feed. it should educate and improve nutritional value. She cites malnutrition despite abundant food, urges teachers to model protective foods, and notes that lunchrooms influence diet habits and health outcomes.
Dorothy Roe reports that 1950 dolls show advanced behavior with Noma the electronic doll singing laughing talking and praying from a tummy button press. Officials of the American Toy Institute express cautious astonishment as new baby dolls display precocious electronic abilities and novelty in Santa's pack grows.
In Chicago heavy summer rains flooded a north side abandoned building site. Neighborhood kids used poles to fish in the concrete pit and eight year old John Spajda pulled out two goldfish. Observers suspected parkgoers tossed them into the pit.
The piece describes lifelike dolls with responsive actions frowning smiling kissing and crying. Dydee dolls can drink from a glass while Wanda the walking doll wears outfits by Sophie, a noted American couturiere. The trend shows dolls and children dressed alike strolling streets together.
NEW YORK AP Churchill's The Hinge of Fate covers Jan 1942 to May 1943. It notes Roosevelt letters praising Churchill and a tense Moscow rapport over a 1942 second front. The volume chronicles Alamein, Atlantic shipping, Arctic convoy struggles, and Pacific naval wins Coral Sea and Midway.
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