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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1949
Page
6
Former Middletonians Mr and Mrs Elwood Denton and their son from Cleveland were guests for several days in the Leo F Reinartz home on The Alameda. Mrs Denton is Mrs Reinartz sister.
Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Schmidt spend the weekend in Grove City Ohio for the hundredth anniversary of St. John’s Church. Dr. Schmidt delivers the sermon. His father the Rev Phillip Schmidt had served as minister for 27 years. Dr Schmidt was confirmed and ordained at St. John’s.
Mr and Mrs George Leighton and daughter June Leigh ton visited Granville Ohio for Denison University homecoming where their daughter Margaret is a student.
Miss Betty Roehll and roommate Mitzi Badger visited from Miami University along with Don Church John Katterheinrich and Walter Roehl for a weekend visit.
Mrs. Mayme Reinert of Columbus was their weekend guest. Dr. and Mrs. H A Sebald attended the Minnesota at Ohio State University game Saturday.
Other spectators at the Ohio Biate game Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard. Sunday they visited their daughter and son-in-law Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Stacy of Westerville. Mrs. L. N. Shepard from Janesville Wis who visited them last week has returned home.
Visiting for the weekend were Mr and Mrs Colin Gardner III and Mr and Mrs William Verity who were guests of Mr and Mrs John Blakey of Columbus.
Mr. Carl Weber and Mr. Joseph Baker from Euclid Street returned from a visit to New York where they attended the World Series.
Miss Marjorie Gardner hosted a circus themed engagement shower at Fleming Rd last evening for bride elect Miss Mary Frances Smith. Guests played bridge and canasta with high scores by Mrs. Joseph R. Baker Jr and others while gifts were opened and admired. The hostess and her mother served refreshments as the couple to be, Miss Gardner and William Jones, become affianced.
The Lodges Viola Rebekah Lodge met last evening in the Knights of Malta Hall with Mrs. Harold Flatter presiding. A class of candidates was initiated and arrangements made for the district meeting to be held at Monroe on November 3. Afterward forty members enjoyed a social hour and refreshments.
Homemakers' Circle 2 hosted about 150 members from six circles for a style review arranged by Mr. Thornton of John Ross store. Miss Carolyn McQuitty wore the evening gown that earned her Miss Miami Valley honors. Mrs. E. C. Erlinger Jr led a brief business session. refreshments followed by hostesses.
Delegates representing about three fours of the nation’s Protestants meet in Columbus to craft a common stance on child welfare ahead of the 1950 White House conference. Katherine Lenroot of the Federal Children’s Bureau urges emphasis on democracy built in infancy, while Paul Limbert calls for active church member involvement in welfare projects.
Orville Grim 45 rescues a swimmer 80 feet offshore and later saves a sea lion battered on rocks in Santa Monica while on his way to buy razor blades. He notes the effort was not worth the shave.
Franklin village council held the first reading of an ordinance to repair sidewalks curbs and gutters. The measure requires two more readings before a vote. Parking meter revenues for September totaled 950.07 and amusements tax receipts reached 352.91.
The Michigan Public Service Commission postponed the license revocation hearing for Aetna Freight Lines Incorporated of Warren Ohio for a second time. The hearing now starts November 15 as the company faces fines totaling over 10 thousand dollars in two years and multiple overload and logbook violations. The firm mainly hauls steel and iron from Ohio mills to Detroit.
The Critique Literary Society met at the Golden Lamb in Lebanon with Mr and Mrs Ralph Asbury. Thirteen members and six guests attended as Miss Blanche Earnhart presented Flower Arrangement and Miss Florence Powell discussed Poetry with notable verses and poets. A business meeting followed including a nominating committee ballot for next month.
The Graduate Regents Women of the Moose convene at 7 30 this evening at Mrs. Ann Bolton 1404 Yankee Pad. Sewing for the Pythian Sisters Bazaar will be held at Mrs. Emma Zoegele 1910 Grand Ave Wednesday October 19 at 1 pm.
LeSourdsville Ladies Aid plans a 2 p.m. Thursday meeting at 1108 Wilmore Dr. hosted by Mrs. Owen Albaugh with Mrs. Al Stewart in charge of business and Mrs. William assisting.
Miss Anna Albaugh will lead the devotionals with Mrs. Roy Bake and Mrs. Robert Patton as hostesses. A dinner meeting at the church is held this evening at 6 p.m. instead of 7 p.m., as previously listed.
A Wesleyan Service Guild event at the First Methodist Church is scheduled, with details for participants and timing to be announced by the church.
Sequoia National Park contains 8722 giant redwood trees with trunks over 10 feet in diameter. The count highlights the park’s remarkable old growth and capacity to support massive specimens in its forest.
Mrs Elton E Walther of Canton receives a hero's medal from the Veterans of Foreign Wars for diving into Willowdale Lake on February 18 to save three year old Sammy Joliff.
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