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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1948
Page
6
Jackie Ferguson son of Mr and Mrs Georgze E Ferguson celebrated his sixth birthday at home on 1905 Highland Ave. A pink Happy Birthday cake, games, gifts, candy and favors marked the party with numerous friends in attendance.
The Svenish War Veterans Auxiliary Sewing Circle will meet with Mrs. F. E. Carr of Wodyside Ave tomorrow afternoon. The Ramblers will meet with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Clark at 138 Kenwood Dr Thursday. Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Hill will present the program.
The Woman's Club will meet tomorrow with Mrs. Carrie Kimball and Mrs. D. F. Holloway as hostesses. Mrs. C. E. Burke and Mrs. Fred Schatzmann will provide the program of the day.
The Jolly Eight Bridge Club plans a meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m hosted by Mrs Joe McClain at 816 Sixteenth Avenue.
Marylin Hazelwood celebrated her fourth birthday with a circus motif party at home on Elwood Street. Clown decorations and a cake with yellow chrysanthemums formed the centerpiece while prizes went to Ronald Beedle, Bobby McCoy, Jimmy Wood, and Martha Jane Kinder. Attendees included Joyce Knell, Karen Knell, Judy Lichart, Charl Ann Barkelow, Linda Rae Barkelow, Gloria Jean Kinder, and John David Shuff, with relatives listed among the guests.
Rehearsal for the marriage of Miss Betty Jane Lawson and Thomas E. Lay will be held Thursday October 21 at 9 15 p m in St Johns Church. The wedding will be October 23 at 9 15 a m. Attendants are Miss Mildred Darrell maid of honor with Miss Francis Bailey and Miss Betty Ruth Lay bridesmaids. Best man Harold Bailey with Bill Cornett and Louis Fritch as ushers.
Reports of club lodge and church meetings and other social events must reach the society editor by 10 30 a m the morning after the event to appear in the paper. Events several days old cannot be used. Photos for Sunday editions must be in the office by Thursday noon.
Mr and Mrs James Martin 1616 Jefferson St welcome a boy. Mr and Mrs Paul Marshall West Middletown welcomed a boy. Mr and Mrs Walter Hunt 2023 Woodlawn Ave greet a boy. Mr and Mrs John Mills 405 North Broad St welcome a boy. Mr and Mrs Curtis Clenden nin 405 South Sutphin St report a girl.
Dr and Mrs Alfred Gardner Dharma Turner welcome a boy at Christ Hospital Cincinnati while Mr and Mrs Dannie Vatile Elvira Di Cristoforo add a girl in Hamilton Ohio maternal grandparents Oceco Di Cristoforo 2119 Wayne Ave. Mr and Mrs Robert J Dona hue Evelyn Conover announce a boy at Grandview Hospital Dayton.
In The Hospital Lawrence Doebler son of Mr and Mrs Paul Doebler of Monroe surgical. Patricia Lakes daughter of Mr and Mrs Gentry Lake of Franklin Route 1 surgical. Mrs Robert White of Franklin surgical Mrs Floyd Overlurf of Burton Rd surgical Mrs ruby Coldiron of Franklin surgical.
Tommy Howard son of Mr and Mrs Henry Howard Sr of West Middletown Route 1 Desmond Dineen of Clark St Karen Back daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin Back of Howard Mrs Maude Wittlinger of Fairmount Ave Denton Mason of Ohio Ave
Members and their husbands of Homemakers Circle No 3 gathered at the Gas and Electric auditorium for an old fashioned social after supper. Games and square dancing followed with Mrs Gordon Nein serving as chair of the hostess committee.
The social committee met to finalize a rushee dinner to be held at Peerless Pantry in Miamisburg on Monday October 25 at 7 p.m. Chairman Mrs. F. F. Troutvine Jr. is aided by Mrs. John Dooley and Mrs. Donald Spears. Transportation can be arranged by contacting Mrs. Troutvine.
Members of the Ladies Aid of Evangelical United Brethren had planned a covered dish visit to Otterbein home hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Warren Smith. The trip is postponed indefinitely because Mr. Smith is ill.
The Busy Bee Sewing Circle meeting scheduled for tomorrow is postponed. The group will convene November 17 at the home of Mrs. Ray Cook west of Miamisburg on Bear Creek Road.
Mrs J R Bowman of Aber deen Dr entertained 15 members and 12 guests when the Highland Circle group met at her home last evening Plans were made to give Thanksgiving cheer to the needy Mrs Hale Dodds was accepted as a new member Mrs Frank Hidv presented Mrs Robert Sutton who played piano solos and Rev H S Garvin spoke on religious teaching at home Assisting Bowman were Mrs Leonor Wolfe Mrs F O Tene and Mrs W M Hartsinger Refreshments were served
Nu Phi Mu Unit Two hosts its Founders Day formal tea at Holiday House tomorrow at 8 p m. Plans call for ten installation services for rushees with new members and officers to be formally installed by Miss Betty Jane Selby and others. The event includes the Silver Star Queen reveal and rose buddies for the year. Nu Phi Mu, sister to Beta Sigma Phi, originated in 1939 and now counts about 10 000 members in 48 states and two Canadian provinces.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Davis Jr. spent the weekend with Mrs. E. C. De bolt, the latter's mother, and have returned to Detroit Michigan.
Mr and Mrs R E Barnes and Mr and Mrs William E Barnes depart from 618 Garfield Street for San Antonio Texas to visit Lockland Air Base and Pvt Jack D Barnes son of the Barnes couple. They will travel through Grand Canyon Colorado and parts of California.
Mrs Myrtle Hamlin stayed with Mr and Mrs Cody Markle for several days while traveling to Tiffin for the annual reunion of the second regiment O V I Spanish American War Veterans. Her husband the late John W Hamlin served in Company H of the regiment.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Tuttle of 317 McKinley Street and Mrs. Mary L. Woods plan a two week visit to relatives in Tulsa Oklahoma.
Mr and Mrs Charles McCrea return to 611 Young Street after a two week trip through Hot Springs Little Rock Ark New Orleans La and a stop in the Smoky Mountains near Gatlinburg Tennessee
In Yokohama three wartime navy officers and a civilian received prison terms at hard labor for deaths of American prisoners. Captain Minoru Nomi got a life term for causing four deaths and for permitting subordinates to kill and decapitate them.
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Ohio opens its 75th annual convention in Cincinnati with nearly 500 delegates attending the five day session.
Historical note records that the first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia in 1618 marking a tragic start to enslaved labor in English colonies.
The Rogers clan across generations all go by the given name John. The lineage includes his sons, grandsons, father-in-law, brothers and cousins, totaling many relatives who all use the same first name.
The Critique Literary Society gathered in the Antique Room of the Golden Lamb in Lebanon for a dessert reception hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Asbury. Miss Bess Hoover reviewed Walter White's A Man Called White and Betty Smiths Tomorrow Will Be Better, with discussions by Raymond Hovell on church music. Florence Powell presided over a short business meeting.
Findlay Ohio AP cooperative executive urges farmers to boost output from existing land. John W Sims executive secretary of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and president of its cooperative association says high food prices come from limited support price effects and calls for better soil fertility and farming practices to increase yields.
Democratic candidate Frank Lausche denounces Ohio strip mining control as weak and vows to strengthen it. Speaking in New Lexington he says the current law, passed under Gov. Herbert, is in the hands of those who oppose enforcement and pledges to fight for an adequate statute.
Two escaping trusties from Osborne state farm at Huron Ohio surrendered and returned to custody in Lorain. Identified as Robert Ward 26 of Germantown and Richard Elkins 23 of Wellston. They had escaped Sunday night.
Frank Tschappat owner of a North End jewelry store was bound and gagged by three men who looted the shop of 300 dollars in cash and up to 8000 dollars worth of watches yesterday. A passerby released him and alerted police.
Historical records often use crow as a metaphor for a despicable character, while actual crows rank among the most intelligent birds. The juxtaposition highlights how language frames animal reputation.
Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters charged Admiral Soemu Toyoda and Lt. Gen. Hiroshi Tamura with war crimes. Trials set separately before Nov 1, with seven officer commissions to hear cases. These GHQ prosecutions sit above the Eighth Army effort and precede the U S-initiated Tokyo trial of Tojo and others.
Richard E. Meinhardt 37 of 904 South Front St Hamilton was arrested on Howe Rd for being in physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol according to state patrolmen.
Police report a stolen car crashed at Clark and Vine Streets today with the driver escaping. Albert Hayes of 708 Elwood St. reported the theft from Armco East parking lot and said the same car hit Henry Jones's vehicle before the driver fled. The car was returned to the owner. A separate yesterday incident involved Mrs. C Wray reporting a hit and run that damaged her parked car by $30 at 2409 South Sutphin St.
Clyde Ross 33 of Forrest Ave Franklin faced driver license violation and littering the streets. Glenn Hempstead 48 of 1714 Tytus Ave was charged with driver license violation. Donald Miller 23 of 609 Baltimore St charged with permitting an unlicensed person to operate a motor vehicle. All were set for traffic court Thursday morning.
Percy Lamar Jr., 16, of 1304 Young St, a Journal carrier, reports losing a wallet containing a considerable sum Sunday while riding a bicycle near Sycamore and Garfield Streets. The incident occurred in the vicinity as he delivered papers.
Athens AP reports Minister Constantine Rentis says Mouzenides, accused killer in CBS correspondent George Polk’s murder, was killed in action four months ago. Greek authorities doubt the claim, warning it could mislead investigators, as a censorship ban remains on Polk coverage.
Three hundred fifty students and teachers escaped unharmed as an explosion and fire destroyed the Keller school near Fort Worth. Superintendent Randall Simpson estimated losses around 100000 dollars. Student Tom McPherson heard a pop from a gas heater before the blast in the study hall.
Mrs. Elizabeth Karabin gave a penniless elderly man a 42 cent meal and today received a note of thanks and a $10 bill. The man said he learned her name by tracing her automobile license number. He plans to give the money to the church.
Elmer E. Purdy and Arthur E. Griggs completed rifle marksmanship courses at Fort Bragg Special Training Unit. Purdy earned expert rating while Griggs earned marksman. The eight week program includes sixty four hours of rifle training under General Homer W. Kiefer’s unit of the 62nd Airborne Division.
A prosecutor dropped charges against a self styled Yogi accused of defrauding a 73 year old widow whom he later married. The widow is no longer required to testify against her husband Dr Ahmed Ramah of Los Angeles as Probate Court was advised. Ramah, who used the alias Benjamin Leibowitz 50, had been indicted on counts of fraudulent representations by a married man proposing marriage and one count of larceny by trick.
Charles H. Pfennig aged 24 pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Cincinnati criminal court and was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Dennis J. Ryan for the May 24 slaying of Rubin Schaim, a 62 year old junk dealer and father of four.
Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson told 15 German publishers and editors that a free press keeps citizens and leaders from being deceived. He cited Hitler as example of suppression of information and warned that dictators may be misled by their own bureaucracy. The remarks were made at a Washington dinner honoring German visitors at Columbia University.
In Chile the Villarrica Volcano near Cautin Province erupted for eight hours burying towns in lava and ash. Provincial Governor Augustin Parada said the event left forty dead and about two hundred missing.
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