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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
16
Lebanon schools report a historic enrollment surge across most grades led by kindergarten with 187 pupils, up from 112 last year. Primary and full school levels show sharp gains while the senior class remains smaller at 81, compared with 72 a year ago.
Preble County 4 H members groom animals for the Preble Fair opening next Tuesday. Over 100 head of dairy and beef breeding stock plus 100 head of 4 H swine will be shown. Steers judged Tuesday at 9 am with sale at 2 pm. Dairy and beef entries shown Wednesday swine Thursday. James Warner OSU judges steers Wilbur Bruner OSWA judges swine KL OSU dairy judge dairy cattle.
St Peter's Lutheran Church plans annual rally services this Sunday at CSlente Fair. The event invites parishioners and locals to participate in the church fellowship and community activities.
In Lemon Township enrollment shows a sharp rise with figures listed for 1948 and 1949. The record includes several numeric abbreviations and appears as a sequence of counts across months or grades, indicating a growth trend in school attendance overall.
Elk Creek Grange planned its annual homecoming for this Sunday at the regular session Tuesday evening. Attendees were asked to bring a covered dish and exhibits for Butler County were discussed. A Trenton frozen foods representative spoke on frozen foods, followed by a social hour.
Mrs Walter Haines hosted the Miami Bridge Club on N Broadway with Miss Robin Hamilton and others as guests. Corwin Nixon won first prize while Mrs Virgil Bradley and Mrs Pursley took other honors. Brooke Johnson celebrated her fourth birthday with neighborhood children on Orchard Ave. Emma Brothers hosted a basket dinner for James Fiffe and Phoenix guests. Mrs Bertha Smith hosted a Sunday gathering for Mr and Mrs Donald Epp and Mr and Mrs Richard Shaw celebrating anniversaries and newlyweds. Gene McElwee held a two table bridge night on Maple Ave.
Franklin Public Schools opened with 18387 enrollment district wide and 232 in the largest grade, senior class 74, plus 60 kindergarten. South 171 West 246 Central 504 Central Annex 1170 and 796. seven buses serve students outside the corporation. Mrs Milo Fealy substitutes in fifth grade at Central. Gertrude Anderson absent. An opening day assembly at the high school highlighted the event with remarks by the senior class president. Cafeterias at the high and West schools were open.
SPRINGBORO Mothers Club begins the school year with its first meeting at the grade school. GERMANTOWN Past Matrons Association gathers Friday at 6:39 p.m. at Mrs. Earl Kern’s home. HAMILTON Fourth annual Baeder County Conservation Field Day near Hamilton on Princeton Rd. LEBANON Lebanon Business and Professional Women’s Club opens autumn season Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Golden Lamb. LEBANON Warren County Schoolmasters Club meets Thursday at 6 a.m. at Harmon Park shelter house. SPRINGBORO EUB Class of the church school to meet Friday at the Presbyterian Church in Lebanon. Veterans Hospital Unit Dayton hosts bread bank donor night Friday at the Legion Home. MASON Friendship Night observed by local CES chapter Friday. CAMDEN Bethany Class of the Presbyterian Church to meet Sunday evening. LEBANON Harmon Golf Club homecoming set for Sunday. ELK CREEK Elk Creek Grange to hold a homecoming meeting Sunday at the grange hall. TRENTON St services Sunday at the Hamilton F
Carlisle Gilbert Dodd will speak at the Carlisle church event in New Jersey, where he will address attendees on college-related topics. The engagement highlights his role as a college dean and focuses on higher education issues in the region.
Warren County Schoolmasters meet at Harmon Park tonight for a fall winter session featuring a business meeting and officer elections. R G Duncanson of Maineville, president, announced a 6 o clock picnic supper in the shelter house.
At the Ohio State Fair Brown Swiss calf competition the Blue Queen owned by E. J. Epplerdietown Route 3 earned third prize last week.
Air force members are invited to attend the Mason CBS Chapter meeting Friday.
Albert C. Davidson appointed principal at South Lebanon with Supt. L. as vice president and Brandenburg serving as secretary, outlining the club officers to accompany the new leadership.
Carlisle reports 305 students on the first day of school. Supt. E. S. Brannaman notes the second grade has 35 pupils, two new teachers joined the faculty, Mrs. R. Mellor for third grade and Miss W Werft for fifth grade, with the commercial teaching post still open and Mrs. W. Freeman substituting. Nina Meyers named assistant cook for the year.
Alan Eby and son Eldon attended the State Fair last week at Mrs Spee aie Se wee ie ae we Mrs. Charles Huffin pokey jantly are ig relatives in Modesto. They expect to return home about September. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Pierson and child left Sunday for Syl vester Ga to visit friends. Mrs. Harold Yost and daughter spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Her husband.
A historical note suggests Romans were among the earliest to wear straw hats, marking an early adaptation of sun protection and practical headgear in ancient times. The idea highlights how simple plant materials influenced fashion and daily life in antiquity.
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