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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1949

Page

5

Society Note Pairs With Honorary Hostess

Mrs Earl Evans and others are listed as society guests and hostesses for an event honoring an unnamed figure. The roster includes Mrs Ray Kraft Mrs Grant Back Mrs Robert Campbell Mrs Marion Horton Mrs Robert Birch Mrs Elizabeth Weller Mrs Grace Steel Mrs Howard Christman Mrs Harrison Duff Mrs Jack Adams Mrs Eve Wells Miss Anna Albaugh Miss Blanche McGill Miss Martha Apple Miss Marylan Conover Miss Vivian Back Mrs Hollis Patterson and the honored guest and hostess.

Earl Evans Ray Kraft Grant Back Robert Campbell Marion Horton Robert Birch Elizabeth Weller Grace Steel Howard Christman Harrison Duff Jack Adams Eve Wells Anna Albaugh Blanche McGill Martha Apple Marylan Conover Vivian Back Hollis Patterson

Miscellaneous Shower For Margaret Mehl in Middletown

Opening pre nuptial festivities for Miss Margaret Mehl bride elect of Mr Lawrence Reynolds Jr was a miscellaneous shower last night at 1809 Henry Avenue. Prizes were won by Ms Earl Conover Mrs Harrison Duff and Miss Mehl. Lunch followed with numerous attendees. A separate legal notice calls for sealed bids for sidewalk curb and gutter repairs in Ward 1 Middletown Ohio with bid opening Sept 20 1949.

Margaret Mehl Lawrence Reynolds, Jr Lawrence Reynolds Henry Avenue Earl Conover Harrison Duff Carl Mehl Robert Mehl J. L. Clark W. M. Massey Helen Lowe Robert Eaton Fred Whisman Edward Picklesimer Hugh Stidham Clarence Adams Hodson John Nauin Espa Geary Harry Barr Niel Ramsey Kiser Wells Charles Current Earl Chrisman Jeff Howard Louis Anthony Gentry Mitchell Harold Apple Robert Donahue Floyd Chrisman Robert McKinley Rolla Decker Middletown Ohio Firet City of Marvin .D. Clark

Kitchen Shower for Betty Heck Ahead of October Wedding

A series of pre wedding events for Betty Heck bride elect of G E Hughes began with a red and white kitchen shower hosted by Mrs Bernard Draut and co hosted by Mrs Samuel Noblet and Miss Martha Schirm. Guests decorated red and white linen with initials and names while enjoying bridge and canasta. Prizes went to Mrs C C Clark Jr, Miss Joan Norton, Miss Marguerite Conover, Miss Agatha Evers, and Miss Heck. Refreshments followed in the dining room with red and white kitchen gifts on display.

Betty Heck G. E. Hughes Bernard Draut Ardmore Dr Samuel Noblet Martha Schirm Rose of Sharon Bridge Canasta C. C. Clark, Jr Joan Norton Marguerite Conover Agatha Evers Miss Heck Richard Royce Roger Oakley

Source of Light Across a Crossword Grid Clue Puzzle

A compact word puzzle reference listing across and down clues with answers hinted by numbers and partial phrases. It presents entries such as lamp depictions, Hebrew letters, animals, fluids, fabrics, and city abbreviations alongside intersecting terms and word play targets.

Puzzle Answer Key Clues Briefly Solved

Terms from a puzzle list: golf term 3 includes three toed sloth clue set. find matching words. Items 35 to 60 cover parts of speech, kinship, languages, and myth figures with abbreviations and numeric hints. Answers include common crossword style words such as destiny, individuals, parent, Italian river, rodents, diamond cutter's cup, arrival, strong drink, blackbird, Babylonian deity.

Reds Among Founders of GOP Witness Says

New York AP report on testimony by Michigan Communist Chairman Carl Winter in a conspiracy trial. He claimed Communists participated in founding the Republican Party and described communism as the highest form of democracy. He argued socialism would rise via capitalism's evils.

Witness New York Abraham Lincoln Michigan Carl Winter Republican Party Harold R. Medina Winter Medina Soviet Union Black Legion George W. Crockett Harry Sacher Sacher

First Fall Meeting Of Woman's Society At First Methodist

The executive committee of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church held its first fall meeting in the church chapel. President Mrs. Charles F. Bailey outlined plans for circle leaders to attend a seminar September 13 in Arcanum and noted the October 11 mass Methodist meeting in Springfield. New circle leaders were introduced, a tea for members was hosted by leaders, and a candlelight consecration service followed.

Vicksburg Circle No Grand Army of Republic Civic Auditorium Lawrence Dugan Allen Gravenstein Nelson Smith Grand Army of the Republic Indianapolis Ind Maude Vogelsang U. S S. O Woman's Society of Christian Service First Methodist Church Charles F. Bailey Arcanum Springfield Bailey Ohio Conference of Woman's Society of Christian Service Ellison Young B. A. Root W. T. Snider R. L. Kenyon M. H. Dennis Eston Riggs Charles Wolfe S. A. Lapham William Long Socail Kenyon

Television Programs Saturday Schedule Highlights

A partial TV guide lists Channel 4 and Channel 5 offerings with weather segments, sports clashes Reds versus St Louis, news, vintage features, and programming blocks including Midwestern Hayride and Headliners of Yesteryear. Also noted are Ruthie on the Telephone and Cavalcade of State with late night news and ball scores before sign off.

Venes Doe Reds St. Louis Yesteryear Wilio-Tv Ruthie CBS

All-Breed Kennel Show Planned Here

An all-breed kennel show will be held by the Southwestern Ohio Kennel Club October 8 at Sportsman's Park. Obedience classes will accompany the event. The Dayton Kennel Club will stage an all-breed show October 9 at the TWA Hangar, Dayton Municipal Airport. Also included is a dessert tip for a fruit salad with oranges watercress and ripe strawberries.

Southwestern Ohio Kennel Club Sportsman's Park John T. Marvin Dayton Kennel Club, Inc TWA Dayton

Cloudy Skies Forecast Warmer Temperature Rise Ahead

Weather forecast notes temperatures staying in the low 70s with a high of 74 yesterday. A low near 47 and 48 degrees are recorded earlier. Today’s low around 48, with 62 degrees by 10 am and a fair night ahead. Sunday expected to be partly cloudy and warmer with scattered showers possible later.

Goodwill Mothers Plan Picnic and Charity

Twelve members met with Mrs. Everett Denniston to discuss aiding the needy. A picnic at Armco Park was planned for Sunday September 18 at 1 p.m. Devotions opened the social hour as readings and prayers followed. Several members won contests and anniversaries and birthdays were celebrated.

Goodwill Mothers Everett Denniston Shafer St Armco Park Andrew Silver George S. Fletcher C. R. Bell Thomas Cracraft LaRue Ginter Turner R. Powers B. E. Striefthau Bell

First Baptist Church Groups Hold Fall Meetings

Semper Fidelis Class hosts 24 members and guests at a Manchester Road gathering. Mrs. Finley Lykins presides as Mrs. Dell shares Japan experiences. An October 14 meeting is planned. Arlington Park Circle meets at West Middletown home with new committees and polio fund donation. State convention on October 11 13 in Youngstown noted.

First Baptist Church J. S. Parr Ed Dell Franklin Stiles David McKeever Manchester Rd Finley Lykins Herbert Frazier George Yoho Shafer St Dell Japan Arlington Park First, Baptist Church Beautiful County Harvey Russell West Middletown B. F. Sawyer Sr Guy Smethers Edward Hiner Thomas Baird Youngstown Paul Easton

Registered U. S. Patent Office puzzle game

ERE is a pleasant little daily game that gives a message by counting letters in your name and applying simple arithmetic. Start at the rectangle’s upper left and read letters under your key numbers left to right to reveal the fortune message. Copyright 1949 by William J. Miller.

William J. Miller King Features, Inc

Miss America of 1949 Tonight Declared At Atlantic City

Atlantic City AP reports the Miss America of 1949 will be chosen tonight after three days of preliminaries. Fifteen finalists will be announced at 8 pm and each will perform three segments bathing suit talent and evening gown. Jurors have weighed personality at daily breakfasts before narrowing the field to five and selecting the winner around midnight.

Atlantic City N. J Jacque Mercer Litchfield Ariz Miss Mercer California Blonde Bombshell Chicago Trudy Germi

Group vows to protect Negro voting rights in South

Atlanta AP report notes church women from 12 southern states pledged to go to registration and polling places with cooks and maids to safeguard the Negro franchise. At a two day interracial meeting by the Southern Regional Council, about 150 women from various denominations resolved to preach and practice equal justice for all and to press for legal and actual voting safety, urging grand jury investigations of violations.

Atlanta Southern Regional Council The YWCA

Canadian crash toll prompts inquiry and guard detail

A Canadian company and a board of inquiry set up by the Federal Department of Transport oversee a wreck. Two provincial policemen were sent into the brush to guard the site. Only two other crashes have killed more people in Canada, both in Quebec.

Federal Department of Transport Canada Quebec Rimourski Airlines Gaspe Peninsula Royal Canadian Airforce St. Donat

Radio Guide Highlights and Station Schedule Details

A dense listing of radio programs and times across stations WLW and similar, detailing openings, sports reviews, talks, musical varied shows, guest stars, dances, and theatrical broadcasts with references to specific programs like Hollywood Star Theater, Judy Canova, Hawaii Calls, and Grand Ole Opry, including 100 Hit Palace and True or False Twenty Questions segments. The entry notes a blend of music, news, and entertainment blocks spanning late afternoon to late night, with scattered program names and hosts.

Walter Goldsmith workers accept five cent wage cut

CONNEAUT, O. AP Union workers at Walter A. Gold smith Company decided to accept a five cents hourly wage cut. The local of the International Ladies Garment Workers AFL announced the move yesterday. About 77 employees, nearly all women, work at Goldsmith's.

Conneaut, O Walter A. Goldsmith Company International Ladies Garment Workers AFL Goldsmith’s

Nassau Bahamas as Union blockade base during Civil War

Nassau in the Bahama Islands served as the base for ships enforcing the Union blockade in the American Civil War, supplying vessels and coordinating operations from a strategic overseas hub.

Nassau Bahama Islands

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