Former Resident Feted At Dinner In Middletown
Riggs Monfort, a Middletown High School graduate and Purdue University ROTC second lieutenant, visited town to dine with his grandmother Mrs. A C Sheets and family before departing to Sumpter Air Force Base South Carolina. Guests included Lieut Monforts parents Mr and Mrs W T Porter of Louisville Ky, Mr and Mrs Walter Pagne and son Christian, Mr and Mrs E J Son Jr of Columbus, Mr and Mrs E J Son Sr of Dayton, Mr and Mrs J C Winger and children, Dr and Mrs H Alder Sebald, Miss Joan Sebald, and David Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riggs Monfort
Middletown
Sumpter Air Force Base
South Carolina
A. C. Sheets
Yankee Rd
Purdue University
Lieut. Monfort
W. T
Couple Wed in Franklin Home Ceremony
Mr and Mrs Alex Rhodus of Franklin announce the marriage of their daughter Lucille to Lloyd Walker Osborne of Middletown. Vows were exchanged Saturday afternoon at Lammie Baileys home with a single ring ceremony. The bride wore a tan gobardine suit with brown accessories and a yellow carnations corsage. Attendants were Mrs Ursula Stamm of Franklin and Mr and Mrs Stanley Malski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Rhodus
Franklin
Lucille
Lloyd Walker Osborne
Middletown
Lammie Bailey
Justice of Peace
Ursula Stamm
Stanley Maleski
Travel Notes Highlight Diverse Weekend Visits Across States
Niagara Falls trips brought Mr. and Mrs. John Laricchiuta from Route 25 to Syracuse to visit relatives A D Vanderbilt and William Duvall in Pittsburgh while two weeks in Ontario delighted Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Fitzgerald and Mr. William Fitzgerald of Superior and Lopane Aves. Stella Grote of Polesboro Ky returned home after visiting L M Anthon and daughter on Woodlawn Ave. Pvt. Robert C. Badger of Camp Breckinridge Ky visited his mother on The Alameda with Sunday guests including Mrs. A J Darby and others from Sabina. Miss Mary Jane Roof of Middletown returned from Kalamazoo after attending Western Michigan College Coffee Hour. Clayton C. Hursh Jr., U Kalamazoo student, is the ursch family member noted. Mr. and Mrs. A C McClure of Corona Calif spent the weekend with Leslie Cremer on Fourteenth Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
John Laricchiuta
Route 25
Stella Grote
Polesboro
L. M. Anthon
Woodlawn Ave
Robert C. Badger
Camp Breckinridge
E. A. Badger
the Alameda
C. C. Hursch
Fred Baker
Indian Lake
Mary Jane Roof
Middletown
Kalamazoo, Mich
Western Michigan College
Ursch
Clayton C. Hursh Jr
Pioneer Scout Mothers to Meet at Wise Home
The Pioneer Scout Mothers plan a luncheon meeting at 12 30 p m Tuesday at Mrs M J Wise’s home on North Sutphin Street for the season’s first gathering. The Young Mothers Circle will hold its first meeting tomorrow at 8 p m at Mrs Ross Kramer’s Linden Avenue home with Mrs William White assisting. Middletown Business and Professional Women open their club season tomorrow with a 6 15 p m dinner meeting led by officers and emblem committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Wise
North Sutphin St
Young Mothers’ Circle
Mothers’ Study League
Ross Kramer
Linden Ave
William White
Middletown
Beulah Squires Is Honored By Rainbow Girls Installation
Beulah Squires was installed as Worthy Advisor of the Rainbow Girls in a Saturday ceremony at the Civic Association Auditorium. The event featured rainbow decor, formal dresses, flower bouquets, and gifts for the retiring Worthy Advisor Betty Riggs. Music was provided by Joan Morris Phyllis Solter and Beverly Pate as Frances Cogan led the installation with assistance from Florence Thress and a team of officers and pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Squires
Order of Rainbow Girls
Civic Association
Betty Riggs
Chester McCutcheon
The
Rainbow Board
Miss Riggs
Miss Riggs With A Gift. Miss Riggs
Jewel
Marshall
Louise Hall
Joan Norris
Miss Squires
Barbara Flint
Wooly
Mary Jo Davison
Sue Steiger
Donna Lester
Nancy Berkey
Phyllis Gose
Grace Ann Bogenholm
Nancy Yocum
Mary Jo Sickles
Kathleen Pierson
Pat Burns
Reva Sebastian
la von
Jud.Sander
Sunshine Girls
Peggy Mann
Zelma Kah
Janice Johnson
Thelma Brooks
Sorrell-Mullendore Vows Spoken Here
The Rev E H Hammon united Mrs Della Mae Sorrell and Carl W Mullendore in a quiet September 11 ceremony at the First EUB Church parsonage. Attending were J E Anderson and Raymond Sorrell, the bride’s daughter and son. The bride wore a rose beige suit with black accessories and yellow carnation corsage, and they will reside at 2208 Crescent Blvd after a trip to the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Hammon
Della Mae Sorrell
Carl W. Mullendore
First Eub
J. E. Anderson
Raymond Sorrell
Crescent Blvd
Community meetings list for Monday across groups
Executive Committee of American Legion 218 meets 7 30 p m at Legion Home. Longview Social Service meets 7 30 p m at 505 Fifteenth Ave. Civitan and Rotary clubs lunch at Manchester Hotel noon. Pioneer Scout Mothers hold 12 30 p m lunch at 15 North Sutphin Ave. Middletown Sertoma 6 30 p m Manchester Hotel. North Middletown Fire Association 7 p m North Middletown Fire House. Mayfield Fire Department 7 30 p m Sheffield St Fire House. American Citizens Club 7 30 p m 30 South Broad St. Battery A 180 AAA Battalion 7 45 p m LeSourdsville Armory. SPEBSQSA 8 p m American Legion Home Middletown Aquarium Society 8 p m Civic Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan and Rotary Clubs
Manchester
Pioneer Scout Mothers
North Sutphin Ave
Middletown
LeSourdsville
Spebsqsa
American Legion Home
Middletown Aquarium Society
Civic Association
Industrial Councils Meet in Ohio Tax Discussion
Members of the Middletown Industrial Council met at the Manchester Hotel in a weekly session and will attend a Hamilton Industrial Council meeting at the Anthony Wayne Hotel Tuesday noon. A representative of the Ohio Public Lectures Council will discuss the Butler County tax situation, according to co chairman Jack Linzie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Civic Symphony Rehearses Before Reception
Middletown Civic Symphony rehearses tonight at 7 30 in the music room of Middletown High School ahead of a business meeting and reception for DuWayne Carlson new business manager hosted by Miss Valda Wilkerson at 618 The Alameda the Alameda at 8 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Dates Set For JA School Assemblies
Middletown Junior Achievement announces a calendar of school assemblies using picture presentations and product displays to recruit members. M. G. McCall will open the series at Fenwick High School this Friday, with further dates at Middletown High September 24, McKinley Junior High September 25, Franklin High September 26, Roosevelt Junior High October 1, and Lemon Monroe High October 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Middletown
M. G. McCall
Middletown Junior Achievement
McCall
Fenwick High School
Middletown High School
McKinley Junior High
Franklin High
Roosevelt Junior High
Lemon-Monroe High
Wings Awarded to Seven Local Ground Observers
Seven more members of the local Ground Observers Corps were presented wings Sunday by the Air Defense Command. The awards honored 25 hours or more in Operation Skywatch, now in its ninth week. Recipients include Gordon Redford, Emory Dobrozsi, Dor Gilmore, Richard Krueger, Mrs. Cecil Merritt, Robert Rouster, and Harold Tanner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astern Air Defense Command
John Dobrozsi, Jr
Gordon Redford
Emory Dobrozsi
Dor Gilmore
Richard Krueger
Cecil Merritt
Robert Rouster
Harold Tanner
Boy Scout Council Will Meet Thursday
The executive board of the Mound Builders Area Council of Boy Scouts will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Civic Association venues to Robert Funston president Attending will be Richard A Mellen Region Four deputy regional executive Under discussion are plans for the annual business meeting in October and council plans for the July 1953 national antiques in California Funston says
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mound Builders Area Council of Boy Scouts
Civic Association Ecvenues
Robert Funston
Richard A. Mellen
Region Fou
Counci
National Auueires
California
Funstor Sa
YMCA Board Postponed To Later This Month
The monthly meeting of the YMCA board of directors, set for Wednesday noon at the Y, has been postponed due to the ongoing YMCA membership campaign. Elmer Barker, the president, says the delay will be until later in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ymca Board of Directors
YMCA
Elmer Barker
Blood Test May Reveal Boy's Dad
Sioux City authorities seek the mother’s blood type to identify the father of a five year old boy. Violet Phillips died in an auto crash. Two men Wilmur Johnson and Glenn Phillips tested. Phillips shares the boy’s A type while Johnson is O.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Thomas Carothers
Violet Phillips
Wilmur Johnson
Glenn H. Phillips
Phillips
Johnson
Carothers
Phillip
Freshman Class Size Up at Miami University Week
About 1,700 freshmen arrived to begin a four day freshman week with a campus convocation in Benton Hall. Enrollment for the four grades is near 4,900, up about nine percent from last year. J C W Kreger urged faculty to recruit top students for teaching careers amid rising national enrollments and future teacher shortages. Upperclassmen join later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Miami University
Benton Hall
Harry M. Gerlach
J. C. W. Kreger
Wanger and Joan Bennett Sue for Reconciliation in Hollywood
Film producer Walter Wanger is out of jail and his actress wife Joan Bennett has returned to Los Angeles. They arrived separately and went to their Holmby Hills home after a period apart following Wanger’s assault conviction related to shooting Jennings Lang. A reporter was told they ordered no disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Walter Wanger
Joan Bennett
Miss Bennett
Portland
Ore
Holmby Hills
Wanger
Jennings Lang
Paratrooper Enlistment Marks Middletown First This Year
Milo F. Clifton of 1741 Tytus Ave is the first Middletown resident this year to join the paratroopers through the Army and Air Force recruiting station. Clifton swore in September 11 in Cincinnati for a three-year enlistment and was sent to Fort Meade for processing. Violet M. Scearce of 17 Hudson Franklin enlisted in the WAFs for three years and reported to Lackland AFB for basic training. WAC Cpl Eugenia K. Krowczynski, Middletown’s WAC and WAF recruiter, is based in Hamilton and can be reached here Wednesdays and Fridays 10 AM to 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo F. Clifton
Tytus Ave
Middletown
Army and
Air Force
al Walters
Clifton
Cincinnati
Fort Meade
Violet M. Scearce
Hudson
Franklin
Wafs
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
WAC
WAF
Eugenia K. Krowcczynski
Hamilton
Michigan Man Praises ARTHRITIC TABLETS
A Michigan man writes praising Pruvo tablets claiming lasting relief from arthritis and rheumatism. He reports taking 10 bottles and sleeping better, saying the triple combination offers fast relief and a more normal life with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Pruvo
Prvuvo
Ichigan
America
Births listed in Vital Statistics column
Multiple birth notices from Mason, Franklin, and Hamilton entries announce births to families including Biehle Reed Stallner Fry Williams Ralston Berry Pente cost Berridge Stanfill Sullivan Jones Payne Whitaker and Skalkos with locations Mason Franklin Hamilton and Mercy Hospital. Twin girls and several single births reported with dates noted as Saturday Sunday and today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Biehle
Mason
Fredrick Reed
Franklin
Warren Stallner
Minnesota St
Carl Fry
Ralph Williams
Glenco St
William Ralston
South River St
Robert Berry
Fleming Rd
William Pentecost
Andrew St
Charles Berridge
South Main St
Kelly Stanfill
Jessie Sullivan
Charlie Jones
Ninth Ave
Ben Payne
South Clinton St
Harry Whitaker
Mohawk St
Andrew Skalkos
Mary Revelos
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Charles Revelos
Bellomonte St
Gus Skalkos
Marriage Licenses in Hamilton and Nearby Areas
Charles D. Rigby 23 U S Air Force Antioch Illinois and Sally Laub 22 student 51 Euclid St Middletown Vernon Carberry 18 cook and Ruby Marcum 18 both of Hamilton Frank Maus 57 core maker and Fannie Guyler 52 both of Hamilton James Tuttle 28 dock worker and Emily Smith 21 domestic both of Hamilton Dick Riddle 22 Marine and Pat Garland 19 waitress both of Hamilton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Rigby
U. S. Air Force
Antioch
Ill
Sally Laub
Euclid St
Middletown
Vernon Carberry
Cook
Ruby Marcum
Hamilton
Frank Maus
Fannie Guyler
James Tuttle
Emily Smith
Dick Riddle
Pat Garland
Hospital Patient List Reflects Broad Local Admissions
A diverse roster from Franklin to West Middletown and beyond shows multiple patients admitted for medical and surgical treatment at Miami Valley Hospital. Names include Richard Gifford, Nancy Johnson, Mrs. Clarence Holton, Mrs. James Holt, Richard Lambert, Mrs. Morton Hawkins, and Corwin Tucker, among others, with out of town entries and multiple street addresses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Baumer
Franklin
Richard Gifford
West Middletown
Nancy Johnson
Willie Johnson
Clarence Holton
Arlington Ave
James Holt
Garfield St
John Adams
Hill Ave
Pete Vradelis
Fleming Rd
Richard Lambert
Norman Lambert
Florence St
Morton Hawkins
Curtis St
Chester Scribner
First Ave
Lee Allen
Harry Barr
West Sixth Ave
Edward Gomin
Park St
van Holyfield
Eighteenth Ave
Corwin Tucker
Ohio Ave
Charles H. Shirer
Crawford St
John Brigner
Miamisburg
Russell Ba
Aberdeen
Dayton
Miami Valley Hospital
Ae Mollie Staton
Buenave Lyle Wells
Tytus
Cleo Allman
Middletown
Clarence Buckhalter
Charles' Hanger
Somerville
John Curry
Mabel Souvers
Arlington
Katherine Wright
Logar
Fern
Carroll Deardoff
Woodlawn
A Wright
Oneka
Russell Canney
Salt
Squad Aids Boy at 1415 Jacoby Ave Fire Call
The Fire Department emergency squad treated 11 year old John Sherrick at 1415 Jacoby Ave at 7 46 p m Sunday for abdominal pains and breathing trouble. He was taken to Middletown Hospital by ambulance and discharged after further treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Jacoby Ave
John Sherrick
Middletown Hospital
Escapee Hensley Captured Sleeping at Sister’s Home
Clinton B. Hensley, 21, held at Seven Mile after two months on the run from Mansfield Reformatory. Officers nabbed him as he slept at his sister’s house after a long series of sightings, gunfire, and a prior burglary sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seven Mile
Mansfield Reformatory
George Gault
Clinton B. Hensley
Pascal Ave
Ovens
Ensley
Gault
Edward Amos
New Miami
Hamilton
Hensley
Bert Croucher
Ritter and Mill Sts
Peck
Cheer-Up Service Held at Butler County Jail
Cheer-Up Services sponsored by Mrs. Bertha Perkins were held Sunday afternoon for inmates at the Butler County jail. Participants included Mrs. Perkins as pianist, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bullens, Mrs. Della Mae Stockdale of Miamisburg, Miss Bessie Williams of Walnuts Hills, Miss Eunice Perkins, John McCoogan, and Willie C. Brooks of the city, who provided the singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Perkins
Butler County
Perkins
Howard Bullens
Della Mae Stockdale
Miamisburg
Bessie Williams
Walnuts Hills
Eunice Perkins
John McCoogan
Willie C. Brooks
Rotary District Governor to Address Middletown Club
District Governor Ken Symons of Piqua will make his annual official visit to the Middletown Rotary Club Tuesday noon at the Manchester Hotel. He will deliver the traditional address to members after the weekly luncheon, according to President L. A. Waldner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Symons
Piqua
Middletown
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Ontario
Canada
Forrest Fitzgerald
Superior Ave
William Fitzgerald
Lopane Ave
A. C. McClure
Corona, Calif
Leslie Cremer
Fourteenth Ave
Miss Beulah Squires
American Legion
Legion Home
Longview Social Service
Industrial Council
Savta
Toon
Office Outfitters Inc
Civic Symphony
Boy Scout Council
Miami
Casletts
James Lambert
Kenneth Myers
South Main St James
Eugene McKeever
Waynesville
Boyd Orr
Germantown
Alton Ramsey
Smith Ave
Herbert Wells
Crescent
Butler
DRY Cleaners
South Clinton
Rotary Club
Norris Music House
Ross
Ruth Lyon
Sani
Waxes
Devdgery
Cation
Cash
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