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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1950
Page
5
Miss Shirley Kurth is visiting her sister, Miss Jane Ann Kurth, at Ohio University this weekend.
Co workers hosted a bridal shower at Mrs. Richard Hagen Jr. home for Barbara Greenfield daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Greenfield. She is to wed William Herbert Trimble October 21 at St Church of God Crawford. Hostesses included Mrs. Hagen and Mrs. Don McKillop. Canasta prizes went to Jeanne Ann Yung Margaret Goos and Margaret Klopp. A luncheon followed for guests including Mrs. William Young Mrs. Paul Long and other friends and the bride elect.
Members of the Vicksburg Cir 32 Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, hosted by Mrs. John N. Smith, enjoyed games and contests with awards to several members. The president reported on a Xenia visit with Mrs. Maude Vogelsang. Plans for Christmas gifts for girls at the adopted cottage were made as luncheon, television, and raffles followed the entertainment.
Oakland Presbyterian Church announces a 9 15 a m Sunday school and a 10 30 a m Holy Communion service led by Pastor Rev Richard E Moore The sermon is titled Loyalty to the Mass Y F Fellowship meets at 6 p m
The green cucumber skin adds visual appeal when served raw and optional. If peel is not preferred half the edge can be pared in a striped pattern for contrast.
Thirty five junior boys and girls of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church enjoyed a skating party in the church social rooms last evening. The event was sponsored by the Junior Teachers Miss Eleanor Parker and Mrs. E. R. Turner and assisted by Mrs. Don Lewellyn Mr. Ed Tyon and Miss Marilyn Turner.
The last two-ball foursome of the summer season will be held tomorrow afternoon at Wildwood Golf Course. Tee-off is at 3 p.m. Arrangements are by Mr and Mrs J P Johnston. No dinner will be served due to weather. no reservations needed. All members are invited.
W. B. Sabin told the Middle town Optimist Club that a 103 mile belt linking Cleveland lake shippers to Pittsburgh industries would cost 290 million dollars and save freight costs. The plan would move coal and raw ore both ways and employ about 1,000 people while adding 2.5 million dollars yearly to state tax coffers. Sabin, a Cleveland Canton and Youngstown Railroad official, spoke after Optimists heard anti belt views. The belt would be 72 inches wide, carry 126000 tons, run seven mph, and ascend a 32 percent grade.
ELYRIA AP A grand jury indicted Floyd L. Shaw 65 former Lorain County welfare director on bribery charges tied to his handling of relief funds. The report cites excessive grants and favoritism during Shaw's tenure from 1945 to his retirement last April 30. Since retirement relief costs have fallen about 17 080 dollars monthly.
A thief used a long stick to reach through an open window and stole Edith Potts pocketbook from her Hamilton home. The purse held 25 dollars, car keys, and personal items, while a small bank with 3 dollars was taken from a kitchen table.
Monroe Methodist will observe communion at Excelle church at 9 15 a m and at Monroe church at 10 30 a m.
Cincinnati group of mothers of soldiers missing in Korea urges UN forces to push beyond the 38th parallel. Identified prisoner Lt. Arthur H. Brooks appears in a Seoul move photo. Other mothers voiced support or concern over extending hostilities to free captives, while some fear wider conflict with Russia.
Washington AP A Food and Drug Administration official said about three dozen bottles of cleaning fluid labeled as castor oil but containing carbon tetrachloride may have circulated in northwestern Ohio and southern Michigan. One bottle reached a customer before the odor was discovered and an embargo was placed on Detroit area stocks.
A compact listing of Saturday and late night programs across WLW-T WLW-D WKRC KH WHIO WCPO. Highlights include Princeton vs Williams, Wrestling, Ed McConnell, One Man's Family and Nighttime variety shows. Also noted are NBC Football, Weather segments, and late sports coverage.
In Cincinnati sixteen hundred Trailmobile workers walk out after shop steward John Stolz is fired for causing disruptions. The strike intensifies a cost of living dispute between the United Auto Workers Local 392 and management amid ongoing negotiations. In Cleveland, ex-financier Joseph Kirby, 64, is jailed again after a federal judge found him guilty of disobeying a government order.
Bennie Ger, 50, a former featherweight boxer, was arrested on suspicion of selling loot from a $19,000 jewel theft. Police found in his Detroit home several pieces of jewelry taken February 18 from Mildred Pickoff, a New York jewelry saleswoman.
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