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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-05-13
; MILFORD CENTER
BY MRS. FRANK REED

DR.. and Mrs. w. B. Hempy, of
Groveport, spent Tuesday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Hem
py.
Fred Huber and son, George, left
for Grand Rapids, Mich, to spend
several days on business.
Mrs. Anna Mummy returned to
her home, after spending the win
ter months with her son and her
daughter-in-law and family of
Norfolk, Va. She was accompanied
home by her son, Wilbur, who is a
retired navy officer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Call and fam
lily were Sunday callers of Mr.. and
Mrs. u. B. Bauerle, of London.
Miss Anna Curran of Columbus,
spent Tuesday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Curran, and
sister, Anna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman HERE, of
MarySville, are the proud parents
of a baby daughter, born Sunday
at White Cross hospital, Columbus.
This is heir No. 2. Mrs. HERE is
the former Barthena Stillings, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Vinton
SullingS, of Marysville
Mr.. and Mrs. Werner Vollrath,
of Dayton, and Mrs. William Voll-
rath of this place, left Sunday for
an extended visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Vollrath and family,
of Granville, Iowa.
Mr.. Henry Kaufman and Miss
Flettah Cottrell were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph
Kaufman, of Springfield. Miss
Cottrell was also a guest of her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Warren, of Spring
| field
Due to the illness of DR.. Glib
son, of Marysville, the main speak
er for THE Social Hygiene" meet
ing for boys only has been set for
a later date. Watch your paper for
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-05-13

further notice.
Mr.. and Mrs. John DeVoSs spent
Wednesday in Wooster, and at
tended q musical in which Miss
Lou Ann took part. Miss DeVoss
is a sophomore in the college.
Mr.. Haynes is on the sick list.
Eliza Rice, patient at University
hospital, Columbus, is reported as
being improved at this writing.
Mrs. Ralph Clark, a patient at
Grant hospital, Columbus, is much
improved at this writing.
Ross Ingram, a patient at Grant
hospital for the past week or so,
was brought to his home today.
Mr.. Bill Freshwater, of Marion,
was a Sunday caller of Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Hughes and son, Jim
mic, and Mr.. Simon Nichols.
Mrs. Herbert Rutan was a Tues
day shopper in Columbus.
Jimmie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ev-
erett Hughes, is back in school
after being confined to his home
for the past six weeks with a
throat ailment.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Mckinley, of
Mechanicsburg, were S a tn r d a y
evening callers of Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Hughes and son, Jimmie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Thomas
were in Columbus on business Fri
day.
Mrs. Lowell Ford, entered White
Cross hospital Sunday. Monday
morning she underwent an oper-
alton, and is getting along as well
as can be expected. Her little son,
Jerry, is with his grandparents in
Red Key. Ind.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-05-13

Mrs. DeMark Smith, of Bellefon-
taine, is spending the week with
his grandparents, Mr., and Mrs.
Oscar Robinson.
MIR. and Mrs. Harley Corwin,
Mrs, James Null and son, Jimmy
were visitors in Marion, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Null, MIR
ana Mrs. Ward Parsons and son,
Ronnie, called at the homes OF Mr..
and Mrs. d. o. Stump and Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Beatty, Tuesday even
ing.
'Scottie' Ward is moving his
garage into the back of the Ford
garage, now owned by Mr.. Caid-
well.
The Ward family will move in
to the Charley Marmon property
Mrs. Myrtle Levally and family
will ocupy the Stump property
Mrs. Clarice Woods entered the
hospital Tuesday for observation
Mr.. Evertt Brugler sold his ele-
vator to Mr.. Mollett, of Mt. Vic
tory, and Mr. and Mrs. Brugler
will reopen and start a grocery
store where the Jones Economy
Store was.
1t. and Mrs. Hugh Hookway
made a business trip to Mt. Vern-
on, Monday. They returned to
their home Tuesday
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Plain City Section

(Jim Colflesh) then sang a west
ern love song, "Angelita" A trio
sang The Navajo Trail" and a
group of first and second graders
did an old fashioned square dance
and the show closed with the
group singing, "Wagonwheels"
The curtains dropped as the fire
flickered out and the wagonwheelS
rolled to stop.
The second part of the program
took the audience back to the Gay
Nineties, when "a man was more
manly, and a woman more woman
ly, and a pound Of butter was in
every icebox" The good old barber
shop quartet opened, singing,
Down BY the Old Mill Stream,
AS the second song ended a BIZ
cycle-built-for-two rolled on the
stage, carrying the old-fashioned
girl and her small, lollypop bearing
brother. A duet, Let Me Call
You Sweetheart, followed, sung
by Bill Paschall (barber shop
quartet and Helen Trees. The
Chandler sisters, Lois and Rose
mary, then gave their version of
Chattanooga Choo Choo". How
ard Kaiser, the schools well-loved
caretaker then sang, Love Me
and the World Is Mine, and re-
ceived such thunderouS applause
that he sang an encore number
Son followed in fathers footsteps,
when Ivan Kaiser played sousa-
phone solo, Rocked in the Cradle
Of the Deep. The Jenny Lind of
the Gay Nineties, Mary Nell Walk
er, in a bewitching black costume,
sang, Beautiful Blue Danube. A
song and dance number, "Oh, Tell
Me Pretty Maiden, followed by,
THE Waltz Bluette", a comic bal
let, ended the second part of the
program.
The curtain rose next, as the
faint strains of "Lullabye an d
Goodnight" floated out over the
auditorium. Miss Sharon Kaye
Bennett made the appearance of
a doll as she stood before the mic
rophone to sing this lullaby. Judith
Woods played a piano solo, Am
orillus", then accompanied two
numbers sung by Janice BlevinS
and Michael Elias. A group of
grade students recited two poems,
The DUEL and The Elfman".
Ted DefaxiS, the Harry James of
the Kiddie Hour, played trumpet
solo, Song of the Sun. Nellie
Blanton sang, Aren't You Glad
You're You?", followed by a black
face number, "Shortnin' Bread" i,
which brought rolls of laughter
from the audience. The curtains
closed as Sharon Bennett finished
her lullaby
The last program brought the
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-05-13
swimming and family.

Swimming and family
Mrs. Hazel Gray and daughter,
Mrs. Virginia Coins and Judy Kay,
were shopping in Marysville Fri
day morning.
A birthday surprise dinner was
given Sunday in honor of Mrs. Fay
Jackson's 68 birthday by he r
children, grandchildren and five of
her great-grandchildren. Thos e
present were Mr. and Mrs. Ottie
Gray and family, Ronald Coins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Lockwood
and daughter, Norma; Mrs. Wilma
Blue and children; Mr.and Mrs.
Homer Jackson, of Columbus; Mr..
and Mrs. James Vaughn and fam
ily, Mrs. Bertha Swimming and four
children MIR. and Mrs. Murle Lew
is and son, Richard, of Columbus;
Mrs. Lena O'Toole and daughter,
Nina, of Springfield; and Asa,
Dana and Louise Jackson. Mrs.
Jackson received many nice and
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ent with a hit parade show. The
crowd swayed to the swinging
rythmn of Joe Grey, his band, and
his theme, 1920 Special Miss Car
oil Brown sang Il Remember You, :"
and G. Goodrich, well-known sax
ophonist, played the tricky solo,
"Nola". Next came a piano number
"Boogie" by Helen Trees. The VOC
al sextette, with the accompani-
ment of the band sang, Just a
Little Fond Affection, followed
by blues singing, Joy Depp, giving
out with, Don't You Know l care"
When the next announcement was
made many "Oh's" and Abs"
were heard throughout the aud
fence. AS the house lights dimmed
to a faint blue, into the spotlight
stepped Miss Jean Thompson,
whose lovely voice has thrilled so
many listeners. She sang, Blue
Neon, and was applauded back to
sing, "Oh What l Seemed To Be"
The girls sextette sang, "On the
Atchinson, Topeka and the Santa
Fe", followed by Joe Grey, sing
ing, Temptation. The listeners
were surprised when Joe turned
out TO be almost a second Frank
Sinatra with his torrid love song.
The program closed with the band
playing, Apple Honey" a peppy
jitterbug number.
Miss Marilyn Burgess, director
of the show, and Miss Ann Vigor,
accOmpaniSt, were called to the
footlights TO accept well-deserved
applause. Before the show began,
Joe Grey presented Miss Burgess
and Miss Vigor with corsages from
the cast.
CHOIR SINGS
The Methodist church choir
joined with a number of other
choirs on Sunday at Springfield to
sing in a mass music festival. AS
their special number the choir
sang, Praise the Lord, 0 Jerusa-
lem" In the evening all the choirs
were ..?assed together to sing the
beautAu! Gloria In EXcelsis."
WEita S..rine Luncheon
On Thursday, Mrs. G. W. Wal
ter Fee, Mrs. r. l.. Perkins, Mrs.
V. =. Inucas ard Mrs. Paul Fer
guscA l,tcad1d the White Shrine
mnch~ln gwen at the beautiful
county home o. Kathryn Barn
hart oi near West jefferson.
Daus.!,ars of EsDeliaA
Monday evening, May 13, at
$50 will be the regular birthday
meeting for April, May and June
Of the Rebekah lodge. All MEM
bers are invited and urged to bring
their mystery pals.
SeIIers-Mitman Marriage
The First Lutheran church of
Stryker, Ohio, on April 27, was
the scene of the marriage of Miss
Marjorie Louise Mitman, Spring
field, and Mr.. Ernest E. Sellers, Of
Plain City.
The bride was attired in a gold
suit with brown accessories and
a shoulder corsage of orchids. She
is a graduate of Enon high school
and attended Ohio Wesleyan bus
mess college and is at present en-
ployed by the Sears, Roebuck CO.
Of Springfield.
Mr.. Sellers is a graduate of the
Plain City high school, and just
recently returned from 43 months
service with the armed forces.
Rev. E. o. Hit, a cousin of the
bride, performed the ceremony.
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records and advertising announce
ments were made by announcer
David Brown, under the direction
of Lawrence Burgess.
When the curtains opened a typ
ical western scene was revealed,
complete with a blazing fire, wag-
onwheels, saddles, wooden block
horses, cowboys and cowgirls, all
in actual costumes.
TEX" Jordan (Teddy Jordan)
announced the program beginning
with a song Little Joe the Wrang-
ler". Next came I'm An Old Cow
hand, sung by the entire group.
TEX" Jordan and slim" Colflesh
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: BOXES CREEK
BY MRS. HAZEL GRAY


Cpl. Everett Disbennett jr. ar
rived home Friday morning from
Camp Atterbury, Ind, with his
honorable discharge. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Disben-
nett, of Peoria Rt. l. MI
Miss Helen Webb of Marion, is
spending a few days at the Everett
Disbennett home.
O. L. Gray and family called on
t h cir daughter, Mrs. Leonard
Coins, and family.
Joe and Larry Swimming spent
Sunday evening at the Gray home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Brown
and children, of Dayton, spent Sat-
urday with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-05-13
BY MISS HELEN TREES

SHOW Is GROWING SUCCESS
When the curtains rOSe on the
"W.PC.S. Presents" show Friday
night, the actors and actresses on
the stage were greeted by the
thunderous applause of full house
From 1880 pm. until 500 pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-08
Miss Lola MAZE johnson Takes
Over Duties AT Raleigh YWCA

tee and helping with the training
union program.
Her W ork with the Raleigh
YWCA will be supervisor of pro-
gram for teen-age youth, including
Y teen dormerly called Girl Re-
serve) clubs in the schools and the
coed program at the Y on Friday
nights and two afternoons a week.
She, with Mrs. Landon Hill, Y-Teen
chairman on the board of directors,
will recruit and train club advisers
and program leaders, holding set
ting = up conferences and special
city : wide events. She will work
with Mrs. Hills committee, which
is the connecting link be-
tween the clubs and the homes,
the parent : teacher association, S
and other community organiza-
tons. She will also assist the adj
wiser of the II Y-teen clubs Of the
Sojourner Truth branch of the
YWCA with leaders training course
and a setting up conference for
club advisers to be held at Camp
Whispering Pines in September.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-08
Johnston-Saleem
Vows Solemnized

The wedding of Miss Margaret
Louise S m, daughter of
Charles T. Saleem, to Walter F.
Johnston, son of Mrs. jamie F.
Johnston, took place on August 81
at the Fourth Street Advent
church at 5 o'clock in the after.
noon. T h e ceremony was per.
formed by the Rev. Herman w
Duke.
The program of wedding music
was rendered by Mrs. Wilbur E.
Cherry. Her selections included
Liebestraum, I Love You Truly,
and Because. The traditional wed.
ding marches were used as the
professional and occasional.
The VOWS were spoken before z
background of palms and southern
smilax. The church was illuminat
ed by candles.
The bridal couple entered the
church together and were unat
tended. The bride wore a pear
gray imperial gabardine suit ane
black accessories. Her corsage
was Of orchids.
Immediately following the cere
mony the bridal couple left for {
wedding trip to western Nortl
Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-08

Miss Lola Male Johnson of Will
,iagtoo has assumed her duties as
y Teen program director of the
rrCA in Raleigh. Miss Johnson
~, graduated from the Woman's
.,rsse Of the University of North
r,roiina in 1914 with an ABB. de-
rse in sociology. Since July of
hit year, she mas been employed
., case work assistant in the New
Hanover county welfare depart
nent in the city.
Miss Johnson was active in cam
mis- affairs during her stu
lent days, having been a member
4 the Adelphian society, the col
sse choir, the French club, So
G5logy club, and the college
VYCA. Since her graduation she
has done volunteer work in the Will
nngton YWCA, serving as an ad-
wiser Of the Junior-Senior Girl Re
serve club, ana participating in
various classes and activities of
the YWCA. She has also been an
active worker in the First Baptist
church, serving as president Of the
Young Women's auxiliary, pro-
gram director Of the Young Peo-
PIES department in Sunday school,
leader of the Bible Discussion
group, on the evangelistic commit
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-08
Lillian Pearl RADON,
M. B. Watkins Married

Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. RADON, of
Leland, announce the marriage Of
their daughter, Lillian Pearl, to
Morrison Brogden Watkins, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Watkins OF
Leland.
The ceremony took place on
July 20 at $40 o'clock at Conway,
S. C.
The couple is residing with the
bridegroom's parents.
Both are graduates of the b.
livia High school. Mr.. Watkins was
released from service in January.
Dry ice is carbon dioxide, COM
mon soda fountain gas, that has
been solidified under pressure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-08
Estelle Bats
WEEDS In Florida
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seven-branched %caadelabra holding
white tapers.
Mrs. Pauline Tiller, organist,
rendered the nuptial music. Mrs.
Robert Ivey sang II Love You
Truly" and Dominic Constantine
sang BECAUSE" The traditional
wedding marches were used.
The bride, given il marriage by
her father, wore a street : length
dress of squa crepe with matching
hat and snakeskin accessories,
and carried a white prayerbook
topped with a white orchid and
showered with tuberoses.
Mrs. Aubine Bats, Jr.. %sister-in-
law Of the bride, was her only at
tendant. She wore a gold crepe
dress with brown accessories and
a corsage of Brandywiae roses.
1t. Langley had as his best man,
Capt. William Steiger. The ush-
ers were Capt. Ibry Beatty, Capt.
Winiford A. Gaines, Aubine Bats,
Jr., and Jack Bats.
Mrs. Bats, mother of the bride,
wore a black dress trimmed with
aqua, black accessories, and a cor
sage of white roses.
After the ceremony a reception
was aeld at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Ivey, close friends OF
the bride. The home was beautiful
Nv decorated with baskets Of white
gladioli and bowls of mixed flow
ers. The dining room table was
laid with a lace cloth and conferred
with a three-tiered wedding cake,
flanked by lighted tapers. The hos
tess was assisted in receiving the
guests by Mrs. L. W. Shirley, Mrs.
Russell Dobson, Mrs. Hillard John
son. Miss Jean Ivey and Mrs.
Paul Fague.
Immediately following the recep-
ton the couple left for a wedding
trip to. New Orleans and Kentucky.
For travelling the bride wore a blue
eabardine suit with brown acceso-
ries and orchid corsage from her
bridal bouquet.
Mrs. Langley was graduated
from Orlando High school and at
tended Stetson university. For the
last four years she has been en-
ployed in the ticket office Of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad COM
pany, Orlando, Fla.
1t. Langley attended schools in
Kentucky, and has been in the US.
Army for the past six years, dur
ing which time he served sixteen
months in the Pacific theatre. AT
present, 1t. Langley is stationed at
Pine Castle Army Air base, near
Orlando.
The out-of-town guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Aubine Bats, Virginia
Lice bats and Jack Bats. OF Will
mington, Mrs. E. F. Moore and
EFF. Moore, Jr.. Of. Richmond, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. B. Taylor and
Miss Elizabeth Smith, Jacksonville,
Fla. and Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Stafford, Plant City, Fla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-08
Seagate Baptist
Circles To Meet
Wednesday Morning

The monthly meetings Of the
Women's Missionary society of the
Seagate Baptist church will be
held as follows on Wednesday
morning at 1920 o'clock.
l. Mrs. L. D. Gaddy, chairman,
with Mrs. Owen Petit.
2. Mrs. w. A. Brock, chairman,
with Mrs. Richard Evans.
3. Mrs. George Larson, chair
man, with Mrs. H. Milliken, Sr.
4. Mrs. Percy Tart, chairman,
with Mrs. Frank Sneeden.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-08

the home Of their mother, Mrs.
Henry Bryant Koonce In Rich
lands.
The home a decorated with
lovely white gladioli and chrysan.
themum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-08

The custom OF having a best man
at weddings is believed to be a
survival of primitive marriage by
capture, when a man seized a
woman and carried her away by
force.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-08
Bridal Party Entertained

Following the wedding rehearsal
Monday night, Miss Esther Koonce
and Mrs. Robert Brandler, sisters
of the bride, entertained the bridal
party and out of town guests a.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-09-27

The recent flood In the Stan
field district offers an opportunity
for the supervisors OF the Stan
field Soil Conservation District TO
determine exactly what engineer
ing work is required to handle a
large flood That protection is
needed is we'll illustrated by float
ing bales OF cotton along the
highway, flooded fields. damaged
highways. and flooded and washed
out country roads Proper surveys.
Immediately made. will not only
show the sources OF the flood wa
ter. but the direction and volume
OF flow, areas flooded, and ade-
quacy of existing structures such
as bridges. dykes, drain bitches,
etc. We would urge that all
agencies interested. including the
State and County Highway De-
partments. the Southern Pacific
Railroad. and the Soil Conserva-
ton Service. get together on an
immediate program TO handle such
floods In the future.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-09-27

loss of minerals and water through
farming. In 1929 he presented ev-
idence to congress which resulted
in establishment OF 10 erosion con-
troll experiment stations and four
years later he was selected TO
head the country's first soil and
water conservation agency. the
soil erosion service Since 1885 he
has been chief of the soil conser-
walton service. made a permanent
agency OF government that year.
During that time farmers and
ranchers have organized upwards
Of 500 soil conservation districts
covering about 800 million acres
and million farms. or two-thirds
OF all the farms in the country.
These districts are directed by
their own farmer boards. But We
are still losing about a half mil
lion acres of land a year and this
damage has been costing us about
billion dollars annually, and
nearly billion acres of farm and
ranch land need complete. planned
conservation treatment.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-09-27
Odd Fellows Confer
Initiafory Degree Here

Coolidge Odd Fellows Lodge
conferred the initiatory degree on
two candidates at a meeting held
this week In Masonic Temple.
Announcement was made that
the Odd Fellows now have all
equipment for installing lights for
the softball diamond in Coolidge
City Park. but as the poles on
hand are only 45 feet long they
will postpone installation in the
hope that longer poles may be Sc
cured. thereby insuring better
lighting. This decision was
reached since the softball season
is now at an end.
Balls. bats. and other playing
equipment has also been secured
by the Odd Fellows. Davie Davis
Is chairman of the committee In
charge and Dee Parks, co-chair-
man.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-09-27

idge Auxiliary TO the VFW at a
special meeting IN Coolidge wom-
ans clubhouse Tuesday evening.
October /. at p. m, according
10 announcement OF the president,
Mrs. Flossie Lettering. Mrs. Burger
and Mrs. budding will make their
Official visits to the local WV
Auxiliary at this meeting.
A special program has been
planned, after which members OF
the vFw. Sgt. Watkins. Jr.. Post
have been invited 10 join the
Auxiliary for social hour. All
Auxiliary members are requested
by Mrs. Lettering TO be present.
Mrs. Burger has served the
state department Of her Auxiliary
as national home fund chairman,
junior activities chairman and
membership chairman. She has
filled the offices Of conductress,
junior vice president. senior vice
president. and was elected as
president in Tucson. June /. 1916.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-09-27

According TO a survey made on
Tuesday. September nth. cotton
ginnings are averaging $50 bales
per day for the county Based on
our estimates. the present labor
supply will pick out so per cent
of our crop BY the end of January.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-09-27

President Truman has decided
definitely there will not be a spe-
cial session of congress. He says
that members OF the congress de-
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-09-27

BAsHAs, SELLS FoR LESS
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-09-27
Forrest Thornburg VIII
Start Dancing Classes
Here on October 9Th

Forrest Thornburg Of Phoenix
AMI Hollywood will start conduct
lng dance classes here on October
8. instead Of October ?. as previ-
ously planned. according 10 an
nouncement this week. Thornburg
is director Of the dance center at
Phoenix and also studio director
OF the Ruth St Denis foundation
az Hollywood. He has been asso-
ciated with the Ruth 81. Denis and
Ted shawn schools over a period
of 20 years.
he viii conduct classes here in
ballet. ballroom. creative and tap
dancing for children and adults
ou specified days at Coolidge
womans club. Those wishing TO
register for instruction may do so
with Mrs. Bruce Moody. who can
supply all necessary information
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-09-27

ing 1t at the time II was needed.
One OF the best ways OF grass
hopper control is to renovate al
falfa fields In the late fall. in or
der 10 destroy egg pods. each of
which may produce from Is 10 30
or more grasshoppers next spring
II grasshoppers were thick in your
alfalfa this year. we suggest reno
vation. But be sure to talk with
your neighbors and get them to
do the same. Hoppers were most
numerous this year in the vicinity
OF Coolidge. and east and south OF
Casa Grande.