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THE HARRISON PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 9 THE HARRISON PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,2013, 2012,
Garden gals have busy summer with shows and displays
Members of Shaker Farms Garden Club and guest Melissa Dunaway were treated to a wonderful power point presentation of Flowers in Art by docent Melinda Callahan of the Cincinnati Art Museum Wednesday May 22 at the Harrison Township Community Center, New Haven Road. Art tells a story without words and dates back to cave dwellers. There are many forms of art that include tapestries, paintings, manuscripts and metal work that have included very symbolic flowers or plant material. After the program, the club had box lunches purchased from Monk’s Kitchen, followed by the business meeting. The club had two more successful fundraisers. The annual garage sale netted more than $800 and the plant auction and sale over $1000. Members had a work day at the Looker House gardens and the Passmore Cabin, and will have a clean- up and planting day at the Interstate 74 Interchange. Nancy Martin presented newest member, Pauline Welling, the traditional blue bird box made by her husband Dick. The club has a fantastic blue bird trail throughout Harrison and neighboring communities to support this well-loved bird. Many members attended the GCO Cincinnati District meeting at Crown Plaza in Blue Ash to hear Ron Wilson talk about new perennials and annuals and to see Dianna Mullins from Canfield, Ohio give a floral design program “Journeys.” Others attended the Federated Garden Club Spring meeting at the Fairfield Community Arts Center, and were treated to a program by Ron Wilson and Rita Heikenfeld entitled Herbs and Edibles. Members signed up for displays shown at area business during National Garden Week June 2-8. Displays included fresh flower arrangements, dish gardens, terrariums and collections. The club’s annual Garden Party was June 26 at the home of Dianne Jackson.
This week’s athlete of the week is Jake Weber who completed 70 percent of his passes in last week’s scrimmage games with Fairmont and Troy high schools.
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Nancy Martin, right, presents newest Shaker Farms Garden Club member Pauline Welling the traditional blue bird box. The club has a fantastic blue bird trail throughout Harrison and neighboring communities.
MY WORLD OF DREAMS
Mad about movies
I decided to continue my over-write to today’s column, sort of like a 15- chapter serial at a kid’s Saturday matinee. I ended last week with the movies we saw at sit-down and drive-in theaters. I can count the ones I remember seeing on my fingers. These are the ones we saw after getting married to this very moment. I mentioned the first two of the five I can remember. There may be more I can’t recall. To refresh your memory, in the autumn of 1953 while still newlyweds we saw Devil’s Canyon (1953) at a neat theatre around east Sixth Street in downtown Cincinnati. I can’t remember the theatre name, but in those days you didn’t have to worry about getting robbed or shot by some doped-up punk. This movie was shown in 3-D that required cardboard glasses that kept falling off your face. The only thing good about this film was Virginia Mayo (1920-2005) who ranked in the top ten most beautiful stars and she could act. We went with a newlywed couple we met through a mutual friend. The other film I mentioned was Perri (1957). This Disney film was a boring dog about a real live squirrel. My oldest daughter saw the TV commercials and wanted to see it. She had been in Children’s Hospital due to a burn and I took her to the Esquire Theatre in Clifton. She slept through the film. According to my wife, in the summer of 1963 we went to the Dent drive-in theatre, which is no longer around, to see Bye Bye Birdie (1963). This film was about rock ‘n roll singer Conrad Birdie, played by Jesse Pearson (1930-1979), being drafted into the military, then going to Ohio to give a goodbye kiss to his biggest fan, Kim McAfee, played by beauti-
ful Ann-Margret Bill (1941). Birdie rode Baird a British-made Norton Atlas 750cc motorcycle, which was my reason for seeing the film. At the time, I was thinking about becoming a Norton dealer but it never came to pass. The film was Pearson’s first of 12 mostly TV roles. He passed away at age 49 from cancer. This was the first Hollywood film for Dick Van Dyke (1925). I don’t remember where, but in 1964 we saw the great action film It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), starring Spencer Tracy (19001967) in his next to last of 78 roles starting in 1930.
The film was about Tracy and 75 other great and notso-great stars racing across the country to find a treasure worth a fortune. Last, but not least, the kids treated us for our 33rd anniversary in August 1986 to see The Money Pit (1986) at the Northgate Theatre, which was about couple Shelley Long (1949) and Tom Hanks (1956) buying and fixing up a rundown house. My wife was doing this in Hooven. I also didn’t see the great TV shows from the 1950s through the 1970s, but saw them on Me TV due to working the 3 to 11 afternoon shift by choice. My reasons for working the afternoon shift were I don’t like getting up early,
there was less traffic driving to and from work, the duty was non-routine such as restoring equipment to service after being maintained by guys like Jim Greer of Harrison Township, and the exciting storms that usually happened on this shift. By not seeing these movies and TV shows I missed seeing the new beautiful stars on their way up such as German born Antoinette Bower (1932) who appeared in many TV roles. She was very beautiful especially her eyes. Bill Baird is a Whitewater Township resident who writes a weekly column about old movies and Hollywood trivia.
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CITY GOVERNMENT • Harrison City Council, first and third Tues, 7:30 p.m., Harrison Community Center, 300 George St. Meetings broadcast on Warner cable television, Channels 15 & 17, Sunday, 3 p.m.; and Channel 24, Monday, 11 p.m. • Harrison Planning Commission, second Tues, 7:30 p.m., Harrison Community Center, 300 George St. Meetings broadcast live, Channel 4, replay Saturday, 6 p.m., Channel 4. • Harrison Recreation Commission, second Thursday, 7 p.m. • Harrison Board of Zoning Appeals, fourth Tues, 7 p.m., Harrison Community Center, 300 George St. • Harrison Mayor’s Court, first and third Thursday, 3 p.m., Harrison Community Center, 300 George St. • Harrison Civil Service Commission, fourth Monday, 1 p.m., Harrison Community Center, 300 George St. • Harrison Recreation Commission, fourth Thursday, 7 p.m., Harrison Community Center, 300 George St. • West Harrison Town Council, second Monday, 6:30 p.m., 100 Railroad Ave., West Harrison. TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT • Crosby Township Trustees, second Monday, 7 p.m., Community Center, 8910 Willey Road, New Haven. • Harrison Township Trustees, third Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Harrison Community Center. • Whitewater Township Trustees, third Monday, 7 p.m., Whitewater Community Center, 6125 Dry Fork Road. SCHOOL BOARDS • Southwest Local School District, third Thursday, 7 p.m., Meetings take place at district schools. Call 367-4139 for location. • Sunman-Dearborn School District, second Thursday, 6:30 p.m., administration office, Lawrenceville Road. GROUPS, CLASSES, AGENCIES • Alcoholics Anonymous, Tues, 8 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 115 S. Vine St., Harrison. • Amazing Grace Quilters - 3rd Monday of the month, 10-3. Amazing Grace Church, 9961 New Haven Road. (513) 202-0688. • American Legion Bingo - American Legion Bingo will be held every Thursday, doors open at 6 p.m., bingo starts at 7:15 p.m. at 10700 Campbell Road. • American Legion Trivia - Trivia is held every Wednesday at American Legion Post 199, 10700 Campbell Road, 8 p.m. • Beta Sigma Pi Sorority XI Eta Iota Chapter, second Monday, 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 115 S. Vine St., 267-4301. • Bountiful Hearts, third Saturday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Harrison Church of the Nazarene, 249 Sunset Ave. Free, hot meals served and clothing available. Bob Tau, 367-0316. • CAP Harrison Cadet Squadron, Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Harrison Airport, West Rd. Come fly with us! 367-4669. • Crosby Senior Center Crochet - Have you ever wanted to learn to crochet? A Free beginners class taught by Sue Corson on the first Tuesday of each month at the Crosby Senior Center beginning at 1:00pm. Bring your own needles and yarn. • Crosby Township Historical Society, third Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Senior Center, Willey Road. • Fernald Community Alliance, first Monday, 6:30 p.m., Fernald Preserve Visitor Center, Willey Road. • Free Square Dance Lessons - River Square Dance Club will hold free lessons on Thursdays 7-9 p.m., Miamitown Firehouse, Miamitown. (812) 637-5601. • Ham Shoot - A ham shoot will be held every Sunday at 11:45 a.m. except the third Sunday of each month at Harrison VFW, 9150 Lawrenceburg Road. Sign-ups begin at 10:45 a.m. • Harrison High School Athletic Boosters, second Monday, 7:30 p.m., Harrison High School, 9860 West Road. • Harrison High School Drama Boosters, fourth Tuesday, 7 p.m., high school commons, 3674169. • Harrison High School Music Boosters, fourth Monday, 7 p.m., Harrison High School, 9860 West Road, music department, 367-4169. • Harrison Kiwanis, first and third Thursday, noon, Amazing Grace Lutheran Church, 9961 New Haven Road, 367-2015. • Harrison Republican Club, first Thursday, 7 p.m., Harrison Community Center. • Harrison Vetrans Color Guard - The Harrison veterans color guard 10700 Campbell Road Harrison, is looking for a few good people to join. We do 4 or 5 parades in the community and Veteran Day services at the schools. If interested please contact Al Buxton at (513)225-1489 or Gary Hembree at (513) 312-4887. • Harrison Weight Watchers, Tuesdays, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 115 S. Vine St. • Miami Historical Society of Whitewater Township, second Thursday, 7 p.m., Miamitown Hall. • MOMS Club of West Harrison, third Wednesday, 10 a.m., St. John’s United Church of Christ, Broadway and Sycamore Streets, Harrison, 637-1947. • Overeaters Anonymous, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Broadway and Vine Streets. 910-7032. • Reach Out Pregnancy Center, 10150 Harrison Ave., first and third Monday, 5 p.m., Post-abortion recovery group information session, 367-7710. • Shaker Farms Garden Club, fourth Wednesday, 367-9379. • Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church - corner of Broadway & Vine Streets., Donna Cooper, 367-1125. • Water aerobics classes - Water aerobics classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays by certified water aerobics instructor Sarah O’Connor. Lifeguard provided for each class. No class fee, donations accepted. For additional information call Brandon Loveless (812) 576-4811 or email bsloveless@ sunmandearborn.k12.in.us . • West Side Democratic Club, second Wednesday, 7 p.m., Harrison Bowl, 1152 Stone Drive. E-mail to ws.democrats@gmail.com