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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1954
Page
3
Olga Curtis argues that the rising do it yourself trend has benefits but warns of risks in home projects. She notes dangers from wiring and safety laws, tests cost of tools, and cites that major jobs often need experts. The piece urges weighing time, cost, and safety before tackling large renovations.
Mad dogs and modish women can be detected in a crowd. They froth. For a few cents they can add chiffon or organdie to make a suit look like Hattie Carnegie’s custom collection. Navy gray or pale wool suits with white or chiffon throat scarfs dominate this season. Silk scarves are tucked under V or oval necklines or knotted with a jewel, a flower, or left to flow down the front for a classic touch.
A brief classified ad offers readers a way to place a sale notice in the Chronicle Telegram by contacting the phone number 4751. The snippet urges readers to use the classifieds when looking to unload belongings.
Local clubs and organizations list tonight through Friday events. Meetings cover Woman's Club boards, church groups, youth councils, study groups, dinners, and Lenten activities across Elyria venues including Holly Hall, First Congregational, and St. Jude's School. Also listed are election of officers, luncheon programs, and community services through Friday.
More than 700 people gathered at Elyria District Catholic High School to view the Hubbard Patrician Players production of the Passion play Man of Sorrows. Nonprofessional parish members constituted over 40 performers with 20 extra on the technical crew. directing was Rev. R. J. Fredrich.
An advertising text describes iron on patterns with 18 designs in rooster red sunny yellow and green for aprons towels and linens plus transfer motifs with sizes. It also mentions a 1954 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog and a parish drama divided into five acts portraying the Jericho to Easter narrative with amateur performers and notable roles.
A mother advises against selfishness and urges shared play with Johnnie. She suggests dividing blocks, each building a house, drawing a sidewalk between, and turning play into a cooperative activity rather than scolding.
Ed Fitzhugh recounts a chaotic weekend spent attempting to repair a fragile lighter. Springs, tiny parts, and a popped flint disrupt kitchen dinner as pieces fly everywhere including a lemon pie, while a fondness for matches grows.
In Garden City Kansas Mrs Wayne Campbell faces a dust-packed porch and dust coated furniture after the worst dust storm in 15 years. She vows to sweep again only when the sun returns while noting more dust breezes may come from the wind on the Great Plains.
Mrs. Campbell, wife of a Garden City abstractor, laments slow cleaning as crews sweep dust from door to walk. She hopes Easter brings rain and plans to wash windows when feasible, noting tighter houses and storm sashes reduce need for heavy housekeeping. She recalls 1930s dustier times and dim memories of past methods.
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