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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1951
Page
8
GRAFTON the O Grala club marked its sixth anniversary with a dinner at the Livingston Shang Ri La Lorain members attended Mrs Mary Joy whose birthday matched the event received a gift from the club Joy will host the next meeting at her home on Thursday May 3.
Clayton L. Koontz of Grafton has been pledged to Tau Beta Pi at Case Institute of Technology Cleveland. Tau Beta Pi selects juniors from the upper eighth and seniors from the upper fifth based on scholarship character integrity leadership. Koontz, a chemical engineering student, is active in Glee Club Band Alpha Chi Sigma and Zeta Psi. A Chillicothe note mentions a steam flour mill producing 650 barrels daily in 1815.
GRAFTON John F Bardon a reserve member has returned home after seven months with the U S Navy He served two years in World War II and was recalled Sept 25 1950 He was aboard the USS Liddle APD 60 which moved from Philadelphia to Florida Guantanamo Bay Little Creek and San Diego before Bardon’s discharge in Grafton His wife two children and job at Spitzer Motors are noted as he resumes civilian life.
The Belden P.T.A. met April 18 with Mrs. Joe Eyring presiding. Elected for the next year were president Mrs. George Kocur, vice president Herman Gannett, secretary Mrs. Clarence Wise, and treasurer Mrs. Edith Kauffeld. Gannett’s industrial arts class showcased lawn mowers, a power cultivator, and four pieces of student-made furniture. The program featured original poems by Mrs. Stanley Sneary, band performances including The Crimson Tide March, and multiple solos by students accompanied by Mrs. Leon Lehman.
Pattern 7304 provides directions charts and three designs for huck toweling plus notes on making gifts. Send twenty cents to The Chronicle Telegram for pattern details and to request Alice Brooks Needlework catalog 1951. Also mentions a band concert at Belden May 4 and a new home move on Route 57 Dairy Dell Farms by Richard Wesemeyer Jr. and family. Funeral attendance for DeForest Goodman in Berea.
Mrs. Ed Theise and her son Jerry visited their daughter Sister Mary Clementia a teacher in Valley City. They were dinner guests Friday of Mrs. Clayton Sooy. Mrs. Sooy’s mother Mrs. George Meyers, ill with bronchitis, is improved after a week of illness.
St John’s Ladies Aid hosted by Mrs Viola Jantz with president Mrs Helen Neitzel, bake sale plans made, prizes awarded. Friendship class hosted by Mr and Mrs Robert Nesbett with 15 members and May meeting set at the J Parker home. Sunday social notes list guests from Florence Akron Detroit Vermilion Medina Amherst and family visits.
Wellington Mrs A H Furnish hosted the Wo man’s Society of Christian Service with 16 adults and 2 children in attendance. President Mrs Jeanette Shephard opened the meeting with song reading and prayer. A bake sale is planned for April 28 and a demonstration on April 30 at 7 30 pm in the Methodist church parlors. The program highlighted Methodist missions among American Indians including Navajo centers funded by Crusade for Christ with schools and dispensaries. May features a Chinese tea hosted by Mrs David Thompson at 1 30 pm.
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