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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1964
Page
5
Hollywood columnist Rock Hudson writes on how screen titles shape a film from the opening seconds. He recalls spoofing a Doris Day comedy and notes the obsession with flashy titles, testing audience reactions, and the idea of future Oscars for best title design.
Valley City hosts free entertainment tomorrow with The Wheelers and Marimba Merrymakers plus the Adams family bicycle act and the Adams Chimps. The program, sponsored by the 16-1 fire department, runs from noon to evening with food booths run by volunteers and a Medina band named Nitesmen appearing later.
Valley City Garden Club completes plans for a Flower Fair at Valley City Street Fair exhibits in the Medina County Bank basement. The Horticulture division features 35 classes with categories such as asters celestas marigolds petunias snapdragons and roses. Rules require exhibitor grown entries with proper tag variegated names, and pot plants must be in grower possession three months or more. Blue ribbons and silver bowls await winners with a merit system for juniors under 16.
Hollywood report notes Ed Wallach transitions from method acting to a supporting role in a Disney picture. The piece highlights Wallach’s move as a notable career shift and mentions the project name Moon Stands.
Booth Bazley has been named chairman of the Commercial A Division for the 1929 United Fund campaign in Elyria. He will lead soliciting large gifts from individuals and businesses and professional groups. Bazley, owner of Packing House Market, has previously chaired the Commercial B Division and YMCA drives. He serves on the Elyria YMCA board and supports local PTA, Junior Chamber, and Republican activities with his wife Wilma and four children.
Walter Brennan recalls haunting film casting offices in 1919 with Gary Cooper that yielded no success. The anecdote frames early Hollywood misfires and star-crossed ambitions in the silent era.
New York fans swarm Delmonico hotel after secret Beatles arrival at Kennedy. Thin crowds form at 1 am and 3:27 am as Ringo Starr and the group greet shrieking teens with brief waves. Police struggle to hold back the throng outside the fashionable intersection.
Wellington reports the silage silo at Tony Blasius farm near Quarry and Peck Wadsworth roads caught fire for the fourth time since Aug 13. The Wellington Tire Department reconnected a water sprinkler system last Friday and will keep a slow water stream to cool the silo until the hay stops smoldering. Spontaneous combustion is believed to have started the first blaze. fire crews were on scene for two hours then.
The Chronicle-Telegram issue from Elyria Ohio dated August 29 1961 details local civic items and community notices with brief notices on events, meetings and updates likely affecting residents. It presents a snapshot of daily life in Elyria during late summer 1961.
The Lorain County Republican Women host a conference at Elyria Savings and Trust in Lorain with speakers from GOP committees. Topics include Voting Information The 1964 Election in Ohio and Your County Government. A noon luncheon precedes a slide talk Why We Will Vote Republican and ends with a closing session If It Is To Be Its Up To Me.
Chester Keathley of Shade Tree Service Co. Avon Lake says a chain saw was stolen from the company truck in the 1700 block of East 28th Street. The theft occurred Wednesday night while the vehicle was parked.
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