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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
16
December events include Elyla teachers duty meeting on the 3rd Y W C A bazaar on the 3rd Ridge School Assa Bazaar on the 4th and High School Mid Year at Pilgrim Class 7 on the 10th and 11th.
A Mayflower Supper at the First Congregational parsonage featured a Squanto impersonation by a full blooded Sioux Indian from Oberlin College. Rev J H Grant led a Pilgrim themed evening with humorous and serious tributes to the Plymouth settlers, ending with a hymn about the Mayflower voyage. Mrs J W Setae was honored for hosting, with tables arranged by Mrs C G Washburn and Mrs A D L Patrick.
The YWCA girls work department, about three hundred members, plan a Bazaar at the YWCA gym on Friday evening. Items include needlework, Japanese goods, cakes, candies and refreshments. A notable feature is a girl with a hundred pockets containing an article for a museum. Men and women invited. Mrs W G Sharp chairs the department.
Recurring year end reports show church funds and building drives with a $190 appordonment and $32.56 surplus. meetings note officers and hostesses preparing for January gatherings. Ridge Street School to hold a bazaar to fund building equipment. farewell party for Mr and Mrs Hartman. Chivalry Proclamation ceremony for O O Strohl. luncheon program at First Methodist with musical and reading performances.
A Franklin Parent Teachers Association meeting drew a large crowd as Paul F Loupe Hof's Secretary at the YMCA spoke on boys during adolescence and the need for guidance. He cited Elyria's three outlets for youths and urged formation of beneficial associations, with music by local pupils and news of a new school plane to arrive soon.
A fragmentary column describes fashionable woolen stockings among Elyria girls, noting comfort outdoors and itch concerns. It quotes a high school girl revealing a rough method to wear them, with silk layers beneath and rolling at the knees to hide wear inside.
The December meeting of the Jefferson Parent-Teacher Association featured a program by students including songs, piano selections, and folk dances from various grades. A social session and refreshments followed, completing a successful gathering.
Tickets for the May Peterson concert go on sale with single seats priced at 3.80 dollars and 1.76 dollars for lower rows. A 75 dollar grand option is listed with no war tax applied. Dee is advised to buy early.
Notice announces the Lo rain Co. Humane Society annual meeting at L. D. Hamlin’s office 407-309 Masonite Temple on Monday December 6 at 7 p m. All members and interested parties are urged to attend. By order Sellie Flower Hague secretary treasurer. Also an employment notice seeks a lady to demonstrate modern naturalization methods with pleasant work and wages, listing M. Adamis and Woes Bleckles at Citizens Gas & Electric.
An advertisement inviting parents of children aged four to sixteen to write for a free sample booklet. The offer highlights eighty pictures and color pages, with mailing address The T. J. Cate Co. 650 Leader-News Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio, urging quick response. The tone mirrors a early 20th century catalog promotion.
Elyria readers learn of Carol Watson’s ongoing recovery from appendicitis and pneumonia in Dallas while his mother Mrs. F. W. Watson stays at his bedside. Nearby Cleveland and Eastern Heights residents make visits as Dr A B Smith home changes hands with A J Curren, Elyria Telephone Company president, taking possession on Columbus Street. Fred Penfound and Richard Johns return from Thanksgiving at home to Ohio State, and Leo Easling hosts a dinner for Alfred Wetton and wife before their extended trip to Britain and France. Superintendent F M Shelton speaks on Hand Training vs Head Training at Oberlin High School, and neighbors express concern for Mrs. George Wells at 402 Lodi Street. Gift promotion at The Gen Shop on Mill Street advertises 1-3 off on men’s unlined kid gloves. The Robinson & Hancock Co. remains noted.
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