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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1954
Page
14
RACINE Wisconsin feature profiles Mrs Mary Christmas who hand addresses over 4500 Christmas cards each year starting in May. She humorously notes the burden of her festive surname and reflects on why plain Mary Myrtle Eldred married Sam Christmas to inherit the name.
In Burgos Spain promoter Rafael Casado Llop pitches balon ta uro a combined sport pairing seven man teams with soccer and bullfighting elements. The plan places players across a bullring facing a ball while a bull is released mid game and later the team captains must kill the animal. Officials doubt approval but fans show interest.
In Crawford Notch New Hampshire Homer a beaver heaver, chewed through his enclosure with a companion and swam to freedom. Henrietta was recaptured outside the cage. Conservation officer George Hamilton reported Homer vanished but later shot waiting by Henrietta’s new cage as park staff planned reuniting the pair.
In Schenectady New York Jud son Gardner and helpers attempted to move a piano from a second story apartment by lowering it on a rope from two planks to a truck below. The plan failed when power lines snapped and a window was damaged. Police noted the group forgot the rope.
The piece surveys Cyclamen as a Christmas flower with white to purple blooms and notes its Persian Violet origin. It recounts Rosemary’s medicinal leaves and its remembrance lore, the Christmas rose and a Bethlehem star tale, plus pagan evergreen customs with holly ivy and mistletoe and a brief hymn-like invocation.
Santa Claus notes a do it yourself trend as he fills a 900 million toy bag for 46 million American children this Christmas. The focus is on practical gifts that kids can use at home and share with family in the holiday season.
Charles Collier buys a $2,000 bus from a transit firm and remodels it to carry his wife and five children on a west coast vacation. He installs a kitchen, bathroom, water system, generator, and sleeping space, while the family travels in relative ease and humor about reactions from other drivers.
The Army Ordnance Corps introduces the M75 troop carrying vehicle, a 2 ton steel transport tested against shell fragments and A-bomb heat. Capable of 35 mph, it can deploy infantry through rear doors, serves as ambulance or supply vehicle, and handles 60 percent slopes with a front end air cooled engine.
Frances Horwich offers constructive guidance on making parenting joyful while guiding a child's growth. Using daily activities like breakfast, bathroom routines, and play, she argues humor and joint participation help children develop into well adjusted individuals.
Aviation briefs report innovations in helicopter use with rooftop landings amid 1950s growth. Projects in Cleveland and Arizona aim to ease 900 pound to two ton rotors, enabling safer 11 by 16 foot floats on building rooftops. Air service expands with Paris and London nonstop flights planned from New York using deluxe in-flight amenities.
In Honeoye Falls New York Pride Hardware Co carries walnut folding nathtubs gaslight fixtures and antique era items dating to Asa Pride 1886. The 115 year old store run by Jack Pertigo and Les Whiting highlights relics from the bowler and bustle era while noting aviation references to cargo and steerage passengers and safety concerns.
Uncle Dan Vinson, a 70 year old Oklahoma City asphalt salesman, will skip Santa duties this year to focus on a summer camp project. He leased 150 acres in eastern Oklahoma near Colony and hosted 500 underprivileged children for a season powered by rehabilitated donated toys and prisoner outreach efforts.
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