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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1952
Page
4
A reader laments the commercialization of Santa Claus and televised store Santas. The piece contrasts childhood wonder with adult noise, then shifts to relief at General Eisenhower completing a Korea visit and the potential impact on his family.
The December 1952 Chronicle item notes Elyria teachers and school staff received extra pay for 1942-43, totaling 18,500 dollars, pending War Labor Board approval. It also reports a Christmas parcel rush at the Elyria Post Office with over 3,000 packages, urging V-mail use and early stamp purchases.
The listing details dozens of meetings and parties across Lorain and surrounding areas for tonight and the coming days. Groups include YWCA, St. Pauls circles, Knights, Daughters of Scotia, Women of the Moose, Junior Chamber affiliates, and many church clubs with Christmas dinners, tureens, and parties. Several venues list exact host names and street addresses for attendees and organizers.
Notawa Club hosts a Christmas party with Erma Kauffman at 443 North Abbe Road at 8 p.m. Various PTA and club meetings follow including First Congregational Mission Study Club dinner at 6 p.m and Elyria Catholic Nurses party at 8:30 p.m. Circle One of the Magyar Evangelical and Reformed Church held its Christmas dinner at Mrs Elsie Jacobs home with Dr Alexander Toth as guest and Advent service planned for Wednesday.
Gates school parents and teachers held an annual Christmas dinner. Mrs Hartford Arenz president read a Santa letter. Mrs Gates gave thanks. Guests included council president Mrs Russel Foster and PTA past presidents. Mrs James Bellamy directed a pupil play The Mysterious Stranger with Delores Kurtz Richard McDivott Karen Hale Thomas Shephard Annette Porter William Carter Jerry Richards.
The group held a meeting for sick and shut-ins then adjourned to a dining room where Mrs. Elsie Jacobs served a Christmas dinner. Each place had a favor, gifts were exchanged, and games were played. The Rev and Mrs Novak received a purse from the Circle and the meeting closed with a Circle song.
Special thanks extended to Mr Pickett for the stage props. The committee lists Leon Jackson Charles Washington Robert Weine stein James Hewitt and Joseph White as the stage crew.
Destroying volunteer wheat helps curb Hessian fly infestations. Do not plant wheat until after the fall brood has emerged and left the fields, reducing future fly cycles and protecting crops.
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