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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1955
Page
13
Red candies milkweed pods and greens served as centerpieces at the Elyria Garden Club Christmas dinner held at the Elyria Woman's Club. Guests included Mr and Mrs Waller Rub and Mr and Mrs Vern Unger who led the decorating committee.
Bethel Shrine of the White Shrine of Jerusalem held a Christmas ceremony at the El Rey Grotto hall with a miniature tree, poinsettias and crystal branches. Guests arrived from shrines in Cleveland and Anderson. Sojourner Vera Goodell and Wesley Goodell presided as Bess Gallagher announced merging of December meeting with the regular session for a Christmas party. Forty Lorain County Home children will be entertained with a program and gifts. New president Mrs. Max Calkins received the gavel from Mrs. Walter Hess. Officers and committees for the coming year were announced including vice president Mrs. Vern Unger and secretary Josephine Fay. Next event set for January. Bells were the program focus with Mrs. B. Ellsworth Young demonstrating the history of bells from 1893 Chicago Exposition.
Members of the Jota Omicron Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at Audrey Miller’s home. They traced bell history, drew names for gift exchanges, demonstrated bells, and discussed club service plans with Anne Mae Swank presenting a program on Love and Marriage. Audrey Miller received a pink and blue shower, and the Christmas party is set for December 20 at Dorothy Sharp’s home.
The Mavropostolos family from Greece arrives in America after a turbulent Atlantic crossing and settles in Amherst. They attend Congregational Church to thank God for a “miracle,” plan to learn English, and seek work in Monroe while adjusting to American life with local sponsors Mrs. Varouh and Mr. George Varouh.
A fragmented account describes a Greek family in Athens living in a stone apartment amid German hunger from 1941 to 1945. Relief efforts include Marshall Plan aid, US food and clothing shipments, and local Elyria groups organizing aid via the Elyria Camera Club and Daughters of the American Revolution.
The St. John's Ladies Aid Society Christmas luncheon at the school on Third Street attracted 44 members. Hosts included Mrs. Block and others. Rev Schackell could not attend due to his father's death, so Mrs Shiley led with a reading of Layette Night. Children presented the Christmas story while Mrs Hill's first and second graders sang, with Mrs Netchke at the piano. The next meeting is a social on January 12 at the school.
Mr and Mrs Frank M Ludlum of Middletown announce the engagement of their daughter Sandra Lukeres Ludlum to James A Berthold son of Mr and Mrs Alfred W Berthold of Elyria R D No 2 No wedding date has been set. Miss Ludlum a Middletown High School graduate 1954 attended Grange County Community College and works at County National Bank in Middletown. berthold a 1951 Amherst High School graduate is in the United States Air Force stationed at Stewart Air Force Base New York.
Pythian Sisters in IOOF Hall elected Jenzi Rasbach Phyllis Shuster Yvonne Kline Julia Bruce Hazel Gibson Alice Jones Dorothy Hastings Lou Bauer Osea Higgie Anna Lehman Ruby Beal as officers for the coming term. Lucille Barton chosen installing officer and Grace White pianist. installation planned January 26. Festivities included a Christmas party, scrapbooks for shut-ins, and reports from the 34th Lerain convention with Mabel Downey as special guest.
Mrs. King Fauver reviews The Winged Life by Richard Rumbold and Lady Margaret Stewart at Fortnightly Club with luncheon at Mrs. Ramball home. Saint-Exupéry’s life as pilot, author of Night Flight and Wind, Sand and Stars, and inventor of nine aeronautical instruments is outlined. his World War I service, honors, marriage, disappearance in 1944 are noted. The next meeting will be Jan. 5 at Mrs. Fauver, 308 Washington Ave. Bazaar and Bake Sale announced for Tues through Sat at 1401 Griswold Rd.
Diane Hamlton led the constitution committee report as Sophomore Y-Teens met at Holly Hall. The session opened with devotion and singing, club business discussed, and final plans for a Christmas party arranged. Special prizes were awarded to members.
Members of Junior Catholic Daughters Troop No. 7 met to finish handmade Christmas gifts and plan a party for the next meeting. Hostess Shirley Fritz served refreshments after the meeting closed with prayer. Pat Dahi, reporter.
A community report outlines Christmas basket collections for a needy family and a tureen dinner with canned food donations. Funds were allocated on December 20 for Christmas seals. Paraplegic veterans from Crile Hospital shared insights to aid paraplegia programs, with plans for February meetings and a five million dollar medical research expansion. Two record albums titled Nine Days For America will be given to Boy Scouts, with General Omar N Bradley’s narration. Additional notes mention a birthday tribute and a secular business session on January 3. A Costa Rica coffee crop forecast and a Rummage Sale at 34, 36, 37 N Olive St are also listed.
The Mavropostolos sought visas in February 1953 under the Refugee Act and received approval in September 1955. Mrs Varouh and her Greek husband run Midway Food Market in New York, with Dora Varouh and children Lucky and Tona also present. Also listed are Minieh of Upper Egypt and others awaiting return. American Legion Fish Fry set for Amherst St Post 12 Ohio and Gulf Rd Joseph School from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Friday. meals served 4:30 to 7:30.
The Lorain County Historical Society plans a talk on early automobiles by Dan Henderson of Oberlin at the December meeting. The lecture titled Horseless Carriage History will use colored slides and include insights from Maurice Schubert. James Melton and Julian Fowler organize the event for 8 p.m. after a brief business meeting.
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