Group Plans Christmas Giving for Ton of Money Drive
Jaycee Ettes meet at Jaycee hall on Harwood Street pledge support for the Ton of Money drive. They will send president Mrs William McClelland to work with the Community Welfare Council to coordinate Christmas giving in Elyria. Readied baskets will include canned goods and other foods for needy families. Mrs Robert Gibson will add fresh items later. James Fitzgerald praised for $50 March of Dimes project. January drive headed by Harry Bogart. Plans for a bridge party and St Patrick's Day style show March 17 with Mrs Milan Bendik as chair. Next event is the annual Christmas dance December 19 at Spring Valley Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee-Ettes
Jaycee Hall
Harwood Street
Jaycees
Wiliam McClelland
Community Welfare Council
Elyria
Robert Gibson
James Fitzgerald
Harry Bogart
Jaycee
St. Patrick’s Day
Milan Bendik
Paul Hovey
Ways and Means
William Engelland
Amherst
Elyria Group
Russ Cahill
Don Taylor
Warren Robinson
Mike Rubin
Spring Valley Country Club
Review of High on a Hill by Ernest G Yocom
Lorain County Historical Society to hear Mrs Ruth Yocom discuss her late husband Ernest G Yocom’s book High on a Hill at a December 14 meeting in the Wick room First Congregational Church Oberlin. The memoir sketches youth in Pennsville Morgan County with photos of buildings and people and notes Yocom’s Oberlin College ties and community work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Historical Society
Ernest G. Yocom
Oberlin
Wick
First Congregational Church
J. B. Thomas
Donald M. Love
Oberlin College
Mr. Yocom
Pennsville
Morgan County
Eli Yocom
Ernest Yocom
Friends
Muskingum
Yocom
Harold B. Williams
Mainstreet Methodist Church
Akron
Elyria Methodist Home
Annual Holiday Dinner by T-L Club
The Chronicle-Telegram recreation room was festively decorated for the T-L Club annual dinner. Thirty female staff members attended as Rae Anne Gilmore presided over a brief meeting electing Billie Warren as president and Nancy Filmore as secretary-treasurer for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle - Telegram
T-L Club
Rae Anne Gilmore
Billie Warren
Nancy Filmore
Bernice Gwin
Ernest Erber
Helena Luce
Martha Hunt
Shirley Krause
Dorothy Funk
Bobbie Oldenburg
Hospital Discharges List Compact Residents in Grafton Area
A long list of patients discharged from Elyria area hospitals includes Lee Trenchard of Grafton, Lee Hendrikson, Dianne Roe of Gulf road, Clyde Nary of Wakeman, Henry Maloney of Fremont street, Melvin Hunt of LaGrange, Chester Basinski of Ohio street, Mrs Rose Hahn of Grafton, Mrs Roderick Russell of North Washington, Mrs Eugene Caruso of Harvard avenue, Mrs August Johnson of Columbia Station, Mrs Joseph Wyatt and son of Third Street, Mrs Richard Holmes and son of Grafton road, Mrs Daniel Leininger and son of Spruce Street, Mrs Richard Riedel and son of East avenue, Mrs Russell Logan and daughter of Chestnut street, and Mrs Bull Jeancola and daughter of Blake street. Also noting a holiday blinds promotion with free pick-up and delivery by Elyria Venetian Laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Trenchard
Grafton
Lee Hendrikson
Bellfield Avenue
Dianne Roe
Gulf Road
Clyde Nary
Wakeman
Henry Maloney
Fremont Street
Melvin Hunt
LaGrange
Chester Basinski
Ohio Street
Rose Hahn
Roderick Russell
Washington Boulevard
Eugene Caruso
Harvard Avenue
August Johnson
Columbia Station
Joseph Wyatt
Third Street
Richard Holmes
Grafton Road
Daniel Leininger
Spruce Street
Richard Riedel
East Avenue
Russel Logan
Chestnut Street
Bull Jeancola
Blake Street
Family Night At First Methodist Church Event
The String Ensemble from W S C S high school will perform at the family night dinner at First Methodist Church on December 15 at 6 30 p m Guests are asked to bring a covered dish and table service Coffee and rolls will be provided by the hostess committee Circles 1 2 3 12 and 13 plan entertainment after the meal No board meeting is scheduled this month Thirty two Garden Y members attended a Christmas breakfast at the Y residence with decorations by Mrs Gladys Hackett and Mrs Frank Twining The group will meet again January 27 New arrivals include a daughter born to the Clarence Wilford family of 564 Turner Street and a son born to the Paul Krupp family of Lorain Martha Keech will tell two Christmas stories at the Elyria Library Friday at 4 p m Also on the program are Make Way for Ducklings and When It Rains Cats and Dogs Ads note a grand gas range and toys for boys and girls with Thursday and Friday sale at 109 Denison near the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Garden Y’s
Santa Claus
Gladys Hackett
Frank Twining
William Dutch
Walter Hess
Linda Cuyler
C. H. Linge
J. D. Hand
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Clarence Wilford
Turner Street
Paul Krupp
Krupps
Lorain
Martha Keech
Longfellow
Elyria Library
Cora May Walton Club
First Congregational Church
Marjorie Rossiter
Dorothy Jones
James Toedtman
Ralph Hilte
Berea
John Whitney
Lola Hultz
Hazel Brodbeck
Andre Meyer
Alma Portman
Emma Buswell
Buswell
Mrs. Portman
Mary Halliwell
Lucille Hull
Ida Diller
Thelma McClellan
Mary Struebe
Beryl Price
Ina Baxter
Marie Fredericks
Madeline Ohlemacher
Willetta Bellingham
Britton Oblinger Engagement Proclaimed by Families
Mr and Mrs Earl Ashby announce the engagement of their daughter Miss LaVonne Britton to Conrad L Oblinger, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Bagley. Miss Britton is a senior at Elyria High School and Oblinger works for National Tube Company in Lorain after three years in Germany with the U S Army following Wooster High School graduation in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ashby
Cascade Street
LaVonne Britton
Conrad L. Oblinger
Joe Bagley
East Fifteenth Street
Miss Britton
Elyria High School
Oblinger
National Tube Company
Lorain
Germany
U. S. Army
Wooster High School
Century Old Christmas Card Tradition Emerges in Postal Brief
The article traces the rise of Christmas cards from 1842 in London with an illustrated greeting to 1862 when Charles Goodal & Sons issued the first publicly accepted card. It notes early designs by William Maw Egley and Sir Henry Cole, Prang’s Boston cards in 1874, and the ensuing explosion of greetings, predicting two billion or more this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Goodal & Sons
London
William Maw Egley
Sir Henry Cole
J. C. Horsely
Sir Henry
Boston
Louis Prang
United States
Holiday Party By Knights of St. John Ladies Auxiliary
The St Marys Ladies Auxiliary No 22 met in the church hall for the regular monthly session led by Alice Ryan. Members approved death benefits and bills, welcomed new member Catherine Morrison, and planned a January membership drive with reminders to bring stamps and old Christmas cards. Catherine Donovan won the silver drill award and Edna Thome received a special prize. The group closed with prayers and remembered two deceased sisters. Christmas games, door prizes, and a greens decorated buffet luncheon followed hosted by Mesdames Yaeger Bemis Kubuske Meyers Snyder Bassett Mc Laughlin Schweda. The next meeting is January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Ladies Auxiliary No. 22
Knights of St. John
St. Mary’s Church Hall
Alice Ryan
Catherine Morrison
Catherine Donovan
Edna Thome
Mesdames
M. Yaeger
L. Bemis
J. Kubuske
A. Meyers
M. Snyder
J. Bassett
M. McLaughlin
C. Schweda
Pilgrim Circle No. 1
Circle No. 1
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Woodrow Reeser
Concord Avenue
Albert Wirth
Ways and Means Committee
Una Hanson
Frances Troutman
Albert Frantz
Christmas In Denmark Told By Mrs. Skjerne
Mrs. Alex Skjerne spoke on Christmas in Denmark at the Yuletide party for the Center for Sightless after lunch for 48 guests. A four member student ensemble from Oberlin College performed a varied program including Adeste Fideles in harp, Ave Maria, The Swan and other pieces for harp and cello, and Oh Holy Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Skjerne
Denmark
Center For Sightless
Oberlin College
Adeste Fideles
Saint Saens
Salzedo
Ravel
Massent
Adam
Bake and Bazaar Sale by Navy Mothers at Ohio Fuel and Gas Co
A brief notice announces a Bake and Bazaar Sale by Navy Mothers at Ohio Fuel and Gas Co on Broad Street. The event is set for Friday December 11 at 9 a.m., with proceeds benefiting the Navy Mothers program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Fuel and Gas Co
Broad St
Yule Dinner Program Held By Ki Queens
Ki-Queens held a Christmas dinner at the Woman's club Tuesday with a wrought iron centerpiece, carna tions, red candles and greens. Hus bands were honored guests. officers were introduced by Mrs. William Leghy before games led by Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Fitch and Rufus Taylor. Prizes included Christmas wrappings and tree ornaments. arrangements were led by Mrs. Gordon Smith with assistants Mesdames Omer Laubenthal, Jim Armitage, Harry Hyman, F. C. Noerenberg and Milo Sharp. The next meeting is set for January 12 at the Woman's club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
William Leghy
N. M. Fitch
Rufus Taylor
Gordon Smith
Mesdames Omer Laubenthal
Jim Armitage
Harry Hyman
F. C. Noerenberg
Milo Sharp
Franklin and Garford PTA meetings recap and programs
Franklin PTA conducted an executive board meeting at Mrs. Broadwell’s home with reports from committee chairs and plans for a December 18 Christmas treat for children. An eight PM meeting will feature sixth grade Christmas music and a Elyria Playmakers play, followed by a gift exchange and buffet. Garford PTA opened with an Edgar Guest poem reading, noted a membership drive reaching 125 percent, and planned future events including a January card party and a January 13 guest. A high school a capella program and a slide talk titled Christmas in Korea by Bob Ohlemacher contrasted U S abundance with Korea’s wartime need. St Agnes Mothers Club meets Tuesday at 7:30 PM with a 50 cent gift exchange. Budget vacations in South Africa are popular this year. Rummage sale for clothing at 454 Cambridge Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Olive Cheney
Robert Broadwell
Franklin Pta
Elyria
Robert Frederick
Paul Johnston
West Ninth Street
Garford Pta
Maynard Huene
Edgar
ST Agnes
St. Agnes
Mothers’ Club
Womans Club Honors Christmas Meeting in Elyria
Members of Elyria Woman's Club celebrated Christmas with a turkey luncheon and a program centered on Thomas Savage's A Bargain With God. Father Ferris helps parishioners with rent, sickness, and sorrow while two stories reveal charity. New members were announced, and a letter from a French boy thanked the club for winter clothes. The January program features a talk by Mary Lynn Behind the Bamboo Curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Woman’s Club, Inc
William Benninghoff
Thomas Savage
Father Ferris
Episcopal Church
Boston
Jebby
Clarence Sharrer
Fred Lohnes
Jack Huge
A. Steller
C. Brunner
W. Kipf
Louise Heidrich
Rita Vieland
Geraldine Lloyd
Metta Justice
Adele Nagy
Jaenie Haughwout
Helene Frederick
William Ribh
Robert Gaehr J
Mary Lynn
C. Steller
John ‘Timms
Earl Schaefer
Robert Boylan
Frank Kawell
Louis Kolopus
Nernas Dean
E. R. Downe
William Wehman
William Mann
Manley Windsor
Harold Enyeart
Ralph Ball
Herbert Wootton
Xi Beta Omega Exemplar Chapter Plans Holiday Events
The Xi Beta Omega Exemplar chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at 243 Bath Street hosted by Ann Laskin. They announced a December 21 Christmas party at Carey's Villa with a gift exchange and a February 13 Valentine dance at Spring Valley Country Club sponsored by Elyria City Council and Amherst sorority. They discussed a Christmas basket of toys for a needy family and awarded the Thanksgiving project to Eddie Sustersic Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xi Beta Omega
Beta Sigma Phi
Ann Laskin
Bath Street
Carey's Villa
Elyria City
Amherst
Spring Valley Country Club
Eddie Sustersic, Jr
West Ninth Street
G I Janes Enjoy Christmas Dinner in Amherst
The G I Janes traveled to the Airport Tavern for a Christmas dinner and spent the evening at Mrs. Betty Bucks home in Amherst. They watched television and talked. A dollar gift exchange is planned for the next meeting on December 15 at Holly Hall at 12 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Janes
Airport
Betty Bucks
Amherst
Holly Hall
Elyria Republican Women’s Club Christmas Meeting
The Elyria Republican Women’s Club announces its annual Christmas meeting next Tuesday at the Woman’s Club. A tureen dinner at 6 30 p m precedes a gift exchange. Mrs Ethel Anderson president will conduct a brief business session for officer elections, with Mrs Paul Johnson heading the social committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Republican Women’s Club
Woman’ Club
Ethel Anderson
Paul Johnson
Jones-Dunford October Marriage Announced Today
Mr and Mrs Frederick R Jones announce their marriage in Angola Indiana on October 30 They reside at 336 Prospect Street Mrs Jones is Marilyn Joan Dunford daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell C Dunford of Prospect Street Her husband is the son of Carl Jones of 419 Adams Elyria High School graduate she works as a bookkeeper at Elyria Office Equipment Company He attends Oberlin School of Commerce After Elyria High School graduation in 1951 he served in the U S Navy for 22 months Both are members of St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Street
Frederick R. Jones
Angola
Ind
Jones
Marilyn Joan Dunford
Russell C. Dunford
Carl Jones
Adams Street
Elyria High School
Elyria Office Equipment Company
Oberlin School of Commerce
Elyria High
U. S. Navy
St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
World Missions Theme Of Christmas Tea At First Baptist
The annual Christmas program and tea of the Women's Missionary Society at the First Baptist Church opened with President Mrs. Walter Davies. Miss Bernice Haines led the devotional on Psalm 98, followed by readings and reports on missions in South America, India, the Philippines, Japan, and Africa. Lois Joy and the Walker sisters provided music as the event showcased global mission work. The tea table featured a red and white candle arrangement, with Mrs. Lawrence Showalter and Miss Mae Lyman at the Silver service and Mrs. Charles Baker as refreshment chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church
Walter Davies
Bernice Haines
Richard Elliott
Fellowship of Baptists For Home Missions
I. J. Reese
James Jewell
Amazon
South America
Gilbert Walker
India
Lois Joy
Joyce
Margaret Walker
Bessie Downing
Philippines
Sandra Hales
Japan
Gordon Carlson
Africa
Gene Thieret
Lawrence Showalter
Mae Lyman
Charles Baker
Calendar of Elyria clubs and Christmas events tonight
Elyria clubs host Christmas programs and parties across city venues tonight. Meetings and social gatherings include the Garden Club at Woman's Club, Fortnightly Club with Mrs Dexter S Kimball, Y W C A events, St Marys Altar and Rosary Society, and Knights Templars among others with venues such as Wish Bone restaurant Moose Hall and Amvet Hall listed. Local groups like Magyar Circle and Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary schedule ceremonies and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Dexter S. Kimball
Washington Avenue
Holly Hall
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Second Street
Three Dees Club
Castle-on-the- Lake
Sterling Club
Esther Orban
Chestnut Street
St. Mary’s Altar and Rosary Society
St. Paul’s Circle
St. Paul's Circle
Joseph Beregszaszi
West River Street
Lorain County Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary
Jean Cohen
Rebekah
Ethel Wolf
Clark Street
Bethel Shrine
Women of the Moose
Anna Rodachy
Irondale Street
Academy of Friendship
Moose Hall
Elyria Commandery
Knight Templars
Order of the Temple
Amvet
Amvet Hall
Eagles Lodge
Shoe and coat sale at 118 West Ave
Fifty pairs of shoes with two pairs for 25 cents, ten coats at one dollar each, and twenty five hats at fifty cents each are advertised for sale at 118 West Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Ave
Churchwomen At Work Worship And Study
Christmas party reports from Pilgrim Congregational Church Circle No 1 and related church groups note six gatherings. Members distributed dish cloths, played cootie with prizes won by several members, and planned next meetings.
Miss Nussdorfer Engaged to Englishman Maurice Hennessy
Miss Mary Elizabeth Nussdorfer of Avon Lake announces engagement to Maurice Noel Hennessy of London England. She recently returned to England after working in the Reader's Digest London office and is Avon Lake High School alumna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
E. J. Nussdorfer
Bath
Mary Elizabeth
Maurice Noel Hennessy
London
England
Miss Klopfenstein Hosts Elyria Book Group
At 315 Middle Avenue Miss Floss Klopfenstein hosted Elyria’s Great Books Discussion Group with Christmas decor and refreshments. The group discussed Darwin's Origin of Species and will meet January 13 at First Congregational Church to discuss Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floss Klopfenstein
Middle Avenue
Elyria
First Congregational Church
Brothers ‘Karamazov
Dostoyevsky
Local Licenses and Listings for Elyria and Nearby Areas
Licenses issued to Bernard Zakrzewski of the Y.M.C.A. in Elyria as draftsman and to Frances J Susan Thome at 348 Harvard Avenue. Also listed are Conrad Oblinger of 224 East 15th Street in steel work and La Vonne Britton of 127 Cascade Street. For sale a Melodian keyboard in excellent condition, contact phone number 56834.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Zakrzewski
Y.M.C.A
Elyria
Frances J Susan Thome
Harvard Avenue
Conrad Oblinger
East 15Th Street
Lavonne Britton
Cascade Street
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Thelma Finlay
Late Ernest G. Yocom
T-L
Elyria Venetianare Laundry
Grand Gas
Denison
Ohio
Western Reserve
Pepe Tits
Mrs. Skjerne
Inex Cooke
Meld Enterprises
Ina All Rights Reserve
Ki-Queens
Garford
South Africa
Johannesburg
Cambridge Ava
Womans Club
G.I. Janes
Capitol
Me Kate
Rivoli
Jeanne Crain
Vicki’ & “Sweethearts
ST. Paul’s
Yaeger’s Acres
Circle No. 4
Walter Reif
Norris Hill
Dana Johnson
Eisele
Luke
William Holdy
Reif
Wigfield
St.John’s Altar Guild
Ladies Aid
George Koepp
Walter Klein
Robert Peters
Leonard Koehn
George Miller
Jin
Henry Lieske
Robert Block
Elmer Standen
Kenneth Block
Miss Nussdorfer
Miss Klopfenstein
Entertains Book Group
Burke
Elyria Savings & Trust
Cleveland
Cleveland Street
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