Christmas Dinner Hosts Circle Four of St Pauls
Mrs Claude Wigfield hosted Circle Four of St Pauls Evangelical and Re formed church for the annual Christmas dinner. Twelve to thirteen members attended with readings, a poem, and a Readers Digest article. Officers named: Wigfield president Lyndon vice president Shebek secretary Holdy treasurer Sunshine secretary Daly appointed. Next meeting January 8 at 12 30 pm with Mrs Harry Anderson Roosevelt Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Wigfield
Bellfield Avenue
Circle No. 4
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
St. Luke
Max Lyndon
William Holdy
James Shebek
J. A. Daly
Sunshine
Harry Anderson
Roosevelt Avenue
Catholic Study Club No 16 Meets at Geierman Home
Catholic Study Club No 16 met at Mrs. Arthur Geierman’s North Pasadena home. Members studied The Gradual from the project book and The Meaning of the Mass. A short business session was held. Gift winner was Mrs. William Humphrey. former member Mrs. Cass Mikey was welcomed. Next meeting set for January 12 at an announced location.
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Catholic Study Club No. 16
Arthur Geierman
Pasadena Avenue
William Humphrey
Cass Mikey
Christmas Dinner Held by Circle No 5 at St Pauls Church
Circle No 5 of St Pauls Church enjoyed a Christmas dinner yesterday with all members present. Mrs Karl Lehman led devotions reading Luke and the story Keeping Christmas then offered prayer. Mrs Arthur Moelk president prepared the table centerpiece featuring choir boys candles and more.
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Circle No. 5
St. Paul’s Church
Karl Lehman
Luke
Arthur Moelk
Is Your Dolly Sick A M E Doll Hospital
A M E Doll Hospital offers repair services at Brown Jewelers in North Ridgeville. Call 72 771 for inquiries and repairs.
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Dolly
A. M. E. Doll Hospital
Brown Jewelers
North Ridgeville
Plan for Official Inspection of Bethel Shrine
Bethel Shrine in the Odd Fellows hall held plans for an official inspection in the American Legion Auditorium next Wednesday. Sojourner Vivian Parrish will preside as officiating officer. Dinner at 6 30 p.m. at the Church of Christ. Maple Shrine in Cleveland started January 10 and Pillow Case Card Party is planned for February. Ohio White Shrine meets in Youngstown in March. No Auxiliary meeting this month. Shrine to aid Christmas cheer for Crile Hospital veterans. Past shrine officers to be honored January 15.
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Bethel Shrine
Order of the White Shine of Jerusalem
Odd Fellows Hall
Virginia Maurus
American Legion Auditorium
Vivian Parrish
Church of Christ
Institution of Maple Shrine
Cleveland
Ohio State Association of White Shrine
Youngstown
Crile Hospital
Christmas Circle 1 Hosts Party at St. Pauls Church
Circle No 1 of St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church held a Christmas party in the church parlors yesterday afternoon. A 12:30 chicken dinner served to 14 members and three guests followed by a gift exchange. Decorations included Christmas greens and small bottle colognes at each place. Mrs Fred Raesler presided. gifts were given to the retiring president. Devotions by Mrs Fred Wirth. The circle meets January 8 at 12:30 pm with Mrs Raesler as hostess. new officers to assume duties.
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Circle No. 1
St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Fred Raesler
Fred Wirth
Paul Olah
St. Francis Xavier Mission Circle No. 24
Dilworth Street
James Terrell
Russell Obitts
Abbe Road
John Walton
Trees Fresh Cut Spruce and Pine Offer
George and Stella Smith offer fresh cut home grown spruce and pine at 1187 Gulf Road.
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George
Y Teens Host Frosty Carnival at Elyria High
About 300 youths attended the Frosty Carnival in Elyria High School gym with Nora Lysaght and Barbara Gaehr leading volunteers. Seniors and Junior Y-Teens organized booths, caroling plans, and charity activities for Welfare children with gifts from the December events.
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Elyria High School
Nora Lysaght
Barbara Gaehr
Pat Corley
Anna Mae Swank
Marina Johnson
Parsch Lumber Company
Barbara Wellert
Carol Towry
Pat Hancock
Margie Palmer
Sherre Kovac
Christmas PTA meeting and Elyria Catholic High Women’s Guild
Frank lin school auditorium hosted a Christmas themed PTA gathering with a sung program from Dexter Kimball and others and a follow up January 15 event featuring a sound film on the Cleveland Indians. Elyria Catholic High Women’s Guild meets December 15 for a Christmas Around the World pantry shower with refreshments by seniors’ mothers.
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Women’s Guild of
Elyria District
Rummage Sale at 124 Charles Court
Neighborhood rummage sale at 124 Charles Court invites all. Side door access. Saturday hours 9 to 5. Proceeds support unspecified activities.
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Charles Court
Christmas Party Elections at Elyria D A R Council
Officers for year were elected at Elyria Council No. 335 Daughters of America party in the K P hall. The closed installation is set for January 27 with Theresa Porter in charge.
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Elyria Council No
Daughters of America
K. of P. Hall
Theresa Porter
Mary Bertsch
Mildred Ives
Abbey Theater Plans Bigger Home for 1904 Jubilee
Dublin reports the Abbey Theatre moves to rebuild on its original Liffey site after a fire and relocation to Queens Theatre. The new complex will seat 700 in a main hall and add a 200 seat experimental theater, with architect Michael Scott stating the design will preserve the troupe’s legacy.
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Dublin
Ireland
Abbey Theater
Liffey
Globe
Abbey
Queens Theater
Michael Scott
United Press
Hospital Discharges Mrs Roy Bix and Others
Hospital discharge notices list Mrs Roy Bix and several relatives and neighbors including Mrs Clement Hance and daughter at 601 Hall Road Mrs Henry Miller and son 399 Pasadena Avenue Eugene Tesmer Avon Theodore Smith 412 Fifteenth Street Mrs Burr Noffsinger North Olmsted and Mrs Andrew Sarosi 265 West River Street.
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Roy Bixmas
Clement Hance
Hall Road
Henry Miller
Pasadena Avenue
Eugene Tesmer
Avon
Theodore Smith
Fifteenth Street
Burr Noffsinger
North Olmsted
Andrew Sarosi
West River Street
Household Hunt Cottons Stored for Winter Care
Household notes advise storing cotton items unstarched and unironed to avoid yellowing. Wash and dry thoroughly before storage to preserve fabric quality through the winter.
Ladies Guests At Grafton Club Meeting
GRAFTON Kiwanians hosted the last quarterly ladies night and Christmas party. Dr Ernest Nickel entertained with bird call imitations and music recordings. A style show featured comical creations with descriptive readings by Mrs Walter Fishburn of Eaton. Next week's speaker is County Prosecutor Paul Mikus.
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Grafton
Grafton Club
Fred Daniel
Ernest Nickel
Nickel
Lorain
Walt Disney Pictures
Walter Fishburn
Eaton
Fishburn
Ralph Fulmer
Paul Mikus
Prisoners Set Record In Donating Blood
Sacramento report says Soledad state prison inmates donated a pint each in a Red Cross and Office of Civil Defense blood drive.1,167 of 1,777 inmates contributed surpassing a Philippine Sea Navy carrier record. Warden Bert O Webb offered $100 to any prison beating the mark.
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Sacramento
Calif
Soledad
Red Cross
Office of Civil Defense
OCD
Philippine Sea
Bert O. Webb
Parker Receives Double Reckless Driving Tickets
Lafayette Indiana police issued an 18 year old, Donald D. Parker, a reckless driving ticket. Fourteen minutes later his car was involved in a crash and he received a second reckless driving ticket.
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Lafayette
Ind
Donald D. Parker
Impact of Luftwaffe Shell at Singleton Sawmill Stage Scene
A Luftwaffe cannon shell exploded near Singleton Sawmills in England cutting down a tree as sawyers worked. The incident is tied to a backdrop of a more spacious stage design aimed at improving audience sightlines compared with the old Abbey era.
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Singleton
Sawmills
England
War Bond Drive Falls Short in County and City Plans
Elyria reports 90 percent of the $2,400,000 war bond quota reached with 1400 names on the war honor roll and plans to add two panels with 140 names. County total stands at 61 percent as Judge Guy B. Findley seeks to hit the city target.
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Elyria
Guy B. Findley
Ely Park
New Immigrant Batch Arrives in Port Elizabeth Ports
Fifty Dutch immigrants from fourteen families reach Port Elizabeth as the first large group of skilled artisans brought to South Africa under a new privately organized immigration project.
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Holland
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Peruvian Interest Rises Over New Tuberculosis Drugs
Reports say U.S. advances in anti tuberculosis medications spark strong public interest in Peru, with coastal regions seeing heightened concern about the disease.
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United States
Peru
Chronicle-Telegram Chronicle Entry
The December 12, 1953 Elyria Chronicle Telegram item summarizes local news and notices from Elyria Ohio with typical brief updates and community notes. Includes unnamed events and standard newspaper blurb formatting from the era.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Ohio
Know Your Postman Harold Thompson at Elyria Post Office
Harold Thompson took the civil service exam for mail carrier after his army discharge and received appointment in October 1948. He is a swing man at the Elyria Post Office, covering days off for five workers. Before the army he did factory work in Elyria. He and his wife and two children live at 501 Princeton Avenue. Hunting is a favorite pastime.
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Harold Thompson
Civil Service
Army
Elyria
Thompson
Princeton Avenue
New Hampshire group bans latches on discarded fridges
The New Hampshire chapter of the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society passed a resolution to remove hinges and latches from discarded refrigerators after several incidents where children were trapped inside abandoned units.
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Concoed
N.H
New Hampshire
The
Refrigeration Service Engineering Society
Telegraph Clerk Baffled by Two Mr Joneses
A telephone company worker hunting for P. C. Jones to install a phone wrongly traced him across a lake twice and found two men with that name living on opposite shores, solving the mix up.
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Joneses Schlater
Miss
Telephone Company
P. C. Jones
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