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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1927
Page
8
The piece discusses the psychology of gift presentation during Christmas. It argues that wrapping adds personal meaning, turning simple items into acts of care. Even practical gifts like gray flannel underwear gain warmth when wrapped thoughtfully, conveying loving thought and beauty.
The passage discusses how gift wrapping has evolved into a personal art. It highlights decorative motifs beyond the traditional Christmas theme, including birds, flowers, ships, and moon and stars. It notes use of gold and silver stars, monogrammed sealing wax, black silhouettes, and sug gests arranging goody baskets for group gifts to appeal to all ages.
The article reminds senders to clearly write name and address, prepay postage, and place Christmas seals on the back. It warns that fragile items require proper wrapping with corrugated paper, strong boxes, and reinforced containers. It notes parcel post limits and weight rules across zones, plus safety for sharp or heavy items.
Mrs J P Bechtel of South Ridge reports a Christmas party for the Needle Guild on Wednesday afternoon and a D C club gathering at Mr and Mrs Milton Eppley’s on Saturday. The choir meets for practice at the church Wednesday evening. Local Bechtels and kin visited relatives Sunday while Miss Spiegelberg of Cleveland spent the weekend with Mrs Elizabeth Fowl and family. J P Bechtel attended Mrs Fred Bechtel’s funeral in Erie. Miss Ruth Fowl and Miss Tempa Reisinger visited Mr and Mrs RA Kindig in Cleveland, while Mrs Cart Friday of Cleveland visited with her parents. The Bechtels of Amherst and others called on relatives here Sunday.
Town Line La Grange notes detail visits and callers from Cleveland Elyria Lorain and local residents. Mr and Mrs C Karpinski hosted Cleveland friends, H Seeley and daughter visited Elyria, Ina Avery ill at home in LaGrange, and other neighbors drop by Esther Fields and R P Vaughn's home. Cyrl and Clement Reinders attended a play Dust of the Hearth in LaGrange Wednesday evening.
Rome reports the United States sent the largest share of tourists to Italy in the first ten months of 1927, about 35 percent of 80 000 arrivals. Americans nearly doubled England’s visitors, Balkans accounted for 17 1/2 percent, Germans about one percent, South Americans six percent, and French three percent. The total so far exceeds the same period in 1926 by about 3 000.
The Southwestern Bus Company, approved by the Public Utilities Commission, will modernize with four brand new White buses in a coordinated service with The Southwestern Railroad. Buses feature shatterproof glass, individual lighting, four-wheel air brakes, and 23 passenger capacity with roof baggage space. Destinations include Cleveland Elyria Oberlin Norwalk. schedules to be announced.
Jade Worthey, 25, slain Sunday in Cleveland over a card game dispute. Her husband Fate Worthy, 29, to be arraigned on a first degree murder charge. Police say Fate shot Worthey after their dispute, Fate attributing the tragedy to his cursed name.
A 1989 diary entry from May 28 lists a supper cost and era prices as London recalls Good Queen Bess. Eggs at 3 pence, goose 1 shilling 6 pence, butter 2 pence, oranges 2 pence per dozen, and servants earning 29 to 66 shillings a year.
The Salvation Army reports kettles on the street daily for Christmas season. Applications for baskets are being received at Army Headquarters with baskets distributed from the Army Hall on Saturday Dec 04. Public urged to donate food items and money to support the work.
Local notes show Christmas program duties led by Mrs Irene Foster for the M. L. Sunday school on Saturday Dec 24 and Mrs Lee McClelan for the Baptist program on Thursday evening. Community visits, travel plans to California, and gatherings at homes feature among recent activities and upcoming Grange events including the Dec 16 Pedro party and degree conferrals at the last meeting.
Expert window washing for private homes and commercial buildings. Complete janitorial service offered with thorough interior and exterior cleaning. Highly rated, insured, and available for daily weekly or one time jobs.
At the next Grange meeting on Thursday December 2 members are asked to bring sandwiches for supper. Mrs Hazel Myers and Mr Watte of Akron visited the G G Leiby home. Mrs Farr Sanders hosted Tri-U Club with gifts and luncheon. Lyndon Chapter ERS installation is set for Monday December 19. Christmas gift exchanges planned among members. Various out of town attendees joined a Methodist church bazaar with receipts over one hundred twenty dollars. The PLT A play The Dust of the Earth was staged last Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
A list of players and roles for a community stage production at Maple Farm cottage features Mr Toore, Frank Stevens, Susan Moore and family including Elizabeth and Terry Moore, Zola Hastings, Aubrey Kelner, Arablila, Mrs Callely, Rev Templeton, A W Joyues, Wandering Tom, J M Spicer, Mose, Carl Glar, Joan Ryder, Mr Vandervort, Nell, Dust of the Earth, and Ethel Rabey. The scene includes a note about a young Briton in charge of a cocoanut plantation, described as one of the longest men in the world.
A Solomon Islands tale notes the long wait for letters home and recalls the old Yule Jog tradition. Fires burn away the past as the new Yule lot is lit from charred remains, tying Christmas rites to ancestral custom and renewal.
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