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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1949
Page
3
A Broadway post references a digger who buys seats at successful shows and resells to unscrupulous speculators. The piece cites inflated prices such as $50 for South Pacific seats, describing a modest, guileless man involved in the incident.
A sidewalk scene shows a man bribing to buy four seats for a digger, then selling two and four more while helping a robber escape. The tale, part of a broader survey on town names and manners, contrasts old punishments with modern quirks and ends with a note on tartan myths and a manners quip.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Christ Church organized a Christmas foods sale to fund kitchen equipment for the new parish house. Other plans include holiday visits by Prof. and Mrs. Arthur Taft in Florida and local families spending Christmas at home. A Gal Scouts caroling party is set for December 16 with refreshments afterward, Lily-of-the-Valey Troop prepared hospital trays, and a Christmas concert at the high school auditorium tonight at 7 30 pm featuring the Gurls' Glee club Junior High and Choral club with audience carols.
Richard Weldon directs the school plans a January return with Oberlin College and Oberlin School students taking Christmas recess from December 22 to January 2. High school hosts After the Game dances after home games at Pleasant Street auditorium, inviting Oberlin High students only, with music planned by the school dance band. Fine Arts Club hosts a December 22 formal at the James Brand House from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
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