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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1953

Page

11

Steps In Making Chair At Fur niture Shop

Kenneth Caygill, proprietor, outlines the chair making process from materials to finish. Wood is finished, spring construction with four and eight way bases on jute webbing is added. Fabric is cut and sewn, chair filled with hair, cotton or foam, and finally tailored to the purchaser’s measurements and preferences.

Caygills Kenneth Caygill

No such thing as the average chair says Caygill

The article notes that the purchaser may select from a catalog chair or imagine one. Caygill explains that construction time varies by size materials shape and customer specifications. There is no single average chair due to these differing factors.

Caygill

Special Grafton Programs Are Set

Graf ton Methodist Church schedules a music program Sunday at 8 p m under Dave Thompson. Mary Louise Gill will direct the church school program Wednesday evening. A Christmas Eve candlelighting service starts at 8 p m with church school at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 40 a m. Friendship class plans a supper at Joe Bouley residence Tuesday evening.

Grafton Grafton Methodist Church Dave Thompson Mary Louise Gill Joe Bouley

Furniture Shop Top Achievement For Builder Janas

Frank J. Janas, 32, builder of the Furniture Shop at 598 Cleveland street, recalls starting in 1947 by building his wife Vera and daughter Sallie Marie a home. He led a crew of four, foreman Dan Brattoli, with a career interrupted by a 17 month Air Force recall in 1950 as a captain in the Inspector General Dept. He has since completed several houses and this commercial project, is an Elyria Elks member, and a Elyria High School and Elyria Business College alumnus.

Frank J. Janas Vera Sallie Marie Hilliard Road Janas Cleveland Street Dan Brattoli Elyria Allen School Tommy Jonas Air Force Inspector General Department of the Air Alaska Europe Africa Asia Elyria Elks Elyria High School Elyria Business College

Ridgeville Homemakers Plan Visit and Ornament Making

Lois Simonds, county home demonstration agent, will visit the Ridgeville Homemakers at the next meeting. The group held its Homemakers Christmas party and gift exchange on Monday with a noon luncheon. Ruth Johnson and Hazel Adams led the ornament making project for the day.

Ridgeville Lois Simonds Lorain County Ruth Johnson Hazel Adams

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