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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1947
Page
1
Suburban churches across Henrietta, Avon, North Olmsted and surrounding areas post Christmas programs. Listings include worship times, church school hours, special carols, a Santa visit, and messages like The Abode of Christmas. Ministers Harold Willman and others lead services with choirs, pageants, and family events.
Elyria schools will be closed until January for the Christmas vacation period while the Washington Building offices stay open five and a half days over two weeks. Superintendent Harold H. Eibling announced the schedule with offices open Monday and Tuesday next week, then Monday to Wednesday of the following week, and closed Thursday through Saturday both weeks.
Approximately 350 children of Knights of Columbus members are expected to gather at the Knights of Columbus at 382 Broad Street Sunday afternoon for the annual Christmas party. The program will include motion pictures and other entertainment and Santa Claus will distribute gifts. Arrangements are led by committee head Herman Roling.
Fourteen chickenpox cases were reported to the Lorain County Health Department in Oberlin during December. Dr M C Fisher, commissioner, noted this is slightly above typical year-end figures.
Discharges and newborns listed include Mrs Joseph Frankle and baby girl at 864 Bon Air Avenue with wies, Mrs Henry Knipl and baby at 140 Chase Street, Mrs Thomas Brydon at 13 Hamilton Avenues, Walter Hewes of 453 Bell Avenue, Gertrude Dickesop at 319 Tenth Street, Jerry Gasser at 236 Seventh Street.
United States Consulate General furnishes a stream of documentary and cultural films to Curacao, shown at regular intervals to the public. The program highlights American industry and culture through a rotating schedule of titles.
The Elyria Kiwanis Club held its annual children's Christmas party yesterday at the Elks Club in conjunction with the weekly luncheon. About 150 children and their guardians attended as Hansel and Gretel performed, Santa distributed gifts, and students performed carols and plays across multiple classrooms and schools in the district.
Washington government mediators convened Western Union officials and three AFL unions in a last attempt to avert a possible pre-Christmas telegraph strike. Mediators admitted no new plan and noted the company has rejected arbitration with no wage offer forthcoming.
Lorain County Forum executive committee will meet at Merritt Powell s home to discuss expansion of membership. Current representation includes agriculture labor preachers and teachers. A broader inclusion of community groups will be proposed at the regular monthly meeting. Monday at the M C A. The program will cover a discussion of Communism in labor organizations with labor group representatives leading.
In Amherst the dog tag drive lags with only 236 of 5,000 tags sold by January 20. Licenses are required for all dogs, with $1 for males and $3 for females. The court handles cases of neglect and delinquency related to pets. County auditor offices, including Lorain, sell licenses and monitor compliance.
Police last night turned two 13 year olds over to Juvenile Court for shoplifting at a downtown store while other city schools held Christmas concerts and PTA events. A separate arrest for reckless driving occurred on Lake Avenue as holiday activities included carols, plays and school programs at St Agnes St John s Lutheran and St Mary s churches with pupils, parents and teachers involved.
A fire in the 100 block on Oberlin Road late yesterday afternoon damaged a car owned by George Noll of Avon Belden Road. The blaze started in the front near the motor, burning the white paint, scorching the hood, and damaging the fan belt and heater hose as a hot exhaust pipe allegedly sparked the incident.
Rev Kennath Young of Sullivan Church will preach on The Child of Bethlehem at the morning worship Sunday December 21. A communion service follows, with an 8 p m Christmas program by the Sunday school including singing, recitations and a pantomime The First Christmas Everyone is invited. At Sullivan Congregational Church Rev Gordon K Blunt will speak on The Joy that Christmas Brings at the morning service Baptism and new members reception occur then In the evening a Christmas program for lower Sunday school grades features a youth choir No youth meeting that Sunday evening at the Christian church shows caroled pictures and a pageant after which the group carols Then after enrollment the young people visit the parsonage for hot refreshments and a Christmas gift exchange is held under the Christmas tree.
Readable market notes list varied produce prices and weights including apples, cabbage, lettuces, mushrooms, onions, and peppers with quality indicators. Cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep are priced by grade and weight, showing active demand and steady to mixed bids in Cleveland stock market.
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