Actors Really Square TV Comedian Says
Hollywood comedian Jim Backus argues that actors are inherently square in both private and professional life. He notes several archetypes from the show business world, including insistent show business braggers, transplanted New York stars who miss home, and broke Broadway transplants who end up with MGM careers. He mocks the casual self-importance and distant attitudes toward real life.
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Schedule of YMCA Holiday Gym Classes by Ray Snyder
The Elyria YMCA announces a week of holiday gym activities for boys groups including Rangers Explorers Olympians Trailblazers and High School divisions. Each day features a mix of tumbling trampolining ball tag stunt tests contests games and basketball drills with prizes and a Thursday basketball tournament for all eligible boys.
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Nichols Sees Lighter Side Of The News
United Press staff correspondent recalls a holiday safety column urging restraint during Christmas to New Year’s, citing past fatalities and injuries. The piece quotes L. S. Harris on accident risks and suggests serving coffee as a safe last drink, plus host vigilance and cab rides when needed.
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Christmas Pay Envelopes And School Revenue Share
From the Chronicle Telegram files December 19 1953 Ten Years Ago Sunday No paper. City employees learned they would receive in their Christmas pay envelopes the voluntary 10 percent reduction accepted in April Elyria and Lorain County schools would get checks totaling 23500 or more in the near term from the first distribution of school revenue from the liquid fuel tax Thirty Years Ago Henry Ford would back Coolidge for re election instead of running for president.
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Fraying Social Lines At A Stiff Home Gathering
A host plans to manage drunken guests by driving them home in a car pool and will preemptively water their drinks earlier in the evening to curb conflicts as tensions rise and whispers about a neighbor’s wife emerge.
Elyria Banks Report $130,000 Distributed via Christmas Clubs
Elyria banks announced that a total of $130,000 had been distributed to Christmas club savers. The news notes strong holiday savings and ongoing community banking programs statewide.
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Britain installs six millionth telephone on Siroma Island
A booth on Siroma Island in the Pentland Firth marks the site of Britain's six-millionth telephone installation, a milestone in communications as the Pentland Firth separates the Orkneys from the Scottish mainland.
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