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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
3
A passerby criticizes a mass marketed easy to assemble kit for home use. The writer details confusing instructions and mixed parts from a telescopic bathroom shelf unit and other pieces, noting oversized boxes and unclear color coded directions that frustrate homeowners and even evoke Santa’s swearing.
Readers ask how to handle personal questions about pregnancy and when to announce it. The advice favors pleasant evasiveness and firm boundaries, noting that many women feel embarrassed by inquiries and should not be pressed. Doctors suggest delaying public announcement until after the fourth month. A couple asks about a low key home dinner for a silver anniversary. the response confirms a small at home party with fill in invitations is suitable.
A striped pattern matching set is praised by the American Institute of Men s and Boys Wear as a simple gift solution for Christmas. Social: Party Sunday evening at St Thomas School 915 Harris Road Sheffield Lake opens 7 pm. regular party at 8 pm.
The article argues time and beauty are valuable gifts and choosing a watch should suit the recipient’s lifestyle. It cites options like chronographs for sporty men, self winding waterproof models for active women, and pendant watches for a stylish swinger.
The text lists gift watch ideas for many people from a housewife to a busy executive and sportsmen. It emphasizes self winding waterproof models, Arabian numerals, diamond crusted varieties, and pocket watches for railroad men, with suggestions for timing eggs and baby bottles and noting practical features like calendars and day date displays.
Friday events include YWCA residence at 6 30 pm Christmas party Parents Without Partners on EST Rt 113 at 7 30 pm speaker Elyria Assembly 13 Order of Rainbow for Girls Masonic Temple at 7 pm. Local listings note community groups meeting with times and venues.
Mrs. Ida A Lewis of 301 Huron Street announces the engagement of her daughter Cheryl L Alexander to Robert Edward Gray Jr of 136 Irondale Street son of Mr and Mrs Robert E Gray of Xenia Ohio. Cheryl is a 1961 Elyria High School graduate who attended Columbia and Akron and works for Western Automatic Standard Screw. Gray is a 1961 Xenia High School graduate who served four years in the Marine Corps and also works at Western Automatic Standard Screw. The wedding is planned for January 11.
Abigail Van Buren dispenses blunt advice on family financial strain, caregiving burdens, marital quirks, reception etiquette, and a teen seeking independence. The column references an elderly mother facing retirement duty, a Massachusetts kiss law joke, and callers asking about home versus office manners.
Indian River Michigan AP report on Terry and Jerry Vincent, 16, twins with muscular dystrophy who attend Indian Lakes High School. They ride to school in wheelchairs, attend football games and basketball tournaments, dress alike, take identical subjects, and are co-champions in spelling for two years.
More than 3,000 pupils in the Farnham area of Surrey will wear silver colored strips on their backs to improve visibility to drivers during dark morning walks to school. The measure aims to reduce accidents as children travel to classes.
A column discusses simple tests to determine a child’s eye dominance in relation to reading. It explains finger alignment exercises with one or both eyes open, and describes outcomes for right eyed left eyed and ambi eyed children. It also notes a storage accessory for irons.
Remove the white salt like material before painting. Wash with a diluted muriatic acid solution to dissolve salts caused by moisture that migrate to the surface of alkaline materials.
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