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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1951
Page
4
Several couples announced their engagements during the Christmas holiday. Ring gifts were popular as young lovers proclaimed plans to wed. Wedding dates were set for two betrothals, with mates serving in the armed forces noted in the reports.
Elyrian and Cleveland girl wed in California in a ceremony at Palos Verdes Country Club. The bride wore a champagne floor length dress with Brussels lace Juliet cap, attended by her sister Mrs Kernan B Whitworth from Westwood. Groom was supported by best man Kernan Bradies Whitworth Jr and usher Carl Lippman. couple resides in Lakewood, California.
Sophomore Y Teens held a Christmas party for 30 couples with a talent program written and directed by the girls. Skits, piano and vocal numbers, record pantomimes, and Czardas games filled the evening, with chaperones and post party charity drives noted.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Steele of 200 Harvard avenue host holiday guests including their sons Fiederick at Ohio State University Columbus and Howard in Cleveland. Birth notices report a daughter born December 24 to Leonard Reichlin and family in Elyria Memorial Hospital and a son born Christmas Day to William Vargo and family. Additional entries note cadet Richard Bara from the Merchant Marine Academy visiting with his parents, and other local students spending Christmas with relatives in Elyria and New Haven. several residents are students at Ohio State University.
Girl Scouts LROWNIE TROOP NO 4y and Brownie Troop No 49 met with Mrs Schmitz and Mrs Elberts at the school hall. Each Brownie received a gift and the leaders were given a Christmas present. Refreshments were served to 20 Brownies and the meeting closed with a prayer. The spiritual advisor Fr Pewee received a gift. Troop 18 held a Christmas party with carols, gifts exchanged, refreshments served, and a good night castle closed the meeting.
Calendar items list multiple gatherings at Lake Avenue Congregational Church and nearby venues. The Homemakens meet at Mrs Gorden Collier’s home, with Grange hall changes, plus 50 cent Christmas gift exchanges and holiday events hosted by St Francis Xavier Mission Cycle Mo 3, Women of the Moose, Catholic Study group, Dames of Malta, Navy Mothers, Eagles hall, and various clubs and guilds. The notices describe Christmas parties, meetings, and social exchanges among local organizations and residents, with venues on Edison court, Qhiv street, 284 Washington avenue, and other local addresses.
A fragmented list shows licenses granted or under consideration for individuals including Clabante Mitchell, Martha Stuart, Don Killinger, Margaret Sheets, Donald Smvisher, June Chapman, and George Street residents in Lorain and nearby areas. The text mixes Army references and street addresses, suggesting a public notice compilation with several names and places jointly referenced.
A vintage recipe roundup by ALICE Downe offers ways to repurpose leftover turkey. Instructions cover turkey Farina Scrapple, a turkey cheese spread on crackers, baked turkey sandwiches, and stuffing topped sandwiches with cheese melt, detailing measurements, heating temperatures, and serving ideas.
A vintage kitchen note shares steps for turkey roll with cranberry sauce baked in a square, then a duckling in grape juice and mushroom sauce, followed by a banana cream stuffed date confection. It outlines dough, seasonings, and cooking times for festive dishes.
Ideas for using leftover turkey and pie components include pumpkin cheese ball pumpkins with clove stems, marshmallow topped pumpkin pie, turkey casserole with crust, remnant salad with celery peppers and mayonnaise, chicken tuna melt style open faces, and quick toasts with toasted bread and chive garnish. Also cauliflower with cheese crumb topping served hot.
Edits paper for Hungarian displaced persons highlights a 20 page church paper by Rev Bela Szigethy of the First Hungarian Evangelical Church. About 40 000 Hungarians in 43 countries benefit as 80 percent lack local Protestant services or language fluency. The pastor mails 8000 copies monthly, Evangelical World Service includes full orders of services hymns and sermons so families can conduct their own services and two complete Sunday school lessons for parents teaching their children religious instruction.
Chicago reports the American Society of Planning Officials cites a California highway department study finding bypasses often boost local business and land values. In North Sacramento the four mile main street traffic rose after 1947 bypass. retail volume grew 48.5 percent in two years, vs county 27 percent. Auburn and two other towns showed similar gains. Fairfield declined as a travel stop between San Francisco and Sacramento.
Deputy Lloyd Schultz made an arrest from his chair when a Belle Fourche forgery suspect turned out to be his visitor John Bersehide. Schultz described it as the easiest arrest of his career in Deadwood South Dakota.
Debbie Reynolds met Sgt Paul Lillard at a studio lot in Hollywood after correspond ing as pen pals following his arrival in Korea. He returned after 14 months, stayed with her family, and then went home to Yuma. Only 11 members of Lillards original regiment survive.
The text notes michel alloy steels for truck transmissions and parts, plus descriptions of old player turntables, silverware interiors, and fabrics like rayon cotton wool animal hair. It mentions varnish types for Bible use and adhesive uses, with references to fragrances and gift lists.
Washington reports a U S Bureau of Public Roads study showing one truck can take as much road space as eight cars under certain conditions. Commercial vehicles reduce highway capacity, travel slower, and require more passing maneuvers, with space varying by road profile and curves.
William R Costantino, 18, learned in Albany police court that the two 39 inch horns on his car were not adequate. He received a suspended sentence for lacking an adequate horn or suitable signal device. The car was found to be lacking proper warning equipment and the horns were ordered removed after a court-ordered production of satisfactory evidence.
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