Harpsichord Enthusiast Finishes Building Of 3 Instruments Here
Earl Russell an Elyria High School teacher and harpsichord hobbyist finishes his trio of instruments in four years staying within budget and scarcity constraints. He built three varying sizes, notes how the harpsichord differs from the piano, and notes the revival of interest inspired by Bach and John Challis.
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Earl Russell
Elyria
Russell
Musical Art Society
Thomas Curtis
First Congregational Church
Elyria High School
Harpischord
Europe
America
John Challis
England
Michigan
Old Harpsichord Interest Highlights Local Meet
Ten years ago Sunday no paper. Twenty years ago competition in several sports was offered at the M C A open house. Thirty years ago the Klan issue arose. Local Elyria tale covers Ma dam Wanda Landowska, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Oberlin College. Russell family plans to overhaul harpsichords for upcoming Musical Art Society program featuring Mrs Russell.
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W .O. McClellan
White House
Wallace
Majdam Wanda Landowska
America
Ralph Kirkpatrick
Oberlin College
Fenner Douglas
Russell
Chalhs
Betty
Thomas Curtis
First Congregational Church
Elyria
Musical Art Society
Elyria Garden Club News and Christmas Wreath Lore
The column recounts a Della Robbia style wreath from the Boys Republic in Pomona California and notes its 21 inch diameter. It details evergreen shipments from Michigan, the tradition of Christmas trees in churches in 19th century America, and a brief history of the camellia plant and its Christmas color symbolism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Robbia
California
Newcomer Judy Wienert Opens First American Christmas Season
Judy Wienert, German immigrant and former Berlin Army secretary, runs the Christmas Club desk at Elyria Savings and Trust Co. since arriving Nov 14. She traveled from East Berlin to West Berlin during 1945 to 1957 and witnessed life under Communist rule, contrasting it with free Western zones. Judy hopes to settle in Elyria, living with the Fitch family and pursuing music, art, and literature while writing letters home.
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Judy Wienert
Germany
Elyria Savings and Trust Co
R. J. Fitch
William, la Telier
Judy
United States
Jutta
New York
Elyria
Berlin
East Berlin
Alles
Hannafords
Fitch
America
Cleveland
Munich
Hamburg
Essen
Meiningen
Columbia Avenue
U. S. Army
U. S
Ryukyu and
Bonin Islands
Okinawa
Free World
Far East
Lavrenti P. Beria
Napoleon
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
K Kremlin
G. Ralph Terry
Mower Motor Wheels Run Homemade Car on Farm
James Korka of Elyria builds a six foot long family hot rod from a mower engine bicycle wheels and kiddie wagon parts. The vehicle uses a Clinton engine none reverse gear and is started by rope pull. It carries three sons and a wife and can pull a cart for two riders on a farm hill.
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James Korkaeo
Elyria Rd2
Bendix-Westinghouse
Clinton
Kenny
Korka
Ronnie
Gary
Jenna Yvonne
General Industries
Lizzy
Alu
Kenny Korka
James Korka
Ronald
Eisenhower backs new look defense plan and budget cut
Highlights include President Eisenhower approving a new look 1955 defense program trimming about five billion dollars from this year’s military outlay. Other items note Elyria and Midview Board actions, regional contracts, and international diplomacy developments amid Cold War tensions.
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Eisenhower
Midview Board of Education
Fred M. Daniel
Grafton
Elyria
Angelo Marra Construction Co
Cleveland
The
Recorder
Soviet Union
Walter S. Robertson
Arthur W. Radford
Far East
Elyria Selects Third-Thirties Mayor Since 1900
J Grant Keys, 36, will become Elyria mayor January 1, making him the youngest chief executive since 1859 and the third to be elected in his thirties. The city’s historical record shows several mayors in their thirties early in the city’s history, with Gates and Sampsell younger than Keys but long-serving leaders overall.
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Elyria
Keys
J. Grant Keys
N. B. Gates
P. W. Sampsell
Mary C. Ingersoll
Orrin Cowles
Thomas Folger
Gates
Sampsell
John Topliff
M. B. Gates
Edgar F. Mason
P.w.sampsell
John Faxon
George Williams
P. H. Boynton
M. H. Levagood
P. D. Reefy
Clayton Chapman
David S. Troxel
Thom. A. Conway
Chas. E. Tucker
Asaph R. Jones
Urges Stamp To Honor Sen Taft
Rep Clarence J Brown asks Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield to issue a commemorative three cent stamp honoring the late Sen Robert A Taft. Brown says Taft was the outstanding legislator of our time and a great statesman and requests issuance on Taft's birthday September 8.
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Washington
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Arthur E. Summerfield
Robert A.taft
Brown
Summerfield
Republic
Taft
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Cedarville
Henry Schwan
Zion Evangelical Church
York Street
Hamilton Avenue
Schwan
Walter Lersch
Columbus Street
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August Imgard
Martin Luther
Paris
Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
George Joseph Kamel
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Asia
Jack Hannaford
Week's News In Review
Soviet
Russia
Mohammed Mossadegh
Tehran
Arthur H. Dean
John Foster Dulles
Alfred Alten
National Tube Co
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Dis
James F. Boggs
Henry W. Ault
Henry Tasca
Rome
Winston Churchill
Jacob Malik
Public Utilities Commission
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Robert H. Williamson
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UN Command
By Dave Summers
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Folger
Los Angeles County
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Royal Academy
Sen. Taft
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