Christmas Parties Brighten Grafton Community Cheer
Anchor's Rebekah Lodge held a Christmas party with gift exchanges and a dessert buffet for 31 members. The O Grala club hosted games and a cookie exchange at Mrs Richard Smiths home. Dozens of local families shared holidays with relatives and friends across Grafton and nearby towns, with several gatherings and carols noted. Santa appeared for the children as Youth Fellowship carolers visited homes, and school programs featuredStudent performances and a PTA Christmas treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Anchor
Rebekah Lodge
O’grala Club
Richard Smith
William Joy
Robert Younglas
Don O'Connor
Eugene Cornish
Diagonal Road
Kitty
Carol Schriver
Gerald Curtis
Roy Marty
Alice Joppeck
Phylis Brooks
Richard Vaughn
Lee Sooy
Rudolph
Red Nosed Reindeer
Annie Marty
Claudia Jackson
Barbara Carimen
Irene Wise
Helen Chizmadia
Judy Brooks
Jium
Imy Schriver
Clarilee Brooks
Mildred Brooks
Santa Claus
Bobby Curtis
Fay Gross
Sally Schriver
Terry Jonasson
Billy Schriver
Kenneth Olic
Joan Blackhall
Adolph Adam
William Goodman
Bright
The
Window
Bobby Campbell
Sandra Sooy
Gary Summers
Phillip Slack
Roy Slack
Arthur Brooks
Sam Joppeck
Messenger
LaDonna Summers
Gale
David Curtis
Youth Fellowship
Edward Jonasson
Ralph Campbell
Bruce
Bobby
Virgil] Campbell
Lakewood
Campbell
Richard Wesemeyer Jr
Richard Wesemeyer
Muilford Bartter
Charles
Bartter
Walter Bracy
Columbus
Marvin Ryder
Jimmy
Donald
Dayton
Grafton School
Clifford McGill
Betty Lowe
Ruth Ella Jenkins
England
Germany
Jesus
Parent-Teacher Association
Josephine Cook
Geraldine Neitzel Engaged To Wed Arthur Brauer
GRAFTON Mr and Mrs Fred Neitzel announce the engagement of their daughter Geraldine to Arthur Brauer son of Mr and Mrs Gustav Brauer of Eaton Brauer is a East Technical High School graduate and served two and a half years in the US Army He is employed by Catch Uthe Co in Elyria Miss Neitzel a Graf ton High School alumna works at the Grafton Savings and Banking Co No wedding date set
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Fred Neitzel
Center Street
Geraldine
Arthur Brauer
Gustav Brauer
Eaton
Brauer
East Technical High School
Cleveland
United States Army
Catch- Uthe Co
Elyria
Miss Neitzel
Grafton High School
Grafton Savings and Banking Co
Buchholz Buys Ringmaster Champion Brown Swiss Bull
Hugo Buchholz of Grafton has purchased the registered Brown Swiss bull Ringmaster Champion 97999 from Robert P. Buchanan Jr of West Salem Ohio according to the Brown Swiss Association based in Beloit Wisconsin.
Grafton Methodist Church Children Present Program
The Grafton Methodist church hosted a Sunday school Christmas program led by Blanche Edwards organ prelude and a large cast of children. Don Barber read the Christmas story, with drawings by Bob Lynch and others. The program included pantomimes, readings, bells, and a Santa visit, under the supervision of program chair Mrs. Jerry Smith and superintendent Jerry Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Grafton Methodist Church
Blanche Edwards
John Guyeska
David Parker
Don Barber
Bob Lynch
Connie Borling
Darlene Overy
Kenneth Blaine
Christ
Bethleheim
Diane Hoskins
Nancy Sh
Don Hershey
Patty McGill
Ronald Carmel
Robert Bittner
Carol
Janice Messenger
Joan Bouley
Jeanette Mills
Mary Ann Jenkins
Kitty Miller
Gary Logan
Janet Eppley
Roger Hershey
Dennis Eady
Eugene McClintock
David Wolf
Ronald Young
Nancy Breimm
Lilian Hornbeck
Patty Glover
Kay Rothgery
Skippy Rust
Gayle Shephard
Gary Glover
Steph
Anie Glover
Carolyn Kennedy
Santa Claus
David Carmel
Glenna Henning
Shirley
Dianne Muffly
David Hoskin
Paul Carmel
Douglas Hawk
Kenny Blaine
Linda Crago
Linda Messenger
Tommy Scheidler
Dick McGill
Dorothy Fischer
Jerry Smith
Robert Steinmetz
Forest Hornbeck
New Year’s Eve dance in Grafton cancelled by PTA
Grafton residents are informed that the New Year’s Eve school dance sponsored by the PTA has been cancelled. The notice appears amid a Christmas roundup of social visits and gatherings across local homes, listing numerous families from Perry Elyria Mentor and nearby towns hosting guests and celebrating the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
P.T.A
George Edwards
Glenn Batley
North Royalton
Fred Uhnick
Joanne
Edith Cartwright
Cleveland
William Finley
Dick Gill
H. H. Schriver
Bert Langshaw
Perry
Herbert Langshaw
Carl Shephard
Gayle
Robert Smith
M. B. Bartter
Fields Corners
Hal Rothgery
Olive Park
Carrie Ogden
Arthur Bruce
Carlisle
J. B. Lilley
William and
Ann
Elyria
Grace Park
B. B. Cox
Patty
West Unity
Kunkle
W. G. Reese
Donald Brouse
Spencer
G. Leonard Baker
Mentor
Robert Reese
Frank Bladowski
James Boylan
Shelby
George Nichols
Amherst
Walter Schroeder
Frank Schriver
G. H. Dietrich
Ray Mills
Haysville
Tom Williams
Byron
Cass City
Mich
Donald Blaine
Cenia Small
Warrensville Heights
Carlton Blaine
North Eaton
Ernest Toghill
Joseph Kovach
John Dix
Marvin Ruder
Belden Church School Program Delights Local Audience
The Belden church Friday program drew enthusiastic reception from a large audience. Featuring Christmas carols and readings, Rev Gordon Gale offered the Christmas Story from St Luke while the congregation welcomed a commemorative song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belden
Belden Church
St. Luke
Gordon Gale
Grafton Students Home For Christmas Vacation List
Among students home for mid year vacation with families from the schools colleges and universities are Myron Grott and Joyce Hahn from Bowling Green University Jack Knechtges from Ohio Northern University at Ada Leonard Leininger from Ashland College Violet Weitzel from Andrews School for Girls at Willoughby Delbert Spitzer and Elizabeth Maple from Baldwin Wallace College Berea Michael Knechtges from John Carroll University Cleveland Jim Knechtges from St Thomas Military Academy St Paul Minn and Miss Ellen Knechtges who spent Christmas with her family from Mercy College Detroit Mich
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Myron Grott
Joyce Hahn
Bowling Green University
Jack Knechtges
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Leonard Leininger
Ashland College
Violet Weitzel
Andrews School For Girls
Willoughby
Delbert Spitzer
Elizabeth Maple
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea
Michael Knechtges
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Jim Knechtges
St. Thomas
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Tom
C. E. Barnbee
Plymouth
Hal Carmel
James Obitts
E. H. Rothe
Henrietta
A. F. Rust
P. H. Rogers
Glenn Rogers
J. R. Hoffman
Rocky River
Harold Kelly
Charles Wickard
Oxford
Clair Wolfe
James McKnight
Bucyrus
Thomas Trembath
Norfolk
Sam Trembath
Sam
U.S.S. Noscobee
A. H. Furnish
Lowell Burt
Lowell Jr
David and
Peggy
Galion
Walter Bell
Winchester
Ind
Murl Brimson
Harold Biggs
Bedford
Ruth Wetsel
Warren Dunham
J. W. Wetsel
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Bert Nesbett
Margaret
Shaker Heights
Bertha Damon
Gladys Talbott
Cleveland Heights
Sarah Moose
Richard Moose
Rome
Theodore J. Weidner
Medina
Ebbert Weidner
Fred Reisinger
Lynne
I Charles
Edward Reisinger
Arthur Wise
C. M. Clark
Blaine Ar Oher
Darryl, Clyde and Lynn
LaGrange
Neil Wise
Ray Crowe
Ora Lehman
Orville Lehman
Akron
Merle Lehman
Micky Radd
Leon Lehman
George Marty
Gales
Michigan
Bert Goodman
Roger Wood
Norman Betz
Valley City
Goodman
Ivan Kemp
Cora Law
Roll Law
Andrew Thelman
Gordon Blackhall
Janice
Douglas
Kermin Billman
Baby
Clark Wise
Ronald
Kenneth Bowman
Canton
David Williams
Roy Law
Greenwich
George Grabenstetter
George Weigel
East Cleveland
Grabenstetler
William Brooks
Harper
Olga Bradley
Geraldine Neitzel
Swiss Bull
Gertie's
Jack Knight
LaPorte Jet
Wise Furnaces
Grafton, Ohio
Cash and Carry
Fern and Loretta's Dry Goods
Cragin
the Ryder Hardware Co
Geo. V. Cornish
Mgr
Roland Hendrix
Main
Automotive Supply House
Beaner’’ Watson
Rte
Karper
Mrs. Karper
Spitzer
Grafton Savings & Banking Co
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
Fred Overy
Chamberlain RD
Ohio
Valerius
Fairmont
W. E. Dunham
Prop
Mac
McAlpine
Kaiser Frazer
McAlpine Sales & Service
Kaiser - Frazer Dealer
Main St
Studebaker
Coupe
Ford Tudor
Chevrolet
Chevrolet C.O.E
Rothgery Motors. Inc
Service
Iss
J. I
George G’brien
Rouble
Rosalind Keith
Ray Whitey
Gail
Jungle Jim
Johnny Ert
Colummbia
Grafton Lumber
Myles Knechtges
Grafton Road
Mr. Farmer
State Department of
Agriculture
Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Assn
Huron St. & B. & O
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