Christmas engagements fill Elyria with news of many weddings
Christmas time brings multiple engagements in Elyria as teens and young adults announce plans to wed. Jo Anne Arndt to Paul E. Cochrane. Roberta Copas to Don E. Jones. Phyllis Jolley to Gerald Stephen. Patricia Ann Sherman to Robert Gray. Donna Mae Stobie to James Bally. Gemela Kaleel to William Archer. Elaine Johnson to Gilbert Kidney. Lois Mashinske to Daniel Gensert. Ruth O Million to Edwin Hodgson. weddings pending dates, with families celebrating at home gatherings.
Women of the Moose Vote Donations at Meeting
The Women of the Moose held their regular session at the Moose Home last evening led by senior regent Sandy Swanson. Donations were approved for the Salvation Army and the Lourdes County Tuberculosis Association. Reports were forwarded to Mooseheart, followed by a social hour with Verdi Bonsek in charge of refreshments. Games awarded prizes to Sandy Swanson Virginia Suturusk Mildred Rusterholtz Anna Rodachy Jean Rasbach and Ethel Court. A consolation prize went to Grace Eckler.
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Women of the Moose
Moose Home
Sandy Swanson
Salvation Army
Lorain County
Mooseheart
Verdi Bonsek
Virginia Sutorus
Mildred Rusterholtz
Anna Rodachy
Jean Rasbach
Ethel Court
Grace Eckler
College Students And Men On Leave Welcomed At Church Services Here
Servicemen and college students were warmly welcomed at Elyria churches during the holidays. At First Congregational Church, young ushers and a reunion for Pilgrim Fellowship were noted. First Methodist hosted an open house after services with 75 attendees including many students home from schools and colleges. The First Baptist and St Andrew Episcopal churches held midweek and coffee hour gatherings welcoming seminary students, college attendees, and service personnel. Names of attendees reflect local youth, students, and returning service members.
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Elyria
First Congregational Church
Carole von Kamp
Dexter S. Kimball III
Kenneth Anthony
James Rubenson
Franklin DeFazio
Benjamin Fauver
Harry Woodings
Charles Nash
Glenn Johnson
The
Pilgrim Fellowship
Sunday Evening Youth Forum
First Methodist Church
Colleen Walters
Beverly Morris
Barbara Boorn
Mary Jensen
Barbara Wellert
Joanne Kuhl
Jim Nay
James McCord
Jane Kennelly
Jane Carpenter
Bill McMan
Dean Shaffer
Richard Schwind
Barbara Ramage
Ann Hennings
Dick Bartholomew
First Baptist Church
Seminary
College
Jim Jordan
Bill Wilson
Dianne van Boxter
Virginia Lyman
Larry Showalter
Alice Scovill
Bill Rugg
Dick Pycraft
St. Andrew Episcopal Church College
Sandra Warmee
Sue Leach
Joan Hargate
Bill Lohnes
Peter van Wormer
Tel Haywood
New Movie Week Sparks Capitol and Rivoli Screenings
Rivoli shows Take The High Ground Thursday with Gary Cooper Return To Paradise free pass winner page 14. Capitol features William Holden Escape From Fort Bravo in color Thursday 3-D John Wayne Hondo in 3-D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivoli
Gary Cooper
Paradise
Capitol
Wm. Holden
Fort Bravo
Close To Home. i is Fitch and the cold theories
A humorous narrative chronicles a cold episode with family interference and excessive home remedies. The patient endures a theater of advice from Mrs. F and the children, including warm baths, orange juice, cold air, and steaming foot baths, while the cold itself lingers and the narrator resists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitch
Mrs. F
Tasty Tricks by Inez Cooke Sprinkles Fruit Salads
Inez Cooke suggests festive fruit salad toppings to add flair. Choices include coconut, walnuts or pecans, sliced almonds, chopped candied ginger, or maraschino cherries for holiday cheer. Field Enterprises 1953. All rights reserved.
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Inex Cooke
Carole Walton and Delbert Fleming to Wed in Birmingham
Mr and Mrs Ralph Walton announce the marriage of their daughter Carole Jean Walton to Pvt Delbert D Fleming. The ceremony is December 31 at Birmingham Methodist Church at eight pm with Rev Howard Crabtree officiating. Carole is Birmingham School class of 1952 alumna and works at American Radiator Standard Sanit ary. The groom is Birmingham School class of 1951 alumnus and is stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky. A reception will follow at the VFW hall in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Walton
Birmingham
Carole Jean
Delbert D. Fleming
Birmingham Methodist Church
Howard Crabtree
Miss Walton
Birmingham School
American Radiator Standard Sanitary Corporation
Fort Knox
V.F.W. Hall
Weisheit Taylor Engaged To Wed In Sheffield Lake Family
Lois Rosalie Weisheit and Lauren Ross Taylor become engaged at a Sheffield Lake home on Christmas Eve. Lois is Brookside 1951 graduate and secretary at Cleveland Dumatine Company. Lauren is LaGrange 1953 graduate employed at General Industries in Elyria. They attend LaGrange Methodist Church. wedding plans are not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield Lake
Edward Weisheit
Oakwood Avenue
Lois Rosalie
Lauren Ross Taylor
Cecil Taylor
North Center Street
LaGrange
Miss Weisheit
Brookside High School
Cleveland Duminating Company
Cleveland
Mr. Taylor
la Grange High School
General Industries
Elyria
LaGrange Methodist Church
Nancy Opperman and Howard Johnson Exchange Vows
Vermilion area ceremony on December 24 at Vermilion Congregational Church parsonage, Rev. E. T. English officiating at 3 30 p m. The H Johnson and N Opperman families hosted a reception for about 50 guests from Vermilion, South Amherst, Oberlin, Wakeman, Amherst and Birmingham at the Opperman home. The bride wore a winter white wool dress with accordion pleated skirt and jewel trimmed sleeves. carnations complemented her corsage. Attendants were Homer Flynn and wife of South Amherst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Vermilion
South Amherst
Oberlin
Wakeman
Amherst
Howard M. Johnson
Nancy K. Opperman
William Opperman
Green Road
Charles Johnson
Quarry Road
Vermilion Congregational Church
E. T. English
Intercultural Club Observes Guest Day
The W C A Intercultural Group held its final meeting of the year with a French horn piece by Carmen Moore of Elyria High, scripture devotions by Miss Lucy Freese, and a story by Mrs Mary Sellars. Remarks of peace and season’s greetings were offered by Mrs Clyde McDowell and Mrs Helen Mulholland, with tea hosted by several members. The group will not meet again until February due to a Y dinner conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.A. Intercultural
Carmen Moore
Elyria High School
Enid Bayer
Lucy Freese
Peter M. Smith
Mary Sellars
Clyde McDowell
Y Board
Helen Mulholland
McDowell
Claude Moore
Carmen
Davies
C. H. Brown
Mises Elizabeth Freese
Y. W
Vern Andrews Home Is Scene Of Party
A holiday gathering at Vern Andrews home on Center Ridge Road featured film strips by Robert Pummell from an American Legion event for Keefe Brasselle, then playing Eddie Cantor in a film. A candlelit buffet supper followed, with Mrs Andrews presiding over the punch bowl and a lace table centerpiece of red tapers and holly. Guests included Mr and Mrs Pummell, Mr and Mrs Brasselle, and several couples from Elyria North Olmsted Akron Athens Westlake and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Andrews
Center Ridge Road
Robert Pummell
American Legion
Keefe Brasselle
Hollywood
Eddie Cantor
Andrews
R. Brasselle
John Storm
Elyria
C. A. Kremser
North Olmsted R.D
L. R. Pearce
Akron
William Pearce
Athens
Esther Johnson
Westlake
Miss Vergil Hurst and John Camp Exchange Vows in Church
Miss Vergil Hurst and John E. Camp wed in a Wakeman Second Congregational ceremony Saturday evening. Details include church decor, wedding attire, attendants Evelyn Bullis, a flower girl Joyce Irvine, and approx. 200 guests. The couple left for a Chicago trip after a Pilgrim Hall reception.
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Vergil Hurst
John Camp
Second Congregational Church
Wakeman
John E. Camp
Miss Meilander Engaged to William R Swanzer
Mr and Mrs L H Meilander announce the engagement of their daughter Coralie to William R Swanzer foster son of Mrs Trevah Gerrick of Florence Wakeman road. Coralie is a Camden High School graduate class of 1953 and a bookkeeper at Ripton Elevator. Swanzer is a Birmingham High School 1952 graduate serving in the United States Army. They plan a home at 420 Ohio Street Ashland after marriage.
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Copas—Jones
Robert W. Copas
Hamilton Street
Roberta Ellen
Don E. Jones
John H. Jones
West Street
Miss Copas
Mr. Jones
Elyria High School
Jones
Schroeder’s
Shermak—Gray
Dale Shermak
Brandtson Avenue
Patricia Ann
Robert Henry Gray
Robert A. Gray
North Ridgeville
Miss Sherman
United Presbyterian Church
North Ridgeville High School
Avon Methodist Church
Brush Electronics Company
Cleveland
Stobie
Bally
Walter Stobie
Avon-Belden Road
Donna Mae
James Bally
Miss Stobie
North Ridgevile High School
Herman Bally
Dilworth Avenue
iBally Company
Kaleel—Archer
Gemela Anne Kaleel
Mousa Kaleel
Cornell Avenue
William Archer
Guy Archer
Whitehead Road
la Grange
Miss Kaleel
Ridgeville
St. Mary Church
General Industries
Belden High School
Archer
U.S
Johnson—Kidney
Elaine Nancy Johnson
Gilbert Leslie Kidney
Alfred Johnson
Durkee Road
Kidney
William Widney
Giles Road
North Eaton
Eaton High School
John Mashinske
East Fourteenth Street
Lois
Daniel W. Gensert
Howard G. Gensert
Elyna District Catholic
St. Jude Church
Miss Mashinske
Lorain County
U. S. Army
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Birmingham
L. H. Meilander
Wakeman R. D. No. 1
Coralie
William R. Swanzer
Trevah Gerrick
Florence- Wakeman Road
Miss Meilander
Camden High School
Ripton Elevator
Birmingham High School
United States Army
Ohio Street
Ashland
Camp
Wakeman High School
Oberlin School of Commerce
Elyria Public Library
Savannah High School
Ashland College
American Legion
Lions Club
U. S. Army Armoured Corps
Europe
Polk, O
St Mary Altar Society to Say Rosary for Mrs Diederick
The St Mary Altar and Rosary Society meets at Reichlin's at 8 p m to recite the Rosary in memory of Mrs Catherine Diederick. The gathering emphasizes prayer for the deceased and spiritual comfort for the family.
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St. Mary Altar & Rosary Society
Reichlin’s
Catherine Diederick
Set Date For Williams Jump Wedding Rites
NEW LONDON announcement by Mrs. Ellsworth Cass of Harbor Creek Pa. notes the engagement of Jeanne Reed Williams of Harbor Creek to Max Jump of Monroeville. The January 9 wedding will be attended by L. Co. Burt and sister of the bride. Williams is a former Fitchville resident and Harbor Creek High alum. Jump, a Monroeville High graduate, served in the U S Army and attended Purdue. he is now a construction engineer with A J Bates Construction.
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New London
Ellsworth Cass
Harbor Creek
Jeanne (Reed) Williams
Max Jump
M. W. Jump
Monroeville
L. Co. Burt
Mr. Jump
U. S. Army
Purdue University
A. J. Bates Construction Company
Reception Held For Newlyweds Donald DeChant
Avon Lake guests gathered at the American Legion Home on Walker Road for a wedding reception honoring Elizabeth Zohn and Donald Dechant who wed at St. Christopher’s Church in Cleveland. The bride wore a lace wedding gown and carried an orchid on a Bible, with attendants including Ellen Norton and Sharon Stier. Best man was Robert Dechant. ushers were Richard Dechant and Jim Smith. The bride is from Rocky River, employed at Republic Steel. the groom, son of Avon residents, serves in the Army at Fort Eustis, Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
American Legion
Walker Road
Avon Lake
Elizabeth Zohn
Donald Dechant
St. Christopher’s Church
Cleveland
George Vitus
Ellen Norton
Leonard Stier
Sharon Stier
Robert Dechant
Richard Dechant
Jim Smith
New Year Party Nuts and Rings at Wildercraft
Mixed salted nuts no peanuts priced at 1.50 per pound and red and green rings for 85 cents per pound at Wildercraft. Phone number 2889.
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Wildercraft
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Jolley
Stephen
Phyllis Jolley
Gerald Stephen
Robert Stephen
West Avenue
Frank J. Jolley
Silver Spring
Theresa Swiger
Caroline Street
U. S. Air Force
Greenville
Miss
Leuzzi
Puchalski
Carmella Leuzzi
Frank S. Puchalski
Dominic Leuzzi
345
Eighth Street
Peter Puchalski
West Homestead
Miss Leuzzi
Harold R. Rorick
Homestead High School
St. Anthony Church
Homestead
U. S. S. Homestead Steel
Mashinske-Gensert
Miss O’million
Romeo Division
Lear, Inc
Lake Avenue Congregational Church
Mr. Hodgson
Lake Avenue
Korea
Colson Corporation
Miss O'Million
Hodgson
Women of
John Wayne
Aine
Camellias
Resar Florist
East River Street
Faith
Hope
Charity
Rita Ling
Farnham School of Arts
London
New Dutch Church
Old Broad Street
Austin Friars
Rita
England
Panama
Inez Cooke
Carole Walton
Fleming
Lois Weisheit
Lauren Taylor
Nancy Opperman
Howard Johnson
Intercultural Club
K. C. Hurst
Ruth Camp
Savannah
F. Howard Houldsworth
Ronald Millhouse
Norwalk
Richard Cooley
Evelyn Bullis
Joyce Irvine
Miss Bullis
Richard Hazelett
Lloyd Hurst
Herman Workman
Pilgrim Hall
Doris Irvine
Robert Geer
Wellington
Shirley Bauer
Ruth Hurst
Chicago
Revlon
Phillips Drug Store
W. R. Swanzer
Williams
Katherine Dunham
Silvana Mangano
Miss Dunham
Silvana
Donald DeChants
Grace A. Meyers
Broad Street
the Watch Shop
Ed Thomas
Elyria Savings & Trust
Chronicle Telegram
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