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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1953
Page
4
A lengthy compilation lists Avon area churches with pastors, service times, Sunday schools, youth groups, and midweek meetings across Avon Avon Lake South Ridge Vincent Brownhelm and nearby towns. It notes multiple denominations including Baptist Lutheran Methodist Congregational Church of Christ Scientist Catholic parishes and more with dates and mass times.
Washington New Year’s Eve column notes barber prices rising. Jean M. Smith, head of a House barber shop network, warns of a barber shortage as young men seek higher paying trades. His shop charges 50 cents a haircut, below market rates.
The piece notes lawmakers may enjoy complimentary barber services while the Barbers Hairdressers Cosmetologists Union ranks 85 000 members, with 59 500 paid up. It argues price rises for all citizens come from higher costs for soap, scissors, clippers, and barber pay rather than a shortage. Jean Smith fears future scarcity, joking lawmakers may man the chairs themselves as they “clip away” and talk.
Windsor Connecticut Mrs Elle Zwirner arranged hazards in her house for a Girl Scouts safety demonstration hoping for a teachable moment but the scouts reported more hazards than she had planted leaving her chagrined about the display and its results.
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