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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1968
Page
3
A column offers supportive guidance for a lonely teen, urging personal effort in fitness, style, and selfconfidence to attract dating opportunities. It cautions that love does not come on cue, but through work and perseverance, and reminds readers to seek advice when needed.
Music writer Hank Zarembski reviews the Turtles current and past releases on White Whale, noting You Showed Me as a strong new entry with a distinct chant like quality while comparing You Know What I Mean and Happy Together to earlier work. He also comments on Wilson Pickett covering Hey Jude, Nick De Caro from Cleveland and his instrumental If I Only Had Time, and hints at a musical forecast for 1968.
Keystone High School starts an intramural basketball program during lunch with two 10 minute games per day. Teams form from non varsity players and games occur in separate leagues for boys and girls and different grade levels. Varsity and junior teams serve as coaches and referees. Trophies will go to the top team and its coach at season end.
Kamm's Record Shop will stop the weekly Top 20 listing in Elyria based on sales. Teen Page thanks Harlan and June Pease, owners of Kamm's, for offering the listing to readers of free. The Top 20 was a unanimously popular feature per a Teen Page reader survey by The Chronicle Telegram.
Air derby for teens scheduled from Aug. 1 through Labor Day next year in DeLand Florida. Fifty pilots aged 16 to 19 will be selected through elimination in states to fly a rectangular Midwest Southwest route. Seminars over five weeks begin Aug. 1 under Stetson University auspices.
Spencer reports the Lovin' Kynd band will play tonight for a teen dance at Black River High School. Sponsored by the band boosters, the event runs from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. and is open to area teenagers. Also noted, Philadelphia officials say a local theater chain will cut ad evasion charges by 90 cents for Gold Age Movie Class members.
Elyria area students share goals for 1970s era school year embracing kindness, improved studies, better behavior and personal responsibility. Names include Cindy Hill Elyria High School sophomore who aims to be nicer and improve, while others seek better grades driving legally and avoiding conflicts.
Modern technology creates a critical shortage of qualified technical writers. The field offers strong opportunities for motivated students, with growth in journals and industry needs. Start in high school with science, math, English, and composition, then pursue colleges with relevant programs.
The Lynx will provide music for a New Year’s Eve dance for area youths starting at 9 p.m. tonight at First Congregational Church The party moves after midnight to St Andrew’s Episcopal Church for a buffet and the full length color movie Bye Bye Birdie The event is sponsored by the Elyria Christian Youth Council including 14 churches
WMMS deejays extend season greetings to all staff and listeners. Victor Bock wishes the best of everything in this peaceful season. Rick TAmico, Andrew Trapp, Billy Bass offer merry holidays and best wishes for the New Year.
Cleveland radio critic Gary Bainbridge shares backstage drama from 1960s rock as he recalls interviews with Jimi Hendrix and Aretha Franklin and argues WMMS offers a broader progressive format versus WIXY KY. He praises MMS while defending local station competition and notes Johnny Mathis concert plans for Jan 10.
Six US postage stamps with a total face value of 30 cents were auctioned for $2020 to the Superior Stamp Co of Los Angeles. Two strips of three five cent stamps picturing President Thomas Jefferson were sold by the Royal International Auction Co. The 1860 strip brought strong bids and the 1859 sale realized substantial sums.
The text notes 1904 as a significant year for New York City transportation and the telephone industry. It highlights the first streamlined wall telephone and urges readers to use Chromede Telegram Ad Wisere for low-cost test ads. It lists contact numbers 323-5400 in Elyria and 244-6205 in Lorain with friendly service.
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