Valentines Day News Highlights From 1975 Chronicle Item
February 11 1975 feature recalls Valentine card trends with Americans expected to exchange over half a billion cards. Women buy about 75 percent of cards though men purchase more at peak season. Tales include a domestic relations court case in Los Angeles a Garry Moore publicity stunt and England banning Valentine checks from the Bank of Love.
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Los Angeles
Garry Moore
Garry
Nell
England
Bank of Love
Fascinating fabrics and a Valentine gift hint
Reading your way to better sewing and a note on Valentine’s Day history. The Singer Company publishes a practical 12 booklet set on sewing techniques and home furnishings priced at 75 cents each. The Valentine notes cover St. Valentine’s origin, ancient riddles, and Hallmark’s quotations archive.
Meindl McCarthy Wedding Set For June Twenty Eighth
Margaret Meindl and John Joseph McCarthy announce their engagement and upcoming wedding on June 28 at St. Joseph Church Amherst. Miss Meindl, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Meindl of Amherst, is a 1974 Bowling Green graduate and teacher at Oberlin Schools. Her fiancé, a 1970 St Edward and BGSU graduate, is an internal auditor for White Motor Corporation in Cleveland.
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John Meindl
Amherst
Margaret
John Joseph McCarthy
Martin McCarthy
Brookpartk
Miss Meindl
Elyria Catholic High School
Bowling Green State University
Oberlin Schools
St. Edward High School
BGSU
White Motor Corporation
Cleveland
Westlake Welcome Wagon Ball at Fountaine Bleau Center
The Westlake Welcome Wagon Club hosts a Sweetheart Ball this Saturday at Fountaine Bleau Party Center Avon Lake from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Chairpersons are Mrs William Zimmerman and Mrs Douglas Trowbridge. Tickets and details from Mrs Trowbridge 25092 Maple Ridge Westlake.
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Westlake Welcome Wagon Club
Fountaine Bleau Party Center
Avon Lake
William Zimmerman
Douglas Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Maple Ridge
Westlake
Valentine’s Day Echoes From History At 1415 Tower Siege
A fragment notes that on February 14 1415 the first known valentine was sent by Charles Duke of Orleans from the Tower of London where he was prisoner after Agincourt. The message to the Duchess of Orleans was smuggled to France and is now in the British Museum.
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Valentine
Charles
Duke of Orleans
Tower of London
Agincourt
Duchess of Orleans
France
British Museum
Dear Abby Advice Column Snippet Reflects Personal Dilemmas
A reader outlines a five year marriage with impotent husband and a new love interest of 52. Abby suggests leaving may be justified and notes annulment as a possibility. Additional letters discuss fish pain and in law visits, advising prior notice and clear boundaries to avoid embarrassment and preserve courtesy.
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Abby
John
Louis C. Fish
Lakewood
Calif
Town groups hold meetings and events across Elyria area
Beta Sigma Phi XI Zeta plans a 8 30 pm meeting at Judy Gurdish home with program Understand ing Art by Betty Bradbury. Elyria Police Wives meet at 8 pm at Elks Club. Senior center planning at Prospect Street center 1 pm Thursday. Founders Day PTA banquet reservations due Friday for Feb 25 at Spring Valley Country Club with speaker Tom Field. Baby named Leslie Elise to Carl and wife Heckert. Cosmopolitan Club gifts for retarded children and Valentines to Golden Acres residents. Mumu Beta Sigma Phi meets at Gail Mitchell home with Abby Q and wedding booklet offer.
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Elyria Recreation Center
Prospect Street
Elyria Area
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Elyria Council of Pta
Spring Valley Country Club
Tom Field
Marge Todd
Hawthorne St
Harry Chase
Hilliard
Arthur Eady
Pasadena Ave
Carl Heckert
Hanover Rd
Wellington
Leslie Elise
Oberlin Allen Hospital
Eric Gordon
John Herman
Oberlin
Paul Heckert
Halifax
Lottie Heckert
Cosmopolitan Club
Holly Hall
Golden Acres
Amherst
Earl Lautenschleger
Jack Wenzel
Parents Without Partners
Dorothy Hamm
Bell Ave
Elaine Resar to marry Rick L. Coker on April 26
Elaine Marie Resar will wed Rick Lynn Coker in a 2 p.m. ceremony on April 26 at St Mary Church Lorain. Resar is a 1973 Midview High School graduate and florist designer. Coker is a 1973 Elyria High School graduate. Parents listed are Mr and Mrs Lawrence W Resar of 9912 E River Rd and Mr and Mrs Garvis C Coker of 77 Main St Grafton.
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Elaine Resar
Rick L. Coker
Elaine Marie Resar
Rick Lynn Coker
Lawrence W. Resar
E. River Rd
Mr. Coker
Garvis C. Coker
Main St
Grafton
Miss Resar
Midview High School
Resar Florist
Elyria High School
St. Mary Church
Thomas V. Rathoof $i
John Church
Lorain
A Valentine from England sparked American card making
Hallmark cites Valentine cards surpassing most holidays with about half a billion sent on Valentine’s Day. Esther Howland of Worcester, Massachusetts, inspired the U S custom by creating homemade valentines in 1847 after receiving one from England. She launched a mail order business, hiring young women to craft lace adorned cards, quickly reaching about $5,000 in orders and selling hundreds of thousands of valentines.
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America
Esther Howland
Worcester
Mass
Howland
England
Inexpensive Funnel Made From Plastic Carton
A 1904 obituary notes Miss Howland, who at age 78 died after a long life. The eccentric craft of turning inverted carton tops into funnels is mentioned alongside her charity, romance, and her lifelong spinster status.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Hallmark
By Frances Dietrich
Singer Company
Singer
U.S
Juno
Gelasius
Valentinus
Hallmark Historical Collection
Kansas City
Semeself
Oakwood Shopping Center
Gamblers’ Sale
Washington
OS Cosco
Levee
Fred Snelkin
Incorporated
Margaret Meindl
John McCarthy
St. Joseph Church
Robert Herrick
George Bernard Shaw
la Rochefoucauld
Thomas Moore
John Ray
Cupid
Shakespeare
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Areme Club
Oberlin Inn
Terry Fidder
Fairborn
John Kenneth
Springfield Community Hospital
Springfield
Robert Christy
Alexander Dr
Russell Edwards
Eagle Circle
Jeanne Fidder
West Ave
Mumu
Beta Sigma Phi
Gail Mitchell
Eden
Garen
L.A
Lasky Dr
Beverly Hills
Genter Ridge
Northview Village
North Ridgeville
Hallmark Cards
J.P. Diederich Sons, Inc
Center Ridge
Russell Stover Candies
C.D
Hess & Hess Rrscmacies
E. Broad St
Cleveland St
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