Births and community notices from Bloomingdale and Elyria area
Town announces birth of James Richard Funk at Memorial Hospital Elmhurst. Godparents Ronald Schilke named. Also notes D W Seward back home from vacationing with James Yangman family. Jefferson PTA panel discussion planned on detours at 7 p.m. with Rev Morgan John Crosby and Tom Graham. Rainbow for Girls Valentine event hosted by Mrs. Carver. new Elyria Assembly president Mrs. Gus Filbert. Notre Dame College students tour Washington during semester break escorted by Lt Gerald L. Carson. Whitmore announce birth of John Hollis Jan 20 in Fort Lauderdale. Founders Day at Eastgate PTA. Andra Harden to speak. Lorain Uo-Maters discuss marriage problems with Rev Huston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Funk
Bloomingdale
Ill
James Richard
Memorial Hospital
Elmhurst
Betsey
Thurman Funk
Valley Blvd
John Sheehan
Canterbury Rd
Tin
Ronald Schilke
Valentine
Order of Rainbow
Cletus Carver
Spruce Tree Lane
Amherst
Gus Filbert
Elyria Assembly
Grory
Willard Zuamerman
Lois Neuman
Edward Ketterer
Dean Buchanan
Cleveland Blvd
Lorain
Notre Dame College For Women
Cleveland
Karen Lynn Davis
Margery Manzo
Carol Bauman
Columbus
Capitol Building
Bolling Air Force Officers Club
Washington, D.C
Gerald L. Carson
U.S. Air Force
Miss Dac
Corneal Transplants Topic Stirs Cleveland Area Meeting
Richard Kay discusses corneal transplants at Shields ing Clinic in Lorain and notes eye banks’ rise, donor forms from Central Eye Bank, and the national eye bank system. The talk covers 1944 creation, services, and growing demand, with regional notes on ANA events and an upcoming St Joseph Hospital program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kay
Oberlin
Bank of
Sight Restoration Inc
Carnegie
St Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Wiliam Hill
Cleveland Area
Parent asks if help exists for poor housekeeper case
Readers face child development worries and a local PTA will host a talk by Robert M. Gilliland on the topic at Northwood School. Meanwhile a community festival fundraiser is planned, and a local couple recalls losing a coat in a Washington trip. A readers’ column offers practical home advice on child behavior and music at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hind
Daugh
Dear Abby Strike Him Out Bowling Causes Cold Shoulder
Dear Abby responds to a reader who feels estranged from a close friend over bowling, and another letter questions marrying a thoughtful partner. The advisor suggests the friend’s issue is bowling focus, not the relationship, and cautions against marrying someone for balance with a heavy bowling habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Cane
Churchwomen Plan March Luncheon and Meeting Details
Eight Division A churchwomen met Thursday for a luncheon at Jessie Perkins home. Mrs. Perry Clew outlined de tions and Walter Smith announced a sacrificial will be held March 6 at the church. Dorothy Astor will host a luncheon March 7 at Lymal Hol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Perkins
Perry Clew
Moxica
Walter Smith
Dorothy Astor
Lymal Hol
American women and political equality in practice
Barry Ferguson notes that 1848 began the fight for political equality, culminating in the 1920 19th Amendment. Despite theory of equal status, women hold few seats in Congress and face social and political resistance. Husbands often oppose wives entering politics, and many prioritize family over public life. The piece discusses historical examples and contemporary barriers.
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Barry Ferguson Washington
UPI
United States
Helen of Troy
Menelaus
Sparta
Paris
Troy
Madame Pompadour
France
Louis XV
Senate
Margate
Chase Smith
Maine
Maurine Neuberger
Oregon
House of Representatives
Congress
John Barrymore
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Coya
Krutson
Minnesota
Andy Kmutson
Lorain Couple Engaged and Political Letters Recapped
A fragmented notice details a Lorain engagement at the Pokorski home on February 7 and mentions May wedding plans in Oklee Minnesota. It also recalls a political letter case involving Mrs Knutson, a Utah campaign background, and a brief tour through the suffrage movement noting Jeanette Rankin and Carrie Chapman Catt among pioneers and milestones through 1920 and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okiee
Minn
Knutson
Cen Nsus
Andy
Washington
Jeanette Rankin
Jalava Fleming engagement announced in Vermilion
Mr and Mrs Oscar W Jalava announce the engagement of their daughter Wendy Gal Jalava to Roger Ogder Fleming son of Mr and Mrs Roy Q Fleming of 444 Olivet Dr Elyria High School graduate Wendy is a senior at Arlington Ball Co Mrs Fleming also graduated from Elyria High School and is employed at Western Automatic Screw Co Wedding plans are not yet definite Social Party every Wednesday at American Legion Hall Liberty St Vermilion
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Oscar W. Jalava
Haramer
Andoun
Wendy Gal
Roger Ogder Fleming
lRoy Q. Fleming
Olivet
X Jalava
Araffington Ball Co
Fleming
Elyria High Schonl
Western Automatic Screw Co
Irizarry and Sheets to Wed in February Ceremony
The engagement of Carmen Irizarry of Puerto Rico to Robert Sheets of Lorain was announced. Irizarry, daughter of Oscar Irizarry and Mrs. Irizarry, studied at Inter American University of Puerto Rico and works as a cageworker for Lorain County Aid for the Aged. Sheets, son of Charles Sheets, is a 1956 Elyria High School graduate, a Ford plant employee, and a former Air Force member. The couple will marry at St. Anthony's Church Lorain at 2 p.m. on February 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen Irizarry
Robert Sheets
Miss Irizarry
Oscar Irzarry
San German
Puerto Rico
Sis
Thomas J. Gilbert
Lakeside Ave. Lonmin
Afr
Sheets
Charles Sheets
Grafton
San German High School
Inter Ameri University of
State of
Ohio
Lorain County
Aid For
Elyria High School
Tf. Air Force
Ford Motor Co
St. Anthony's Church
Lorain
Mink introduces brown color swimsuits for all women
The article previews Mink summer line featuring mink brown as the standout color for women's swimsuits from age 13 up. The highlight is a soft stretch nylot bikini with a brief brassiere and hipline peek-a-boo slits, promising a popular beach look.
Engagement of Kay Allene Hawley and G Jack Chet
Mrs Helen M Hawley of 221 West 21st Street Lorain announces the engagement of her daughter Kay Allene Hawley to G Jack Chet son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert J Chet of 619 Colorado Avenue Lorain. Kay is a 1958 Lorain High School graduate employed in the Lorain National Bank loan department and a member of Christ Methodist Church. G Jack Chet is a 1959 Lorain High School graduate who attended Goveland Engineering Institute, works as a draftsman at Lear Siegler Inc Elyria and attends Fenn College. He is a member of St John United Church of Christ Sheffield Masonic Lodge Mystic Chapter and Lorain Council. A wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Helen M. Hawley
West 21
Kay Allene
Jack Chet
James D. Hawley
Chet
Gilbert J. Chet
Colorado Ave
Miss Hawley
Lorain National Bank
Christ Methodist Church
Lorain High School
Goveland Engineering Institute
Lear Segler Inc
Elyria
Fenn College
Cnet
St. John United Church For Christ
Sheffield Masonic Lodge
Mystic Chapter
Puppet Play Promotes Dental Health Across Schools
The Smile of Health and Happiness, a puppet play by Mrs John Paisley of Youngstown, will be staged by Mrs Robert Schroeder and Mrs Rabbett Perry in Hamilton Roosevelt and Allen Schools tomorrow. Lorain and Amherst schools also view it via Lorain County Dental Health Auxiliary to boost dental care, with past showings by Mrs Ray Koba and Mrs James Veach in Lorain and by Mrs Roy Schaeffer and Mrs Thomas Snyder in Amherst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paisley
Youngstown
Robert Schroeder
Rabbett Perry
Hamilton
Roosevelt and Allen
tLorain
Amherst
Lorain
Ray Koba
James Veach
Roy Schaeffer
Thomas Snyder
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John Huston
First Congregational Church
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Ellis Caud
Iwan Powell
Alberta Davis
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Olga ‘Bendemfi
University Hospital
Rozella Schlotfeldt
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Bernice Maringer
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Esterday
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Robert M. Gillilard
Northwood Parent-Teacher Association
Norman Goldstein
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Ways and Means
C. FR. Markham
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National Gallery of Cagton
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Jordan
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Frances L. Ilg
Auise Bates Ames
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Phieve
Jacqueline Pororskl
Jobin
Konopka
U.S. Army
Ford Assembly Plant
Mary Foulke Morrison
Montana
Wilson
Germany
Miss Rankin
Roosevelt
Japan
House
Hattie Caraway
Caroline O'Day
Labrecia Mott
Elizabeth Cary Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Rochester
N.Y
Supreme Court
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Womer
Wendy Gail Jalava
Jalava
American le Hall E
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Vermilion
Irizarry
MINK
Paw Falcone
Thorn
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Cleveland St
Hess
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Obertia
Hawley
Kay Allene Hawley
Dick Stewart
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S Pioneer Federal Savings and Loan Association
Oberlin Inn
Choier
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