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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1954
Page
4
News from Amherst shows nightshift workers in the Fatication Building of Cleveland Quarries in South Amherst stacking sandstone blocks after cutting in stonebreaking machines. The lower photo highlights the workers amid the quarry’s operations and the ongoing sandstone production.
Friendship Circle members designate Tuesday, March 9, as an all day work period to advance the reed project. A 10:00 a.m. meeting precedes a noon dinner served by Mrs. Lewis Merchant and Mrs. Fred Berger in South Amherst.
Mr and Mrs Calvin Ruth announced the engagement of their daughter Sandra Lynn Ruth to Reginald Cameron at a dinner party Sunday. Twenty four guests from Cleveland Berea Burton South Amherst and Grandville Mich attended. No wedding date set. Ruth a South Amherst High School 1953 graduate and stenographer at Western Automatic Machine Screw in Elyria. Cameron son of Malcolm Cameron Annis Road Grandville Mich a Grandville High School graduate employed by Cadillac Tank Plant in Cleveland.
South Amherst court fines list includes Robert W. Knipper for speeding in a school zone ten dollars plus costs. Bruce Roberts fined 3200 and costs for drunk driving with a three day suspended jail term and six month driving ban. Harry Vandervort forfeits bond for left of center. Robert Heyman and Loure Scheetz for reckless driving and speeding respectively with 20 dollar fines. Michael Capella and Laurence Baisel each pay 20 and 25 dollars for speeding totals.
In St Louis Howard F. Dugan of Statler Hotels told hotel sales managers that old fashioned convention revelry is fading. He noted a shift from uninhibited fun to profit driven planning with bosses earning more from charts and bottom lines.
Amherst reports a flagship Fabrication Building for Cleveland Quarries at South Amherst housing four large stone breaking machines and a 480 foot conveyor system. Day and night crews under Louis Saros and Frank Gronsky run over fifty workers turning Amherst Sandstone into refractory and architectural products.
Amherst Ohio notes report Elyria florist Betty Hogan spoke on Fun With Flowers to Amherst Xi Beta Chi Chapter Beta Sigma Phi on February 22 at Donna Eppley home. Members and guests received flowers. Pamela Becker seeks membership-at-large due to move to Santa Barbara. Chapter plans open house February 28 and a March 13 Cleveland Barons game at the Arena for members and husbands. Next meeting March 8 at Arlene Baird’s Brownhelm home with Anne Grahn presenting Better Lighting for Better Living.
A free class for expectant mothers starts at Amherst Hospital on Wednesday March 3. Taught by a Lorain County Board of Health nurse the six week course covers personal hygiene proper dressing for prenatal care and will include topics on confinement preparation diet of the expectant mother baby bath and lavette child development and emotions. Those who missed earlier sessions may attend the scheduled make up classes.
Approximately 200 guests attended an open house at the Congregational Church in South Amherst on February 21 honoring the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Moser and the 22nd wedding anniversary of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wissler. Guests came from many nearby towns. The event featured an open Bible centerpiece, a large wedding cake, and floral gifts from churches and relatives, with a card from Zurich, Switzerland. Mrs. Moser wore a dark blue silk dress with a yellow carnations corsage. refreshments were served by several volunteers.
Zeta Zeta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at Violet Winters home to arrange the Ritual of Jewels dinner set for April 30 at Castle on the Lake. A mother daughter banquet is planned for May, with perfect attendance pins awarded at the year end event.
Amherst The Lorain County Grange Youth met at St Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church to plan a youth sponsored dance at Powers Elementary School Friday March 12 from 9 to 12 p m. Ticket sales are handled by youth chairmen across several county Granges with Hubert Marty of Amherst as general chairman.
AMHERST W H Vinning of Kolbe road will be sworn in as chief of police Sunday at 4 p m at the town hall Also to be sworn in is the new captain of the police force Arthur Koppenhafer and Howard Werner are patrolmen New uniforms will be worn by these officers They will consist of dark brown trousers dark blue coat with brown trim shoulder patches and piping around buttons The shoulder patches will have a sandstone motif Grey shirts and dark brown caps will complete the outfit Mr Vinning has served in the state highway patrol for almost 13 years the last three in Lorain
Amherst director Jack Koontz of the Workshop Players announces Sunday at 2 p.m. try-outs for Bell Book and Candle at the playhouse. Five roles are open: a young enchantress, her aunt, a brother, an author, and a modest yet attractive young man. This ends the season’s productions.
Amherst residents are invited to Sunday playhouse reading as part of ongoing auditions. The Congregational Church hosts a World Day of Prayer choir practice Sunday at 4 p.m. with R. H. Hearn directing. Mary-Marthas meet Monday at 8 p.m. at Kenneth Mather residence with co-hostesses listed. Neil Bruce slides from a Mediterranean trip will be shown.
South Amherst Box Scouts will camp overnight at Camp Firelands on Saturday with a court of honor planned soon. At Monday's Scout cabin meeting in Tulk Field the Eagle patrol displayed trail sign plaques 17 Scouts and leader Arthur Flower attended. Jack Thompson spoke on Tracking and Stalking while the leader discussed Poisonous Snakes.
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