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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1959
Page
9
Robert Hallock of Newton Connecticut designed the forthcoming stamp. The rear view of an unembossed covered wagon dominates the stamp as in early settler travel on the Oregon Trail, with Mount displayed in the backdrop.
A meandering piece ties Oregon history stamps to school events at EHS. It contrasts postage topics with student life, noting stamp prints, territorial eras, and the 1936 to 1948 stamp series, while recounting heating woes, exam schedules, new editors, and gym class tumbles at local schools in a period voice.
The article touches on historical fur trade violence involving the John Jacob Astor Fur Company and Indian land dispossession, the Oregon Trail and explorers like Nathaniel Wyeth, plus the Oregon territory boundary treaty. It also describes the GFS youth group at St Andrews Church, summer study abroad in Switzerland and Mexico, Kiwanis events in Elyria, and a Dead Sea Scrolls discovery discussion with local remarks on ancient documents and gold hidden near Jericho.
The Sunday Reading section highlights family friendly features and clear, simple stories suitable for all ages. It includes little essays, child friendly columns, and light entertainment pieces designed for weekend leisurely reading.
Space forecasters predict 1959 will see major US satellite launches including heavy five tonters, live animals in orbit, and several moon missions. X‑15 top altitude near space, NASA testing leading to 50 mile altitude flights, and Discoverer series with polar orbits may begin.
A rambling, era-tinged column riffs on tights and long underwear as a perceived ploy by textile makers using attractive women to push men back into long johns. The piece muses on stockings, fashion gimmicks, and retro undergarments as social indicators, with humorous digressions about famous figures and childhood memories.
The column writer describes deadline pressure and quick plans for a light piece. Jokes mix with local notes about Alaska statehood humor, a potential three-way Lorain mayoral race, and Notre Dame Rose Bowl trivia. Sandy Peterson hosts Tommy while parents visit.
Elyria mayor J Grant Keys takes the helm as Ohio highway safety director amid a push to improve on the state's 1958 traffic record, which showed 1 796 fatalities and a 233 drop from 1957. The outgoing Gordon Jeffery praised the year as a success.
The Sunday school cabinet will meet Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bender on Aldrich Road. Wednesday school sessions are at Mrs. John Mey’s home on Jefferson Street, Vermilion, and the adult choir plans a Thursday practice at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Carl Williams’ home in Esterba Beach.
The Erie County Council American Legion met at Fiebirch Post 397 in Becker Sandusky to install a new council president, succeeding Earl King who resigned. Nelson Lenz of Monroeville, adjutant of the heist, was present and a letter from North Fairfield post backing Lenz for advisor commander of the Diet was read. For 1350-00.
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