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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1959
Page
2
At a March Elyria Democratic Women's Club meeting in Monteith Hall Richard McGinnis director of Lorain County Regional Planning Commission spoke on growth in urban and rural communities. He noted pollution waterway and population issues and said a population study is a prerequisite to planning.
Catholic Study Club 7 at St Theresa of the Little Flower discusses The Convert by Mar Ravel Cullan Banning. Members plan to sponsor a Sola project via St Cyprians Church and award a prize for preparedness to fund a new facility. Planning emphasizes population size, homes, industries, and thoroughfares with remarks on ongoing planning.
A social patty event is set for Sunday at St. Teresa. The location is at the Lake and Harris Road intersection four miles south of Stop 79. Doors open at 7 p.m. with a regular patty served at 8 p.m.
A capacity crowd of over 1,000 attended Fantasia Of Fashion at Elyria High School presenting dreamlike spring styles. Designs by Jo Portaro and others featured furs, diamonds, and varied outfits from toddlers to teens, with music by Magnavox and performances by Ruth Meyer and Shirley Rassler guiding a fashion filled show produced by the Elyria Woman's Club Social Progress Department.
Lila Smith Black spoke to Elyria Woman's Club in Monteith Hall on citizen duties and the power of collective action. She urged training hands for community work, stressed cooperation, and cited freedom and responsibility as foundations of government, while club members voted on resolutions and heard upcoming event notes.
Scrapbooks were made for children at Gates Hospital when Catholic Daughters Juniorette Troop 11 met after school in St Mary Hall. Members played games with prizes to Mary Kay Sears Sherry Winters and Kathy Smith. Relishments were served by Patty Mahl and Sherry Winters with eggs to be decorated at the March 24 gathering.
Miss Barbara Yarish will present Lions for the Mid Winter Story Hour at Elvia Public Library tomorrow from 10:30 to 11:15 am in the Longfellow Room. Readings will include The Lion And The Mouse and The Happy Lion plus selections from old Boys and Girls recitations. A second program features reading and officer election details tied to local auxiliary leagues and a spring fundraiser plan.
Mrs Esther Wolcott displayed colored slides from her European trip covering Holland Switzerland France Germany and Italy at the Elyma Ceramic Hobbyists Guild meeting on Tuesday. Members suggested locations for the annual dinner with Apr 7 at 6 30 pm chosen at Pacinos Parma near Southland Shopping Center. Husbands were invited and prizes awarded for best hand modeled figurine.
The King and 1, a Broadway musical excerpts program, will headline a YWCA matinee on Tuesday at 1 pm. Three Berea artists Mrs Charles Jack narrator Mrs James Toedtman singer and Mrs Harmon Wertz accompanist perform after traveling together three and a half years. Mrs Jack is a Flora Stone Mather College graduate with readings in England. Mrs Toedtman a Otterbein College alumna has sung in Dayton Columbus and Cleveland church choirs and clubs. Mrs Wertz attended University of Toledo Baldwin Wallace College often accompanies and performs. The event is open to YWCA members and Fourthers Club hosts a tea afterward chaired by Mrs Cecil Garrett.
Ninety Five Club members were hosted at Mrs William Custar s home on Ome Street yesterday afternoon. After luncheon and a business meeting Mrs L D Huffman reviewed Lela Hadley s Give Me The World a vivid voyage tale spanning Manila Hong Kong Siam Singapore India Damascus and around the globe It recounts Hadley meeting four sailors and joining their voyage aboard The California where she meets her future husband Inflation It Sure Can Clip You was read from Changing Times by Mrs R M Timms Then Mrs Frank Tobin of Oberlin will host the club on March 1.
A brief Elyria notice promotes Sterner's Isaly Store at 529 Broad Street, touting Choice grade steaks as a core offering. The message underscores reliability with the phrase nothing is certain but death taxes and steak quality. A local business listing highlights the Elyria location and product focus.
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