Grafton Women Organize Civic Committee Work
News from Grafton and nearby communities notes Pinkley Louise Butler and June Barendt. A kindergarten census committee includes Hazel Strickland Twila Nelson Phyllis Blaine Jessie Hales June Barendt and Doris Eyerson. Phyllis Blaine discusses playground plans with Mildred Groboske and Mavis Wurm. Jean Luzader and Jessie Hales join the annual banquet committee. A letter from the Ohio League of Women Voters is read before adjournment and a home products demonstration is held as 29 members attend with St Patrick's Day themed refreshments.
Dr Harold Fildey to Speak at Mothers Club meeting
Dr Harold Fildey of Oberlin will address the Mothers Study club on Sharing the Way, with a focus on creating a recreation center for teens. A tureen supper accompanies the meeting at ration school, as the group discusses club projects and plans.
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Grafton
Harold Fildey
Oberlin
Mothers Study Club
Ration
Hazel Strickland
Hazel Gereke
Rubs Wiley
Doris Everson
Phylis Blaine
Grafton II To Be Remembered At Easter
Grafton Loyalty class of the Grafton Methodist church will remember the ill at Easter with plants, led by Miss Rhea Beesing and Mrs Edna Finlayson. Mrs Dorothy Postle, president, conducted the meeting at the parsonage with prayers, hymns, and reports.
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Grafton
Rhea Beesing
Edna Finlayson
Dorothy Postle
Grace Stroebel
Jesus
Maude Rinehart
Firemen's Auxiliary Sets Meeting Date
Wives of Grafton Township Firemen organize a club to be entertained at Mrs Clayton Mole’s home on the evening of Monday March 24 The club will meet on the fourth Monday of each month.
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Grafton
Grafton Township
Clayton Mole
Elyria Woman Hostess Hosts Pinochle Club Gathering
GRAFTON Baker's Dozen Pinochle Club met Thursday evening at the home of Mrs Adeline Schued in Elyria. High score prize went to Mrs Mary Lou Wolfe, traveling prize to Mrs Geneva Knechtges, and consolation to Mrs Irah Kinter. A two course luncheon followed with St Patrick day motif. April meeting set for April 17 with Mrs Geneva Knechtges as hostess.
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Grafton
Baker’s Dozen
Adeline Schued
Elyria
Mary Lou Wolfe
Geneva Knechtges
Irah Kinter
Grafton Grange Votes Ten Dollar Red Cross Donation
Regular Belden Grange meeting led by Master David Curtis voted to donate ten dollars to the Red Cross. Next meeting scheduled for 3 pm March 26. News notes cover local visits to Florida and Ohio, visits with friends in Westlake and Elyria, and a skating party planned by the Home Builders class at Grafton Methodist Church.
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Grafton
RED Cross Grafton
Belden Grange
David Curtis
Red Cross
Earl Durkee
Florida
Mae Webber
Miami
Russell Eshelman
Melinda
E. J. Gee
John Baker
Westlake
Karen Henning
Carl Hershey
West Salem
Augusta Sutorius
Richard Sutorius
Elyria
Hal Rothgery
Hollywood
Sarasota
Key West
St. Petersburg
Fla
Joe Specht
Birmingham
Ala
C. K. Lovejoy
Lexington, Ky
Methodist Church
Robert Steinmetz
District Four
The
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Kindergarten In Belden To Begin On March 31
Belden Mothers Study Club notes spell out kindergarten start for Belden school with sessions Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Virginia Giese to teach. 20 members attended. Entertainment plans for April 8 at Mrs Virginia Reisinger. Other local social and visiting reports noted from Belden and nearby towns.
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Belden
Beulah Slack
Dorothy Hill
Virginia Reisinger
Belden Senior Wins Dairymen’s Banquet Essay Award
Belden High senior Allen Taylor earned first place in his school and county for the Soil Conservation Essay Contest at the 17th Annual Dairymen’s Banquet held at Amherst High School. About 550 guests attended dinner and dancing to Cook’s Orchestra, with Belden residents among the honorees including Homer Karper Leon Lehman Ora Lehman Ralph Gross Dwight Reisinger Fred Reisinger Louis Mennel Ruth Mennell Lawrence Weigel Jim Schaeffer Richard Wese Meyer Arthur Wise Clayton Sooy and Allen.
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Belden
Allen Taylor
Amherst High School
Cook
Homer Karper
Leon Lehman
Ora Lehman
Ralph Gross
Dwight Reisinger
Fred Reisinger
Louis Mennel
Ruth Mennell
Lawrence Weigel
Jim Schaeffer
Richard Wese- Meyer
Arthur Wise
Clayton Sooy
Allen
Y Teen Club Plans For Mother Daughter Tea
GRAFTON Y Teen club organized a mother daughter tea for March 26 at Wednesday's after school session with invitations sent to mothers and guests. A guest speaker is hoped for, and attendees include Muriel Beane, Taylor, and Ella Mae Reynolds.
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Grafton — Y-Teen Club
Eugene Wurm Guest Speaker At Church Breakfast
At Immaculate Conception Church in Grafton a father son communion breakfast was held with Myles Knechtges as MC. Eugene Wurm of Grafton High spoke on how sports build character, and discussions covered leadership and future civic duties.
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Grafton
Immaculate Conception
Myles Knechtges
Edwin Knechtges
Don Webber
Eugene Wurm
Grafton High School
George Manning
Altar Rosary Society
Alan O'Connor
P T A To Hear Foreign Speakers In Grafton
GRAFTON The next Grafton Parent-Teacher Association meeting will feature exchange students from Oberlin College Hisashi Shikibu of Japan and Satish Arora of India presenting a World Report on the Far Eastern situation. The event is set for the school cafeteria Tuesday March 25 at 8 p.m.
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Grafton
Grafton Parent-Teacher Association
Oberlin College
Hisashi Shikibu
Japan
Satish Arora
India
Dale Barber Places Sixth In Ohio Speech Finals
Dale Barber of Grafton High School placed sixth in dramatic declamation in the Ohio Speech League finals at Ohio State University on March 14. He used an original cutting from All Quiet on the Western Front. This marks his second straight year in finals with an invitation to perform at Oberlin College.
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Grafton
Dale Barber
Grafton High School
Ohio State University
Dale
Erich Maria Remarque
Oberlin College
Larry Valerius
D. C. Barber
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