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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1969
Page
8
Part II outlines formal engagement notices and best practices for publishing them. It covers who announces, how to format notices, the potential consequences of premarital relations, contraception advice, and the realities of short or long engagements amid wartime departures and social change. The text also previews Part III on wedding planning.
The Chronicle-Telegram outlines submission rules for engagement and wedding notices. Pictures must be of the bride only and not thumbnails. five days post wedding deadline for publication applies. Photos from high school age brides are avoided, and if under 21 a parent or guardian must sign. Forms are available at the newspaper office or Women’s Dept. with no publishing charge.
Landis Cook Stevenson and Peter Britten Eaton were married on Saturday May 3 at the bride’s Philadelphia home. The bride’s mother is Mrs. James H Stevenson of Gena Valley Philadelphia, father deceased. The bride attended Baldwin School Briarcliff College and University of Pennsylvania. The groom is a Brooks School Washington and Jefferson College and Penn Graduate School alumnus employed by the Chemical Bank of New York. They plan a Mexico wedding trip.
Harmonettes perform at Vincent Methodist Church at 8 pm. Benson Club hosts a May banquet in St Mary School cafeteria. Altrusa Club meets at YWCA at 6 30 pm. Elyria Junior Woman's Club gathers in Monteith Hall at 8 30 p.m.
The mother of Pfc Marie Annette Boisvenue of Edgewood Arsenal Maryland announces her engagement to Sp 5 Lawrence Joseph Brown of Glandorf Ohio. Boisvenue a 1968 Elyria Catholic High School graduate and Women’s Army Corps member stationed at Edgewood and Brown a 1966 Ottawa Glandorf High School graduate stationed at Edgewood plan to wed August 16 at Immaculate Conception Church Grafton Ohio with Rev Edward I Haberbosch officiating.
Nancy Burr, 30, blind since childhood, balances university study in sociology and psychology, being a wife and mother, and public speaking for Guide Dogs for the Blind. She trains with guide dogs, owns two dogs, and uses a paid reader as she pursues her degree in Denver.
The Chronicle Telegram promotes a nine day diet as a modern spring tonic. Readers are told weight loss of five to ten pounds is possible in nine days with simple menus including egg, toast, salmon, vegetables, and skim milk. A booklet with complete menus is offered for ten cents.
A reader asks how to handle a mother’s cruel taunts about weight and asks for a book on gentleness. The adviser urges family empathy, kindness, and a heart to heart talk to address the problem, noting such support can reduce disciplinary issues.
Debbie Sheldon, daughter of Harold Sheldon of 4719 West Ridge Rd, and Lance Corp. Robert Began, son of F D Began of 244 Fairlawn Ave, announce their engagement. Debbie, Elyria High School 1968 graduate, works for Kroger Co. at Second Street store. Robert is with the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp LeJeune. Wedding plans are indefinite.
Instructional note suggests moving seldom used items from under the sink into a pail or dishpan, half filling with hot suds to soak dishes as meals are served. It claims the sudsy water aids cleanup, helps children clear and rinse items, and mentions a social event at St Teresa Church Hall in Sheffield.
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