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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1954
Page
8
Elyria Chronicle Telegram reports regional events from May 8 1954 with brief items on local politics, society notices, and early summer activities. Notable names and places appear in short summaries reflecting the period's civic and community life.
Frank Steven Sikora of Lorain will join 28 OSU students admitted to Phi Beta Kappa. The senior is the county’s lone Lorain County resident among graduates and undergraduates elected. Initiation will occur May 21 during the Phi Beta Kappa 50th anniversary observance at Ohio State University.
Radio day parting with programs across WAM and WHK including 8:00 News 8:30 Your Story and 9:00 News. Later slots cover Catholic Hour Youth Wants and Christian programming. Notable entries mention Eternal Lich and Winged Heart Bible Study among music and church broadcasts.
New York profile of Kaye Ballard, the Cleveland born actress who moved from Spike Jones’ act to The Golden Apple on Broadway. She recalls taking a six week Phoenix Theatre offer for low pay to prove herself on stage, then scoring Broadway salaries after the show's success. Ballard explains her aim to be seen as a theater actor, not only a nightclub entertainer.
Radio and television star Edgar Bergen outlines future plans including a new hour long radio show from Washington, D C to air Sundays 9 to 10 p m EDT. The program will be a satirical look at world events with Leila Holiday interview segments and appearances by Charlie McCarthy Mortimer Snerd Effie Klinker and government officials. Bergen hopes to adapt the show for TV as well and is contracted for Kraft sponsored TV appearances on NBC ABC and CBS with color TV travelogue concepts in development.
Patrons attending a Friday night pop concert at Carnegie Hall were puzzled as a company pumped six different perfume odors into the hall’s cooling system during a piece called Perfume Set To Music. The incident sparked questions from attendees about how to explain it to spouses.
One hundred fifty persons attended the Eaton Church General Ladies Aid mother daughter party in the school cafeteria. Mrs. Blarch Young opened with invoc ation. Mrs. Mamie Humphrey hosted the auditorium program with speaker Mrs. Alice Schowalter of Elyria L. Plants were given to the oldest and youngest mothers and to the mother with the most family. Four generations of Mrs. Mayme Cornish's family attended.
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