Somerset Maugham and Other Classic Literary Moments
Somerset Maugham at eighty enjoys a villa in Southern France. He crafts in a roof study overlooking a prized Gauguin glass panel. The piece recounts the author’s hunt for Gauguin’s hut and his voyage with glass panels to Marseilles. It notes the Limited Editions Club honoring ten American authors. Pulitzer Prizes panel discusses Lindbergh’s Spirit of St Louis and Catton Roethke and Roethke poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Maugham
France
Gauguin
Maugham
San Francisco
United States
Marseilles
Limited Editions Club
New York
van Wyck Brooks
Rachel Carson
Bernard de Voto
William Faulkner
Robert Frost
Ernest Hemingway
H. L. Mencken
Samuel Eliot Morison
Carl Sandburg
John Steinbeck
George Macy
Bruce Catton
Appomattox
Theodore
L Roethke
Mr. Patrick
Senioritis and Graduation Pace at Elyria District High
In Elyria schools seniors battle spring fever and senioritis as exams, plays, proms, and Distinction Day wrap up. The Wash ington Tour ends, then Baccalaureate on June 6 and Commencement June 8 mark the final mile for nearly 300 Elyria High School graduates amid yearbook reflections and postgrad plans. The piece notes senior quirks give way to final tasks and a new worry: money shortages as grads face soon-to-be adulthood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johonny
Elyria District
Catholic High School
Washington
EMS
Catholic Igh School
Gulf Road School
EHS
Ers
EDCHS
Elyria High School
Girl Scout Troops Report Cookie Sales and Activities
Troop 68 reported selling 307 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies at the recent sale during a Monday meeting. The group pledged the flag and promise, collected dues, planned a Mother-Daughter Banquet, and ended with a good-night circle. Troop 50 is taking cooking lessons at Ohio Edison Company as a troop project, learning how to make cookies. Troop 19, led by Mrs Sharp, opened at Fadern Heights School with the Laws and Promise, as Ann Everhart collected dues and girls joined a hike with pencil and paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scouts
Troop No
Ohios Edison Company
Princeton
Eastern Heights
Concord Ave
Pam Vandermark
Troop 82
Roosevelt School
Troop 83
Peggy Ballas
Dorothy _Baksa
Kimberly Ballas
Sharon Nosco
Tansep
GAR Auxiliary Observes Memorial Day At IOOF Hall
The WRC Auxiliary to GAR met in the IOOF hall with Etta Cowles presiding. Officers discussed tax stamps, orders, and June elections for the State Convention while planning Memorial Day events and a district rally invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GAR Auxiliary
Richard Allen
Newlyweds Balmert Bless Avon Home After Smoky Mountain Trip
Newly married Fred Balmert Jr and Catherine Martlock Balmert return to Avon Lorain Road home after a May 1 ceremony at St Mary Church Avon. Rev Paul Seikel officiated and music was by Mrs Urban Schumaker. The couple hosted 250 guests at a church hall reception. Catherine, a Lakewood High School graduate, works at Lincoln Insurance Cleveland. Fred, Avon High School graduate, served in Korea and Japan with the U S Army and welds at American Shipbuilding Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smoky Mountains
Lorain Rd
Avon
Fred Balmert Jr
St. Mary Church
Paul Seikel
Urban Schumaker
Catherine Martlock
Lakewood
Fred Balmert Sr
Wilford Martlock
Margaret Balmert
Kenneth Balmert
Barther
Nathan Davis
Church Hall
Lakewood High School
Lincoln Insurance Company
Cleveland
Avon High School
U.S. Army
Korea
Japan
American Shipbuilding Company
Lorain
Replacing Old Furnishings With Easy-Care Fabrics
When updating clothing or home decor, consider chenille, seersucker, corduroy and other fabrics made from synthetic fibers. These materials can be washed in an automatic washer and dried in a clothes dryer, requiring little or no ironing.
Just Between Us on People and Respect for Truth
A reflective column questions judgments about others. It contrasts cynicism, pretension, and taste with genuine wisdom, noting that wealth or education does not guarantee character. The writer cites T. E. Elliott on ignorance and caution, urging humility in understanding others.
How to Dry Knitted Rayon Garments Properly
After washing knitted rayon garments hang them over a clothes line with the weight evenly distributed or dry them flat. If dried smoothly they will need no pressing.
Around Town Circle Dot Club Meets for Mothers Day Dinner
Around Town Circle Dot Club gathered Monday at the Otto Market home on Middle Ave for a Mothers Day dinner with fourteen members. Prizes were awarded in games to several members, and Mrs. Mary Jackson will host the club in two weeks on School St. Guests from Three Dees attended at Mrs. Schaeffer’s home on Edison Court for a salad course and games of 500 with multiple prize winners. The group plans a May 27 gathering at Mrs. Harold Surman’s home on West River Rd, followed by the Jolly Sitchers tureen dinner hosted by Mrs. Walter Zander and crocheting and sewing activities. The next meeting is set for June 9 at Mrs. C W Gilmore’s home on Beverly Ct.
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WRC
Wellington
Ann Sothern
Birthday Bank
Circle Dot Club
Otto Market
Middle Ave
Martha Wirth
Fred Kline
Clarence Wycoff
Sarah Reynolds
Louis Jackson
P. E. Hummer
Mary Jackson
School St
Three Dees
Albert Schaeffer
Edison Ct
Mesdames
Cletus Metz
Oliver Reidrick
Robert Hentges
Harold Surman
West River Rd
Jolly Sitchers
Walter Zander
C. W. Gilmore
Beverly Ct
Caution on Temperature Shocks for Glass Casseroles
Do not pour water into a hot glass casserole whether in or out of the oven. Glass ovenware tolerates hot oven temps but can crack from sudden temperature changes.
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Gloria Jean Judson
Gloria
Charles Judson
Piketon, O
William Getty
East Ave
Mark Querin
Mark
Warren Crandall
James Querin
Lincoln St
Bennett Lumber Company
Medina
Cora Shepard
Speaking
St. Louis
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic
Rive
Wishbone
the Wishbone
Miles
Elyria
Florence
Walter Reinhard
Pwspaperr
Pat
Girl Scout News
Hilltop House
St. Mary's
Nancy Shrader
Karen Miller
Stone
Jean Hummel
Edison School
Trip
Rivoli
Last Day
Shelley Winters
Tennessee
Champ
Gypsy Colt
Tom'n
Bowery Boys
Paris
Playboys
Sterling Hayden
Fighter
Attack
Capitol
Liz Taylor
Dana Andrews “Elephant Walk
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The
Brown Co
Luther Mohler
Mgr
Lodi St
Center Ridge
Shady Vale
Beauty Shop
Thone
Lodi Street
Lake Ave
Elyria. Dairies, Inc
Pride” Pak Ice Cream
of Sunshine Farms
Pak
Elyria Dairies
Elyria Dairies, ‘Inc
Clark Street
St. Niewszparerh
Elliot
Zenith
Lorain, Ohio
Chronicle-Telegram
Ohio
Inez Cooke
Field Enterprises, Inc
Camp Grand Pines
Academy
Grand River Academy
Carl E. Bauder
Austinburg
Geneva
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