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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1945
Page
10
Ernest Schenck Myers, publisher of Kutztown University Press, discusses The Ivy Years through a veteran’s lens. He shares a talk by Mieta about living with a lifelong handicap and the value of faith, resilience, and human warmth as life paths after service.
The Walther Leagues of St Johns Lutheran Church plan a December clothing and food drive to aid Europeans during a time of need. Rev Henry Le Lieské leads a Thanksgiving address and urges congregation members to donate at the schoolhouse on Third Street on December 15 and 16. The Missouri Synod survey committee supports this effort, with Wilma Buchholz heading the local War Uther League to collect contributions from church members and friends.
A fragment reflecting on postwar recovery and the need to mind young people displaced by war. It invokes resilience and spiritual endurance, citing a 1945 New York Past publication and Maltbie Babcock’s line about not shutting the struggle face as a divine gift.
Two Elyria Chamber of Commerce officers Clyde A. Ohl and J B Johnson will attend the Ohio Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in Columbus on December 13 and 14. More than 2,000 members from Ohio and neighboring states are expected to attend to discuss business and government policy readjustments and new discoveries in violence and technology. Also note a shipment cost of five dollars seventy cents to ship twelve orchids by air from Colombia to the United States.
The late Father James B. Mooney served as pastor of St. Marys Church in Elyria for nineteen years. He arrived to lead the parish, oversaw high school plans, and initiated church improvements before retiring in 1930. He later died in Cleveland on August 23 of this year.
The Elyria Garden Club shares seasonal advice on bedded peonies and roses, soil preparation with wood ashes, indoor planting ideas like sweet potato vines, and care for begonias. Members discuss rabbit impacts, local hunting views, quail and pheasant sightings, and indoor plant care for the African Violet.
The No Vember meeting of the Markley school Parent Teacher Association was well attended with President Hollis in charge. The treasurer’s report noted over $400 earned from magazine work, and a plan to buy a standard board for the Lorain County Tuberculosis program. Membership stood at 222. fundraising included a Fat Festival net of $447.47 and a fall play profit of $36.64. The group discussed a gift for the building fund and planned a Christmas-time event for pupils. A program featured piano selections, the school orchestra, and an Ob. Wimby piece from Eaton. Refreshments followed in the dining room.
Oberlin High School reports a senior concert introducing a new song Wake the House by the school band under conductor Robert Drivtmohd. The program includes On Wisconsin, Song of Victory, and other marches. Faculty initiated two coffeemakers and glass candleholders at a birthday party for Mr. Wigton.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous service members with branches Navy and Army, plus inactive duty statuses and former hometowns. Names include Harold, Bartige, Jerome, Jack, Fredodele Weston, Albert, Richard, Joseph, Henry, Warren, Ken, Anthony, Warren Nell Mitchell, Eml Frank Saabo, Elmer Jones, Donald Jacob Haas, Royan Futeh, Wil Hina Kolbe, and others, with affiliations to Oberlin Amherst Lorain Elyria and related locales.
A group including township school board members PTA officers and the principal gathered Friday at Markley school for a presentation by a picture machine representative. The evening ended with refreshments in the dining room. Local briefs note visits and calls among residents including Mrs. Gerrick, Mrs. Keller, Mr. Sprague and Mrs. Gabarn.
South Amherst notes list Thanksgiving gatherings at multiple homes. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allsop with extended family, Harold Allsop, Jack Allsop, Gloria Allsop. O. J. Ruth, Calvin Huth family. Duck Walker family. Ben Castle visitors from Des Moines. Martin Springer hosts with William Winkler, William Bloser family, Ward Hubbard group, Russell Springer and daughters. Sgt Hubert Jones family. Donald and LeRoy Prischett. Al Glsier crew. Peter Ammenhauser guests. varied local residents mentioned as part of holiday visits.
The Avon Village Council held a regular meeting in the town hall on Wednesday evening. Minutes were read and bills ordered. It was voted to procure 100 tons of slag for the repairs on state routes within the village. May Hall and Herbert W. Greens were confirmed as building inspector, starting December 1945. Adjourned to meet December 13. News items from residents at the home of Mr and Mrs Gough included Thanksgiving greetings.
Columbia Grange hosts a Wednesday dance with Reisinger's Orchestra on November 21 at the school. The Garden Club holds its annual business meeting and lunch on November 21 at the Cleveland Hotel with planning by Mrs. Gleason, Mrs. Metzner, and Mrs. Weisander.
Mrs Banks Paterson and family of Parma join Miss Doris Gough of Bowling Green State University for a weekend visit. Mrs Clarence Hanson of Clyde visits the Gough home, while Mr and Mrs Sam Gelman and Mrs Winetraub of Lorain attend Thanksgiving at Mr and Mrs J Gelman. Guests include Mr and Mrs J B Adams and Thursday visitors Mrs A L Simpson and Mrs John B XY and daughter of Buffalo.
Local notes show Bervice News Elver and Baker Jasper back from China while Jock Wilson returns home with family on West River road. Robert Atherton on leave visits parents. Gene and Paul Dunford rejoin service soon after South Pacific duty. Normand Pitt comes home from CHMD. Johannesburg reports a three year shortage of skilled clerical workers as demobilization continues.
Dro Howitch of Catlegé invites Wooster alumni and students to a regular Rotary Club luncheon at the VMAS Tie. Club executives extend invitations, noting former Wooster students and a keynote by Dr Lowry, who will discuss Belize and British Honduras and their water cisterns.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Blanch with Messine Be and Seattle Washington, unclear dates, and a home reference. No coherent event or identifiable entities emerge. cannot determine a definite person, place, or outcome from this fragment.
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