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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1955
Page
6
In most regions fall soil is in great condition for planting shrubs and trees. Planting in autumn gives a head start for next year and helps plants establish before cold months. Typically fall rainfall reduces watering needs, though thorough watering is advised when planted and as needed afterward.
Lorain County Nurserymen's Association outlines winter survival steps for trees shrubs and hedging. It urges pruning transplanting shade trees and evergreens planting bulbs peonies and privet hedges, mulching rhododendrons and azaleas, and avoiding fall fertilization. Guidance covers correct soil mix, watering, windbreaks, and soaking plants at planting.
This dated horoscopic reading lists birthdays and zodiac signs with traits and advice. It names figures like Alphonse de Lamartine and Margaret Mather among those born today, then offers daily guidance for each zodiac sign from Libra to Virgo with practical notes on business, home, and social matters.
SOUTH AMHERST Students heard an assembly by Miss Barbara Carpenter and her French II class performing Le Petit Chaperon Rouge in French. Puppets and scenery were handmade by students. Cast included Lenore Hummer as the mother, Maxine Megyesi as Little Red Riding Hood, Linda Roberts as her brother, Sharon Amenhauser as the wolf, and Sharon Barnhart as the grandmother. The program closed with songs Dans la Foret and Frere Jacques, a French poem Le Car read by Carpenter, and Maxine Megyesi playing a violin solo Under Paris Skies.
AMHERST The Brownhelm Community Christmas Executive Committee meets to appoint committees for the year. Officers include Paul Leimbach president Wayne Standen vice president Marian Aufdenkampe secretary Amy Pryer treasurer Rosemary Hergie route committee chairman Hazel Northeim co chair and Melba Leuszler publicity chairman. A meeting at Brownhelm School at 8 p m Oct 31 invites executive members route chairmen and interested persons to participate.
South Amherst High announces contestant list for the Prince of Peace contest including Serry Pappas Sue Sinclair Karen Flowers Yvonne LaLonde Ralph Smith Dorothy LaLonde Helen Surowski and James Vargo Local tryouts are on Tuesday November 1 at 8 30 in an assembly Judges will be chosen from outside the school The top four will advance to the district contest on November 4 Parents may attend the assembly
Readers learn how to balance plantings around a front entrance to offset a drive and porch. The article emphasizes choosing suitable evergreens and plant pairings, with guidance on substitutions and layout to suit individual homes, plus a request for stamped envelopes to obtain a conifers booklet by B Le Roy Gilbert.
Elmer Ormsby, 52, of Rt. 58 Amherst was fined $10 by Justice C. C. Lord Thursday on intoxication charges. Deputies arrested him after a complaint from Mrs. Sara Date of Middle Ridge Road that he, formerly living at her home, appeared intoxicated and refused to depart.
An article outlines indoor humidity challenges for house plants, urging humidity boosts via trays, syringing, and kettles. It also covers storing dahlias after frost, detailing digging, drying, soil handling, and peat moss packing before winter storage. Advice concludes with guidance on outdoor care for Easter lilies and Botrytis blight treatment.
Professor James Hurst Hall of Oberlin College is among 16 educators chosen for the John Hay Whitney Foundation program for 1955 56. He will join an experimental month long program at the Richmond University Center with Dr Avery Craven and Dr Jay B Hubbell. The selection places Hall in a group of eight Whitney Foundation scholars and eight others under the New York Foundation.
The item notes that ten years earlier on this date October 21 1945 a Sunday had no paper published, leaving readers without the usual weekly issue. It records a quiet gap in Sunday newspaper distribution and references the absence as a historical note.
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