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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1953
Page
14
Mary Arnold born October 29 1858 on Butler road celebrated her 95th birthday at her daughter Ethel Hardy’s home in Wooster. She married Frank Marion Arnold in 1876 and lived near Wakeman, later moving to Wooster in 1952. She has three children two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Her hobbies include crocheting and teaching a parakeet to talk.
Alumni and guests gather for a weekend of Oberlin College ceremonies and concerts. The program features a 7:45 pm Friday Oberlin Orchestra concert in Finney Chapel, Saturday’s dedication of the Sophomore Hall’s $1,200,000 facility, a Grove Patterson address, and the first Oberlin Alumni Citations banquet with honors for Hoffman Hunt Davis and six others.
The Agriculture Department forecasts American farmers will see debt rise by 800 million dollars in 1953 due to price squeezes. Net assets are expected to shrink about nine billion dollars. real estate debt may grow 700 million and non real estate debt 100 million. The report cites lower agricultural prices and incomes since 1951, with prices for wool and retail goods expected to stay stable or ease slightly.
The Wellington Button Club will host the Buckeye State Button Society semi annual meeting at the Wellington First Congregational Church. Members plan a full day with a Friday arrival, a Saturday noon dinner, and an afternoon speech by Carl Ven Voorhis of Mt. Vernon. Elections of officers will follow.
The annual Handel Messiah presentation opens with a Sunday rehearsal 3 to 5 p.m. at the YMCA directed by J Martin Beck and organist Mrs Carlton Squire. Chorus hopes to exceed 100 voices. six rehearsals precede the December 13 performance with soloists named later.
In Elyria Ohio a family awoke to loud barking from terriers that had “treed” a raccoon inside their home. Private Leon Appelhaf and his wife Susan, with their son Leon, face a disruption tied to unemployment protests in Ireland and a city witness to a domestic disturbance involving pets and a stray animal.
Bulldozer crews tackle steep shale riverbanks as the Vermilion River and its branches are bridged. North of Birmingham, Terraced approaches form steps for bridge supports while crews manage an underground water vein that briefly flooded five acres of Fey farm bottom land before drainage is completed.
Miss Wilma Stringfellow of the YWCA Central Region field staff will visit Elyria on November 5 and 6 to advise on teenage programs business and professional members health education and community relations. Her career includes work in Egypt and North Africa and service with the Foreign Division at YWCA national headquarters. She holds a Drake University degree and a University of Pittsburgh master’s in social work.
Fort Worth Texas man Melvin Thomas Smith, 23, refused a district attorney offer of a two year sentence for burglary if he pleaded guilty, demanding a jury trial instead. He stood mute as the case proceeded.
Eisenhower aides say reducing the deficit to 3.81 billion this year aims to steady the currency and aid consumers. The 11 percent tax cut takes effect Dec 31 boosting purchasing power as living costs rise to a new high.
Walter Kiernan offers a satirical take on Washington agriculture policy. He riffs on weather blame andSecretary Ezra Benson noting hair jokes and the elusive fat year in farming, questioning who benefits and when aid arrives.
The government keeps tight control only over budget and monetary policy while seeking to manage these areas for the benefit of all citizens.
King Paul and Queen Frederika tour the United States and discover Athens named in 15 places across Alabama Arkansas Georgia Indiana Louisiana Maine Michigan New York Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas West Virginia and Wisconsin. An English Calcutta newspaper raises about 250 for Tony Norkes, Everest climber.
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