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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1954
Page
6
A Country Editor reminiscence recalls a punched tin baking powder can used to chop potatoes for breakfast by a father who cooked for his family. The ritual included eggs, potatoes, onion, and a newspaper parcel for lunch, with mother prepping meals and the can also aiding baking powder biscuit cutting.
Grafton Youth Center plans a paper drive on Sept 25 with scrap-paper pickup by trucks. Nearby residents may call Grafton numbers 3682 3504 384L or 6869 for details. A group meeting with Roberta Yates set tentative plans for a future dance. A members meeting at Grafton School is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Interested to join should contact Ronald Young, membership chairman.
Construction work on the New London Branch office of the Northern Ohio Telephone Co has begun. Windows doors and floors were updated in the brick building purchased over a year ago. Underground cable work is done and poles and wires removed. The site will house an administration and service area once completed. The project includes two change orders for underground power and a student lounge conversion.
A committee led by Marcella Scott Winifred King and Deane Kintner was appointed to explore specialized schooling in Elyria Township for local retarded children. New officers were elected for the year including Joseph Hornyak Jr master Harry Shryock overseer Mrs Audry Knowles lecturer and others. The next meeting is Sept 2 at 8 PM in the newly painted hall with Booster night planned.
Mrs. Mary Ruder was guest of honor at a surprise birthday party held at her home for her 85th birthday. Neighbors and friends gathered to offer good wishes, flowers, and gifts, with many cards also received. After socializing, birthday refreshments were served to guests.
A pink and blue miscellaneous shower honored Mrs. Phillip Robb Monday evening at Mrs. Geraldine Severns home. Guests enjoyed games with prizes and a refreshment course. The table featured blue and pink flowers and a stork. The guest of honor received many gifts from attendees including Mrs. Mike Scagliozza and Mrs. Lillian Trifferetti. A prior shower was given for Mrs. Kobb by Mrs. Jessie Hales. The column ends with a note on road safety urging sleep before driving.
In a reminiscence dated September 15, 1954, a speaker recalls strict parental rules and curfews, the crowd’s late hours, and the wartime pace on Palau and Bataan. The piece notes a school pep rally with six new cheerleaders and veterans Georgia Duensing and Russ Boaringer among the honorees, including Sue Gill, Barbara Filio, Phyllis Heffening, Dayton Smith, Lindy Weston, and Douglas McKay.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Davidson of Grafton celebrate fifty years of marriage with a family dinner at noon and an open house at 2 p.m. The couple wed in Newport Kentucky after meeting through Mrs. Davidson’s friends. He worked as an accountant for the New York Central and later for National Tube in Lorain before retiring.
A field note advises hunters to bleed ducks after kill and hang them in a cool place near the blind until the hunter returns from shooting. The guidance appears in a Field Enterprises item labeled Day’a shooting, with several typos and outdated phrasing.
ALL LIVES INTACT CHESHIRE. A Cheshire car ran into a tree after the motorist’s foot slipped from brake to accelerator. He and his wife were injured. The car escaped. Lost Regained Humboldt. Nebraska. Ed Bauer of Fall City reeled in two big carp at Humboldt Lake after fighting lines tangled in six pound fish.
GRAFTON Anna Jean McCloskey, who spent over a year teaching and traveling abroad, will speak at the Kiwanis Club dinner in the high school cafeteria. She will show overseas photos and discuss teaching in an elementary school at Grafenwehr Army base near Nuremberg. Pupils were children of American servicemen. many teachers served to uphold American education. Ladies Night planned with wives invited. program chairs listed for upcoming weeks. Indians lead Yanks in sales tax stamps contest by 4.55. Division 17 Council met yesterday.
Madison policewoman Nancy Glenn had Tuesday night trouble when Harold N Pierson and Richard Fowler, both in their teens, entered her apartment by mistake, thinking it was a woman they knew. They were arrested for disturbing the peace and fined fifteen dollars each.
Freddy the billy goat mascot of the Canadian Princess Patricia Infantry Regiment was named best automobile accident prevent or after Capt. Mike Levy reported the unit’s accident rate dropped over 50 percent since orders to curb risky driving. In Illinois, a home economics project at Southern Illinois University froze Hale Haven peaches, showing peeled fruit when thawed for pies and puddings. Over 200,000 houses to be built in France this year per the Housing Ministry.
An editor notes that the following list of books is available on the shelves of the Grafton Public Library.
Anchor Rebekah Lodge degree team to practice at the next regular meeting on Sept. 21. All members urged to be present. At last meeting the sales tax stamp contest was noted in progress. Noble Grand Dorothy Grills led. games and refreshments followed.
Grenoble Alpine Club led by Fernand Petzl descends 2,437 feet in Berger Cave of the Tercers Mountains to set a new world depth record, surpassing the 2,379 feet French Pyrenees mark where a man died two years ago.
GRAFTON Mrs. Fred Overy with her children Robert and Darlene returned from visiting Pvt. Gerald Overy at Ft. Knox Ky. He will be transferred to Ft. Hood Texas after training. Lt. Michael Knechtges at Ft. Belvoir and James Knechtges to John Carroll University, Cleveland. Families visit relatives stationed at bases. local residents travel for training and education.
Elder Statesmen Providence highlights Rhode Island figures Theodore Francis Green at 8 as oldest U S Senate member and Daniel G. Gorges Hashell at 92 as the nation's oldest state Senator, reflecting long-lived public service.
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