New York Day By Day Notes On April Fools And Art
Charles B. Driscoll writes from New York about April Fool pranks in big and small towns, mentions daily life scenes in the city, and recalls conversations with Will Hays about photography and the Museum of Modern Art. He notes Will Hays’ hometown Sullivan Indiana and family ties in the Hays law firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles B. Driscoll
Wichita
St Chas. Driscoll Paul
Tulsa
Manhattan
Arthur Rudd
Ceenly
Sid Hydeman
Nelson Rockefeller
Will Hays
Hays
Will
Odd McIntyre
Manhattan Island
Sullivan
Indiana
Hollywood
Hays & Heys
H C Hays
Home Town Pride Grows From Notable Local Links
The column reflects on local figures and kinship ties shaping reputations from Yale Law to Indiana stories. A travel lecturer recounts visiting Gerber Schafer, a long bedridden World War veteran, and offers a moving account of kindness exchanged in hospital. The piece highlights resilience and community bonds in 1940.
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Donald Spatz
Reading
Pennsylvania
Spatz
Gerber Schafer
Amherst Church and club notices all in one day
Amherst residents hear updates on the Amherst Business Men's Association meeting at the Congregational church with a 6 15 dinner, Pythian sisters and Eagles events, a high school student council banquet, a pinochle tournament, and various church and fraternal gatherings including the Sincerity class program at Brownhelm Church and a long list of community activities across Amherst on April 1.
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Amherst. O
Amherst Business
Congregational Church
Chief’s Club of
Pythianisters
H. A. Monger
South Main Street
Ira Lynch
Amherst Acre of Eagles
Eagle
Amherst Temple of
Pythian Sisters
Stone City
Eastern Stars
Methodist
Albert Schneider
Gus P. Zileh
H G. Battenhouse
Hickory Tree Grange
Acme Grange of
Columbia
Brownhelm Evangelical Church
Harry Stick
Jacob Arndt
George Hasenpilug
Arthur Stick
Fred Stick
George Haserald
Harold VanWagnen
Welson Brill
Edward Arndt
Tate
Albert Koch
Harry Stuck
Red Bird
Kentucky
Young Man From Town Delves Into Riverville Dam Debate
Kim Donavan with a secret past opposes Riverville river dam plans backed by Ridder Fremon and local bankers. At a town meeting Alex Fremon previews a stock financed development while Benny Short warns of flood risks and a fragile river. The narrative follows power, land value, and hidden motives in a village on the Passinoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kim Donavan
Indianapolis
Mriverville
Wade
Gar Sacket
Cobina
Riverville
Alex Fremon
Kim
Fremon’s
Mr. Ridder
Mr. Wade
Ridder
Benny Short
Alex
Sonal
Ike
Benny
Passinoka
Mr. Shultz
Donavan
Founders Day Reception Planned by Women Missionary Society
Mrs O M Grissinger will host the Annual Founder's Day Reception and Tea for the Women's Foreign Missionary Society in New London on Wednesday April 3. Mrs Lester L Leech will lead devotionals and Mrs Glenn I Spade will present the program, with events starting at 2 30 p m. Demolition of the Lancaster Iron Works on Prospect Street nears completion as Strouse Wrecking Co clears the two story frame structure, leaving the brick and glass lead wille portion for Wilmer White to use as a trucking base. C E Ward Company, formerly U S Post, has moved into Main Street premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lang
Mall Avenue
Women’s Missionary and
Ladies’ Aid Societies
John Finkbeiner
Elyria Avenue
Mary Hanchette
WMS Group
Huron
Ira Wilson
Defiance. O
Wilson
Kentucky
Ward Co
Huron County Farm Women's Club Federation
Sacred Heart Church of
George Parnell
Jeannette Bready
NLHS
New London Grange
New London
O M Grissinger
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Lester L Leech
Glenn I Spade
Lancaster Iron Works
Prospect Street
Strouse Wrecking Co
Castalia
Wille
Wilmer White
C E Ward Company
Main Street
U. S. Post
College students home for holidays from Wesleyan State and Ashland
Miss Marjorie Fonden and Miss Janice Hubler from Wesleyan, Miss Jane Bravy from State, and Miss Marjorie Culbertson from Ashland are among the college students returning home for the holidays after folk dance interpretations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Fonden
Janice Hubler
Wesleyan
Jane Bravy
State
Marjorie Culbertson
Ashland
Murray Ridge P T A Convenes Meeting
The Murray Ridge parent teacher association gathers for its March 1 meeting to discuss upcoming activities and community school support.
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P-T. A
Murray Ridge
P-T
School report and meeting notes mention officers and readings
Mrs Beatrice Sherwood presided at a school meeting with duties assigned for May. Carrie Dellifield, Mrs E Beal, and Mrs C Demos appointed for April 24. After business, an elephant sale was held and readings given by Ruth Eldred, Mrs C Hinton, and Free man Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Sherwood
Carrie Dellifield
Charmes
E Beal
Mra C. Demos
Elephant Sale
Ruth Eldred
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Odd
Coo McIntyre
Fum
Bill
Yale College of Law
H. C
Ant
the McNaught Syndicate Inc
Louis Dlugosz
Lackawanna
N. Y
Buffalo
Hoover
Brown
Papebhe
the Heldmyer Hardware CO
Broad Street
Amherst
Lucy Roemer
Pythian Hall
Elmer Johnson
American Legion
Legion Rooms
Henry Grugel
Cornell Avenue
Fred Mathes
Albert Raesler
Women’s Guild
Lorain
First Evangelical Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Joseph Baxter
East Street
Burt Quick
Fishermen's Club
First Baptist Church
Elyria
Mary Martha
Elmer Gall Harris
Grayce Purcell
ST. Paul Lutheran
Ladies Aid Society
Junior Walther League
Cleveland
William A Morris
William H. Morris
Emergency Clinic
Mir Morris
Owen
Noble Road
Euclid Avenue
East Cleveland
Betty Balls
Mary Alice Penton
Jos Whiton
Robert Edwards
Jack Wilhelm
Bob Griffin
Roy Dute
State College of Agriculture
Irene Lonnen Ernharth
Axminster
Wilton Carpet
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