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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1934
Page
14
A note recaps yesterday as a day of victory for the local Methodist Church with a new $20,000 Sunday School building debt free and nearly $5,000 raised to cover remaining debt. It also reports the S H Knox and Company five and ten cent store opening causing a crowd and fainting among three women.
The New York Central Railroad plans a $250000 passenger station in Elyria this year, to be the finest in the city between New York and Chicago, with work starting after final plans. Also noted are Lorain County quarantines for a corn pest and new Elyria Board of Trade officers led by C W Phillips as president.
Spencer notes say the Spencer School reopened Monday after a week closed due to scarlet fever. Dale White returns after illness. Families move nearby between Homerville and Sullivan. Visitors include the Ro Vidrich and Aldrich families, Wilbur Crowell party from Chatham, Vance Turner and daughter Mame from Akron, and Charles White recovering from a broken leg.
A church basement reception honored Mrs. Fred Miller, a longtime church leader, as the Miller family prepares to move to Orville due to Fred Miller's transfer. The event featured social time, refreshments, and a gift, with Mrs. Miller praised for her service as Ladies' Aid Society president, Sunday School superintendent, and orchestra leader.
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a weight loss aid promising dramatic fat loss and a healthier life. It claims a money back guarantee, urges daily use with water, and asserts broad bodily benefits from improved digestion to enhanced energy and mood.
Field notes describe an Epworth League gathering recounting The last days of Jeana with Miss Marian Bainbridge reading. Other items include Easter services at Fields church, Sunshine Sisters dinner, and local visits to Crile Clinic in Cleveland. Mr and Mrs George Robinson celebrate fifty years this week.
Miss Louie Looy is in Grafton visiting at Mrs Odes sa Peabody’s home. Mrs Marellia Scheffler to Lodi Hospital for care. Families in and around Kent attend gatherings with relatives from Norwalk Cleveland and Lorain. Epworth League and Easter program planned at Spencer Methodist Church with a quarantine note and various church activities listed including Sunday school and choir rehearsals.
Mrs W A Wallington attended a Tuesday luncheon hosted by Mrs C J Wineklon, joining members of Hlgrin for a cordial afternoon. The informal gathering highlighted local social ties and ongoing community connections.
Avon Lake residents report illnesses and minor injuries at school while others visit kin in Huntington and Urbana. A PTA paper sale funds school projects, and Erwin Britton returns home from Oberlin College for vacation. Women's League holds a pot luck dinner with several new members joining, plans for May meetings outlined.
The Baptist church holds a weekly prayer meeting at the Hudson home on Center Road this evening. The True Blue Bible club event with Mr. and Mrs. John Terveen is postponed one week. School at 10:00 A.M., Rev. Cooper at 11:15 A.M., B. U. P. at 6:45 P.M., Rev. Bantham evangelist at 7:45 P.M.
Easter Sunday social rounds include Ethel Squires and family visiting Elyria, with other locals from Oberlin Brownhelm Amherst and Elyria hosting relatives. Moves include Walter Berg relocating to East Amherst, Albert Ward moving near Grafton, and Waxner family leaving Harris farm for Salem. Local schools close for vacation and a Sanatorium admission marks a continuing health note.
Community events include the Acme Grange presenting the 3 act play Mother Mine at the Columbia town hall on Wednesday evening April 18. The event features local participants from Miranda Peasley's home in Tampley Village and roles such as Deacon, Mary Tisdale, and The Merchant. Other notes mention a Ladies' Aid Society gathering, garden club meeting, and various church activities including baptisms and sermons by Rev. Halderman.
Misses Margaret Dodd and Flor encie Keisler of Shawville visit Mrs Willard Taft Friday. Easter visits include Mr and Mrs W H Chambers and daughter with John Miller family West Salem Ohio. Hilda Rider of North Canton Ohio guest. Several Chambers and Haynes families host or attend dinner and gatherings in Sheffield and nearby homes.
Garfield Community Club changes its meeting to Wednesday April 11 to avoid conflict with Brookside High School play on April 13. The event will be a poverty social with prizes for the worst dressed as attendees wear their ragged outfits. Guests include families from Cleveland Carliale and Brookside area.
State officials in Columbus approved a plan for dividing the property of Sheffield Lake Village and Sheffield Village. The split allocates 63 percent to Sheffield Lake Village and 37 percent to Sheffield Village, with final approval awaiting village council votes this week.
The record lists remaining real estate values for Sheffield Lake at 2,701,810 dollars and for Sheffield at 1,603,470 dollars. It notes division of numerous items including er road drag scraper chemical fire equipment and park.
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