New York Struggles of Unemployed Women in Crisis
Eve and Lilian, two women in a crowded New York rooming house, recount failed agency interviews and the sting of unemployment. They debate pride, survival, and Laura’s precarious love life as they face food, rent, and the social shame of joblessness among working girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Largo
Eve
Cuan
Eves
Lillian
Lilian
Laura
Sam
Willan
New York
Joses
Park Avenue
Gillian
Lilium
Laura Beth
New London Plans Public Radio Lectures Series
New London schedules ten lectures by Neil Luxon professor at Ohio State University on public subjects. broadcasts on WEAQ begin Saturday April 7 at 6 25 p m. Luxon is son of local residents J E Luxon. Grange Day April 15 features forestry talk by Forest Dean with motion pictures and planting of a silver maple in Monumental Park to celebrate reforestation efforts. Father and son banquet set for April 12 with A T Scherer of Mansfield Reformatory as main speaker, Congregational ladies to serve dinner at 6 30, Mayor Brough ton to preside as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Neil Luxon
Ohio State University At
Columbus
WEAQ
J. E. Luxon
New London Grange No
Wil Hie
Forest Dean
Forestry Department
Ohio Experiment Station
Wooster
Monumental Park
A. T. Selieerer
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Congregational Church
W. C. Broughton
Community notices and personal items from New London area
Social calendar items include the New London Home Garden club meeting with Mrs. Mabel Jeeney on Tuesday, April 12, roll call Iris, and reports on the Cleveland flower show by Minnie Seiler, Frances Jacoby, and Ethel Sackett. Also noted are illness, obituaries, and visits among local residents with brief family and neighborhood updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London, Home Garden Club
Mabel Jeeney
Iris
Cleveland
Minnie Seiler
Frances Jacoby
Ethel Sackett
Jacoby
Ridgeville Fire Depar tment Busy in April Alarms
Ridgeville reports a sequence of fire calls starting Tuesday with a burning truck on the highway. Earlier that day two grass fires near Case road prompted responses. At noon Wednesday a cottage owned by George Bacher burned shingles from a chimneys fire, a hole burned through the roof before discovery and extinction. The firemen plan a card party for Saturday night at the station.
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Ridgeville
Case Road
George
Bacher
Card party at town hall hosts by St Peters church second division ladies
A town hall event is planned next Tuesday evening with a card party and dunes sponsored by the second division of the Ladies of St Peter's Church. Joseph Holtwich of Sharon PA spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Frank Bommer. Ralph and Wilbur Woltwick of Cleveland called on him during his visit here. Mrs Charles Wahn visits relatives in Ashland. Abbie Paddock of Lakewood called on friends Thursday. Willis Prechtel has been bedbound by illness this past week. Lewis Aurenson Wil am Gilgenhbach and Bernard Pitts were in Cleveland Thursday. Charles Hurd and wife returned from Florida Friday. Virginia Bommer, home on sick leave, returned to classes at St John's Hospital in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
St.Peter’s Church
Joseph Holtwich
Sharon
Frank Bommer
Ralph
Wilbur Woltwick
Cleveland
Charles Wahn
Ashland
Abbie’Paddock
Lakewood
Willis Prechtel
Lewis Aurenson
Wilam Gilgenhbach
Bernard Pitts
Charles Hurd
Florida
Virginia Bommer
St. John's Hospital
Pleasantville Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Events
Pleasantville notes a flurry of social visits among residents from Akron Oberlin Elyria and Berea. Families of Dunlap Wheeler Behner and Bechtel host guests. W T U meets April 13 at Mrs John Curtis home. Cholera loss hits Carl Seabold with 36 hogs. Easter and B Y P U rally attendance referenced.
Community dance at St Theresa's school in Sheffield
The April 9 community dance at St Theresa's school drew a large crowd with music by Ed Brown Deforest Monegan Percy Chambers and Mrs Victor Myers. Henry Jackson served as floor manager. Sheffield Lake Village council named a 12 resident committee to run poor relief and establish a village commissary modeled on Lorain's system on a broader scale.
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Sheffield
St. Theresa's School
Ed Brown
Deforest
Monegan
Percy
Chambers
Victor Myers
Henry
Jackson
Sheffield Lake Village
Ea Buxtel
Lorain
Community committee forms plans at next Monday meeting
The committee appointed consists of C C Monroe John Conrad George Bryan Barney Jung vluth Elmer Owen Mrs A H Mancheater Mr Jamon Miss Batella LaBeau Mrs Ed Mackert Mrs Herbert Kriebel James Mo Conlhe and Ed Burrell A meeting will be held next Monday covering to complete further plans Bribes Mrs Charles Carrick and Mrs Carl Carrick of Elyria called on Howard Carrick of Ford Road Thursday Mr and Mrs Ed Bruuser of River Road are the parents of 2 baby boy born Saturday Joyce and Billy Johnson have the whooping cough A star load of Farm Bureau fertilizer was unleashed this week under orders of Lester Youtzy purchasing agent Friends from here attended the funeral services for Chauncey Fitch Thursday afternoon at the Pease funeral home in West Dover.
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Richard McClellan
Legion
Harvey Sakett
Ruggles
Rev. Young
Henry P. Tulk
Qcher~lin
New London
Geo. Parnell
D. M. Brown
Minneapolis
Minn
Brown
Eleanor Jenney
Mary
Eugene Nelson
Mansfield
Gertrude Clawson
W. R. C. Thimble Club
E. E. Townsand
Rebekah Beehive Thimble Club
Lottie Wolfe
Norman T. Smith
Dayton
Oberlin
William Marett
George Partlell
Dennis Tulk
Sarah Marett
C. C. Monroe
John Conrad
George Bryan
Barney Jungvluth
Elmer Owen
A. H. Mancheater
Jamon
Batella LaBeau
Ed. Mackert
Herbert Kriebel
James Mo‘Conlhe
Ed Burrell
Charles Carrick
Carl Carrick
Elyria
Howard Carrick
Ford Road
Ed Bruuser
River Road
Joyce
Billy Johnson
Farm Bureau
Lester Youtzy
Chauncey Fitch
Pease Funeral Home
West Dover
Real Estate Transfers Across Several Townships and Cities
Lena F. Krueck transfers 5 1/2 acres and 4 1/2 acres on Bursley road Mountington to E L Kem ery. Sheriff deed conveys a Rosehill avenue lot in Avon Lake to Myrtle H. Wil kins. Clarence E. and Luciena Dwyer convey a Fourth street lot in Elyria to A H West, trustee. Carlisle Properties sells Carlisle Estates Lot 190 and 191 in Carlisle township to Frank or Mary G. Hill. Grand Realty Company transfers multiple Lorain lots at West Thirty-fourth Street Reid Avenue West Twenty-fifth Street and Lexington Avenue and another on West Thirty-sixth Street. Engineers National Bank transfers sublets 23 block D and sublet 72 block H in Shore subdivision and Buckeye Country Club to Louise B. Alber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena F. Krueck
E. L. Kemery
Bursley Road
Mountington Township
Myrtle H. Wilkins
Rosehill Avenue
Avon Lake
Clarence E
Luciena Dwyer
A. H. West
Fourth Street
Elyria
Carlisle Properties, Inc
Frank Or
Mary G. Hill
Carlisle Estates
Carlisle Township
Grand Realty, Company, Inc
Max Felder
West Thirty-fourth Street
Reid Avenue
Lorain
Twenty-fifth Street
Lexington Avenue
West Thirty-sixth Street
National Bank
Louise B. Alber
Shore Subdivision
Buckeye Country Club
Sheffield Lake
South Ridge 4-H Meeting and Local Activities
South Ridge residents reported attending a 4-H Club meeting at Roberta Freeland's home on N Murray Ridge with Marion Knuittte Jewell Beal Kathaleen and Kaladeen Young. Carlise Grange events were noted with Mr and Mrs Milton Eppley and family in attendance. Funeral attendance for William Ganders included Ralph and Emma Fowl and several relatives at Sudro Funeral Home Elyria. visits to Henry Rosendahl followed.
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South Ridge
Marion Knuittte
Jewell Beal
Kathaleen
Kaladeen Young
Roberta Freeland
N. Murray Ridge
William Ganders
Sudro Funeral
Elyria
Ralph Fowl
Emma Fowl
Barbara Eschtruth
George Hille
Anthony Delefield
Elsie
Ida Delefield
Mary Eppley
Milton Eppley
Howard Beal
Avon Notes on Local Social Visits and Club Meetings
Miss Mary Gough visited Avon Lake with Mrs. Leonard Mitchell on Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Roy Knight and Mrs. Bechtel of Lorain attended a Y W A meeting at Miss Elizabeth Knight's home on Wednesday. Mrs. Vernon Frey hosted the Just-on-Time club Thursday afternoon. Gertrude and Arlene Casper spent Wednesday in Cleveland. Mr and Mrs Edward Casper and family visited Belden relatives. Mary Grace and Irene Gough spent Tuesday with Florence Gough in Elyria. Friends of Miss Mamie Cheater mourn her illness improvement at her sister’s home in Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
Mary Gough
Leonard Mitchell
Avon Lake
Roy Knight
Bechtel
Lorain
Elizabeth Knight
Vernon Frey
Gertrude
Arlene Casper
Cleveland
Edward Casper
Belden
Mary, Grace
Irene Gough
Florence Gough
Elyria
Californias 1951 tourist spend steady despite downturn
California welcomed about 1,056,750 out-of-state tourists in 1951, a four percent decrease from 1950. The All-Year Club notes that despite a downbeat mood, visitation remained resilient with substantial spending by visitors to the Los Angeles area and the coast.
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Los Angeles
California
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Carter White
Otley
Archie Daniels
Marcella Schmit
John Bacher
New West Point Head
William D. Connor
Army War College
William R. Smith
West Point
Smith
Pleasantville
Harry Dunlap
Carroll Cook
Henry Snell
Ora Hankerson
Akron
Wayne Carmen
la Grange
Erwin
Leland Howard
Carl Hastings
Ardelle
J. Wicka
Gordon Wheeler
L. L. Wheeler
John Curtis
Frank Bechtel
Wayne Wheeler
Bert Behner
Anne
Alice
S. B.behner
Wesley Tran
J. C. Spieth
Medina
Mabelle Tran
Carnlale
B. F. Behner
8. Benner
Carl Seabold
Dowdell
Jefferson
Carlisiae
Ida
Henry Rosendahl
Frederick Schaub
J. H. Penfound
Carlisle Grange
Harland Schlechter
Henrietta
Ruth
Miriam Fowl
Celia Henson
Tillie Henson
Merrin Schubert
Vera Mae
William Schubert
Oberling Road
Theodore Grille
West Ridge
C. J. Smith
Mame Cheater
Elyria Savings & Trust
F. M
Alfred ‘Alten
Revord
Lindy
William F. Curley, Jr
Lindbergh
Mama
Papa Curley
Santa Monica
Calif
Curley
Somers
United States
Department of Agriculture
West Side Lumber & Coal Co
Broad St
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East Ave
Ness
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