Large Lorain Farmers Sign Up For 1940 AAA Program
More than 1,450 Lorain county farmers have signaled intent to join the 1940 AAA program, per T. H. Breyley. About 1,200 more farmers remain to be visited before May 1 to qualify for conservation and farm payments. Last year 2,100 farmers participated, covering 70 percent of local cropland, and this year’s signup is expected to be similar. Russia township leads with 89 percent of farmers visited agreeing to participate.
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Lorain County
T. H. Breyley
Breyley
AAA
Russia Two
Russia
Amherst
Brighton
Wellington
Huntington
Camden
Rochester
Grafton
Elyria High to stage Stage Door May 16 and 17
Elyria High School announces its senior class play Stage Door to be presented in the school auditorium on May 16 and 17. A cast of 21 girls and 11 boys will perform under the direction of dramatics coach Miss Nina Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School
Edna Ferber
George Kaufman
Nina Baker
Elyria High School Dramatics
Rural farm payments and soil-building incentives outlined
Breyley notes urban farms are too small for full 1940 program participation while rural areas show better rates. The plan offers 15 cents per bushel on corn allotments with 10 cents conservation and 5 cents parity, 19 cents on wheat allotments with 9 cents conservation and 10 cents parity, about $1.10 per acre for general crops, plus soil-building payments and corn and wheat loans under AAA authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Wedding Gowns at The Fay Co on Broad Street
Planning a spring wedding The Fay Co offers a collection of net lace satin and mousseline gowns for the bride and matching frocks for bridesmaids at 383 Broad Street to make the wedding party a complete success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Co
Broad Street
Window treatments and home cleaning sale notices
Welsh's showcases smart window drapes with a large variety and low prices at 202 West Bridge Street. The Ohio Public Service Co. offers April specials on cleaners and washers including a Premier Deluxe for 2450 and a Model 73 Thor DeLuxe Washer for 64.95 with 1.95 down at 405 Broad Street. The Royal Ladies Tailoring Co. at 104 Cleveland St. offers alterations and fur work for ladies and men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welsh’s
West Bridge Street
Ohio Public Service Co
Broad Street
Albert F. Baloch
THE
Royal Ladies Tailoring CG
Cleveland
Garden and beauty items offered with low prices
Vigoro lawn and garden products plus Coty Air-Spun makeup and Concert Master record player promotions appear from local shops. Offers include grass seed 23 cents a pound delivery by E Loeffler and Co, Coty makeup at Crandall's Drug Store, a $19.95 Concert Master phonograph at Kate Wagner's stores, Glidden paint quality at Time Tested labs, and April hot oil treatments at Roth's Beauty Shoppe with permanents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Loeffler & CO
Broad Street
Wagner
Broad St
Kate Roth
Roth
Clark Street
Elyrians Prepare for Promenade Sunday
Elyrians plan to participate in Promenade Sunday in Elyria on April 21 organized by the Elyria Chamber of Commerce merchants division. Residents will display new spring outfits kept under wraps due to cold weather.
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Este
Elyria
Merchants Division
Infant Buckholz Dies at Stop 14 Lake Avenue
William Frederick Buckholz infant son of Mr and Mrs William Buckholz of Stop 14 Lake Avenue died Wednesday morning at 8 45 at home. He leaves two brothers Duane and Gerald and maternal grandparents Mrs Della Thomas Elyria and Mrs Mary Buckholz West Palm Beach Florida plus grandfather Sylvester Buckholz Newark N J. Funeral services were held at the home Thursday at 10 am with burial in Elmwood Cemetery Lorain.
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Lake Avenue
William Frederick Buckholz
Wiliam Buckholz
Stop 14
Duane
Gerald Buckholz
Della Thomas
Elyria
Mary Buckholz
West Palm Beach
Florida
Sylvestor Buckholz
Newark
N. J
Elmwood Cemetery
Lorain
Funeral services for Mrs Bessie Canfield at Baptist Church
Mrs Bessie Canfield died at home after a brief pneumonia illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 PM at the Baptist church with Rev Geren officiating. Burial follows in Avon Center Cemetery.
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Bessie Canfield
The
Baptist Church
Geren
Avon Center Cemetery
Willard Rites Held for Samuel A Willard in Wellington
Samuel Amos Willard 23 died at Elyria Memorial hospital after a weeklong illness following gastric surgery. Born in Tummelton Pa he attended Wellington First Methodist Church and the Young Men's Bible class. He is related to painter Archibald M Willard. Survived by mother Louise sister Ann and brothers Charles and Carlton. Funeral at Andrews Funeral Home Saturday at 2 pm with Rev Lonzo S Green. burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Wellington
Samuel Amos Willard
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Tummelton
Wellington First
Louise Willard
Ann
Charles
Carlton
Nova
Andrews Funeral Home
Lonzo S. Green
Greenwood Cemetery
Food and Dairy Inspector Named for District Three
Columbus today announced the appointment of W. W. G. Jackson of Mansfield as the Food and Dairy Division inspector for District Three. The district includes Lorain Erie Huron Ashland Richland Knox Morrow and Delaware counties. Eight other district appointments were also named from civil service eligibility lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Columbus
John T. Brown
W.W. G. Jackson
Mansfield
Lorain
Erie
Huron
Ashland
Richland
Knox
Morrow
Delaware
Civil Service
Capacity Crowd Hears Opera Baritone At Chapel in Oberlin
More than 1860 Oberlin College students faculty and townspeople filled Finney Chapel to hear Joan Gurney a Metropolitan Opera bass baritone and Oberlin College graduate of 1924. He sang arias from Verdi Simon Boccanegra and Boris Godunov and closed with Ole Man River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Oberlin College
Finney Chapel
Joan Gurney
Metropolitan Opera
Gurney
Townsend Clubs To Hear Chicago Man
Townsend clubs in northern Ohio schedule a Sunday rally on April 14 at 3 p m in the Engineers building auditorium corner Ontario and St Clair. Baxter G Rankine of Chicago IL convention manager will speak on Meet Me in St Louis. Public cordal invitation extended.
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Townsend
Ohio
Engineers
Ontario and
St. Clair
Ltue
Baxter G. Rankine
Chicago, IL
St Lous
County approves slag aid for village roads
County commissioners pass a resolution to provide 300 tons of slag to Avon Lake for road use. The Phoenix Machine Co sues John Dopro wski of 1415 Middle Avenue for 171 alleged on a note. Lee A DeLloyd sues Anton Harlampous Annie Harlampous Andrew Phelps and Theodore Rekxas for 430 on a cognovit note. Bessie Kunch sues John Gacs of Avon Lake for 10,000 personal injuries from a December 1 car accident at East 31st street and Palm Avenue Lorain.
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Avon Lake
The
Phoenix Machine Co
John Doprowski
Middle Avenue
Lee A DeLloyd
Anton Harlampous
Annie Harlampous
Andrew Phelps
Theodore Rekxas
Bessie Kunch
Lorain
John Gacs
East 31St Street
Palm Avenue
Grain and Milling Prices From Sheets Elevator Company
Grain and mill seed quotations listed for oats corn wheat flour feeds hay and straw. Prices are given for multiple grades including No 2 No 3 white No 6 light and various hay cuts along with alfalfa soy bean hay and straw.
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Menitans
Vegetable and grain prices in Cleveland market report
The Cleveland produce and grain price list shows Wheat No. 2 red at 1.11 1-12, Corn No. 2 yellow 66 61c, Oats No. 2 white 42 43c, Rye No. 2 168 7c, with further figures for No. 1 red, butter, eggs, live poultry, and assorted fruits and vegetables. Notable items include Russet potatoes at 1.45 1.65 per 199 lb bag, apples such as Golden Delicious and McIntosh, and many greens and root crops priced by variety and size.
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Cleveland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York Cobb
Michigan Russets
Idaho Russet
Maine Katahdins
Floorae Reds
Howegrowers
Jonathan
McIntosh
Hothouse
Chives
Exdive
Sumete
Wakeman Official Elected President of School Officials Group
W S Wood superintendent Wakeman Public Schools was elected president and C F Alter principal Oberlin High School re elected secretary of the Discussion Group Project Group 15 at a meeting in the Carnegie Library. The Fall meeting will set the year theme and program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin, O
W. S. Wood
Wakeman Public Schools
C. F. Alter
Oberlin High School
Carnegie Library
Wayne C. Bloug
Sandusky High School
W. E. Kesler
Eaton High School
W. H. Jones
Wakeman High School
FE. M. McCaskey
Lorain Highn
C. E. Wigton
Oberlin Schools
Lloyd Hemmings
Elyria High School
State Department
Carl Robart
Birmingham
Lorain Democrats Sponsor Oberlin Dinner Meeting
The Lorain County Federated Democratic Women plan a dinner meeting in Oberlin at the James Brand House on Monday April 15. Honorable Don Harter will address the gathering after dinner and Akron’s Virginia Etheredge, a candidate for Ohio’s House, will speak. All interested citizens are invited to attend both dinner and meeting.
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Lorain County
Oberlin
James Brand
Don Harter
Virginia Etheredge
Akron
House of Representatives
Ohio
High School Prom Planned With Faculty Guests
The annual Junior Senior Prom will be held Friday evening in the high school gymnasium with sponsors the Junior and Senior classes. Chaperones include Mr. and Mrs. D E Stitzel and others. Townsend club members met in Oberlin with a pancake supper before the meeting and talks by Lorain and nearby club members. A birth is announced for a son born Sunday April 7 at St Ann's Hospital to Mr. and Mrs Gordon Schmidt of Cleveland, Esther Fowls daughter of Mr. and Mrs Arba Fowls.
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D. E. Stitzel
D. S. Simpson
H E. Muntz
Dorothy Bauer
C. E. Wigton
C. F. Alter
Townsend
Oberlin Townsend Club
South Amherst
Fritz
Lorain
Townsend Club
Elyria
Ridgeville
South Amherst la Grange
Lakewood
Gordon Schmidt
Cleveland
St Ann's Hospital
Schmidt
Esther Fowls
Arba Fowls
East College Street
Local Residents Leave for Trips and Returns
Mrs Paul Revers and her young daughter plan a Saturday departure for Chicago to visit her brother for a week. Gene Zavodsky with Isabel Byars of Oberlin visited her parents the Byars in Greenwich. Mrs A G Comings has returned home after months with her daughter in Okmulgee Oklahoma. F A Haynes and wife of West College street travel to the South for several weeks. Professor Walter Horton and wife return to Oberlin after a New York City convention attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Revers
Chicago
Revers
Gene Zavodsky
Isabel Byars
Oberlin
C. M. Byars
Greenwich
A. G. Comings
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
F. A. Haynes
West College Street
South
Walter H. Horton
New York City
Horton
Dr. Goldner to Speak Tonight at Church of Christ
Dr. Gerould Goldner, a notable Ohio minister, will address the Church of Christ tonight on Palestine amid wartime changes. Sponsored by church ladies, the talk aims to highlight international issues affecting daily life. last year’s lecturer was Col. Thomas Cour, well received by a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerould Goldner
Church of Christ
Palestine
Ladies of Te Sponsoring Church
Goldner
Thomas Tcour
Ohio
Four H Clubs Begin Organizing For 1940 Season
Lorain county extension agent C. L Hummel reports Four-H clubs forming for 1940. Wellington Outdoors has eight members, Wellington Sunny Siders nine, Eaton Agriculturists and Russia Township Nature Club seven members. Advisors meet at Elyria Y M C A Monday to plan. Most projects start after school ends.
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Lorain County
C. L Hummel
Wellington
First Wool of 1940 To Be Shipped April 22
The Lorain County Wool Growers Association reports the first 1940 wool shipment will depart April 22. Wool will be gathered at Sim Nash farm Route 58 north of Oberlin and L W McConnell farm Route 18 west of Wellington, with later shipments planned for May 6 and June 3 to the Ohio Wool Growers Association warehouse in Columbus.
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Lorain County
All Lorain County Schools Eligible to Grant PE Credits
Lorain County village and rural high schools may grant one quarter unit per year for four years, totaling one unit for physical education. Approval came from C A Gibbons, county superintendent, based on state supervisor Lewis Moore's confirmation. Schools must meet state PE regulations to maintain this credit approval.
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Lorain County
C. A. Gibbons
Lewis Moorehead
State Department of Education
Safety Engineer Fennessy Visits Elyria for Safety Congress
T E Fennessy safety engineer of the Ohio Industrial Commission is in Elyria to book safety surveys and meet local industrial leaders ahead of the eleventh annual All Ohio Safety Congress and Exhibit in Columbus next Tuesday through Thursday. The event aims to gather accident prevention officials for exchange of safe practices and discussions by national leaders with daily general sessions and sectional meetings for major industries. Real television dates from the year 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E Fennessy
Division of Safety and Hygiene
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Elyria
Bok
All Ohio Safety Congress
Columbus
Lorain County
Fennessy
Four Additional Enumerators Named for 1940 Lorain Census
Albert R. Matuszak district supervisor for Ohio Twenty third Census District announced four more enumerators for Lorain county. Appointees include Lucy E Schubert of Elyria Harold R. Mull of Grafton Rene Lieb of Amherst and Lithan Swete of Lorain. 80 other Lorain county enumerators were announced earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Albert R. Matuszak
Twenty-third
Ohio
Lucy E Schubert
R. D
Elyria
Harold R. Mull
Mechanic Street
Grafton
Rene Lieb
Amherst
Lithan Swete
East Twenty Eighth Street
Lorain
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Buckholz Baby
Canfield Funeral
Sadicel A. Willard
Food and Dairy Inspector
Toledog Grain Close
E. 13Th St
G. J. O'Connor
East River
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Lis
FRESH
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Townsend News
Dr. Goldner
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Tan
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Detroit Road
Case Road
Jonah Buswell
Bertha Buswell
P. A. Walker
Redington
Irving Klneect
Baggard
Williams
Sudro-Curtis Ambulance
Reublin Bros
P. V
Murphy’s
Richelieu
Tbs
Jersey Sweets
Colate
Baby Stewart Ammonia
Kellogg’s Hexite
Kelloga
Armour Dog Food
Rival Dog Food
Milk Bone Biscuit Puppy
Biscuit Spratt’s
All Dog Biscuits
Jones Dairy Farm
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