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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1937
Page
7
Elyria Rotary Club directors urged support for Harold Covault of Lorain for district governor notary candidacy in the weekly bulletin. Election slated for the district conference in Youngstown on May 6 and 7 with William Gollmar named chair of the On to Youngstown committee and Karl Plocher appointed as club delegate.
CHICAGO Apr 12 Mrs Ada M Wilkinson returns to Greenwich Conn with the body of her husband Yorace Simpson Wilkinson 68 financier industrialist and Great Lakes shipping operator He died in a Chicago hotel after a heart attack en route from the west coast His health had been poor two years Named from Shellburg La he started as a Syracuse N Y real estate dealer He helped develop the Great Lakes Steamship Company and founded the Toledo Shipbuilding Company At death he was president of the Great Lakes firm and of the Toledo company and the Crucible Steel Company of America He was director and honorary vice president of the American Iron and Steel Institute director of the Great Lakes Tocinz Company and trustee of Syracuse University
The club’s special meeting, set for Thursday, is moved to Friday night at Lois Eldred’s home due to a scheduling conflict, announced by county extension agent Alice Bird.
Mrs Hattie Reublin Smith 72 widow of Charles J Smith died at her home 304 West avenue Elyria after a two month illness. Born Dover Center Ohio July 4 1885 she lived in Elyria 59 years and was a member of First Congregational church. Surviving Pierre R Smith Geraldine N Smith three grandchildren two brothers J A Reublin Frank Reublin and sister Mrs Thomas W Osborne all of Elyria. Funeral from 304 West avenue Tuesday afternoon with burial in Ridgelawn cemetery.
Mrs Marian Hubbell Stevens 28 wife of Elyria attorney Richard F Stevens died at Elyria Clinic at 745 am Sunday after a brief illness caused by a heart attack. Six days earlier she gave birth to a son Frank Marion Stevens. Born July 24 1908 in Elyria she was the daughter of Dr and Mrs W B Hubbell and lived in Elyria all her life. Survived by husband parents a daughter Sarah Louise a newborn son Frank Marion a sister Mrs Frances Dunn and grandmother Mrs J L Dealing. Funeral at St Andrews Episcopal Church with burial at Ridgeville Memorial Park. Body at Nichols Funeral Home.
Mrs Bertha Roth 37 died at her South Amherst home after a week's illness. She emigrated from Switzerland forty five years ago and lived nearby both before and after. Survived by husband Louis, children Edward Frankhauser Lorain Fred Loosli Theodore Emma Louis Jr Florence, four grandchildren, two sisters Mrs Fred Gasser South Amherst and Mrs Fred Beiner Henrietta. She was a member of St John’s church and the Woman’s Union. Funeral Tuesday at 2 from St John’s with Rev C E Schmidt. burial Evergreen cemetery.
After a brief illness Andrew Grzonsko died at 5 a m at the home of Basil Boslik 25301 East List Street Lorain aged 55 He is survived by a sister Mrs Stanley Solasz Cleveland Born in Poland he lived in Lorain 17 years and worked at National Tube Co 17 years He belonged to St Stanislaus Church Polish National Alliance and Polish World War Veterans The body is at Bittner Funeral Home pending arrangements
Brussels reports a decisive win in a Belgian parliamentary seat seen as a stand against Fascism. Reactions abroad show elation in fascist states and disappointment in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, with comments from Holland noting potential impact on its late next month general election.
Oberlin College women’s band will entertain Elyria High School PTA members with a concert on Wednesday night. Regina Brooke oboe soloist and Corinna Morgan piano, Ann Zelvis violin soloist with Virginia Pellington, Lois Fees bassoon soloist, and a clarinet quartet will perform in the second segment. The band will also perform a four piece finale and a safety talk by G A Davis. A nominating committee will select candidates for officers to be elected at the May meeting.
Sol Weinstein Jr and Wilt Dachtler pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor Don A Baird. Each was fined 1 and costs after being found asleep in a car on Broad Street at about 2 am Sunday, Officer Earl Boggs reported.
A woman identified variously as Mrs. Ethel Vinson, 29, was treated at Elvira Memorial Hospital for severe lacerations to her right hand and wrist after thrusting her arm through a window during a dispute at an Elm Street residence around 2:15 a.m. Police say she sought her husband, was told he was not there, and an argument followed.
Roy B. Clymer announced Elyria Rotary Club will send Donald Taylor of 491 Huron Street as its representative to the state boys citizenship camp in Columbus this summer. Taylor, a Elyria High School junior active in athletics, will join several other Elyria and Lorain County boys chosen by various groups.
Julius Vanderson of Bon Air avenue pleaded not guilty to a driving while intoxicated charge after arraignment before Major Don A. Baird in police court this morning. Vanderson was arrested yesterday on Cleveland street by Officer Loren Miller who pursued him after a chase, and Vanderson allegedly drove into a police car causing minor damage. The mayor scheduled a 9 30 a m Thursday trial.
Sidney Muhart of 15035 West 11th Street Lorain is to appear in police court Wednesday morning on a reckless driving charge. Detectives Lloyd Sweet and Patrolman Melvin Olmstead say Muhart operated his truck in a reckless manner and drove at high speed on Lake Avenue around 10 50 a m Saturday, clocked at 57 miles per hour.
Mrs Esther Wood of Oberlin reports the marriage of Marian Elizabeth Kelly to Paul T James. The ceremony occurred August 3 1936 at St James Lutheran Church Wheeling West Virginia. Marian is Oberlin High School graduate Kent State attendee and Phi Kappa Sigma member. Paul is a Canton public school teacher Kent University alumnus and Delta Phi Sigma member. They reside in Canton.
Community clubs and lodges in Oberlin plan a week of meetings from April 1 to April 16. Groups include Vine Rebekah lodge Karl Locke Post American Legion Oberlin Women and Junior Purnim clubs with multiple hosts and locations around East College Street Forest Street and Lorain.
State Relief Examiner W H Klebold checked Lorain County relief records and said 500000 in excess relief tax credit belongs to relief here, while 80000 from utilities excise tax should retire relief bonds. County officials clash over fund disposition, with the attorney general's opinion sought, and Klebold promising monthly audits.
G A Conn files suit in common pleas on behalf of 23 pensioned volunteer firemen protesting new trustee rules of the Lorain Firemen's Pension Fund. They seek reinstatement of Rule 4 with 25 years service and 75 percent call response to qualify for Pension Plus. Conn says retirees lost 2 to 4 dollars monthly under the changes.
Lucian Kucharek 18 of 112 School Street was fined five dollars and costs on a disorderly conduct charge after arraignment before Mayor Don Al Baird in police court. He was arrested around 11 p.m. Saturday by Officer Earl Bozzs.
William Linder age 60 of Jackson Hotel was booked on intoxication charges after police arrested him Saturday around 4 p.m. in Ely Park by Officer Hr. J. Indicott.
Eight workers at the Harshaw Chemical Company plant were elected Saturday as the first officers and trustees of Federal Labor Union No. 20514 chartered at Wurst Hall. Harry A. McCool is president and Marvin Bruce vice president. Coleman Claherty, organizer for the AFL, installed the charter and lauded the group which has 75 percent of plant employees as members.
Lorain County will appoint 60 teachers to committees to administer and score the Lorain County Scholarship Test at Elyria High School this Saturday. The test determines 32 members for the county scholarship team to compete next month in a district contest at Kent, with two selections per 16 subjects.
Fire destroyed a small area of the west wall of a one car garage at Sam Manzo’s 1117 East Avenue after rubbish burned in a metal container near the wall. Occupants used buckets to put out the blaze before firemen arrived from Hose Company No 1 and Engine Company No 1. A separate grass fire near 226 Hamilton Street burned about five acres north of Hamilton Street into Eywood Park before it was controlled by two firemen using the department’s courtesy truck for 59 minutes.
A description notes the national flag of Bulgaria features three horizontal bands in white on top, green in the middle, and red at the bottom, outlining its simple tricolor design.
Market activity remains steady for produce with prices listed for butter eggs and live poultry. Cattle calves sheep and hogs post steady to strong values as receipts trend mixed with high end for steers and prime calves and hogs trading near mid teens to low twenties per hundredweight.
Loyalist troops push trench to trench with hand grenades and bayonets on day four of an offensive aimed at breaking the nationalist siege of Madrid. Asturian miners dynamited a pontoon bridge on the Manzanares, isolating about 19 000 nationalists in the University area northwest of the city as fighting concentrates west of the capital near Casa de Campo and adjacent Manzanares park.
The Knights of Columbus lodge on Broad Street will host a smelt fry at its regular meeting this evening. Grand Knight John T. McCarthy announced that Escanaba Council No. 6409 sent the fish as a souvenir of the Escanaba Smelt Jamboree, a top UP Michigan sport fishing event.
Hollywood April 12 A film actor son Lee Tracy rescued his mother Mrs. W. L. Tracy 72 after she fell from his yacht Adore into the sea inside the Santa Monica breakwater gate. He dived in fully clothed and kept her afloat until two crew members pulled them out. She was treated for shock and exposure and taken to her Beverly Hills home. condition not serious.
Harvey C. Cheney city solicitor will speak at Elyria Rotary Club noon tomorrow at the Elks Restaurant about the municipality finances and current difficulties.
Ralph Ince, 50, noted actor director and stage veteran, died when his car driven by wife struck a street refuge in London's West End. Mrs Ince was seriously hurt. Ince, a Boston native, had been in England three years and just finished The Man Who Made Diamonds. He began on stage with Richard Mansfield.
The regular police school and revolver practice will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow at City Hall, announced by Chief E J Stankard. The note on Germany and France in 1870 is mentioned in the text.
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