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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1937
Page
9
Vermilion authorities freed a suspect identified as an automobile thief after Elyria police captured the individual. The release follows standard processing and does not include charges at this time.
Early this morning patrolmen Burrer and Andress pursued a car from Middle Avenue in a police cruiser. They intercepted the vehicle near Oberlin after Massillon broadcast a Vermilion theft, and the driver claimed Vermilion employment. The suspect was turned over to Marshall Benson of Unat Police. no fingerprints were taken.
Visitors at the National Physical Education Association convention in New York next week will see photos of hundreds of Elyria High School girls in the annual gymnasium exhibition. Miss Marian Kemble notes five hundred pictures from the school’s physical education classes were included. Moorhead praised the exhibitor and urged displaying some events at the New York convention.
Harold Olds 24 of Walnut Street was fined one dollar and costs after pleading intoxication in police court before Major Don A. Baird. He was arrested yesterday at the VFW Hall when management complained he threatened to damage a window. Patrolman Melvin Olmstead said Olds tried to tear off his clothes in the squad car and disrobed after being placed in a cell. A stray note adds that radio telephone service is being inaugurated between China and Berlin.
The Oberlin Junior Forum held its annual meeting at Mrs. Ensene Comings home on West College. Officers elected for the coming year include President Mrs Eugene Comings Vice-President Mrs Fred Comines Recording secretary Mrs Clarence Bers Corresponding Secretary Miss Margaret Houghton Treasurer Mrs Dorothy Sonith Parliamentarian Miss Edith Prineshorn Program chairman Mrs Th Seahead chairman Miss Beatrice Belin. A seed hour followed the business meeting.
Overtin High School will be represented by three experienced orators and a team in contests at Western Reserve and Heidelberg universities on Friday April 16. Margone Manning, Patricnt Chimbe lain, and Hieanor Guermain will perform dramatic readsing and orations with pieces by Poe and Stanford Clinton AM.
Oberlin High School debaters will conclude the season with the Headesbero University Debate Contest this Friday. The topic asks if all electric milities should be governmentally owned and operated. Clare Reinhard and Valentin Nasipak will argue the affirmative. William Lieh and William Close the negative, with June Carpenter as alternate. Constructive speeches run ten minutes.
A court day features a verdict for a defendant in a wage suit by Charles French against Lorain County Tuberculosis Sanitarium, a $176.40 account claim by Harold W Behrens against Jacoby Brothers, foreclosure action by Home Owners Corporation against Louie A Dishro, and divorce petitions from Opal Heres and J Clair Rouse amid accusations of cruelty and remarriage details.
The Y-Indus Club announced a visit to a nearby power plant aiming to learn about energy production. Members will tour facilities and hear a feature on operations and safety standards.
Five minute refutations will accompany the students with Mr Alter and Miss Beckwith acting as judges for other debates.
Oberlin Exchange club held its regular luncheon at Oberlin Inn. Speaker Edward Brouse of Akron addressed the group on The Growth of an Industrial City and Present Labor Troubles.
Mrs J D MacLaury hosted an Education department gathering at Abelais Woes Cla on East College street. Mrs L B Buisner spoke on Holy Week in Palestine. Officers for the coming year were elected with Mrs F C Ruth reappointed leader, This Sata EL Prince as assistant leader, and Miss Florence Clevenger as secretary treasurer.
Oberim Fire Department was called to Tan North Park Street to extinguish a roof fire at the Husted residence. Onis sight damage was reported. Fires kept crews busy for a time yesterday but were brought under control without damage to the dwelling.
The Hetehah Aid Society schedules a Wednesday afternoon meeting with Mrs Gladys Rolli at 350 East College Steel. A Relay meeting of the WL OR C is planned for Friday afternoon in the Grange hall with mediation of the candidates.
Mrs Edna Weet of Lorain visited the Par sons home with Mrs Tedes and Mare jan Parsons and Mrs Nelib Springer. Ted Peincehorn moved to Fort Madison for a new post with Sharfier Pen Company. A dish supper hosts by First Methodist church basement on Wednesday at WinO0 pom under Boy Scout Troop 102 auspices. The program includes a service area invest and a welcome of new members with awards for completed work.
Plans for a 235000 improvement program will double the size and capacity of the St. Weitz and Company factory in Lorain Ohio A second story will be added to the Pearl Avenue building with 325000 dollars of new equipment and floor space rising to 16900 square feet The work on the second floor is set to finish in June The firm makes top coats and overcoats and has signed a 15 year lease on the building owned by Cornelius Kohlmyer
Kellogg Sales Company asks Elyria residents and nearby communities to beware of a man posing as a Kellogg sampler who has never worked for the firm. He seeks room and board, promises quick aid, and travels from town to town, with a distinctive scar and the name Martin. The company has pursued him for about two years and asks anyone who encounters him to notify police.
ElyriaKiwanis Club will hear Slim Williams describe a 5600 mile dog sled journey from Copper City Alaska to Washington DC. Williams, an Alaskan wolf dog musher miner hunter and mail carrier, supported a push for a modern Alaska US highway and met Roosevelt during the journey.
Mrs Mary Wilford Standen a longtime Amherst resident died at her home on Cleveland Avenue Amherst after a stroke she had been ill for years but bedbound only in the last two weeks She was born in Blartford Wisconsin moved to Amherst as a child Her husband A A Standen died eleven years ago Her daughter Mrs Cora Carver and son Burt J Standen predeceased her Survived by son Harry Standen of Amherst brother Homer Willard Elyria sister Mrs Lydie Cotton Elyria and four grandchildren Funeral arrangements were in complete today with the body at Zilch Funeral Home
Mrs Mary E Haney 66 died Monday afternoon at 2 15 at her brother Albert Grott s home in Canton Ohio She formerly lived with her daughter Mrs Luth Hazelton of this city Suet are othe daughter two Hrandehinsten Robert and Richard Hazelton of Elyria and two brothers Albert Canton and Ben Massillon Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at Gordon Hollingr Funeral parlors in Massillon Burial will be made in Dalton Ohio
Friday morning in Lorain Edward Svarch 23 only son of Mr and Mrs Casmir Szarek of 1uur West Isth Street died yesterday at St Josephs Hospital after an appendectomy He was a Lorain High School Band member a June class of 1933 graduate employed as shipping clerk and inspector for Lorain Castings Company His funeral at Bittner Funeral Home will proceed to his parents home for services then at the Church of the Nativity Lorain Rev Father J J Dembrowski officiating Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Funeral services for Andrew Grzonsko age 55 will be held from the home of his cousin George Jakobowski in Lorain. The services are set for Thursday April 15 with Mass at 9 a m at St Stanislaws church and burial in Calvary cemetery. Reverend Len Rygwalski will officiate. Grzonsko died at the home of Basil Sudik at 25401 East 1st Street Lorain where he resided. The body will be taken this afternoon from Bittner Funeral Home to the Jakobowski residence for the funeral arrangements.
Chief of Police E J Stankard attended a funeral in Fremont today and was expected back this afternoon. In his absence Detective Lloyd Sweet led the department.
Members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity in Elyria and vicinity held a banquet at Hotel Billingshurst and formed a Lorain County alumni club. Officers elected were Neely Powers president Roy Clymer vice president Ralph Wood treasurer and Lawrence Webber secretary. Seventeen attended with about 25 residents in Lorain County. Attendance and initiation lists noted several alumni from Ohio colleges and universities.
The Elyria League of Women Voters plans a Wednesday meeting at the Lorain County Savings and Trust Company to oppose efforts to repeal Ohio approval of the Child Labor Amendment. The Ohio League of Women Voters continues the push to keep Ohio in the ratification column and reviews other pending legislation.
Bleary market notes from Cleveland show steady butter and poultry prices amid a broad market tone. Ohio League leaders push protections for children, opposing rescission of the Child Labor Amendment and urging continued employment safeguards and unemployment relief.
Wayne James of Grafton was fined $1 and costs after pleading intoxication before Mayor Don A. Baird in police court. Police nabbed him on East Broad Street Bridge yesterday morning when a passerby reported he leaned over the rail. Sergeant Coutts Hamlin said James dropped his cap over the railing during the arrest.
A rule requiring clerks of courts to ask jurors about occupations was repealed by common pleas judges. Attorneys must obtain such information directly from jurors. Charles French of Elyria sues Lorain County Tuberculosis Sanatorium for 450 dollars claiming overtime wages as a fireman from November 1903 to June 1904, alleging seven days a week work instead of six days.
Closets may be built at either end of a blank dining room wall to form alcoves for buffets or serving tables. Shelves or drawers could hold linen and silver with space above for china.
Market notes show cattle and hogs trading with price ranges for various cuts and quality, including medium and choice beef, hogs with weights and prices, and a broad listing of grain and feed ingredients. The column records market activity, quality notes, and supply details across livestock and feeds.
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