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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1938
Page
3
Tax payments by the steel industry in 1937 reached 169,086,000, about 42 percent of net earnings after operating costs. Taxes rose sharply from 19 percent in 1929, with federal, state, and local authorities collecting most of the levy. Per-employee tax cost was 330 dollars, and total net profits after taxes fell 49 percent from 1929 levels.
The record notes tax payments have risen substantially since 1929, moving from 3.9 percent to 3.7 percent, indicating a shift in the portion of revenue or levy.
Wilbur Tinker of Krebs road suffered a stroke and was admitted to Elyria Memorial Hospital for treatment. Grace Knapp offered piano classes at a high school recital on Tuesday. Mrs. Carl Kathe returned home after several weeks in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. E M Knowles visited with Mr. and Mrs. Len Bickley of Olmsted Falls on Wednesday evening.
A Soil Conservation meeting will be held at the Sheffield town hall on Monday evening April 25. Mr and Mrs Lee Johnson and family visited Mr and Mrs Karl Thoma and daughters in Avon Lake Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Willard Taft of Stop 7 visited relatives Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs L M Youtzy and daughter Lois and cousin Elim Kauffman spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs P L Chambers and family. All 4 H club members and friends are invited to the Lorain County Youth Congress at Elyria High School on April 21. Mrs W E Taft and Mrs H
Chambers and Spaulding visited Mrs Emily Linehos in Amherst on Wednesday. Linehos is sister to Mrs Taft and Mrs Chambers. A garage was built on Abbey road in Sheffield Village to house road equipment. Walter O Neil family visited Cham bers and family Thursday. Troop 17 Girl Scouts of Sheffield Lake Village are taking cookie sale orders for Lorain Girl Scout Summer Camp.
South Ridge CHURCH NOTES list Sunday School at 10 A M Easter Program at 11 A M and evangelistic services nightly except Saturday. Communion Friday at P M. Choir rehearsed Tuesday. Residents and visitors from West Ridge Ridgeville Brownhelm Amherst Oberlin and Erie are noted with several social visits and neighborly calls.
Wakeman Division No 1 bak e sale at Pierce's store Saturday afternoon April 16. Charles Ross landscape architect to give illustrated lecture at School Auditorium Tuesday evening at 7 p m. Mrs Clarence Bailey hosts Garden Club Thursday April 20 plant exchange. Second meeting of Good Grooming at Mrs Bailey's home Friday April 22.
Elyria vocal trio Richard Davies Charles Hoover and Harold Kemp with song reader F A Yost provided special music at the First Baptist church revival in Wellington on a Wednesday evening. They sang Jesus I Love Thee Sweeter as the Years Go By Open the Gates and The Memory with Miss Jeannette Miller accompanying.
By Cora M. Shepard, Youngstown notes register delegates and events. Miss Marion Sutliff will attend the American Childhood Education convention in Cincinnati as Youngstown's delegate. Various clubs schedule meetings from April 13 to 19, including 4-H Sunnysiders Hustlers Outdoor, and Fraternal Order of Eagles events. A run of local social news covers visits, hospital matters, new babies, and family updates across Berea Elyria Cleveland Wooster and Amherst regions.
The April meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association at South Amherst school auditorium elected officers for the coming year. President Mrs Paul Mori. vice president Mrs Emil Ruth. secretary Miss Margaret Histed. treasurer Mrs Roy Anderson. second vice president E F Litzenbers. A program followed with first six grades presenting the operetta The King Sneezes.
Public worship with Holy Communion at 1:00 p m and 2:00 p m Catholics at Church of Nativity. Morning services at 9:30 and 10:30 with Holy Communion Baptism and new member reception. Sunrise service at 6:00 a m Easter breakfast 7:30 8:30 by Christian Endeavor. Easter dance by South Amherst Hawke Athletic Club in Hungarian hall Sunday evening. Public invited.
Samuel A Mare in Seattle began pheasant raising as a hobby in 1934. It has grown into an expansive operation producing about 4,000 full grown birds annually. Birds hatch in brooders and are guarded from hawks by a German shepherd.
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