Scholastic Teams Named From Lorain County Areas
The district state scholarship contest team selections for Lorain County rural and village schools were finalized after a tie-breaking set of tests. Wellington and Ridgeville high schools led with six eligible team members each, with five Ridgeville and six Wellington on the general scholarship team and one Ridgeville student on the commercial subjects team. Thirty-two students fill the general team across sixteen subjects and eight on the commercial team across four subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Kent
Wellington
Ridgeville
la Grange
Joseph Katona
South Amherst
Eloise Carpenter
Richard Buswell
Kathryn Piper
Helen Bates
Henrietta
Doris Nieding
Brownhelm
Helen Simashkevich
Lillien’ Bors
Clearview
Elizabeth Dobis
Henry Wroblewski
Avon
Nelson Woodings
Andrew Barber
Columbus
Merle J. Smith
Eaton
Karl Olsen
Elizabeth Andrews
Lois Smith
Eleanor Brill
Kenneth Hardesty
Avon Leake
Oliver Ring
ITI
Sheriff Finegan Weds Amherst Girl After Campaign Ends
Sheriff Carl R. Finegan plans marriage to Miss Marcella C. Kelch of Amherst. The ceremony will be at St Josephs Catholic Church in Amherst. Miss Kelch is the daughter of Mrs. Caroline Kelch and the late R W Kelch and works as a secretary at U S Automatic Co. in Amherst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl R. Finegan
Dan Cupid
Marcella C. Kelch
Amherst
Caroline Kelch
R. W. Kelch
Kelch
Firestone Dealers To Meet On Tuesday
The Lorain County Firestone dealers hold their annual meeting at the Elks hall at 8 p m on Tuesday April 16 J B Shea district manager of Cleveland will conduct the session
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firestone Dealers
Lorain County Firestone Dealer
Elks
J. B. Shea
Cleveland
Court Actions and Local Sentences Reported
A death estate petition for Clinton C. Kimbers was filed by widow Mary Kumberk. Russia township trustees seek 3000 transfer to road fund. Divorce suit filed by Nelson Kreeger against Lucile Kreeger. Jail terms issued for Jerry Himball and Joan Pitts for weapons and robbery. Lester Stern fined for speeding through a school zone on Route 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton C. Kimbers
Mary Kumberk
Trustees of
Russia
Common Peas Court
Township General Fund
Amebricse Fund
Lester G. Stern
New York
Board OKs Six Foot Rear Addition for East Ave Grocery
The zoning appeals board granted conditional approval to Jack Jacoby to add a six foot brick extension to the rear of his grocery at 1.5 East Avenue and allowed an exterior brick surface and a basement dig. The original plan sought a ten foot extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Zoning Appeals
Sterday
Jack Jacoby
Eest Avenue
Jacoby x
City Building Board
Io Mir. Basquit
East River Street
Four Appointed To Oberlin Faculty
Oberlin College announces four new faculty appointments for the Executive Committee meeting in Cleveland. George Karo joins as Professorial Lecturer in Classics, Ronald F. MacLennan as Assistant Professor of Zoology, Michael L. Hoffman as Instructor in Economics, and John L. Finan as Instructor in Psychology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Oberlin College
Board of Trustees
Cleveland
George Karo
Ronald F. MacLennan
State College of Washington
Michael L. Hoffman
Trinity College
Hartford
John L. Finan
St John’s College
MacLennan
Hoffman
L. E. Cole
Dorothy Bell
J. Stanton McLaughlin
William Brown
Richard Youtt
Barnard College
John F. Diekhofff
Queen's College
Work Of Elyria High Students Exhibited In May
More than 1300 Elyria High School students will be represented in displays and demonstrations at the biennial exhibition on May 1. The event spans visual arts household arts fine arts commercial classes and the library with the cafeteria open for a public tasting of a typical school menu. Some classes will demonstrate processes while others show articles produced by members as part of their school work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School
Permit Granted for One Story Brick Commercial Building
Building Inspector Hart Dickason issued a permit yesterday to Fairview Building and Land Co. for a 36 by 32 foot one story brick commercial structure at Cleveland and Bellfield streets. The project, by Lewis Heidrich, is estimated at 4000 dollars and includes two store rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland and
Bellfield Streets
Hart Dickason
Fairview Building and Land Co
Lewis Heidrich
Four-H clubs schedule wide range of Lorain County activities
Lorain County Four-H announces a busy 1940 calendar with enrollments starting May 15 and numerous events through August. Dairy beef cattle poultry and sheep days, club camps, county fairs and exhibits are planned, with a record seeking 959 members and possible new vegetable judging teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Food Club
Advisors
Dairy Project
Oia
Wooster
Ohio
Lorain County Fair
New Elyria VFW Post 1079 Officers Installed
New officers for Elyria Post 1079 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars were installed at a Sunday meeting with a capacity crowd and delegates from 13 Seventh District posts. The lineup includes Commander N. A. Carothers and Senior Vice Commander W. M. Bradley, with officers such as Adjutant T. A. Smith and Chaplain Dr George Mynchenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
N. A. Carothers
WN. ML Bradley
A. J. Hopkins
J. P. Murray
T. A. Smith
WN. SL Gunning
George Mynchenberg
J. A. Powell
Welker Kusinski
Meiner Pawelek
Norman M. Bradley
John F. Prospal
Leveland
Zide de Camp
Reynard Nill
Warren
City council approves sewer tension and sidewalk repairs
West Gulf road sewer tension approved and Greyhound bus garage sidewalk repairs ordered on East avenue within two weeks. A special committee of Black Fowls Nelson named to study city insurance rate structure for insured property, amid talk of a possible rebate from a three year policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Road
Greyhound
East Avenue
Nelson
George Thompson
Black
Fowls
Call For Voluntary Contributions For Salvation Army Building
Elyrians and rural residents not contacted by the Salvation Army fund drive may subscribe using a coupon published in The Chronicle-Telegram. Campaign chairman C. F. Bronson said canvassers have received subscriptions from people with no prospect cards and many others may still subscribe. Send coupons to 540 Broad Street or call 2446 to arrange a pickup or get more information. Names of subscribers will be placed in the cornerstone of the new building. the campaign closes Friday with final reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army Building Fund
Chronicle-Telegram Today
C. F. Bronson
Bronson
Broad Street
Address to Be Paid as Follows in 1941 Schedule
Oct 1 and Jan 1, 1941 set payment dates for the address listed. No further details provided on recipients, amounts, or conditions.
Oberlin Exchange Club Guest Speaker Shapes Aviation Views
Congressman Don W. Harter spoke at the Oberlin Exchange Club on aviation topics. He chairs the aviation sub committee of the House Military Affairs committee and urged more aeronautics research and a Northeastern Ohio aircraft engine laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Don W. Harter
Oberlin Exchange Club
Harter
House
Ohio
America
Senior and Student Recitals and Events Schedule
A detailed schedule lists Senior Assembly at Finney Chapel with lectures by L E Cole and O C Jones, plus two graduate and piano recitals at Warmer and Warner Halls. It notes elections to Phi Beta Kappa, a Friday Perce Dar Rally, interviews through the Bureau of Appointments, and weekend sports including Oberlin vs Ohio Wesleyan baseball and Oberlin vs Musk ingum track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finney Chapel
L. E. Cole
Phi Beta Kappa
The
Conservatory of Music
O. C. Jones
School of Theology
Fairchild Chapel
Mary Belen Kildahi
Ludwig B. Lenel
Warmer Hall
Perce Dar
Chapel Plaza
Elmore Jackson
Friend's Service Committee
Bureau of Appointments
Friends Society
Allen Art Building
Warner Hall
Alice Catherine Willey
Oberlin
Ohio Wesleyan
Muskingum
K. Eloise Miller
Admissions and Discharges and Births List
Admissions: April 12 Carolyn Nicholson Mary Fletcher Bernard Greenberg Mrs Blanch Baumann Mrs Nina Hoffner Everett Holland: April 13 Virginia Martin Donald Barileman Joan Seligmann Theodore Mayo Louise Manget: April 14 Princila McCormick Edward Anderson Mrs Emma Westlake Mrs Eleanor Reed: April 15 Elwood Kreuger Robert Green Louise Blanke Hazel Johnson David Frezier David Cordray Jr. Discharged: April 10 Herbert Goss: April 11 Virginia Cole Margaret Riblet: April 12 Virginia Martin: April 13 Mrs Jessie Dakin Mrs V C Hart Priscilla McCormick Elwood Kreuger: April 14 Alice Haskell Mrs Nina Hoffner: April 15 Everett Holland Mrs Eien Hatch Births: Born to Caleb Westlake LaGange a son April 14 Allen Hospital To Alfred Baumann Morgan street a daughter April 13
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Nicholson
Mary E. Fletcher
Bernard Greenberg
Blanch Baumann
Nina Hoffner
Everett Holland
Virginia Martin
Donald Barileman
Joan Seligmann
Theodore C. Mayo
Louise Manget
Princila McCormick
Edward Anderson
Emma Westlake
Eleanor Reed
Elwood Kreuger
Robert Green
Louise Blanke
Hazel K. Johnson
David Frezier
David M. Cordray
Alice Haskell
Herbert Goss
Virginia Cole
Margaret Riblet
Jessie Dakin
V. C. Hart
Priscilla McCormick
Eien Hatch
Caleb
Methodist Service Guild Elects Vice President At April Meeting
The April gathering at Mrs. Henry Wessell’s West Lorain street home featured a pot luck supper and a brief business meeting. Miss Carrie Pease was elected vice president to assist the president for a short period, with Vincent S. Hart presenting a program of colored moving pictures from his eastern and western trips. A white elephant sale followed. the next meeting will host a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Service Guild
Henry Wessell
West Lorain Street
Carrie Pease
Vincent S. Hart
Garden department closes year with bloom talk in Oberlin
The Oberlin Women's club Garden department held its last regular meeting yesterday at Mrs. J. S. Ford's home. Mrs. J. F. Zellers presented a paper on Continuous Bloom in the Garden. Mrs. J. E. Wickler was elected leader again for a two year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin Women’s Club
J. 5. Ford
J. F. Zellers
J. E. Wickler
Elyria and Henrietta men plead guilty in Oberlin case
Don Cheevers of Elyria and James Unger of Henrietta pleaded guilty to reckless operation of motor vehicles in Oberlin. Each was fined two dollars plus costs after arraignment before Mayor Comings. Arrests were made by local police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Cheevers
Elyria
James Unger
Henrietta
Oberlin
Odd Fellows Banquet Honors Local Basketball Teams
All players from the two Odd Fellow Basketball teams will be honored at a Wednesday banquet in the IL O. O. F. Hall. The Odd Fellows lodge hosts the event and players should arrive by 6 15 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IL O. O. F
Odd Fellows Lodge
Women's Relief Corps to entertain Legion Auxiliary Friday
The Women’s Relief Corps will host the American Legion Auxiliary for an evening event at the Grange Hall on Friday April 19 at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Relief Corps
American Legion Auxiliary
Grange Hall
Oberlin Cribbage Club Sets Final Dinner Social
The Oberlin Cribbage Club completes its last round of play and will hold a final dinner and social meeting Thursday at 7 30 in the Oberlin Grange Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin Cribbage Club
Oberlin Grange Hall
Oberlin Social Notes Highlight Regional Guests
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Coates hosted guests at East College Street including Ed McRoberts of Los Angeles and George McRoberts of Houston along with Mr and Mrs George Becker of Amherst Miss Louisa Michaud visited A F Champney on Morgan Street en route home from Florida and George Broadwell and wife left for Delray Beach with plans to return to Oberlin for his mother Minnie Broadwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Coates
East College Street
Ed McRoberts
Los Angeles
California
George McRoberts
Houston
Texas
George Becker
Amherst
Loulsa Michaud
Presque Isle
Maine
A. F. Champney
Morgan Street
Michaud
Florida
George Broadwell
Union Street
Delray Beach
Oberlin
Minnie Broadwell
Make Your Personality Pay Final Free Talk At Elks Hall
Mr. Hawks tonight at the Elks Hall 8 o clock will discuss six types of personality and how to develop a pleasing money making character. The talk concludes the free series and tomorrow begins a course on applying Human Analysis to business social and domestic problems open to men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawk
Elks Hall
Mr. Hawk
Fire Prevention Displays In Store Windows
Fire prevention displays were placed today in seven downtown windows in preparation for Thursday’s mass fire inspection. Elyria High School art students enter a poster contest with ten dollars in prizes. Captain Phipps leads the display efforts as forty inspectors from the Ohio Fire Prevention Association and Elyria Boy Scouts will conduct the city wide checks in business and public buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Broad Street
Day’s Hardware Store
E Elyria Hardware Company
Rey E. Hultz
E . Whitney Company
E Loeffler Company
Archie L. Phipps
Elyria Fire Department
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Fire Prevention Association
Grain and Produce Market Prices Listed for Regions
The market report lists WHEAT No 2 red at 1.25 to 1.33 and No 1 red at 2.08 to 2.18. CORN No 2 yellow 0.654 to 0.67, OATS No 2 white 0.25 to 0.846, and various other grain, flour, mill feeds, hay, straw, and local produce prices with by the Sheets Elevator Co. and Montana Milling Co. as sources. Nearby figures show multiple grade ranges, farm products, and byproduct costs for spring and winter varieties, with hay and straw prices enumerated for several quality levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheets Elevator Co
Morntana Milling Co
Chicago Market Prices and Dairy Receipts Snapshot
Chicago cash quotations show butter steady with receipts at 93. senre and 2714c for 32, 27c for 53, 25% at $9 2531c, 85, 643c at $8, 26c per unit. Eggs receipts total 57,785 with fresh graded extra firsts. local cars report 16% 2c firsts, current reports 15% i storage packed firsts 17% , ex tras 18c, dirties 14 4,¢ with checks 13%c.
Market Receipts and Prices for Hogs cattle calves and sheep
Receipts show hogs 2 909 active and steady with prices from 269 to 394 pounds at 5.65 to 3.65 per unit. cattle 250 percent active with choice steers around 1160 pounds at 4.50 and butcher cattle from 5.00 to 9.50. calves 600 receipts with prime at 11.00 and good 19.99. sheep and clipped lambs 2560 receipts active and steady with lambs around 5.23 to 28.75 and wethers near 4.56 to 5.00.
From Misfit to Fit via Mindset and Life Changes
The passage describes cases where an individual becomes fit through various adjustments. Some require only a shift in mental attitude, others a different occupation, and some a change in climate environment to achieve fitness.
Ready To Receive Contributions For Relief In Norway
The Elyria Chapter of the American Red Cross is ready to accept funds for relief of war victims and refugees in Norway. Miss Metcalf said the national office authorized chapters nationwide to receive contributions for Norwegian relief, with no special campaign planned. Contributions may be designated for Norway or used for general relief, and support for other war refugee relief continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
American Red Cross
Norway
Miss Metcalf
National
Red Cross
Norwegian Red Cross
Skin Tests For Elyria High Seniors Next Day
Skin tests for tuberculosis will be given to Elyria High School seniors tomorrow under city health commissioner Dr. G E French. Other students may volunteer. tests next week will cover Jefferson Junior high and then first grade children, with parental consent required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
G. E. French
L. B. Hindman
Lorain County Tuberculosis and Health Association
French
Kathryne Fulton
Mabel Ellis
Jefferson
Firemen to Inspect Local Industrial Plants
Elyria firemen on days off could inspect local industrial plants in groups, a proposal welcomed by the Elyria Chamber of Commerce manufacturers group. The idea aims to bolster firefighters knowledge of plant layouts to aid firefighting efforts. Plant maintenance men may also be invited to tour the fire station to review equipment for lighting fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Supper Meeting Of Church of Christ Men’s Club
The Church of Christ Men's Club will hold a monthly supper on Wednesday at 6:30 PM. Wilbur Gaston will address attendees on Photography and present a projection of his prepared pictures. All church men and interested individuals are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Wilbur Gaston
Market quotes for poultry and potatoes in unsettled trades
The report lists unsettled prices for butter eggs and live poultry with various weights and breeds. It also shows potato prices across regions including Ohio Russet Katahdins New York Cobbler and Idaho Russets with bag sizes and ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Police prosecutions of London motorists rise sharply
London prosecutors pursued illegal rights cases against motorists at an accelerating pace, with the number of prosecutions increasing nearly fourteenfold over a four month period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Funeral Rites Planned for William Roth 69
Death records indicate William Roth of Lorain county aged 69 died suddenly while working on the Palmer farm in Russia township. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Zilch Funeral Home with Rev. Peterson officiating and Elmwood cemetery burial. He was born in Oberlin and survived by numerous nieces and nephews in Lorain and Amherst, and relatives including Dr C E Roth and A P Roth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
William Roth
Palmer
Russia Township
Peterson
Emmanuel Evangelical Church
Lorain
Elmwood Cemetery
Roth
Oberlin
Lorain County
C. E. Mason
James Gilllinland
Orge Yingling
Howard Schiffer
Charles Jacobs
Edward Matthewson
C. E. Roth
Harry Fow
Elyria
A. P. Roth
Howard Roth
Philadelphia
Examinations To Be Held For Bridge Jobs In Lorain
County commissioners learned the state civil service commission cannot approve payrolls for Lorain Erie avenue bridge watchmen and engineers without temporary appointments up to one month and qualifying examinations. The current workers are provisional hires who have not faced exams after many years. The commission will be asked to set qualifications and hold exams to fill permanent roles qualified to operate the new bascule bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Civil Service Commission
Lorain Erie Avenue
Oscar G. Dunn
Civil Service Commission
Dr. Franz Rapp Delivers Baldwin Lecture at Oberlin
Dr. Franz Rapp former Munich Theatre Museum director will give the sixth Baldwin Lecture of the season tonight at 8 15 p m in the Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Building. His topic is Stage Settings from the Renaissance to the Present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Franz Rapp
Theatre Museum At
Munich
Baldwin
Dudley Peter Allen Memorial
Terrier Credited With Routing Intruder at Clark Street Home
A 68 pound pit bull terrier stopped a burglary at Bert Hammond's home 115 Clark street Sunday between 9 and 10 p m. Footprints showed the intruder reached half way in before the dog began growling. He fled with the door still ajar while the dog pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Hammond
Clark Street
Hammond
Display of New Cars To Be Feature Of Promenade Sunday
Elyrians look to Promenade Sunday with spring weather expected for next Sunday afternoon. Residents anticipate a city wide style parade as new spring clothing and automobiles take the spotlight. About 40 new cars will be displayed by seven Elyria dealers in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elyria Automobile
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Elizabeth Brooks
Arline Clague
Rosemary Grabenstetter
Belden
Joe Lenner
Sheriff Finegan
Joose
Fitz
Bower's and All Food Drag Store
Nelson Joan Kreeger
M5 Lake Avenue
Lucile Kreeger
Jerry Himball
Oberle
Joan Henry Pitts
Mansfeld Reformatory
Kimhball
Pitts
Board
East Ave
Marte Rey Ge Auty Ano
Habhye
W. F. W. Post
William Moir
Carl French
S. J. Holt
Youngstown
John Schmolzer
W. J. Winter
R. E. Johnson
N. Vasek
AI Then
George W. Lindsay
Thomas Michalis
Charles Young
Dewitt Austin
Iso
E. 13Th St
G. J. O'Connor
Salvation Army
Elvira Salvation Army Building Fund
Esther Wood
Professor St
Lorain St
Exchange Club
College
Haury
Denman Tires
Gulf Gas
4Th & E
Garden News
Jack
Toledo Grain Close
Chicago
Cleveland Livestock
Sudro-Curtis Ambulance
Men's Club of
Dr. Rapp
Terrier
Rapture
W. &. Rice
Fec
K. Adams
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