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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1926
Page
3
Social notices detail numerous Elyria groups gathering Friday and Saturday at churches, homes, and schools. Activities include Sewing Circle, Five Hundred, Kiwanis at the Y M C A, Eagles Hall events, Circle and Ladies auxiliary meetings, and a preacher's talk. A bridal party and anniversary celebrations are reported.
Episco pal home meetings at Melhouise and WHT with Mrs Harolds Donca and others. Jolly Yeomen host at Bele avenue with a card game evening and refreshments. Mrs and Mrs Jewell Boone honored at Henrietta home. John Cleland Jobe stars in 1776 with Harvard club in Cleveland. various social events scheduled with dinners and prizes.
Ridgeville High School auditorium hosted a Friday PTA program with Miss Irena Reynolds and Miss Ruth Dunham presenting selections by students. The program included songs from Third and Fourth grades, a county band, and pieces by Schumann, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Wagner, plus a Flying Dutchman segment. A separate dancing recital at Margaret Morfoot School of Dancing drew about one hundred attendees with The Children's Ballet class. Ell Elyria council meeting notes report fourteen associations represented, with Warren’s Macchis McClelland speaking on PTA activities and governance.
The Ananatha Class of the First Baptist Church hosted a gathering at Mrs. Furnace Street home. Members planned support for a classmate bound for Africa in June, followed by games and a luncheon. Next meeting date to be announced. Luzerne area. Marriage licenses listed: Stanley Parss to Nellie Milkowicz, 16, of Lorain. Reverend Szreackt of Lorain officiated.
Mr McDonald of Princeton Avenue spent the weekend as guest of Mr Meter and Mrs Milter at her Norwalk home. Miss Katherine Barker visited Miss Josephine Lockard on Harvard Avenue. Hubert Molison and Mr and Mrs Jerry Linehan of Medina Ohio attended dinner with Mr and Mrs W C Lockhard on Harvard Avenue. Waldo Starr travels tomorrow to attend his mother Mrs Sadle Starrs funeral. Mr and Mrs FE Jones of Atlanta Georgia returned yesterday after weeks with Mrs J D Van Hoesen. Miss Virginia Southam nurse at Charity Hospital Cleveland tends her brother Thomas.
A crowded social roundup lists visits and returns of residents from Cleveland and nearby towns. Mrs Frank Lucas returns from Cleveland. Mrs Wolam-Gunsing spends winter in New York and Washington. Mrs Crebore and Mrs Kellogg Day sail to Washington for the National Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Joe Robert Austin resumes studies at the University of Michigan after a home visit. Ryss Agate attends a Nurses State Conference in Cincinnati. local families host guests from Cedar Street to Court Street. Mention is made of a new birth, with Justin Martin and Oxford Avenue welcoming a daughter. Mrs South ManlOs and family celebrate a son. others travel to Washington and Delaware, Ohio. The column closes with notes on Emerald Governors Endicott and a reflection on bus transportation reshaping school administration boundaries and county lines.
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