Harlem Arts Circle Drenches 1930s Luminaries In Culture
A Harlem literary and artistic milieu gathers in Lenox Avenue circles as Black writers, actors, and musicians mingle with celebrated guests like Wallace Thurman and the Mills Brothers. The scene features Teas, salons, and a famed Wish ing Tree on Seventh Avenue, plus sharp social lines among Harlem intelligentsia and social regulars. Notable anecdotes include a creditor’s prank at an upper avenue inn and portraits of famed servants and celebrities’ staff across playhouses, with hints of rising Black idol culture and street name proposals for Mills and Williams.
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New York
Harlem
Lenox Avenue
Selena
Carl van Vechten
Roland Hayes
Paul Robeson
Bill Robinson
Wallace Thurman
Mills Brothers
Piqua
Florence Mills
Bert Willams
Seventh Avenue
Bot Chacha
Wellington King’s Daughters visit Wellington group
Mrs Edward Hughes of Bucyrus visited the Wellington King’s Daughters at Lena Dible’s home. She spoke on Maplecrest Home work and announced plans for the upcoming International convention in Columbus. Readings by Mrs H T Breyley and piano solos by Lois Breyley highlighted the program. 33 members attended. Also included is Wellington High’s 1942 basketball schedule with ten games listed and a softball report noting 100 boys joined Roy McCormick’s team, 45 games planned.
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Wellington
Edward Hughes
Bucyrus
King’s Daughts
Theing's Daughters of
King’s Nlghters
Columbus
Northern High School Athletic League
Ollows
New London
Vermilion
Ridgeville
Ayet
Medina
Idgeville
Amherst
London
Igh
Ae Howard
Lawrencee Jacka
Roy McCormick
Local notes on track plans and community events
Regular meeting nominating plans for district attendance at Amherst. Wellington High and MEET train for County League track in Oberlin May 22. Jerome Crawford praised in track work and Howard Wooster excels in pole vaulting. The King’s Daughters plan a benefit in Derrick auditorium as funds dwindle. Fred Hansen and others return from Hollywood with stopovers planned. Mrs. James McAteer and family visit Wellington. Urbana and Medina events noted.
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Wellington High School
Oberlin
Jerome Crawford
Troy MecCormick
Howard Wooster
Illness Reports In Town Circulation
Lillian Anny, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Anny, is reported ill with the flu while a visit to her daughter, Mrs Dan Critchett, is noted in local notices.
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Dan Critchett
Lillian Anny
Joe Anny
Litchfield Area News and School Scholarship Highlights
Mrs H A Phillips improves from erysipelas, funeral attendance for Toy Aricks, and social visits across Litchfield. York School News reports Music Supervisors Convention participants, Lodi spelling results, and All-County Scholarship contest standings with top marks by Tom Baker Maxine Seeley and Rose Grabenstetter. notes best school performance to date.
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Meyven High Schoor Bludenty
Lodi
Kent
Tom Baker
Maxine Seeley
Ida Krueger
Beulah McConnell
Rose Grabepatetter
Kenneth Mendrickson
Gertrude Hendrickson
Olive Newcomer
Sylvester Gienke
Edith Geisinger
Gertrude Hendricks
Edith
Gertrude
Litchfield
Maxine
Olive
Amherst Study Hour social educates members
Amherst April 20 Mrs Arthur Powers hosted the Study Hour Club gathering at her home. Members answered roll call with Interesting Places in New England and Mrs John Wagener reviewed Booth Tarkington Mil ford Haven. English contest won by Mrs Isaac Slack. Guest Mrs Fred Ruth of Oberlin performed musical selections. Mrs H W Powers and Miss Jesse Powers attended. Hostess served refreshments.
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South Amherst
Arthur Powers
New England
John Wagener
Milford Haven
Booth Tarkington
Isaac Slack
Fred Ruth
Oberlin
H. W. Powers
Jesuse Powers
Amherst
Kyesta
Legion Meeting and Local Social News in Amherst
South Amherst Post No. 197 held a regular meeting with 24 members present. Plans for Memorial Day poppies sales were set for May. A Washington Bicentennial program is scheduled at the school auditorium. The supper guests included numerous relatives and neighbors from Oberlin Elyria Cleveland and Detroit. Several community notices cover postponed church events sprained ankles flu recoveries and Sunday visits among Amherst Oberlin and Elyria residents.
Vincent Girls Entertain Mr Starrs Class in Church Parlor
Vincent April 20 The Martha Carlisle class entertained the Starrs class with a party April 15 in the church parlors. Attendees included Emma Ackerman Alma Johnson Rebecca Rea and others. Games and refreshments followed and the girls practiced their play The Lady Minstrel of Dixie for a May 13 performance.
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MR. Starr
Vincent
Martha Carlisle
M. E. Church
Emma Ackerman
Alma Johnson
Rebecca Rea
Halen McIntire
Mary Popovich
Josephine Pavlich
Francis Lewis
James Dubesa
Mike Dubesa
Joe Palzar
Alfred Rhone
Leon Johnson
Edward Kalassay
Sidney Kalassay
Steve Bako
Andre Sallay
John Dubesa
Thomas Baldwin
Miss Carlisle
George Daniels
Myron Starr
Dixie
Markley School PTA Card Party This Week
The Markley School PTA will sponsor a card party Thursday evening in the schoolhouse. Community members are invited to attend. A large roundup of local residents gathered for social games and refreshments at several pre event gatherings, with prizes awarded in banco and pinochle.
Church Services Well Attended at Methodist Church
The Methodist church held morning services Sunday with baptism of Helen Eschtruth, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eschtruth. Rev. F A Ashburn delivered a sermon from Gen 12 28 and spoke on environment and charity, urging helpful conduct and respect for parents and grandparents. Sunday School, led by John Harnaish, reported 143 attendees. Local residents visited and some ill members showed signs of improvement.
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F. A. Ashburn
Helen Eschtruth
Arthur Eschtruth
Starr
Morris
Moses
John Harnaish
Banquet honors St Pauls coach Gable and leaders
Mr and Mrs M J Dunn hosted a banquet last week in Wake man in honor of Ralph Gable basketball coach at St Pauls High School Norwalk along with cheerleaders and managers Their son Leon serves as team captain this year Community Sale in New London drew M T Scott and several farmers Saturday afternoon Rollie Barnes and daughter Marion Eileen visited New London Saturday.
South Ridge D. D. Club Meets at Brownhelm Home
Mrs. Walter Fowell hosted the South Ridge D. D. Club at her Brownhelm residence on Saturday afternoon. Refreshments with a lavender and white bouquet framed the event. Members include Mrs. Sudro, Mrs. Vietzen, Mrs. Fowl, and others from Elyria and nearby towns.
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D. D
South Ridge
Walter Fowell
Brownhelm
William Sudro
Albert Vietzen
Elmer Vietzen
Elyria
Carl Fowl
West Ridge
B. C. Schubert
Townline Road
Harland Schlechter
Walter Bennett
Henrietta
Louise Schmidtkons
Esretta
Birthday and Shower Gatherings Around Cleveland Area
Social notices list attendees at 79th birthday celebration for F. M. Robbins hosted by F. Robbins family in Cleveland. Elsie and Ida Delefield attended a kitchen shower for Mildred Knebusn at Beatrice Reese’s home. Various visits reported among Amherst, Middle Ridge, Eaton, Waton, Elyria, and South Amherst residents.
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Anthony Delefield
Elsie
Ida
Claude Robbins
Cleveland
F. M. Robbins
Ida Delefield
Mildred Knebusn
Beatrice Reese
Sunday Guests and Local Society Notes
LA GRANGE April 20. Mr and Mrs Laurel Baldwin and son Jimmy visited Mr and Mrs Pahrety of Elyria. Ladies Aid meeting at B F Loomis home Thursday with Nettle Gouldie as hostess. Amelia Adams returned from Elyria to daughter Mrs Gott. Juanita Letby of Montreal spent weekend on North Main. Bruce Freeman and family rented Fred Hacker house. Haze Miner ill at Jones home. Junior-Senior banquet invites issued for Lotus Gardens Cleveland Saturday April 23. John Yeackel and friends and Mrs Lyman Ault of Cleveland visited Sunday. George Gardner joined Ford Hastings on a Detroit business trip. About thirty Epworth League attendees at M E church social hour.
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Parent-Teacher Association of
Markley School
Ed Cooper
Karman
Hill
Kiesler
Rhone
Frankie Reese
Hurlbut
John Langton
Elyria
M. Penrod
Maud Giede
John Morris
Farm Bureau
Gulf Road School
Storck
Smith
Chattanooga
Tenn
M. EB
Vincent
Albert Dean
Patricia
Ridgeville
Leonard Dean
Yvonne Dean
E. A. White
Stra
Harold White
Lodi
Edith White
Valley City
Ryan
Cleveland
S. W. Scott
Oberlin
Raymond Cook
John Cook
H. Hill
Lewis
Tully Baldwin
Claude
John Harnish
LA Grange
Laurel Baldwin
Jimmy
Lewis Adams
Juanita Letby
Monroeville
North Main Street
Bruce Freeman
Lakewood
Fred Hacker
Haze Miner
Jones
Lotus Gardens
John Yeackel
Lyman Ault
George Gardner
Ford Hastings
Detroit
M. E. Church
Sunday Socials and Family Visits in Local Homes
Sunday events recount visits and gatherings among local families. Mr and Mrs Joe Bickel were guests of Mr and Mrs Harold Opter. Dr. Gardner farm sold to Cleveland buyers. Loomis and Robbing families visited their new great granddaughter Barbara Jem Brown in Elyria. Elder relatives mark anniversaries and grandchildren visit Amherst, Litchfield, Springfield, Lakewood, and Oberlin connections noted.
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Joe Bickel
Harold Opter
Dr. Gardner
Cleveland
C. BE
Loomis
G. W. Robbing
Barbara Jem Brown
Fred Brown
Elyria
E. C. Johnson
Vermont
Wiley Roth
Columbia
Ruth Gott
Jean Louise Adams
Oberlin
Columbia Area Grange Meeting and Local Improvements
Acma Grange met April 18 with Ridgeville Grange present and a can die light service. Charles Martin plans a widened garage project on West River road from Columbia Center to Krebs corners. Several local residents visited and health updates were shared as Epworth Leagues planned meetings. A chicken supper to benefit the Methodist Circle No. 1 was announced at town hall.
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Columbia
Acma Grange
Ridgeville Grange
Charles Martin
West River Road
Columbia Center
Kreb’s Corners
Glenn Bahr
Fred Durbin
Mansfeld
H. W. Blackburn
Leo Martin
Community Hospital
Berea
Epworth League
Belden
Belden League
Columbia Epworth League
Town Hall
Circle No. 1
The
Methodist Church
Hazel Leach
H. C. Bartter
Hilda Wuerthele
St. John's Hospital
Cleveland
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