Local firm starts Jiffy Clothesline Fastener line
The Jiffy Specialty Manufacturing Company of 17 Prospect Street began regular production of two new household devices the Jiffy Clothesline Fastener and the Jiffy Puller. Patents are pending. The firm claims superior weatherproof cadmium plated steel, rust resistance, and a rope hooking pulley design. Initial markets target Lorain County and nearby states with potential orders totaling 3 to 4 million units.
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Englia
United States
Jiffey Specialty Manufacturing Company
Prospect Street
Washington
Charles Whidden
Silesia
Lorain County
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
National Mail
Wise
Mid-West
Keokuk
Darton
Cincinnati
Chicago
Decatur
Whidden
Oberlin Grange Meets in Oberlin Ohio A April 29
Oberlin Grange met in regular session postponing Tuesday to attend the Traveling Bible Course in Ridgeville. Twenty-one membership applications referred to a committee. plans for first and second degree inductions on March 12 with Belden Grange invited to confer the degrees. East side won the membership drive in a township contest. A program on the co operative movement and a lecture from Ohio State University were featured after the business session. A Grange card party was held Saturday night with Mr and Mrs Edward Schramm and Glenn Hobbs at the advisory board meeting of Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association. Seventy members of North Russia Needleguild attended a dinner hosted by Mrs Theodore Manns. A 98 contribution was given to the Red Cross for rehabilitation work in the flooded area. Plans announced for the fifth annual fish fry in Oberlin.
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Oberlin Grange
Oberlin
Oberlin Grangers
Ridgeville Grange Hall
Raymond Reisinger
Charles Gibson
Fred Berg
Belden Grange
Ohio Staite University
Edward Schramm
Glenn Hobbs
Lorain County Farm Bureau Co-operative Association, Inc
Euria ¥. M. C
Watere
Henry Leimbach
Michel Becker
John Barbdor
Wellington
Lester Youtzey
Gulf Road
Edward Sehsamm
Merritt Powsil
Co-operative Movement
Minneapolis
John H. Dietrich
Farm Bureau Co-operative
Astellation
Huron Street
Elrria
North Russia
Needleguild
Theodore Manns
Esther Manns
Youngstown
Mabel Bates
Henrietta
Florida
Eliza Manns
South
Manns
Allan A. Lang
Berea
Anna Berg
William Mayor Cleveland
Robert Dickson
Harlan Schramm
Farm Women club notes and local visits
Russia Township Farm Women's club met with several members in attendance. Gifts included sixteen dollars to the Red Cross fund. The Den Extension Council report was read by Mrs. Viols Berg. Briefs mention visits by LeRoy Schramm and Helen Rollis, hospital stays, guest meals, and local Grange activity among Oberlin and Ridgeville members.
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LeRoy Schramm
Helen
Rollis of
Medina
Ralph Schramm
Reymond Grills
Columbus
Foster
Heath of
la Grange
Hazel Berg
William Berg
Allen Hospital
Slag Unloaded After Rail Shipment in Rochester
Township trustees received 10 carloads of slag shipped via Paducah Railroad to Semple Station and workers spread it on south Rochester roads last week. In New London Mildred Ketchum and John Garber wed in a Baptist church ceremony. Garber, a printer, and Ketcham family ties noted. couple to housekeep in Ashland. Women's Civic Club met Thursday at M E Church dining room with 14 members and 4 visitors. pot luck lunch followed by a program including guessing contests and a flower seed exchange.
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Rochester
Paducah
Semple Station
Mermiergeao
Mildred Alice Ketchum
John Ruskin Garber
Ashland
Baptist Parsonage
New London
Kettering
Baptist Church
Women’s Civic Club
M. E. Church
Mesdames
Julia Smalley
Sue Jewett
Gertrude Landis
Elsie Hursley
Birthday party for Bundas School class at Rome
Mrs Grace Williams assisted by Mrs Minnie Heisser entertained the Bundas School class, including Mary Elizabeth Williams, at a Thursday evening party at Rome Banoring. Games and refreshments were served as part of a community gathering. The Rochester schools closed early Tuesday for a teachers meeting.
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Grace Williams
Minnie Heisser
Bundas School
Williame
Mary Elizabeth
Rome
Infant Son Dies in Brighton Ohio
William Stephen infant son of Mr and Mrs John Bakes died at home in Brighton on April 13 from intestinal influenza at age two years one month. Funeral services were held at relatives home in Medina and burial followed in Medina cemetery. Easter Cantata by Brighton church choir of thirty performed Easter praise at the Brighton M B church Sunday evening with soloists Mrs Walter Lee Miss Vivian Greene Herbert McQueer Kari Langendofer Clyde Lee Tra Lee George W Teene director and Mrs Iran Lee pianist.
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Brighton. O
William Stephen
John Bakes
Ralf Monatha
Medina
Burisi
Brighton
Miss Wilma Lampen Hosts Mary E Knapp Circle Meet
Jossos King’s Daughters Miss Wilma Lampen entertained fifteen members of the Mary E Knapp Circle of Junior King’s Daughters Tuesday evening. Devotionals were led by Miss Mary Knapp, followed by a business meeting. A special event was two miscellaneous showers for Mrs Giles Anderson. Refreshments were served by Marguerite Webbe assisted by Mrs Lucile Miller and the hostess.
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Josson King
Wilma Lampen
Mary E. Knapp
King’s Daughters
Mary Knapp
Giles Anderson
Marguerite Webbe
Lucile Miller
The Heidelberg Inn Figure and a Fatal Roadside Death
Jim Hennessey, the Heidelberg Inn night bartender, stumbles on a fatal hit and run near the Avon Home for the Aged. A gray-haired woman and a young couple disappear, and an old man lies dead by the Post Road. Hennessey vows to bring his own elderly father home.
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Caroline
Garret
Old Post Road
Jim Hennessey
Heidelberg Inn
Hennessey
Jim
Ari
Hee
Post Road
Mike
Beidelberg
Avon
Pop Whistler
Ther
Mr. Hennessey
Tim
Tiitle
Kim
Jett Bits
Jim Bennesser
Local Residents Gather for Easter Weekend Visits
Warren Grills of Grafton Carl Langdon of Carlisie and Howard Langdon of Pittsfield are listed among local residents who visited family and friends over Easter. The text notes Mrs Consid Dar visiting Ely, Circle friends gathering, and multiple guests at the Velkrie household with daughters Arlene Margaret Mildred Hathryn and Tralak. Various visits to Ashland Wellington Nenkin and Baldwin Wallace College are mentioned along with Doris Draper and Virginie Green.
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Warren Grills
Grafton
Carl Langdon
Carlisie
Howard Langdon
Pittsfield
Consid Dar
Zella Johntonn
Elya
H. Lampuster
Thomas Spert
C. Velkrie
Arlene
Margaret
Mildred
Hathryn
Tralak
Ashland
C. Velttie
Weir Daughtrers
Clifford MecKinier
Ray Neff
Wellington
Walter Day
Donald Day
Cortland Marshall
Nenkin
Roz Moore
Parking meters with coin slots adopted in city
The nickel in the slot parking meters installed downtown mirror those used in several mid western cities. A coin slots meter mounted on a standard four foot high post has been introduced here to curb a growing parking problem.
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Urb
Mar Pe
Simple to Sew Fashion Pattern Offered by Chronicle Telegram
An advertisement from the Chronicle Telegram pattern department promotes a sewing pattern for a cool cotton print frock. It notes sizes up to bust 43 inches, fabric needs and trim yardage, and offers the pattern and book for 25 cents, with plain name and address instructions for orders to New York.
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Bere
Chronicle- Telegram
Pattern Department
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
West Ridge Degree Conferment At Belden Last Week
The Carlisle Grange degree team conferred the third and fourth degrees on seventeen members from county granges at Belden. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Red Decker, Arthur Fesler, Frank and Lewis Eldred, and several neighbors from Murray Ridge and West Ridge. The West Ridge W C T I meeting was postponed to April 1, and the Senior 4 H club meeting in Lorain County was slated for Eaton to plan future activities with 4 H representatives listed.
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West Ridge
Carlisle Grange
Belden
Carlisle
Red Decker
Arthur Fesler
Frank
Lewis Eldred
Murray Ridge
J. H. Penround
Vc. C Strickler
H. J. Hillier
Odertin Road
Lorain County
Reid
Dussiness
Eaton Bail
Majerste Riretcher
Margaret
dre@ Palias
Marian Lauer
Lois Eldred
Jague
Gener Penfound
Lerey Gotre
Cerlisle Strange
Ridgeride
Grange
Cerlisla Grange
J. H. Penfound
C. C. Streichier
Bud Porter
Mirs
Henry Vogiesong
Edward Wirbees
Te Whitner
H. H. Dresendahl
Harve Lauer
Mary Mro
I. F. Eldred
Robert Silver
Milton
Babcock
Sherman Mason
Marguerite
Frenck Decker
Frederick Vieizen
Merie Peniouch
Robert
Miton Eppier
Steve Casper
Juiius
Steve Toth
James Korka
Robert Mason
Birth day party and local agricultural meeting highlights
Ardith Eldred and her mother attended a birthday party for Buddy Rape of Tat marking his fourth birthday. About thirty Carlisle and Ettricks township farmers attended a Soil Conservation meeting at West Ridge School House with C. S. Hummell speaking and officers elected for a permanent group: Kari Simms chair, Daniel Campbell assistant chair, C. N. Williams member, George Lauer alternate. The local Home Council and Carlisle Grange activities are noted plus attendance at recent grange meetings.
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Ardith Eldred
Buddy Rape of Tat
Carliste
Etrica Township
West Ridge
C. S. Hummell
Kari Simms
Daniel Campbe
CC. N. Williems
George Lauer
Litchfield Scholarship Tests Reported sharply
April 2 report lists top elimination exam scorers for scholarships in Biology Lawrence Johnson Gazilia Bacik English Max Johnson Howard Barth French Thelma Helen Fahrion Latin Bernice Wenbker Francis Lloyd Algebra Howard Battith Max Johnson Geometry Hazel Land Margaret Johnson Ameéz iory Francis Lloyd Joe Arick story Lawrence Johnson Helen Fahrion English II Thelma Miller Margaret Round English (11) Elizabeth Cares Margaret Johnson Averaging class results shows Margaret Johnson as valedictorian, Betty Ring salutatorian, Geraldine Holmes historian.
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Litchfield
Lawrence Johnson
Gazilia Bacik
Max Johnson
Howard Barth
Thelma Helen Fahrion
Bernice Wenbker
Francis Liord
Howard Battith
Hazel Land
Margaret Johnson
Francis Lioyd
Joe Arick
Helen fFahrion
Thelma Miller
Margaret Round
Elizabeth Cares
Betty Ring
Geraldine Holmes
Strait Rites Held for Mrs. Bertha Strait
Mrs. Bertha Strait widow of Asa Strait was buried in the local cemetery Sunday afternoon. She died suddenly Thursday morning at her daughter Mrs. Dale Wilkins home in Valley City. The Strait family are pioneer settlers of Ti beh nd. She leaves seven children.
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Strait
Bertha Strait
Asa Strait
Dale Wilkins
Valley City
T.iteh
Public Enemies The Horn Blower On The Highway
The Horn Blower 2 is a nuisance and a dangerous user of highways. He assumes his horn grants right of way and this behavior causes many accidents. The urging message promotes careful driving with heads not horns.
Local Family News and Visits Across Nearby Towns
Fred Roy and Nina Kite of Eimia along with Walter De troit and Leslie Watkins of Valley City visit. Paul of Columbia Station, baby ill with pneumonia. Carver family moved from Hammon house to Walter Canfield house. Recent visitors include Ernest Heintz family and Frederick Smoyer. Senior class photographed in Elyria. Various itinerant visits and illnesses noted. Come and Park Association meeting set for Tuesday April 21 at 2 36 p.m.
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Fred. Roy
Nina Kite
Eimia
Walter
Detrot
Leslie
Lucetta Wakins
Valley City
Paul
Columbia Station
Johns
Carver
Hammon
Walter Canfield
A. B. Canfield
Ernest Heintz
Richard
Frederick Smoyer
Akron
Elyria
Victor Casters
Cuyahoga Falls
William King
H. E. Miller
Berea
W. E. Leach
Suzgar Park
L. E. Garver
R. Hrdé
Albert Neilsson
Medina
Dell Baxen and
Columbia Track Team Plans Frequent Dual Meets and Relays
Columbia students show strong interest in the new one eighth mile track built last summer. The season opens with a triangular meet vs Eaton and Waller City, then a trip to Clearview for a dual meet. A second triangular meet with York and Ridgeway is set for April 28, plus York relays at Makiet Creek on March 1 and the county meet in Elyria on May 9. School Scoop notes a greens club party, senior pictures, an Arbor Car program, and a Mission Circle meeting at Mrs Hannon Longbon's home.
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Columbia
Eaton
Waller City
Clearview
York
Ridgeside
Brownheim
la Grange
Makiet Creek
Columbbdia
Elyria
UTA County Council Meeting Guests At Vincent
Attendees included Principal M L Royer Mr and Mrs Ernest Dunford Mrs Herr Stinchcomb Mrs Lyle Reisinger and all the teachers. Mrs William Mayer Mrs Russell Reisinger and daughter Shirley Mrs Ross Churchward and Miss Leona Mayer visited Miss Viola Offenberg in Parma last Sunday. Miss Offenberg also stayed at the Mayer home midweek with Miss Marjorie McMullen of La
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U.T.A. County Council
Vincent
M. L. Royer
and Mirs
Ernest Dunford
Herr Stinchcomb
Lyle Reisinger
William Mayer
Russell Reisinger
Shirley
Ross Churchward
Leona Mayer
Viola Offenberg
Parma
Local Social mostly about visitors and gatherings
The Coli Porte assists at the telephone exchange. Mrs. Irene Healey of Sha Heights spent the past week visiting her mother Mrs. Hattie Stephe. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hathan entertained at dinner on East Sunday with their parents Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Prindle and others including Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ring and sons Oliv and Dale Leonard Prindle and Miss Onalee Allen. Mrs. Virgil Price and Mrs. Ang us Carpenter attended the Easter cantata at the Eaton Church for Christ last Sunday evening. Mrs. Russell Reisinger entertained Miss Mary Jordan of Ashland and Miss Vera Reisinger of Lorain over the week end.
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Russell Reisinger
Mary Jordan
Ashland
Vera Reisinger
Lorain
West View short news notes from April items
Olmsted Grange visits Strongsville for the Traveling Chain program. Guild of Community church hosts annual birthday dinner. Mr Gibbs, returned missionary from India, speaks at West View W M Church. Cemeter Club holds pot-luck and afternoon program. Sunshine Rebekah lodge hosts card party. Olmsted High School sophomore roller skating at Partias Springs. County engineer Jack Cloyd attends opening Indians vs Tigers game. Local teams seen as favorites for AL pennant. Easter visits by Emil Henke family and Grace Cooley. Several residents visit Cleveland Elyria and nearby towns. Influenza recovery noted. Easter guests and family visits include Mr and Mrs Barnant, Gertrude Arms, and others. Frank Hickey has hiccoughs amid poor health. H J Milton visits daughter in Berea. Ray Purcell of Akron guests of Cha pin.
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West View
Olmsted Grange No
Strongsville Grange
Mayfield Grange
Guild of Community Church
Gibbs
India
W. M
Cemeter Club
the Grange
Emil Henke
Elsie Henke
Grace Cooley
Cleveland
Edna Osborne
Harold Schuster
Schuszier
Phil Sullivan
Kate Prindle
Louise Thompson
Pleasantville Social Ties Highlight Weekend Visits
Pleasantville residents hosted relatives from Columbus Elyria Medina Oberlin and Cleveland with weekend calls and dinners. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Sam Jagusch Mrs Ber Behner and Candace Mr and Mrs Frank Brow of Spencer and extended family gatherings at the Wheeler and Behned homes.
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Sam Jagusch
Columbus
Lucius Wheeler
Jagusch
Frank Brow
Spencer
M.S. Behner
Erwin Howard
Leland Howard
Mansfield
Marie Yesberger
Elyria
LaReus Jones
Ber
Behner
Daughner
Candace
la Grange
Madelie Tran
Howard Eaken
Medina
C. A. Becket
William Gullett
Cleveland
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E. D. Schramm
Card Parte
Hears Sandrock
Edna Knowles
Glenn Hanlon
Farm Bureauc Notes
Needle Guild Meets
Lin Grange Nall
Ruth Peabody
Thurs- Ger
Farm Women's
Martha Berg
Lottie Sanfrock
Kathryn Albrécht
Gertrude Schramm
Henrietta Gibson
Viola Berg
Russia Township Farm Women's Club
Red Cross Fiee Fund
den Extension Council
Grange Hall
Viols Berg
Catherine Carrey
New Londons
Retcens
Winifred Allswater
Ashtabula
Henry Barnes
XN. P. Robinson
Geneva
Glendale
Mich
Garex Ward
Pam Ewell
Bagster
A Albert Campbell
Kathleen
Howard Merill
Land
Ewell
Matilda Grimes
Bessie Shepherd
Greenwich
William Shepherd
John Herman
L. J. Herman
Wilbur Ward
Gariss Ward
Anna Simmons
Lores Pifer
Daster
Merritt Parker
Dr. Thompson
Austin Bwett
Elyrne
Betty
Reenwich
Scott Biddinger
E. D. Thompson
R. McCullough
Arthur Hersher
Detroit
Effie Edwards
Edwin Edwards
C. E. Gill
C. H. Lampen
H. L. Gill
F. H. McClellan
E. C. Myers
Ward Saunders
Albert Carpenter
Faifa Collingwood
Gadss Carpenter
Clarksfield
Dean McCleran
E. D. Perkins
Glenn Perkins
Gatie
Everett Haning
James Knott
A. Taylor
Jes Mills
Ben Fenner
John Clark
Harry
Norwood Clark
Lakewood
Ruth Bottorst
Will McKenzie
Gladys Burge
Oberlin College
Jesse Burge
Frankin Sullivan
Albert Langdon
Mra
Jay
Avon Home For
Granates Thriv
Lagra
Baldt
Teachers College
Colombia
Home Council
Harry Lauer
Oberlin Road
Pam Wainwright
F. Fingerald
M. Tepper
Squire
Etsria
B. O. Pope
Tuessiday
Tweodore Grills
Cornelius Smith
Edison Highway
William Wagner
Jean
Charles Schaibie
Mission Circle
Women's Baptist Mission Circle
Marjorie McMullen
Pleasantville
M.S Behner
W .L. Powers
D. B. Sands
I Sons
Ray Maisham
Qowerlin
Harry Jantz
L. L. Wheeler
S. Howard
Rollin Mebler
Beiden
Lee Whitney Company Hardware & Tinshop
Broad Si
Crow Hollow
Kennedy
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