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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1927
Page
6
Multiple clubs and churches host gatherings across Lorain with card parties, socials, and meetings at K of P hall, Methodist and Lutheran churches, Eagles auditorium, and various street addresses. Memorial Day planning dominates local notices as veterans reflect on losses and plan services.
The Business and Professional Woman's Club held its final evening in the Bayland Block rooms with Miss E M Johnston Miss Eva Mackey and Mrs Wally Rule as hostesses. Mrs Hutchens spoke on Trattan Art and the making of plaques and floral arrangements followed with prizes awarded to Bess Scoutt2 and Norah Abbe. First Congregational Guild Meets A large turnout attended the church meeting to hear nominating committee reports naming Mrs Frank Beche president Mrs Moselder first vice president Mrs Charles Geion second vice president Mr Harry Linder treasurer and Mrs George Hewitt secretary. After a long session the group adjourned for two weeks. Mr and Mrs Edward Smith and daughter Mae of Oak Street visited Mr and Mrs McKinney on Sunday.
Elyria Playmakers rehearsed Siege a ontaire for the Drama League national contest in Pittsburgh. Cast includes Zaneb Mary Wiley Hishara Mario Tibball Gaznia Pauline Storrer with director Mine I Jon G Todd and Irwin Johnson. They depart Thursday for a 8 pm show as fifteen other entries compete for $100 prize and a best individual award.
The Brotherhood of American Yeomen met for a brief business session before a public card party. May noted as ladies month with women seating in chair roles. Thirteen Pedro tables were played. prize winners included Mrs Hatle Knee and Mrs Anna Gehrke in the ladies division and Mrs Laura Smith in consolation. men winners were William Gehrke Ted Mfieffer with Linn Coonrad in consolation. Door prize went to Mrs FR Schiltz and club prize to Mrs Grace Archambeau. Officers elected included Mrs Iva Simmons foreman, Mrs Margaret Coonrad master of aces, Mrs Sadie Beaver Over ferr, and Mrs Mayme Young master of ceremonies.
The marriage of Harold Ki Barlow and Frances Elizabeth Jordan was performed Wednesday April 20 in Paducah Kentucky. The couple will live with the groom’s mother at 381 Ninth Street. The M T C Girls club met on Telegraph Road with officers elected and a dance and dinner to follow at Miss Mae Workett’s Lake Avenue home.
The Rainbow class of the Pirat Methodist church held a pleasant meeting at Princeton Avenue last evening with a short business segment and a prize sewing contest won by Mrs Polter and Ines Gradley Dunnty. Refreshments followed hosted by Mrs Manu and Lucile Carroll. The event culminated in a mother daughter banquet plan and a May 23 event date. Elyria Choral Society elects officers for the coming year. C Wiliams named president and other officers elected. Prof Francis of Cleveland to direct the chorus with Miss Lainee Brown accompanying. The chorus will meet May 2 for rehearsal at the Price with details to be announced.
The Juvenile Order of the American Yeomen held a card party hosted by the adult order with dances and prizes. A dinner followed at Mrs BR Miller’s North Maple street home. The Progressive Bible Class of the Methodist Church served a turkey dinner for sixty five attendees. Mrs Laura Hyot, 124 Cornell avenue, Nar, returned from a five week visit in Rockpart New York.
Mrs W H Patton of 818 Park fayenue entertained Monday evening in honor of the birthday of her mother Mrs Hi A Lictz of the Coronial apartments. Mrs Martha Ridgeway returned home on Fifth street after spending the past month with her daughter Mrs J F Sutter and family in Troy Ohio. Mr and Mrs Clarence Heagell of Mourth street and the latter's parents Mr and Mrs J M Carl of Nevarre Ohio, who have been spending the winter months at Daytona Beach Florida, returned yesterday.
Distinct Congregational churches in the area are mentioned as authorities refuse to comment on a pareable selection made by college leaders. The brief note hints at tension between church groups and the campus administration without naming individuals or specific dates.
Rumors on the Oberlin campus say Rev. Edward S. Bosworth may be chosen as the new dean of men to succeed Dr. Carl C. W. Nien, with a decision expected at today’s college meeting. If approved, the board of trustees would confirm in June. Bosworth, then a Grinnell Iowa pastor, is an Oberlin alumnus and former Oberlin student leader.
At Oberlin on April 26 a trio of college men mocked the new midnight serenade ban by singing outside Balin Cottage at seven o clock while displaying placards. The students joked about being good and going to bed early as they performed the serenade in daylight.
A fragment notes trouble from constipation and mentions Nedwood's epen Tonic and a gratifying result. It names Julia Swindon, driller at the Erly City Tron Works plant, 12th and Peach Sts, Wrie, Pa.
A garbled record mentions medicines for rheumatic symptoms, health changes after use, and references to various products and dosages. The text is fragmented, with uncertain names and multiple nonstandard terms, making precise details difficult to determine.
The Rev. Mr. Eastman of Amherst spoke at the Exchange Club noon meeting about his annual hunting and fishing expeditions in the Canadian north woods. He showed pictures from his travels and announced plans to take a group of boys on a trip this coming summer.
Fred Edward Braithwaite of Pittsfield died last Sunday. The funeral was held in Oberlin yesterday with burial at Westwood. Born August 22, 1855, he lived as a farmer in Pittsfield all his life. Obituary notes the long local life and burial details.
Short items note April 28 gatherings at 267 West Lorain and 231 Morgan. Mrs Carson hosts a Finitimi meeting at 205 South Main with Mrs Mason. Miss Carolyn Jennings has recovered enough to be out. The Stevens family informs of their sister E D Rogers illness in Ashtabula. Theodore Whiting returns from Ashtabula after his grandmother's death. A belabored line cites daily pay for coolie labor in China and French hammock proposals for jetty apartments.
All welcome for Friday night dancing at the Elyria Eagles with 50 cent couples. A Modern Woodman of America card party is planned. The K of P Hall hosts a Tuesday night event on April 26 with public invitation and lunch.
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