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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1939
Page
14
Martha Foster opened the Garford Girl Reserves meeting by leading devotions. Roll call elicited odd facts and next week the program will feature jokes. Lois Cook then led the program and the meeting adjourned with the Girl Reserve Code.
An ad promotes Marmola Tablets as a natural aid for overweight due to thyroid deficiency. It claims long standing public distribution, advises sensible eating and a daily four-tablet dosage, and notes the product is not a universal cure and requires physician consultation for diagnosis.
The Night Hawks visited Charles Decker of Lake Avenue for a birthday surprise. Bingo provided prizes to Warner Davis and James Howlett. After games, refreshments were served at a long table with a lighted cake and Mr. Decker received gifts and cards.
The biennial National League of Women Voters General Council met at Hotel Washington April 25 to 27 with speakers Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Judge Florence E. Allen and Mrs. Robert A. Taft. Ohio delegates C. M. Bookman and Almeda May Janney attended along with Mrs. James T. Hoffman. The theme focused on democracy duties and citizen responsibility amid world affairs.
Frank Seward will read a play next Monday at the regular weekly Center for the Sightless gathering. The Elyria Service League will serve refreshments. Last Monday Warren Dunaway of Lorain gave the first of a series of first aid talks on the subject Helping Nature.
Admissions include Mrs. Stuart Shuman R D 1 Mrs. Owen Slauter 325 Eleventh street Mrs. Lee Clark 459 East Broad street Mrs. Adrian Read Oakwood street Shirley Mc Intire RD 3 Mrs. Robert Jackson 1848 Middle avenue Mrs. Henry Schriver Grafton Mrs. David Griffiths 2230 Denison avenue Mrs. Lee Champney Oberlin Discharges include Mrs. Louis Fashing baby girl Avon Lake Mrs. William Dickerson baby girl 5 Shear street Mrs. Edwin Tarry baby girl 111 Lake avenue Mrs. Howard Stanford 155 Stanford avenue Thomas Lengel 1385 East avenue Miles Myers Avon Lake Mrs. Frank Kelling 1131 West avenue Harold McCallister 466 Woodland avenue.
Grafton M E Church girls chorus will stage a rummage sale Saturday April 29 at the Armory on East rostrest Elyria. Proceeds go to choir robes. Jeannette Corey chairs the committee. Donations may be offered to her or any choir member.
A birthday surprise party honored John Klinect on Sunday evening at his daughter’s home. The event featured family and friends gathered to celebrate his milestone with gifts and well wishes.
A program may be necessitated by altered conditions since it was voted at the biennial convention held last April in St Louis Missouri.
A social gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Charles Gest featured games and cards with gifts for Mr Klinect. Refreshments followed for a long list of guests including Dwight and Starr Klinect and families, Bertha Gest Lorena Crocker, Ora Zacharias Richard, Therlew Gest, Lottie Klinect and others.
Monday evening Miss Winifred Tran hosted the Just Between You and Me Club at her home for needlework and a social hour. Many visitors and local residents from Elyria Cleveland Barberton Medina Medina and other nearby areas spent weekends or Sundays at friends and relatives homes across Mt. Vernon Ridgeville Lakewood Valley City and Valley areas.
In Dayton Ohio Mrs Augusta Johns of 322 S Montgomery St reports lifelong digestion issues and weight loss. She credits Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery with restoring sleep appetite and strength after using the liquid or tablet form from her druggist.
Harold R. Rorick of the Chamber of Commerce announces a Saturday event at the Lincoln Theatre in Elyria where 10 discarded tin cans serve as admission, with all children receiving a free ticket. The show is produced through cooperation with theatre operator John Pekras and runs tomorrow morning.
Elyria officials push to finish the cleanup campaign with more cans still missing from homes. The committee expects boys and girls to help and notes theatre trucks will assist in removing cans.
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