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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1928
Page
8
Cleveland, April 28. Cool April weather slows bud development on fruit trees and grape vines in northern Ohio. Growers say cool breezes and low temperatures reduce late season frost risk, contrasting with last year's early bloom and damaging frost that hit Lake Erie vineyards and led to a poor Ohio grape harvest.
In Chardon Ohio Apr 28 1935 crowds at Geauga County Maple Festival sampled over 12500 cakes of maple sugar during the April 13 14 event Miss Eleanor Tobin Garretsville was named Maple Queen in a sugar camp worker costume Officials estimated 13000 attended the two day festival and planners expect larger festivals in the future
A Creole syncopator band of eleven has played major Ohio Michigan Indiana venues for five years. They offer hot music and sweet tunes with original arrangements. Miner, a leading colored pianist, headlines. Fifty imported French dollars free to all with no strings. May 1 marked as a key date for the Crystal Gardens extravaganza.
Akron Apr 28 The Metropolitan Park board outlines a plan to create a park system spanning beauty spots in Summit and Portage counties, signaling a regional approach to urban green spaces and recreation.
The Ohio state highway department began work to beautify main traffic routes as part of road maintenance. Efforts include grass weed sowing on slopes weed removal ditch cleaning and debris removal to improve drainage. Barrels are placed along roads for disposing of picnic remains and rubbish as motorists are urged to cooperate with keeping roads clean.
The Capitol Theatre will show The Crowd tomorrow, a big American picture filmed across diverse locales from California beaches to New York City, Niagara Falls, Pittsburgh mills, Rochester Kodak factories, Chicago Loop, Detroit plants, and Hudson River excursions. Victor Vidor directs a cross section of American middle class life, aiming for broad recognition among viewers nationwide.
An outstanding vaudeville bill is booked for the Rialto Sunday with two afternoon shows at 2:30 and two evening shows at 7 and 9:45. The act list includes Dainty Girls Epcar Wentzel and Eliebeth, Sonny and Eddy, Adler and Rose, Murray and Masors, a six act program plus a comedy Inkwell cartoon and News Weekly from Paramount.
Hoot Gibson stars in Rawhide Kid a fast dramatic western opening tomorrow at Dreamland theatre. The star performs daring riding stunts with Tarzan the horse including ground to saddle exchanges and a dangerous trip down a mountainside illustrating the end of the old two gun era and rise of law and order in a new country.
George Bancroft headlines The Showdown at Rivoli Theatre following his breakthrough in Underworld. The film showcases his rising star power as he delivers a strong character performance amid a dramatic plot.
Paramount brings Fred Bancroft in The Showdown at the Rivoli tomorrow a tale of a wandering oil driller in Tampico. Evelyn Brent Neil Hamilton Fred Kohler Arnold Kent and Leslie Fenton support with direction by Victor Schertzinger.
A new permanent stock company comes to Elyria with a May 6 opening at Rialto Theatre. Arrangements with Smith Roberson Company to install a permanent company. Your Own Stock Co presents the latest Broadway releases as Smith-Roberson expands a chain of stock outfits along the eastern cities.
Allentown, Easton, Reading, York, Pittsburg, Lexington and others operate a company at the Sundusks Theater with rehearsals starting next Mon day. The Best People by Avery Hopwood will open, with performances each evening and matinees on Sunday, Wednesday and Saturdays. The Sandusky Company enters its third week, drawing crowded houses as stock companies revive spoken drama nationwide.
Cladestine archaeologists in Caivano Campania halted after authorities were alerted to pre Roman tombs. Professor Maluri of Naples National Museum sent an inspector who found a peasant proprietor and local firemen had unearthed two sepulchers built into tufa and cement containing vases and amphorae.
A fragment notes that researchers could fix tomb dates to the fourth century B C. A German train yard is cited as using loud speakers instead of telephones, signaling an unusual modern contrast in infrastructure.
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