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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1936
Page
11
Miss Florence Starr of Wellington displayed a group of watercolors at the Hernek Library, featuring studies of Chinese temples landscapes and floral subjects in mellow tones. The exhibit precedes a display of early American glass, with a call for contributions via Miss Robinson.
Cora M. Shepard lists a Mother-Daughter Banquet at the Congregational church dining room on May 4 hosted by the Mary E. Knapp Circle. The event features guests, music, vocals, and decorations by local volunteers. Also details a card party, 4-H Cookies meeting, and a tea fundraiser to support My Work among the needy.
Community diary items list musicales at Oberlin College talent, church services led by Rev Lonzo Green, solos by Laura Vothermner and Harold Breaner, and a youth drama in place of a Spencer church event. Also reported are visits from local families, hospital stays, and Daughters of Union Veterans leadership in Elyria with attendees from nearby towns.
Hawaii schoolchildren revive holua, a tropical sled sport. They speed a 100 yard grass slope on wooden runners at 75 miles per hour as onlookers watch. The scene mixes island life with a playful domestic miscue between mistress and maid.
The Duplex Manufacturing and Foundry Company at 280 West Bridge Street stands as a key Northern Ohio producer in iron and steel, history tracing to 1355 and Jaeger Machine Company. It employs about 80 workers with six figure payroll, organized with capital of 79990, and holds industrial insurance with Ohio authorities to protect workers and production.
In Washington DC, a million dollar New Deal overhaul redid park spaces with geometric concrete paths and formal plantings. Alice Longworth denounces the changes as ravaging open spaces under PWA signs, arguing bureaucratic planners dictate the layout in a boondoggle pattern.
Avon Lake notes include Rosicrucian Lectures at Hotel Carter in Cleveland by William Somerville Jr. and Charles Tireshel, May Day Breakfast at the Congregational Church on May 1, and community updates on local residents, bridge club prizes, a broken arm, and visits from relatives in nearby towns.
Grandmother Mrs Nellie Roger. Mrs Thes Weber visiting sister Mrs Frances Heckel of Vincent. Mr and Mrs Al Nubfer and daughter J and Mr and Mrs Alber Claven of Cleveland were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs William Somerville. J. L. Oppell received news of Rev Wolford's death in Stockton Calif. Carl Yeager of Sandusky visited Mrs Eugene Herman Sr. Emma Beck spent days with Miss Marie Fox in Cleveland. William Springer ill. Trel Litzenburg. Roy Whale and Joseph Thompson and Carol visited Mr and Mrs Perry Tayn ed Mrs Howard We Sunday guests of Mr and Harry Crandall of Clarks . Iver Brabury of Lorain were Sunday evening guests of her cousins, Mr and Mrs Edward Mitchel Jr. William Welson and family of Cleveland have moved to Mulia avenue.
Duplex is a balanced light to heavy casting foundry producing grey iron and semi steel castings from one ounce to four or five tons. Since its organization four years ago output rises with demand. Main clients include machine tool builders hot water heater manufacturers and general jobbing shops supplying finished articles to retailers. The firm limits its market to immediate trade territories.
Lloyd Brown, president and tutor of B C Browns, L K Frey, secretary, and I Kasper, assistant secretary, lead a manufacturing firm long established in Elyria. The business, under various ownerships and titles, helps the city become a leading Buckeye State foundry hub in the northern Buckeye region.
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