Group To Urge Wives To Quit Business Jobs
Mrs. Elsie Mc Fadden Fern leads the Employment Reform Association formed to remove married women from business and professions if their husbands can support them. Incorporated in Ohio with Fern and trustees Lloyd Bennage and James Grant. Fern cites letters from widows and unemployed young people as justification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Elsie McFadden Fern
Employment Reform Association
Ohio
Fern
Lloyd Bennage
James Grant
Bennage
Elyrian Tells Of Associations With Aviation Pioneer
Henry G Peat spoke before the Elyria Exchange Club about early aviation, detailing his links with Glenn Curtiss. Peat recalled Curtiss’s bicycle shop origins, the move to motorized cycles, and Curtiss’s pivotal role in aviation’s infancy, including the 1911 Euclid Beach to Cedar Point flight aided by Peat’s weather and publicity work. The talk underscored a nationwide push to advance aviation recognition and development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G Peat
Elyria Exchange Club
Glenn Curtiss
Peat
Curtiss
United States
Reform group forms as non profit under Fern guidance
Mrs Fern announces the formation of a reform association as a non profit organization and takes on management while Bennage and Grant remain busy. She plans public meetings across the city with speeches and discussions and hopes to expand to other cities. She notes success if unmarried women stay home until business recovers and observes working wives live on lower incomes. She excuses herself to prepare supper as their father returns early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment Reform Association
Fern
Bennage
Grant
Aviation meet marks interest in Young America in Detroit
The national championship model airplane meet in Detroit drew attention to aviation among youth. Elyma club members attended with Winn McConnell of the ST. 5 Rubber Company of Elyma and EB. L. Frase of Safe Way Scaffold Company of Cleveland as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Elyma Club
Winn McConnell
ST. 5. Rubber Company
Elyma
EB. L. Frase
Safeway Scaffold Company
Cleveland
Townsendites Rally Planned in Columbus Ohio
Ohio Townsendites will hold a large rally at the Ohio State Fair Grounds in Columbus on August 7 and 8 to boost the Townsend Movement in the Middle West. The event features talks by Mel Brown and C F Waltz, a full schedule of addresses, religious services, and entertainment with speakers including Robert C Townsend, L W Jeffrey, Maurice E Bair, and area Congressmen. Attendance aims for 2,000 with events at Odd Fellows Hall and Avon Lake auxiliary gatherings continuing through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Townsend
Ober- Win
Loram
Mel Brown
C. F. Waltz
Los Angeles
Waltz
Doane
Charles M. Newell
Ohio
Ohio State Fair Grounds
Columbus
Ohta
Middle West
Young drivers collide near Sugar Ridge driveway
Walter Novak aged 16 of Sugar Ridge and Frank Repple 19 of Cleveland escaped serious harm in a 520 pm collision as Novak turned into his driveway. Deputy Sheriff Anthony Pollock investigated the incident. Elizabeth and Margaret Rose begin tap lessons in London. nurse reports relayed by shoemaker Porselli. Trophy wedding band: Gowdy ring belonging to Hank Gowdy, now a Reds coach, once a Braves star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Novak
Sugar Ridge
Race Roads
Frank Repple
Cleveland
Novak
Anthony Pollock
London
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Colombia
Porselli
Pink Palace
Cincinnati
Hank Gowdy
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Braves
Wellington Church Services and Rain Affects Attendance
Wellington August 2 sermon notices reflect small crowds due to heavy rain. Pastor Rev Dunlap led at Graf ton ME Church in Green’s absence with subject Man's Cooperation and Lois Breyley violin. later union service at ME Church featured Alfred Tennant Seeking Peace with Christ. Congregationalist Dr Charles W Recard spoke Being Good to the Samaritans. July/August events include Philadelphia Bible School charge by Robert Rodgers and others. Dinner at St Patrick's drew fewer attendees than past years despite over 500 served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Dunlap
Grafton Methodist Episcopal Church
Lonny S. Green
Michigan
Lois Breyley
Brotherhood
Brewster Rolce
Park
Alfred Tennant
John Green
Charles W
Andy Perina
Spencer
Sullivan
Keith McFaren
Cleveland
Wabenborn
Local Society Notes and Obituary Update
By Cora M Shepard details of family visits and calls at 623 Barker St. Mrs G W Gannett returned home from St Josephs hospital. Church of Christ juniors enjoyed a Miller home picnic. Park Doyler and family guests of Ed Farnsworth. Richard and Lloyd Farnsworth visiting. Temple Chapter O E S picnic canceled due to rain. Burt Gunn funeral in Elyria. body at Sharpe Funeral Home. Gunn was Lester Gunn’s brother and an old-time fiddler.
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Georgia Andrews P
Helen Robertson
Camp Harkness
Willoughby
G. W. Gannett
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Church of Christ
Miller
Park Doyler
New London
Ed Farnsworth
Richard
Lloyd Farnsworth
Co. Pechively
Yelen
Elyria
Carl Grose
Temple Chapter O. E. S
Linwood Park
Burt Gunn
Lorain County Infirmary
Sharpe Funeral
Mr Gunn
Lester Gunn
Wellington
Thrifty Cookers 4-H Club notes La Grange
La Grange 4-H notes detail the Thrifty Cookers meeting on July 28 with committees set for fat ice cream punch and Ruiz crackers. Friday county demonstration day will feature Leonlyn and Jeannette Wilcox on cottage cheese usage. The year’s work will be judged at the schoolhouse. Fred Wilcox won the Boys 4-H county demonstration in Elyria on July 29 with The Use and Care of Common Workshop Tools and will present at the State Fair in Columbus. George Sigsby and Edwin Moulder also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Grange
Thrifty Cookers
Leonlyn
Jeannette Wilcox
Elyria
Fred Wilcox
Fred
Columbus
George Sigsby
Edwin Moulder
Wellington to Hear School Bond Campaign Team
Superintendent A W Shields announced a Citizens Committee to canvass for the August 9 School Bond issue. Members include Keith Andrews E L Hewes Mayor E R Lehman G E Wells W J Powell Mrs Wilma Wadsworth E E Watters and F M Jones. A county dairymen meeting at Wooster August 12 will feature a tour. Wellington poultrymen attended a large mass meeting at Wooster Sunday. Mrs Brinley Ford and son Jimmy visited Mrs William Long. Crestline Edith Harris and A H Gallatin hosted the Mystery Sisters pot luck in Nava. The group later visited Municipal Park with Mrs Alfred Luther.
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A. W. Shields
Citizens’ Committee
Keith Andrews
E. L. Hewes
E. R. Lehman
G. E. Wells
W J. Powell
Wilma Wadsworth
E. E. Watters
F M. Jones
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Wellington
Wellington Poultrymen
Ohio
Brinley Ford
Jimmy
William Long
Crestline
Edith Harris
A. H. Gallatin
Gallatin
Courtland Street
Mystery Sisters Club of
Nava
A #H Gallatin
Alfred Luther
Lake Avenue
Municipal Park
Merlin Conklin Leads Juvenile Farmers Health Contest
Merlin Conklin represented the Juvenile Farmers in the health contest. The club met last Wednesday evening while the county meeting took place in Elyria on Friday evening. The next regular meeting is planned for Friday evening August 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin Conklin
Elyria
Local Society Notes and Upcoming Events
Week with the Boy Scouts and family visits mark a busy period. Personal items include births at Memorial Hospital and a Gott reunion in Grange Hall on August 14. Several residents traveled to Elyria and Lakeside, while tea activities and club meetings outline a active social calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Spicer
Memorial Hospital
Grange Hall
W. C. Knowles
Lewis A. Obitis
Elyria
Baptist
Karl Darkey
Lakeside
Erwin Adams
Lewis M Adams
B H. Ryan
Vickery
C. G. Rush
Kenneth Jackson
West Main Street
Foster Buswell
Forrest Weaver
Orville Rising
Gordon Adams
Ernest Benderneagle
Cliff Spicer
Jay and
Allan Carmen
Lorain County Poultry Team Places Second at Wooster Day
The Lorain County Judging team from La Grange Juvenile Farmers and Avon members Robert Kelner James Moulder and Adam Abfell placed second at Poultry Day in Wooster on July 28. Robert and James ranked among the top fifteen in individual judging from a field of 150. They earned free tickets to next year’s World Poultry Congress in Cleveland. Seventeen La Grange youths plan time at Camp Crag with John Wilcox leading as hut harder and assistant nature and leathercraft advisor after a prior camp at Huron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kelner
James Moulder
la Grange Juvenile Farmers
Adam Abfell
Avon
Lorain County
Wooster
Robert
James
Cleveland
Camp Crag
la Grange
John Wilcox
Huron
Hopkins Welcome East Brady Visitors for Weekend
Mr and Mrs A Mr Hopkins hosted Mr ated Nira Kenneth Hopkins and their son Day from East Brady Pennsylvania for a family gathering over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hopkins
Ated Nira Kenneth Hopkins and Son
Day
East Brady, Pa
France to Join Duquesne Sesquicentennial Program
The French nation will participate officially in Allegheny County's sesqui centennial celebration next autumn. The event runs from September 2 to September 24. Acting French consul W C Dittmar and Louis C Celestin met county commissioners to discuss plans. French Ambassador Saint Quentin and Patrick Coppinger may attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Orginal Fort Duquesne
Allegheny County
W. C. Dittmar
Louis C. Celestin
Alliance of France
Saint Quentin
Patrick Coppinger
Philadelphia
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Cora M ‘Shepard
Barker St
Soortland
Boy Scouts
A. A. Wilcox
Hame
Roy Pearce
Five Hundred Club
Tom McQuiston
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Theodore Camp
Ralph Sanders
C. Hopfer Will
Cascade Park
May Amasbury
Woolworth
Arthur Wise and
Neal
Belden
G. J Law
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Loomis
Crystal Beach
Jags
Summerce
A A. Wilcox
Mettie Robbins
Flora Foster
Jennie Spicer
Blaine Archer
Carlton Adams
Leon Burrows
Clarksfield
Circle Four
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Adrian Buswell
Harvey Hopkins
Torch Lake
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