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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1939
Page
9
Newport Kentucky witnessed the marriage of Edna Mae Thompson to George Dunfee Jr on February 4 1939. Friends who had learned of the ceremony arranged a surprise party at the Thompson home 905 Fast Avenue last night to honor the couple.
Distinguished guests attended as the Junior Protected Home Circle marked its fifth anniversary. The Junior drill team performed, followed by a program under Fern Gaines. Gifts were given to Mrs. Cora Phillips and junior member Ethel Read for perfect attendance. Speeches by Mrs. Phillips and her husband, and Supreme Guardian W A Cub and wife concluded the event.
Entertained by Mrs Arnold Heinzerling Mrs Nelson Fitch and Mrs Frank Paxson of St. Louis Missouri at Oberlin Inn Friday night in compliment to Mrs Arthur Jones Ethyn Milken on marriage set for July thirteenth. Twelve guests attended. Table cards served as bridge tallies. Pastel flower arrangement and blue pink tapers decorated the table. After bridge gifts included towels and bathroom articles for the bride and high scores earned rewards for Mrs Arthur Robishaw Mrs Arthur Jones and Mrs Churchill Goodspeed.
King Solomon Lodge No. 56 Frank S Harmon Lodge No 663 and Order of Eastern Star plan a Crystal Beach picnic. Activities begin at 2 PM with ball games races and contests while a supper is served at 6 PM. Members to call their secretary for transportation.
A list of licenses granted to multiple residents across Lorain County including James H Gray 21 Lakewood order clerk Edith M Seeman 23 Elyria township nurse Charles M Eaton 60 Weston Mass retired and Elizabeth M Palmer 57 1261 East Avenue Robert Rohde 31 Sandusky foreman Jeane DeMuth 33 Avon Lake Marvin Kreeger 30 Amherst township foundry worker Betty Selage 21 South Amherst John Joseph Kranyak 27 Ridgeville chemical worker Doris Lucille Holloway 22 Lorain Dominic Del Boccio 21 Lorain factory worker Sarah Gallo 20 Lorain William Pongracz 23 Elyria painter and Bette Chick 20 Lorain
Royal Neighbors met at Modern Woodman Hall to finalize plans for a picnic on next Wednesday August ninth at Municipal Park. Mrs E Coen and Mrs A Bauer named as entertainment committee with transport contacts to Mrs Coen. Picnic starts at 2:30 PM.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the W F W Post observes July and August birthdays for members with a supper for members and friends. The Canton Lorain and Auxiliary meet at 10 O F hall. The Scotch Bridge club visits Mrs. Alice Edwards at 60 Wea Broad Street at 2 p m. Townsend Club No 1 meets in club rooms at 8.
Franklin Harbour at 213 South Logan Street admits Joe Kemper and Earl Pietch. Melvin Watson of Mansfield. Walter Scroggina, Oberlin. Marilyn Furnim, Avon Lake. Mra. Frank Cragin, Grafton. Ray Kincaid, Antabula. Discharges include Richard Trumbie and Mrs Karl Wohleber with baby. Mrs Nelson Jen and baby. Mrs Delbert Seyers and baby. Donald McVeigh. Glen and Retcon Crocker. Arm Wirth. Thome Sena, BH Serwe Street.
Elyria residents and guests fill a page of notices with travel plans. Attendees include Mrs. Gus Lembius Miss Almeda Puck and Charles Purdue arriving for the Solemn High Mass at St Marys Church in Elyria. Others journey from Cleveland Detroit Akron and Chicago, visiting relatives and taking vacations in Lakeview Vermilion Cook’s Forest and Mitiwanga.
Vacation reading clubs Round the World and Brownie held awards in the Carnegie Library boys and girls room. Prizes went to Dick Hill Jeanne Mahan Patricia Singleton Edgar Fails Peggy Beebe Allegan Ward Ellen Lancashire for best reading. honorable mentions to Virginia Howe Virginia Cooper Shirley Woodruff Ruth Reed. Other local items note church services and Union Services moving to the Methodist church on August 13.
The Misses Gladys and Sylvia Champney left yesterday for a camping trip up into Maine where they will spend several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Jenkins of Chevy Chase Maryland are visiting the latter's parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stevens of North Park street. Attorney and Mrs. F. W. Bentley of North Cedar avenue left yesterday for a ten days vacation in the Adirondacks. Mrs. Nellie Smith and daughter Virginia of East College street left recently on a ten day motor trip to the Great Smokies. Homer E. Weaver and two children are leaving today on a two weeks trailer trip through New York state and other points in the East. Mr. and Mrs. Burdette Lawson left Thursday for a several days trip around Lake Erie.
Safety Service Director I D Faxon announced a vacant Hamilton Street plot will be laid out as a community playground. The city does not plan to move Harmon Field equipment there, awaiting owner William A Ely's permission which he granted. City workers began mowing, burning grass, and leveling the area amid local protests.
The local fire department battled a grass fire at Hazel and Beech streets yesterday at 9 35 a m. The blaze consumed about a half acre of grass before being put out.
Mrs. Sarah Deeds, 71, and William H. Preston, 74, bonded in marriage in Sonoma California marking Deeds third marriage and Preston’s second. The ceremony joined the couple in a quiet local ceremony. The ages and sequence highlight enduring companionship as the wedding took place in their community.
Clarence Hebering awoke in San Francisco to find two tombstones on his lawn. One bore a French emblem and the other Chinese, symbolizing a troubling international situation that unsettled him and his neighbors.
In Southampton New York, Aug 5, Bobby Riggs must avoid dawdling as he challenges Sidney B Wood in the Meadow Club invitation singles final. A victory nets the $1,000 trophy for Riggs’s mantelpiece. Wood has shown peak form, and Riggs’s loafing in the semi final threatened a costly slip.
A standout performance powered a decisive victory as he turned on the heat and led his team to a commanding win. He controlled scoring, defense, and tempo, ensuring the outcome favored his side throughout.
A Cincinnati hotel seeks 30.53 from Paul Derringer, Cincinnati Reus pitcher, for unpaid bills charged by Hotel Governor Clinton in New York. The suit claims 19.61 remains due from Derringer in July 1936 and 10.92 from Mrs. Derringer in August 1937.
County officials in East Sussex England protest that elderly residents in old folk homes are noarding out their 30 cents weekly spending money and others are gambling in football pools, prompting concern.
Hobart Manufacturing Company announces two new factory buildings at Troy and Dayton plants due to rising demand. President John M. Spencer notes subsidiaries recently established in Australia and Brazil. Semi annual report shows net profits up 65 percent to 532,528 from 322,004. assets增 over 800,000 since January 1. First half 1939 sales reach 4,654,649, up about 400,000 from last year.
Berlin reports seven dead in a Hans Wende airliner crash near Hospitalet Spain on a Barcelona Madrid flight. Among the victims is Col. Von Scheele, air attaché at the German embassy in Spain, with crew and passengers fatalities confirmed.
Mrs. Ralph Connors a mother of two children Lois nine and Joan six was burned to death when naphtha used to clean clothes exploded in the basement of her Cleveland home. Neighbors few rushed to the scene and Alcuin Rodier carried out the body after entering the smoke filled basement for help.
The speaker earnestly asks for votes and promises to run the office efficiently and courteously, recognizing duties and obligations to the public if nominated and elected.
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