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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1928
Page
10
Zimmer and Foster avenue residents push for a definite plumbing code with a plumbing inspector. Councilman George Stevens notes the measure has lingered in committee amid busy schedules and promises a report soon. He highlights a growing need for building and plumbing inspectors in Elyria.
At a grade crossing south of Kenton Ohio on Aug 7 a Big Four train struck the Burba family’s automobile. Ander son Burba 42, his daughter Ruth, and his son Harold 5 died or were fatally injured. The car stalled at the crossing and wreckage lay along the tracks.
The U S Library donated Braille textbooks to Connecticut College Library in New London for use by blind students and other blind persons in academic studies. Edra Leighton Taylor and colleagues facilitated the project to ensure broader access to learning materials.
Delores Costello stars opposite Conrad Nagel in Glorious Betsy an elaborate Capitol Theatre production adapted from Johnson Young’s famed play. Set in Baltimore along the sea in 1840s era it centers on the marriage of Jerome Bonsmarte and Betsy Patterson amid Baltimore society.
Mayor James A. Hewitt urged reviewing city fire limits and extending them, noting no updates in years. He sought tighter controls on building types near Loa Street, Parkview Court, and the junk-yard area, asking the matter go to the Bre and Police committee for consideration.
The commissary department plans to ease homesickness with generous spreads. A ten of chicken dinners will be provided every Sunday when the party is away, 600 pounds of turkey for feasts, 509 pounds of plum pudding for special holidays, plus pie three times weekly and daily fresh bread and cake. The piece also notes Kansas’s original capital will be restored and presented to the state in August.
Amherst South Ambest Aug 6 Mr and Mrs Ernest Reinhart of Vermilion on the Lake and other neighbors record a weekend of visits and gatherings. The United church group held a meeting Thursday evening. Elizabeth McClellan and Jean McClellan visited relatives while others spent time with family in Elyria Vermilion and Cleveland. Local residents attended church and hosted guests from nearby towns including LaGrange Gates Mills and Elyria.
Aug 7 The Home Coming association postpones the Fields Home Coming date to the twenty second citing many reunions on the former date. Dinner will be served by the Ladies Aid society. Rev Cobb and family enjoy a two week visit in Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs Weston Penson of Lakewood visit. Ror Sands family of Waukegan expected Monday to visit relatives. Mrs A J Huise to accompany them. Hugh Mercer’s Apothecary Shop in Fredericksburg Va restored at a cost of 20000 dollars.
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