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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1939
Page
10
Licensed guide Alton Van Camp is shown with a 12 pound muskellunge netted in Grindstone Lake near Hayward Wisconsin by Louis Spray of Hayward. Spray filed affidavits in the county courthouse claiming the 58 inch fish exceeds the former world record by five ounces.
The article notes a Reader Test Plan named Golden Wed Bege chosen by Fars Journal and Farmer's Wife to assess staff and experiment with food products. It parallels the Good Housekeeping Institute. If reports prove satisfactory, seals of approval will follow. About one hundred women in the United States were selected for this work.
Walter M. Davis discovers a May 30, 1907 Elyria Chronicle in his brother-in-law James Brown’s effects. The paper recounts the Memorial Day wreck at Middle avenue and Fifth street, leaving several dead and many injured, including Homer Allen, son of Edgar F. Allen.
The city mourned when a local man died from serious injuries after a crash, a tragedy that spurred Edgar F. Allen to take a leading role in building Elyria Memorial Hospital and advancing local medical care.
Townsend Club No 1 held an 8 pm meeting led by Pres Doane with minutes, reports, and a Trail Blazers fund basket. A Townsend rally and basket picnic is set for August 20 at Ashland Fair Grounds Route 42, and a Freemont meeting August 15 will feature Mr Warnock of Michigan. A plan to stage a Elyria community rally is discussed with time and place to be announced. A Johns town organizer described eighteen clubs formed in six months. A musical program by eleven members featured period costumes and a piano accompaniment by Ethel Downes.
President of Lorain Club No 3 asks to stage a play at the club next Friday evening. Cast members consented. Lorain Club meets at 8 at Sokol hall on Kelly place between 22nd and 23rd. Public invited. Elyria Club No 1 to have a booth at the fairgrounds for three days to display literature. Chairs and seats provided for public use. Meeting adjourned to reconvene next.
An invitation states Monday evening at 8 o'clock at 136 Middle Avenue and extends a cordial invitation to the public to attend at all times.
With 2/3 of 4320 precincts reporting, Keen Johnson leads by about 23,000 in Kentucky Democratic primary. CIO candidate John Young Brown trails. Republican King Swope leads over John S. Cooper. Brown declines to concede, citing possible gains from congressional district returns. Johnson has backing from Barkley Chandler and state Democratic organization.
In a Spring 1937 dispute, Roosevelt defended his court reform push and claimed success despite Senate resistance. McCarran criticized the uncertainty of Court decisions and warned that the bar and public may not know what comes next from the Supreme Court.
In Ashtabula Ohio an engineering worker named Mik e Zalimeni seeks a patent for a knee action baby trailer attachable to bicycles or tricycles. The device aims to let caregivers take a baby on bicycle trips.
AMHERST Aug. Mary Louise Renner daughter of Mr and Mrs Karl Renner Brownhelm became the bride of Kenneth Futrall son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Futrall Lorain at a quiet ceremony in St Josephs parsonage officiated by Rev Fr James Smith The bride wore pink frock and rose corsage Matron of honor Mrs Lockhart Baird Amherst wore blue dotted organdy with pink rose corsage Best man Sylvester Younkers Lorain A wedding dinner at Lord Jeffery Inn Amherst and reception at groom s home Lorain They will be at home after Sept 1 in Lorain The Amherst Business Men s Association met at St Paul Lutheran church parish par tors with Wal ter Mischka presiding 16 members present Reports on homecoming floats and preparations for the parade were given by J J Smythe Fred Holzhauer Ludwig Thomas and others.
The Concordia Club of St Paul Lutheran will hold a regular session this evening at the church parlors. The Legion auxiliary meets at the Ben Nickel home on Quarry Road. Members should assemble at Town Hall at seven o'clock. The Victorian Guild of St Joseph's will meet tonight with Aliss Corrine Finnegan on Milan Avenue.
Friends gathered at Wood Hill Drive home of Mrs. Marvin Kruse for a surprise birthday and anniversary party. Cards provided entertainment and buffet refreshments followed. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Tony McGinnis, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schoenfeldt, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Huber, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Barch, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kruse, Mrs. John Grasse, and John Grasse Jr.
The Amherst Rotary Club held a weekly meeting at the Methodist church with 17 members and two guests. Alfred Beesing of Elyria Savings and Trust Co. spoke on business conditions from 1923 to the present, noting depressions and recoveries. The club announced a picnic for August 16 and a directors meeting at W. J. Durling's home Friday at eight.
The monthly Altar Rosary Society gathering at St Joseph’s Catholic Church hall featured a routine business session followed by a variety of games hosted by Nell Kerns Katharine Lawless and several Mrs E W Lahiff August Lucie and Mrs Floyd Lodge. September hostesses named include Mary McCann George Menz John Mertz John Michael Mac Mawhenney and Ed Morrison. Relatives attended the funeral of John Foreman at St Agnes Church Elyria. Amherst attendees listed for a ball game in Cleveland included Ed Lehman Edna Mae and others.
Cloth made in Germany from coal and chalk begins to melt at a low boiling point, making it risky to send to the laundry or press with a hot iron.
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