Center for Sightless hosts meeting and wedding plans
A Lorain Center for the Sightless gathering drew guests from Sigma Gamma and Elyria Home for the Aged. Highlights included Jack King speaking on the Ohio State School for the Blind and plans for a bowling team. Also covered are upcoming weddings and engagements with several party details and gifts noted.
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Lorain County
Second St
Sigma Gamma Sorority
J. Q. Petro
Harry Schultz
Gerald Leonard
Bennett
Trace
Elyria
Jack King
Bath Street
Ohio State School For the Blind
Columbus
Bell
Cleveland
Lions Club
King
Ohio State School For Blind
Jackling
William Nichols
James Woodcock
Elyrians
Charles Chamberlain
George Folbert
Clyde Flower
Lorain
Frances Eckert
Agricultural Extension Bureau
Beulah Williams
Williams
Service League
L. D. Huffman
Thomas Laundon
George Hoke
Personal Notices From Elyria Area August Occasions
Local social column lists births weddings and greetings from families across Elyria and nearby areas. The Dettling family announces Louis James Dettling Jr born August 5 at St Thomas Hospital Akron. Guests and visits include Parcell family in South Carolina, Johnstone guests Garfield Heights, Meng in Niagara Falls, Linwood Park hotel guests Clara and Nancy Jane Smith, and others from Akron Canton Cleveland and Toronto areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Dettling
Frances Bailey
Brighton Drive
Akron
Ohio
Louis James, Jr
St. Thomas Hospital
W. L. Parcell
South Carolina
Greenville
Pawley’s Island
Grace Johnstone
Garfield Heights
Bes Johnstone
Clara
Nancy Jane Smith
Eastern Heights Blvd
Linwood Park
Linwood
T. W Willis
Ohio Street
Vandemark Cottage
Lodi
F. L. Botaw
John F
Richmond
Virginia
Smith
Harrison
James. Curran
North Ridgeville
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Calendar Chiquita club and local society notices
Local clubs and auxiliaries meet on various streets and avenues including Middle avenue Dewey avenue and East River street. Activities include Bunco, tea, picnics, and family gatherings with several named members and locations listed. A Clifford family reunion is noted with participants from several cities and a 1940 reunion planned. Penny Supper by Daughters of America succeeds with plans for a Columbus delegation and a Chippewa Lake picnic.
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Miss Novak
Dewey Avenue
Maxine Roling
la Grange Road
St. Paul's
Jolly Eight
Bunco
Ralph Betz
Homer Street
Alpha Beta Bluets
Loretta Ziolek
Second Street
Eagles
Eagles Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Vivian Resar
East River Street
Iota-Nu
Rose Bilow
13Th Street
Pongo
Howard Ahlgrim
Schramm
Glen's Beach
Beatrice Wensink
Schramm Road
Louise Hylkema
East Avenue
2Nd Congregational
Louis Davis
Samuel Street
Clyque Club
William Wood
St. John’s Young Ladies Society
Walter Block
Woodmen of America
Elyria Council Jr. O. U. A. M
Wursthall
Elyria Ll. O. O. F
Elks Lodge
United Presbyterian Board of Trustees
Daughters of America
Lovina Hopkins
Columbus
Russell
Esther) Smith
Kline
Chippewa Lake
Hazell Ryan
Plans for a Birthday Party and VFW Auxiliary Meeting
The Elyria VFW Post 1079 Auxiliary met on Broad Street with strong attendance. President Mary Moir led the session planning a birthday party for members born in July August or September with handkerchief gifts. The next meeting shifts to September third Monday due to Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 1079
Broad Street
Mary Moir
Velva Mahallis
Helena French
Licenses Listed for Lorain Area Workers
Names and ages of license applicants from Lorain Elyria and surrounding areas include Henry Harsar 24 meat cutter Lorain Mary Sylvester 21 Lorain Sam Demaria 26 Elyria Dorothy Tornabene 20 Lorain Herbert James Rice 3 Cleveland motorman Mary Malek 44 Sheffield Lake Frank Ernest Austin 2 Elyria clerk Marian Frances Chapman 19 Ridgeville township with occupations specified for each applicant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Harsar
Lorain
Mary Sylvester
Sam Demaria
Elyria
Dorothy Tornabene
Herbert James Rice
Cleveland
Mary Malek
Sheffield Lake
Frank Ernest Austin
Marian Frances Chapman
Ridgeville Township
Prayer Meeting Tonight At Ada Heimbach Home
The Holiness Prayer Meeting will meet tonight at Mrs Ada Heimbach home 246 Fourth Street. The LaPorte W C YT U tureen dinner planned for Wednesday at Mrs Rice Sullivan is postponed. France ships three times more rayon products to the United States than a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Heimbach
Fourth Street
France
United States
Britain Warned Of Inadequate Food Reserves
Sir Herbert Matthews warned at the Norwich congress that Britain faces a far worse food position than in 1914. He criticized the food defense committee for lacking control and urged immediate large purchases of Canadian wheat and a boost to home production to aid naval strength and national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Herbert Matthews
Ministry of Food
Congress of Industrial Transport Associations
Norwich
Sir Herbert
Hot Dog Pickle Row Fight Yields $335 Damage Award
Montreal court reduces damages from $600 to $335 in a pickle incident at a hot dog stand. The Court of Appeals held the stand's owners not liable, placing fault on a stand employee and on A B Elder. Elder was injured after demanding a third pickle and, after a glass struck him, filed suit seeking $1,200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
A. B. Elder
Court of Appeals
Elder
Hens Suffer Shell Shock After National Guard Shell Crash
SAN PABLO Cal Joe Mikulich reports his chicken coop was hit when the 144th field artillery National Guard unit prepared for war. Shell destroyed the coop most hens killed and the survivors have not laid since the shelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pablo
Cal
Joe Mikulich
144Rd Field Artillery
National Guard
Vicious string of deaths shocks New Orleans block
Four residents on the 2400 block of Columbus Street have died violently in 13 months. Neighbors consider changing house numbers or moving as a result. The piece notes that July accident tolls in five years ran 27 percent above the monthly average.
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New Orleans
Columbus St
Hospital Admissions List From Lorain Area In Early April
The report lists admissions of Harry Sywy at 122 Elbe Street Maurice Berlin Lorain Gloria Berlin Lorain Jerry Novatney 128 Columbia Ave Mrs Anna DeHart Avon Constance Bigar Lorain Mrs James Curran North Ridgeville Mrs Nellie Gembka 128 Warren Ave Mrs Kenneth Jones 4 7 East Ave Charles Barnes 158 West Street Mrs Joseph Sheema 164 Woodford Ave Discharges include Helen Gallo 326 Hayes Ave Mrs Clayton Sooy and a baby boy in Grafton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sywy
Elbe Street
Maurice Berlin
Lorain
Gloria Berlin
Jerry Novatney
Columbia Ave
Anna DeHart
Avon
Constance Bigar
James Curran
North Ridgeville
Nellie Gembka
Warren Ave
Kenneth Jones
East Ave
Charles Barnes
West Street
Joseph Sheema
Woodford Ave
Helen Gallo
Hayes Ave
Clayton Sooy
Grafton
Cruising Plans Trigger a Shipboard Romance Twist
Sam Henderson, Merry Clark, and Johnny Neor Felk navigate financial pressures and secret marriages aboard a South American cruise. Sam, already married to Flossie, contemplates marrying Merry after learning an annulment frees him faster than expected, while Merry aims to help her family and secure a richer match. Flossie and the Clarks’ personalities clash with Sam as he realizes the cruise may end before his plans unfold. He proposes a dramatic escape by plane to New York once port calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Clark
Johnnny Neorfelk
Virginia
Johnny
Merry
Sam Henderson
Sam
Fressle Field
Mrs. Clark
South America
Flossie
Clarks
Flora Clark
Obert Clark
Mr. Clark
Robert Clark
Ber
Thas
Eateo
Bedwesie
Ski J Mevne Schmit
Tim
Evelyn
Re Baker
Dor
Courothy Fabian
Mn Laver
Esthier
Otto Saruld Sturkes Koltzman
TilLon- On
Port Arrow
New York
Fire prevention talk interrupted by rubbish fire in Pittsfield
Andrews Wyman spoke on fire preventors when a rubbish can across the street burst into flames. A fireman used a hand extinguisher to control the blaze as the ad dress presentation continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
Andrews Wyman
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