Gwendolyn Butler to Wed Col. Raymond Ketchum
Gwendolyn Butler plans to marry Col. Raymond C. Ketchum on September 9 at 3 pm in First Methodist church. The open church ceremony will be followed by a reception at 8 pm at the bride’s home. The couple’s families and local community members share the engagement news and wedding preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwendolyn Butler
Col
Raymond Ketchum
Shirley Gwendolyn Butler
Cpl
Raymond C. Ketchum
Frank Ketchum
LaGrange
James Wootward Wail
First Methodist Church
Miss Butler
Elyria High School
Rainbow Girls
Elyria Lace Company
Cpl Ketchum
la Grange High School
Army Air Force
Connally Air Force Base
Waco
Texas
Empl Young Women's League Hosts Dinner Outing
About 40 young women joined a Summer activity by the Employed Young Women's League at the Green Parrot on Cleveland road. Violet Catena and Betty Krupp chaired arrangements. The group plans a picnic on Tuesday, August 28, at Charlene McGregor's home, with Virginia Shubert as chairwoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Women's League
Green Parrot
Cleveland Road
Violet Catena
Betty Krupp
Charlene McGregor
Virginia Shubert
County President Reports On Family Life Workshop
The August meeting of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union at the Home of the Aged featured county president Mrs. Howard Gould returning from a National Family Life Workshop at Pilgrim Haven Michigan. The encampment included 27 families from 12 states with two families from each state except the host state, about half the total. Families were chosen for interest in Christian education and home life. staff included educators, a naturalist, an athletic director and a paid physician. Activities included prayers, classes, hikes, athletics and lake time. An impromptu talk emphasized the role of old age as intercession in church and world life. The group approved a special appropriation to enable county treasurer Mrs. E. E. Buell to attend the national convention in Boston August 8–11. A program committee was formed and officers named for the coming year. Devotions focused on tithing and a photograph of Miss Frances Willard was given. The annual meeting is set for September 4 at the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Howard Gould
Pilgrim Haven
Mich
Gould
WCTU
Susan Hinman
E. E. Buell
Lo- Tain
Boston
Buell
Lorain County
Anna Kennedy
A. D. Strong
Henry Chariton
F. Hinman
May Easton
Sylvia Free
Frances Willard
Appointed Delegate for Elyria Aerie 431 at Grand Aerie
A. Foreman, past worthy president, is appointed official delegate to represent Elyria Aerie 431 of the Eagles at the Grand Aerie convention in Rochester New York August 9 10 11 12. Mr Foreman will depart today to attend the meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Foreman
Elyria Aerie
Order of Eagles
Grand Aerie
Rochester
N. Y
Foreman
Avon Gaiety Club Hosts Mothers for Picnic Supper
Gaiety club members invited their mothers as guests for a lawn picnic supper last Thursday at Miss Janet Stagg's Avon home. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. William Schroeder Jr and Janet Stagg after cards. The next meeting will be in September with Mrs. Harry Gorski as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaiety Club
Janet Stagg
Avon
William Schroeder Jr
Harry Gorski
Local Navy Servicemen and Family News In Lima
Charles G. Keller, radarman third class USN, serves aboard USS Hawkins in the Atlantic Fleet. Richard C. Gribben, airman USN, is with Naval Reserve Fighter Squadrons 781 783 and 874 in Oakland and Los Angeles. Harold E. Fritz, machinist's mate USN, tours the Eastern Mediterranean aboard USS Columbus with the Sixth Fleet. Also notes visits, arrivals, and births among local families including the Holmes, Reisinger, and Serpanski households, plus a Moose Women gathering at Telegraph road with prizes and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Keller
USN
Elmer Keller
West River Road
Hawkins
Atlantic Fleet
Keller
Naval Service
U.S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ethel B. Thompson
Cocoa
Fla
A. N. Smith’s
Stanford Avenue
Phil Blose
Middletown
Thompson
Smith
Red Lodge
Ontario
Canada
Robert Smith
A. N. Smith
McCalls Resort
Michigan
R. S. Buchanan
Lima
Buchanan
Harold E. Fritz
U.S.N
Joe E. Fritz
Spruce Street
Mediterranean
Columbus
U.S. Sixth Fleet
H. C. Olmsteed
Middle Avenue
Jerry Darling
Cleveland
Olmstead
L. E. Holmes
Linda
Sandra
Eleventh Street
Mr. Holmes
Plymouth
Mich
Richard C. Gribben
C. H. Gribben
Gulf Road
Naval Reserve
Oakland
Los Angeles
Calif
Lyle Reisinger
Pfe
Glen Reisinger
Brewerhaven
Germany
Gertrude O'Malley
Gerta
Washington, D.C
Cornell Avenue
Wade Wells
Gratton
Rickey
Elyria Memoral Hospital
C. Postlewaite
Muskegon
E. L. Rice
Tenth Street
Howard Behnke
Lake
Women of the Moose
Telegraph Road
Reva Ringle
Anna Rodachy
Gladys Wirth
Edna Terry
Licenses Issued For Residents And Local Residents
Licenses issued to John Miskow Route 393 Wellington rveter and Claudia Hamric RD 2 Oberlin. Harlan Kopp 235 West River unemployed and Beatrice Horner 515 Dewey Ave Virgil Talkington 332 Sumner St drill press operator and Frances Biltz 18 West Ave. George Tomlinson Topeka Kansas student and Charlotte Roemer Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miskow
B. D
Wellington
Rveter
Claudia Hamric
R.D
Oberlin
Harlan Kopp
West River
Beatrice, Horner
Dewey Avenue
Virgil Talkington
Sumner Street
Frances Biltz
West Avenue
George Tomlinson
Topeka
Kansas
Charlotte Roemer
Lorain
Page Reunion Highlights Family and Awards
The Page reunion at Russell Page's Ridgeville home drew 74 relatives with a 1:30 p.m. outdoor picnic. Russel Page presided as president and Laura Minnich reported as secretary treasurer, gifting longtime couple Albert Brickman and Mrs. Dwight Page with honors. Distinctions included oldest man Albert Brickman, oldest woman Mrs. Page, youngest attendee 19 months Paris Reisz, and Detroit visitor Stanley Page who traveled far. Some volunteers and guests from several nearby towns attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Russel Page
Ridgeville
Laura Minnich
Albert Brickman
Lakewood
Dwight Page
Wellington
pParthea Reisz
Lorain
Stanley Page
Detroit
Jim Kent
Elyria
Dorothy Page
Laurence Page
Harvey Brickman
Mildred Page
Thelma Page
Lois Kent
Bernice Reisz
East Cleveland
Westlake
Henrietta
Berlin Heights
Ann Arbor
Mich
Hospital Discharges and Local Happenings in Grafton Areas
Hospital discharges list several new arrivals including Mrs Wilbert Goodrich and baby boy in Grafton, Mrs Ted Silvia and baby girl in Grafton, and other residents with addresses. Household hints advise dusting behind radiators by routing vacuum air onto a wet cloth. A Tee Cream Social at Cor Garford and Harvard runs 7 9 from Aug 9, sponsored by Rainbow Girls, 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbert Goodrich
Grafton
Ted Silvia
Thomas Pallardy
Lake Avenue
Thomas Mogee
Bath Street
Oliver Forthofer
Avon
Chester Seneff
West River Street
Phillip Trifiletti
Lorrain
Howard Sewell
Oberlin
Robert Butler
Alfred Prosser
Wellington
Eugene Andrews
R.D. No. 3
Cor
Garford
Harvard
Don
Rainbow Girls
Barb necht reunion at Oberlin Roadside park
The 28th Barb necht reunion Sunday included a noon picnic at Oberlin Roadside park, a business session led by President Russell Dumke with reelects and officers elected. Entertainment followed with games, contests, and refreshments as six births, three deaths, and two marriages were reported. Next year’s gathering will be the first Sunday in August at Pred Lottman’s La Grange residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Russell Dumke
Theodore Haag
Shirley Smith
Reasurer
Mildred Karpinski
Arlene Austin
Pred Lottman Home
R. D. No
St Francis Xavier Circle No. 7 Meets at Riverside home
Calendar notices list meetings for St Francis Xavier Mission Circle No 7 at Mrs Norman Kaiser Riverside Court and Circle No 21 with Mrs Thomas Murray Cambridge Avenue. Auxiliary 431 picnic at Berlin Roadside Park 6 30 pm. Golden Glow holds a tureen lunch with Leona Harmon Har non Beach. Red Cross Canteen annual picnic Crile Hospital. Dames Malta No 232 meets. Townsend Club meets. St Pauls Churchmans Brotherhood at Henry Manns Butternut Ridge Road in evening with Martin Schroeder co host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis Xavier Mission Circle
Norman Kaiser
Riverside Court
Thomas Murray
Cambridge Avenue
Order of Eagles
Berlin
Golden Glow Club
Leona Harmon
Harnon Beach
Red Cross
Anni
Crile Hospital
Dames of Malta
Townsend Club
St. Paul's Churchman's Brotherhood
Henry Manns
Butternut Ridge Road
Martin Schroeder
New President Presides Wellington American Legion
Wellington notes show Mrs. Wilma Perkins becoming the new president at the North Main Post Home. The group forms two dues teams, plans room redecorations, resumes weekly public pinochle on Thursdays, and lists appointive committees across hospitality child welfare and community service. Delegates to the Ohio Department Convention were named with August dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
American Legion
Post
North Main Street
Wilma Perkins
Lillian Clark
Rutheda Obrig
Eva Weber
Marie Fortney
Lucille Crawford
Josephine Pasadyn
Violet Rose
Ada Downey
Arlene Lashley
Susie Reep
Thelma Gibbins
Jessie Edwards
Bessie Barber
Marge Lewis
Dorothy West
Dorothy McMillen
Helen Feron
Stella Sugaski
Catherine Sugaski
Mary Feron
Florence Falls
Jax Stamps
Judith Olsen
Emma Weber
Hazel Weidman
Mary Zubrick
Zedonna Horr
Gladys Benschoter
Rachel Hannon
Nelie Myers
Blanche Jones
Augusta Riche
Ezza Holland
Ways and Means
Department
Columbus
Lorain County Agricultural Society
Lorain County
Herrick Auditorium
C. M. Crumline
Nankin
Wellington Entre Neus Club
Burge
L. F. BeVier
Robert Gregg
Salem
Ore
A. R. Branson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Anna Berg Farm
Imi. N
Oberlin
Rt. 58
Mi. E
Russia
Points for Parents at Vermilion Weekend Guests
The article notes weekend visits in Vermilion including Mr. and Mrs. L. 3. Bradstock and Mrs. E. L. Sharp singing at the First Congregational church. Dr. and Mrs. Harlan Dudley vacationing there, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gregg returning to Salem after settling the Gregg estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermilion
Bradstock
E. L. Sharp
First Congregational Church
Harlan Dudley
Robert Gregg
Salem
Ore
Carroll Wight
F. B. Gregg
Careyroll Wight
Cart Oney
New Mexico
Carl Oney, Jr
Sandusky
Firelands
Oney, Jr
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Rebekahs
St. Clair Rebekah Lodge
C.F. Hall
Odd Fellows
Anna Gehrke
St. Clair Rebekahs
E.Y.W.L
Emerson CT
Gerna
Gibson
Januors
College
Tareer
All-At-Home
Sue
Carter
Rytex
Central Book Store
John J. Cotte
Canton
Ladies Catholic Benevolent Association
Edward Urig
A. J. Couch
Carrie Walsh
Catherine Donovan
Anna Roling
Urig
L.C.B.A
Paul Halter
Emmanuel Lutheran Women's Missionary Society
Liberia
M. H. Forbes
George Mynchenberg
Edward Smiles
Mynchenberg
John Lang
Lloyd
Gregg
Small
Schwind's Picture Store
W. Second Street
American Institute of Laundering, Research and Education Center
Childcraft Books
B.O
Coram Shepard
Barker Bt
Faith Ware
Gerrich Ave
West
Cari
Albert Pasadyn
Pennsylvania
Carl Weidman
New York
Roy Manning
Susan Manning
Anders
James Mosley
Elysoria
Chillicothe
Athens
Hawkins State Park
John B. Kinter
Masoalc
Paul Berta
Cleveland St
Pauline King
Bertha Pinyard
Barbara Werden
Barbara Wolfe
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