Mysterious cruise lure draws Teddy and Hugo into Smitting scheme
Theodora Raynor and Hugo Albright pursue curious letters from ex-doctor Dr Smitting offering a selective Golden Gull cruise. Teddy doubts the con while Hugo suspects danger. They meet Smitting, learn notable guests are invited, and a shadowy figure at Teddy's door hints danger as the plot deepens.
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Theodora
Teddy
Raynor
John Smitting
Elsie
New York
Hugo Albright
Chicago
Smitting
OHN Smitting
Hugo
Dr . Smitting
Henry
Hugo m
Dad
Dr. Smitting
Miss Raynor
John Carper
Cecil Stoddard
America
Mr. Albright
Hot-Head
Reed
Modern Home Financing Cuts Costs for Builders and Buyers
Local building groups push a campaign highlighting low cost long term FHA financing. A single 80 percent mortgage with 5 percent rate and monthly amortization can save up to 85 percent in financing over 20 years, yielding lower overall home costs and ownership closer to rent.
Old Commercial Buildings May Be Modernized
City business districts hold aging structures from 30 years ago that remain sturdy yet unattractive to tenants. Exterior modernization funded by the Federal Housing Administration credit plan can finance new windows stucco updates and attractive trim, plus interior rearrangement to boost display and efficiency without overburdening good credit property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Housing Administration
Floor Cove Base To Ease Cleaning In Homes
A curb base as a simple modernization, using a cove stick and Mnoleum paste, reduces dirt along wall joints. The Property Improvement Credit Plan provides loan funds through insured lenders for home modernization. Salt water discoveries beneath the Jordan Valley in Palestine noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
Jordan Valley
Palesine
Gas Co Launches 13 Week Sales Drive on Gas Heating
Ohio Fuel Gas Company launches a 13 week campaign starting August 1 featuring home and commercial gas heating equipment. The plan includes newspaper ads and promotions with Janitrol burners furnaces boilers and unit heaters. A free heating survey will estimate current systems and the cost of switching to gas heating.
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J. L. Paradis
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Moore
Janitro
Gas
Paradis
Finishing Unfinished Basement Ceilings for Safety
Basements lacking covered ceilings pose hazards. Finishing ceilings with fire resisting plaster board improves safety for both recreational and utilitarian use. Funds may be obtained under the Federal Housing Administration Property Improvement Credit Plan.
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Federal Housing Administration
Grafton Pioneers Meet and Club Activities Detailed
The Grafton Pioneers 4 H Club met Friday at Town Hall with visitor Jeanette Corey. Members planned a poster for Wellington Fair and held a picnic at Bonnie Park with a nominating committee. Women’s Bible class met at Mrs Tran’s with 18 members and six guests. plans included funding church painting and officer elections. Mrs Clair Miller hosted the Lafalot Club for needlework and social time.
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Grafton
Pioneers
4-H Club
Town Hall
Jeannette Corey
D Lyndest
Wellington
Shterlainegs
Fred Tran
Nina Seeley
R C. Stuart
Viola Lawson
Anna Saxton
Winifred Tran
Ruth Cox
Beebe Jed
Edith Howard
Lennard Jones
W. E. Baker
Brooks Will
Howard
Baker
A. Bernath
Clair Miller
Lafa Lot Club
Demand Active For Small Homes Under FHA Report
The FHA annual report shows small one family homes dominate mortgage activity in 1937. Ninety four percent of premium mortgages were for single family houses with an average loan of 4157 dollars for 17 years. Most homes were five or six rooms with bath and garage.
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Federal Housing Administration
Lake Avenue Grange Meets and 4-H Club Notes
The Lake Avenue North Ely ria Subordinate and Juvenile Granges plan a regular meeting at the Grange Hall Thursday evening at 8 o'clock with refreshments by the Juvenile Grange. The Lake Avenue Boys 4-H Club met at advisor E R Layer’s home with seven members, discussed projects, held a brief business session, and played games. Several boys plan to attend Camp Crag. next meeting August 22 at the Laver residence with books ready for judging.
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Lake Avenue
North Elyria
E. R. Layer
Camp Crag
Laver
Wiring In Old Homes Should Be Checked
Most homes over ten years old were wired for lighting only and now face overload. The extra load equates to about two thirds more than original capacity, causing dim lights and slow appliances. FHA Property Improvement Credit Plan funds rewiring via private lending institutions insured by the FHA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Local families host visitors and attend reunions in Ohio
The text lists multiple family gatherings and visits across Lorain Strongsville Youngstown and Port Augusta with extended relatives. Jeannine spent the weekend with Wellington friends. Mr and Mrs Henry Bislich attended the Buckley reunion at Bonnie Park in Strongsville. Raymond Williams visited the Hogan home before returning to Youngstown. Alfred Gould Jerry Kindle Chester and Wayne Hogan accompanied him. Eugene Williams vacationed at the Hogan home. Leland Croskey and daughters of Lorain visited E F Croskey’s family. Reno Collier returned from Port Allegany Pennsylvania. Harold Starkey and children Herbert and Lillian visited Farold Spie th’s home. LaGrange Mrs Armut Schaber Joanne and B J Reisinger mentioned.
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Jeannine
Wellington
Henry Bislich
Buckley
Bonnie Park
Strongsville
Raymond Williams
John Hogan
Youngstown
Alfred Gould
Jerry Kindle
Chester
Wayne Hogan
Raymond
Eugene Williams
Hrogan
Leland Croskey
Cove Lighting System Aids Illumination
The Cove lighting derives its name from the curved molding near the ceiling where lamps are concealed. It reflects light toward the ceiling producing even illumination when well designed. In modernizing a household system core lighting may replace the old central fixture with funds from private lenders under the FHA Property Improvement Credit Plan.
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Cove Lighting
Property Improvement Credit Plan
FHA
Picnic Planned by W C T U in Brighton
Brighton readers learn the W C T U and families will hold a picnic on Town Halls grounds Wednesday afternoon and evening August 10 with a covered dish supper. Also noted are a Congregational Church Ladies Society gathering at Mrs Clyde Lees home and several short vacation and visiting updates among local residents and their relatives.
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Brighton
Ladies’ Society of the Congregational Church
Clyde Lee
Local Socials and Guest Visits Chronicle Community Life
A committee hosted a program followed by a high lunch and social time. Mr and Mrs B E Edwards and family hosted Sunday dinner guests Mrs Effie Edwards of Wellington and Robert Lee of Clarksville. Week end visitors to Albert Hanes included Mrs J N Erbs of Cleveland Gladys Hanes of Willoughby and Marion Hanes of Bowling Green who visited Marjory Hanes in Cleveland Sunday. Mr and Mrs C E Gill spent several days with their son H L Gill and family in Wellington. Heights below a thousand feet are hills above are mountains. Glasgow Scotland was once called Glasgo in 1301.
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Virginia Staysnick
Hazelton
Wilkesbarre
Albert Bernath
Cleveland
Albert Prosser
Margarete
Russell
Union City
Martha Seckt
Elyria
Carl Seckt
M. A. Dickason
Clinton
Clair Miller
B. E. Edwards
Effie Edwards
Wellington
Robert Lee
Clarksfield
Albert Hanes
J. N. Erbs
Gladys Hanes
Willoughby
Marion Hanes
Bowling Green
H. L. Gill
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Aunt Elsie
Eal
Gas Co
Vaneil Myers
Alex Schwed
Marie Zacharias
Cecil Johnson
George C. Beebe
George Edward
James Dunlap
Delbert Dunlap
Betty Jean
Eugene Hallowell
Carl Hershey
B. H. Butler
Lloyd Bartlett
Elmus Croskey
C. W. Barres Plumbing
Middle Ave
ZEPH
Elyria Sheet Metal Works
Broad Street
Cove
Reisinger
Interlochen
Michigan
B. J. Reisinger
William Buchholtz
Mary Buchholtz
John Kasper
Henrietta
Cleon Kindle
Edward Buchholtz
West Palm Beach
Florida
Glasgow
Scotland
Olmsted & Hoeffel
Water St
E. F. Whitney & Son
W. Broad St
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