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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1939
Page
19
A compact church directory lists Columbia Baptist Rev Bareia Lanéon Bethool and North Ridgeville Congregation with Rev Young Minteter, Sunday School times, and worship services. It also features Columbia Methodist Rev Thomas Hughes and Rev Norris, St Peter Catholic Church under Rev Veorre Martin with Mass times and Sunday School.
Harold FL Weber listed as pastor with worship at 9 16 am and church school at 10 16 am. Esa remains unclear.
The Sunday school lesson centers on Elisha aiding Naaman the great Syrian commander who is a leper. A captive Israelite girl sparks hope, Elisha rejects gifts as mere worldly aid, and the prophet directs Naaman to seek God’s mercy, showing true helper spirit and faith in Israel’s God.
Rev Frederick B Cook leads Unified Worship and Teaching at noon with Morning Worship at 10 45. Evening services at 6 39 and 7 20 p m include evangelistic and prayer meetings. Tuesday features Teacher Training at 7 20 a m and Women’s Prayer Band and Bible Study at 2 00 p m. Thursday offers Prayer Meeting at 7 30 p m and Choir Practice at 6 45 p m.
The text reflects on Naaman seeking health and life through human means, but God’s path is simple. Elisha bids wash in Jordan seven times, a humble act that enrages the dignitary yet proves God’s power when he obeys and is cleansed. The lesson: trust God’s simple instructions for true healing.
Clues from the Naaman story highlight helper behavior by Elisha and a maid. Questions explore why the remedy was simple, Naaman’s initial anger, and how we can be helpers of God. The clericus note emphasizes sin, faith, obedience, and cleansing beyond station, plus a prayer for seeing opportunities to help others.
Ivy presents fourteen devotional talks in a practical handbook from Standard Publishing Company. The volume aims to aid in preparing and delivering talks for women groups with clear guidance and timely topics.
The Methodist church in Pittsfield sponsors a supper in the basement on Wednesday evening August 16 with tickets available in advance. Supper is served from 7 to 8 p m and entertainment will follow the meal.
The Young Pecpies League holds a Sunday evening meeting at Pittsfield Community Church on August 1st at 8 pm in connection with Grange work. The Grange quartet elimination contest will occur and Grange members from Amherst, Columbia, and Eaton are invited. Professor Geo. D. Hubbard of Oberlin will speak on America Before Man. The quartet winner advances to Camp Craig on August 21 for state honors. Miss Elsie Avery presides.
Mrs Ethel Forwood visits relatives in Florida while Lorain County Extension 4 H Club Farm Womens Clubs and Farm Bureau schedule a picnic at Linwood Park for Saturday August 12 R E Campbell leads arrangements. Several families attend Ruggles Beach outing and Rawson reunion at LaGrange Summer cottage. Friendship Guild meets with members and guests and Eyes on judging August 15 and a later August 31 picnic. details to follow.
Belden Mr and Mrs D G Reisinger and family spent Sunday with Edward Reisinger in New Lexington Ohio. Miss Jeanne Wise attends Epworth League Conference at Lakeside this week. Mr and Mrs George Beriswill of Lakewood were weekend guests of ...
Martin Beriswill family hosts relatives from Berea and Cleveland as Marie Esther Wise arrives from Lodi hospital. Friends and neighbors attend gatherings in Wellington LaGrange Lorain and Cleveland with visits from Fern Florence Beulah Uney and Miss Lucille Ockuly's wedding in Cleveland.
Spender Carl Carpenter of Attica and Mrs Lutz of Pittsburgh visited here with Mr and Mrs Willis White and Mr and Mrs John White. Fr anc es Cuddihy spent Sun day in Cleveland with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Cud dihy. Frances returned home after a four weeks vacation here with her grandmother and aunt. A Stedman family reunion was held at Riverside Park Ionia Mich. Funeral services for G Briggs were attended by local residents at Elvira. Various local families hosted dinners and visited relatives in Ohio Michigan and California including trips to Camp Perry and Pochantus Pa.
A long list of Sunday visits and weekend trips marks a busy period for area residents. The Erhart and Gumbar households host and welcome guests from Cleveland Wellington Lorain and nearby towns while others travel to Chardon Niagara Falls Welland Canal Elyria and Beaver Creek for gatherings. Several local families host reunions and share meals with relatives and friends across Ohio.
Berton Road residents Mr and Mrs L E Hayes with Bill and Beth Ann spend two weeks at Marblehead. Mrs R W Karch and her choir girls held a beach party at Huntington Park on Thursday afternoon. A N Eldred, finishing a six week course at Columbia University, returns home Saturday. Mrs Ida Elton visits son John and wife on Cook road this week.
The Kipton Woman's Missionary Society has postponed its all day meeting from August 16 to the following week due to a Sunday school picnic. The annual meeting will feature the election of officers for the coming year and all members are urged to attend. Ernest Firth of Huddersfield England marks 50 years as marriage registrar after attending over 8,250 weddings.
Dr. C. N. Chr Isman explains Rocky Mountain spotted fever or tick bite fever, once regional to Idaho and Montana, now widespread across the northwest, midwest, Minnesota, the Alleghenies, and the south. The illness resembles typhus but is tick borne. mortality varies by region from a few percent in Idaho to as high as about ninety percent in western Montana's Bitter Root Valley.
Wood Tick's Doing It is carried by the bite of the wood tick. In from three to ten days after infection there is increasing malaise with pain in the bones and muscles. This is followed by a severe chill, high fever, harsh headache and pains all over the body. There is severe constipation and bleeding from the nose, mouth, stomach and bowels may occur. The heart beat is rapid. On the third or fourth day bluish red spots appear first on wrists, ankles and forehead, then spread over the body and mucous membranes. In severe cases the spots may become gangrenous. There is restlessness and insomnia and often delirium. The abdomen is distended and kidneys often inactive. One attack confers immunity. There is no cure after onset. treatment is general. Vaccines for prevention have been used in the west for about ten years and are effective. US Public Health Service prepares this vaccine in Hampton, Montana and provides free doses. Dosage is two injections of 1/2 c. each for children, with a booster during prevalent periods.
The text warns that a rare illness may occur in the east and be mistaken for typhus fever. It recounts one recovered case from Montana, stresses precautions for those in woods and fields, and advises leggings and tight clothing, daily body inspections, and removal of ticks with gasoline or alcohol followed by cauterization with a silver nitrate stick or iodine.
The loyal Parker family reunion gathered Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will McWilford near Greenwich. Sixty attended for a day of visiting and a dinner, with games and social time. Rochester attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jewett and family and daughter, Mrs. Elsa Crittenden and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Parker with daughter Creda and son Loren.
An eight pound baby girl named Rosemary was born Saturday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hileman at their home with Mrs. Gray don Jewett as nurse. Also noted are local community items: the Methodist Sunday School picnic set for Cascade Park Elyria next Tuesday August 15. the annual Baird Storrow reunion planned for Wellington Fair Grounds Sunday August 13. and a brief notice of an Ever Ready Baptist Sunday School class corn roast at Paw Jewett home with games and refreshments.
Chronicles a flurry of social visits with residents from Litchfield Akron Elyria and Cleveland hosting relatives and friends. Guests include Johnson Herman Wetzel Klingler Wentz Bauer Knapp Williams Chamberlain Philips and Simonson among others with travel from Detroit Bowling Green and Ashtabula. The notes preserve a snapshot of community ties and weekend hospitality.
West River Road shows Mrs Harold Engle and her three Detroit children spending two weeks at the Marlett home with extended family. Mrs Ida Hochenedel of Bucyrus and Miss Ella Tilden were dinner guests Monday of Mrs Frances Heckel. Mrs M Saylor and son Michael were also mentioned in the social notes.
Miss Virginia Taylor of Town Line road with two daughters Mary and Jessie joined Mr and Mrs Harold Beckstein and three children of Elyria and Mr and Mrs W J Moulder with Mr and Mrs Walter McMillan and two children for a Sunday afternoon trip to Zoar Ohio ending with a picnic supper. Callers on Monday and Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs J G Morris included Dyke of Elyria Mrs J J Cook and son Mrs J Harnish and son Mrs Goode and son C E McIntire and paymaster Shirley and Richard ill.
Sunday visits linked the Taft and Baldwin families across East Cleveland Cleveland Heights and Euclid with Mr Adelbert Baldwin honored on his eighty third birthday. Relatives gathered for ice cream and cake while several Baldwin and Taft members traveled to New London Ohio for further social calls.
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