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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1936
Page
11
County officials debated bids for 10 binders to record county papers. E M Wickes pressed for lowest price and samples before award, insisting on the Heer Printing Company bid of 22 dollars despite higher-priced competing offers. Samples arrived and proved the low bid superior.
Horn agreed the firm was better than the one named and the contract went to the lowest bid der. Commissioners also purchased supplies from Heer Printing Company for the treasurer s office amounting to 54 000 or so. Heer was not the lowest but the board deemed it the best buy given product quality. The lowest bid came from Johnson Watson Company at 49 25.
Aug 13 update from Lake Avenue reports Mr and Mrs Charles Mecera and family returning home after a visit. The short item notes the couple and their kin and adds telephony reference with S421.
Week's vacation at Beaver Park includes gatherings at the homes of Alta Bebinke and the Collier family. Ellen Kutter Klub hosted by Mrs. Alta Bebinke, Eileen Laux visits Lorain friend Mary Jean Croskey, Carek picnic at Beaver Park, Dora Bates visiting Elyria, Bill Kohl guests at Reno Collier home, George Robleauvelt and wife dine with Mrs. Ross and daughter.
Radio listings show WAM FM programming and a variety of music and bands. Notable items include Lowll Sherman, Lowell Thomas, and multiple bands with concert and theater dates in Cleveland and surrounding cities, plus mentions of WPA era programs and local news broadcasts.
In Columbus, twelve Ohio counties including Ashland, Auglaize, Darke, Fairfield, Franklin, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Ross, Shelby, Wayne and Williams drew no state relief money in the year's first half and show little hurry to claim July allocations. Pickaway is the only county that has consulted officials on steps to draw July funds, as a new law shifts discretionary power away from the state relief commission. Under prior law, full monthly allocations were granted once reports showed compliance with requirements.
Plans for the third annual Firemen Street Fair and Homecoming set for August 21 to 23 are under way with sewer bands scheduled to play at an open air pavilion daily. Other entertainment is being arranged. Also noted are church events including Forty Hour Devotion at St. Martin's Church starting Saturday morning and running three days with multiple masses. News notes cover visiting relatives and local social updates from Medina County and nearby towns.
A string of social visits unfolds from Lakewood to Cleveland with Mr and Mrs E B Dol Omo hosting a Friday dinner at Miss Antoinette Heil s home. Master Cai Himmelman visits from Cleveland while staying with grandparents Mr and Mrs Z A Sailer. Dinner guests at Mr and Mrs Edwint Lasech include Reed McClure of New Philadelphia and E Hadiock family from Medina. The Keller reunion at Fort Wayne Indiana draws Mrs Frank Keller Earl Rupert Twila Wilkinson and Albert Mellert with Melletts returning home later. Haag reunion at Metropolitan Park in Cleveland draws Maynard Wilkinson and the George Haag household in Rosalta.
Vermilion residents Vera Carlson and Betty Lumley spent time at relatives in Cleve ton and Elyria respectively while many locals attended weekend activities. Mr and Mrs Milford Harrison enjoyed speed boat races at Fremont on Sunday. Vermilion Boat Club hosted events Saturday night. Several families visited or hosted relatives across Elyria Bellevue Spencer and Wellington areas with trips and gatherings noted.
Toledo gas dispute stalls with 25 percent wage rise as company and workers plan another session with the Toledo Industrial Peace Board today. Union members voted two to one to accept an accord negotiated earlier by company representatives. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Earl Gibson, noted as the sister and daughter of a local family. Additional local notices mention guests and visits among Amherst, Cleveland, Sandusky, Oak Harbor, and Toledo residents.
Robert Pierce, president of the Employes' Union, said emergency crews would be continued at their posts for an unspecified length of time as talks met most of the union demands. He added that picketing would continue amid the dispute.
At The Theatres wartime intrigue frames a tale of sacrifice and love with Jean Harlow in the title role as Suzy shown at the Capitol Theatre.
Victor Melaglen stars in Profeasonal Soldier adapted from a Damon Runyon story. The showing features MeLaglen and Freddie Bartholomew with a Lincoln Theatre engagement for tomorrow only. In other news from New Britain, Louis Meyer grows quintuplet cabbages with five normal-sized heads on a single plant.
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