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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1936
Page
6
A long roundup of local social events and church notices from Amherst includes a 50th birthday surprise for Mrs William Ellerington with friends and family attending, plus upcoming meetings, choir rehearsals, services, and social gatherings at various churches and community centers such as Lindas School workers, Kings Daughters, Women's Union, and St Peters Ervangelical.
A Sunday service gathering selected Mrs Garfield Harris as delegate and Mrs A K Jenne as alternate for the laymen conference to be held in Akron on September 18 and 19. Other items note Kights of Pythias meeting, Jessamine Lodge Daughters of Scotland, Farles auxiliary, and the Lorain Lutheran Men’s outing at Brandts Park with guests from Amherst to Lorain.
Mrs Louis Rothe returned from a visit with Lakewood relatives. Miss Emma Cooper and Clarence Cooper Jr were Sunday dinner guests of their grandmother, Mia Frederick, Lorain.
Relief clients in the county will be notified by W B Young the commodity distributor that surplus items can be picked up at seven stores after 1 pm Tuesday through Thursday. About 600 sacks of flour weighing 24 1 2 pounds each and 78 cases of canned meat totaling 2 1 2 hundred pounds will be distributed this week. Last week 3600 pounds of prunes and 1100 pounds of dried peas were distributed. Meat is distributed every other week. Clothing orders may be picked up at the surplus commodity center 308 Depot Street Elyria during the day.
Transfers recorded in 1936 include J Q Ferro Admin to John Sabn Sublet on Leona Heights Elyria, Wmif Baker et al to Peter Caserta on 19th Street Lorain, Bradford to Allen Bradford 58 acres Lot 11 Rochester Township, Abe Gelman to Joe Gelman on Broadway Lorain, Peter P Niesen to Mildred Nielsen on Elyria Road Amherst Village, and multiple sheriff deeds to The Cleveland Trust Company for properties on Broadway Lorain East 29th Street Allison Street West 19th Street and Vine Avenue, plus Avon Village and other parcels in Lorain, Elyria, and surrounding areas.
Norma Terriss vaudeville star soprano and mimic deluxe, living with Dr Jerome Wagner in Lyme Conn. The article details their garden, animal sanctuary, home decor, and Norma’s stage career from Follies to Showboat to cinema, plus plans for a Broadway revival and future dramatic work. It notes births and a Kansas origin for a Catherine Dale Owen.
The Sunday School class led by Harold Alisop met at the Methodist church for a party with games and contests that were fails and refreshments for twenty two by the committee. Amherst and South Amherst Days will be recognized at the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland on September 2. Tickets cost one third paper for those going, on sale at Kramers Place and Ruths Groceries, with Mayor Garlaal and Herbert Sphnerderne in charge of arrangements. A village council meeting was held at the town hall. Clem Gratz and daughter Marie returned from Rochester, and Wis William Meacham hosted Slack of Elyria for several days, amid a local reflection on free speech and dictatorship.
Samuel Frank of Oakland drew nationwide attention by appealing to Gov Allred to find a Divine belle for marriage at the Texas Centennial. He claimed 13,000 letters of proposals and listed quirky conditions, including a widow or divorced status, church, and even lipstick use. A Berkeley woman later aided his cause, lending $10, before his arrest.
The Spurlock Four Quartet will perform two Sunday concerts in the city. The first is at First MOE Church at 7:45 AM and the second at Bethany Baptist Church at 3:30 PM. The group from Philadelphia sings sacred songs and spirituals and supports schools and music scholarships. The quartet includes Albert Stewart Arthur Wiles Leo Williams Edgar Wilson, with Wiss Les sie Sputlock directing.
Mrs Kennedy reported escalating borrowings by a man to the police as weeks passed. She visited his apartment unannounced finding another woman among thirteen potential partners. the two women compared notes and learned they were both prospects. The other woman left, Mrs Kennedy returned to police.
Wallboards for finished walls grow in popularity in modeling and renovation work. Manufacturers have improved to fit designs with 12 by 24 inch units, offering lightweight installation, less mess, and added insulation. In renovation, wallboard enclosure reduces load on beams and partitions while improving comfort and cutting fuel costs.
The text discusses choosing wall colors as backgrounds for paintings and decorations. It cautions against highly contrasting colors, noting they distract attention from the artwork and draw the eye to the walls. It suggests pale stippled yellows with subtle greens or blues as attractive options.
Hop pickers pour in from across the country for a short harvest season in Santa Rosa area counties. Over 3,000 external workers are needed to gather hops in the limited time. In Newcomerstown seven years ago Harry Schweitzer lost a valuable watch while digging. this year while pota toes were being turned up the watch resurfaced and was purchased for 40.
A fire at a CCC camp in Springfield destroyed the wooden water tower. The blaze awakened sleepers as the fire siren rang, and the tank fell when the tower burned, extinguishing the flames. The incident left the camp water supply compromised.
In Lovell Wyoming farmer Lubken rigs an electrical device on his binder to electrocute grasshoppers, aiming to curb the hoppers’ menace advancing across crops. The device delivers a shock to insects that land on the machine as it works the fields.
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