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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1926
Page
2
Mrs William Ruth hosted the Willing Workers of Lorain at her Brownhelm home with contests and games. Winners included Mrs George Palmer and Mrs Edward Hecker, Lorain. slothespin winner Mrs Rose Tyler, Lorain. battling contest winners Mrs Kudan Brownhelm and Mrs A Masin Lorain. a picnic supper followed.
Mrs John Croll hosts an all day session of the Ladies Aid and the Woman's Foreign Missionary society at her Axtell home. Dinner will be served at noon. The Amherst brief items note local visits and motor trips including Taniel Kelley from Chicago visiting his mother, and several residents traveling to Graf ton and Elyria.
Amherst residents and visitors are listed with numerous social calls and gatherings. Names include George Scott Elyria Mrs John Hanson Brownhelm Mr and Mrs Elmer Baker Cleveland and many others visiting Amherst, Lorain and Vermilion. A card party at the K of P hall awarded prizes for a Progressive Pedro event.
The Eaton township auction sold school property including the center wood building to Keith Rice and the Durkeeville lot and schoolhouse to Br. Fred Meyers of Elyria. Trustees bought Butternut Ridge for cemetery purposes as a nearby resident bid in the east district house and grounds. The item lists reflect a busy post from Aug 27 with many local residents visiting relatives and attending events.
A parade of visitors stops at the Lattig home and area parsonage. Claude Jackson suffers serious injuries when a stone loader collapses at a railroad station. he is treated at St Josephs hospital Lorain and faces a long recovery.
Weekend sale advertises 9 gallon garbage cans and 6 gallon cans at discounted prices. Limited quantities listed with unclear prices and terms due to OCR errors.
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