Theatre Critics and Broadway Elite in Unique Night
New York ran a vivid parade of show people and dramatic critics in a December night chronicle. Gilbert Gabriel, Percy Hammond, Ward Morehouse, Beatrice Kaufman, and Pat Campbell are among names captured with riffs on stage life, wealth, and social scenes. Public figures like Jimmy Walker and Lucinda Reichenbach appear amid anecdotes of theatre culture and insider chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gilbert Gariel
Percy Hammond
Brooka Atkinson
The
Times
Kelcey Allen
George Jean Nathan
Richard Watts
John Anderson
Hope Hampton
Jules Brulatour
Louis Soho
Sidney Skalsky
Jules Glaenzer
Placid
Clara Belle Walsh
Paul Black
Billy Seaman
Phyllis Haver
al Bedell
Ward Morehouse
Bernard Sobel
al Smith
Earl Benhams
Peggy Fears
Blamey
Frank V. Storrs
Richard Lockbridge
Beatrice Kaufman
Ride Dudley
Peggy Joyce
Maury Paul
Beth Leary
Bob Garland
Erward Gimble
Frank Crowninshield
Herbert Wope
Untitled fragment hints at late stay with a rakish bachelor
A readable fragment shows a late stay scene involving a rakish bachelor in intimate tete-a-tete. Context is sparse but suggests a private encounter during a prolonged visit.
Vincent Entertains Group At Mrs Roberts Home
Mrs Martin Roberts hosted Markley Welfare group for an all day sewing session with about fourteen attendees. Several garments were produced from new and used material and dinner was served at noon. Next meeting set for Wednesday December 7 at Mrs J J Heckel's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent
Martin Roberts
Markley Welfare Group
J. J. Heckel
M E Church Ladies Aid Society and Local Visits in Elyria
Elyria residents Mrs George Beese hosted twelve members of the M E Church Ladies Aid Society number two division for a silver tea. Mrs Frank Eschtruth will host December 13. Guests included Mrs Lydia Slack of Elyria and Mrs E A White's dinner guest. Mr and Mrs D F Hschtruth and son and Mr and Mrs Frank Eschtruth returned from Petersburg Michigan after visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Rhone
Frankie Beese
F. H. Lewis
J.G. Morris
Rooselot
Raymond Cook
Elyria
E. A. White
Alex Garland
Amherst
George Beese
M. E. Church Ladies Aid Society
Frank Eschtruth
Lydia Slack
George Mahlke
Oberlin
Cooper
D. F. Hschtruth
Petersburg
Mich
Wakeman Social Notes and Local Visits
Wakeman roundup of names and travels as residents return from holidays. Miss Buckley and Miss Sprague visit relatives in Cleveland and Norwalk. Students, athletes, and families plan gatherings, with basketball games set and declamation prize awarded at the Norwalk church. Various visits to Oberlin, Elyria, Akron, and Cleveland mark a busy holiday period.
Birmingham Church Announcements and Local Briefs
Birmingham M C Community Church schedules services with Rev George T Hanna and Sunday School superintendent Martin Burgin on December 4. Florence Congregational Church also holds services and Christian Endeavor in the evening with Hanna as pastor. Birmingham High School basketball hosts Huron High School in the season opener at the Birmingham gym. Dozens of local residents host and visit families across Wakeman, Amherst, Elyria, as Thanksgiving gatherings and social visits fill the community brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Birmingham M. C. Community Church
George T. Hanna
Martin Burgin
Mayme Church
Florence
Birmingham High School
Huron High School
Lake Avenue Church Notes and Avon Lake Happenings
Community church notices include Christian Science meeting at 10 45 a m on Sunday with God the Only Cause and Creator, First Congregational Church schedule, and Lake Avenue service details. Local events mention Mother Singers, Florida trip for Ralph and wife, honor roll names, county nurses visiting, rites for Mrs N C Traxler, and student illnesses and a broken arm.
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Christian Scientist
Christian Scientist Society
God
Books Added To School Library
Miss Bilman announces new library additions including The Omnibus of Sport Rise of Rome Gray Caps Magic Portholes Handicraft for Girls Under Twenty Behemoth and Ramona plus The Fun of St Amelia Earhart.
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Miss Bilman
Lan
Rice and
Powell
King
Knox
Forleth
Hamilton
Lamberton
Meigs
Williamson
Hodging
Magoun
Ramona
Jackson
St Amelia Earhart
Luncheon-Bridge Benefit by American Legion Auxiliary 211
The American Legion Auxiliary No. 211 will host a luncheon-bridge party on Friday afternoon December 9 starting at 1 o clock at Wayne Black’s residence on Jaycox Road. Proceeds support the auxiliary activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary No. 211
Wayne Black
Jaycox Road
Overnight Visitors Bring News to Local Hosts
Overnight guests included Miss Annette Schwenderman and Miss Adelaide Garrett who stayed with Mr and Mrs E V Miller on Lake Road. Mr and Mrs Guy Miller and their son from Penn Yan NY visited with Mr and Mrs Howard Hulse. Mr and Mrs J Morgan Pierpont and sons of Cleveland were guests at the Hulse home. Mrs O Cotler visited Mrs Sidney Royce in Lorain, and Mrs Mary Collier called on Mr and Mrs Henry Taft in North Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Wood
Phyllis
Fort Jennings
Ohio
Willard E. Taft
Dorothy Taft
Vernon Taft
Case Road
Edward Kallassay
Audrey Carlisle
Kent
Martha Carlisle
Harvey Stoughton
Cerina Pongracz
Louis Monos
Twen
Mike Herman
Elyria
Chekoras
Lorain
William Stumphauzer
Avon
William Papay
Otto Kiesler
Shawville
W. E. Taft
Clara Keller
iRent
Farm Bureau
Gulf Road School House
Loren Rumeey
New London
Rollie Barnes
Lenard Albright
Betty Jean
E. Wind
Kipton
Theodore Bellamy
Nellie Haigh
Elizabeth Booth
Charles Kenyon
Earl Green
Shane Pierce
Akron
Gene
Wallace Croxford
Lakewood
Harold Millhouse
F. A. Denman
Cleveland
Lee Ross
M.B. Peabody
Avon Lake
N. C. Traxler
Lear Road
Holy Trinity Church
Detroit Road
Worth
America
Germany
Mr. Traxler
Celia Bates
A. J. Traxler
Annette Schwenderman
Adelaide Garrett
E. V. Miller
Lake Road
Guy
Miller and Son
Penn Yan
New York
Howard Hulse
J. Morgan Pierpont
Wearsch
Ambrose Wearsch
Mary
Ann Walach
Ros Leweak
Mary Potts
Mary Cycyk
Catherine Ozelski
S. Striker
Avon Av on Nuptials Highlight Month Big Avon Event
Miss Gertrude Wolfram wed Peter Johnson in Rocky River on Saturday November 26. Afterward guests dined, danced, and the couple planned to reside with Mr Johnsons parents until a new Center road home is ready. Avon society notes detail local entertainments, visits, and gatherings with numerous names and places including Elyria Lakewood and Hunting.
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AVON
Gertrude Wolfram
Peter Johnson
Rocky River
Mr. Johnson
Center Road
Avon Holds Successful St Marys Bazaar Dinner
Avon residents report a successful St Marys hall bazaar with a chicken dinner. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Fred Sturznickel and Jeanne, Miss Lillian Wagner of Oberlin, and many locals visiting relatives and attending services. New Altar-Rosary Society members will enroll next Sunday after mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
St. Mary’s Hall
Fred Sturznickel
Jeanne
Lillian Wagner
Oberlin
Charles Wagner
Lawrence Heckel
Gertrude Lemon
Allen Jackson
Elyria
Gene
Monay
Joseph Forthofer
Lena Puth
Renshbach
Ridgeville
J. E. Davidson
Winckles
Earl Reisinger
Vern Reisinger
Belden
Frank Beakey
Leo Jackson
Eaton
Gerrude Westerfeld
Dover
Nelson Chester
Avon Lake
Altar-Rosary Society
St. Mary's Church
Loyes Smith
Rocky River
Lee Kimpton
Fred Kimpton
Cleveland
John G. Smith
Social notes from South Ridge area village events
The item lists visits and gatherings around South Ridge and nearby towns. It mentions Mr and Mrs Harry Bridhart of Elyria visiting Delefield family. Mrs lLaraway and others visiting Heathcote and Ridgeville residents. Reinhart and Laraway families hosting and social calls by Schubert, Heal, Beal, Miller, and Hollingsworth. A Ladies Aid and Missionary Society meeting was hosted by Mrs Delefield on December 6. A birth at Elyria Memorial Hospital, new 8 pound son to Nelson Bechtel. Lewis Krockle admitted for hospital procedures. Florence Funk left for Hudson after months with Sadie Beal. Various other calls and society attendance around Amherst, Elyria, and Townline Road.
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South Ridge
Harry Bridhart
Elyria
Anthony Delefield
Frank lLaraway
Joseph Heathcote
S. Alhert
William Springer
Jean Miller
Ridgeville
Elsie
Ida Delefield
Conrad Reinhart
Amherst
Frank Laraway
E. C. Schubert
Oliver
Townline Road
Sadie Heal
Harold
Frank Beal
Lakewood
Harvey Miller
Spencer
Sadie Beal
Ladies’ Aid and Woman's Missionary Society
H. Delefield
Nelson Bechtel
Elyria Memorial Hosptal
Lewis Krockle
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Florence Funk
Hudson
Howard
George Hollingsworth
George Knittle
Sleepy farmer loses entire bean crop to thieves
George Clark, a truck farmer near Porterville California, says he is a sound sleeper but woke to find thieves had harvested his entire bean crop, in a surprising incident that baffled local police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Porterville Cal
George Clark
Ordnance No 1983 on Street Lighting Upgrade Elyria
The City of Elyria passes an ordinance authorizing the Director of Safety Service to accept Ohio Public Service Company offer to change the ornamental street lighting in specified sections east of East Avenue west of West Avenue and other blocks from 1000 to 600 candle power lamps. The agreement to continue.
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Ohio Public Service Company
City of
Elyria
State of
Ohio
East Avenue
West Avenue
Broad Street
Weat Avenue
Middle Avenue
Second Street
Court Street
Third Street
Elyria Ordinances Restrict Hand Bills on Vehicles
The City of Elyria enacts ordinances prohibiting distributing hand bills on or about motor vehicles and forbids issuing advertising papers for placement in vehicles. Violations carry fines from 3 to 25 dollars and prosecutions costs. The council also changes East River Street zoning to class A Residence, adjusting the commercial district map accordingly. Approved by Mayor Vanoster in 1932 with clerks Cheney and Sartor noted.
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Elyria
City of
East River Street
Wits
Riverdale Court
Pryce
WV. Ryerson
Mary A. Rysmon
Ryerson
C. J. Sartor
H.C. Cheney
W. H. Vanoster
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Jimmy Walker
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Jimmy
Campbell
Mrs
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Lucinda Reichenbach
Mrs. Reichenbach
Broadway
Reichenbach
Ritz
Helen Menken
Rialto
Henry Smith
Charleston S. C
Walter Chrysler
Bill Hamilton
Paul Baker
Isaac Marcosson
Elysla
Terrence McCarty
J. G. Morris
Caggs
M. E. Church
Tax League
Markley School
William Morris
Harry Lee Downs
Otto Rehburg
Weldon Rehburg
Mrr
W. M. Gerrick
Methodist Church Ladies Aid Society
W. M. Rader
Grafton
Edith Morris
John Cook
Anne Karman
Elyria Savings & Trust
F. M. Sponseller
C. L. Sotherden & Son
Lorain County Bank
Tonsa Silver King Blue-Rira Lump
Crooks Coal
Wakeman
Phyrne Buckley
Meade Buckley
Dolores Sprague
Chester Edwards
Norwalk
Mary Nolan
Patrick Nolan
Mary Conry
Youngstown
Elmer Hahn
Hartland
Harris McVann
Cincinnati
Clifford H. McMann
Montea Fay
Bowling Green College
John Conry
M. J. Conry
Frank Link
Raymond Bucher
Detroit
Elmer Beecher
Leo Radcliffe
Chas. Knott
Oliver Thomas
Eileen Conry
Irene Hahn
Paul Murray
James Murray
Keith Buckley
M. E. Buckley
Wakeman High School
Collins
North Fairfield
Aretha Parsons
M. E
Lawrence Murray
R. S. Barnes
Charles Knott
Leo Radeline
Glenn Beecher
Adam Moehl
L. R. Kenyon
Shane Dierce
Dorothy Knott
Charles Cooley
Sarah Philyss
Philyss
George Wargo
Gladys Barnes
Andrew Wargo
Russel Knott
Henry Knott
Huron
Elsa Stober
Dan
Walter
Ruth Baker
Emily
J. &. Gillian
Dayton
John J. Ladrach
Harry Diebel
Walter Smadrach
Wilma
Sarah Emmerick
Ashland
Jake Diebel
Fresno
Amelia Parker
Ed Dalton
Charles. Delmater
George Dalton
Carl Latteman
Edwin Prince, Jr
Leona
Dolores
Richard
Robert
Don Hastings
B. R. Glima
Bobby
Hari Hunter
J. J. McHale
Coletta Stoar
George Samaha
Edwin Prince
Donald Wasem
Joe Angels
Claude Collingwood
Eewin Howe
Frank Gerber
Wooster
Barbara Angerabach
Henrietta
Jesse Portman
Charles Garlock
Monroeville
Charles Griffin
J. W. Sanderson
Marjorie Sanderson
Alfred Sanderson
Strongsville
Everett Bell
Frank Griffen
Dick Root
William Holt
Rolland Flemings
Vermilion
Alfred Flemings
Willam
Fulgrabbe
Adolph Fulgrabbe
Leon Richmond
la Grange
Marion Bates
Barney Kukas
Carl Duane
Carol
A. J. Clemons
H. A. Witbeck
L. M. Boughton
L. A. Gould
Lake Avenue
First Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor
J. Hoyt
Religious Education Committee
Congregational Church
Granville Dunlap
Guy Byars
Mother Singers
Florida
Ralph Miller
Palm Beach
Howard Behnke
Richard Greenberger
Albert Koell
Mildred Mecera
Caroline Starkey
Louise Jabbuach
Ruth Snell
James King
Wade
West
Billy Kubach
Oscar Kubach
Rice Drive
Betty Hayden
South Point Drive
Adrian Nussdorfer
Mildred Chrowder
Ely
Ria
Mra. Lehman
Jolly 12 Club
Mra
Russell Cogwell
Jolly 12
C. Snyder
Bertha Derringer
Eid. Buswell
Misa Ruth Mitchell
Steve Moore Road
George Henson
Hlyria
Leslie Fitch
Baptist Church
William Barr
Frank Wyoski
Phillip Gerhart
John Diederick
Milton
Laverne Russell
Walter Peak
Hilyria
William Peak
T. Schneider
Eliza and
Sarah Lester
Day
Arthur Buck
Fields
Frank Eberling
Wagner
Paul Wagner
Henry Mittendorf
Pleasant Hour Club
Lawrence Gates
Walter Rousher
John Frey
Carl Schafer
Louis Dechant
Florence Curtiss
James Jr
Hunting
Martin Rink
Deris Gilbert
Anna Gilbert
Ed Welsh
Sartor
W. Havanoster
H.C. Chesey
W.H. Lanoster
Maxi Copsfort
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