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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1937
Page
2
Legal ads show multiple sheriff sales in Lorain County Ohio including cases 39298 38814 and 39212 with properties in Avon Lake Elyria and Ridgeville. Parcels include Sub Lot No 41 Oakwood Ave Avon Lake 40 ft frontage and 92 ft depth with appraised value 2650 in Avon Lake. Other bids include 112 Cornell Avenue Elyria appraised 5000 with two parcels totaling 15500. Dates range November December 1937.
In Lorain County Ohio the Depositors Mortgage Company proceeds to public sale of real estate at Elyria Court House on January 1938. The parcel includes 95 West River Street and Tattersall Court with detailed lot bounds and appraised at 3550. Also Columbia Refining Company files suit to quiet title in Elyria parcel described as Lot 497 and adjoining streets. Defendants must answer by January 22, 1938 or judgment will be entered.
Hollywood idol chatter covers W C Fields jokes Sylvia Sidney and Joan Crawford props. Anna Q Nilsson comeback sparks cheers while Stan Laurel jokes and Dolores de Rio gaze spark discussion. Continentals demand pay, Kay Francis feuds, Peter Lorre German ties, and Hollywood imports European stars amid war clouds.
North Olmsted notes show a Tuesday study club gathering with Mrs. Rose on Learain Road. Dr. N Heward Sander and family from Wheeling West Virginia visited his mother Mrs. Barbara Sander and sister Mrs. Ben Salisbury over the weekend as local residents Clyde Feuchter and wife and Mrs. Anna Perkins spent Thursday in Valley City with acquaintances.
Former Mr. and Mrs. Fred Feuchter are mentioned with their daughter. The Bidwell couple report their little daughter recovering from a severe flu attack. Mrs A N Eldred travels to New York to care for Miss Mabel Eldred after an appendix operation. Mrs Ida Elton visits her niece Mrs Robert Hall on Cook Road. Olmsted bus employees held a dance and card party at Springvale on Wednesday night. Congregational church hosted a bazaar and supper drawing 176 attendees. A play titled The Duke of Gordons daughter performed by young girls delighted the audience.
Sunday December 5 observed as Bible Sunday. December 12 marks the third lecture by Rev. Clyde Kuhn at the Congregational Church on the topic Cooperation. Questions follow as discussions prove engaging. no admission charge. Attendees include Mrs. Sarah Lord and family, Ralph and Ruth Lord, James Donaldson and daughter Helen, and Mr. and Mrs. Karl Donaldson with two sons. Thanksgiving was spent at Guy Donaldson’s home near Wellington.
Thursday afternoon at four o clock the Universalist Church united Doris Fortune daughter of Ralph Fortune Elyria and Robert Beebe son of Carl Beebe Porter Road in marriage Rev William Sehnei der officiated Lois Fortune and William Lersch attended the wedding dinner for fifty relatives at Grange Hall Ridgeville couple now housekeeping on Cleveland Road Ridgeville
Mr and Mrs Henry Altmiller and sons Kenneth and Walter were honored at a dinner Sunday hosted by Mr and Mrs Fred Latteman. The Brownhelm Open House at Congregational parlors drew guests including Mr and Mrs Elmer Portman and son Elmer Jr Mrs Paul Portman and Mr and Mrs Ed Haussen. The event celebrated the 60th wedding anniversary.
The excerpt lists numerous community guests and home visits including Ben Bacon and Katie Weldman families in Elyria Oberlin and surrounding areas. Notable movements include Catlin returning from Indiana and H G Portman attending the Fruit Growers school in Columbus. Residents visited kin in Pittsfield Cleveland Lorain and Elyria over the weekend.
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