Lorain County WPA Musicians Schedule Holiday Concerts
Lorain County WPA groups plan Christmas musical events across the county. A large band concert will be held at the Pleasant View Sanatorium in Amherst led by Mackert. Anne Judge’s piano students give a recital at 7 30 p m on East Erie Avenue Lorain. A double quartet under Miss Girthalee Brown will carol at Pleasant View on Christmas Eve. WPA groups led by Hines and Mackert perform at the CCC camp Gulf Road Salvation Army Elyria and VFW Lorain. Donations of used instruments are sought to form a band and orchestra at the CCC camp with drives to the Washington School WPA office.
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Lorain County
Pleasant View Sanatorium
Amherst
Lorain
Rank Mackert
Anne Judge
East
Erie Avenue
Girthalee Brown
WPA
Howard Hines
Mackert
CCC
Gulf Road
Salvation Army
Elyria
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Alice Platner
Washington School
Lack Of Courtesy Is Cause Of Accident
Bank Lumadue of 325 Winckles Street suffered a bent rear fender when a driver backed into his car on Broad Street. Lumadue waited for a parking space and reported the other vehicle's license number to police after the motorist tried to dart in ahead of him.
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Bank
Lumadue
Winckles Street
Broad Street
Lamadue
Delegate Elected Miss Dorothy Jones Named Club Delegate
Elyria High School art teacher Miss Dorothy Jones was elected last night as the Elyria Business and Professional Women's Club delegate to the National Conference on the Cause and Cure of War in Chicago next month. The club was invited to send a delegate by the National Federation of Business and Professional Women, one of 11 national groups in the conference. The article notes Berlin Moscow air service covers 12 hours.
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Dorothy Jones
Elyria
Elyria Business and Professional Women
Chicago
National Federation of Business and Professional Women
Amateur Show At Y.M.C.A. Tomorrow
Fifteen young Elyria entertainers prepare fourteen acts for a charity amateur show at the Y M C A tomorrow at 7 30 p m. Ten winners from last Friday's elimination contest among forty three entrants will perform under Carl Wagner's direction. Prizes await the top acts.
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Ifteen
Elyria
Carl Wagner
C. A
Death Record for Joseph F. Stacks in Elyria
Joseph F. Stacks died after a short illness on December 16 at his home 118 Charles Court Elyria. Born in Germany on December 3 1574 he came to Elyria from Grafton eighteen years ago and worked as a fireman for Republic Steel and Tubes Inc. He was a member of St Marys Church and Holy Name Society. Survived by three daughters Mrs S J Aline Cleveland Mrs R E Ursem and Mrs W L Robinson Elyria and sons LeRoy Stacks Elyria Verne J Stacks Cleveland plus three grandchildren. Wife Katherine G Knechtges died in 1928 and daughter Mildred in 1931. Funeral 9:30 AM Saturday at St Marys with Fr James T Daley. Burial St Marys Cemetery.
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Joseph F. Stacks
Charles Court
Germany
Elyria
Grafton
Republic Steel and Tubes Inc
St. Mary's Church
Holy Name Society
S. J. Aline
Cleveland
R. E. Ursem
W. L. Robinson
LeRoy Stacks
Verne J. Stacks
Katherine G. Stacks
Knechtges
Mildred Stacks
BE. A. Welsh
St. Mary’s Church
James T. Daley
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Study Proposed Ohio School Standards
Lorain County school officials are starting a study of proposed Ohio high school standards and may suggest changes. C A Gibbens presented copies after returning from Columbus, where he met State Department of Education officials. Dr G H Reavis reported that statewide input is being sought to refine the standards before adoption. Papua under Australian rule has about 300000 natives and 1300 whites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Ohio
C. A. Gibbens
Columbus
State Department of Education
Gibbens
G. H. Reavis
State Department
Vermilion Job Is Awarded
The Ohio state highway department awarded 16 highway improvement projects after bids. John Hill of Ada won $204 505 for a grade separation on State Route 2 U S 6 in Brownhelm Township Corain County. The project would eliminate cross overs on the Cleveland Sandusky road with the New York Chicago and St Louis Railroad and the Lake Shore Electric Railroad, subject to federal approval before work can begin.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
John Hill
Ada
U. S. Route 6
Brownhelm Township
Corain County
Cleveland-Sandusky Road
New York, Chicago, and St. Louis
Lake Shore Electric Railroad
Guard Placed at Bedside of Nick Germano
Sheriff Clarence W. Dick ordered a guard at the bedside of Nick Germano 18 who is confined at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a gas station robbery attempt. Germano was wounded when Gardner fired on the quartet captured near Elyria Route 29. Arraignment on robbery charges is delayed pending recovery. The other three youths remain jailed with $10000 bonds. Deputy Chalmers Davidson assigned to guard duty.
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Clarence W. Dick
Nick Germano
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Germano
Cleveland
Matt Gardner
Elyria
Gardner
Chalmers Davidson
Industrial Board Rehearing Case Over DeBray Claim
Witnesses testified as the Industrial Commission reopens the case of L F DeBray Troxell Company employee who hip injury in 1931 and died five years later from a disease alleged to be linked to the injury. Carrie DuBray appeals for a rehearing before Referee Robert W Chamberlin. Gilbert Well questions witnesses. The referee has ten cases and five more to hear this week. If denied, the petitioner can seek relief in common pleas court.
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Industrial Commission
L. F. DeBray
Troxell Company
Carrie DuBray
Robert W. Chamberlin
Gilbert Well
Get Places On E H S Honor Roll At Elyria High
Eighty nine girls and 32 boys at Elyria High School earned spots on the honor roll for the second six week period. Nine students achieved high honor with straight A grades. Others on the list had at least one A and no grade below B. Named high honor recipients include Bertha Smith Gordon Holton Thomas Stephens Robert Spinks Betty Jane Miller Robert Moss Joan Bauer and Dorothy Nau.
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Elyria High School
Bertha Smith
Gordon Holton
Thomas Stephens
Robert Spinks
Betty Jane Miller
Robert Moss
Joan Bauer
Dorothy Nau
Local officials reject electrocution for dogs in favor of gas method
Cleveland demonstration shows electrocution as a disposal method considered by Cuyahoga County officials. Commissioners report the electric method is viewed as less humane, and Lorain County Humane Society raises concerns that gas exhaust may suffocate dogs with blue smoke rather than using carbon monoxide.
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Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Curahoga County
Lorain County Humane Society
Mountain Girl Guilty in Father’s Murder Trial
Edith Maxwell, 19, was found guilty of second degree murder in Wise Virginia for killing her father Trigg Maxwell. The 13 jurors sentenced her to 20 years in prison after a second deliberation following a prior guilty verdict overturned by the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
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Wise
Yva
Virginia
Edith Maxwell
Trigg Maxwell
Edith
Supreme Court of Appeals
Changes in grading system eyed by Lorain County schools
County officials discussed proposed reforms to grades in Lorain County with C A Gibbons outlining options. The plan includes adopting a letter grade system, a six week reporting period, and end of semester exams, with further study at the January meeting by twenty five superintendents and principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
C. A. Gibbons
Gibbons
G. L. Thourot
Brownhelm
E. F. Litzenberg
South Amherst
J. Berkley Roach
Markley
Most Rural Schools To Close Wednesday
Lorain County rural and village schools plan Christmas vacations with early dismissal Wednesday or Thursday to meet state funding day requirements. Most will resume January 4 after the holiday break. Avon Lake and Clearview will add Good Friday and Easter Monday closures and later makeup days.
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Lorain
C. A. Gibbons
Ohio School Foundation
Gibbons
Avon Lake
Clearview
Missing items stolen from Chicago man on Broad street
A lady's make up case a small radio and cigars valued at £40 were taken from the car of Benjamine LeVine of Chicago while parked on Broad street for five minutes yesterday. Le Vine reported the theft to police. A stray quote about the term gentleman and a note on a gasoline motor are also mentioned in the text.
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Benjamine LeVine
Chicago
Broad Street
LeVine
Joint Christmas Party of Senior Friendship and Hi Clubs
About 100 boys and girls from the Senior Friendship Club and Senior Hi Club gathered at the YWCA for a joint Christmas party. The event featured carol singing, a Friendship Club chorus, two short plays by Thespians from the girls and boys, and concluding refreshments and dancing. The girls’ cast included Winifred Meredith and Betty Agate among others. the boys’ cast included Henry Hart and Malcolm MacDonald among others.
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Friendship Club
Winifred Meredith
Betty Agate
Wilda Foreman
Natalie Nock
Eleanor Fisher
Louise Sharkey
Henry Hart
Malcolm MacDonald
James Tite
Carl Nivus
Henry Hudson
Court House News and Local Legal Actions
Police hunt for Joy Nixon's missing 1934 Ford after a second theft in three weeks. Lorain County approves a rain roof for kennel dogs at Oberlin road with a $50 estimate. Six Singer sewing machines costing $210.36 bought for WPA centers. Theresa Fyre seeks divorce from John Fyre for extreme cruelty. Albert Deutsch sues Dan Boerin for $927.50. Judge Findley approves $1450 administrator fee for Anna Belle Campbell estate, valued at $11000, with fee appeal filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer Sewing Machine Company
WPA
Christmas Edition of Elyria High Herald
Elyria High School published a Christmas edition of the Elyria High Herald featuring a bright cover showing Santa in a sleigh with gifts. The back cover also displays reindeer pulling Santa, capturing the festive spirit of the day.
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Elyria High Herald
Elyria High School
Santa Claus
Santa
Will Is Set Aside In Erickson Estate Case
A jury in Judge Guy B. Fled ley's court yesterday voided the will of Franco Oscar Erickson Ridgeville farmer who died age 71 after cancer about 18 months ago. The will left most of the estate to his 15 year old Pittsburgh granddaughter and was challenged by his Ridgeville son Richard who received $10. Valued at $3,500, the estate now allows the son to participate and the granddaughter to share through her mother’s interest.
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Guy B. Fledley
Franco Oscar Erickson
Ridgeville
Pittsburgh
Richard
Erikson
Erickson
Disbarment Hearing Set For January 2nd
Robert M Burke the Lorain and Cleveland attorney now in the Ohio penitentiary for embezzlement faces a disbarment hearing at 9 am January 2 before Judge Gus B Findley. Charges filed by Lorain County Bar committee headed by Frank Stack allege embezzlement of 7000 from a Cleveland loan company. Burke pleaded guilty and was later sentenced for probation violation on October 5, 1936. If needed he will be brought to Lorain for the hearing.
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Robert M. Burke
Lorain
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
Gus B. Findley
Findley
Burke
Lorain County
Frank Stack
Confusion Over Chang’s Move Toward Nanking and Sian-Fu
The article tracks Chang Hsueh-liang’s pull between demanding war with Japan and reforming the government as he detains China’s leader. Donald, the Australian adviser, moves between Sian-Fu Loyang and Nanking causing official confusion over where talks will proceed and the northwest communist threat.
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Nanking
Peiping
Soong
Donald
Sian-Fu
Moh Teh-Hui
Japan
China
Northwest
Chang
Manchuria
Loyang
Pengpu
Nankin
Markets show Cleveland product prices on eggs poultry and potatoes
Market firm for eggs with extra firsts at 29 cents and pullet firsts at 26 cents. Live poultry steady with heavy hens and leghorns priced per pound. Ducks and turkeys listed with varied weights and prices. Potatoes by 100 lb bags in multiple regional prices, Idaho Ohio Maine Texas Florida shown.
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Cleveland
Grady
Maine
Texas
Florida
CATTLE AND LIVESTOCK PRICES AT MARKET REPORT
Receipts show cattle and hogs steady to higher with mixed grades. Choice steers 1100 lbs and up range 10.00 to 11.50, medium and good butcher cattle 7.00 to 10.50, cows 4.50 to 8.50, hogs 120 to 300 lbs around 9.00 to 10.60, sheep and lambs slower to steady with lambs 8.50 to 9.25 and wethers around 4.00 to 4.50.
Fragmentary Market Figures from IBA Ledger
Fragmented OCR shows prices and lots from Iba listings with figures like 9.50 and 9.00, plus stags quoted at 7.16 and references to $3,700 and $3,750 at 100 to 130 plgs. Details incomplete and uncertain.
Toledo Grain and Produce Market Prices
Grain in elevators and transit billings show No 2 yellow corn at 1.08 to 1.09 dollars per bushel, No 1 red wheat around 1.31 to 1.32, oats No 2 white about 0.56 to 0.64, rye No 2 about 2.15 to 2.22, with No 2 yellow corn track prices at 7.04 to 7.41. Produce lists butcher prints and eggs extras at 30 cents per dozen.
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Toledo
Quotations on Grain and Feed Prices from Sheets Elevator Co.
Quotations on grain hay and straw from Sheets Elevator Co and flour from Montana Milling Co. Prices quoted per barrel for car lots and per ton for hay. Oats, corn, wheat, flour and hay varieties listed with grade numbers and price ranges. includes No 1 Timothy, No 2 Timothy, No 1 light mixture, No 2 Nahe mixed, No 1 cat straw, No 1 rye straw, and alfalfa cutting tiers.
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Sheets Elevator Co
Montana Milling Co
I.is
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Y.M.C.A
Papua
Knights OF ‘Columbus Toy
K. of C. Hall
Broad ST
Ethel
W. Broad Street
Link
Boxed Handker
E.H.S. Honor
God
Elysium Soda Grill
Elysium
East Avenue
Joy Nixon
North Main Street
Oberlin
Nixon
LaGrange
Oberlin Road
Theresa Fyre
John Fyre
Albert Deutsch
Dan Boerin
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Harold A. Tobin
Anna Belle Campbell
Common Pleas Court
E. H. S. Herald
Court Street
Cdonnell
Ainting
Melton
Lincoln
PANTS
Cleveland Livestock
Elyria Feed & Coal CO
East Bridge S
Scranton
Reublin Bros
Sunkist
Jersey
Idaho
Richelieu
Stewart
Crisco
P. V
Baldwin
Greening
Jonathan
Jones Dairy Farm
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