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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1935
Page
5
Fire Chief W N Bates urged Elyrians to take simple safety steps during Christmas to prevent fires from decorations toys and matches. He cited moving picture film ignition by a heat bulb the importance of safety films and 16 mm UL approved machines and warned against inflammable ornaments and unsafe lighting while recommending a fire extinguisher or water to hand.
The Ladies Aid society of the Reform ed church in Henrietta O elected officers for the coming year at a full day meeting held at Mrs Louis Delefield home. Officers chosen were Mrs Albert Latteman president Mrs Emil Burrichter vice president Miss Martha Delefield secretary and Mrs Louis Delefield treasurer. A pot luck dinner followed with many local residents named and the January meeting set for the Parish House with Mrs Henry Altmiller as hostess.
Mrs Alfred Schott and Mrs Fred Twining hosted the Evangelical church Ladies Aid meeting at the former's home with carols and a decorated tree. Gifts were exchanged after routine business and refreshments were served by the hostesses to a long list of attendees. Several members attended external events and many local residents were noted visiting or dining with friends this Friday and Saturday.
The D C club held a Christmas party at South Ridge church parlors with guests including the Schmitkens family, Mr and Mrs Henry Kolbe and son, the Bechtels and son, Miss Thelma, and others. Local students Doris Gaehr and Milton Ludwig Jr spent weekends with relatives in Oberlin and Lorain respectively. Helena Scharina of Elyria visited H W Schmitkens family.
The Middle Ridges Community Club will hold its December meeting at the school house on December 20 in the evening. Pupils will present a Christmas entertainment. In Portland Oregon United Afr- Hnes reported two world records by completing 99.1 percent of 1,500,000 miles of scheduled flying in one month, the highest completion rate for an airline over a million miles, and the first to average 50,000 miles per day.
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