Smith Ehrman Wedding Date Set After Holiday Bridge Party
Miss Dorothy M. Smith and Oscar J. Ehrman announced their January 16, 1934, wedding at a West Eighth Street party hosted by Mrs. Leo Pp. Smith. Guests included Katherine Moon and Lucille Emerich among others from Oberlin Cleveland and Evansville, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Pp. Smith
West Eighth Street
Dorothy M. Smith
Michael Smith
Oberlin
Oscar J. Ehrman
Ehrman
A. J. Ehrman
Evansville
Indiana
J. J. Peltz
Clarence Foster
Eleanor Hillmer
Harry Frankfather
Kent Richardson
Lucille Emerich
Round Table Club Christmas Party at Hubbell Home
The Round Table Club held its annual Christmas party at the Hubbell home on East Avenue. A decorated tree, electric train, original poem prize to Rodney Rockwood, game of chance winner Frank Wilford, and secretary James Thomas receiving a peanut bag highlighted the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Table Club
Hubbell
East Avenue
Rodney Rockwood
Frank Wilford
James Thomas
Max van Wormer
Waldemar Nichols
A. R. Webber
J. H. Hurst
Sturgis
Michigan
T. N. Cook
Office Associates of Western Automatic Dinner Party
The Western Automatic Co. office girls held a dinner at Ellis' restaurant at 6 30 pm with red candlesticks green holders and chrysanthemums. Fourteen places were set and gifts were opened later at Miss Pearl Pankhoff's Brooks Block apartment with card games and awards for Harriett Gehl Grace Brouse and Alice Gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Automatic Co
Ellis
Pearl Pankhoff
Brooks Block
Harriett Gehl
Grace Brouse
Alice Gates
Elyria Woman's Club to Host Christmas Party
The Business Women's Department hosts a Christmas party on Thursday December 21 at the Club House. Guests will play bridge and exchange White Elephant gifts as a highlight of the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Women's Dept. OF Woman's Club
Elyria Woman’s Club
Surprise Birthday Party Given for Mrs. R J Hentges
Mrs George Kiser and Mrs C J Hentges hosted a surprise party at the latter’s home for Mrs R J Hentges on her birthday. Hi Times Club members attended along with Irene Yoo Frances Sherrill Edith Menschein X Hentges and Ruth Chervenka. Prizes went to Alice Carr LaVerne Durham Katherine Eslinger and Irene Yoo. A Christmas season luncheon followed. Mrs Hentges received a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kiser
C. J. Hentges
R. J. Hentges
Hi Times Club
Irene Yoo
Frances Sherrill
Edith Menschein
X. Hentges
Ruth Chervenka
Christmas Dinner Party At Elks Restaurant
Six girls from the American Lace Company hosted a Christmas dinner at the Elks restaurant. Tables featured tall red candles and small Christmas trees. After bunco games, ice cream and fruit cake were served with prizes awarded to Theresa Yourwich first, Mary English second, and Elsie Scrivens consolation. Other guests included Anna Scrivens Marie Brouse and Alice Metzler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Lace Company
Elks
Theresa Yourwich
Mary English
Elsie Scrivens
Anna Scrivens
Marie Brouse
Alice Metzler
First Congregational Circle 1 Hosts Luncheon at Mrs Richards Home
Circle 1 of the First Congregational church met at Mrs. Richards Cleveland Road home for a tureen luncheon with 24 attendees and 4 guests. Eric Chapman led the program with readings on Christmas. Elizabeth Rich sang The Virgin's Lullaby, and Jean Taylor played two piano solos. A reading Joe's Search for Santa Claus was presented and gifts were exchanged as a white elephant barter. Ten cents per member funded the Not An Empty Stocking Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards
Paul Richards
O. K. Manning
H. H. Jones
Cleveland Road
Circle 1
First Congregational Church
Eric Chapman
H. M., Metcalf
Elizabeth
Birthday Observed for Ruth Heginbotham with Bunco Fun
Miss Ruth Heginbotham celebrated her 18th birthday hosted by Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Pitman. Guests enjoyed bunco with Carl Davies winning first prize and Sylvia Averbook consolation. The party featured green and silver colors and favors from Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf. A two course luncheon followed gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Heginbotham
A. J. Pitman
Bunco
Carl Davies
Sylvia Averbook
Circle No 8 Methodist group hosts Christmas luncheon
Twenty members and six guests gathered at Mrs. E J Bond’s East Avenue home for a tureen lunch at one o'clock. Donations for Christmas baskets were generous and will be distributed by Mrs. Koppes. The program featured Christmas songs and readings including pieces by Donna Viborra and Mrs Bauer, with solos by Mrs Long. The next meeting, a birthday tureen dinner, will be at Mrs. Ada Heimbach’s on January 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle No. 8
Methodist Church
E. J. Bond
East Avenue
E. E. Dettman
Harley Wibber
Christ
Bond
Noel
Ada Heimbach
Fourth Street
Five Candidates Initiated by Rebekah Lodge
Five candidates were initiated at the St. Clair Rebekah Lodge meeting with two more balloted. Two Grafton guests attended. A social hour followed with refreshments served by the social committee. Officers will be installed January third at 2 PM with a practice for installing officers and officers elect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clair Rebekah Lodge
Grafton
Christmas Parties Across Local Groups Tonight
Circle No 5 of St Pauls church hosts a church party this evening. Co-Ed Club and Keen butterclup plan gatherings at homes and venues. Major Woodworth Auxiliary meets briefly then travels to Lorain for Col Gilmore inspection. Various orders and clubs hold Christmas events at halls and private residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle No
St. Paul's Church
Aconda Fraternity
Keen Butterclup
J. Sargler
Eshth
Woodworth
Lorain
Col. Gilmore
Woman's Association of Pilgrim
D. A. Stanford
Broad St
W. B
Woodman Hall
St. Mary's
Stur Society
QO. W
Christmas Circle Meeting at First Congregational Church
Mrs Ralph Murbach hosted Circle No 3 of First Congregational Church on Washington Avenue with assistance from Mrs H W Pond and Mrs S H Shaw. A Christmastime program featured a Christmas Allegory read by Mrs Shaw and carols sung by Mrs George Day and Mrs Shaw, with piano by Mrs James Thomas. A lighted Christmas tree and a gift exchange capped the afternoon followed by a refreshments service. The next Circle meeting is set for January seventeenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Murbach
Washington Avenue
H. W. Pond
S. H. Shaw
Circle No. 3
First Congregational Church
Shaw
George Day
James Thomas
Circle 4 of First Methodist Church Hosts Reading and Music
Sixteen members and three guests of Circle No. 4 of the First Methodist church were entertained by Mrs. Henry Townsend of Earl Court. A brief business session was led by chairman Mrs. F. Henry. The program featured a reading by Mrs. Paul Taylor and a trumpet solo by Oliver Townsend with piano accompaniment by Miss Irene Upton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle No. 4
First Methodist Church
Henry Townsend
Earl Court
F. Henry
Paul Taylor
Oliver Townend
Irene Upton
Women’s Association Elect Officers at Second Congregational
The Women’s Association of the Second Congregational church met with Mrs. Walter Wilson presiding. Officers elected: president Mrs. J Cock, vice president Mrs. Walter Wilson, secretary Mrs. Earl Stewart, treasurer Mrs. A L Phipps. Tea served. next meeting set for January 11 at 1:00 then to attend Union Missionary Tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Association
Women’s Association of
Second Congregational Church
Walter Wilson
George Lamberton
Jack Spencer
Frank Spencer
John Hecock
Earl Stewart
A. L. Phipps
First Congregational Church
Christmas Party at Methodist Church
The Kindergarten and nursery departments of the Methodist Sunday School held a joint Christmas party yesterday afternoon. Stories and games entertained the children and 43 sat down to eat. Tables were decorated in red and silver with red tapers as centerpieces. The Christmas treat served as favors. Miss Elyria Brown led the nursery department with Mrs. Walter Peake and assistants directing the Kindergarten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Methodist Sunday School
Elyria Brown
Walter Peake
Parties to Precede Hospital Dance at County Club
Several supper parties are planned for the Sour People before the hospital dance at the County Club this Saturday evening. Misses Betty and Anne Brown host friends on Ohio Street. Mrs. Max Suppes and Mrs. Ralph Silsbee host a supper at the Suppes home Gulf farms for the younger set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Club
Betty
Anne Brown
Ohio St
Max Suppes
Ralph Silsbee
Suppes
Gulf Farms
Miss Catherine Humphrey Returns Home for Christmas
Miss Catherine Humphrey daughter of Dr and Mrs F Humphrey returns from Notre Dame college South Euclid Ohio to spend the Christmas vacation at 401 Middle Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Humphrey
Mia
Humphrey
Middle Avenue
Notre Dame College
South Euclid
Ohio
Henes Observe Golden Wedding in East Amherst
Mr and Mrs John Henes of Town line celebrated their golden wedding at home on December 20 with a six o clock dinner for eighteen. He was born in Germany and she in Russia Township near Oberlin. they have six children and are active in St Peter s Evangelical church Amherst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Amherst
John Henes
Townline
Henes
St. Peter's Evangelical Church
Amherst
Walter Henes
Lorain
Carl Henes
Fred Coverdale
Otto Feagler
Albert Henes
Elyria
M. Theliman
Lake Avenue
Hospital Notes Admissions List Snapshot
Admissions include Anna Thomas at Woodford avenue and several others such as Marian Nary at 120 Parkview court Rev WwW endly at Endly block Thomas O Neil R D No 2 Robert Wotan Wadsworth William Majeski Ernest Bobar Grafton. Discharges note Mrs Carl Marginer and Mrs Joseph Spoerl with baby girls at 214 Longford 329 Eastern Heights boulevard 32 Stanford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Thomas
Woodford Avenue
Marian Nary
Parkview Court
Community Notices: Girl Scouts Meetup Canceled and Local Club Events
No Troop II Girl Scouts meeting Tuesday afternoon. John G Whitney class of the Methodist church hosts a tureen dinner Friday at 6 30 PM at the Home for the Aged. Women's Relief Corps holds a Christmas party Friday at I O O F Hall featuring a 19 cent gift exchange and fruit donations for baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
John G. Whitney
The
Methodist Church
Home For
Women’s Relief Corp
I. O. O. F. Hall
Marriage License Applications Listed in Local Notices
A list of marriage license applications includes Leon Cote and Phyllis Thompson from Oberlin with Rev. Martin officiating, William Kramer and Anne McKenna, George Dahl and Pauline Strauss of Amherst, W Leroy Stauder and Louis Mason couples, with Rev. McLaughlin and Rev. Schmidt officiating. A separate item notes the YWCA dancing class party with games, a dinner, gifts, and carols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Paul Cote
Tsetroit
Phyllis Berdine Thompson
Oberlin
Martin
Wiliam C. Kramer
N. Eaton
Anne McKenna
Eaton
McLaughlin
George Dahl
Amherst
Pauline Strauss
Schmidt
W. Leroy Stauder
Labaret
Cleveland
Louis
Mason
Lorain
Crabb
Local residents headed home for Christmas
Families and guests from Gilen coe Illinois Kent State College Pittburgh Washington D C Columbus street Briarcliff and Brookline prepare to spend Christmas at relatives homes. Students and friends from University of Michigan and Boston area arrive for holiday visits with the Boor Washburns and Patrick households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner M. Washburn
Jean
Gilencoe
Ilinois
Jidze
G. Washburn
Tarrison Street
Virginia Betterridge
Kent State College
J. F. Betterridge
Park Avenue
Henry Maer
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Lake Avenue
Dorothy Boor
Boston
Cleveland
Tom Frankenberg
Brookline
Massachusetts
J. F. Boor
Findlay's Pound Baby Girl Dies
In Findlay on December 21 a newborn known as the pound baby died after six days on milk via medicine dropper. The infant weighed 1 1/2 pounds at birth, was initially believed dead and wrapped in a newspaper. A faint cry emerged two hours later, life continued briefly, then the child died two hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Findwap
Charles Carmen
Galion City Cuts Electric Rates for 2200 Consumers
Galion Ohio December 22 An ordinance slashes electric rates for 2200 residents from the city council making Galion’s scale the second lowest in the state Cleveland remains lower The new rates are 0035 for the first 500 0030 for the next 250 0028 for the next 2200 0015 for the next 97500 and 001 for excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galion
Cleveland
Bomb Explodes at Lakewood Barber Shop Doorway
A crude bomb exploded in the doorway of a Lakewood barber shop in Cleveland on December 21. Damage is estimated at 3200 with two large plate glass windows shattered and a hole in the floor. Fragments of steel in the walls suggest the device used a gas pipe. Owner Robert Q Smith, a member of the Master Barbers Association, stated he was in good standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, CO
Lakewood
Robert QO. Smith
Master Barbers’ Association
Elyria Community Faces Holiday Travel and Visits
Local residents plan Christmas travel and visits as students return from Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville and Bates College in Maine. Families from Elyria include Gascoigne of Philadelphia son of Mrs. R N Stolzenberg, plus relatives headed to New York, Findlay, Cleveland, and Indianapolis for holiday gatherings and funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Henry Stolzenbergs
R. N. Stolzenberg
Riverside Military Academy
Gainesville
Georgia
Hollywood-by-the-Sea
Florida
T. M. Gascoigne
Philadelphia
Gascoigne
Mary Louise Buck
Roy Clymer
Findlay
Ohio
C. H. Collins
Robert Blayney
Wooster Street
Cleveland
Peggy Rheineck
Garford Avenue
Ilenoir Rhyne College
Hickory
North Carolina
Mildred Hillmer
Miami University
Oxford
W. A. Taggar
Grace Mahon
Steubenville
C. D. Royals
East Avenue
J. H. McElhin
Sixth Street
Sturgis
Michigan
Lara van Weenen
Frank van Wasnen
Sixteenth Street
Millington
Irving van Wagnen
North Eaton
Carey Winckles
Paul Richards
New York
S. S. Mauretania
West Indies
South America
L. W. Claver
Cambridge Avenue
South Bend
Indiana
Crabill
Georgia Phipps
Andover
N. G. Richardson
R. B. Lerseh
Washton Avenue
Harry S. Calvert
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
J. C. Burt
Elyria Post Office Sees Big Christmas Mail Rush
Elyrians send and receive more Christmas parcels this year with two daily parcel posts and three big trucks delivering across the city. Postmaster notes increased outgoing mail, longer queues, and extra staff as the holiday rush nears, while questions about rates and hours rise amid a near complete Sunday and Monday blackout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert BK. Lersch
Elyria
Post Office Department
Washington
Relief bonds to mature semiannually in Ohio counties
The Ohio Senate adopted the Allen bill to have poor relief bonds issued by counties mature semi-annually rather than annually, funded by nuisance taxes, aimed at reducing interest costs. The measure passed 27 to 0 in Columbus on December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Senate
Accident on Broad Street Involves Moss Car
Ben Moss reports a collision yesterday afternoon on Broad Street where a car driven by a woman ran a green light from Middle Avenue and struck the right side of Moss’s vehicle before fleeing. Moss provided the other car’s license number to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Moss
Oak Street
Broad Street
Middle Avenue
Moss
Woman Dies After Night Drinking Party Near Wells Ton
Mrs. Lucy Phillips, 70, found dead in a field at her Wells ton home after an all night drinking party. Death attributed to overdrinking and exposure. Son Dewey Phillips held pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Lucy Phillips
Wellston
Here
Dewey
Paris Couturier Details New Fashion Mode
Lucien Lelong extols line as the greatest feature with fabric and color as close allies. He notes beauty of movement as a new element in late fashions and announces a sea gon bringing velvet varieties and rich colors. An evening model sketched in Paris shows fine velvet with a cape trimmed in yellow bird of paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Line
Lucien Lelong
Couturier
Paris
Funds released for Christmas buying reach eighty thousand
Dec. 21 reports indicate funds released for Christmas purchases neared $80,080 as First Central Trust Company depositors cashed payoff checks. A total of $33,849 was paid in cash to 4,766 small depositors yesterday at the main office and Barberton and Cuyahoga Falls branches. The cash payoff on Tuesday was $32,200 to 4,216 depositors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron
First Central Trust Company
Barberton
Curahoga Falls
Rosenfeld Files Bankruptcy Petition in Cleveland
Mortimer Centennial Rosenfeld, president of Grahler Manufacturing Co, filed for bankruptcy in Cleveland listing debts of 1,239,572 while assets totaled 1,903,516. He states assets serve as security for large bank loans and describes himself as an unemployed executive seeking a new lease on life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Mortimer Centennial
Rosenfeld
Grahler Manufacturing Co
Bandits Free After Robbing Stouffer Restaurant Manager
Two bandits escaped with 958 dollars and a 25 dollar wrist watch after holding up James Laine, the night manager, as he exited the Stouffer restaurant in Cincinnati's business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
James Laine
Stouffer Restaurant
London parole for eye doctor in Christmas release
Richie, an eye doctor from Springfield, will be paroled from the prison farm on December 23 to spend Christmas at his home. He is serving a one to ten year term for perjury in Madison County tied to the trial of John Duffy of Springfield, who received a sentence of two ten to twenty five years for robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Crichie
Springfield
Madison County
John Duffy
Auto and street car collision claims two in Cleveland
In Cleveland on Wednesday night Albert Thomas aged 37 was killed and Joseph Page aged 44 was critically injured in a crash between an automobile and a street car authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Albert Thomas
Joseph Page
Alexander the Great Aimed to Merge Asia and Europe
The fragment suggests Alexander the Great sought to unify continents by integrating Asian and European realms. It hints at a grand political vision rather than a specific battlefield action or treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander the Great
Asia
Europe
British Cemeteries in Belgium Number About 170
A reference notes there are roughly 170 British military cemeteries scattered across Belgium. The figure reflects the postwar cemetery network honoring Commonwealth forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Repeal Rescues Ozarks Stave Mill Business
In the Ozarks a stave mill industry faced beer barrel stave shortages as overproduction threatened supply. The repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment aided recovery, boosting demand for stiff beer staves and uniform whiskey stave production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozarks
Springfield
Aprang
Amarillo High Extends Winning Streak at Butler Field
Amarillo Texas reports the high school football team closed the season with a win and extended its home unbeaten run to 42 games on Butler Field dating to its 1928 dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Tex
Butler Field
Dance at Ridgeville Grange Hall
Dance at Ridgeville Grange Hall Friday evening features Cooks Orchestra with admission 25 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeville Grange Hall
Cooks Orchestra
Hart's Poultry Market Ad On Corner Chestnut Street
Hart's Poultry Market promotes best quality poultry at the corner of 2nd and Chestnut Streets. Max G. Hart is the proprietor and contact is listed as 487-1 via phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart’s
Corner 2Nd and
Chestnut St
Max G. Hart
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Methodist Circle Circle No
West Bridge Street
J. P. Taylor
Stone
Keith Brown
Jay Fitch
Boggs
Woodland Avenue
Western Automatic
Lace Company
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Rebekah Lodge
CONG
Mrs. Townsend
Mrl
Mrs. Henes
Arrel
Boxwood
Kor
J. P. Diederich Sons
Ensible
Thomas
Schwind's Picture Store
W. Second St
the Brown Company
Lodi St. Ph
Phil White
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