Lorain County 40 and 8 Plans Whoopee Night in January
Final arrangements for the annual Whoopee of the Lorain County 40 and 8 will be completed at the December 27 meeting at the Elyria region Home. The unit has several membership applications and will defer initiation until January 31, with the session closing in the customary wreck. John Kolopos, conductor, is organizing the party as efforts focus on increasing paid-up members for seven American Legion Posts in Lorain county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Elyria Region
Carl Wolf
County 40 and 8
American Legion
Avon Lake
Lorain
Amherst
South Amherst
Oberlin
Wellington
Elyria
John Kolopos
Alma Richards
Elyria High
William Goodsite
Alma Schiferstein
Ridgeville
Margaret Wilson
Cleveland
Erest Reibling
W. T
Mrs Sohn Cook Hosts MBE Ladies Aid Division
Mrs. Sohn Cook of Vincent Ohio hosted Division Number Three of the M. BE church Ladies Aid Society on a Wednesday afternoon. Members present included Mrs. A. C. Hay and other attendees enjoyed a pleasant gathering at her home with light refreshments and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent
Community notices and obituaries mix in Ridgeville item
A Ridgeville column lists wedding style notices, club meeting details, and a detailed obituary. It covers quilt making, refreshments, upcoming meetings, family visits to Elyria, and a large obituary for John Albert Taft with survivors and funeral arrangements. Also notes on Elyria shoppers and new automatic garage doors.
Christmas Eve program at South Ridge church
A Christmas program will be presented at the South Ridge church on Christmas Eve at 7 30 p m. Ev ertons are invited. After the program the choir will sing carols. Local residents attended a Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting at Mrs J H Penfound's home. The local school closed Friday for two weeks vacation.
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South Ridge
Evertons
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
J. H. Penfound
Westridge
Amore
Mary Eppler
Milton Eppley
George Knittle
Thompson
Murray Ridge
Ruth Fowl
Barberton
Man Steals Shoes for Mother in Lab Incident
Cincinnati December 22 a downtown department store shoplifter explains he stole a pair of women's shoes to give his mother in law a Christmas present. The manager, noting the thief’s building trades union card, dismisses him with the quip greater love hath no man and allows him to go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Jos
Building Trades Union
Christmas song rehearsal and social notes
Mr and Mrs Edward Burrer of West Ridge held a Thursday evening Christmas song rehearsal with good attendance. Miss Marian Fowl and Kenneth Harden visited Mr and Mrs Leonard Sauer in Sandusky. A group from here attended the Stop 7 Lake Avenue School Christmas program Friday evening. Boston Massachusetts records the lowest automobile accident death rate among U S cities over 500000 population.
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Edward Burrer
West Ridge
Marian Fowl
Kenneth Harden
Leonard Sauer
Sandusky
Stop 7
Lake Avenue School
Jailed After 17 Years Reynolds Faces Big Amy Charges
Harry W Reynolds, 66, once editor, returned to Manchester New Hampshire to answer major charges after a 1918 escape from a chain gang He admits two marriages and claims inheritance from a wealthy English aunt due to abstinence but fears arrest could jeopardize it Reynolds was captured in Greenup Illinois on a tip from his last wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Reynolds
Manchester
N. H
Reynolds
Helen Taylor
Christine Borden
Toronto
England
Greenup
Believed 150 Million Year Old Log Found in City Sandstone
Workmen digging for a new Pine Street sewer ejector station on Maple Street uncovered a small wood log buried about 10 feet beneath the surface in solid sandstone. Harry Life sent a portion to J T Fairchild of Ohio Northern University. most of the log is with Dr Mathews of Oberlin who dates it at no less than 150 million years. The wood is not petrified but the outer part appears charred.
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Maple Street
New
Pine Street
City
Harry Life
City Engineering Department
J. T. Fairchild
Ohio Northern University
Mathews
Oberlin
Payment mixup yields surprise check for longtime worker
In Reidsville North Carolina C and Mason who labored for Southern Railway in January 1888 received a 4.12 dollar payment thirty three years late. The voucher had been sent to Asheville by error and later returned to Washington. Mason inquired with the paymaster and obtained the overdue check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidsville
N.C
Mason
Southern Railway
Asheville
Washington
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Grove
Alacyville
Velma Colter
Raymond Gunn
Meridian
Miss
Jacqueline Taft
Elton
Claude d. Taft
Clarence Taft
Bertha Burroughs
Bowie
Maryland
American Round Base Cotton Press Co
Houston
Texas
Earnst Irion
Garfield Cemetery
North Ridge
Robert Foster
W. Goodsite
Mary Date
Schiferstein
J. Cook
H. Lewis
K. McMillan
W. Reese
C. E. McIntire
J. G. Morris
Andress
Childs
Hendreds
Beautieus
Japan
Lee
Boston
Mass
Sam Shindle
Hughes Provision Market
Roma
Dad
Mose Wilder Cigar Store
Broad Street
Middle Ave
Browns Furniture House
Middle Avenue
Fifth Street
Mahogany
Martha Washington
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