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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
1
Elyria residents receive Christmas baskets from Associated Charities Salvation Army and Y W C A with toys for children. Ninety nine plus baskets and meals will feed over one hundred households as local volunteers deliver joy and a copy of War Cry to each home.
Memoral Hospital plans a daylong open house to share Christmas cheer with patients and visitors. Nurses greet early in the morning, visitors arrive after ten, and a reception committee assists gifts and entertainment. A Christmas dinner is provided by the Ladies Auxiliary, with doctors authorizing broad patient dining. An evening Christmas tree at the Nurses Home ends the celebration with staff and patients enjoying the holiday.
No trace of the men who assaulted and robbed John Hancock and Jesse Penberthy last Tuesday night, and looted the New York Central ticket office, has been found. Hancock and Penberthy went to Norwalk to identify arrestees but could not. In Richmond, Kentucky, Hacker Wilson, 40, despondent over financial reverses, shot and killed himself.
On Tuesday January 4 at the Colonial theatre Bik ager O J Bennon hosts a benefit show for the Community Aid fund. Proceeds go to the fund with a special film Viola Dana in Blackmail and a blackface specialty with Lawrence Webber John Gray Ben Shubert Tim Armitage Red Gould Earl reenlund Carl Rudolph and others. Howard Barbour leads the music as Mayor Jones and a committee sell tickets for a 10 hour window of shows.
Most area factories offer few Christmas bonuses due to weak business. J. T. Company pays all employees five percent of last year’s wages, distributed among staff. A few firms gave gifts to executives but earnings drops prevented broader bonuses.
Murray Ridge schoolhouse window was broken and a gramophone, bought with student funds, was stolen. County school authorities vow to stop such depredations and will severely deal with the guilty parties if caught, per information from the Turner block school headquarters in Lexington. Plans for cooperation with a tobacco marketing company approved by growers.
The article notes women jurors are not yet listed in the jury wheel at the courthouse. Officials say provisions for their comfort and restrooms are needed before calling women jurors. The crowded courthouse spurs talk of an addition, with decisions pending on adding a story or building a rear extension and possibly an elevator if a new story is added.
Township board of education voted last evening to fund a public health nurse in Elyria Township schools. Scholars will receive physical examinations and instruction in hygiene as part of the program.
Twenty Elyrla patrolmen will dine on a pair of ducks tomorrow as a Christmas gift from Hon. W. G. Sharp of Washington avenue who always remembers the officers. The presents honor the protection provided during the owner's absence from the city.
A belated Christmas present for travelers is a fare increase. Beginning Sunday Green Line passengers will pay 76 cents for the Elyria to Cleveland interurban trip, with the same rate from Cleveland to the city limits. The higher fare includes a transfer to any section of Cleveland, as the company cites losses on interurban passengers and the need to raise revenue.
The Chronicle Telegram will skip tomorrow’s issue as the staff takes a day off to celebrate Christmas with families. Readers are wished a very merry Christmas and season’s greetings are extended to patrons.
Mrs Nellie S Bill Committee head of the State Anti Saloon League announces a new law enforcement society. The group will draft plans to organize strict enforcement of prohibitory laws and present them to the county for approval. Members include J W Diffenbanch Lancaster Mrs George Southwell Cleveland Mrs Nellie M Hill Elyria Mrs Pearle Sigler Dayton and Y A Rebreiber Toledo.
C J Sticren of 314 West street journeys to Springfield Illinois for funeral services of his sister Mrs H V Pittman and her two daughters Evelyn 16 and Virginia who perished when the government steamer Margarett sank on the Ohio river near Au Musta Kentucky on Saturday afternoon Eleven lives were lost and bodies recovered after a hole appeared in the pilot house roof Major Pittman widowed by the loss of his family is an overseas veteran recently reassigned to Chillicothe to oversee a government dam project.
L D Hamlin, arrested yesterday in Sandusky on a statutory offense warrant, is named defendant in divorce proceedings filed by wife Lillian Olive Hamlin. He filed a cross petition denying all charges. They married September 1930 and she alleges infidelity, cruelty, neglect, and improper conduct, asking the court to restrain him from disposing of assets. The case, set for next Wednesday, includes attorney Anthony Neiding for Hamlin and a $1000 bond set for each party.
A suspicious fire at St Marys church on Fourth street and Ona avenue last week filled the building with smoke. Janitor Sim McMullen found burning rags on an altar to St Anthony near the rear and threw them to the street, injuring his wrists. Police speculate an intruder, aware the church was vacant, may have set the fire before escaping.
Henry Edwin Symons long time Lorain County farmer died after an extended illness at his Chestnut Ridge home at age 77. He left four children Mrs. W. S. Nash, Mrs. Brush, Miss Louise and Jonas E. at home. Funeral from his Chestnut Ridge residence Monday morning December 27 with Rev. E. B. Redhead officiating. Interment at Columbia cemetery.
The article notes turkey may cost about 50c per pound, 10 to 15c more than last year, with chicken cheaper. Ducks and geese similar to last year. Flour sugar apples and other staples cheaper, but butter and eggs higher. Fresh eggs up to 90c per dozen, nearing a dollar before winter ends. A $2 dinner could be prepared, welcome for out of work families and households.
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