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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1924
Page
11
Besinnings tomorrow Elyria's department plans retrenchment in operating expenses. Two lieutenants, R Hudson and C C Osborn, are reduced to first grade and reassigned. Four firefighters moved to implement the new schedule, with H A Vosburgh, S B Brouse, Trank Lysaght, and W A Cory shifting among Engine Co and Ladder Co units. Harvey Heath end.
Readable names list show students and instruments at D W Baird’s School of Music for band and orchestra. The roster includes William Willimon trumpet Merwin Altfelt clarinet Kathrine Boylan saxophone Charles Cluley piano Irene Nemeth violin Gilbert Newcomb trumpet and many others across brass woodwind strings and percussion.
The clipping lists musicians including Walter Grille Everett Hill Clarence Gril Kenneth Hawk and Raymond Alexander with instruments baritone horn trombone and clarinet. The ensemble features Elton Hill Russell Cook Samophone Theadore Carpenter Wilwer Hawk Chester Carpenter and others.
Messay went from Eu. No. 1 to Engine Co. No. The mix them to leave the de ent are Rolald E. Lumley, M. Severy, George Schmitkens, mara Massings, Carl Siebert and Walter Albrecht. MMe ladder truck at No. 1 sta ceased to respond to all first alarms December 17. All fire men in the city have been given special instructions in the operation of this apparatus and it is planned to take it out only on second alarms and at specially designated places. The entire department now members 23 men including its chief. This is but four more than the personnel of the department under the old system before the Adoption of the two-platoon plan about five years ago. The ordinance reducing the department called for laying off eight men. The department has been operating with two vacancies several months.
Wellington report says Robert Stewart and Carl Obdrey, Junior High School students, were injured while hunting on the Wagner farm. A shotgun dropped and rolled down a embankment, discharging and striking Stewart in the knee and Obdrey in the arm. Sponseller treated the injuries. both boys are recovering.
Wellington December 31. Village council met to close the year and adjust salaries for the upcoming year. Firemen won a ten dollar weekly raise after requesting twenty five dollars yearly. other salaries saw minor cuts.
Wellington December 31 The Home Builders class of the Methodist church hosted college students home for the holidays with over 200 attendees. A varied program featured orchestra selections remarks by the class teacher Mr Johnson a solo by Gertrude Dibble a solo by Mr Kiine a girls quartet a reading by Maxine Siuiliff a violin solo by Master Rowland plus games contests and a two course supper.
The newly organized Girls Club under Mrs. Franklyn Jones will meet at the Congregational Church next Thursday at 7:30 PM. Discussion will cover urgent issues for High School age girls and the group aims to foster social activities and community involvement.
Frank J. Knowles sues William C. Knowles executor of Rufus Knowles for $2075 claiming he provided constant care to the 84 year old LaGrange resident from 1915 to 1918 under an oral agreement giving him a half share of the farm proceeds and a half of the estate.
The Y M C A gym closes will stage its annual gymnasium exhibition Thursday at 4 30 p m on the gym floor. New Year’s Day marks the event where local boys display a year’s gymnastic work without specialty, featuring free hand routines, wand drill, dumb bells, stall bars, apparatus work, and basketball between classes.
In Oberlin the community gathers for a Union Watch Night Service at Christ Episcopal Church led by Rev. Louis F. Daniels. The service begins at 10 50 and ends just after the arrival of 1925, featuring solemn music and church ceremony.
Cornelius Neilson Paul Katz and Robert Ingraham attended Miracle Tuesday in Oberlin. Mr and Mrs Henry Korman visited from Steubenville Ohio. Mr and Mrs F G Brown and Charles Baker came from Columbus to Oberlin on Tuesday.
The report shows Number Five mobile causing the highest proportionate death rate across states with exceptions. Wood County recorded 20 deaths tied to the Updegraff family car train wreck at a grade crossing. Lorain County logged 18 auto deaths and nine crossing deaths followed by Scioto Jefferson Seneca and Muskingum with 11 to 18 deaths. Ashland Vinton Champaign and Lawrence had no auto or grade crossing fatalities. Hardin and Drake counties had no auto deaths. Hardin reported seven grade crossing deaths and Drake six. Legislative measures to reduce deaths will be proposed as Ohio lawmakers convene.
Chicago December 31 Englishmen in daily life suffer far fewer fatal accidents than Americans Richard E Kropf Royal Arcanum states England and Wales 1922 fatal rate 321 per million vs 698 per million in US America loses about 200 people daily to accidents and 1462 weekly to appalling death toll Automobile accidents lead with 262 weekly deaths and other causes follow including 254 per week, drowning 134 and railroads 128.
Bulletin reports Miss Anne S Hallof Cincinnati died in Washington December eighteen her will filed for probate naming the Smithsonian Institution as chief benefactor. Also noted were a Michigan Supreme Court ruling, postal rate talk, a Ford bonded issue, an acquittal in a Brooklyn kidnapping case, the birth of Cornelius Whitney's son, and a Washington motor ride fatality arrest.
The council votes to send a representative to Columbus for the Public Utilities Commission gas rate hearing after weighing protest costs. City officials, including the solicitor, plan to attend as the Grace L. Meacham case nears the Ohio Supreme Court, with a meeting of Ohio and Pennsylvania officials set for the day before Logan Gas Co. heating.
The office announces no newspaper will be issued tomorrow. All local offices including banks court house post office and city offices will be closed except the police station. The Chronicle Telegram staff wishes readers a Happy New Year.
Walter Panchyshyn alleges his wife Sage Wife Baert nagging and clashing with friends and church members led to the divorce petition filed in Lorain. He requests custody of two children and their household furniture. The couple wed in Connsville, Pennsylvania in 1915 and have two minor children.
The Day's News notes Associate Justice Joseph McKenna, the oldest on the Supreme Court, likely to retire as the new year begins. A Philadelphian by birth who moved to California, he served 27 years on the bench after earlier roles including district attorney and congressman.
Stock receipts show cattle 250 in market slow. Calves 200, market down 1 to 2. Sheep and lambs 1900, market down 5 to 6. Hogs 2500, market steady. Yorkera at 11 dollars. mixed 11.81, heavies 11.25, mediums 11.25, plus 10.00, roughs 9.00, stags 6.00.
A dated ledger lists local happenings from September to December including deaths, elections, civic actions, church milestones, school plans, service charges, and community drives. Notable entries mention Myron Cunningham’s 101st birthday, a presidential election, gas rate debates, and the Community Chest campaigns.
A crowded court scene reviews a year of cases with fines for Woodward and Taylor, acquittal for Fire Chief Bates, and dismissal for Mayor Hinkson. Sheriff Underhill is bound over to the grand jury. health questions delay Dr Perry’s sentence. Police praised for duty and a January dance planned as gifts from merchants pour in.
A testimonial claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured two years of stomach and intestinal distress. The user says the medicine cleared catarrhal mucus, relieved inflammation, and improved health beyond prior best. One dose supposedly convinces, money refunded if not satisfied.
Council plans to present the annual appropriation ordinance to the council for action. Rawson, chair of the finance committee, says the panel will meet this afternoon to frame the budget, after a previous session was postponed due to his illness. The service director J A Hewitt asked approval to install a street light at Heriton Bond Jackson and praised council cooperation, noting no deficit and some dollars to spare.
Lorain December 31 Safety Director Sidney B R Royce asks council police and fire committee for an appropriation to hire new men frequently to raid vice dens and bookie joints. He says repeated visits expose a place and fresh material is needed to keep the booze squad effective.
In Lorain a man identified as Louis Stolba, 402 W. 23rd St, was nabbed in a noon raid on a soft drink parlor with a bottle in each boot top. He will be arraigned Friday.
A supplementary petition filed in Common Press Court adds two defendants to the lawsuit by Sarah J. Kennedy. The case names El mer Noyerges Margaret Sh. Nyer gas Joseph Koteles and the Ohio as involved parties.
The Pennsylvenia Joint Stock Land Bank of Cleveland sues John Fetsko and Kate Kotoles of Grafton for 7 61 03 due on a mortgage with a supplemental petition alleging transfer of a lease. Oberlin Savings Bank sues A N and H E Griffin for 100. A man named Oscar Stalin was arrested for intoxication after prowling near the YMCA on Broad Street and West Avenue.
The new German envoy to the United States Baron Zo Von Maltzan arrives in Washington not as a stranger to official circles. He served as a diplomat in Rio de Janeiro Christiania St. Petersburg Pekin and Berlin and has been Under Secretary in the Foreign Office for three years. He helped shape the Rapallo treaty with Russia and accompanied Foreign Secretary Rathenau and Chancellor Wirth to Genoa. He is a Mecklenburg native educated at Bonn and Breslau and is 44 or 47 depending on source years. He married Edith Cruson in China and they have one daughter.
Lorain High School announces its mid year commencement on Wednesday January 21. Dr J K Montgomery president of Muskingum College will deliver the address. The graduating class includes 41 girls and 30 boys with Ralph King as class president.
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