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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1928
Page
1
Police have begun a strict tag check, requiring autoists to display sea green and black tags or face a twenty five dollar fine for driving without the new license. Offenders are being rushed to their homes as officers enforce the ordinance.
The new Elyria Homes for the Aged building was formally dedicated in a Methodist ceremony led by Bishop Theodora Henderson of Cincinnati. Dr. N sue Davis of Chicago spoke of the home’s value and encouraged visitors to see the facility. Board president Dr. Edwin Kirby presented the building to be used for aged care and related ministry.
A four year old girl May Miller died in a house fire in Youngstown CO. on December 21. Her father John Miller and mother were seriously burned and her brother survived. The fire started when Jack Miller poured kerosene on smouldering embers. Mrs Miller failed to reach her husband and daughter while firemen rescued the father.
Churches join for a union Watch Night Service at First Methodist tonight from nine to twelve. Nine o'clock is prayer and song, ten offers a social break, then from ten twenty to twelve special music and brief addresses by Dr. Kirby and Rev. G A Brown. Albert Peterson of Rev Sunday's advance team will oversee the final half hour.
About six hundred Lorain County Grangers and friends met in Elyria on December 29 for the Joint installation of officers for 1929. Louis J. Taber of Columbus presided, urging cooperation to boost agriculture and membership, as Oberlin and Lorain Grange officers were installed with music, tableaux, and a short address. Lorain Pomona Grange to meet Columbia Grange on January 9, 1929.
S S Rockwood, clerk of the school board, announced that schools in Elyria will stay closed until Monday, January seventh, after a conference with City Health Commissioner Dr. G E French. He said the influenza epidemic is near its peak and may wane soon, urging caution and avoidance of crowds.
Parents are invited to view the YMCA New Year program tomorrow starting 1 30 p m with a father and son tournament nine games rib bons to winners Relic and hobby show gymnastic relay tumbling springboard horse stunts apparatus work and high bar and parallel bars to follow A swimming exhibition features the Junior Y team vs Sandusky Junior High Life saving corps demonstration ends with a basketball carnival featuring three games in the evening
Cooper prepares for inauguration as Olio’s eighty fourth chief executive on January 14. Chief Justice Carrington T. Marshall to administer the oath with invocation by Rev J J Castleberry and benediction by Dr W Q Thompson. A large military escort includes Cincinnati guardsmen and Columbus detachments with Ohio State University cadet units. Delegations from the League of Ohio Sportsmen and several marching clubs from Columbus, Cincinnati, and beyond will participate.
Lorain county schools plan to open Wednesday as scheduled says county superintendent R P Vaughn. No notice of postponement due to influenza has been received. South Amherst schools have kept operating though hit hardest, while East Carliste may delay if building work isn’t complete, not because of illness. Vaughn to visit to assess postponement need.
Frank Gusky, 18, of 1207 East Avenue, skated ahead of friends on the Black River when the ice broke under the Broad Street bridge. Comrades hauled him to safety with a riverbank cable as police and Fire Department Boat No. 1 responded. He was wrapped in a blanket and taken home, though kept in bed fearing exposure. He suffered no lasting injuries.
Ed S Hannum 35 resident manager of Cities Service Oil Co Wellington died suddenly Sunday afternoon at his father in law A B Wadsworth s home. He had been transferred to Toledo but had returned for the holidays. Coroner ruled heart trouble. Funeral at Wadsworth s funeral parlors Wednesday at 2 pm with burial in Wellington cemetery.
Twenty five pounds of calking lead was reported stolen by Mr Deit on Saturday afternoon. He told police the lead was left in a new building on Jefferson Avenue and thieves had removed it when he went to use it.
Wilbur C Heldman Lorain furnace salesman charged with moral murder in his wife Margaret Heldman case. At preliminary hearing witnesses said she struggled to speak before dying after shooting herself while en route to surrender for another death. Coroner McQuate and deputies testified about the gun woman's death and the bullet wound.
Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of Kentucky, vice chair of the Republican National Committee, is supported by Kentucky Republicans for the cabinet post of Secretary of Interior. The move was led by Governor Sampson and received by a Hoover adviser. Hert, widow of A. T. Hert, helped run the women’s side of the presidential campaign and the Interior Department would touch federal education, Indians, and related activities.
In keeping with its usual custom the paper will suspend publication tomorrow so staff across departments may enjoy their New Year’s Day ome.
Federal Grand Jury indicted State Treasurer Bert Buckley of Dayton on conspiracy to offer a bribe. Named with Buckley were Cincinnati attorney John Schrimpner a former Ohio legislator and Joseph Sperber brewmaster of Jackson Brewing Co. Adolph Gruber was named but not indicted. Investigation tied Buckley and Schrimpner to the Cincinnati brewery case.
President Coolidge became the most isolated chief executive in decades as he hunted at Floyds Neck near Saint Simons Island Georgia. The party operated with no telephone lines and reporters were barred from following him. The Zapata yacht carried the president to the estate but lacked wireless and pilots refused to approach due to shoals.
London officials issue bulletin noting the King had a restful night and maintained general condition despite exhaustion. He shows slightly improved ability to take nourishment, while local condition shows progress as physicians report at 11 55 p m.
Police seek four year old Melvin Horst who vanished four days ago amid a bootlegging crackdown led by Marshal Roy Horst Uncle of the missing boy. A $1500 reward was posted for his safe return as investigators probe kidnapping theories amid broad local search and confusion over the boy’s fate.
Two bandits robbed the Franklin Savings and Loan Co. in Cleveland. They forced the manager, Mrs. Margaret Roseberry, to open the vault and led the safe loot upstairs through a trap door. The haul included eleven thousand pennies, with values from $1,000 to $1,500 each.
Miss Jennie Dickel of 410 Lorain Boulevard Elyria suffered severe cuts and bruises after a collision on Saturday night at Second and Court streets. Carl Olsson of Lorain and Theron Barth of Durkee Road Grafton were also involved. Olsson’s car overturned and all injured were taken to Memorial Hospital. Police recovered a purse hat and camera and handed them to C. E. Mason, uncle of the injured girl.
Kenosha Wisconsin December 8 a sixth member of a gay party of young people celebrating a treasure hunt night near the crossing was killed when their automobile was struck by a railroad train. Five died instantly and a sixth, Guilford Hamann, 17, remained near death. The dead include Ferrin Antiedy 11 son of Walter E Alford vice president of Nash Motors Lowell Smith 16 son of Edwin L Smith Nash Motors Alice Judd daughter of Clar Judd vice president and general manager of American Bros Company and Mary Slater daughter of municipal judge do Slater. Richard Hastings of J F Hastings died yesterday without regaining consciousness.
A campaign to establish a rural police system in Ohio gains momentum as the Ohio State Grange and Ohio Farm Bureau Federation announce broad support. Backers include the Ohio Bankers Association, Ohio Chamber of Commerce, and several women’s and church groups. A resolution by the Ohio Safety Council endorses a state legislative bill to create the new police structure.
John Harding of Lorain is appointed assistant prosecuting attorney for Lorain County by Don W. Myers, prosecuting attorney-elect. Harvey C. Cheney of Elyria will join the office after the new term to assist with private practice work.
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