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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1940
Page
4
Jimmie Fidler invites readers to vote on double feature showings by postcard. He aims for a public consensus to guide whether studios should keep or drop double billing, promising to tabulate and publish results. The column also notes humorous asides about Hollywood and current stars.
Radio schedules list WTA WHK WOAR WELE and other stations with detailed programs across the day. Notable items include Jack Armstrong Fred Waring Love a Mystery musical segments and various orchestras. The page also features Hollywood notes on Clara Bow Gloria Swanson Tom Mix and other stars with anecdotes about their lives and careers.
Amherst Ohio February 1 The local Amherst High School announces the honor roll for the past six weeks and the first semester. Names span seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen with multiple A grades. Notable entries include June Draga Jack Wilhelm Doris Miller Betty Roth Thelma Springer Leona Dybinski Harold Kline Ruth Riddle and others across classes. The semester list repeats many names with A grades and includes Martha Holstein Janet Springer and Wayne Fritz among others.
Friends from Elyria and Clearview gathered at Steve Baksa's home in Elyma on Sunday January 28 to celebrate his sixteenth birthday. Guests joined games and gifts were given while a buffet style refreshments service began at nine thirty.
North Olmsted announces the forthcoming marriage of Margaret Louise Dupea to El bert Smith of Barton Road North Olmsted. The wedding is set for next Saturday at St Mathews Church with open house. Also noted, Anthony Fleger spoke at the town hall on February 1 as a candidate for the unexpired Chester Bolton term. Edna Cook hosts Universalist Ladies Aid Group 4 on Feb 8 with assistants Henninger Heiser Prust. A T Zillman will give a travel talk. Welty and staff were installed on Jan 2 with Chas Muche and W Noble Grand Frank Heiser as ice grand.
Wellington reports that the Oberlin College Mens Glee Club will perform at 8 PM Friday in the school auditorium under the Wellington Red Cross chapter. Johny Wickier, long-time director, brings a strong program with notable members including Chris and Dick MacDermott. The concert features top male vocalists and marks a community cultural event amid local club activities.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Olvila Voss nee Leimkuehler wife of Max at St Pauls Lutheran church Cleveland on Wednesday Jan 31 She was a niece of John Limpert and had many relatives in North Olmsted Anna Schratt wife of Hugh mother of Robert Richard and Raymond died at her home on Lorain road Friday Jan 26 Funeral services were held at St Angela s church Monday Jan 29
Tonight's calendar lists prayer meeting at Awan Baptist church at 8 p m Carlisle East Carlisle Mother Singers rehearse at East Carlisle school at 8 p m Grafton Women’s Bible Class meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs W E Baker Litchfield O B S meets at 7 p m to entertain Past Matrons and Past Patrons of the chapter New London Grange to view a special movie
Public social events listed including a 3 pm How and Why of Food program in Ridgeville, a P T A dance with Jack Flynn's orchestra, Townsend Club meeting at town hall, a post poned Congregational Aid Society, and an Eaton school minstrel show. Also oyster supper, adult Bible class, and various lodge, church, and club gatherings scheduled Friday and Saturday across Avon Lake Rochester Litchfield New London North Olmsted and Dover Center with times and locations noted.
Robert Montgomery stars as a Chicago ex racketeer who invents a British title and estates in The Earl of Chicago now showing at the Capitol Theatre.
Don Ameche plays Stephen Foster and Al Jolson appears as a minstrel singer in Swanee River now showing at the Rivoli Theatre.
Lorain hosts Warner Bros Palace Theatre for a two day engagement of a new French girl musical Comedie Francaise. The production features a 70 member continental cast including 48 Parlan beauties across three stages with two revolving sets. Cast includes glamorous dance numbers and humorous vignettes reflecting light romance and social banter.
Columbus Ohio ad touts Dr F M Edwards famed Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy for constipation and headache fatigue. It promises gentle bowel movements and stimulates bile flow, pricing 15 30 and 60 cents.
The fragment depicts a fly walking with a daughter atop a bald man as a narrator remarks on changing times. A drunken motorist is carried into a drug store after a crash. A rescuer comments on a crude remark, highlighting tense, imperfect dialogue.
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