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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1933
Page
8
The Hudson's Bay Company controlled a territory nearing three million square miles, wielding authorities rivaling the English crown within its domain at that era.
On Lincoln's birth day February 11 more than 50 000 overseas veterans will take obligation as Veterans of Foreign Wars members. The event from Wardman Park Hotel Washington will air nationwide via NBC starting 11:00 PM EST climaxing at midnight with Adm Coontz administering. Elyria Post 1079 will participate with recruits and entertainment.
The South Amherst Congregational church youth troupe stages An Old Fashioned Mother on February 9 at the South Amherst school auditorium. The cast features Mrs. Cliff Pierce Debora Underhill Mrs. George Greybill and many local names. The play follows trials of a tramp prodigal son and a saintly mother amid adventures, humor and pathos.
The Legion Auxiliary met at Mrs. Clayton Youngs home for routine business with reports read and approved. Plans were made for a party in club rooms on February 17, inviting members with families and friends. The Lorain County Council will be hosted here on March 1, with a social after adjournment and Fan Tan as entertainment.
The Roman Republic Latin Club met Monday after school to set a Valentine party for February 13 in the auditorium. A banquet with an exchange of Valentines will be held, with the high school faculty as guests. After business, Miss Esther Naujak gave a talk on Manners and Conversation.
There will be no February meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association here. The next regular meeting will be Wednesday evening, March 8.
Funeral services for Mrs Maude Harper will be held at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock with Rev Roy Jensin officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Walter Hysell and two sons visited Mr and Mrs Paul Mori for the weekend in Elyria.
New York reporters note an average of 300 daily Army applicants at Whitehall Street with about 60 accepted. Recruits are from varied backgrounds including former professionals and students. Enlistment lasts three years with a one year buyback option and a $21 monthly pay plus board and gear. Age limits are 18 to 36 unmarried with no dependents.
A white pig named Freckles with gilded hooves and a red ribbon bows performs after noon teas on an Illinois farm. Trained by a girl, Freckles rolls over squeals fires cap pistols and shimmies to music for spectators.
Miss Allen and Burns met during a Jersey split week, fell in love, and married. They became vaudeville headliners, then drew audiences in large movie houses, before reaching peak fame on radio. She is the san Francisco girl the dumbbell and he the East Side boy the accomplished feeder.
A vaudeville head liner recalls being marooned in a quiet Washington town. She writes of chaperoning clothes on a washboard and hearing crickets applaud at sundown, declaring she is still in love with living.
Robert Rollins of Slippery Rock was arraigned in Butler on charges of issuing worthless checks under the name William Steward. Testimony showed neither Rollins nor Steward had an account at the bank the checks drew on, prompting a judge to call the act bad stewardship and order his detention.
Esther Kunin, 22, daughter of Joseph Kunin, was struck by a bandit's bullet four years ago in Detroit. Her family reports hope for a medical breakthrough that may restore mobility and healing.
A diaristic stroll through Trinity Church near 4 p m notes a quiet interior amid city bustle. The writer observes children under nurses, late streetcar riders, and ponderings on character, with a playful jab at film stars and a mock dramatic ending about a bell rope.
Surgeons at University Hospital Ann Arbor Michigan say the girl walks again after three operations. Doctors express hope her four year dream may be realized as she recovers.
Three year old Kathleen Schenk misplaced one mitten breaking a family heirloom knit in Liéz. The mittens, used by three generations, were washed and stored after each child outgrew them.
The article explains ladybugs or lady birds hibernating in warm window sashes, their life cycle from larvae to adults, and their appetite for aphids and scale insects. It details how ants farm aphids, the value of ladybugs in gardens, and safe spraying with nicotine to control aphids while preserving ladybugs.
Miss Mary Underhill entertained with four bridge tables at her Penfield home. First prizes went to Faye Hargrave and Robert Dickerson, with Helen Dague and Harvey Curtiss as consolation. Guests arrived from Elyria Wellington and Penfield. ice cream cake and coffee concluded the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Starr, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Smith, A. Taylor, Miss Grace Kleinhans and Arlo Smith were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith in Mansfield.
Mr and Mrs John Barber attended the funeral services for Mrs J H Pierson, the Barber family aunt, held Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs H O Barber on Taylor Street in Wellington. Interment followed in Greenwood Cemetery.
Edgar Jones, a junior at Penfield High School, twisted his ankle and fractured a bone near the ankle while playing basketball with the Penfield High School Alumni team on Friday evening on the local floor.
Penfield Grange met on Wednesday evening February 1 with strong attendance. The program featured songs, readings, a talk on taxes and laws by Mrs. Ralph Bowman, farm problem discussion by Richard Leach, and neighborly conduct discussion. A social and card time followed with doughnuts and coffee. Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Younglass from Old Glory Grange attended.
Miss Faye Hargrave of Elyria visits Miss Mary Underhill. Floyd Clodwick family will move from Wellington to Penfield to work in F. E. Kilenihan store after remodeling. Ralph Walker moves to La Grange farm recently bought from Mrs. Kelner. William Barber ill with jaundice. Hugh Nolan and Joe Beal rent farms northeast of Elyria. Mr. Bruce from Pittsfield will join W. T. Starr. Robert Sweeney to stay with Starr for third year. Jeannette Underhill visiting Marian Friend in Wellington.
Murray Ridge notes show Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Eppley visiting Abbe road hosts, Alfred Derck and F Derck guests in Elyria, and Pearl Godfrey visiting relatives. Pearl Eppley spent Friday in Cleveland. F W Eppley greeted by Elyria caller George Mersdorf. Rural Welfare Group set to meet February at Mrs. George Fridenstien’s home.
John Bethhel spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Walter Bennett of Henrietta. Mrs Nettie Eldred attended a Ladies Aid and Missionary Society meeting at Mrs George Knittle’s home. Miss Pearl Eppley visited with Mr and Mrs Fred Young of Ridgeville. Residents attended Carlisle Grange all day session Tuesday.
A good turnout at the Elyria Township Tax League monthly meeting featured J. H. Hogan as president. Speakers included Louis Hecock on aiding township officials, ex Mayor Grail on tax structures, Hogan on the Tax League’s purpose, Mrs. Jane Bradshaw on the Mort Plan, and Harry Shryock on the County School. Music was provided by King's orchestra and Murray Ridge school students.
While eating a bowl of soup, N Officer fell asleep and dropped from his perch. His condition was reported serious from the fall in Seattle Washington.
In Burnet Texas Newton Henderson aged 101 credits luck and outdoor activity for long life. The Civil War veteran survived 15 hot battles uninjured and has spent years as a sportsman and trapper.
Funeral services for Lea Schuster 27 killed in a collision at LaGrange and Duck Pond Road will be held Friday at 3 30 PM from the Church of Christ in North Eaton with Rev. Percy Kohl and Rev. Ernst Irion officiating. Burial in Columbia Cemetery. Schuster a National Tube Company employee born March 20 1905 resided in Elyria and lived at 240 George Street survived by wife Charlotte mother Mr Jacob Schuster and brothers Guy and Ira. He was a member of the Elyria Church of Christ.
State game wardens report in Kalispell Montana that in 1932 elk kills were about 470, down from 509 in 1931 while deer kills were 266, down from 365 the previous year despite nearly double the number of hunters entering local forests.
In Wabash Indiana Temmdl Templin resists tobacco liquor until he reaches age to inherit. A $712,000 price of fame looms as he learns the burdens of stardom. He is rarely without an agent promoter and a flood of fan mail from across the country.
A cactus show the first of its kind will be held in San Antonio February 4 and 5 at the Witte Memorial Museum in Brackenridge Park. Eighteen varieties of thorny desert plants will be exhibited.
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