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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1937
Page
10
County commissioners will advertise about $30,000 in consignment supplies for the engineering department. Bids open on March 9 for items including silage cement cinders bolts lumber tile tools tires oil grease sand and other annual road and machinery needs. The board also plans to buy two new cars for the engineers department a sedan and a coupe.
The Past Noble Grand Association of Lingwood Rebekah Judge will be hosted by Mrs. Walter Peck for its annual turkey dinner tonight. The Wellington Garden Club hosts a Thursday party at Herrick Auditorium with Mesdames Rady Andrews Locke and Dutridge as hostesses. A covered dish supper at 6:30 precedes a program and special entertainment, and year books will be distributed.
The Duff Clothiers host Spencer Merchants on the high school floor while Wellington Hardwares meet Penfield Ex-Hi's in a 7:30 prelim. The Hardwares have seven wins in 12 games this year as Friday hosts Amherst Comets. The Dukes face Vermillion next Tuesday on the Wellington floor.
The Silent Circle of the King's Daughters sponsors a charity bridge at Herrick Auditorium on Wednesday evening. Proceeds support the Circle’s welfare work for those in need in Wellington.
A group of educational films was shown at the high school and junior high chapels today. Titles included The Wreck of the Perseus and Bird Homes as part of the health program.
The collection includes Food and Growth a science picture The X Ray and two geographical pictures Lumbering in the Pacific Northwest and Bombay the Gateway to In a.
Wellington Telling Belle-Vernon Plant workers and their spouses enjoyed a Thursday evening card party in the Grange hall. Prizes went to Mrs. Warren Alt haus and Burl Carmen. Refreshments were hosted by Ms. W. A. Kepler and Mrs. Ernest Wrench.
John Gingery is receiving treatment at the clinic after injuries to his face from a horse kick. The incident occurred during a riding activity and he is listed as stable with no further complications reported.
Miss Betty Jean Page of Wellington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Page, is a freshman at Miami University and the first girl to play with the university band. She plays the string bass and will tour the state with the University concert band and accompany solo parts.
Mr and Mrs Charles Shepard with family and Cora Shepard were Sunday guests of L L Luedemann and family in Smithville. They visited Rev Paul Carter and Fred Gordon families in Orrville. Dinner at Luedemann honored Harold Bonewit and Howard Shepard with birthdays in February. Bert Knapp family and Paul Knapp family hosted Sunday dinner in Elyria. Mabel Lichtfield joined to spend the night. Miss Mary Knapp Arlo Smith and James Turner plan a joint church supper and attend 7 30 Evangelistic meeting.
Mr and Mrs D G Martin and others from Lorain visited the Knapps on Sunday. The United Bible Class will be entertained tonight at Thelma Farnsworths. C C Wight and son visited relatives in LaFayette. Charles Lashley returned to work at the post office after flu. The Hummells spend weeks in Engelwood Florida. Mrs Ernest Preston is recuperating in Oberlin after hospital discharge. A local citizen quips that paying taxes feels like shaking a sack of meat to dust off the rest.
Lorain County school athletes will share honors as three scholarship contests unfold. A general scholarship test for high school seniors will be April 3 at Elyria High School, open to top 35 percent. Papers go to Columbus for college scholarships. April 17 sees a county team contest with 32 finalists, then May 1 District-State in Kent. May 6 hosts the Blue Ribbon Spelling Contest for grade schools. ribbons awarded for top room averages.
Lorain County farmers fear rapid early growth of fruit buds and wheat due to unusually mild weather. They worry that a freeze thaw cycle later could damage crops, though no ill effects are yet reported. County extension agent C I Hummel notes anxiously watched conditions as growers question the season ahead.
The B F Goodrich Co announces the purchase of a Cadillac Michigan factory formerly occupied by Acme Motor Truck Co. The 100000 square foot building will be fitted for a general line of rubber goods with work starting immediately. Goodrich already runs plants in Los Angeles and Canada and is converting a reclaiming plant at Oaks Pennsylvania for tire production.
COLUMBUS O February 9 The state board of accounting announced that Richard I Bur sess of Elyria and Harvey H Corrdon of Darton had successfully passed examinations for certified public accountants licenses.
L J Demming, a suburbanite, cooks in North Royalton and eats in Parma as village boundaries separate the kitchen and dining room of his home.
Noyes Minnesota February 9 Federal agents pursue Stanislius Poracki 34 in connection with the Charles Mattson kidnap murder. Fingerprints photographs and a bearded man description are being checked while Poracki is held in a border city detention jail awaiting possible charges.
A compact note on how many contemporary writers, in attempting realism, fixate on the grim facets of existence. It highlights the tension between artistic candor and avoidance of sentimentality, suggesting a broader literary trend toward confronting hardship.
Columbus Ohio February 9 The Ohio House of Representatives honored Common Pleas Judge Walter D. Jones of Piqua retiring on his own volition for 38 years of continuous judicial service. A unanimous resolution introduced by William M McCulloch cited his tenure across Auglaize Butler Champaign Columbiana Greene Hocking Huron Lake Lorain Montgomery Muskingum and Warren counties.
In Circleville Ohio William Bauhan lured a skunk from his cottage with food but the animal took the treats as an invitation to stay. Bauhan then left for Florida as the situation continued.
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