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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1932
Page
2
The Grafton State Warm audience Sunday enjoyed a quartet of C. C. Lord Chas Carpenter Ralph Standen and F. C. MacDonald. Standen and Standen led religious songs while two log dancing numbers entertained visitors. Music sheets were received as gifts.
Feb 15 Spencer reports a finale home basketball double header with Chatham on Feb 16 and a third game against the Spencer Axles versus New London. Large attendance expected as students with a parent admitted free. Chatham leads their league.
The annual Father and Son Banquet was well attended at Spencer Methodist Church on a Wednesday evening. Royal Waltz served as toastmaster and others gave short talks during the meal.
Carroll Steward of Clyde spoke for the evening as the Allen boys provided song and music. The Silver Circle M E Division served banquet to about fifty guests. Several residents traveled to Wellington and Cleveland for visits or shopping. A Spencer School Washington Birthday program was announced forthcoming. The Spencer Grange basketball team played Sharon in a local matchup.
A Friday evening gathering at the home of Mrs Blanche Hales in Pleasant combines both business and social elements. Members are expected to share updates, plan community activities, and enjoy informal fellowship in a cordial setting.
The International Sunday School outlines will be posted on a blackboard each Wednesday evening at the Baptist church for teachers and students. They aim to aid Sunday School morning classes and are open to all interested people regardless of denominational affiliation.
Oberlin College guests from the athletic house attended a surprise birthday dinner for Dublo hosted by Mrs. Franklin Jones and Angelo Juvia. The event used Oberlin red and gold colors and featured a large cake with orange icing and red candles as a centerpiece. Cards provided the evening’s entertainment.
A free will offering in the Methodist Sunday School raised 50 dollars 54 cents for the Kentucky Moon fund. Interest in the Kentucky Mountain scavenger hunts grows after Miss Zelma Catecantine from Wellington teaches in the Henderson district.
The dance committee sponsors a series of pre valentines social events in the colonial costume theme. Attending are Miss Dorothy, Mrs Grace Edwards, Mrs Grieve Vemphill, Ruth Ellison, Mrs Bess Barber and Mrs Mil dred Storrow.
W King of New York, secretary of the national board of ??? and Dr. Daw Philadelphia will speak in Wellington and surrounding districts. Laymen and families, and representatives of other churches will attend as part of a community life methods program.
The Methodist church hosts a Wednesday evening discussion on Rural Community Life with an open invitation to members and friends of all churches. Local social and church notices detail visits, entertainments, illness, and community events including dances, meetings, and family travels in Cleve land Seville Lorain and Columbus areas.
Feb 22 Monday evening marks the next Grange basketball games at Spencer gym with three matchups. Girls Grange versus Cs team, Bors Grange versus Chatham York, Spencer Bors against York scheduled amid ongoing season play.
The Baptist Sunday School reports strong growth with classes well attended. The Friendly Bible Class led by W. L. Lamoreaux draws about 25 attendees each week, and an orchestra performs with a special arrangement to accompanied benediction by Rev. H. K. Finley.
The Win One Baptist Sunday School class schedules a plan meeting to discuss upcoming activities. Members are invited to confirm attendance and contribute ideas for the coming month.
Ardeth Ceriss daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Gariss and Harold Lee son of Mr and Mrs Lee of Norwalk married in a quiet home ceremony at the Frid residence. Pastor William J T Sheut officiated. A reception followed at the Lee home in Norwalk. The couple will reside in Milan with out of town guests in attendance.
About ninety members of the Baptist Sunday School attended a fortieth Friday evening dinner in the church dining room. The Girl's class led by Mrs. Aury Ray Finchey and Miss Dolores Finley earned a special table for highest attendance in the quarter ending December 31. A program in the church auditorium featured music, readings, and speeches including Miss Lola Wellellan, Miss Dolores Finley, Miss Annabelle Hales, Mrs. Velma Hilliker, H. Neville Hyde, and the duo Mrs. W. L. Lamoreaux with Mrs. Chester Eglin.
The Board of Public Affairs schedules its regular session for Tuesday evening. The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting following or in conjunction with the event.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker refused to discuss politics before departing for Cleveland. He and Mrs. Baker returned from a Mexican pleasure trip and plan to return to New York Wednesday for a directors' meeting.
A statement reflects on civilization and the persistence of war as part of human nature across races. It contrasts the ideal of peace with the enduring drive to conflict, noting warfare as a fundamental breath of life for some groups.
Approximately 800 more miners in Perry County joined a sympathetic strike with Hocking miners. Walkouts occurred at Bristol Block Coal Co Dixie Coal Co and five small mines in Job's Trollow near Shawnee. Union officials say the strike is 100 percent in Hocking and Perry Counties with railroad links. Protests target wage offers of three dollars for day labor and thirty eight cents a ton for loaders by operators in the Hocking field.
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