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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1940
Page
10
The Gir Scouts Troop No 7 met with roll call and clue collection. The new first aid group worked on their lesson while others played games, and the session closed with Good night Circle.
A compiled list shows hospital admissions and discharges including Joseph Cedy Nort Ridgeville Mrs Joseph Lutz 244 Bath street Mrs John Norman 116 Charles court Mrs Martin Jakopak 348 Woodford avenue Mrs Stephen Nemeth 226 West River street Mrs Frank Korzan Jr 534 Vulcan street Sam Bago 365 Vulcan street Joan Moise 119 Columbus street Mrs Joseph McCrain 138 Charles court B N Warns Lorain Discharges Robert Thomas Shaker Heights Mrs Ford Dernier Grafton Richard Dietsche RD No 3 Mrs John Jesse baby girl Lo rain Mrs Charles Nelson baby girl 120 Homesite court Mrs Alice Robinson 169 Spruce street Mrs Ralph Page RD No 3 Andrew Schaefer 121 Clinton street Mrs Max Koske 335 Lod street Frank Kronik 103 Second street
Adam E Mackie 25 Amherst steel worker and Natalie Schoen feld 26 Amherst. Bert Stevens ad Sandusky school bus driver and Margaretta Buser 52 Lorain.
Tone Henry, described as fierce, confessed to the killing of Joseph P. Calloway after abducting him during a robbery near Lake Charles. Authorities say the victim was forced naked into a field, shot, and left under a haystack. the pair then fled toward a bank robbery plot in Arkansas.
Mr and Mrs T R Scheuneman of Sixth street returned home after helping Kenneth Deerwester open a new store in Gibsonburg Ohio. Deerwester and his wife, formerly Josephine Harper, moved from this cad to Gibsonburg.
Community briefs from Amherst Ohio list church meetings at St Marys Lorain and St Vitus Lorain with circles of St Ann Society and Lenten services led by Fr Ferreri, plus a PTA card party at St Josephs Parochial School. Also upcoming garden and camera club gatherings, a Pythian Sisters session, and health nurse Miss Haddock announces childbirth classes at the local hospital open to area residents. Funeral rites for Anson Evans detailed with burial at Ridgehill.
The junior class sponsors a Leap Year party open to all high school and faculty. St Pauls Lutheran Sunday School teacher training and Bible study sessions are planned. Ladies quilt at Mrs Schulz and Mrs Griem homes. Lent services led by Rev Walker at Grace Lutheran Elyria. Basketball game Grangers vs Lorain Jimvarvy moved to tonight with Eagles prelim. Father San Banquet hosted by church men Friday at 6:30 with Rev Eastman speaker. Brotherhood week starts next Sunday with a men’s service. Washington Birthday tea Wednesday with Rev and Mrs Burtis hosting and local church women invited. Queen Esther Bible study Thursday at Mrs Sweet’s home. Back to God prayer group noted.
Elynias new school museum operates under the Elyna Education Association and supplies classroom articles to hundreds of students. Stored in Washington school basement, the growing collection includes colonial pioneer items and items from Chinese Dutch Indian Spanish and Mexican life. Teachers may borrow items for a week for class use. The pioneer colonial collection comprises 20 to 25 pieces donated by Elysians. The museum also features minerals wood samples pottery sculpture industrial exhibits textiles sea life and other era artifacts.
Miss Edna G. Moore announces new titles donated by the Elyria Education Association for circulating among Elyria teachers. The set includes The Nazarene by Asch and A Peculiar Treasure by Ferber plus Inside Asia and Inside Europe revised for 1940. Periodicals and professional pamphlets join the teachers shelf.
Twelve boys advanced in the school swimming series Friday night at the local pool. Seven passed the bass test as well, earning places names like John Bryant William Srmuth Robert Cebula John Smahel William Carle Robert Heilman and Andy Andrachek. Remaining perch testers include Robert Krugman Thomas Gray Don Kubuske William Reniger and Keith Kirk.
President Roosevelt sails from Gatun Locks aboard the Tuscaloosa after inspecting Atlantic defenses in the Canal Zone. He reviews France Field and Coco Solo, discusses contemplated improvements including a $277 million auxiliary lock system, and plans Pacific defense visits with Gen Daniel Van Voorhis and Canal officials.
Trams captained by Ed Terreil and William Terrell lead after a gymnasium February contest at the Y. Terreil's team has 10 points, Terrell's close behind with eight, Chesler's tear four, and Hunker four. Cadet class leaders are Ley's 10, Peterman seven, Van Wormer six, Wojtko four, with Junior class results pending.
Local society notices list Monday to Friday meeting plans across Oberlin. Church groups, lodges, luncheons, and study circles convene at homes and halls with speakers from Oberlin Graduate School of Theology and visiting directors. births and hospital announcements also noted.
In Columbus on February 19 the State Central Committee recognized Ray Miller led faction as the official county Democratic organization. It approved Daniel Duffy for a vacancy on the county election board by a 20 to 15 vote, while Burr Gongwer's faction vowed to continue the fight into the May primary.
In Cleveland on February 19 a second dynamite blast in 24 hours hit the East Side. A bakery shop was destroyed and a garage service manager's home porch shattered. Police saw no link between blasts. damage estimated at 3000 dollars. A bakery proprietor was detained for questioning.
A Sunday visit saw Mr and Mrs Carrie Beem host and welcome the granddaughter Sally Lyman and other relatives. They later traveled to Cleveland to spend the day with her brother Edwin L Field and his family.
Ren Vic Donahey of Ohio vetoed a plan by the state Democratic committee to pledge delegates as a favorite son slate with a switch to Franklin D Roosevelt if he seeks a third term. He called the plan a subterfuge and rejected it in good conscience. Also reported, Julius F Stone, 84, of Columbus, an industrialist, was out of danger in Phoenix after double pneumonia.
Coroner A L Pritchard ruled death by own action in the case of Joseph Ujhazy, 22, a sophomore from South Akron, who was found with a 22 caliber rifle wound above the heart in a rooming house at Ohio University. The incident occurred as fellow students returned to the residence.
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