Local Library Hosts Young Artists Exhibit from Elyria Township Students
Youthful artists from Elyria Township and East Carlisle schools are displayed in the Elyria Library children’s room. Fifth graders under Miss Lura Van Wagner present floral and natural scenes. fourth graders under Mrs. Marian Meinke show a Belelan Congo village with huts animals and palm trees. The exhibits, supervised by Miss June Harrison, will run about two weeks.
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Lorain County
Elyria
Elyra Township
Lura van Wagner
East Carlisle
Marian Meinke
June Harrison
Linda Cuyler
Avon Boy Wins Poster Contest in Catholic Diocese
Jerome Forthofer, son of Mr and Mrs Peter J Forthofer of Detroit road, won first prize in the grade school division of the Catholic Universe Bulletin Crusade Poster Contest. He attends St Mary's School in Avon. Second prize went to a Lakewood boy in the same competition featuring Cleveland Diocese students.
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AVON
Jerome Forthofer
Peter J. Forthofer
Detroit Road
Catholi Universe Bulletin Crusade
St. Mary's School
D Jerome
Cleveland
Lakewood Bor
Six Boys To Receive Cubbing Badges At Februa Pack Meet
Six Elsina bars will receive seven Cubbing badges at the Februa meeting of Pack No. 4 at the Fir Congregational church at 4 p m. Charles Crosby will receive two awards Bear bronze badge and gold arrow point. John Sexton Herbert Fulger Arthur Farmer Hugh Windsor Thomas Birch will receive various Wolf Bear badges and arrow points. Robert Hancock and William Mynchenberg new Den No 1 members will receive Bobcat cards. Den No 1 den chief Harry Kop jin plans attendance at annual banquet next Thursday.
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Elsina
Fir Congregational
Afongey
Charles Crosby
Qurners
John Sexton
Herbert Fulger
Arthur Farmer
Hugh Windsor
Thomas Birch
Robert Hancock
William Mynchenberg
den No. 1
Harry Kopjin
den No
Firelands Area
Boys Have A Party At February MC A Event
Thirty five boys took part in the February party of the MC. A boys division marked by a Washington's Birthday theme. Activities included a spelling game hatchet hunt a Washington skit directed by Robert Karp Washington exhibit charades and refreshments. William Reninger won the Scout axe principal prize of the evening.
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Washington
Robert Karp
Ague
Wiliam Reninger
County to Buy Five Puncture Proof Tubes for Sheriff Cars
County commissioners authorized purchasing five puncture proof tubes from the Goodrich Silvertown Store for installation in one of the two newly acquired sheriff department cars. The tubes cost seven dollars and twenty one cents each.
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Goodrich Silvertown
Sheriff's Department
Three Cars Damaged In Broad Street Collision
E Troesch of 239 North Olive street struck parked cars on Broad street at 3 P.M. yesterday, damaging two vehicles owned by Leo Smith of 424 Eighth street and George De Fazio of 527 Ohio street. Troesch was fined $1 and costs. Nick Rose of 309 ith street was fined $1 and costs for disorderly conduct after arraignment before Mayor Joseph Petro. he was arrested on Broad street shortly after midnight.
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E Troesch
North Olive Street
Broad Street
Leo Smith
Eighth Street
George DeFazio
Ohio Street
Nick Rose
Ith Street
Joseph Petro
Court approves Mohrman reemployed as apiarist for 1940
County commissioners passed a resolution reemploying Claude Mohrman of Wellington as county apiarist for 1940 at five dollars per day plus auto mileage at three cents per mile. The annual earnings limit remains unspecified. John Telatnik sues Spang Baking Co for 2500 in Lorain for personal injuries from an alleged January 20 assault by Harvey Spang at the bakery after claiming he was a company salesman. Mary Hoag granted divorce from Donald Hoag on cruelty grounds before Judge D A Cook.
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Claude Mohrman
Wellington
John Telatnik
The
Spang Baking Co
Harvey Spang
Lorain
Mary Hoag
Donald Hoag
D. A. Cook
Two Men Fined For Intoxication In City Court
Two individuals faced fines for intoxication after arraignment before Mayor Joseph Q. Petro tods. Arthur Schlick of North Olmsted paid $3 plus costs after police stopped him on Broad Street and East Avenue as he tried to start his car. Leland Blincley of 318 North Street was fined $1 and costs following police intervention at his home after a complaint. Archery classes for the M C A boys division will resume next week after recent suspensions to install new backstops and improve targets.
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Joseph Q. Petro Tods
Arthur Schlick
North Olmsted
Broad Street
East Avenue
Leland Blincley
North Street
P.M
M.C. A
Onpman Gover
Bors
County approves roof repair funds and bids to follow
County commissioners earmark 1.00 for courthouse roof repairs and will seek bids later. The money is transferred from the contingent account, leaving a balance of 2,675 dollars, per Clerk Fred C. Ruth.
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Fred C. Ruth
Unnamed owner action ends as O Toole smashes machines
The owner did not appear as the action was dropped yesterday and O Toole smashed the machines. He stated the money would go to the fire and police pension funds. Grand jurors named include Martin Mueller, Russell Lucas, Ray Prosser, Christina Shinsky, Gertrude Smith, Neva Holding, Paul Aquilla, David Mowery, Edward Notley, former Elyria Council president, George Canales, Olive Plock, Edith Tufford, Lucille Anderson, and Mrs. C T Winckles among others from Elyria and surrounding areas.
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O'Toole
Martin Mueller
West Avenue
Russell Lucas
Dennison Ave
Ray Prosser
Cleveland Street
Christina Shinsky
West Broad Street
Gertrude C. Smith
Elyria
Neva Holding
Paul Aquilla
David Mowery
Edward Notley
Elyria Counci
George Canales
Olive Plock
Edith Tufford
Larain
Alfred Bri
R. GB
Amherst
Lucille Anderson
Avon Lake
C. T. Winckles
Ridgeville
Contempt Threat Lingers Over County Budget Dispute
Judge Nye asserts mandamus will restore funds for his department with $441.87 in expenses plus $1000 for traveling probation officers and $250 for minor child care. Commissioner Dunn questions continued cost increases while hinting at contempt risk and possible court action. Commissioners DeChant and Davidson pledge compliance if ordered to appropriate funds. Miss Johnson to handle juvenile work in Lorain area.
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Nye
Oscar G. Dunn
Beir
Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
D. A. Cook
Miss Johnson
Lorain
Edward DeChant
John FE. Davidson
Finns to Get 25000 From All Star Game
United Press reports a $25,000 Finnish relief fund goal for the All Star game between the National and American Leagues in Tampa on March 1. Landis approved the event limited to players in Florida camp training, with box seats potentially up to $50 and total receipts around $18,298 under standard pricing.
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George Kirksey
United Press
Bee Fla
Allstar
Tampa
Kenesaw M. Landis
Landi
Florida
California
Texas
Joe Williams
New York World Telegram
Landis
Williams
Gabe Paul
Citecinian
Joe McCarthy
Yankee
Bill McKechnie
Reds
Birmingham Firemen Face Undefeated Akron Moncos Tomorrow
The Birmingham Firemen square off against the powerful M. O'Neil Moncos tomorrow on the Birmingham High court in the headline game of a two game card. Akron City League leaders Harris Joyce and Mealey headline the Moncos. A preliminary has Birmingham Merchants meeting Avon Independents at 2 15 p.m.
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Birmingham
Birmingham Firemen
M. O'Neil Moncos
Birmingham High Court
Moncos
Akron
Harris
Joyce
Mealey
Hirmingham Merchants
Avon Independents
Vermin Hunt Plans By Lorain County Fish and Game
Officers and trustees of the Lorain County Fish and Game Association met to plan an April and May vermin hunt. Ray Leatherman of Lorain will chair with Louis Rosa Elyria and Howard Thompson Lorain as captains. A March 7 film showing by W B Gray will be open to the public at the American Legion Hall Lorain. 925 adult pheasants will be released March 2 with bands on all cock birds. Next meeting March 1 at British Empire Club rooms at 8 p.m. Only 1940 club members may vote on building a new clubhouse or selling the association grounds.
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Lorain
Cleveland Plain Dealer
American Legion Hall
James Simpson
Paul Hubbell
Banded Lorain Co. F. & G
British Empire Club
Wykrent's Recreation Sunday Match Schedule
Four matches are listed for Sunday at Wykrent's Recreation. At d o'clock the Federal Store of the All City League meets Pearl Road Lumber Co of Cleveland while Saw Crews face Tool Room in a postponed Republic Steel match. At 8 o'clock Array Potato Chips play Andorka's of Lotain at Federal Store.
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Wykrent's Recreation
Federal
Pearl Road Lumber Company
Cleveland
Republic Steel
Array
Andorka’s
Lotain
Movie Cowpuncher Shoots Cowboy in Hollywood Scene
Jerome B. Blackjack Ward, 49, a motion picture cowpuncher, was jailed after shooting John Tyke, 45, at Columbia Square Hollywood. Spectators believed it looked like filming as Ward chased Tyke in high boots and jeans, firing through the windshield. Bystanders fled when a stray bullet damaged a drugstore stone.
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Hollywood
Jerome B. Blackjack Ward
Blackjack
John Tyke
Ward
Tyke
Columbia Square
Markets and Prices Read Like An Unreliable Ledger
Fragmented market notes list fruits vegetables and shipments with fluctuating quotes. Prices for apples carrots and lettuce vary, while oats hay and flour quotes appear alongside uncertain regional references and commodity names.
Republic Steel Bowling League Tonight Schedule
Republic Steel bowling league action begins tonight at Wykrent Recreation alleys with five o clock shifts and seven o clock shifts. Matches include Superior Press No. 1 vs Shippers and Post Straighteners vs Hot Mill No 2. Welders vs Superior Tool Room. Benders vs Old Will Finishers. Hot Mill No 1 vs Superior Press No 2.
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Republic Steel
Wykrent
Superior Press
Shippers
Hot Mill
Superior Tool Room
Hot Hot Mill
Finegan Bakery to meet in postponed City League game
Finegan Bakery will play a postponed City League match, rescheduling a league showdown previously delayed. The teams will seek a win to boost standings and honor the postponed fixture, with local interest high around the crossover event.
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Finegan Bakery
Oberlin Rotarians Mark Anniversary
The Oberlin Rotary club marked Rotary International's 35th anniversary with a meeting at Oberlin Inn. About 40 members and 20 guests heard Robert S. Fletcher of Oberlin College speak on George Washington as officers and activities of the club highlighted by new president Dr. F. R. Dew. District and local club details, religious service notes, and a busy college calendar followed.
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Oberlin
Oberlin Rotary Club
Rotary International
Oberlin Inn
Oberlin Club
Robert S. Fletther
Oberlin College
George Washington
Rotary International Club
Chicago
Paul P. Harris
Lorain Club
F. R. Dew
R. A. Phipps
Vernon Wagar
F. W. Bentley
Gordon Dawley
Lectures and Recitals at Haskell and Mt Zion
Assembly in Finney Chapel at noon features Prof F E Carr with The Earth Goes Round the Sun. Haskell hosts a 4 15 p m talk by Dr Frederick Clifton Grant The Gospel in the New Testament. Graduate Violoncello Recital in Warner Hall at 730 p m. Mt Zion Junior Choir plans a 730 songfest featuring Joseph Johnson and Audrey Stevens. Relocation notes: Sedge man and wife depart for St Peters burg for a month. Mrs Winder undergoes appendectomy. Beulah May visiting North Main parents. Savage party to St Petersburg for a month.
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Finney Chapel
F. E. Carr
Haskell
Bosworth Hall
Frederick Clifton Grant
Warner Hall
Katherine M. Eide
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Joseph Johnson
Audrey Stevens
George T. Sedgeman
St. Petersburg
Florida
Harold Cook
Wildwood
Oxford
W. C. Winder
North Park Street
Allen Hospital
Beulah May
Ashtabula
O. C. May
North Main Street
C. W. Savage
E. A. Miller
Mr. Savage
Rochester
New York
Elyria Health Holds Steady Through February Despite Weather
Elyria city health records show February largely free of disease despite severe weather. Only two pneumonia cases were recorded, with one resulting in death. Health workers conducted 254 visits, incl tuberculin tests, birth certificates, and school health activities, while chemist tests covered hundreds of samples across bacilli, blood and pool water.
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Elyria
City Health Department
Health Department
Board of Health
Kathryne Fulton
Gerald Stang
G. W. Savage
Motorist Arrested After Reckless Driving Charge
Elbert J. Smith of North Olmsted was arrested after midnight on a charge of reckless driving for failing to stop as he turned from 15th street onto West Avenue. His case was continued.
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Elbert J. Smith
North Olmsted
15Th Street
West Avenue
Relief Bond Fund May Be Ample For This Year
County relief funds likely to be met from surpluses. Relief Director Holmes says funds will be exhausted this month and March bills must be covered. Treasurer Wright expects a large tax-derived return to help divert money to relief, potentially covering most or all of the year. If short, options include delinquent tax borrowing, diverting gasoline and auto taxes, or a voter levy. Current county relief costs run about $14,000 monthly, with the state covering roughly 40 percent.
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Ernest E. Holmes
Walter J Wright
Wright
Holmes
Elytia
Lorain
Coin Collectors Club Organized at Elyria Library
A new coin collectors club will be organized next Saturday at the Elyria Library for boys and girls of high school age and younger. James Harssema will conduct meetings each Saturday afternoon for coin discussion and exchanges, joining the existing stamp club run by Richard Fuuk.
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Elyria
James Harssema
Richard Fuuk
LaGrange PTA to Hold Dance at High School
The LaGrange Parent-Teachers Association sponsors a dance on Saturday evening, February 24, at 8 PM in the LaGrange High School auditorium. The Melodeers orchestra will supply the music.
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Lagrange
Parent-Teachers Association
LaGrange High School
Melodeers Orchestra
Two Week Mission At Oberlin Closes Tomorrow
In Oberlin the two week mission at the Church of the Sacred Heart led by Rev. Joseph J. Schagemann will end at 2:30 Sunday afternoon. He will speak on Our Beloved Dead at 8 and 10 a.m. masses and on Steadfastness and Fidelity in the afternoon. The mission will close with a Pipal blessing and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, with Rev. W. C. O'Loughlin presiding. Religious instruction for children follows the 8 o'clock Mass.
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First Church
Oberlin
J. A. Richards
Clarke M. Cochrane
W. R. Morrison
Fellowship of Reconciliation
the Beatitudes
Richard Atsins
James Brand House
Methodist Church
Orville C. Jones
Qberlin
Church of the Sacred Heart
Joseph J. Schagemann
C. SS. R
Schagemann
W. C. O'Loughlin
Avon Lake Death Notice for Perry T Holcomb
Perry T Holcomb 63 died Friday at 4 PM at his home 869 Lake Road after a four month illness Born in Belden he lived in Lorain County most of his life He was a retired Lake Shore Electric railway conductor One son Olis preceded him in death in 1926 Surviving wife Mareth one daughter Elizabeth Schaefer and brother Lee Lorain Burial Avon Center Cemetery Funeral from the late residence Rev J A Scott Norwalk Methodist Church will officiate Friends may call at home
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Avon Lake
Perry T. Holcomb
Lake Road
Belcen
Lorain County
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Olis
Mareth
Elizabeth Schaefer
Lee
Larain
J. A. Scott
Norwalk
Smoke investigation at General Industries plant
Firemen from Engine Company No 2 were called last night to a General Industries Company plant to investigate smoke in the shipping room at the east end of the main building. No fire was found and the cause of the smoke had not been determined this morning.
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Engine Company No.2
General Industries Company
Noted wartime speech condemning German domination
A speaker asserts Europe must be secure from aggression and independence extinction. He argues for defending small nations and correcting wrongs inflicted by Germany, stressing a fight to safeguard freedom and safeguard peoples previously free.
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Europe
Germany
Amherst Community Events Include Dances and Meetings
Amherst Ohio February 24. Hickory Tree Grange hosts a dance at the grange hall Milan avenue. Public invited. PTA for St Joseph parochial school sponsors a Sunday card party at the Finnegan home South Amherst road with bridge pineapple and five hundred. Hospital auxiliary meets Monday in hospital basement. Amherst Rotary Club lunch Monday at the Methodist church. March meetings start at 9 30 p.m. Sew and So club meets Tuesday at Mrs Mays Park Avenue. Village council to hold a special meeting Tuesday evening.
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Amherst
Hickory Tree Grange
Grange Hall
Milan Avenue
Parent
St. Joseph Parochial School
Thomas Finnegan
South Amherst Road
Bridge
Pineehle
Five Hundred
Hospital
Amherst Rotary Club
E. H. Mays
Park Avenue
Father Son Banquet At Congregational Church Parlor
The annual Father Son banquet of the Congregational church drew 110 attendees for a dinner served by church ladies from Lorain and Amherst. A program featured silent meditation for Dr. H. L. Hell, singing led by F. H. Powers, pictures by Rev. F. Eastman Wakeman, and honors to William Bruce for 23 tickets sold and Herman Essig for four sons present.
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Congregational Church
Fathers and Sons
Lorain
Amherst
Hoffner
Margaret Earl
HF Kuntz
H. L. Hell
F. H. Powers
F. Eastman
Wakeman
Canada
Eastman
William Bruce
Herman Essig
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Isner
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Wroilers
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Republic
Elyria Business College
Braad St
Esther Wood
N. Professor St
Robert Herrick
Lorain St
Oberlin Rotarians
First Methodist Church
H. B. William
Robert C
A.m
Win- Hart
Divine In- Mueller
Epworth
Forre of
C. H. Yocom
Forest Street
First Baptist Church
Nf. Schuyler Foster
Christ Church
Episcopal
L. E. Daniels
Holy Communion
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H. C. Dawe
Jesus
Pythian Sister Temple
K. of P. Hall
Mar
Helen Lyman
Robert W. Boose
Mt.Union
Warner Gymnasium
Robert C. Binkley
Department of
Western Reserve University
Maskell
Oberlin Film Society
Allen Art Building Theatre
France
Fairchild Chapel
Florence L, Dunn
G. J. O'Connor
E. 13Th St
Frank Luppino
Lodi Street
McCarthy
Second Street
Invalid Car Service
Coin Collectors Club
Lucy Roemer
Axtel St
A & NY
Elyria Savings Trust
eBay
Bluebird
Court Street
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