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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1932
Page
5
Elyria residents can pick up 1931 income tax blanks next Tuesday at the deputy collector of internal revenue Stanley Waite’s office in the post office basement. The office opens Fridays for blanks and returns are due by March 15.
Officer Miller tackled Robert Collier at the Spring Valley Country Club after Collier, found with four and a half pints of liquor, fled from police on Gulf road. Collier was fined 104 dollars and costs for possession of liquor before Mayor W. W. H. Van Oster.
Police docket figures show 460 arrests in Elyria during 1931 with fines and costs totaling 8158.25 dollars. Intoxication leads with 179 cases, followed by 120 traffic cases and 58 disorderly conduct filings.
Lorain County Recorder William Mitchell reports 1931 deeds totaled about 3,300, down from 3,348 in 1930. Leases reached 224 and mortgages 1,910 with 1,550 cancellations, versus 900 leases, 2,548 mortgages filed and 2,334 cancellations in 1930.
Lash Buyers were arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing four chickens from William Thames at 2235 Rush Street. They pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Mayor W. H. Van Oster and were released on bond pending trial Tuesday.
A note traces the old view that illness sprang from evil and witches. It recalls a time when disease was blamed on supernatural causes and superstition shaped medical thinking.
Elyria and Spring Valley Country Clubs hosted festive gatherings on Thursday. Elyria Club showcased black satin and silver decor with evergreen lighting as about 100 attendees danced after a dinner and midnight luncheon. Spring Valley drew around 120 members and guests for a dinner dance with festive favors and continued dancing until 2:30 AM.
Meetings of the Meetings McWinley and Allen Parent-Teacher Associations are set. The McWinley group postpones the regular meeting to Monday January 11 with fathers in charge of the program. The Allen association Executive Board meets at 119 Olive Street Monday at 1 30 pm to plan the school session on Wednesday at 3 30 pm with Mrs. Charlotte Brooks reviewing Mother India.
An ensemble from the Chamber Music Society directed by Arthur Giles with Miss Algena Adams presents a 7 30 p m program at Pilgrim Community Church. Performances include Kummer Trio pieces for flutes Ruth Shepherd Edward Bembower and Giles as well as harp solos and works by Corelli Franck Chausson Field and Beethoven among others.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Crehore hosted twelve couples on New Year Eve for a treasure hunt starting at their Ohio street home. Clues pointed to Cherry Ridge Golf Course Ameri can Lace factory High school Stadium Elys ioul New Cemetery Bottling Works and the old stone quarry. Ralph Standen and Mrs. Walter Underwood won honors. Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. EB. Tite of Pittsburgh. Dinner followed the hunt at the Crehore residence.
The True Blue class of the Methodist church at LaPorte held a New Year’s Eve gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Ray Jackson on Grafston road. About 42 members and families attended for games and refreshments. New officers were elected: Clarence Whitner president Charles Muller vice president Mrs James Devhust secretary treasurer and Mrs Henry Schildt press reporter. The class will meet every fourth Thursday with the meeting place to be announced.
Mr and Mrs H C Gollmar of Lake Avenue hosted New Year's guests including Mr and Mrs W F Gollmar and children Richard and Magdalene from Lake Avenue Seville visitors Mr and Mrs John Neuman and daughter Catherine of Seville and Mr and Mrs Harvey Hewes and son Donald from Painesville all attending at their home.
Miss Florence Davidson daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Davidson Ripton wed Henry Worcester son of Mrs Anna Worcester Wellington in a New Year’s afternoon ceremony at Rev William Smiths Elm Street home Oberlin The couple will reside with the bride’s parents afterward Also reported death of Mrs Arvada Mellish in St Petersburg Florida burial in Fremont Ohio
R. J. Roller of 346 16th Street was fined $5 and costs for disorderly conduct after arraignment before Mayor W. H. VanOster. He was arrested when officers pursued him for discarding a bottle allegedly containing liquor, misidentifying him for a suspect.
After a two week lay off the Young Men's Club resumes weekly meetings Monday night at the Y M C A. There will be no speaker and the session will focus on club business matters.
Tony Massick and George Pritchard were arraigned before Major W. H. Van Oster this morning on intoxication charges. Massick was fined $5 and costs with costs suspended. Pritchard was fined $5 and costs with costs suspended.
Harvey C. Cheney clerk of the Elyria city council will discuss City Planning and Zoning at the Elyria Rotary Club meeting. The talk is set for noon Tuesday at the Hotel Newell.
Mrs. Sara Fanny Madge died at her granddaughter’s home in Lancaster Ohio early January 1. She had lived recently with Reverend George A Brown at 238 Princeton Ave and had many friends in the city. Funeral services were held today at 2 pm at the First Presbyterian Church in Naw Castle Pennsylvania.
Ida Schnaak 64 died at her home on Franklin Avenue after a stroke followed by another earlier the same day. Survived by husband August son Hugo Martin and brothers Victor Arthur Alvin and Walda Mere with three grandchildren. Born in Germany she came to Amherst 32 years ago and was a member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church Funeral services Monday at 2 PM conducted by Rev Henry Abram. burial Crownhill Cemetery.
Kathleen Teehan of Wellington Ohio died yesterday afternoon at 3 30 at Elyria Memorial Hospital. The body was removed to the Wellington home by Wadsworth of that city.
Word arrived on New Year’s morning of the sudden death of D. D. Crowe in Los Angeles California. His wife suffered a stroke of paralysis a week ago. Mr. Crowe was a brother of Mrs. J. A. Hites of 719 West Street and was well known in Elvira.
Word reached here of the death of Mrs Myr tle Kauf Sheehan who died at an Alliance hospital last week after giving birth to a son. A former Elyrian, she graduated from Elyria High School in 1921 and from Mount Union College. She is survived by her husband.
Miss Florence Davidson daughter of Camden residents and Henry Worcester son of Tee residents were quietly married at 12:30 pm on Elm Street in Oberlin. The bride, employed at the Oberlin library, wore a brown crepe gown and yellow rose bouquet. The groom works for Spang Baking. They will live with the bride’s parents. A fire on New Year’s Eve drew police attention as two men fled the back porch.
Mr and Mrs H A Funk of Elm street entertained at a bridge party last evening. Three tables played with Mrs McGrann winning high score and Mrs Mahan consolation. Refreshments were served later. Guests included Mr and Mrs Harry Kelly Mr and Mrs Carl Spitler Mrs J B Moore Mrs Holden Dr and Mrs McGranh Mrs Christina Mahan and Miss Gladys Hart.
A blaze believed to be incendiary gutted the Wratt residence, leaving the home destroyed and investigators seeking the source of the blaze. Local authorities reported no injuries as flames consumed the structure.
New Year open house at the YMCA featured a senior ping pong tournament won by Walter Maslyk with Donald Gurney as runner-up. In the boys division Paul Thompson won the ping pong event, with Russell Mosher as runner-up. The day included two basketball games and a swimming meet as part of the holiday program before the schedule returns to normal next week.
Reports detail multiple bombing scares and extortion attempts across Ohio and Illinois. Bombs exploded in a quarry near Chicago and a package to Oscar Durante was defused after police fired into it. Other aimed targets included Italian consuls and consular agents in Detroit Cleveland and Youngstown. Police arrested Dominick Bologni linked to the Ohio extortion plot.
Metropolitan Opera baritone Lawrence Tibbett wed former Mrs. Jennie Marston Burgard in a small ceremony here yesterday attended by close relatives and friends. It was her third marriage and his second, with a short wedding trip planned afterward.
Dr Sheehan of Alliance with three young children Earl five Richard two infant and mother Mrs John Thompson on Oberlin Avenue Lorain.
William Ferrell left yesterday for the Boston Navy Yards to board the U S S Memphis for duty in tropical regions after a furlough with his mother Mrs Nellie Ferrell. Other society notices list Mr and Mrs George Jackson hosting Dorothy Lynn and Syria grandson, Issel Ferrell heading to Willoughby for Andrews Institute, violinist Frank Rice visiting his Oak street home, Charles Ross returning from Florida, and Mr and Mrs R B Paddock plus son visiting Elm street relatives with social calls from Elyria and Kipton families.
Lorain County Mortgage and Title Company sues Frank C. Eberling and Victor A. Dorsey et al. for 463 dollars on a promissory note and seeks foreclosure of property in Avon. Elyria Savings and Trust Company sues George C. Schmitkens et al. for 4255 dollars on a promissory note and seeks foreclosure in Elyria.
Lorain County students traveled to Columbus for the All-State High School Concert earning multiple honors. Wellington’s Mildred Brenner was named concert master, Eva Rowland led in first violin, and Merle Branstock with Wilda Abbott were principal second violinists. Other Lorain County musicians won trumpet, bass, tympani, and second violin positions, plus eight singers in the chorus.
A large hole at the Lake avenue and B. and O. railroad crossing caused several motorists to have flats on New Year’s Day. Police reported four drivers were fixing tires when officers arrived. The street department was notified immediately.
The Columbia Township Farm Bureau elected A. D. Crocker president Milford Bartter vice president and Roy Perkins secretary at its annual meeting to plan 1932 activities. R J Elliott spoke on Farm Bureau plans and R E Campbell discussed the tax program in Lorain County.
Elyria mothers will start training courses next Tuesday in parental education offered by the Elyria City Board of Education and Cleveland College. The programs run twenty weeks with a preschool course from 3 to 4 30 pm at the Y M C A including a nursery for children two to five years old.
Auto License Commissioner R. B. E. Wakes reports Lorain County issued about 28,200 licenses in 1931, down from roughly 29,000 in 1930. After years of steady growth, the decline marks a shift from the prior trend of about a 10 percent annual increase up to 1929.
Edward Baker of Cleveland was fined ten dollars and costs after arraignment before Justice J. J. George yesterday. He was arrested by deputy sheriffs.
Harry Joice of 231 Sixth street sustained minor injuries when struck by a car driven by Ralph Sinclair of Lorain as Joice crossed Second Street at Court Streets last night. He was taken home by police at his request.
LaGrange Ohio January 2 WW C Turner was serenely surprised by relatives who celebrated his 74th birthday with an oyster supper and a cake bearing 74 candles. Attenders included Mr and Mrs Herman Wise and family of Grafton Mr and Mrs Albert Gould of Elyria and Mr and Mrs Otto Miller and daughters Jean and Roberta of LaGrange.
Several members of the A W W Class of the Baptist church were entertained Monday evening by Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Stimson. A delicious refreshment course was served.
Members of the Epworth League gathered Monday evening in the church basement for a merry party with a gift exchange and refreshments provided.
Mrs Amanda Garertson of Faton visited her son Sam Garertson and family for an indefinite stay Sunday. Mrs Will Cole of Columbia visited her daughter Lydia Kelner and family. LaMar Gott of Pittsfield spent Monday and Tuesday with cousin Carlton Adams. Miss Mary Stimson was a Lorain visitor, and Miss Verda Gott visited Cleveland friends earlier this week. Pomeroy family members spent Christmas Day with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Pomeroy.
Markets show cattle and hogs moving within narrow ranges as week closes. Prices for steers range 4.25 to 6.25, cows 1.50 to 5.00, calves 9.00 to 9.50, and lambs around 6.50 with spot gains of about 25 cents. Local buyers note scarce hogs and mixed demand with modest week-to-week gains.
Mr. and Mrs. D G Reisinger and family hosted 29 relatives and friends for Christmas at the Weidner home in Medina. Attendees included Bertha Damon of Cleveland Heights, the Weidner and Schmidt families, MayBalle Reisinger, and others from Toledo Cleveland and Detroit. Oleesa Henry and Charles McNeal played in the All State Orchestra. other visits and travels noted among Hartman, Frehauf, Wise, and Aldrich households.
Birmingham notes visitors and moves among residents with mumps confinement for Glen Andrews and visits by Reba Baker to her parents. Lists several local residents traveling to Cleveland and Sandusky on business, plus family visits and house moves.
More than a dozen Columbus residents answered a request from the Ohio State University Medical Research laboratory for blood to create an anti paralysis serum. Donors included people previously afflicted and recovered from infantile paralysis. The serum will be made from recovered individuals and stored for emergencies.
Olympia Washington reports 79,904 visitors to the Olympic National Forests in 1921, up 6,246 from 1920. The previous record was 78,005 set in 1927, continuing a trend of rising public use of forest lands.
The Union of Post Office workers asks the postmaster general to drop the term sharwoman and replace it with woman cleaner, seeking clearer job titles amid staffing concerns in London.
Washington reports a wave of diplomatic shifts across Latin America with eight mission changes this year. Notable moves include Cuba’s Orestes Ferrara and several ministers and ambassadors from Uruguay, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Argentina, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Ecuadorians still awaiting new postings.
A Bureau of Biological Survey report cites Leucocytozoon Anatis Wickware as a major disease in ducks. Transmitted by black flies, the parasite mainly harms ducklings, reducing wild duck hoards. adult ducks appear less affected. Dr Earl Co O'Roke of the University of Michigan contributed to the findings.
Kansas City volunteers organized a drive collecting 2 800 cans of fruit and vegetables for the jobless. Members were urged to donate a quart can each, stacking the supply in the club rooms before a final loading onto a truck for distribution.
New York reports Easter Air Transport System air passenger traffic up 300 percent in 1931. Airmail volume leads last year by nearly 250000 pounds as more routes and flights expand operations nationwide.
The party leadership has repeatedly purged members. Lenin cut the ranks to about 600,000, with a small subsequent increase ever since.
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