Religious service and social notes from Elyria area
Rev Thomas Hughes led a Sunday service at La Porte M E church with a scriptural theme. A concluding reception honored the bride and her parents at Concord street home, attended by H H Gregg, W H Good speed and Joyce Gregg. Elyria residents Harley Haskins and family returned from Iron ton Ohio for holidays. New Year guests at G R Good year’s home included Edwin Schoenherr family and Goodyear family from Cleveland. Various relatives visited from Lakewood East Cleveland Elyria and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hughes
la Porte M. E
G. R. Goodyear
Edwin Schoenherr
Joan
Ilyria
Howard Goodyear
Alma
Mae
Cleveland
Jennie Alexander
Robert Alexander
Elyria
Four sisters and husbands dine with the Savages at Lakewood
Four sisters and their husbands joined Mr and Mrs P M Savage of Lakewood for a Sunday gathering. A 7 pm buffet supper followed with Mrs P M Savage and Mrs Norma M Calvert as joint hostesses. Guests included Har A Dickason family, H H Gregg family with Joyce, Norman N Calvert, and the Savage children Jean Dick and Buddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Savage
Lakewood
Norma M. Calvert
H.H. Gregg
Har. A. Dickason
Eilyria
H. H. Gregg
Joyce
Carlisle
Norman N. Calvert
Jean, Dick
Buddy
Penfield News Notes Highlights Local Holiday Gatherings
Local families and friends held Christmas and New Year visits across Elyria Wellington Litchfield and La Porte. Guests traveled from Cleveland Millington and Des Moines to dine with neighbors and relatives including the Schoenherrs Goodyears and Kristsop family.
Christmas Day Dinner Gathered Kristof Guests
Mr and Mrs J Kristof hosted relatives and friends on Christmas Day at Graf ton road. Yuletide decorations and a trimmed tree set the scene for a 1 o clock dinner featuring George Hutlinger and family of Elyria Frank Muller Claude Reusch and family of Valley City Harriet Klooz and son Billy among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Kristof
Grafton Road
George Hutlinger
Elyria
Frank Muller
Claude Reusch
Valley City
Harriet Klooz
Billy
Litchfield Woman Undergoes Christmas Day Operation
Litchfield notes Mrs. F. C. Hitzelberger entered Lodi hospital Christmas day for an operation performed Monday. She is reported to be improving nicely at this writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
F. C. Hitzelberger
Lodi Hospital
Lodi News: Family Updates and Local School Plans
Mrs Treese long hospitalized in Lodi returns home to sister Mia Swanker as she improves daily. Local school opens with Thursday noon lunch by North street division. King’s Daughters class to meet Jan 11 for annual meeting and officer elections. Lawrence Halladay leases new Standard Oil station in Lodi to open mid January while retaining Litchfield station. Arthur Holmes to manage, Lawrence Johnson assist. Mrs Anna McNally joins Hood family trip to Butler Pa to stay with daughter’s family for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Lodi
Litchfield
Arthur Holmes
Lawrence Johnson
Anna McNally
J. Norbert Hood
Butler
Lawrence Leonard
Baptist Ladies Aid to Meet at Mrs Falconer Home
The Baptist Ladies Aid society plans an all day meeting with Mrs. Cora Falconer on Wednesday January 5. Numerous visitors and relatives visited over the New Year, including Mr and Mrs Roy Whitehead and Frances in Akron and extended family gatherings across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Ladies Aid Society
Cora Falconer
Roy Whitehead
Frances
Orlando Hoover
Akron
O. H. Kellogg
Janice
Joyce Gott
Penfield
Oberlitner
H. R. Oberlitner
LaRue
Bert Lenarth
Russell Meyne
Cleveland
H. Pfeiffer
Clarence Wise
Florence and
Beulah
Grafton
Antha Pfeiffer
Wayne Turner
Arthur Hawke
Bobby
Billy
North Eaton
Charles Turner
Roger
Lakewood
Turner
Co. M. Turner
McDonald
Wahlin
Social notes from Lorain area gatherings and obituaries
Social items recount residents attending bingo at Eagles Hall Lorain and New Year visits across Lorain County including Dehn family news Edith Dehn learns of aunt Keith Shauver’s death in Little Rock Ark. Many locals attend watch night parties and greetings at homes in Elvrra Ridgeville Amherst Elyria and Henrietta with numerous calls and visits among Frye Simms Stang Balls and other families.
Elizabeth and Stephen Face Off Over Professor Auer
In Chapter XXXII Elizabeth is stunned to see Professor Auer as Stephen knocks him down in a floor scuffle. Nurse Hilton halts the fight while Elizabeth insists Auer shot at Stephen in the morgue. Stephen declares it unresolved and urges Elizabeth to flee to Beirut with Meres’s help as he stays behind to protect Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizabeth
Professor Auer
Stephen
Elizbeth
Nurse Hilton
Miss Hilton
Elizabeth
Spethen
Beirut
Meres
Michael
Mary
Darling
Morris
Ahmed
Payne
Miss Brown
Dr. Morris
Mary Morris
Auer
Elizabeth and Payne Confront Lockdown in Hallway
In a tense scene Elizabeth, Stephen, and Mary confront Meres as Ahmed blocks exit and a door key cannot be found. Meres disarms Elizabeth and orders a lockdown in the study while Ahmed restrains Stephen. Professor Auer and Nurse Hilton arrive, leaving the outcome uncertain.
Sunday School Meeting Planned At Local Church
The teachers and officers of the Sunday School will meet at the church on Wednesday evening of this week to plan for the year's work. Mr. and Mrs. William Beckstein and Mrs. A. Engle of South Amherst called on friends here Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Cook were visitors to Wooster Wednesday. Nelson Bechtel of Pittsfield called on Milton Schlechter and family Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Beckstein
A. Engle
South Amherst
E. C. Cook
Wooster
Nelson Bechtel
Pittsfield
Milton Schlechter
Spencer Notes on church youth and holiday gatherings
Spencer briefs cover Sunday services led by Miss Helen Boone and Miss Sceola Thompson with Moody Bible Institute and Philadelphia School of Bible ties. Epworth Leaguers attend rallies, junior league hosts Christmas party, and a Lutheran choir cantata draws big crowds.
Dinner party guests in Lorain and New Year gathering
Mabel, Mrs. Sarah Thompson and daughter Ethel, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ward and son Donald were guests at a dinner party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kutza in Lorain Thursday evening. Mitchell Knittle attended a New Year's party at the home of Miss Elain Cole of Lake Avenue Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Dehn
Mabel
Sarah Thompson
Ethel
Francis Ward
Donald
Carl Kutza
Lorain
Mitchell Knittle
Elain Cole
Lake Avenue
Local Social Happenings Across Elyria and Nearby Towns
Community notes recount visits and gatherings over New Year and Christmas periods. J H Akins sent fruit to Columbia School Board member while wintering in Eustis Florida. Elyria residents Frank and Nancy Wilcox and Miss Ethel Wilcox visited family. Clyde Crowell hosted New Year gathering in LaGrange. several Walkden families celebrated with relatives in Chatham LaGrange Olmsted Falls and Strongsville. Rev Leon Osborne spoke on China at Sunday school. Vincent Soja and children vacationed with Dufakowsky in Strongsville. Mrs Reymond Hawke and baby returned from Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
J. H. Akins
Eustis
Florida
H. T. Snell
Miller Wilcox
Elyria
Frank Wilces
Nancy Wilcox
Ethel Wilcox
Berea
Bloomfield
Home For
Frank Mills
Marion Crowell
Clyde Crowell
LaGrange
Leon Osborne
China
Methodist
Emily
Virginia Miller
Thepworth League
James Cather
Flynna
Irving Walkden
Lee Walkden
Chauncey Walkden
Chatham
Reuben Walkden
Olmsted Falls
George Walkden
Vincent Soja
Strongsville
Dufakowsky
Bohn
Burton, O
Conrad Roshwall
Frank Hawke
Ernest Bohn
Cleveland
Sunday School Delegation to District Conference in Sandusky
A local Sunday School delegation will attend the Sunday School District Conference in Sandusky on Thursday January 6. Also noted are visits and calls: Mr and Mrs George Knittle Miss Marian Knittle and Mrs E W Stang at Hickory Tree Grange supper in Amherst Tuesday. Edward Slater and daughter Mrs Paul Neinswender of Cleveland visited Milton Schlechter family. Mrs Milton Schlechter and son Robert visited sister Harland Schlechter family in Henrietta. W F Kolbe left for Port Dover Canada after visiting relatives. Mitchell Knittle visited friends in Cleveland. Mr and Mrs Arthur Faulkner of Oberlin spent Monday with Leo Hanlon family. Mr and Mrs Raymond Bechtel of Brownhelm called on the Ridge Tuesday. Leo Hanlon and son Glenn visited Clayton Peabody family in Oberlin. Teddy and David Alten of Elyria visited. Mr and Mrs Walter Fowell and children Kathryn and Dale of Brownhelm were guests of Margaret Baus and N A Baus family. Rev C L Allen of Fremont called on Rev R G Pferrer and family. Mrs Leo Hanlon spent the day with Earl Hanlon in Amherst. Mr and Mrs J D Funk entertained seven boys from the Church of Christ Sunday School in Elyria with lunch and a drive to Amherst stone quarry and later games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. F. Fling
Nancy Alice
Robert
Raymond
G. R. Goodyear
Edwin Schoenherr
Elyria
Rose Kolbe
FE. H. Wurst
Ilness
Walter Gough
Low
Cleveland
Goodyear
Howard Goodyear
Howwred Wilson
Edna Mae
Elyria Welle Viellers
J. Kristof
Maude Stevenson
Samuel Stevenson
Grafton Road
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa
Edwin Hardy
Ohio State Universiy
Jay Hardy
East River Road
Lormin Stegman
A. J. Steeman
Middle Avenue
Valparaiso
Clarence F. Whitney
East Avenue
Eloise Grossman
Fred Cowles
Butternut Ridge Road
Michigan
Treva Kirk
Millington
Ethel Carpenter
Lucy Kirk
Walter Neving
Theodore Ropp
Elizabeth Chapman
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Harvard University
Otto B. Chapman
la Porte
Ropp
Ervin Ropp
New Bedford
Pennsylvania
E. D. Anton
Harold Whitmore
Nancy Burkhart
Joyce Gregg
Jack Hart Dickason
Elaine le
South Ridge
E. C. Frye
Eagles Hall
Lorain
Edith Dehn
Keith Shauver
Little Rock
Ark
Mitchell Knittle
Ohio University At
Athens
Gerald Stang
N. A. Balls
Clifton Simms
Rene Stang
Francis Ward
Harvey Curtis
Elvrra
Carl Friday
Meinke
de Loris
Carl Fowl
West Ridge
Milton Baus
Matilda Dramm
Henry Delefield
J. Peters
Jack
George Kerns
Anna Peters
Townline Road
Henry Haag
North Murray Ridge
Clarence Peabody
Annette
William Peabody
New Oberlin
George Knittle
Elizabeth Madill
Mabel
A. J. Haist
N.A. Baus
August Merthe
Amherst
Patricia
James Sayers
Ridgeville
EB. C. Frye
Joseph
Clyde Engelbach
C. J. Smith
L. W. Spiegelberg
John Bechtel
Arthur Ernst
Madge
South Amherst
Conrad Ernst
Earl Dehn
Walter Bennett
Henrietta
Frank Rahl
Chestnut Ridge
Clarence Brownson
Wooster
C. E. Cook
Robert Ernst
North Ridge
August Smith
Annette Peabody
Ernest Struck
Russell Walker
Lois Pferrer
Spencer
Helen Boone
Moody Bible Institute
Sceola Thompson
Philadelphia School of Bible
Robert Rogers
Harold Jackson
Wellington
Elizabeth Clouse
Camden
Paul Luthe
la Grange
Bibs
Spencer Baptist Church
Epworth
M. E
John White
Epworth League
M. EB
Harry Hendricks
Warren Walters
Charles Walters
Owen Walters
Morrison Wiedrick
Martin Weidrick
N. BE. Walters
N. J. Walters
H. 2
Billman
R. G. Daniels
Berea
Nelson Fuller
Alfred Fuller
Lorna Wilson
Hiylla
Nora Aldrich
William Fravery
Burbank
Frank Aldrich
Martin Wiedrick
Rose Mantz
Herman Peabody
Claude Wiedrick
Bob Carey
New York City
Ina Carey
Howard McCouart
Chicago
Walter Boone
Laura Wilson
Ed Hughes
Spencer Famers’ Institute
Pythians
Ralph Butcher
Victoria Butcher
John Young
Pawnee
Leona Statler
Lima
Betty Castle
Skuntington
Zeilus
Harold Foote
Donald
Barberton
Alfred Miller
Greenwich
Marion Wolf
Otto Kuepfer
Canton
Herbert Kuepfer
Paul Nichols
Philadelphia
Orrion Thompson
Bushoup
Darwin Vanderhoet
Akron
Sheldon Lyslem
Delbert Berry
Medina
Jay Mantz
Pythian Sisters
Lloyd Leibleitner
Walter Storm
Adn. Clifton
Chatham
Roy Iglin
Son Blake
Blyria
Sandusky
Marian Knittle
E. W. Stang
Hickory Tree Grange
Edward Slater
Paul Neinswender
Milton Schlechter
Harland Schl
Glenn
Clayton Peabody
Oberlin
Teddy
David Alten
Walter Fowell
Kathryn and
Dale
Brownhelm
Margaret Baus
N. A. Baus
C. L. Allen
Fremont
R. G. Pferrer
Leo Hanlon
Earl Hanlon
J. D. Funk
Church of Christ In
Funk
Amherat
Local residents travel for family health matters
Mrs. Charles MacLaren and Mrs. Susan Ream visited Elyria on business Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Breyley and Harry Denslow were called to Green Springs Wednesday by the serious illness of Mrs. Harry Denslow, their daughter and wife, who has been at the Green Springs sanitarium for months. Frances McCourt visited West Salem with Aunt and Uncle Glenn Repp during her father’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles MacLaren
Susan Ream
Elyria
Norman Breyley
Harry Denslow
Green Springs
Miss Denslow
Frances McCourt
West Salem
Glenn Repp
Social New Year's gathering with local families and visitors
Vincent VINCENT hosted New Year’s Day with W N Heck family and guests from Elyria Grafton Avon Lorain and Detroit. Afternoon diversions included hearts bingo and banco while radio programs entertained. Numerous neighbors relatives and friends from Avon Murray Ridge Road Lorain Elyria and Stop 5 joined in social visits and meals.
Fields Youth Rally and New Year Sermon Topics
Fields Rev carpenter led a New Year sermon January 2 titled Looking Forward with the Lord's Supper, assisted by Rev Robert Andrews. LRIEFS report a County Epworth League rally at Grafton on December 29 with many Fields youths and a meeting on Right and Wrong led by Helen Osborn, next week focusing on decision making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fields
D. S. Carpenter
Robert Andrews
Carpenter
County Epworth League
Grafton
Ruth
Helen
Arthur Osborn
Robert Beremond
Darline Shauver
Elaine Gilchrist Velma
Betty Andrews
Janice
Allen Harrison
Marian Bainbridge
Merton Bartter
Ford Bainbridge
Rev. Carpenter
Helen Osborn
New Year Holiday Visits Across Local Families
Local residents spent New Year’s with relatives and friends across Elyria Avon and Fairview. Names include Craer Bainbridge Whitcomb Taft Fortune Beebe O Lloyd Prince Hulse Lyndes Myers Walker Snell Alten Hofitzer Bartter Sheppard Sayers Hudson Nye Huey and Reed. Multiple open houses and dinners marked the holiday weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
A. J. Hulse
la Grange
Duther Tilburg
Faust Lyndes
Helen
Marilyn
Jack Myers
Lee Walker
John Snell
Columbia
Judson Bainbridge
Lee Alten
Avon
Dyer Sweet
Niles
A. D. Nye
Edward
Laura Peck
Myron Hofitzer
West Park
Merton Bartter
Carl Sheppard
Grafton
C. B. Simms
James Sayers
Elton Hudson
Elyria
Glenn Hudson
Jack Meyers
Medinans and locals share Sunday visits across towns
New London and Medina residents gathered for a social Sunday at Miss Mildred Indoe’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Fitch returned from Kirkersville after visiting relatives. George Parnell and family spent New Year’s Day with son William in Shelby. Lewis Heyman’s guests included Hileman family and Kemp Whitney of Kipton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Fred Christian
Lloyd Shaw
Medina
G. A. Simon
Seville
Mildred Indoe
A. W. Fitch
Shelby
Ohio
Lewis Heyman
M. F. Hileman
Evelyn Hileman
G. C. Fetterman
Kemp Whitney
Kipton
North Olmsted News Notes and Club Gatherings
North Olmsted residents report Mrs Alt offering, North Porter hosting a Tuesday luncheon and Card Club at her home on January 4. The Unity Club held its regular meeting on Tuesday January 3 at the home of Mr and Mrs James Saunders on Butternut Ridge Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Olmsted
Altoffer
North Porter
Unity Club
James Saunders
Butternut Ridge Road
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arlene
Wilma
Russel Sooy
Roy Darkey
Robert Stentz
James Herrick
George Comstock
Allen Park
Ray Wood
Allen
Myron Gott
North Farfield
Ada Jackson
Carl Jackson
Victor Herrick
Charles Slater
Burt Turner
Adelbert DeFields
Fred Rollin
Josephine
Warren Rollin
A. B. Smith
A. L. DeRields
Richard Leach
Leroy Lang’s
Belden
Ju. M. Arndt
Grand Rapids
Richard Biggs
Douglas
Donald Biggs
Dorothy Biggs
Hammond
Indiana
Mre
Walter Greges
Ballie
Lawrence
Jordan
Paul Johnson
Edwin Fraunfelder
Albert
Erwin Backman
Iron
Vermilion
Erwin Eldred
Ardith
Lois
Fred Hopkins
Roland Stentz
Howard Sanford
Phyllis Shank
Homerville
Lloyd Sanford
Fom Pawnee
Merle Buell
Carl Buell
W. A. D. Welsh
Winfield Kimber
Kennedy
Vincent
W. H. Heck
Chris Ackerman
John Harnish
C. E. McIntire
M. B. Copas
Audrey
G. H. Stoughton
Frankie Reese
Laurabell Stoughton
Theodore Paul
Walter McMillan
George Thompson
Harold Bechstein
Lancberry
W. J. Moulder
Sayter
Jessie
Barbara Jean McMillan
A Michhael Saylor
Edward Kunz
J. G. Morris
Wagner
John Cook
George Langton
Columbus
George Fridenstine
Murray Ridge Road
Clare Wallace
Dish Hills
Henry Lorenzen
Monroe
M. P. Reese
Joe Adams
Stop 5
Maston
Lila Millard
Charles Tattersall
Leon Kennedy
Reese
George Tattersall
Tattersall
Detroit
Rowland Morris
Menamel
Elyria Hardware
Castle
Biyria
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