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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1939
Page
2
Secretary Henry A Wallace announced 1939 corn acreage allotments totaling 41,239,959 acres in 12 states. County counts rose to 586, with 744,122 more acres allotted. The goal remains 94,000,000 to 97,000,000 acres.
South Amherst January meeting at Mrs S Riley’s home surprised the honoree on a Wednesday evening. Prizes went to Mrs Joe Gainok and Miss Myrtle Bailey for a game named Fifty. A gift was presented to the guest of honor and refreshments served to a long list of South Amherst members and guests from Oberlin and Elyria.
St John Evangelical lists Rev C E Schmidt with church school at 1 00 PM and public worship at 2 00 PM Nativity Catholic with Rev R J Steiger masses at 8 00 and 10 00 AM Methodist led by Rev M A Burris morning worship 9 45 Sunday school 10 45 Congregational led by Rev Russel Sersaw with Sunday school 9 30 and morning worship 10 30
South Amherst American Legion Post No 197 schedules a regular meeting in the club rooms this evening with members urged to attend and discuss post matters and community support initiatives.
Miss Margaret Rice Miss Ruth Ott and Joseph Heathcote have been confined at home with illness for weeks but are reported much improved.
The South Amherst basketball teams will play Henrietta on the local floor this evening with the public invited to attend.
Avon report notes members met at Miss Theresa Casper’s home on Wednesday evening to celebrate Mrs. Harold Surman’s birthday anniversary. The gathering featured ecards with prizes for Mrs. Surman and Mrs. Walter McAllister, followed by refreshments and a gift presented to Mrs. Surman by the club.
Twenty four ladies attended the Ladies Aid gathering at Mrs Walter Schenck home in Avon Lake. A picnic dinner was served at 1 pm. Mrs Leslie Emory and Mrs Floyd Moulton of Lorain shared insights on county and foreign missionary work with the group. Mrs Williams Menges helped Mrs Schenck entertain. BRIEFS Mrs Arthur Brown returned.
Local dealers report the used car bargain season has shifted to December and January as factories push stock in fall and early winter. Limited storage costs and the need for cash drive lower prices now, even though values may be higher in spring. January joins December as peak bargain months, with March and April no longer the sole best times.
Mr and Mrs Albert Diedrich and family of Mentor visited Mass Diedrich at the home of Dr and Mrs Smith after a visit with her brother in Hartville.
Rochester township school reconvened Monday to begin a new hot dish lunch program for pupils. Esther Babcock Flossie Davidson served Monday with Abbie Jewett Isadore Parker on Tuesday. Program sponsored by the PTA.
Baby Wendall Jewett has been ill for the past week but is improving. Mrs Florence Davidson and daughter Lillian are both ill with severe colds.
Misses Kathryn and Viola Snyder welcomed members of their Sunday school class and Epworth Leaguers to their home Saturday night. The gathering featured games as the evening’s diversion and light refreshments.
The event featured refreshments served after observers watched the old year depart and the new year arrive, marking a brief communal transition.
A January exhibit tour visits Rochester school on January 10 and 11. The traveling display, described as very interesting, will be open to all visitors during those days, inviting community members to view the historical items on display at the school.
Mr and Mrs L C Wolfe entertained a large group for a New Year’s dinner at their home on Sunday. Relatives included Lewis Wolfe and children from Homerville Charles Wolfe from New London John Wolfe and family Lyle Wolfe and son from Akron Harry Smith and daughter from Cleveland E A Hileman and Lovell Hileman and daughter from New London Homer Anderson and family Robert Cowie Florence Hubbard and children from Ashtabula and Daisy Jacobs.
Ed Litchfield chairs the eradication committee for Rochester Township. The program has started in several nearby townships and will begin here soon to curb bot horses.
Mrs. W A Jewett stayed with her daughter Mrs Don Phelps in Elyria for several days last week. Wellington visitors Mr and Mrs A H Gallatin and family spent New Year’s Day with Mr and Mrs Frank Cliford. Miss Eva Ward from Columbus visited her parents and relatives. Mrs Myrtle Herrick is staying with Miss Emma Warner in Wellington. Helen Harper of Cleveland visited Mrs Ruth Rowland. Louise Ward visited relatives in Mitlewana and returned home with her parents. Junior and King Rowland visited Aunt and Uncle the Rowlands in Wakeman. E A Gariss visited his mother Mrs Harvey Pearsall in Elyria and siblings in Carlisle. Mrs Rain Rowland hosted Mrs Menaxy Gariss and son Alvn for a birthday chicken dinner. George Ward and daughter spent New Year with the Ward family. Elmer Wend and Jeromess de were in Jeromess. Carl Bradford and sons of Wooster spent the weekend here, joined a watch party with Mr and Mrs Charles Friend and guests of Rust Ewell Clarksfield. C D Letterfield and spouse visited Columbus to see Redyn who expects a civil service appointment as state statistician. Redyn has worked in OSU anatomy and awaits a new role.
An analysis of foreign trade decline under the New Deal. The piece argues prices, costs, and government policies raise production costs and reduce U.S. competitiveness, urging a return to constitutional industrial freedom and removal of burdens. It cites export figures to Latin America and total exports, discusses Wagner Act effects, and warns of labor monopoly power and tax burdens.
Guests included Mr and Mrs Herbert Roth and daughter Donna and Mr and Mrs Herbert Eldon Roth and sons from Cleveland. A threen luncheon preceded the Ladies Benevolent Society meeting at the Congregational church. Rev E C Young led devotionals. President Mrs N Salisbury presided. Dale Roth and Ted Finegan returned to Ohio University after holidays. Robert Anderson returned to Bliss College in Columbus after vacation.
Wakeman Young Republican Club sponsors a dance night at Grange Hall Monday January 9 with Kimes Orchestra of North Fairfield and caller Mr Grundy of Oberlin. Mixed dances offered and refreshments served. Also notes church meeting at Congregational Church Friday with a post supper business session. Eileen Barnes hosted club gathering. officers elected: Robert Bement president, Byron Dalton vice president, Thelma Hoyt secretary.
The report notes a Monday meeting on February 6 at the Gex ber home on River street after bingo and refreshments. Residents Earl John and Neale Cranston visited relatives in Cleveland. The Hill and Morgan families hosted gatherings in Ripton and with Ben Hill. Twaddle visits Clarksfield, W H Jones family spent holidays southward. Ernest Witzlaben of Detroit, formerly Wakeman, has died, brother of Arthur Witzlaben. C A Cooley family and Mrs Paul Cooley visited Lorain. Jean Peabody underwent appendicitis surgery last Thursday.
Omaha voters trust George Brandeis a prominent Omaha merchant and longtime justice of the peace of Fair Acres. He wins another term though he has yet to hear his first case after each election he neglects to post the required bond.
Doris June Williamsdam, ten, sustained her fourth fracture this spring in Springfield Missouri. Physicians said she would grow out of it.
North Ridgeville lists a January round of social events including a Grange card party January 7 at 8:30 p m a Congregational church meeting January 8 at 7 30 p m with Young Peoples refreshments and a Ridgeville Grange session January 10 at 8 p m Mrs George Lash hosts East Division January 12 at 2 p m. New Year gatherings follow at local homes with friends visiting from Akron Cleveland Chicago Avon Lakewood and Detroit among others noting guests and family dinners over New Year’s.
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