Watts Performs 100 Marriages In First Year
Justice of the Peace Walter H. Watts in the Masonic Temple performed his 100th marriage ceremony in a year. He notes women's steadiness during vows and men's verbal hesitancy. He also handles divorces, having once remarried a couple after a divorce. He charges a three dollar fee, with some couples wed gratis during hard times. Watts reflects on marriage psychology and clients traveling to distant locales for ceremonies. He has observed evolving trends and advises couples on cooperation before marriage.
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Justice
Justice of the
Walter H. Watts
Masonic Temple
Justice Watts
Squire
Lorain County
Watts
Monroe
Michigan
Water service trench linked to Gulf Road school
Sheffield Jan 16 Gulf Road P T A digs 500 foot trench from schoolhouse to water line in readiness for city water supply. Volunteers from the school district donate labor. Gulf Road 4H Club held winter meeting led by Miss Eleanor Smith. members listed with two new joins. Local families and school activities noted include visits, fever recovery, sick lists, and community gatherings.
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Sheffield
Gulf Road
Eleanor Smith
Ruth Johnson
Neva Carrick
Lois Youtzy
Zelma Smith
Haze
Helen Smth
Wilma Bloom
Eileen Lescher
Rose Marie Haglund
Katherine Hammer
Maryan Moon
Mildred Dyer
Lois Lescher
Local School Grades Highlight Attendance Gains at Meeting
The third and fourth grade rooms posted the highest attendance in the last six weeks. Teachers and parents gathered at Elyria Savings and Trust Building for a Home Account meeting led by Miss Thelma Beal and Miss Alice Bird, who showed how to maintain ledgers and stressed keeping current records. Additional attendees from the area joined the Lorain County Council PTA session in East Carlisle with several listed by name.
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Sistant
John Boyd
Ernest Goodsite
Rosella Gubens
Virginia Tobin
Barbara Bodman
Mildred Reeder
Wilma Wood
Leona Gallagher
Marietta Stauder
Josephine Krieble
C. J. Smith
Lester Youtzy
Lee Johnson
Percy Chambers
H. C. Chambers
Home Account
Elyria
Lorain County Council
Parent Teacher Association
East Carlisle
Charles Hammer
Bloom
John Gens
Johnson
River Road News Highlights and Local Deaths
Horace Seely and family visited his Elyria parents after Sunday noon. George Dent on sick list. Two deaths mourned in the community William Schubert of Elyria died Monday at 3:30 p.m. Alberta Westrick died Tuesday morning at 6 in Oberlin hospital. Mrs. John Mohler and family visited relatives in Belden. Ruth Tran and Mildred Day with others visited Elyria. Margaret Moore of Graf ton visited Mrs. Geo. Dent.
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Leon Mohler
Ervin Mohler
Belden
Ruth Tran
Elyria
Mildred Day
Ann and
Edgar Gates, Jr
A. Seely
Margaret Moore
Grafton
Geo. Dent
Danville Court Issues Sixty Four Licenses Christmas Eve
Danville Virginia, sixty four marriage licenses issued by the clerk of the corporation court on Christmas Eve and ten more on Christmas Day. Most of the couples were described in the brief notice.
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Danville
Corporation Court
Couples from North Carolina Seek Virginia Marriages
The article notes couples from North Carolina travel to Danville and other Virginia border towns to marry to avoid high license costs and mandatory physical examinations in their home state. This practice highlights regional penalties and cross state marriage workaround during the period.
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North Carolina
Danville
Virginia Border Towns
Beech Tree 180 Years Old in Waltham Estate
In Waltham Massachusetts a beech tree believed to be the oldest purple beech in America grows on Arthur Lyman’s estate. The tree, brought from England, is estimated 140 to 150 years old and its branches are tied with metal braces with cavities filled with cement.
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Waltham
Mass
America
Arthur Lyman
Boston
England
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