Studebaker reports December sales up over prior year
Studebaker reports December 1950 sales up more than 50 percent over December 1929 and more than 100 percent over December 1946. Total sales across Studebaker passenger cars and trucks reached 6,267 units. Rockne Six shipments to begin January. Over 500 Rockne Six dealers appointed with franchises signed in multiple cities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker
A. RR. Erskine
Studebaker Corporation
Pierce-Arrow
Rockne
Union
Graham
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Omaha
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Cheyenne
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Tacoma
San Diego
Shreveport
Mobile
New Orleans
Clarksburg
Baton Rouge
Nashville
Jackson
Baltimore
Ft. Wayne
Columbus
Tulsa
Richmond
New Dodge Brothers Add Eleven Direct Dealers
Dodge Brothers reports eleven new direct dealers and 334 associate dealers added in the last three months. The list includes Dean Brothers Garage in Michigan and Capitol Motors Company in Indiana, with broader gains across Wisconsin Nevada New York and Ohio. Van Der Zee notes Dodge business at 101 percent overall for nine months, with strong gains in car and truck sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge Brothers
Alan der Zee
Dean Brothers Garage
Lypemug
Michigan
Black Evans Co
Watertown
Wisconsin
Richardson-Delmore, Inc
Ely
Nevada
Henry Schafer
Dunkirk
N. Y
Cooper-Rogers Auto Machine Con
Hattiesburg
Miss
Danny Motor Co, Inc
Warheam
N.C
Burton Bros
Ogallula
Nebraska
Stickner and Herman, Inc
Chadron
Capitol Motors Company
Indianapolis
United Motors Corporation
Louisville
Kentucky
Carroll Thomson Co
Columbus
Ohio
van der Zeee
DoCze
vanDer Zee
Rockne Six to Create Thousands of Jobs Nationwide
George M. Graham of Rockne Motors predicts the Rockne Six will spur thousands of jobs in dealer networks across the United States with production and sales expanding this year. He cautions Detroit will see only a small share since the car is built there.
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Detroit
Mich
America
George M. Graham
Rockne Motors Corporation
United States
Graham
Rockne Six
Caar
Planes and cars meet to compare great feats of travel
In a at field gathering T C Ryan founder of Ryan Airlines and Dwight Huss of Detroit discuss Charlie Lindberghs solo Atlantic flight and Old Scout the 1905 transcontinental car race. They note Old Scout helped prove automobile reliability and spurred road improvements.
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Atlantic
T. C. Ryan
Ryan Airlines
St. Louis
Dwight Rb. Huss
Detroit
Mich
Scout
Oldsmobile
America
San Diego
Col. C. A. Lindbergh
Mr. Ryan
Tandbergh
Huss
Ryan
Ride Control Featured In Pontiac Six And Eight
Pontiac introduces enhanced ride control for its six and eight cylinder models. A central control button beside the steering column adjusts valve openings in hydraulic shock absorbers, tailoring rebound on rough roads or light loads for better stability and comfort.
Pontiac Suspension Highlights Comfort and Silent Ride
The article discusses spring specifics in new Pontiacs including weight tailored springs that are enclosed and lubricated to resist rust and dirt. It notes rubber cushions at 47 points on the chassis to insulate the engine, frame, springs, axles, and body, absorbing minor shocks and reducing noise.
Air Balloon Tire Promises Easier Rides for Small Cars
Firestone introduces the Air Balloon tire a slow pressure design carrying ten to fourteen pounds of air. Tests claim it delivers riding comfort close to floating on air as cobbles tracks and ruts are absorbed, doubling cross section size for small cars and quadrupling air volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firestone
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Man Jesus sermon guides Grafton church notes
Grafton notes show Rev. B. H. Haines will preach on The Man Jesus at 9 30 a m at Grafton M E church and 11 00 a m at Belden church next Sunday. Junior League meets 1 39 p m Sunday with Robert Logan leader. King's Herald Society hosted by Miss Ruth Bladowski. Weekly prayer meeting held at the parsonage Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
BH. R. Haines
Grafton M. E
Belden
Robert Logan
Grafton School Notes Highlights and Social Happenings
Grafton reports a Home Economics lunch for eight with teachers and faculty guests. Grades view cotton films. junior class serves lunch. various faculty attend County Council PTM at Clearview school. Local residents and students attend concerts, Grange meetings, and clinic visits. Shamrock Quilt club hosts a quilting day and cafeteria dinner at Mrs. Cecil Johnson’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton School
Leona Wise
Fay Reichard
Jeanne Park
Muriel O’rourke
Arlene Walker
Esther Haines
Walter Jantz
Edna Taylor
Elna Williams
Nora Neher
Gertrude Adams
Winifred Tran
Harland Shane
George Warman
County Council
Clearview School
A. C. Beers
Maggie Flickinger
Arthur Wise
James Aldrich
Herman Wise
R. L. Crowe
Henry Schriver
Charles MacNeal
Grafton News Briefs Highlight Community Activities
Local social events populate the page with club gatherings and visits. Residents attend bridge games, plan hosting duties, and families host guests from Elyria, Cleveland, and Detroit. A quarantine affects the Schwed household as whooping cough spreads. A new Spitzer Hardware store rises from the Grafton blaze ruins.
West Ridge Hostess To Ladies Aid Session
Mrs Merle Penfound entertained the Ladies Aid Society at West Ridge on a January 16 meeting. Members handled the usual business then spent the afternoon quilting and enjoying refreshments. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs W Y Hart of Oberlin Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Minnich
Allie Mason
Sherman Mason
Milton Babcock
Theodore Grills
Mary Hahn
Joe Briggs
Phyllis
Harvey Hahn
Lucile Penfound
Penfound
W. YI. Hart
Oberlin Road
Circle No 3 of St Pauls Church meets in Elyria
Mrs. Henry Voglesong and Mrs. Harry Lauer attended Circle No 3 at the home of Mrs. Charles Ashbrook on West Bridge Street Elyria Tuesday afternoon. The next meeting will be at St Pauls Church with hostesses Mrs. Wackenfuss and Mrs. Lauer.
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Elyria
Henry Voglesong
Harry Lauer
St. Paul's Church
Charles Ashbrook
West Bridge Street
St. Pauls Church
Wackenfuss
Lauer
Miss Elizabeth Torch Returns Home From Elyria Hospital
Miss Elizabeth Torch is back home from Elyria Memorial Hospital after a week's Yaction, enjoying rest and visits from family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Torch
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Par ent-Teachers' Association Meets at School House
The South Murray Ridge Parent-Teachers Association met at the school house on Tuesday evening. A planned 12 piece orchestra did not perform, so only routine business was conducted and refreshments were served by the committee.
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TF. A
South Murray Ridge
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Temperance Day Program at West Ridge School
A Friday program at West Ridge School on January 15 featured songs, recitations, and readings focused on temperance. The program included Thelma Wagner, Edna Lottman, Leota Drusendahl, Harry Lauer, Erna Lottman, Philip Sippel, Alex Toth, Arlene Lottman, Robert Long, and Miss Gelniner performing pieces such as Yield Not to Temptation and Prohibition Not Responsible.
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West Ridge
Thelma Wagner
Kelly’s Door
Edna Lottman
Leota Drusendahl
Local Social Roundup From Elyria Area
Mrs Etta Brown attended the funeral of Mrs John Bath at the Methodist Church in Elyria Monday. Miss Julia Daraby hosted friends from Lorain Tuesday afternoon. Miss GeMeiner and pupils prep a Temperance Day program. Miss Marian Lauer to host a dance party Saturday. Miss Rose Daraby and Miss Margaret Toth, both from Elyria, visited Miss Elizabeth Toth Wednesday. Lester Drusendahl attended a Hi meeting at the Y M C A in Elyria Tuesday. Mr and Mrs I F Eldred attended the Church Night Rally at the Elyria Methodist Church Wednesday. Hobart Bryant and Miss Helen Lapp of Amherst visited Mr and Mrs H H Drusendahl last week. Miss Erma Spiedelburg of Townline road was an overnight guest Monday of Miss Margaret Pallas. Miss Pallas and guest attended Distinction Day at Elyria High Tuesday. The Misses Mildred Pallas and Zelda Schramm attended the Friendship Girls Club at the Y W C A Elyria Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ju. Rinehart
IF. E. Varmean
A. C. Bennett
B.A. Rothgary
W. G. Landman
W. F. Holcomb
Wells Mote
J. A. Schurgot
Leon Lehman
Airs
C. W. Wise
Beldan
F. E. Carmean
A. L
B. A. Rothgary
Guy Durkee
Wallace Dimaline
Eaton
Henry Wildenheim
Detroit
Michigan
John Caharrick
Cleveland
A. R. Schwed
Myron Sooy
Jack Lyner
Wm. Buckingham
Harry Bearer
Robert
Elyria
Buckingham
James Aldrich
Charles Wise
Aldrich
Leverne
Wise
Levis Klinect
Belden
Chester Jackson
Melba
Daniel Myers
Ralph White
Laura Hale
Lodi
H. L. Barnes
C. D. Lehman
Jennie Lechner
Walter Dubs
Etta Brown
John Bath
Julia Daraby
Lorain
GeMeiner
Marian Lauer
Rose Daraby
Margaret Toth
Elizabeth Toth
Lester Drusendahl
I. F. Eldred
Hobart Bryant
Helen Lapp
Amherst
H. H. Drusendahl
Erma Spiedelburg
Townline Road
Margaret Pallas
Miss Pallas
Elytia High School
Mildred Pallas
Zelda Schramm
Friendship Girls’ Club
Ridgeville Nuptials Unite Walter Smith and Geneieve Diederich
In Ridgeville on Tuesday at St Peter's Church Rev J N Rhein united Walter Smith and Geneieve Diederich in marriage. The couple planned to reside in Elyria. A wedding breakfast for fifty guests followed at the bride's home. M B Barter to preside at an Independent Farmers Institute Grange event Friday and Saturday with sessions and a program including state speakers from Morton and Erie counties.
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Ridgeville
St. Peter's Church
J. N. Rhein
Walter Smith
Henry Smith
Lorain
Geneieve Diederich
William Diederich
Loretta Snyder
Ralph Smith
Ruth Smith
Walter McVeigh
Catharine Jamblyn
Avon
Elyria
Cleveland
Smith
M. B. Barter
Independent Farmers’ Institute
The
Grange
Grange Hall
Paul B. Maxwell
Morton County
Henry Leinbach
Erie Coun
Congregational church officials named at annual meeting
The annual Congregational church meeting elected Mrs. Victor Reese as clerk John Van Arsdale as treasurer Frank Whitcomb as trustee J D Lickerish as deacon Rev E Young as Sunday school superintendent and Miss Amy Saye as missionary fund treasurer Also notes on Miss Lucile Hadaway and Miss Catharine Lucas visiting from Los Angeles and local residents in various social activities.
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Lucile Hadaway
Catharine Lucas
Morgan
Ellen
Los Angeles
Calif
Frank Redmond
Charman
L. R. Hadaway
Lorain
Home Accounters to Meet at Floria YMCA January 20
Sheffield residents involved in home accounting activities will attend a YMCA session January 20 at 2:00 p.m. The program, led by Miss Alice Bird and featuring Miss Thelma Beall from Ohio State University, aims to help homemakers interpret results and discuss problems.
local notices on school attendance and music instruction
Fred Schroeder and family from Columbus Ohio. Lester Johnson missed school on Wednesday and Thursday due to illness. WL Crowe instructed on stringed instruments at Brookside School on Thursday and led orchestra practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schroeder
Collinus
Ohio
Lester Johnson
WL. Crowe
Brookside School
Amherst residents host visits across families Sunday
North Russia brief reports numerous Amherst households hosting relatives and friends over the weekend. Notes include Harley Franklin and Myrtle of Amherst visiting John Franklin. Bergs, Hasenflues, and Gibsons sharing Sundays with relatives in Amherst and nearby towns. Several attendees belong to local churches and social groups.
Mrs Henry Schmitz Hosts Thursday Afternoon Guests
Mrs Henry Schmitz entertained guests at her home on Thursday afternoon. Present were Mrs Frank Schmitz Mrs Carl Schmitz Mrs Chris Justin Mrs Nick Webber and Mrs Geo Dion, all residents of New Oberlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schmitz
Frank Schmitz
Carl Schmitz
Chris. Justin
Nick Webber
Geo. Dion
New Oberlin
Pomona Grange Social Notes Reach Local Readers
Mr and Mrs Simeon Nash and son Chester visit with Mrs Chas Gibson and Mr and Mrs Ed Schramm at a Pomona Grange gathering. The brief social item lists attendees and family connections in a small community descriptor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona Grange
Simeon Nash
Chester
Chas. Gibson
Ed Schramm
Leretd County Pomona Range Meeting Omitted
A fragment notes a meeting related to the Leretd county Pomona range with a travel mention toward Reid and Wellington on Sacarday, but details and exact events are unclear.
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Leretd
Pomona
Reid
Wellington
Sacarday
Amherst Women’s Union Holds January Meeting
Mrs. Mary Schaub and Mrs. Emma Berg attend the January gathering of the Women's Union at St. Peter's Greek Orthodox church in Amherst. Others present include Mrs. WI Berg and Fred Schaub.
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Women's Union
Mary Schaub
Stra
Fred Schaub
WI Berg
Misa Emma Berg
Th Women's Union
St. Peter's * Rabpetteat Church
Amherst
Hasenfiue Couples Attend Whiton Funeral in Amherst Township
Mr and Mrs Elmer Schhuberg Mrs Chas Hasenfiue and Mr and Mrs Frank Hasenfiue attended the funeral of Mrs Annetta Whiton in Amherst township on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Schhuberg
Chas, Hasenfiue
Frank Hasenfiue
Annetta Whiton
Amherst Township
Ravenscroft Song Collection On Five Usual Recreations
Thomas Ravenscroft an English publisher in 1614 wrote and set to music songs about humming hawking dancing drinking and enamorings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ravenscroft
Birth Announcement Through Silk Pin Cushion
In parts of Holland a birth is signaled by a silk pin cushion on the door. A red cushion marks a boy, while white indicates a girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
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Automobile News
Pontiac
Sally and
Jeare
Chronicle
Teeegran
Imperial Furniture Co
East Ave
Nye
King’s Herald Society
Ruth Bladowski
Sadie Field
Alice Field
Ernest Collins
Marion Patrick
E. R. Haines
Cecilian Spitzer
Marie Fiedans
New York City
F. E. Schrivery
Irma Guyeska
Hodder
Fields Corners
Hames
Charles Koeber
Sarah Bernice Schriver
Helen Ginn
Schivley
Clayton Sooy
Schriver
Lucy Robson
Irma Gayeska
Shamrock Quilt Club
Cecil Johnson
Clarence Gray
Gray
Presi Z
Bia
Joel
Emma
Aly
W. E. Baker
Rose Longwell
John Curtiss
la Grange
Henderson
Ganton
Young People’s Society of the
M. EB
Harry Swartz
George Barchard
Clyde
James Barckley
Berea
Marcella Schmitz
Sheffield
Floria Y.M C
Alice Bird
Thelma Beall
Ohio State University
Farm Bureau
Murry D. Lincoln
Ohio Farm School Orchestra
Elyria l Ladies
Eaton Grange
Methodist Church
Mary Lou Reed
Leota Ricci
P. L. Chambers
L. H. Duntee
H. C. Burrel
River Road
Sheffield Lake
Estella Lakue
Hazel Mais
St. James Mission
Frank Craig
H. Kriebel
Harry Gang
L. Engleman
Grace Inslee
A. H. Manchester
J. Kenswick
Burrel
F. Craig
First Methodist Church
Ohio Farm Bureau Sertvica~ Company
Tennessee Copper and Chemical Company
County Farm Bureau
Ella Johnson
H. C. Chambers
Freda Gross
Linn
Kansas
North
Russia
North Russia
Harley Franklin
Myrtle
John Franklin
Fred Berg
Ira Kiplinger
LaGrange
Henry Grugle
Edith Hagearty
Muskingum
Micch
Walter Reinhard
Will Berg
Lioyd Webster
Chas. Hasenflue
Frank Hasenflue
Emma Berg
St. Peter's Evangelical Church
Carl Berg
Minnie Stark
Robert Hasenflue
Hasenflue
Will Oldham
Kate Albright
Clarence Albright
Harold Berg
Walter Walker
Oberlin
A. E. Gibson
Frank Austin
Lakewood
Louis Reiger
Ralph
Chas
Porma
Elyria Savings and
Trust Company
Ohio Public Service CO
Ec Rai
Gkeee
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