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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1933
Page
9
The Y W C A announces a free swim Friday night January 20 at the Y M C A pool for Elyria business girls from 7 30 to 8 30 with nurses on duty and Miss Marian Stetson in charge. Swimmers must bring suit cap and towel. No lessons offered. A second free session for high school girls set for January 27 from 7 30 to 8 30 P M with Life Savers on duty.
Myrielle's Beauty Shop at 635 Broad Street announces new staff: Barbara Kennedy of Chicago and Elinor Bradley, graduate of White Cross Beauty School Cleveland, join operators. Guests at a Saturday gathering include Mrs. Henry Smith Amherst and Mrs. Robert Lea Oberlin.
Pattern 9529 offers a soft flattering afternoon frock with a cowl neckline puffed sleeves and seaming that slim bodice and skirt for a graceful 1933 silhouette. Sizes 14 16 18 20 33 34 36 38 and 40 available. Send 15 cents plus plain NAME ADDRESS STYLE NUMBER SIZE to Chronicle Telegram Pattern Department New York City.
Elyria YWCA marks twenty years since founding on January 17 1913 with a reception Tuesday night in the gym at eight. Miss Lilian Sears first promoter and Mrs James Thomas first president will speak with W R Comings and others attending. A dramatization of 1913 and 1930 members will be presented.
In E L Bailey's absence Harvey C Cheney led the Upper Room Bible Class as they explored Christ s interest in human suffering and its intellectual social and spiritual aspects. The group announced a Friday dinner with Otto Greene Bourquin and Mr Mrs in charge and a 6 p m start with dinner at 6 30. April s meeting will feature Prof Baird of Oberlin College on Children's Hobbies and members were urged to have their children collect hobbies for exhibition.
Mrs Jerrold Huberty hosted a Saturday noon luncheon and kitchen shower at her Cleveland home for Miss Helen Snowden as she prepares to marry Herman Holbrook. Michigan games entertained guests with Alta Tuttle winning high score and Thelma Bond second.
Robert Fox led the Christian Endeavor gathering at Second Congregational Church last evening with the topic How Unselfish Should We Be. George Lambert on Matthew 17 21 28 led the scripture lesson and questions on signs of selfishness following Christ and mission service. Special music included two songs An Evening Prayer and Take Up Thy Cross and Follow Me. Christian Endeavor Week runs January 29 to February 5, and the meeting closed early for a baccalaureate service.
Nineteen youths gathered at George Zemba 422 Adams Street for his fifteenth birthday. Attendees from Elyria included Mary Brand Margaret Herold Vera Smith Joyce Hastings Agnes Blair Jane Murr Billy Young Richard McDermott Billy McDermott Daniel Schnarr Raymond Ziegman Gene Duffy Joseph Fortman. from Cleveland Rita Wirtz Lucille Moran Lucille Scharf Cecil Gorman Joseph Matick and Edward Backo. Master Zemba played several accordion numbers then there was dancing and a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs George Zemba with many gifts for the honoree.
The Young People’s League of St Paul’s Church met last evening in the Sunday School rooms to allow members to attend the baccalaureate service. Miss Ruth Heginbotham led the topic Now Useful Should We Be. Next Sunday’s topic will be Danger of Living Just Things and the meeting will be called at six forty five.
Miss Helen Kipf hosted members of Sigma Omega Sigma on Tenth street for a business meeting led by president Miss Helen Snyder. Bridge was the diversion with prizes awarded to Wilma Van Oster and Kathleen Maston. After refreshments, the group planned to meet again with Miss Kathleen Maston of West avenue.
The Epworth League gathered in the Methodist church last evening to discuss Praying to Learn to Live. Miss Mildred Fowls led the session with Houghton Wagner guiding devotionals and Leonard Fowls reading scripture. Dorothy Rawson read a prayer poem, and Dorothy Byers sang with her mother accompanying. An event at the church is planned for January nineteenth with a cabinet meeting that same night at seven. The group will visit Graf ton State Farm on Sunday January twenty second to present a program.
The Church of Christ Gospel Team met at the church at 2 P. M with Anita Poole leading. Lillian Mallory spoke and Gertrude Mallory sang as ten attended. At 6 P. M thirty-nine CE members gathered for evening services led by J. B. Funk with Ted Owens and David Wainwright contributing. Edward Pallas led special music and the gathering closed with the CE benediction.
Relatives and friends gathered at Delbert and Irvin Curtice's LaGrange home to celebrate the couple's wedding anniversary and Mrs. Curtice's birthday. After a day of visiting and recalling past joys, guests left with a small offering as a token of affection.
Twelve tables of bridge were in play Saturday afternoon at the Woman's Club with the Business Women's Department as host. Mrs. H. F. Markham served as general chairman and prizes were awarded to Mrs. Frank Rudolph Mrs. James Moses Mrs. Roy Clv mer and Mrs. A. C. Schilleman.
Henry Oehlke 28 merchant Lorain and Laura Leota Berlett 24 Lorain applied for a license. Rev Firestone Samuel Epstein 29 manager Columbus and Edna Zimmerman 21 Lorain applied for a license. Father Rohner listed in records.
A list of church and civic groups meets with times and locations across Elyria. Entries include Young People’s Society at St John’s Lutheran, Ladies’ Aid at Emanuel Lutheran, Women’s Bible Class at Second Congregational, Truth Seekers at United Presbyterian, Grace Lutheran stewardship at H. Eady’s home, and many other clubs and societies with specified venues such as 922 East Avenue 248 Howe Street and 517 Lake Avenue. Several events note programs, suppers, or speakers, including a 8:90 p.m. Y W C A birthday reception and a tax topics talk by M. H. Welty.
The Women’s Association meets at 3:00 PM at the church. A prayer meeting of the U P church is at Mrs. R H McClure’s home 1315 Middle Ave. Fred Meinke’s home 111 Hamilton Ave hosts a meeting. St Andrew’s Women’s Auxiliary meets at 2:30 PM in the Guild. District meeting in Oberlin includes Tureen dinner. Circle No 5 of the Methodist meets at Mrs. V Unger’s 1012 West Ave. Union Missionary Tea at 2:30 PM at the Methodist church, sponsored by Emmanuel Lutheran and three Methodist Missionary Societies hosts.
Annual meeting of the First Congregational church preceded by a 6 30 dinner served by Mrs. Frank Phelps and committee reservations before Wednesday. Regular LaPorte M E church services preceded by tureen supper Rev Charles Draper lecture in church auditorium. public welcome. Various circles and unions meet at churches with speakers, meals, sewing parties, and social events across East Side, Bridgeland, Eastern Heights, and parishes.
Local groups including Lorain County Lutheran Men s Clubs, Goodwill Bible Class, Upper Room Bible Class, Nettie Finch Webber Club, Little Sorority, Tigredia Social Club and others meet at various homes and churches. Arizona events include Ohio State University Alumni dinner at Lorain Masonic Temple and a Gates Auditorium entertainment by Jefferson PTA.
A program of Indian Music will be presented tomorrow afternoon by members of the Musical Art Society at the home of Mrs. Ralph Murbach on Washington avenue. Mrs. E Gillis leads with a string quartet and soloists Mrs E Chapman Miss Gladys McCullough Mrs O Townsend and Mrs Y Waite. Miss Mary Seward will play piano solos Mrs Karl Kaley will sing with flute accompaniment and Mrs George Tulk will offer vocal solos. Mrs J Huge will give a paper on Indian music. A social hour and tea will follow.
Miss Bunny Gillis hosted a dinner bridge Saturday evening at her Columbus street home. Twelve guests were seated with flowers and tapers as table decorations. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Jack Cushing and Worth Fauver after the bridge game.
The YWCA gym tap class for business girls will meet on Monday at 7 15 P M due to a Tuesday Birthday Celebration. Miss Marian Stetson Health Education Director announced today the class remains open for new members.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Schneider hosted A and E Club members at their Sugar Ridge home Saturday evening. Twelve games of pedro were played with top prizes to Miss Matherine Schneider and Thomas Schneider of Elyria, second to Mrs Rose Forthofer and John Alten of Avon, and third to Mr and Mrs Frank Kuchenrither of Elyria. A three course luncheon in pink and white followed for seventeen guests. Mrs Peter Forthofer of Avon will entertain in two weeks.
Kent Ohio guests visit J L Edwards on Tenth Street. Thelma Hollis returns from Ford Road weekend with FB EB McCullough Granite City IL and Blanche McCullough patient at Madison County Sanatorium Edwardsville IL. A son born to Floyd Mills Elyria Memorial Hospital January 15. Henry Kane Amherst hosts Philip Gerhart family Avon and Thomas Schneider family. A daughter born to Merle Phelps Grafton at Elyria Memorial January 15. Mrs Clara Schroeder Collins spends two weeks with mother Mrs George Shore Plaza. Rev Karl Meister conducts candle light service for Home for the Aged with Mrs H H Gregg singing. Mrs Paul Kindler and sons William Robert and Carroll Cox Jr Fremont visit W H Ruth Weat Avenue.
The library presents novels and non fiction including Galsworthy’s Flowering Wilderness sequel to Maid in Waiting about Dinny Cherrell and Wilfred Desert. Also Beyond the Blue Sierra by Will ste, Matiny on the Bounty by Nordhoff and Hall, Other People’s Money by Brandeis, and Studio Handbook by Web. Overviews cover voyages, mutinies, frontier California, and banking insight.
Arabia shows potential in palm cultivation, cattle breeding, and mining. The text highlights fertile land for palm trees, a viable cattle industry, and mineral resources, suggesting future development opportunities in agriculture and extractives.
Okla City bound plane with five aboard had engine trouble over Reinersville and crashed on a hillside. Pilot Bennett M. Griffin survived with severe bruises after the craft flipped thrice. Four passengers W C Lewis B S Graham Clarence E Page and Judge Charles W Mason suffered sprains and bruises before farmers transported them to Marietta for care.
Despondent over her brother Angelo Porello being slain in Buffalo in a feud over the corn sugar trade, Frances Porello 19 swallowed poison at her Cleveland home. She was treated at St Luke's Hospital and returned home as relatives mourned the family loss.
Samuel Varisco, a Republican ward leader in Buffalo, killed Young Porello Friday night after a gun battle following an argument over a pool game in Varisco's pool room.
In Cleveland on Sunday night a dispute between a store proprietor and a landlord over 42 cents escalated into a shooting. James Mayer, 58, died from shotgun wounds inflicted by confectionery store owner Michael Woloszyn, 43. Mrs. Mary Kruszek, 41, and Wesley Redd, the landlord, were wounded.
Leonard Benton aged 15 of 112 Seneca street sustained minor injuries when he fell from his bicycle on West Bridza street as he was crowded into by a posing automobile reported to police.
Dick Selman reports a bicycle was taken from his residence on Ohio Street about two weeks ago and police were notified on Saturday.
Circle 2 hosts a Swiss steak dinner Tuesday from 11:00 to 1:00 at the M. E. Church. Tickets and details are available at the church office.
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