Diary notes on theater, friends, and travel in New York
In a diary from New York dated January sixteenth the author attends Maurice Evans at St James, reflects on Shakespeare and education, visits The Players and chats with journalists, mentions dogs in Cincinnati, letters from friends in California and Hawai, comments on driving safety, and muses about Spain relief efforts and public figures including Sinclair Lewis, Irvin Cobb, Jed Harris, and comparisons to royalty and actors.
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New York
Mary
St. James
Maurice Evans
Ben Brown
Brown
Evans
Players
George Britt
World-Telegram
Hortense Saunders
Cincinnati
Sitz
Eugene Ach
V. V. McNitt
Hawai
California
Harry Silvey
Harry
Odd
Sinclair Lewis
Irvin Cobb
Lewis
Sweden
Frank Craven
Jed Harris
Our Town
Craven
Favorite Operas Sought for Cleveland Spring Festival
Music lovers are invited to vote on 36 operas by 18 composers for the Northern Ohio Opera Association's Cleveland Public Hall festival, March 27 to April 1. Repertoire list features works by Beethoven to Wagner, including Fidelio, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Boheme, Otello, and Die Meistersinger.
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Metropolitan Opera Association of New York
Cleveland Public Hall
Thomas L. Sidle
Northern Ohio Opera Association
Sidle
New York
Harold J. Miskell
Opera
Ohio
Days Music Store
Fidelio
Beethoven
Louise
Charpentier
Mascagni
Manon
Massenet
Amelia
Menotti
Boris Godunoff
Moussorgsky
Mozart
Thomas
Otello
Rigoletto
Simon Boccanegra
Verdi
Goetterdaemmerung
Lohengrin
Siegfried
Imported talent helps Big Town rely on Buffalo
A 1939 column notes that New York City would stall without help from Buffalo born and trained talent. It lists figures like Judge L. B. Hart, Winnie Sheehan, Frank O’Brien, George Abbott, and Jack Yellin, praising cross state movers and shakers who contribute to the urban scene while joking about native New Yorkers.
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Christian Science Committee
New York
L. B. Hart
Buffalo
New York City
Winnie Sheehan
Winfield R
Winnie
Big City
Frank O'Brien
the Sun
George Abbott
Forestville
Jack Yellin
McNaught Syndicate
Gleaners Hold First New Year Meeting In January
Twenty members of the Gleaners class gathered Wednesday evening at Mrs John Curtiss home for the first meeting of the year. Esther Wolcott presided with the new officers taking charge. Frances Woodruff led devotionals themed Service for the year. Mrs Saddler wrote Why a Best Seller read by Hazel Adams. Marian Denham led music for the year. Lunch was served by Esther Martin Fern Haynes Frances Woodruff and Hazel Adams. Mrs Grace Miller to host in February. Baptist Missionary Society hosted at Mrs Sylvester F Jackson home with Mrs Ford Gott assisting. A cafeteria dinner and social followed.
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Marian Denham
Esther Martin
Fern Haynes
Frances Woodruff
Hazel Adams
Grace Miller
Baptist Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Sylvester F. Jackson
Ford Gott
Sew and Dine Birthday Meet Honors Mrs Ellen Sawyer
The Sew and Dine Birthday meeting at Mrs. Ben Clapp’s home celebrated Ellen Sawyer’s seventy sixth birthday with noon dinner and a display of handkerchiefs. Twenty three attended Circle three and enjoyed a tureen dinner at Mrs. Jesse Saddler’s home. Various local visits and hospital news follow, including Mrs. Saw yer and Miss Delia Sawyer suffering colds and several others ill. Announcements preview Farmers Cooperative Supply Co.stockholders annual meeting set for Tuesday Jan 17 in the town hall.
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Ben Clapp
Ellen Sawyer
Circle Three
Jesse Saddler
F. B. Gott
B L. Wilcox
Frank Bradstock
Wellington
Henry Wigert
Vernon Rundle
Harold Jameyson
Berea
Jeannette Bombardener
Baldwin- Wallace College
Ellen
Delia Sawyer
Nell Nichols
John King
Dorothy
Little Son
Mountain Home
Arkansas
Irving Walkden
Lakeside Hospital
Charles Rawson
Virgil Jump
Cleveland
Farmers Co-operative Supply Co
School of
Production Credit Group To Meet On January 25
Elyria Production Credit Association will hold its annual meeting January 25 at 10 30 A M in the First Congregational Church. J J Bradley special field representative of the Production Credit Corporation will speak on Why Agriculture Requires a Special Credit System of Its Own. The association covers Lorain Erie Huron Summit Cuyahoga and Medina counties and has loaned 1 463 903 32 since 1934 with 492 559 loaned in 1938 and 325 340 outstanding at year end.
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Co. J. Bradley
Production Credit Corporation
Louisville
Kentucky
Elyria Production Credit Association
Bradley
First Congregational Church
Elyria
Lorain
Erie
Huron
Summit
Cuyahoga
Medina
Max M. Phillips
Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
John E. Miller
Milan
C. T. Coply
Sharon Center
H. H. Richardson
Cuyahoga County
R. E. Campbell
Pittsfield
A. F. Henry
Monroeville
Mystery Character In Eaton Institute Play
A Farmers Institute Tuesday night program features the comedy Mystery Character In Eaton Institute Play with Christina as Baby. Elmer the henpecked husband and his wife lead a lively cast alongside an older sister and a swain, with a group of girls and men. Proceeds go to the Farmers Institute and Fidelis Class of Eaton Church of Christ, directed by Miss Elaine Cole of Elyria.
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Baby
Farmers’ Institute
Christina
Elmer
Farmers' Institute
Fidelis
Eaton Church of Christ
Elaine Cole
Elyria
Eastern Stars to Gather in Medina
Instruction for the Eastern Stars notes a Medina gathering with several Lyndon Chapter members set to attend.
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Medina
Lyndon Chapter
Cheney To Address Lorain Kiwanis Meeting
Solicitor Harvey C. Cheney of Elyria will speak to the Lorain Kiwanis Club at its Tuesday noon luncheon on the Development of Local Government in Ohio. He studied local government development for his master’s in political economy and worked with the County Government Commission. He will also address the Elyria Rotary Club at the Elks Restaurant at noon Tuesday on the Mexican oil situation. Next week’s noon meeting is canceled for a Ladies Night at Oberlin Inn on January 24.
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Harvey C. Cheney
Elyria
Lorain Kiwanis Club
Ohio
Cheney
County Government Commission
Oberlin Inn
Rotarians To Hear Oberlin Professor
Rotarians will hear Prof. David Moore of Oberlin College faculty speak at the club meeting. The address is expected to cover academic topics and community involvement.
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Oberlin
David Moore
Oberlin College
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