Youth Shot By Sheriff Dies In Gun Battle
Mt Vernon Ohio June 17 Walter Lehman 17 of Galena is jailed on an open charge from a gun battle in which his companion Edison Watts 19 of near Galena was killed and Deputy Sheriff Oliver Walker wounded Watts died of internal hemorrhages after being shot in the abdomen by Sheriff Clyde Biggs who said Watts fired first Lehman unarmed leapt into a ditch and later admitted a Delaware grocery robbery proceeds spent in Columbus Biggs and deputies pursued the youths after a tire blowout near Mt Liberty
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MT. Vernon
Walter Lehman
Galena
Edison Watts
Route 3
Mt. Liberty
Oliver Walker
Clyde Sbigges
Knox County
Lehman
Delaware
Watts
Biggs
C. L. Harmer
Tehman
Columbus
Clarence McLarnan
McLarnan
At. Vernon
Walker
Plas Construction Co leases Oberlin road car barns
Plas Construction Co now on West Broad street leases nearly half of the former Cleveland Southwestern Railway car barns on Oberlin road. The firm will move into the Waite Coach space to manufacture road spreaders and store equipment, O'Donnell said. He also announced the rental of 329 Fifth street to Mr and Mrs W M Hackett of Duplex Foundry and Manufacturing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plas Construction Company
West Broad Street
Cleveland Southwestern Railway Company
Oberlin Road
B. M. O'Donnell
Waite Coach Company
O'Donnell
O’donnell
Fifth Street
W. M. Hackett
Hackett
Duplex Foundry and Manufacturing Company
Radio Programs Spotlight Clubmen and Orchestras
A radio listing highlights ae Del Casino and four Clubman headlines along with Dorsey Orchestra, Trianon Orchestra, and Deutsch Orchestra features. The schedule emphasizes varied musical programs and club performances across stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Casino Four Clubman
Dorsey Orch
Trianon Orch
Diary notes from New York Day by Day by D C McIntyre
A New York diary excerpt describes social rounds and encounters. Names include Billy De Beck, the Ryley Coopers, D W Griffith, Earl Carroll, James Woods, Paul Whiteman, Ed die Peabody, J P McEvoy, Ches ter Marsh, Lorraine Manville, Mr Dresselhuys, Lucius Beebe, Beth Leary, Mrs Jas Farley, John Murgra troyd. The piece mentions poetry selection, Theodore Dresser postcard humor, a public talk, and Murga troyd’s taxidomy work in St James Brooklyn.
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New York
Billy de Beck
Ryley Coopers
D. W. Griffith
Earl Carroll
James Woods
Paul Whiteman
Eddie Peabody
J. P. McEvoy
Chester Marsh
James Whitcomb Riley
Theodore Dresser
Lorraine Manville
Mr. Dresselhuys
Lucius Beebe
Beth Leary
Jas. Farley
Radio stars near retirement say farewell hinted by Variety
Ted Husing Graham McNamee and Rudy Vallee are cited as wearying of the grind with plans to step back from radio. The piece notes shrinking agency rosters and the era of chorus girls fading, recalling Marilyn Miller and Oscar Shaw amid industry shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Husing
Heigh Ho
Graham McNamee
Rudy Vallee
Trivel
California peaches price history from gold rush days
Berkeley report recalls 1854 peach prices at 3.50 each during the gold rush. By 1855 prices collapsed to 1.00, underscoring early market volatility for California fruit growers observed by the University of California.
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Berkeley
Cal
California
University of California
Avon Council Holds First Meeting
Avon Village Council met at Town Hall for its first meeting of the year on Thursday Jan 14 electing A J Bruder president pro tem. Committees named across Finance Hall Safety Cemetery and Utilities with various members. Solicit or Stetson reelected. deputy marshals named. annual financial statement to Elyria Chronicle Telegram. Lorain County Bank chosen as depository. appropriation ordinance adopted. street commissioner pay rate set.
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Avon
J. Bruder
Hall
Ackerman
Rriegelsberger
Klingshirn
Bruder and
Fitch
Bruder
Riegelsberger
Halli
Ringelsberger
Hall and
Albert Nagel
Leo Smith
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram
Lorain County Bank
Peppy Panhandlers Meet Tomorrow in Pittsfield
The Pittsfield Peppy Panhandlers will meet at Mrs. L. D. West's home on Tuesday January 25. A tureen dinner at noon, home baked rolls, and coffee will be served. An afternoon book review of Art in Home and Clothing by Trilling and Williams will cover Color Problems in Dress. Open to all women.
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Pittsfield
Avon Girl Is Bride Marjorie Reisinger Weds Kenneth Shriner
Avon Marjorie Reisinger and Kenneth Shriner of Newton Falls were quietly married by Rev. George Cooper at his Lorain home on Saturday afternoon. They will reside in Newton Falls.
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Avon
Marjorie Reisinger
Kenneth Shriner
Newton Falls
George Cooper
Lorain
Suburban Calendar of Local Club Meetings Tonight
Evening schedule lists multiple meetings in New London Grafton Avon Lake Carlisle Lake Avenue Chatham and nearby communities. Highlights include Loyal Order of Moose Kiwanians and American Legion posts at 8 p m, Lake Avenue Mothersingers and P T A events, and Boy Scouts at 7 30 p m. Several groups meet Tuesday and Wednesday with installations and elections noted. Local civic groups, church choirs and garden clubs also plan gatherings with food events and junior activities.
Town Hall Showing Wheels Over Africa at 8:30 PM
Public welcome to an 8:30 PM screening at the town hall of Wheels Over Africa. The event invites residents to view the moving pictures in a communal setting.
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Wree Moving Pictures
Africa
Avon Lake Wednesday events list in brief
Study Group meets at school room I at 3 p m. Dames of Malta meet at the Chateau. Boy Scouts gather at Park Hall at 7 30 p m. LaPorte Ladies Aid general meeting at Mrs Bumgart’s home. Congregational church annual meeting in Chatham. Farmers Institute opens at town hall 10 a m and runs through Thursday. Woman's Association meets with Mrs Croskey at 2 p m. North Elyria Grange meets at Grange Hall at 8 p m with first and second degree practice. I C O F meets at Odd Fellow Temple New London. Cub Patrol meets high school at 7 30 p m. Kum Dubblee 5 S Class holds covered dish dinner at 6 30 p m with Rev and Mrs Mitchell. Puppet show at high school auditorium by Beach Class at 8 p m. Farm Management meeting at Public Library auditorium 8 p m speaker Mr Brimm. Farm Women's Club meets at Oberlin Grange Hall 10 30 a m with County Extension Agent Muss Francesckert present. Card Party at Clague Road Congregational church 8 p m. Women's Civic Club all day meeting at Mrs Avis Lilly’s home. Rochester.
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Avon Lake
Dames of Malta
Chateau
Boy Scouts
Park Hall
Carlisle
LaPorte Ladies Aid
Paul Bumgart
Chatham
Congregational Church
Huntington— Farmers’ Institute
Lake Avenue
North Elyria
Grange
New London
W. H
North Olmsted
Clague Road
Rochester — Women’s Civic Club
Avis Lilly
Avon Lake Council News 1938 Minutes and Appointments
Avon Lake council met Monday approving minutes and paying invoices. Burkhardt resigned effective Jan 10 1938 after nine years. James J. King appointed to fill the vacancy. Waterworks filed 1937 financials. Life guard position tabled. 1938 temporary appropriations set. Curtis Duff named planning commission member for six years. A C Col l um appointed cemetery sexton. Gas steam heaters bought for village park hall. Bids to be sought for slagging 1938 and Eagle Point sewer materials. 100 tons slag to be purchased for village roads. Park project discussed.
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Avon Lake
Harry Burkhardt
Burkhardt
James J. King
Lake Road
Waterworks Board
Curtis Duff
Planning Commission
A. C. Collum
Cemetery Sexton
Clow Gas Steam Heat Co
Cleveland
Eagle Point
Avon Lake club hosts Jackson Day dinner at Maplehurst Inn
Justice Martin Randel served as toastmaster as Avon Lake Jackson Club members observed Jackson Day with a dinner at Maplehurst Inn on Lake road listening to President Roosevelt on radio. Henry Kingner chaired the Bingo and Card Party sponsored by Avon Lake Legion Post No. 211 at the Chateau Saturday evening January 16.
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Justice Martin Randel
Steve Moore Road
Avon Lake Jackson Club
Maplehurst Inn
Lake Road
Roosevelt
Henry Kingner
A. T. Maiers
Avon Lake Legion Post No. 211
The
Chateau
Vogt and Horwedel Families Visit Rosalind Mitchell
Mr and Mrs Jon Vogt of Lakewood called on Miss Rosalind Mitchell Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Fred Horwedel and daughter Vilma called on Mr Vogt was not fully shown in the read text.
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Jon Vogt
Lakewood
Rosalind Mitchell
Fred Horwedel
Vilma
Local families attend gatherings and births in Lorain area
Mrs George Fridenatine and family at Murray Ridge on Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Ed Dechant attended the Jackson Day dinner at Akron on Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs Vernon Parker announce a son born at St Josephs Hospital in Lorain on Tuesday. A Schafer is on the sick list. Rev C A Bantham, Avon Baptist pastor, was brought from Memorial Hospital in Elyria to the home of Mr and Mrs Edd Webb of Center Road on Wednesday.
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George Fridenatine
Murray Ridge
Ed Dechant
Akron
Vernon Parker
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lorain
Schafer
C. A. Bantham
Avon Baptist Church
Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Edd Webb
Center Road
Avon Five Hundred Club hosts card evening
Avon Ohio January 17 Mr and Mrs Harold Smith entertained members of the Five Hundred club at their home Thursday evening Prizes for high score went to Mrs Carl Schafer Mrs Ed Stagg Joseph Forthof ed and Paul Stokes Lunch followed the games They will meet again in two weeks.
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AVON
Harold Smith
Five Hundred” Club
Carl Schafer
Ed Stagg
Joseph Forthofed
Paul Stokes
Ladies organize Study Club at High School
Several women met at the High School building Friday afternoon to organize a Study Club. Mrs Charles Wilford was chosen president, Mrs Taylor Smith secretary and treasurer, Mrs Olds chairman of the program committee, and Mrs La Verne Pickering to draft by laws. Mrs Jacobs of Rocky River reviewed Drums along the Mohawk Trail. The club will meet again Feb. 5 at Mrs Taylor Smiths home.
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Charles Wilford
Taylor Smith
Olds
la Verne Pickering
Jacobs
Rocky River
Dover Center Social Roundup and Local Notices
Dover Center residents hosted guests at dinner and church and club events filled the week. Highlights include Townsend Club elections led by Mrs Robert Mitchell and a Cleveland Presidents Council speaker on Townsend Signs planned for Dover at Clague Road and Center Ridge. A Dover High teacher received a surprise birthday dinner for forty eight in the school dining room. Horace Bush remains under a doctor’s care. Genevan Bert Perrin and family attended Walter Keyes funeral service at Clifford Pease Funeral Home.
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John Lemmon
Mamie Phelan
la Grange
Charles Mucie
Kenneth McKee
Lorain
Dorothy
Charles Jenkins
Ollie Deitz
Alfa Gough
June Traxler
Dorothy Stein
Townsend Club
U. H. S. Hall
Robert Mitchell
Ward
Clarence Horst
Margaret de Eelm
Council Club of
Cleveland
Townsend
Dover
Clague Road
Center Ridge
Schumaker
Dover High
Horace Bush
Bert Perrin
Geneva
Walter Keyes
Clifford Pease
Local Dinner Guests and Class Vote Highlight Weekend Notes
Eaton Miss Donna King and Leslie Cole from Elyria visited Elyria area friends Sunday afternoon. Several families from nearby towns spent the weekend with local residents. Ernest Harrington of Lorain returned for a few days after a Berea funeral. A ballot vote will be held in the Men’s and Women’s Bible classes Sunday morning over continuing separate or combined sessions for the winter months.
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Donna King
Leslie Cole
Elyria
Walter Grills
Blanche Tite
Son Sterling
E. M. Hathaway
la Grange
Donald Blaine
John Bradnor
Cleveland
H. L. Tite
Minnie Tite
Claire Cooley
Russell Tite
Carl Davidson
Belden
Hattie Stephens
Berea
Ernest Harrington
Lorain
B. A. Martin
John Balaze
Teresa
Harold Balaze
Dover
Thomas Sampson
Lee
E. E. Durkee
Bible School
Mary Fishburn
Bonnie
Rosalie Musical at Rivoli Theatre Stars Nelson Eddy
Nelson Eddy and Eleanor Powell headline the tuneful Rosalie now playing at the Rivoli Theatre, promising singing and lighthearted romance on the big screen.
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Rosalie
Rivoli
Nelson Eddy
Eleanor Powell
New Rivoli Theatre
Love And Hisses Showings At Capitol Theatre
Walter Winchell Ben Bernie and Simone Simon head the cast of Love and Hisses now showing at the Capitol Theatre. The item mentions a visit by their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Ray Firestone in Elyria and notes Mrs B M Ross spending Monday with Mrs Mason Nichols in Elyria.
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Walter Winchell
Ben Bernie
Simone Simon
Love and Hisses
Capitol Theatre
Ray Firestone
Elyria
B. M. Ross
Mason Nichols
Local Social News From Medina and Surrounding Towns
Mr and Mrs Harry Krieger hosted Medina guests Sunday evening with the Whitmans Hawkes and twin boys from Eaton attending. Week end visitors include Ruth Jameyson from Kent and Myrtle Clinesmith from Elyria with their parents. Various neighbors from Ohiopyle Dover Bucyrus and Berea visited area families.
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Chatham
Harry Krieger
Medina
Milan Whitman
Arthur Hawke
Eaton
Lee Walkden
Ruth Jameyson
Kent
Richard Jameyson
Myrtle Clinesmith
Elyria
Earl Clinesmith
Whitle Brynes
Ohiopyle
Howard Orin
Dover
Ohio
Max Smith
Bucyrus
J. H. Hange
Dan Bowman
Spencer
Carolyn Light
Farmer’s Institute
William Brassee
Berea
Harry Penfound
L. B. Heartlie
Walter Brassee
Lanchester
W. R. Hawke
North Eaton
Iowa's First Band Appears in Davenport in 1841
Federal Writers Project records reveal the first Iowa band performed in Davenport in 1841. A bugler and clarinet player provided the music for the inaugural territorial Whig convention at the LeClaire house, marking an early civic musical moment in the territory's history.
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Des Moines
Federal Writers Project
Iowa
Davenport
LeClaire
F. S. A. Supplants Resettlement Administration
The Farm Security Administration has superseded the Resettlement Administration, marking a major reorganization of relief and rural welfare programs. The change shifts administration of support to new agency structure and policy implementation.
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Farm Security Administration
Resettlement Administration
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New
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Atlanta
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Snow Queen
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Mich
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Middle Ave
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