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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
5
A weekly Oberlin area column records social visits and church activities. Mrs. Jake rer and Mrs. Earl Cragin plus Warren visited relatives in Oberlin. many locals hosted guests from Lorain Elyria Wellington and nearby towns. Community events include farm bureau meetings, a M E Church youth gathering, and an Aid Society dinner fund raiser raising about 65 dollars.
Jan 21 report from PTTOFIELD SFIELD records Mr and Mrs Whitney and Mrs A I shopping in Elyria, visits by Dwight from Toronto, Brasee hospital return and church attendance, Elizabeth Neiding guest at the Farsh home, Lucy Pickworth hospitalized for gallstone retreatment, illness in Schubert family, no school for Dist No 2, and notes on the Widdowsons amid local events.
Walter Wallington is ill at the home of Mr and Mrs George Robinson. Thomas Andrews, critically ill, is slowly improving. Walter Green and family of Pittsfield visited the Worcester parents. Ira Bainbridge and family of Elyria were here Sunday. Miss Ella returned home to resume school duties. Rev Wright of Berea visited Mr and Mrs Amfliesh. Ladies Aid Society large attendance. table mites 15.70. Sunshine offering 1.65. Twing returned home after visiting Chardon. The little son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Smith ill with fever. Friends of Miss Zella Gilder of Memorial Hospital hope for recovery from scarlet fever. The Savers family hosting a chicken supper. Joint meetings of official board and committees at the Tinflesh home. De Werous refreshments served. Charles Osborns’ car struck a streetcar. no injuries, but car damaged.
Rubber footwear offered at prices well below cost at the Army Bazaar located at 625 West Broad Street. The event showcases bargain rates on boots and shoes as part of a clearance sale at the military surplus shop.
In Henrietta on Wednesday the Avary heirs house rented by John Borl burned from an explosion. Furniture belonged to Mrs. Rollin of Oberlin. nothing was saved. Various local residents and social events follow, including a quiet wedding at the Peabody home and community notices from Oberlin to Elyria.
Miss Mabel Tran was detained from school two days last week due to illness. Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Wheeler visited in Elyria Friday. Mrs. M. Stanislawski visited her grandparents recently. Carrie, Mabel, and Mark Tran spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tran. Mrs. Sam Jagusch of Cleveland and Mr. and Mrs. DeForest Sanders spent Sunday with their parents, the Wheelers. The Winkles and other local families hosted and visited in Elyria and Cleveland areas coordinated around weekend gatherings.
Eaton Ohio area notes include visitors such as Mr. and Mrs. Barth and son Theron with the Cheneys of Lorain, a Poverty Social at the Grange Hell on Friday January 21 with prizes for best costumes, and supper. Numerous local households host guests, and family events include a birth, visits, illness, and travel updates. The Grange plans its next meeting for January 28 with Mrs. Sand-Tock and Mrs. Wright in charge.
West Ridge society events fill the week with entertainments and meetings. Mrs Thede grills on Wednesday afternoon for Ladies' Aid while the Grange holds an all day session and new officers are installed. The W C F O plans a dues tea, and a Parent Teachers association plans an entertainment at the school house Friday evening.
Brighton's Congregational church will host two young ladies from Korea delivering a message to the community next Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Trembley moved into the Cherlea Peck tenant house. Brighton residents attended Jay Moon's funeral in New London on Thursday. Mrs. Eva Mosher of Michigan and Henry Pearce of Cleveland are mentioned among local names.
On Sunday January 23 at 10 30 a m Rev F Handke will conduct services at the South Ridge church with Sunday school at 9 30 a m Superintendent F A Decker. The two adult Bible classes invite to the annual close meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs George Vogler Elyria Wednesday evening. Various local residents and visitors are noted in social visits and greetings.
Brownhelm, Jan. 20. Word comes of the death of Hubert Toll at the Toledo home of his daughter Mrs. Gormley. Mrs. Toll is said to be in poor health. Nearby notices mention Mrs. E C Chapin traveling to Toledo for her mother’s illness, and various local health and church activities including the Woman's Missionary Society meeting and Farm Bureau gathering.
Obituary notes the death of Effie Haines at her parents' home on January 14 after a year of illness. She was a Kipton high school and Oberlin Business College graduate. funeral held at home with Rev. Blair presiding. Other items include a house fire at the Heldrich home with partial insurance coverage, local visits, and community events at Camden Center and the Baptist church with services and activities listed.
Local notices from North Ridgeville dated Jan 20 report Mrs P Mackett of Lorain as a guest of Mrs Eversey, and various residents including Harley Eldred and Mrs M Evans visiting in New London. Births, illnesses, hospital returns, a successful Congregational entertainment, and local school activity are noted along with sports results from Defiance and Ashland colleges and a fatal auto accident in a separate incident.
J Z Burrows and brother Charles traveled from Clarksfield to Elyria for their cousin Stanley Jiffin's funeral. Local sales include Mr and Mrs G Coats selling their home to Verne Hale from Camden. Various visitors and meetings noted including Hales in Columbia aiding meetings and the third Brighton Lecture Course on January 27 at the Congregational church.
Ashland report lists Charles Lalone and wife celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Other entries include marriages of Herman A Chance to Daysie H Newcomer and Arthur A Bhoey to Ruth H Sigler, with multiple Ashland residents named. Billy Wilson to meet Tommy Burns in Mansfield, and two elder residents noted with injuries or long-term residence.
Worcester doctor promotes Oxfare tablets as a simple inexpensive home treatment for bronchial asthma and related coughs. Dissolve one tablet in the mouth at intervals and seek relief in minutes. Druggists offer a money back guarantee if the first package fails to relieve bronchial coughs or asthma.
Oberlin Jan. 20 Gayter’s ice rink on East Lorain Street opens for the season. Thomas Gayter has run the rink 20 years and remains proprietor with son W. T. Gayter in charge. Improvements include electric night lighting, better ice flooding, a new building area for skaters to put on and warm up, and a second floor band room likely to host Saturday performances and other events.
Oberlin announces Father and Son Week with a banquet planned between February 13 and 20. Rev Thomas W. Graham will present the address at the event. Organizing committee chairs include A G Comings ML A Houghton W F Bohn and C W Kinney. Date to be finalized due to potential schedule conflicts with the college year. The observance is expected to be as well received as in prior years.
Daniel Gregory Mason associate professor of music at Columbia University gave the January lecture in Finney Chapel before students and visitors. A noted composer and author, Mason advocated intellect and purpose over emotion in music and illustrated his talk with piano selections showing thematic development in good compositions.
Oberlin college professor Russell P. Jameson will organize and lead a European study tour from June 25 to September 5, visiting England France Spain and Switzerland with focused French and Spanish study. The itinerary features ten days in Paris during the national holiday, trips to basefields two weeks in Spain and a week in the Alps.
Oberlin items note Shomina Mia P. D. Hubbard and Mrs L Miter representing the Chouki Cpic¢opal church at a Women's Minghars convention in Cleveland. Mrs K J Aldrich of Kenewich visits while traveling east. Winettebehah lodge to install officers January 24. B K Baker leads local O. O. P. installation. Prof and Mrs C W Morrison to spend six months in Naples. Woman’s Relief Corps meets January 3 with chicken pie supper. American Legion special meeting to form a woman's auxiliary. Phil es Department shows photographic transfers from E E Barnard at Yerkes Observatory. Jacques Theazud violinist to close Artist Recital Course on January 1.
A grand jury meets to examine widespread liquor thefts and bootlegging. Charges against Charles Fulton and Herman Sali include liquor theft with a 31,000 bond. they are held as ringleaders. Other items note education board changes, branch moves, a church stance on Sunday shows, salary cuts for county officials, a local marriage cluster, and a regional association election.
Brownhelm Station notices list a Cleveland visit by Mr and Mrs Henry Woblerar and a birth for Mr and Mrs Frank Collins on January 14. Bernetta Wagner remains ill at home in Brownhelm. Mrs W Croll of Axtel visited relatives in Brownhelm, and Mrs John Henning stayed with kin in Lorain last week. C G Leimbach attends the Farmers Institute at Damascus. Elizabeth Brown remains seriously ill. M Tansy’s home under quarantine for scarlet fever.
Letter from William Hease of West Park Ohio praises Peterson's Ointment as the cure for a long standing leg sore after failed doctors and medicines. Hease attributes his recovery to the product and notes mail orders handled by Peterson Ointment Co Buffalo New York. Paterson endorses the letters and claims many cures for piles skin diseases.
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