City Boy Faces Bell Mania in a Comedy Monologue
A first person monologue from 1932 narrates a New Yorker obsessed with bells in a house. The speaker pretends bells hidden under carpet set off a chain of comic misdirections. He riffs on typewriter bells, door bells, and the sheer cacophony until a punchline about bells resolves the piece.
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New York
Wright
Aunt Bella
Juike Son
Poe
Noody
Beatrice Lillie
Normandy
McNaught Syndicate
Prominent Washington Figures Highlight Wellington Kiwanis Event
Hal Denton of Cleveland spoke at a Wellington Kiwanis meeting sharing glimpses of William McKinley Uncle Joe Cannon and Theodore Roosevelt as personal acquaintances. Seventy members attended including thirty charter members from the 1924 club. Denton praised the Herick auditorium as the state’s finest club room for a village of Wellington’s size.
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Wellington
Washington
Family Pot Luck Supper Enjoyed at Methodist Church
One hundred guests attended the Ladies' Aid Society pot luck supper in the church dining room Thursday evening. Mrs. T. M. Pfeiffer presided as society president. Four past presidents Ida Vincent Etta Cushion Lena Dibble and Catherine Willard were welcomed. May Bement Mildred Brenner Donald Brenner Milton Elliott Janice Thornton Helen Grissinger and others provided entertainment.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
T. M. Pfeiffer
Ida Vincent
Etta Cushion
Lena Dibble
Catherine Willard
Kenneth Gower
H. T. Breyley
Speaker Swan to address Wellington Kiwanis on air transport
D W Swan district traffic manager Century Air Lines Cleveland will speak at Wellington Kiwanis Thursday at noon on Air Transportation Yesterday Today and Tomorrow as announced by Secretary J H Page.
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D. W. Swan
Century Air Lines of
Cleveland
Air Transportation
J. H. Page
Local social and business notes from Toledo and Cleveland
James C. MacDermott is in Toledo on business this week. Sam Hummell and W. J. Powell were luncheon guests of Harry Otterbacker yesterday. Fred Sutlis remains in a coma since Thursday night with a critical condition. Mr and Mrs Dale Allen and son Claire visit the Olivers in Spencer this week. Miss Helen Sutliff is on the sick list. Claire Hill was in Cleveland yesterday.
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James C. MacDermott
Toledo
Sam Hummell
W. J. Powell
Harry Otterbacker
Fred Sutlis
Dale Allen
Claire
O. S. Allen
Spencer
Helen Sutliff
Claire Hill
Cleveland
Wellington Merchants Defeat York In Low-Scoring Win
The Wellington Merchants beat York 28 to 16 on York’s floor after a tied 8 8 first half. Wellington improved to nine games this season with only one loss, to Norwalk.
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York
Wellington Merchants
Wellington
Norwalk
Ashland Cancels Game With Wellington Merchants
The Myer's Pump Basketball team of Ashland cancels their Tuesday game against the Wellington Merchants on the local floor. La Grange will play here in place of the original matchup, with the Rainbow Girls in the preliminary game.
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Myer’s Pump
Ashland
Wellington Merchants
Richard Duff
la Grange
Rainbow Girls
Wellington Eagles Welcome Elyria Fraternal Leader
Gerald Nau of Elyria, past state president, spoke to eighty members of the Wellington F O E Thursday about the order s work and progress The speaker praised Wellington Aerie calling it outstanding in the district Five candidates were initiated into the Fraternal Order of Eagles followed by a social and refreshments coordinated by Charles McKinney
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Wellington
Order of Eagles
Nau
Wellington Aerie
Eagle Aeries
Charles McKinney
Entertains Entre Neus Club With Desert Bridge Evening
Misses Margaret and Jeanette Warner hosted the Entre Neus club at a Desert Bridge event last evening. Three tables of Bridge were in play during the event.
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Margaret
Jeanette Warner
Entre Neus Club
Desert Bridge
Lipstick Girl and Daring Worldly Romance Continues
Marcia Moyer, a beauty products demonstrator, travels and pursues romance as Turner Gilmore, a skilled aviator and later a secret service officer, woos her while she grapples with independence. Vivian, Ted, and Turner complicate her dreams as a Canada lake picnic deepens choices.
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Marcia Moyer
Ted Stanton
Mitchelfield
Vivian
Ted
Detroit
Mercia
Secret Service
Bothswells
Alarcia
Kerry Welland
Gilmore
Bfarcia
Enyorie
Canada
Turner
Sheffield Lake Village appoints officers at council meeting
Sheffield Lake Village Council in a Tuesday session at the town hall appointed Edward Bring as road commissioner L V James as fire chief and Alfred Davis as fire department truck driver Mayor Edward Burrel announced the appointments A motion approved purchasing a new car for Marshal Roy Clues Also noting a Brookside-Clearview basketball game at Brookside gym on Friday January 22.
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Sheffield
Sheffield Lake Village
Edward Burrel
Edward Bring
River Road
L. V. James
Alfred Davis
Marshall Roy Clues
Brookside
Clearview
Brookside Gym
Garfield Community Club Holds February Meeting and Bunco Night
The Garfield Community Club met at the schoolhouse on Wednesday evening with strong attendance. Mrs. Henry Jackson led the business session while reports from secretary Mrs. L Youtzy and treasurer Ed Minard were approved. Committees were appointed for February. The evening included a banco party with first prize to Mrs. Arthur Bridon and consolation to Mrs. Earle Johnson. Junior Bunco winner was Wayne Jackson with Ruth Jackson taking the lowest score.
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Henry Jackson
L. Youtzy
Ed Minard
Banco
Arthur Bridon
Earle Johnson
Bunco
Wayne Jackson
Ruth Jackson
Brookside notes include meetings and school events
Lunch was served by the refreshment committee. The next meeting will be held Wednesday February 11. Luceda Manchester and Mary Lou Reed visited Virden Maddock. Second nine weeks tests will be given at the schools Friday. Mrs James McConibe and daughter Barbara Ann visited Mrs Earle Johnson. Freda Gross left for Linn Kansas. Brookside music days featured instruction from Mark Osbon, W L Crowe and Miss Mary Aliss. Taft and Haynes couples visited Chambers home. Local women attended Home Account meeting at Elyria Y M C A. Expenditures for 1931 covered food to life insurance and more across twenty families. Health staff visited Brookside. County Fruit Growers meeting held at Elyria Trust. Freshman and eighth grade basketball prep for Brookside and Clearview games. The Kellington family moved to Berlin Heights. Life Insurance Day observed at Brookside with Eastern talk. A pageant on city history is planned. New York Central trains to sound whistles at street crossings per city request. Lorain council debates moonlight dances amid puritanical concerns.
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Luceda Manchester
Mary Lou Reed
Virden Maddock
James McConibe
Barbara Ann
Earle Johnson
Freda Gross
H. C. Chambers
Willard Taft
Linn
Kansas
Brookside
Mark Osbon
W. L. Crowe
Mary Aliss
Archie Haynes
Ford Road
Lester Youtzy
P. L. Chambers
Lee Johnson
Elyria Y. M. C. A
Alice Bird
Thelma Beal
Ohio State University
Elyria Sayings and Trust Company
Horton B. Algier
George C. Cotton
County Fruit Committee
M. W. Baker
Federal Fruit and
C. S. Holland
T. 5. Parks
Brookside School
Clearview
C. Kellington
River Road
Berlin Heights
Earl W. Marsh
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Brookside High School
Elyria names Henry T Boyden water works chief
Henry T Boyden was appointed superintendent of the Elyria water works succeeding George L Weller who resigned. The city’s bonded debt stands at about one percent of real estate valuation while law allows five percent. Real estate valuation is 20 749 25 with 356 700 in outstanding bonds. Retail merchants formed a chamber of commerce association to promote local merchants.
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Flyria Telegram
Henry T. Boyden
Elyria
Chamber of Commerce
Pageant needs 1000 to 1500 people for centennial
A call for a large public pageant in Elyria tied to the June Centennial celebration seeks 1000 to 1500 participants. The event aims to involve mostly children and will be staged in connection with the city’s centennial activities.
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Elyria
County to Hold Hearing On County Real Estate Reappraisal
The county commissioners plan a public hearing February Sth to decide if county real estate should be reappraised. The county auditor recommended no action now, noting current payments. Straphanger Awarded Damages From London Subway For Injury On Curve.
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Lordin County
London
London Subway
Prohibition Raid Ties Up South Lorain and School Opens
Federal officers with Sheriff Mathews raided 12 South Lorain premises arresting five men for liquor charges in Cleveland. Elyria High School welcomed about 140 new students as the second semester of 1936 37 began.
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E. G. Mathews
South Lorain
Cleveland
Elyria High School
Youth Kills Forester Aiding Sister Theft Case
In Trier Germany an 11 year old son of a forester used his father’s pistol to shoot a forest employee dead. The crime followed the employee allegedly scaring the boy’s 13 year old sister into surrendering 300 marks from cattle sale proceeds.
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Adenau
Trier
Germany
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