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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1939
Page
8
Scarlet fever cases reached five with four children and one adult under quarantine in East Carlisle. The County Health Department at Oberlin noted many students were excluded for septic sore throat, sharing the same germ. Absences at East Carlisle School totaled 38, largely due to illness and colds, while Avon shows signs of subsiding after prior closures.
Andrew S Ormsby outlined the Elyria Employment Stabilization Bureau at the Y M C A meeting for Young Men's Club members. The bureau, created by Elyria manufacturers, aims to steady employment and has drawn national publicity and inquiries from other cities' manufacturers associations. Members and wives will travel to Cleveland on February 8 to attend a hockey game.
The Full Gospel Tabernacle hosts evangelistic services with topics including The Book of Revelation and Are the Nine Gifts of the Holy Spirit for the Church Today The Ministry of the Spirit in Divine Healing and prayer meetings at Faith Home are scheduled for Tuesday Thursday and Friday evenings at 730 PM. The evangelist healed by faith estuvo. Public services invite all. The Church of St Victor in Marseille is noted for catacombs said to be Lazarus home.
W A Lively filed suit yesterday against Bert and Mollie Dement for 263 dollars on a note. Cecelia Szabo faced liquor charges after a guilty plea tied to a found shipment claimed as her husband’s, who died in a recent crash. Eugene Green was fined two dollars and jailed two days for petit larceny after selling an electric sweeper to a junk dealer. Ridgeville traffic arrests include Charles Ruble and Carl Geiger for faulty lights. both have court dates. A Elyria paternity finding declared Walter Kowalsk the father of Angeline Jarzmik’s four month old child.
The annual basketball game between Lorain County school officials and coaches will be held at the Grafton school gym on March 13. Teams of superintendents and principals will face teams of coaches, with women teachers allowed to substitute for superintendent or principal, but officials must play.
Pittsfield township hosts its second annual good fellowship get-together at the Methodist church Friday evening. Everyone in the community is invited to attend for entertainment lunch and social hour. The committee says everything is free and urges all to come.
Mrs William Cecil of 564 Lodi Street pleaded not guilty today on a charge of intoxication and was released on bond, according to police reports.
In Oberlin on January 24 the Vine Rebekah lodge held its officer installation at the I O O hall with about seventy attendees including twenty visitors from Elyria and Wellington. New Noble Grand Emma Hall led a staff of officers in gowns of white lace over satin with pink carnation shoulder ettes.
Study Club No 1 of the Sacred Heart Church met last night for a routine gathering. Members discussed upcoming parish events and planned a community service project coordinating with local volunteers.
Dr. Hubert King, president of the Cleveland Academy of Medicine and a nationally recognized expert, spoke on Socialized Medicine at the Oberlin Exchange Club luncheon at Oberlin Inn. His talk was described as informing as well as interesting.
Word was received of Rev Charles C Creagan death at eighty nine former Oberlin resident graduate of Oberlin Graduate School of Theology class of 1879. Dur ing 1909 13 he was resident of Fargo College Fargo North Dakota.
Congressman Don W. Harter faced a theft incident in Cleveland when his suit and evening wear were taken from a friend's car while he dined. His speech text was recovered via a secretary who retyped it from notes and mailed a new copy en route to St. Louis for his Roosevelt era preparedness address. The nightwear worn at delivery remains undisclosed.
A large delegation of township trustees and clerks from Lorain County plan to attend the Ohio State Association of Township Trustees and Clerks convention in Columbus Thursday through Saturday this week. Secretary Lee Terrell of Ridgeville says preparations anticipate about 5,000 attendees from across the state with addresses planned by Governor Bricker, Attorney General Herbert, Highway Director Beightler, Joseph Thomas and Charles Backer.
Number Continued from Page One notes the involvement of the Parent-Teacher Association and Elyria figures such as Edwin C. Keyes, Park Commissioner Frank Wilford, A. H. West, and William B. Richmond. Dr. A. R. Agate proposed raising money by approving races and betting at the fair ground track, claiming it could raise enough in three years to pay for the property.
Ville-Franche, France, last night for a 290 mile run to Calderas north of Barcelona to evacuate Americans. The destroyer Ja cob Jones remained in reserve at Ville-Franche. Barcelona’s 2,000,000 inhabitants faced doom as 13 air raids were recorded yesterday and the Nationalists neared the city. Foreigners prepared to leave under martial law with U S ships waiting offshore. Americans and Britons were among those packing. The cabinet planned to stay as long as possible, and high officials reportedly departed. A Nationalist motorized van guard was near Barcelona while unions mobilized to defend the city with volunteers and fortifications.
Funeral services were held at 2 P M Monday for William Roger Fulton infant son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Fulton of Jericho Road northeast of here. Rev A N Malles of Olena officiated with burial at Olena. Survived by parents one brother and one sister. Sackett Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Wellington Fair Association asked the county commissioners for 800 dollars to cover premium payments. The six month budget left only 600 dollars for the Wellington fair, insufficient to honor an 800 dollar certificate. Last year the fairs received 1600 and 2300 dollars respectively, but this year's appropriations were reduced by 600 and 400 dollars.
DETOUR Mich January 24 Two of three fishermen marooned for hours on a thin ice floe in upper Lake Huron were rescued and returned home today. Russell Goetz 30 and Willard Dyer 47 reached Detour at noon to recount how four men in a boat found them and ferried them to Drummond Island where Philip Goew remained. The rescuers found the group after about four hours on the drifting ice cake.
ST PAUL Jan 24 William P. Kenney 69 president of the Great Northern Railroad and the Glacier Parks Hotel Company died at St Josephs Hospital today of neuritis.
Russell Weiland aged 19 of 203 Lake Avenue is recovering at home from a fractured shoulder suffered Sunday afternoon after a fall while skating at the Jefferson School pond.
After a ship sank in a night disaster three survivors clung to life in icy waters. They shouted for help as a passing tanker Esso Baytown searched nearby, its crew spotting them only after two men swam toward the deck to attract attention. The tanker later sought bodies but found none.
Members of the Elyria Exchange Club attended an illustrated banking lecture by Walter Block and Wilbur Gaston of The Elyria Savings & Trust Co. The program explained bank services, check processing, Federal Reserve roles, safety deposit protection, and anti counterfeit efforts, highlighting depositor trust and community financing.
A physician notes that symptoms alone do not define disease and stresses the need to weigh visible signs against unseen factors. He explains how diagnosis blends patient observation with laboratory tests to confirm conclusions before deciding on treatment.
The article warns against treating vague stomach pain without a definite diagnosis, noting the abdomen houses many organs and conditions vary widely. It urges professional evaluation, highlights improper self treatment, and discusses how doctors often earn more from chronic cases while families delay care.
The passage notes that drugs can have virtue under certain conditions but stresses the need to identify those conditions. Headache from overwork or sleep loss may pass with rest, while persistent pain signals a possible underlying issue. Children’s stomachaches from apples or soda require rest and careful assessment before medicine.
Akron January 24 1939 salaries of 80 faculty members and employees earning 1400 dollars or more were reduced by five percent for 1939 due to an anticipated 28000 dollar cut in the university's appropriation.
Prices shown for wheat corn oats and rye at elevator and track levels with No 2 red wheat at 74 to 76 cents per bushel No 2 yellow corn around 50 to 58 cents per bushel and various oat and rye quotes. Flour milling and mill feeds also detailed along with hay and straw grades and prices per ton or per barrel.
scattered figures from a Cleveland market report show butter at unsettled prices, eggs mixed with extra firsts and local graded items, poultry with live hens and turkeys listed by weight and price, and potatoes and grains including reds, Russets, corn and oats with varied bids and stock status across regions Florida to Idaho. The report cites multiple departments and markets with no clear single trend.
Officers of the Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Company were reelected yesterday afternoon as the board of directors held its annual organization meeting. The directors were reelected at the stockholders meeting last week. The reelected officers are J. B. Seward president R. G. Rockwood executive vice president C E K Blanchard vice president and trust officer F R Eckler secretary and treasurer G L Ray assistant treasurer and E W Rowland and R Gehl assistant secretaries.
Columbus Ohio January 24 highway Director Robert S Beightler said he probably would appoint a successor to J Matthew Carr former personnel director within a week Carr who was suspended by Beightler and against whom removal charges had been filed resigned yesterday The order for removal had charged Carr with neglect of duty unlawful solicitation of funds for partisan political purposes mass fea sance misfeasance and nonfeasance The order also charged Carr with ordering and permitting destruction of records in his office
Dr. C. D. Burtt of Oberlin College will speak to Lorain County school superintendents and principals at the Vincent School dinner meeting next Tuesday evening. He will discuss the development of student self government.
Governor Bricker announced a temporary appointment in Columbus, naming Francis G. Lauffer, former newspaperman and Republic publicity agent at state headquarters, to head the state bureau of aeronautics. Lauffer will be paid three thousand dollars annually while the bureau's status is determined.
A rough listing of market rates for poultry and potatoes. Live poultry prices show heavies at 1c per pound, broilers around 20c, leghorns mixed, and roosters and capons at varying fractions. Potatoes across Michigan cobblers, Russet, Hatahdin, Chipewas, reds, Maine, Idaho, and Texas red priced per 50 or 100 pounds as stated, with range values included.
A reader asks about constant constipation and fatigue. The advice centers on dietary bulk from Kellogg’s All-Bran as a daily breakfast aid, plus water intake, to soften stools and improve elimination. The ad emphasizes All-Bran as a source of dietary fiber and a tonic for regularity.
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