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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1940
Page
2
South Amherst village council met at town hall Monday evening with Mayor Albert Schneider presiding. Committees reported favorables and routine work was transacted. The year’s appropriation was discussed as a topic.
LaGrange School announces honor roll for the third six weeks listing students by grade level and names. Edith Hastings Auxiliary hosts a January 30 meeting at Mrs Edna Hastings home with a noon tureen dinner. Arya meeting postponed one week. Girl Scouts group 18 held January 16 in the school gym with officers planning next year’s meetings. A basketball game at Ashland and card games at the event are noted, with several guests and hosts mentioned. Public first aid demonstrations and PTA card party, church and town events, and alumni dances are listed with dates and venues across the LaGrange area.
Avon residents gathered January 24 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stokes for a Five Hundred Club evening. Hosts welcomed members including Mrs. W. FB. Blaxe and Mrs. Carl Scha.
Henry McLemore reports from Lakeside Golf Club in Hollywood where a cross eyed diplodocus roams the talk of the event. Celebrities like Adolph Menjou Oliver Hardy and Johnny Weissmuller join a windswept tournament turned into a bar show as rain soaks Southern California and receipts go to Finland.
Lorain recreation official Ken Meyers announced Elyria ice hockey team will play two games Sunday morning at Lakeview Park. The schedule lists a 1 a.m. start against Wes Cafe and a 1 30 p.m. game at Moncrief Furnace. The league standings top two teams will meet in a two game series to decide the title on total goals.
The Ridgeville Bittner girls narrowly defeated the Cleveland St. Colum church team 21 to 19 on Gates school floor. Dorothy Pitts hit key baskets in the final minutes to seal the win, leading with 12 points while Frantz and Weidan added five each for Ridgeville.
Spencer Mrs. Fred Nichols, ill at Lodi Hospital, is reported to be improving and moved Thursday to the Graf ton home of Mr. and Mrs. Ciair Miller. Eddy Gallatin of Huntington visits his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Woods. The three-century Lammas Fair in Ballycastle, Hire, set records with 20,000 people viewing exhibits and attractions.
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