Christmas Gift Reveals Marianne's Struggle with Ambition
Marianne rejects Monte's kiss and chooses independence with a job at a plumbing shop while Leonard Bailey plans a shared future. A Christmas gift of a portable typewriter stirs mixed feelings as Marianne battles social ambition, love, and financial realities in a tense domestic scene.
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Leonard Bailey
Arianne
Little Red Riding Hood
Leonard
Monte
Len
Marianne
Valley City Area News Highlights Local Social and Obituaries
Local residents attended Y W C A luncheon in Medina and a Medina performance of The Holy City while others visited Berea and discussed upcoming operetta Jewels of the Desert. Funeral services were held for Joseph Singear and John Haumesser. several residents moved, hosted gatherings, and sports events were delayed by cold weather. A 90 year old Valley City resident Chris Meyne died, and local families welcomed newborns as broadcasts and concerts circulated in Medina County.
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Valley City
McFarin
Akron
Carl Hauck
Eric Stoskopf
Wm. Steck
E. Armstrong
Maude Hauck
Medina
Marie Sailer
Berea
Harry Yost
Katherine Ann
Berea Hospital
Wm. Harnett
Agnes
Desert
Singers’ Club
H. A. Schaeffer
Joseph Singear
Abbeyville
St. Martin Church
John Haumesser
Litchfield
Herbert Steingass
Arthur Hauck
A. B.C
Richard Reutter
Maude Mauck
Orlin Wale
Ralph Feuchter
Lamar Harper
Ed Laseth
Tom Hogue
Brunswick
Brunswick Valley City Bridge Club
Jennie
Emma Dawson
Cleveland
Fred
Charley
Emmanuel Evangelical Church
Harvard Grove
George Mack
Beebetown
Albert Moehle
Lorain
Josephine Soukap
Cook
Family Guests, Local Visits Highlight Busy Weekend
Vincent VINCENT reports a span of visits from Ackerman and Ramshack families of Lorain plus relatives from Wickliffe and East River Elyria. Local skating on the Black River and a farewell party for Arnold Keller mark the social notes. Reverend Bond hosts Willing Workers. Sunday School attendance rises to eighty four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent
Chris Ackerman
Ackerman
Tom Kolonaty
Brunswick
Ohio
Frank Ramshack
Lorain
Frankie Reese
Richard Chambers
East River Street
Elyria
Black River
Herman Smith
Butternut Ridge Road
F. H. Lewis
George Kiser
Wome
Arnold Keller
Morgantown
West Virginia
Keller
H. J. Bond
Avon
Farewell Party for Arnold Keller After Manhattan Honeymoon
Cast members of A Manhat tan Honeymoon at Markley School held a Friday dance at the school house. The event served as a farewell for Arnold Keller who received a fine fountain pen. Refreshments were served. Arthur Johnson of Columbia Center visited J G Morris recently.
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Manhattan
Markley School
Arnold Keller
New Oberlin Grange Hosts Cold Weather Pedro Party
Oberlin Grange held a Pedro card party at their hall with seven tables. High scores went to Mrs Marvy Peabody and Chas Feakins. consolation to Mrs Clarence Parsons and R H Heath. Lunch followed. A notice lists upcoming party organizers and local visits including teachers and families in Amherst and nearby homes.
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Grange
Oberlin
Oberlin Grange
Mrrs
Marvy Peabody
Chas. Feakins
Clarence Parsons
R. H. Heath
Chas, Squires
Vivian Peabody
Rahl Hetah
Horace Greeley’s California population forecast
Just before 1860 Horace Greeley visiting the Far West predicted California then home to about 300000 people would reach three million by 1900. The 1900 census fell short and the state did not hit that figure until 1920.
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Horace Greeley
Far West
California
Wakeman Doings Show Fragments of Local Life
Fire department responded to a home blaze with little damage. Numerous residents attended gatherings at the Bailey and Shelton homes. School closed for cold weather and local clubs held meetings in Wakeman. Karol Barbara Ketchum was born in California to Karl Ketchum Jr. and wife. Community members moved houses and planned entertainments as winter unsettled the town.
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Wakeman
Tom Fay
Sanford Stiles
Clark
Chicago
Ill
Clarence Pierce
Clarence Bailey
Theodore Bellamy
Fred Eastman
Josephine Beecher
Della Hatchenberg
C. A. Cooley
G. B. Haskins
A. J
C. E. Shelton
C. J. Cranston
Deshler-Wallick Hotel
Columbus
Christian Endeavor
Congregational Church
Karl Ketchum, Jr
California
Karl Ketchum
Carl Ketchum
Karol Barbara
William Winter
Ward Wilcoxen
C. S. Clark
River Street
Herman Ott
Clarence Kraus
Grange Hall
Wakeman Blue Lodge
Audrey Ketchum
Ridgeville
Curtis Todd
Gon
A. S. Todd
Garden Club meeting at Mrs Karl Fletcher home
Mrs Karl Fletcher hosted a Garden Club gathering with 28 members present. Roll call on Suggestions for a Better Club for 1986 prompted a contest led by Mrs Car Ketcham, followed by refreshments.
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Karl Fletcher
Car Ketcham
Ohio highway toll 720 deaths in 1935 traffic year
Ohio's 1935 traffic toll on state highways outside municipalities reached 720 deaths in 9,240 accidents, up from 1934 with 36 more fatalities and 771 more injuries. Vehicles traveled about 220 million more miles, raising economic loss to about 5 million dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Astute Highway Department
Highway Department
Local social notes and a basketball win
The piece lists visits by Mrs. Wendell Bayless and her daughter from Cleveland to the Burk family, Mr and Mrs Cooley from OA Cooley, shoppers the Hart and Benson clans in Norwalk, plus Henry Hart from Oberlin calling on the Peabody home. It also notes the Business Men's basketball team defeated Townsend at Townsend on Tuesday night.
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OA. Cooley
Wendell Bayless
Cleveland
L. A. Burk
Robert Hart
W. J. Benson
Norwalk
Henry Hart
Oberlin
Fred Peabody
Townsend
West View Briefs and Social Notes
West View January notes list Miss Elsie Henke of Cleveland visiting her sister Mrs Anna Hermann. Mrs Gertrude Barnum and Mrs Clara Speers attending the funeral of Mrs Mary Rice of North Olmsted. Mrs Speers cared for Mrs Rice in illness. Jean Speers and Fleharty from Berea visited Mrs George Mataki. Olmsted High senior Anthony Frances Jr was taken to Community Hospital Be rea with appendicitis. Child Welfare Council met at the school. Mike Sledz of Buffalo, a sailor on the Great Lakes, visits parents until season opens. Severe cold froze water drains pipes pumps houseplants cars and noses. Etheliae Ingersoll has the flu.
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West View
Elsie Henke
Cleveland
Anna Hermann
Gertrude Barnum
Clara Speers
Mary Rice
North Olmsted
Olmsted Grange Hosts Pomona at I O O F Hall
Olmsted Grange No 1619 entertained Pomona Grange at the I O O F Hall in Olmsted Falls Saturday after a large dinner. The local Grange plans to initiate seven candidates in the first and second degrees at the next regular meeting on Tuesday.
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Olmsted Grange
Pomona Grange
Olmsted Falls
Olmsted Falls Teams Win and Lose in League Action
Evening report notes Olmsted High and Strongsville clash in league basketball after a 28 to 17 Olmsted win on Jan. 17 and upcoming Jan. 24 game with Fairview. Local staff changes and illnesses, births, and community visits fill the week with residents like Herbert Miller ill with flu and the birth of a baby boy at Fairview Park Hospital in Cleveland.
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Olmsted Hi Vis
Strongsville
Olmsted
Olmsted Hi
Fairview
Herbert Miller
Hazel Poppenfuss
Columbia Road
Stanley Harris
Olmsted Falls
Williamson
Emily Wright
Fairview Park Hospital
Cleveland
Hazel Ingersoll
O. B. Peachey
Francis
Anna Bisich
O. H. Elster
Usher Road
Hermann and Schuster
West View
Pomona Grange
Local Church Groups Meet and Members Attend Regional Events
Spencer area church groups held January gatherings with serving committees named at the Senior Phillthea class. Brethren society sewed for Lodi hospital. Missioners traveled to Medina Ohio for Evangelical meetings led by Rev James McGinley from Canada. Kent State student Wendell Garwood visited. Grand juror C R Aldrich serves in Cleveland. Epworth League mid year institute at Oberlin featured annual banquet. Local residents traveled to Oberlin and Akron for visits. Mrs Will Aukerman passed away recently. sympathy extended.
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Spencer Baptist Church
Medina
Ohio
James McGinley
London
Ont
Canada
Wendell Garwood
Kent State University
Kent
G. H. Garwood
C. R. Aldrich
Federal Grand Jury
Cleveland
Spencer League
Epworth League
M. E
Oberlin
Ray Bradley
Betty
Jones
Wilda Moore
Akron
Francis L. Moore
Spencer
Will Aukerman
Verna Aukerman
Chatham
Marvin Ingraham
Anna Mae
Clarence Dague
Scott Rowe
Lodi, O
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Sabra
Dick Mains
Mariyanne
Eve Minear
Eve
Orlin Wolfe
Jimmy
Emma Wolfe
Earl Arick
Joan
Jennie Arick
Allan Blood
Twila Wilkinson
Chris Schwab
F. H. Weidner
Hulda Bauer
George Wolfe
Harry Bauer
George Gunkleman
Elmer Gunkelman
Mercer
Henry Schnabel
Elmer
Florida
Hr. J. Brooks
Holt
Oliver Otterbacker
Julia Otterbacher
Albert Swetter
Evelyn Schultz Leach
N. W. Harshfield
Jon
Harshfield
Liverpool
Phillip Bauman
Donald Parfitt
WTAM
National Federation of Music Clubs
Ruth Jones
Lois Schmidt
Margaret Steck
Doris Schmidt
Paul
Arthur Johnson
Columbia Center
J. G. Morris
New Oberlin
C. Justin
N. Webber
Loretta
Lloyd
Dion
Amherst
Faye Hargrave
Michael Smith
Urban Kinzel
Kenneth
M. Wohleber
Frank Justin
Evelyn
Betty Jane
Virginia
Acme
Lorraine Manville Gould
New York City
Camilo Aldao
Armonk
N. Y
Cornelius Vanderbilt
P. A. B. Widener
Hialeah Park
Fla
Frank Dibelius
Mary Dill
Pleasant Street
Locke Cooley
Garden Club
Crow Hollow
Kennedy
P. J. Rowe
Norman Breyley
Wellington
Wilbur Haines
A. C. Naldhardt
James Ketchen
Harold Bowman
Derr Bowman
John White
Frank Rice
River Corners
Claud Gannett
Blake Thompson
Blake Bowman
Lodi Hospital
Read Rice
Virginia Deitrich
Checker Cab
Wade Williams
Mgr
Keyes
West Ave
Magic Chef
E. F. Whitney & Son
Broad St
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