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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1931
Page
3
A 1931 McNaught Syndicate piece traces Broadway slang from tent show and carnival circuits to the Rialto. It notes coinages like wise crack, broads, Annie Oakleys, gaff, lousey, and derby origins, linking underworld cant to mainstream patter and stage heroes such as Frank Bacon and Chez Chase.
Oldsmobile reports a 30 percent jump in February production orders after rising retail sales at the Chicago Auto Show and widespread dealer orders. J T Collins, Oldsmobile general sales manager, cites signals from 42 sales zones and auto shows nationwide. Other shows note 75 to 300 percent sales gains, with New York leading at three to one versus 1930. Detroit and Chicago exhibits helped push demand higher.
Mrs Raymond Dunfee Mrs Ella Johnson and others attended the funeral of Dr Karl Reefy at his Overbrook road home Tuesday afternoon. Walter Day of Kent spent the weekend with his parents. Freshmen held a Brookside school party Monday night. Katherine Root and Phyllis Gebhart visited Neva Carick Tuesday evening. The basketball teams will travel to La Grange Friday to face the La Grange teams on their floor. On Saturday, January.
Local parish groups hosted a banco party and a danco social at the Fire Hall while the Brookside basketball teams prepared for intercity games. Students and teachers visited friends, attended dances, and played competitive games with Elyria and Vincent teams amid midweek gatherings and visits.
Nearly a hundred people attended the Garfield community dance hosted at the local hall. Attendees enjoyed music, socializing, and light refreshments as neighbors gathered for an evening of fun and community bonding.
The Community Club hosted a Wednesday evening event with Mr. Gannet's Murray Ridge orchestra and the Community Club orchestra providing music. Lunch was served. George Chambers returned to school after a brief illness. The North Ridge Sunday school will meet at the Boyd home on February 1 at 10 AM. Sheffield Athletic club met at Brookside gym, and the Echo Club gathered there Thursday. Dr Barrett and Miss Wade vaccinated St Theresa's pupils on Monday for smallpox.
Mr and Mrs Jake Andrews and daughter from Marysville Kansas visit relatives in Belden and dine with Mrs Andrews niece Mrs Cora Reisinger. Weidner family and grandson Norvin Nesbett of Medina are guests. Maybelle and Marjorie Reisinger visit parents while Herman Wise calls in Elyria and Neva Goodman with Esther Gest attend Elyria choral practice.
Fragmentary transit timetable for Ashland Wellington Huntington Sullivan and Polk with times and day notes. Indicates daily and Sunday holiday services, with partial hours and routes including Ashland Wanspield and Ashland Wooster segments.
A Sunday evening gathering surprised Harry Schaefer for his twenty first birthday. Guests included the Walter and Schaefer families and friends such as Misses Cleeve, Frances Walter, Anna Wickner, Leona and Margaret Schaefer, and many others. Cards were played, a late refreshment course was served, and a congenial time was reported by all. Ed Wickner drives a new car and other local visits occurred during the weekend.
Dr. Charles Spatz led a conference of the Ohio Chiropodists' Association in Columbus noting that two inch heels alter body angle by about 20 degrees. He said the posture forces the abdomen forward as hips and knees flex to keep the wearer upright, favoring slim figures over buxom forms.
Bowdoin College schedules its fifth two year institute in April featuring leaders from astronomy biology chemistry physics and psychology. Dr Harlow Shapley director Harvard Observatory will present The Cosmic Panorama highlighting astronomical advances and the wide scope of modern science.
In St Paul a team of two horses named Dobin and Daisy trained by Verne McKane watch for homes displaying ice card signs. They stop only before houses with the company sign and will pass by regular customers if their sign is not shown.
A white man posing as a customer robbed J. W. Mitchell, a hot tamale vendor, of three dozen tamales in Little Rock. He approached, ordered the tamales, drew a pistol, and escaped after Mitchell handed them over.
A bridge set including a table and four chairs completed by Anton J. LeVegue after two and a half years work features five pieces with 56 different woods and a total of 257 703 wood pieces. Each inlay design on legs and tops is unique.
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