Bernice Faunce Celebrates 16th Birthday At Surprise Party
Several friends gathered at Bernice Faunce's Branch Road home Monday evening to honor her sixteenth birthday with games and a luncheon. She received many beautiful and useful gifts.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1933
Page
3
Several friends gathered at Bernice Faunce's Branch Road home Monday evening to honor her sixteenth birthday with games and a luncheon. She received many beautiful and useful gifts.
Mallet Creek’s boys topped Sharon 31 to 21 as the Sharon team fielded six players while Mallet Creek played with five to six players. The Sharon girls defeated Mallet Creek 31 to 10 with uneven rosters for both sides.
The relief committee met with Mrs. J C Bricker Tuesday afternoon. Eighteen ladies attended the meeting and two comforts were tied. several articles of clothing were prepared. The committee will reconvene next Tuesday afternoon at the same location.
The Medina County Y W C A held its annual meeting in the Medina Church of Christ. A new board of directors was elected with one member from each township and nine at large. Reports were given by the county secretary and treasurer, and a summary by new county secretary Vida Sanderson. The Girl Reserve orchestra from Litchfield and several glee clubs provided music. A social hour followed with refreshments. Attendees included Mrs. John Chamberlain and Mrs. Chris Bohley plus many Girl Reserves members. Laura Morrow was ill and could not attend.
Oda Swartz and the Township Trustees J C Bricker J A Chamberlain and H R Stone traveled to Akron on Wednesday afternoon to arrange repairs for road machinery. Mrs John Chamberlain and daughter Jessie May visited her parents in Montville Tuesday afternoon. Ralph Mills suffers an infection in a toe from a broken blister though some improvement is reported. Mrs Charles Hood Mrs Edward Mellert and Mrs John Neufeld spent Tuesday in Elyria with Mr and Mrs Frank Neufeld. Mrs Laura Lance and daughter Edna of Lafayette with Bobby Mace of Creston visited Harry R Gardner recently. Mr and Mrs T H Robinson and son Clifton Mrs Lucille Roche and son Bobbie were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Dayton Faunce for Bernice’s birthday. Mrs Clarence Mumford and children called on Mrs Alvin Gunkleman in Abbyville Monday. Mr Ferrell and Rev Smith spoke at the M P Church Saturday evening and spent the night at the G A Hinman home. H H Howe of Kipton ill at home with daughter Mrs R E Lance. Celia Hendrickson of Cleveland visited her parents Mr and Mrs M C Hendrickson over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Jesse Conant Mrs Kirsch Mr and Mrs Kirsch Conant and children also the latter’s mother were Sunday afternoon callers of Mr and Mrs G I Hinman. Mrs Philip Pfundstein of Wellington called on her daughter Mrs Clarence Mumford Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Floyd Nettleton were Wednesday evening guests of Mr and Mrs K Kolvereid in Medina.
Mrs Morton of Medina substitutes for Miss Morrow the senior grade teacher who is ill with influenza. A school board complaint concerns basketball team members removed for rule violations and then reinstated. Observers feel teachers are not being supported adequately.
Lake Avenue community circle met at Mrs. Albert King’s home with twelve members. They planned sewing for needy families, noted limited city aid this winter and announced work, transport, and finance committees led by Mrs. Crandall and others. Mrs Daywood volunteered for February 2 meeting at Stop 3.
Members met in regular session with group singing and readings by Mrs. Kenneth Smith and O. M. Higgins. Harry Shyrock performed a song and a radio slogans guessing contest entertained attendees. The next meeting on February 9 will feature degree work.
Avon Lake January meeting at Mr and Mrs Curtis Duff home on Lake Road featured a bridge game. Honors went to Mrs Martin Cortlett and B B Chapman. Special guests were Mr and Mrs Leonard Mitchell and daughter Ruth. Refreshments served. In two weeks, Mr and Mrs Oscar Kubach will host at Rice Drive.
The Afternoon Bridge Club will meet Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Oscar Kubach’s home. West Shore Bridge Club will gather with Mrs. E A Scamman in Avon on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs William Schabel entertained the Score Bridge Club at their Norman avenue home Saturday. Prizes went to Mrs A B Cousins Mrs D Easty Mrs Ed Dechant Dwight Easty Bert Weidenkopf and Ralph Morrison Mrs Dwight Hasty. In two weeks Mr and Mrs Bert Weidenkopf of Lake road will entertain. Lunch was served.
Mrs Daisy Martin and Mr and Mrs Lee Walker were guests at dinner hosted by her brother Hunter Schwenberg and family in Parma on Sunday.
Misses June Snyder and Madelyn Williams, Ralph Bloomfield and John Sunstrom attended a theatre in Lakewood Sunday evening.
The Lake Avenue Parent Teachers Association will meet on Wednesday evening. Robert Burns and Harlan Brown of Elyria will entertain. The Mother Singers will meet on Monday evening at the school house at 7 30. Kings orchestra met for rehearsal on Thursday evening at the Haag home on Murray Ridge.
The pattern shows that after promoting every hero, a surge of debunking follows. Officials and media critics question the narrative, aiming to reveal flaws, inconsistencies, or hidden costs behind the praised figure.
Dr. George Williams of Warrensville visited his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs William Schumaker. Dinner guests Sunday evening included Mrs Frank Stead and daughter Charlotte Miss Genevieve Stead Miss Betty Williams Walter Collins Miss Betty Williams Walter Collins James Benner and Ed Schumaker and daughter Catharine of Cleveland. Avon Lake Merchants first team to play Regnatz at Emerson Junior High School Gym in Lakewood Wednesday evening. Leo Hill traveled to Cleveland on business. John Ruskay of Cleveland spent a day at home recently.
Mrs Frank Hawk of Columbia is visiting her relative Mrs. and enjoying a brief, cordial call. The note records a casual social visit without further details or events.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Osterland attended a bridge party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Davey in Cleveland on Saturday evening. Teena Brown and Otto Ankney of Cleveland visited Mrs. Snyder in Ruggles Sunday evening. Dorothy Johnson of Cleveland stayed with Pearl Smith on Lake road last week. Several families gathered Sunday at the home of Mrs. Charles Kuhn on Lake road, including Pallock and daughters Ruth and Jeanette and George Kuhn with Eleanor and Buddy. William Schabel and R H Faye from Berea spent Sunday evening with Eugene Herman Jr. Ralph Williamson visited Lo Rain Saturday evening. Henry Quell and daughters Marjorie and Anna shopped in Lorain Saturday. Peter Weber and Joseph Schneider of Center road were Sunday guests of Miss M A Weber in Avon.
Araminta Williams runs away with Barney Tyson to marry in Washington but abandons the plan after meeting Jamney Breckenridge. She delays marriage, pursues a stage career, and navigates complex ties with Barney as he seeks ambition and a place in politics. The story threads through family, flirtation, and a looming third meeting.
Wellington January 31 three games are scheduled on the Brighton High school floor this evening. The R T L Girls meet Ashland Girls, the Brighton Welders face Ashland, and the Brighton Whirlwinds oppose the Brighton Hurricanes. The last two clubs are formed from older community men.
Funeral services for Mrs Ella A Hardy formerly of Brighton will be held Wednesday at 2 o clock in the Brighton M E Church with burial in Brighton cemetery She died Saturday evening at her sister Mrs Leslie Lawrence’s home in Sac City Iowa Survived by sister and three nephews Harold Hardy Brighton Leslie Hardy Wellington and Charles Lawrence Sac City
Dr and Mrs S E Miller of Oberlin were Sunday supper guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Daugherty. Mr and Mrs Theodore Warner and son of Youngstown were Sunday guests at the George Warner home. Kathryn Salzman underwent a skin graft operation for her mother Mrs Walter Salzman who was badly burned. Mrs Salzman is improving. Marie Miller caring for Mrs Lottow and baby fell ill. United Young People class of Church of Christ meets Friday at William Gariss home with 7 30 business session. Two were baptized at church Sunday evening. Special music features include church choir and vocal solos.
E. M. Knowles Mathias Meyers Henery Wag ner andWilliam Barnes are the new councilmen elected to serve for the next two years at St. Peter's church. Many from here attended the funeral service of Michael Gusky at St. Mary's church Elyria Mrs H P Eldred attended the funeral of Mrs Travis in Elyria Saturday
Orrin Miller and Joyce Mere dith report Rev Lotzow of the Church of Christ will speak Wednesday evening on Only A Broken Heart. Local notices include students returning to Heidelberg College and various who are visiting, ill, or involved in community events and club activities.
A Valentine dance is sponsored for February 10. Ed Hughes, confined by rheumatism, briefly sat up Sunday and Monday. P T A Pageant tickets, "Among Our Souvenirs," are being sold door to door led by John Duff as ticket committee chair. The wedding gown of Mrs C T Jamieson will feature in the Pageant Thursday evening as the Jamiesons near their golden anniversary in about three years with Miss Helen Grissinger wearing the gown.
Chicago's population rose by 49 000 in 1932 bringing total residents to 3 524 000. J E Wesley of the Association of Commerce notes the gain trails the decade average but surpasses other major metros. He also cites about 656 000 unemployed workers, roughly 38 percent of the workforce.
Winter has arrived in Ouray with mountain sheep wandering into town in search of food. A great number of sheep are coming from the hills daily and being fed by residents as the cold season takes hold.
The Adelaide museum curator finds in Central Australia a Caloprymnus campestris rat kangaroo, a species unseen in living form for centuries. Only three specimens exist, all in the British Museum.
Report from Southend on Sea describes how crowds fall into the water from the mammoth pier and must have clothes dried at the pier laundry. To cover the disruption a charge of sixpence per person is levied for drying.
The Governor Stone sequoia in the Stanislaus National Forest California holds about 179000 board feet of timber enough for twenty five room bungalows. Its largest limbs measure six inches in diameter.
Dr Joseph Lelyveld of Boston with the National Association for Foot Health estimates that a man walks about 7 to 11 miles daily depending on area and activity. The figure reflects averages and variations by region.
Ottawa reports Canada rose to fifth place among world exporters in 1982 from prior positions. Wheat exports drove the gain, totaling 210,755 bushels versus 194,825,612 in 1931, with value rising by 10.5 million dollars to 128,385,733. Exports to Britain grew 33 from 1931 to 140,234,539 bushels and to other overseas markets by 5,445,449 bushels to 87,933,116.
Mrs. Hazel Woodward and her 18 month old son Jimmie started a hitch-hike journey from Paradise California to Lansing Michigan. They traveled with a 42 pound suitcase after Mrs. Woodward came to California to visit her father, whom she had not seen in 27 years. The trip took 20 days.
Police in Astoria Oregon are concerned about Hammond Strandsbury who disappeared after leaving Louisiana for Astoria between 1800 and 1936. Police chief John Action says a letter from Louisiana asks about the missing man, with Astoria described as a small trading post at the time.
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