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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1932
Page
8
The Lorain County Board of Education reports that 4260 students, over half of the county’s enrollment, ride to and from centralized schools daily. Eighty motor buses and two horse-drawn buses operate, with districts owning about half the buses. Total bus contracts recently closed amount to 65,750 dollars.
George Rains aged 22 attempted to rob taxi driver Frank Wilkins aged 29 in Columbus. Wilkins shot the would be robber, fatally wounding him on the scene. Local police investigated the incident.
Cincinnati, July 9. George W. Borachie, 58, of ETOcer, drowned in the Ohio River after apparently toppling from a steep riverbank while fishing.
Jacksonville July 9 Two prison guards Captain George Courson and Solomon Higgin botham face first degree murder charges over the death of Arthur Maillefret 19 a New Jersey convict at Camp Number 38 Bayard Fla Witnesses testified he was forced into a sweat box stripped of clothing feet in stocks a neck chain tightened leading to strangulation after two days without food Convict accounts described severe beatings and a prior illness Maillefret had been sentenced to nine years for robbery and larceny in Volusia County He was found dead an hour after being placed in the box authorities set bond at 5000 each
Elyria Aerie No 431 Fraternal Order of Eagles adopts a plan to raise membership to 2000. President Handyside names William France as chairman and colleagues to form the committee. Initiation set for July 28 as part of a state push for an Old Age Pension law in Ohio.
In And About The Court House Anastica Lohr Elyria was granted a divorce from Marsen Lohr for wilful absence beyond three years by Judge A R Webber Georgia. Melztosh Gherlin was granted a divorce from Edel for gross neglect of duty by Judge W B Thompson. Contempt charges against Robert Agate were dismissed after he proved he supported his child. Jennie Linn Amherst filed for divorce from William E Lint for brass neglect and extreme cruelty. married in 1924, they have three children.
The body of Carl Carrick of 112 Longford Avenue will lie at Taylor Funeral Home tonight before removal to his parents home at 293 Galf Street. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2:39 PM conducted by Reverend Ketham of the First Baptist church. Burial will follow at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
Dr. J McMillen 60 dean of the College of Education at Miami University Oxford died suddenly in his birthplace while visiting. He was a noted Ohio educator.
Three girls and two boys from Lorain county Four-H clubs will represent the county at a district camp in Medina for leader and assistant leader training. Named are Maude Freidenstein Florence McCarty Evelyn Tucker and Julian Perkins. Cuyahoga county 4-H members also attend. Camp is led by Miss Abe Bird and H H Harshfield with ten club members assisting.
Bigger and better hydrangea blooms are reported across Elyria and vicinity. Mrs. Alex Forbes reports a blue hydrangea with 189 blooms on one plant at 114 Highland Court, started from a single bloom received on Mother's Day ten years ago, with six blooms lost in the recent storm.
Cleveland officials opened a full report into the death of Thomas Earl, an animal keeper at Brookside Park Zoo, killed when he entered a cinnamon bear’s cage unarmed. Park leaders cited impracticalities of armed entry due to spectator risk. Capt Curley Wilson and Park Commissioner John Brown backed the stance.
Police reported that an electric clock and a fire extinguisher were stolen from the Masonic Club sometime yesterday. The door was left open during the day, according to the account given to officers.
Beacon Institute hosts a 30-boy traveling school group led by John Haien Morgan Street bound for a four week eastern tour. The itinerary includes Niagara Falls Schenectady Boston Plymouth Lexington Concord Concord Cambridge New London Philadelphia Washington D C and Oberlin via blue ridge Gettysburg Duxbury and more with visits to major firms historic sites and marine facilities.
Berea High School Band led by Richard Stocker will perform in Oberlin this evening, while the Oberlin Band visits Berea. The program features marches, overtures, dances, and chamber pieces by Frazee Nevin Brahms Huffine Sordillo Chaminade Bennett and others.
Arthur W. Barnard, born September 6, 1867 in Oberlin, died instantly when his car struck a fast moving New York Central train near Painesville. His daughter Jean, riding with him, was badly bruised with both legs broken but expected to recover. Survived by wife Frances, daughter, sister Miss Lola Barnard of Cleveland, and cousin Dr. J. E. Barnard of Oberlin.
July gatherings at the Benzing homestead in Grafton feature a Fourth of July picnic and lawn supper for guests including the Schilleman, Glekler, Hoffman, Yost, and Showalter families with many relatives. The Friendship Club met in Elyria with Grafton attendees. notices include a Los Angeles death of former postmistress Hattie Showalter and local visits, church and family news, and weekend travels to Vermilion and Cleveland.
Chicago market notes show butter firm at 16 7/8 pounds with various creamery grades. eggs receipts 14 520 cases firm for extra firsts. poultry alive receipts 36 trucks with hens and leghorns priced. potatoes on track 149. wheat and corn mixed with No 2 red and No 2 yellow quotations. Minnesota and Toledo grain reports list minor shifts. Cleveland and Minneapolis soy and seed prices included. farm markets list diverse vegetables with Ohio origin and price ranges.
Accounts of residents visiting relatives and friends across nearby towns including Wellington Elyria Norwalk and Cleveland. Mentioned are reunions church events hospital visits and upcoming community meetings with dates in July and visits by Rev G H Craft from California to Grafton and surrounding locales.
Clarence E. Allen 79 father of Ohio Supreme Court Justice Florence B. Allen died at his Escondido California home after a life in Salt Lake City and a Western Reserve University graduate. News from Newark Ohio reports his death as a family acknowledgment. Harold Byers 11 drowned in Raccoon Creek at Newark while swimming.
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