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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1938
Page
7
A meditation on the lure of the perfect boat and how dreams grow with every inch of headroom and length. The piece traces the fantasy of a “dream ship” from ideal plans to the costly, endlessly adjustable pursuit, ending with acceptance of an enlarged but familiar boat.
National Tube Company plant in Lorain releases a tentative weekly schedule. One blast furnace remains active while open hearths stay idle early in the week. Bessemer converter runs every other turn. rail and skelp mills idle. Butt Mills 7 and 6 and Seamless Mill 1 run five days starting Monday. schedule subject to change.
Twenty eight young men aged 17 to 25 from the Cleveland Recruiting District will enlist in the U S Navy this month. Recruits go to the Great Lakes Training Station for a 12 week course in basic naval life. Applicants must show good character no police records and provide birth proof and correct family name. Further info at Room 500 Old Post Office Building Cleveland.
The Lorain County Colored Democratic Council held a July 6 meeting electing and installing officers. Raymond Jones of Oberlin is president with Otis Smith as vice president and Mrs Portia Shaw as secretary. Elyria member Charles Gray serves as treasurer. Affiliated with the Ohio Democratic League, the council includes members from Elyria Lorain Wellington and Oberlin.
Cynthia Glenn plots a book while her lover Tommy contemplates buying the Glenn homestead and Cynthia fears exposure as Jennie Smith. Amid schemes and affection a dream boat and a secret plans envelope ignite worries, hope and a tense, romantic drive toward a final reveal.
The Merry Mixers 4-H Club of North Ridgeville held its seventh meeting July 1 at Joy, Jean and Janet Mulls home. Refreshments were served and games were played. The next meeting will be at Marie Gerstenberger’s home.
Bay Village residents and relatives share holiday visits and travel. Carl Maringer and daughter Carol of Elyria join Emery Hershey and Jimmie for a weekend in Southern Ohio and West Virginia. Gilders host Hinckley Sunday. Clara Wigert ill prompting Mrs Gray to return south. Harry Robinson visits Pittsburgh with sister Jennie Bultman. Chicago visitors Mary Lou Eckland and sisters see sisters in Cleveland area. Jean Andrews travels with grandmother Lillian Twitchell and Mildred Twitchell to Canada visiting Sunderland Ontario and other points. Ruth Stienmetz drives to Pittsburgh. Ruth’s sister Mrs Mike Robinson joins for the week.
Egypt foresees onions becoming the second major cash crop after cotton for the year. Officials project strong output and rising export potential amid harvest season.
J. W. Smith and George B. Zier named to the Ohio Real Estate Association executive committee from the Elyria and Lorain districts respectively. The body includes one representative from each member board, covers 28 boards and two at large, with terms to June 30 next year.
Firemen battling a rural blaze near Little Falls New York lost time when the pump nozzle drawing water from a stream became clogged with small fish. One fireman quipped it was lucky no trout entered the pump or they might face conservation trouble.
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