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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1935
Page
2
Blackman of the Park Commission notes park work proceeding satisfactorily and a joint committee with local businessmen to organize a traditional Labor Day celebration. Secretary Ash reviews a year of club activity showing a very satisfactory condition. The article also mentions women’s roles in revolutionary movements in Russia and India.
Ohio Grange women contribute to home making child training and community welfare through organized household management. In 1934 the state reports 480 activities across districts with improvements to churches schools and Grange properties and plans a bake contest for 1935 with a state judging system.
Ohio farm leaders report widespread interest in electrification across farm homes. Murray D Lincoln of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation notes about 709 farmers signed petitions urging action to obtain information and pursue a state electrification program.
More Grange halls are under construction in the United States than at any time in the organization s nearly 70 year history. Many sites are being developed as genuine community centers as well as Grange meeting places. A notable point follows the departure by fire of several facilities.
A Baltimore woman claims rapid weight loss after using Kruschen Sublima health treatment. The ad touts a half teaspoonful in hot water each morning, says results include weight loss and improved vitality, and notes the product lasts four weeks at low cost.
Grange members swiftly undertake rebuilding after widespread damage from the past wine ter, with immediate steps taken and replacement projects already under way in many locations. The group sustains a relentless zeal for construction, never content with renting and eager to restore homes and meeting halls.
A USDA Soil Conservation Service report shows half of Ohio’s land affected by erosion. Northwestern areas escape largely due to glacial leveling while southeastern counties bear most loss, with more than three quarters of topsoil removed in spots. Counties named include Ashland, Wayne, Stark, Carroll, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Knox, and Warren. tobacco farming and field abandonment noted as erosion consequences.
Willie E Leach of Litchfield is elected to the Dairy Men’s Cooperative Sales Association board for the coming year to fill the vacancy from P Biennieman’s term cap. W Brenneman of Bullard Ohio elected president and honorary president, with 20 years of activity. The group markets milk from about 13 900 dairy farmers across western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio and West Virginia including Lorain County producers.
A Belmont county farmer near St Clairsville began strip cropping in 1908, years before adoption by the Soil Conservation Service. Starting with 44 acres, corn yield was about 12 bushels per acre, supporting 12 cows and two horses. Now with 40 more acres, he runs a dairy herd of 35 purebred Jerseys producing 305 pounds of butter fat yearly, crediting the method to his need to curb soil erosion.
Kipton area families attended the Stearns reunion held Sunday at Cascade Park in Elyria. Attendees included Claude Buckiey and Eugene, Arthur Lucas, Ralph Morgan and Phyllis Morgan, Carol Cowan and Orla Cowen family groups, plus many relatives from surrounding towns. Multiple visits by relatives from Cleveland Oberlin Wakeman and Elyria noted throughout the day with other guests from Canton and Ashland.
After rain and instruction to Kennard the farmer planned crosswise narrow strips along slopes and tore down vertical fences. Deep gullies along those fences gradually healed and now the fields can be crossed anywhere with equipment. Even on badly eroded land the yield reached 80 bushels of corn.
Representatives from 16 leading rye producing states met in Washington to discuss a production control program. Co R Titlow spoke for Ohio growers as the group noted rye output could reach about 44,031,000 bushels this year, a level not seen in a decade. Farmers worry about oversupply and potential price drops if acreage increases.
The Lindsey family met at the Old Homestead in Savannah July 7 with 43 members from Akron Ashland Rowenberg Savannah and New London. Officers Vera Landia president Ida Lindsay secretary treasurer Mrs V C Heitsche vice president Harold Smith chaired the program and plans were set for a 1936 reunion at the New London home of Mr. and Mrs V C Hallache and Mrs Ida Lindsay. A swimming pool project and park grading progress were noted along with Rotary Club luncheon attendance and newly elected officers Lawrence O'Haran president Dr T H Smith vice president and Joe Lash secretary treasurer.
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