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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1932
Page
6
In Montana July 11 a playful history notes how pre colonial tribes traded wives by sticks in a camp fire ritual. The piece contrasts old practices with white man legal divorce costs, noting a $108 lawyer fee as a modern barrier for those seeking dissolution.
Mrs Wm Miller hosted the Pedro Club at her home with a progressive pedro after which prizes went to Mrs Lee Andrews first Mrs Jessie Berkmeyer second and Mrs Minnie Hopkins consoled. A late lunch followed. Next meeting two weeks hence with Mrs C W Lawrence entertaining. Also notes on church practice visits and various local social visits and travels around Elyria Lorain and surrounding areas.
Answers tell that the first Olympiad occurred in 776 B.C. and five feet of space is allowed per horse in a race. A football field is called a gridiron due to white end lines resembling a grate. Wyoming joined the Union in 1890.
In a perilous ascent through a suffocating tunnel on a Polynesian island, a group led by Tom, Holmes, and Pauo fight to reach a door into a sunlit temple. They struggle with dwindling oxygen, hoist the two women, and finally burst into the air, facing the carved god and a history of death tied to the Whitney curse.
Harrisburg reports the Commonwealth has issued 3252 licenses to carry firearms since the new state permit law took effect in 1931.
West Ridge notes share a July meeting of the Senior 4-H club Jolly Hustlers hosted by Miss Marguerite Streicher of Butternut Ridge. Members roll call, minutes, a joint meeting planned with the Boys' Club, and thanks for judging articles. Several honor students listed and community visits noted.
July 21 social items list visitors from Chestnut Ridge La Porte and Columbia Station. Mrs E J Van Amburgh and daughter attended Lady Rowena Circle meeting at Ruth Read and plan a July 19 gathering ending with a tureen dinner at Indiana Hollow road. Quarter1y meeting set for July 17 at La Porte Methodist church.
Jim Armitage Miss Dorothy Little and Jay Weller will judge colorings for circus ticket prizes. The expected hundreds of entries will be evaluated by a competent panel.
A LaPorte luncheon honored hostess Mrs. J E Reis inger with friends gathered Thursday at one o clock. Gardens filled rooms with pink and white decor as guests from Cleveland Hayfield Elyria and other nearby towns joined in celebrations of the hostess birthday for a pleasant afternoon.
Aileen Regal wed Wilbur Rook of Spencer at the Regal home with Rev. H. C. Myers officiating. Bridesmaid Ethel Regal and best man Burton Rook attended. Bride a Sullivan High School 1930 graduate. groom a Spencer High and Oberlin School of Commerce alum. They plan to reside in Spencer and honeymoon to Muskegon after a pink and white decor buffet.
The 4 H Food Club Girls met on Thursday July 7 at the Chas Regal home. The regular business was transacted. Lucile McQuate and Betty Gottdemon were mentioned among attendees.
Horton B. Alger announces a July 26 meeting for Lorain county farmers at C. M. McAllister’s Sheffield Township farm on Detroit Road. OSU extension specialists A L Pierstorff and A W Marion will discuss insects diseases and modern methods alongside irrigation and non irrigation plots including staked tomatoes cucumbers and lima beans. A self powered transplanting machine will be demonstrated during the farm tour starting at 1 30 p m.
Charleston West Virginia reports a $400 Alpine medical light was mistaken by two gro and janitors as an infernal machine. Police deposited the device in the river after deeming it a bomb, while Dr. Preston hurriedly retrieved it from his office door. The incident coincided with a Grange meeting and a series of brief notices from local residents and visitors.
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