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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1937
Page
8
A proclamation by President Roosevelt requests observance of the 150th anniversary of the Constitution and the first presidential inauguration under it. A large poster and a letter from Postmaster General Farley arrived at the Elyria post office. The celebration runs from September 17 to April 30, 1939.
Postmaster C. J. Sartor in Elyria received a set of keys believed to belong to a resident of the area. The keys arrived by mail from Milford Pennsylvania with a note from a tourist en route to Scotland saying she took them by mistake after staying overnight in Elyria. She asked the postmaster to return them to their owner. Mail carriers could not locate any house matching the description on Route 59 near the city limits that had reported lost keys.
The Ladies Aid of the M. E. Church will be entertained by Mrs. Anna Lieber at her home Thursday afternoon July 15. Miss Barbara Long of Cleveland visited Avon relatives Sunday. Mr and Mrs Raymond Barres of Elyria visited at the home of Mr and Mrs R A Chester. The Misses Mary Grace Irene and Doris Gough and Harry Gough called on Doris Walker at Elyria Memorial Hospital Sunday afternoon and afterward visited.
At the home of Mr and Mrs Herbert Langthorp Mr and Mrs Jack Van Arndale and children visited Sunday evening. Visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Ira Gough Sunday evening were Ed Brown and daughter Marjorie of Williamsfield Ohio. Mr and Mrs Wilton James hosted Sunday afternoon guests Ed Brown and daughter Marjorie plus Mr and Mrs Norman Stockhaus and daughter Kay from Bay Village Ohio.
Ladies of Pittsfield plan to attend the Farm Women's Camp at Camp Crag Hinckley Medina county opening noon Thursday July 29 and closing after noon meal Sunday August 1. Registration available at Elyria saving and Trust Building Extension Service office or via Mrs Wallace Bear Wellington R F C No 4 phone Wellington 354 R or Mrs A C Norris over the Oberlin phone by July 22. For more information contact Miss Alice Bird Extension agent. Open to any county woman interested in farm club work.
The Metnoamt Church Society gathered Thursday afternoon July 8 at Mrs Eva Piper’s home with ten members and six children present. Rev A Taylor attended as guest. Next meeting is scheduled for Thursday afternoon August 12. Mary Alice Worcester spent the week at Gibson cottage on the lake near Lorain. Ruth West enjoyed a boat trip to Detroit. Jean Rider visited cousins Betty and Evelyn Rider of Clarksfield. Nell Wilkinson of Wellington visited Lena Dirlam and Harvey Breyley. Mrs LeRoy Lounsbrough has been ill after flu. Grace Date remains home with rheumatism but improving.
Wellington Ohio notes July events including 4-H club meeting at Jeanne Whiteside and a picnic in her yard, Townsend club gathering with officer elections, and a Kiwanis session. Bids invited for Wellington Town Hall painting and ironwork, tennis club plans discuss challenge matches, and Abbe Hand circle meets with officers’ report. Short items cover visitors and local updates.
Donald Swanger son of Mr and Mrs D G Swanger was awarded a four year scholarship valued at 800 at Western Reserve University Cleveland announced today. Two weeks ago he was offered a one year scholarship at Miami University. He is a Wellington High School graduate class of June 1937.
In a rare Washington meeting James Roosevelt Wheeler and President Roosevelt discussed a plan to suppress politics and personal attacks amid the looming court-packing fight. The talks exposed deep party tensions as leaders warned of possible blockades on labor, farm, and power legislation.
The piece examines Tommie Corcoran's role in reshaping a Forest Service provision, his clashes with Henry Wallace, and Ickes influence. It notes Wallace mobilizing farm groups, Roosevelt's agriculture program push, and a looming test of Corcoran's White House clout amid court-packing and budget pressures. Independent lobbying and party dynamics shape the showdown.
Grenoble, a city of seventy thousand in the French Alps, earns praise for a striking setting where almost every street is framed by nearby or distant mountain tops. Its claim rests on a long tradition of admired vistas and notable beauty noted by observers.
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