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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1939
Page
4
Loraine Day and Joan Sayers, MGM contractees, launch the Wilshire Players Guild with a $1 monthly dues and a 50 cent initiation. The aim is to train ambitious beginners and create a talent market for studio casting directors while relying on volunteers for set design props and costumes.
Musings praise local theatre as a training ground for teens dreaming of Broadway or film. The piece notes hometown cooperation and contrasts ideal careers with possible disillusionment. It quips about British accents and Anita Louise earrings while lampooning Hollywood trends and star habits.
A dense, readout style radio timetable lists programs and hosts across WTAM WHER WGAR WCLE WCLE stations. It names performers, news features, music acts, and show times, reflecting a midcentury broadcasting lineup.
Eddie DeLange and his Bluebird recording orchestra open a week at Cedar Point Friday July 14 with DeLange famed as a popular band leader and Tin Pan Alley composer. Beginning July 21 Clyde McCoy and his Sugar Blues orchestra will be featured in Cedar Point’s new barroom.
A Hollywood base ball Park rower notes stars mingle with fans as “just folks” and share relaxed moments. Ginger Rogers cancels a European trip, George O’Brien adds telephones, and Lynn Roberts briefly becomes Mary Hart before reverting to her own name amid publicity shifts.
Tarzan and his mate discover a sole plane wreck survivor infant in the African jungle as the feature Tarzan Finds a Son plays at the Rivoli Theatre.
The Capitol Theatre shows Captain Fury starring Brian Aherne and Victor McLaglen. A separate note mentions Germany facing declining production due to labor shortages and a flight from the land.
A short classified style notice lists Cora M. Shepard offering delivery service at 23 Barker St with contact numbers 21 Y and 156 R, including a service line at 229 Courtland. The repetition emphasizes the two addresses and two phones for arranging deliveries.
Word arrives from Wellington that Kathryn and Leona Witbeck have reached Mexico City on a ten day visit by auto. Kathryn teaches fifth grade at Wellington school and Leona works at the YWCA in Cleveland. They plan to tour sights including snow capped mountains and Mammoth Cave.
The Wellington Garden Club welcomed guest speakers at Ram ser’s Restaurant Tuesday evening. Mrs G M Gordon of St Petersburg Fla spoke with slides of shells collected there. H B Archer of Geneva N Y photographed the shells. Mrs P VanWert of Cleveland showcased shells from St Petersburg. The club voted to have a booth at the Wellington Independent Fair in August and announced committees. They planned their annual picnic at S H Hummell Gardens on South Main Street for August 31 and a breakfast later in August.
38 Fisher descendants gathered in Sullivan for a surprise birthday party and picnic for Mrs Harvey Shick. The group planned an annual reunion with the first Fisher family reunion to be held next year at the Frank Hortsel home in Leroy. Officers named were Howard Shick president Albert Betz vice president Mrs Roy Phelps secretary and treasurer.
North Olmsted Kiwanis Club and North Olmsted Business Men's Association host ladies night Monday July 17 at the Coe building. Harry Coopland of St Louis speaks on Selling Your City. Dinner served by Ladies Aid Group One at 6 30 P M. Tickets from A Reed C Bovee or L Cawrse. Chile recovery plans sparking debate.
A brief morning gathering at Westlake Park included a discussion and refreshments served to thirty attendees.
Robert Seitters led Mary Seit ters grand president of the Sun nysiders Hustlers and Outdoor 4-H clubs with Lillian Davis and Ford Bassett to Camp Crag on Wednesday for a four day outing. The trio were chosen by club members to represent the groups.
Stanley Storrow is reported very ill in Allen Memorial hospital Oberlin N Y. Visit notice lists Mr and Mrs S H Hummell of South Main Street hosting Mr and Mrs A W McHenry of Atlantic Heights N Y and their son Richard McHenry of Cleveland former superintendent of the Sterling Machine and Stamping Co.
Clyde Seidel announces the fourth concert of the series in town park at eight. The program features spirited marches and melodies with electric guitar solos by Armand Ensign and a marimba accordion duet by Carel Linder and Ruth Schweller from the band stand.
Morgan Dirlam Post of the American Legion met in the condemned Town Hall Tuesday night and tabled the headquaters move while inviting members to Dr. Ralph W Falls home for a social evening. Spencer Post members attended as guests with hot dogs coffee and refreshments served.
The Braun family held its 14th annual reunion Sunday at Ed Rothe’s home in Henrietta with a noon basket dinner. Officers elected include President Charles Truman of Toledo, Vice President Madie Brown of Genoa, and Secretary Treasurer Clara Hilding of Toledo. The afternoon featured games and contests with supper by the organizing committee. Guests came from Toledo Genoa Amherst Lorain and Oberlin.
Brownhelm Farm Bureau Discussion Group 3 met July 10 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bauman of Henrietta. Henry Leimbach led and announced the next topic Credit Loan Companies for August 14 at the Leimbach home. Attendees included several Brownhelm and Henrietta residents.
Avon Board of Education adopted the 1940 budget totaling 35542.50 with 28600 for operating and 6942.50 for bond retirement. A public hearing is set for August 8 at 8 p.m. The board authorized refunding notes sale to The Quaker City National Bank. Textbooks for the term were approved.
Ridgeville Grange met at the Grange Hall with E. A. Brandt chairing. Several officers were absent and substitutions were announced. County Deputy Frank Mason urged forming a quartet for music contests to represent Ridgeville at Camp Crag. Mrs. Steinmetz handed out lace tablecloth tickets.
Mrs. E. M. Hathaway, 73, grows a rare night blooming cereus east of La Grange square. Four blossoms opened last night with four more expected tonight as visitors are invited to view the plant. The cereus, a local rarity, bloomed last year as well. Also noted, Mrs. Isadore Diederich welcomed a baby girl at Elyria Memorial Hospital Tuesday. A social hour followed the evening after the lecture was canceled.
Warning in plain terms urges quick action for kidney health. The ad claims kidneys remove acids and waste from blood and that many people pass waste daily. It lists symptoms like backache, leg pain, swollen eyes, and headaches and promotes Dean's Pills as relief used for over 40 years.
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