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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1939
Page
3
County commissioners will investigate water seepage through sand stone walls at Pleasant View Sanatorium. A. J. Robinson reported moisture rusting metal lath and plaster as damp conditions endanger the building and occupants, with remediation favored over removing the courthouse dome.
The Around the River Four-H Club held its eighth regular meeting at the advisor's home with perfect attendance. Members named favorite hobbies for profit and finished sewing ABCs and their record books. A tea for the girls' mothers is planned at Mrs. F. R. Crawford's home. They will judge on Tuesday at 10 AM.
Joseph Fazekas of 111 West River Street was fined three dollars and costs suspended after arraignment before Mayor Joseph Q. Petro for reckless driving. He was arrested July 11 for backing to the opposite side of the street from a parking place on Middle Avenue.
John Rehman was granted a divorce from Gertrude Rehman by Judge Guy B Findley for neglect and cruelty and awarded Lorain property. Home Owners Loan Corp filed two foreclosure suits against Thomas McArthur estate in Lorain and Mike Zvosecz in Elyria Township. Minerva Agnes Smith sought divorce from Aaron Houston Smith, married 1916 with one daughter. County funding talks on Broadways paving cost share. total project $138187, county share $59223, owed $18507. Broadway paved with WPA labor. Inter City Coal and Supply Co receivership appraisal to be done by John Halpin. receivers appointed at $5/day each. M Belles cited for driving violation. Horse shot after lumbering accident on Jaycox road. Lottie Mae Bouy received divorce from George Carl Bouy with custody and $2730 monthly alimony.
Four-H clubs from Avon Sheffield Elyria Ridgeville Eaton and Columbia will send two delegates each to a district health contest at the Y M C A in Elyria Monday night. Dr F R Dew county health commissioner will examine contestants and speak. Winners aged 10 to 15 will be chosen per district to join county winners age 16 or older to compete at the Ohio State Fair.
Elyria YMCA trustees accepted a 500 appropriation from the Elyria Rotary Club to electrify Camp Iss-See-Kes on the Vermilion River. Rotary Hall, the parking lot, and pathways will receive lights as phase one, with sleeping cabins to follow later. The camp will draw current from a nearby line installed two years ago.
Police reported three minor traffic accidents yesterday. Fenders were damaged in a Broad and East Bridge streets collision involving Dr. J. L. Sullivan of 122 Furnace street and A. D. Stevenson of 126 Branston avenue. Ann Brown of 143 Longford avenue and George Simon of 908 Gulf road had rear and front damage at Glenwood and Columbus streets yesterday afternoon. George Koepp of 439 Tenth street and George Barney of 122 West River street collided on Broad street at Middle avenue yesterday evening. New South Wales has a serious fruit shortage.
The market section shows WHEAT No1 red and No2 red quotes, CORN values for yellow varieties, OATS and RYE bids, with numerous fruit and vegetable items including apples, asparagus, beans, beets, cabbage, carrots, celery, lettuce, mushrooms, onions, peas, radishes, squash, tomatoes, turnips, and more priced per bushel, crate, basket, or peck. It lists specific crate and basket figures, along with occasional per-unit notes and storage mentions.
Service Director I. D. Faxon reports H. G. Deveraux of 817 Middle Avenue has been appointed a fireman at the water works pumping station on Lake Erie to fill the vacancy created by Fireman Charles Nagy's provisional advancement to engineer following Walter M. Davis death. Deveraux, as Class B fireman, will receive 137.50 dollars a month. The Civil Service Commission was asked to approve Nagy's permanent appointment, but no action had been taken yet.
McCaw says pensions above thirty dollars a month require legislative changes to the pension laws. The current average pension is about twenty three dollars monthly. If raised, the state would contribute around fourteen dollars while the federal share stays nine dollars. A thousands long waiting list for pensions remains.
Colonel Ayres cites the Federal Reserve index for industrial production at 98-99 in June, showing a V shaped recovery for the first half of 1939. He expects sustained federal and local funding later in the year, with agricultural prospects and retail trade improving. Building construction is notably better than previous years.
In Sydney Australia aviation therapy was introduced as a treatment for whooping cough. The report notes early use of the method and cites medical practitioners backing the procedure. The article details the hope it offers to patients and the interest it has generated among health officials.
Portsmouth Ohio July 15 A manslaughter charge is filed against Arthur Horner 30 a construction worker over the fatal shooting of William Bartee 24 at a dance near Wheelersburg Thursday night Horner claims self defense after Bartee allegedly called him from the dance hall both men were Lyra neighbors
F F Fling and W H Goodspeed on Butternut Ridge roads report first ripe tomatoes and cucumbers. E E Humphrey shows fully developed cabbage heads while H H Gregg’s sweetcorn reaches ten feet.
Twin calves were born to a five year old Holstein heifer on the Spieth farm at Chestnut Ridge last Thursday. The calves weighed 72 pounds and 2 pounds. This marks the first twin birth on the Spieth herd in 38 years.
North Ridgeville brief notes James Tread well and James Crum of the Prospectors 4-H Club and Grace Sommers of the Domestic Doers spending days at Camp Crag. Students needing school tickets for the Indians versus Phillies game on Thursday August 24 should call at the school on Monday or Tuesday between 10 AM and 2 PM.
Fragment describes treating cough cases by transporting patients to 10,000 feet for 20 minutes daily, yielding highly satisfactory results.
Oberlin reports fourteen residents enrolled at Ohio State University for the Summer session. The list includes C. F. Alter, Howard W. Bahr, Grace Beckett, Leroy M. Beckett, Carl E. Brickley, Lysle K. Butler, Chester C. Cooley, Ronald H. Davidson, John H. Jones, Samuel D. Koonce, Donald J. Leahy, Helen M. Rice, J. Cline Slack, and Harry V. Zahm.
The Biola Trumpeteers from the Bible Institute of Los Angeles will perform at Mt Zion Baptist Church on Monday June 17 at evening hour. Oberlin residents learn that pianist Prof David Heydenburs formerly of Oberlin and Conservatory graduate will accompany. They come from the New York World's Fair where they have performed for the past week. No admission charge and public invitation extended.
Union services of the First Church, First Methodist Church and First Baptist Church are scheduled Sunday July 16 at 11:00 at the First Baptist Church. Rev H Foster pastor of the church will speak on Pilgrims of Hope.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Staubus on Tuesday July 11. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Dick Johnson on July 11. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Milo Myers on July 14.
W. C. Carpenter fell on the Oberlin golf course Tuesday and fractured a small bone in his leg. He delayed seeing a doctor until Wednesday, was taken to Allen Hospital, where the bone was set and the leg cast. He will teach summer classes from his home while recovering.
Mrs Mabel McCullough announces the engagement of her daughter Margery to Walter S. The notice names the families and confirms an impending wedding.
James, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. James, of 33 College Place, is noted in this society item.
WPA recreational director James Wood has eighteen children enrolled in swimming classes in three levels with life saving for advanced students. The group will travel by truck to Lorain Lake every Wednesday leaving Recreational Park on South Park Street at 1 pm. Parents or children can contact Mr Woods at the park between 10 am and 8 pm to register, with Jack Robinson and Opal Gaines assisting the effort.
Mrs Lee Rowe and children have returned from a month in Deposit New York visiting Mrs Gardinier. Oberlin Women’s Club and Nineteenth Century Club sent delegates to Lakeside Federation at Lakeside with several members named. Other Oberlin residents plan vacations ranging from Albion Michigan to Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania and Atlantic City with Jean Billings visiting Oberlin.
Death record from Swarthmore Pennsylvania reports Karl M. Metzger who taught French and German at a local high school. A Elyria native, he lived with Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Hart on West Broad Street and graduated from Elyria High School and Oberlin College. Funeral services are set for Monday at 1 30 PM from DeVande Funeral Home Cleveland with burial at Lakeview Cemetery.
Elyria mourns Mrs Marie J. Martin who died yesterday at her home on Harvard Avenue after a lingering illness. She was born in Cannington Ontario April 14 1859 and lived in Elyria 30 years. Survived by son Glenn Martin Elyria daughter Mrs J E Overacker Willard and siblings Sam John George McCarr Canada sisters Mrs Frank Galloway Elyria and Mrs J T Daley Avon Lake. The funeral will be Monday at 2 PM from the First Baptist Church with Rev Ralph Neighbour officiating. Burial in Ridgelawn Cemetery.
Oberlin mourns Mrs Alice Hanmer wife of James Hanmer Elyria who died after a year of illness in Toledo. She leaves a daughter Mrs Elsie Williams of Lacey Mich two sons Merle Oberlin and Clifford La Grange a brother Joseph Pittsfield and ten grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 2 at Sedgman Parlors burial in South Pittsfield Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs Elizab eth Buchs who died Thursday night at her sister’s home in Henrietta will be held Sunday at 1 30 at the home and at 2 30 at the Henrietta Methodist church with the Rev R J Norris officiating Burial will be made in Henrietta
Timothy and pasture field tests using sulphate of ammonia are studied by C I Hummel in Lorain County. Barber farm Wellington reported a two thirds higher timothy yield in treated sections while Schramm Oberlin awaiting results. Pasture tests show Pierce 50 percent, Dayton 25 percent, and Denham Brothers 33 percent increases with varying other treatments.
Announcement states the Merfield home for convalescents has moved from Oberlin to Elyria and is now located at 220 E. 15th Street.
Britain shows 1,167,000 telephones in service while total calls reach 1,130,000,000 in 1938, reflecting rapid expansion of communications infrastructure and high demand for telephone services across the country.
George A. Novak, famed in Lorain County for 15 years in retail meat, takes over the Harvard Food Market meat department at 919 East River Street. He comes from the Evergreen Store in Elyria after three years there and 12 prior years in Lorain with major food store chains. He will offer a full range of fresh and smoked meats, poultry, and related products.
Fifteen Elyria boys and 11 girls passed tests this week in the M C A Aquatic Fish Club swimming program and qualified for awards announced by swimming director Max Roe. Several swimmers passed multiple tests with two boys and two girls reaching the sixth test, the highest yet.
The Y M C A pool will host a junior life saving instruction starting next Tuesday afternoon from 3 to 4 30. Max Roe the swimming director says the 12 hour course runs twice weekly until completion. Girls aged 12 to 17 may enroll by Tuesday morning at the main desk or with Roe.
County Commissioner Oscar G. Dunn will travel to Columbus Tuesday for an executive committee meeting of the County Commissioners Association of Ohio. The committee will fix a date for the annual February convention and discuss proposals to divert automobile gasoline and license revenues from highway improvement. Dunn serves on the association's executive committee.
Deputy sheriffs discovered Eugene A. Trego 45 of Phoenix dead in a 1934 Chevrolet coupe on Abbe Road near Chestnut Ridge. A hose fed exhaust into the car while the engine ran. the body was found by farmers after 11 a.m. A suitcase with clothes was in the vehicle and Coroner Ward was notified.
PORT CLINTON OHIO July 15 William Wildpret 25 of Columbus a member of the Ohio National Guard 148th infantry service company was killed when an automobile left the road at a curve two miles east of here Serafin S Buta 28 of Salem was injured They had been training at Camp Perry for two weeks Wildpret a private Buta a sergeant Mrs C W Bowman of Athens sister of Wildpret
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