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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1937
Page
7
A New York woman finds gold and silver coins and a pile of bills while cleaning her yard. Neighbors admire the find as a good investment. The page also includes local notes on Floyd Tuthill the poet, a weak opera crowd, visits of Mrs. Sundstrom, and a joke about teeth and manners.
The piece notes Penner and Parkyakarkus in a Capitol film with a gag about proposing and the bridegroom rarely asking about years to marriage. It mentions Dr Tracy J Putnam of Boston Children's Hospital announcing an experimental electrical device to treat hydrocephalus by burning brain tissue to stop excess spinal fluid and idiocy. A wry remark suggests divorce lawyers would travel less if marriage licenses included a bold warning about no mistakes after the altar.
Radio schedules list Saturday July 31 1937 programs across WTAN and Cleveland stations with bands news sports and variety acts. Notable entries include Cloutier Band Jamboree Cap Races and a cross section of orchestras led by Gibbons Berigan and Lewis among others plus musical dramas and German and Croatian hour blocks reflecting diverse weekday fare.
Radio listings and program notes show a chaotic August 1987 schedule for WTAM WGAR WAT and other stations. It names a long list of live shows, musicals, news, and orchestras with times, hosts, and featured acts including Johnny and Loretta, Linda, Rosa Lee, and many unnamed orchestras. The fragmentary listing hints at morning and afternoon blocks, sign-offs, and assorted entertainment interleaved with news and public affairs.
News from correspondents lists Sunday and Tuesday events across Avon Lake Columbia Amherst Sheffield Chatham and more. church services reunions club meetings garden groups and Scouting activities populate the community calendar with times and locations.
North Eaton July 31 recital at Miss Eleanor Munns featured pupils with a social ice cream hour afterward. Performances included pieces by Blaine Reisinger Visnick and others with multiple duets and solos.
NORTH OLMSTED The seventh annual Cook reunion met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cook in Strongsville Sunday July 25 with fifty five present. The oldest member was Mrs. Ida Elton and the youngest John Edward two months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cook. At the business meeting the secretary reported one marriage Therion Gest and Rose Cook and three births Bonnie Jean daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Buffington of Lorain John Edward son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cook and Leroy Arnold son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall. Leater Exton was elected president Elmer Cook vice president and Mrs Bether Buffington Lee Telary and treasurer. The 1938 meeting will be with Mr. and Mrs Harry Cook Dover Center.
The Van Arsdale family reunion at North Olmsted Park drew thirty five members from Columbia La Grange Ridgeville North Olmsted and Cleveland. Officers elected for the coming year were F. H. Van Arsdale president Gladys Reynolds vice president Glenn Van Arsdale secretary Milo Stearns treasurer. Committees included table sports and program chaired by Reynolds Van Arsdale Stearns and Mills. The next reunion will be hosted by Mr and Mrs John H Van Arsdale of Ridgeville.
At the Lincoln Theatre, The Last Train From Madrid features Lew Ayres Gilbert Roland Helen Mack and Karen Morely in a melodrama of the Spanish revolution opening tomorrow. In Abington Mass dog Jack earns a grammar school diploma after attending Dunbar Street School daily with Alexander Amato Jr.
Hollywood gossip and anecdotes recount Harri et Hilliard preferring baby chatter over screen fame. Richard Arlen earns the Croix de Merite. Germaine Russer debuts in Lancer! Spr. and Zanuck versus Goldwyn over star power. Bruce Cabot and Melville Douglas tales mix with wit about directors salaries and a puma mishap.
Henrietta The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church will meet in the church parlors Wednesday August 4 with officer elections and a prime lunch. The choir will rehearse Friday evening August 6 at Miss Marjory Howes home. News Notes mention multiple family attendees at a Bowling Green reunion and visits by Mrs Currier and Mrs Zurcher with son Neil.
Johnny Hamp and his Orchestra visit Crystal Beach ballroom Sunday evening August 1 after a long Rainbow Grill run in New York. Millicent Hope stars as vocal soloist as Hamp, famed for radio work, tops the peak of his career with a nationwide audience.
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