Plan to force 60 day relief strike from WPA clients
Washington June 1 Congress considers a 60 day unpaid layoff for relief clients on the rolls 13 months as part of WPA overhaul. Proposals include security wages replacing prevailing wages and a three member WPA board. Also limit project costs and curtail theatre and white collar relief operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Works Progress Administration
John N. Garner
Congress
House Appropriations
WPA
Senate
Question Suspects In Five Holdups
Two former convicts suspected as the whispering bandits were questioned after their Cincinnati capture. Walter Simpson and Charles Dillon, with two nurse companions, face links to four Columbus hotels and shops and a Canton hotel robbery totaling several hundred dollars. Police traced the trio by a listed green car and order them to raise their voices for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Canton
Cincinnati
Walter Simpson
James Woods
Charles Dillon
Charles Lewis
Bud Dillon
James Wilcox
J. H. Roberts
Mary Cole
Sandusky
Bertine Sidders
Athens
Broad-Lincoln
Charmines Hotel
Gray's Drug Store
Monypeny-Hammond Company
Onesta
Simpson
Mansfield State Reformatory
Dillon
Pat Henry Zimpelman
Zimpelman
Emmett D. Kirgan
Loreto Italy Pilgrim Shrine Legend Affirms Angels
Loreto in southern Italy stands as a famed pilgrim resort. legend claims the house of the Virgin was miraculously moved from Nazareth by angels during the Middle Ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loreto
Italy
Nazareth
Oberlin High School Holds Seventy-Seventh Commencement
In Oberlin Ohio sixty three seniors receive diplomas at the Furst church ceremony. Dr Charles B Ketcham Mount Union College president gave the address Living Creatively. diplomas were presented by Lynds Jones with organ music and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Furst
Charles B. Ketcham
Mount Union College
Ketcham
Methodist Church
Ohio Wesleyan
Drew Theological Seminary
Columbia University
C. F. Alter
Oberlin High School
Lynds Jones
Board of Education
Arthur Pwister
Conservatory of Music
L. E. Daniels
Christchurch
Hansel and Gretel
Humperdinck
Mendelssohn
Leon Bohrer
Helen Morrison
Oberlin Exchange Club Sponsors School Instrument Program
Oberlin Exchange Club members enjoyed a musical program at the Oberlin Inn during their regular meeting. The club has funded large musical instruments for Oberlin public schools over the years and a school group performed on instruments purchased by the club. Participants included Janet Ashley Natalie Henderson Eugene Cady Marian Tschou Birneisis Young Betty Ann Hervey and Dorothy Rowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin Exchange Club
Oberlin Inn
Exchange Club
Oberlin
Janet Ashley
Natalie Henderson
Eugene Cady
Marian Tschou
Birneisis Young
Betty Ann Hervey
Dorothy Rowe
Oberlin couples announce engagement of Margaret Kemp
Mr and Mrs John Kemp of Canton Ohio announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret Cecelia Kemp to Edward Southard Brown son of Mrs Robert E Brown and the late Dr Brown of Oberlin Both are Oberlin College class of 1939 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kemp
Canton, O
Margaret Cecelia
Edward Southard Brown
Robert E. Brown
Dr. Brown
Oberlin
Oberlin College
Local Births and Memorial Day Gatherings Highlight Weekend
Born to Mr and Mrs Robert C Lyman of West Vine street a son named Russell Allen born Tuesday May 30 at Allen hospital Merton Campbell a Peru University student returned home for the summer Beulah May of Ashtabula visited her parents on North Main street Memorial Day guests included Mr and Mrs O A Stanfield and families plus Elyria Norwalk and Toledo visitors Numerous local luncheons and social visits marked the holiday weekend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Lyman
West Vine Street
Allen Hospital
Russell Allen
Merton Campbell
Peru
Beulah May
Ashtabula
O. C. May
North Main Street
R. P. Harvey
Oberlin Beach
Doren Lyon
Holgate
Winifred Beebe
East College Street
Charles Shepeard
Canton
Lester Shepeard
South Main Street
O. A. Stanfield
Albert Younglas
Delbert
Elyria
Myron Younglas
Norwalk
Jack Cloudt
Groveland Street
Carl Gibson
Belva Glass
Oral Carper
Toledo
Oberlin Graduates Earn Duke Fellowships in Physics Psychology
James A. Richards Jr. receives a physics fellowship and Lloyd Henry Beck a psychology fellowship at Duke University this June. Robert D. Park of Lakewood A.B. Oberlin also earns a physics fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Duke University
James A. Richards, Jr
Lloyd Henry Beck
Robert D. Park
Lakewood
A.B. Oberlin
Admissions and Discharges Log for Late May to June
A hospital admissions and discharges roster lists names by date from May 26 through June 1. Entries include patients such as Jean Seligmann Doris Mergendahl Lucy Wales and Beatrice Sprague, with discharges on May 27 and May 28 and a speaker noted as J Malcolms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Seligmann
D. G. Lord
Dora Bonnet
Sidney Namkin
John Gibbard
Iva May Lord
Robert Lyman
Lucy Wales
Doris Mergendahl
Beatrice Sprague
William Blazer
Cleveland
J. Malcolms
Waymen Scott
Alberta Klomp
Wilbur Dexter
Donald Perry
Rogers Spencer
John Herman
Professessor Tucker
Mrs. Brown
Richard Holmes
Edgar B. Lewis
D. J. Lord
Ira May Lord
Robert Cutler
Charlotte Cline
Robert Wright
Baby
Herman Norton
Walter Green
Beatrice W. Sprague
Toledo Market Prices and Chicago Cash Quotations
Market notes show grain bids from Sheets Elevator Co and Montana Stilling Co with No. 2 red wheat about 83.12 and No. 2 yellow corn around 61.2. Chicago cash quotations list butter eggs poultry and livestock prices, including steers, hogs, lambs, and midwest grain feeds with wide regional variation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Sheets Elevator Co
Montana Stilline Co
DAN
Agtec
Funeral Services for Mrs Anna Quinn Williams
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Quinn Williams are set for Saturday at 2 PM at Sedgeman Funeral Parlors. Interment will follow in Westwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Quinn Williams
Sedgeman Funeral
Westwood Cemetery
Local families attend graduation and visits across Ohio
Mr and Mrs B W Porter of Genoa Ohio traveled to Oberlin for the high school graduation exercises where their niece Dorothy Harley graduated. Mr and Mrs B E Hakes and Miss Mabel Hakes spent Memorial Day in Perry with Mrs Hakes cousin J G Bartholomew. Mrs Annie Payne and Mr and Mrs H E Morgan and son Larry visited the Stones in Canton on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Porter
Genoa
Oberlin
Dorothy Harley
B. E. Hakes
Mabel Hakes
Perry, O
Hakes
J. G. Bartholomew
Annie Payne
H. E. Morgan
Larry
Russell Stone
Canton
Richardses Return from New York After Funeral for J Clark Read
Dr. and Mrs. J A Richards returned from New York City where they attended the funeral of Mrs Richards father J Clark Read who died in his sleep May 22 at age 93 years five months Read was a longtime private school head and teacher in New York City He sang second tenor with the Mendelssohn Glee Club for fifty three years and remained active in the Grand Army of the Republic where he had served as adjutant general He attended three G A R functions the day before his death and was involved in New York presbytery church circles The report notes Mrs Nathan B Van Etten is Read daughter and preceded him in death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Richards
New York City
Richard
J. Clark Read
Read
Mendelssohn Glee Club
Grand Army of the Republic
National
New York
Produce Market Prices From Hoboken Growers Co op
Prices for Baldwin apples stored in cold storage at 1.15 per unit. Delicous peaches and asparagus listed with per basket and per dozen or peck pricing. Beets celery root cabbage cucumbers escarole lettuce and horseradish shown with bulk and per unit rates. Carrots feature bulk 65 to 70 cents for four bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howegrowers
Baldwins Hein
Delicioug
I. i
Oberlin Professor Poister to Perform at Bach Festival
Oberlin Conservatory organ professor Arthur Poister will be a soloist at Baldwin Wallace Bach Festival on June 9. He will also perform June 22 at the Ohio Music Teachers Association event at Fraternity Episcopal Church in Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Arthur Poister
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Baldwin-Wallace
Poister
Ohio Music Teachers’ Association
Toledo
Ohio
Youths Held Without Bail In Killing Of Former Sheriff
Two youths face murder charges in the death of R. E. Willis former Guernsey county sheriff and tourist camp proprietor. Louis W. Pope 19 of Cincinnati and John P. Mitchell 17 of Van Wert were bound over to a special grand jury. Pope admitted shooting Willis though claiming no intent to kill. Mitchell said Pope held the weapon. Willis was shot after resisting a holdup. Funeral services are planned for Friday in Cambridge Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, O
R. E. Willis
Guernsey County
Louis W. Pope
Cincinnati
John P. Mitchell
van Wert
Homer Sherrard
Pope
Mitchell
Willis
Bolinger Acquitted of Bribery Charge
James A. Bolinger, 41, of Fremont, former State securities division examiner, was acquitted by a Columbus jury of soliciting and taking a 2500 bribe in 1958 from Toledo Guaranty Corporation officers. Jury deliberated six hours and a half. Co-defendants Edwin Judy and Edward Carney faces later trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
James A. Bolinger
Fremont
State Securities Division
Bolinger
Edwin Judy
Edward 2. Carney
Securities Division
Laledo Guaranty Corporation
Tater
Toledo
Judy
Carney
Last Wool Shipment Set For June 5th
The Lorain County Wool Growers Assn announces the final wool shipment for Monday June 3 with a larger consignment anticipated for June 5. Secretary H G Portman notes rising wool demand and more favorable prices, with assembling points at Sim Nash farm north of Overlin 8 to 11 A M and L W McConnell farm west of Wellington 1 to 3 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
L. W. AicConnell
Wellingto
Portman
Ohio Wool Growers Asociation
Barrymore Improves After Mild Heart Attack
John Barrymore was steadily improving after a mild heart attack Tuesday. He received periodic oxygen treatments to ease the heart’s burden and was placed in an oxygen tent, spending alternating hours inside until early evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Local Produce Prices and Market Notes
A detailed list of outdoor and market prices for vegetables and fruits, dairy, eggs, poultry, and potatoes. Items include lettuce, kohlrabi, radishes, rhubarb, tomatoes, spinach, onions, and parsnips with basket or peck quantities and per-unit costs. Also listed are butter and egg prices and live poultry rates by weight and breed. Various regional produce offerings and price ranges appear, reflecting a Cleveland area market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Romain
Boston Seman
Buddy
Cleveland
Venus
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maine
Idaho
Florida
Largest Class To Be Graduated At A. H. S. Tomorrow
Amherst Ohio reports the Amherst High School will hold commencement Friday at 8 15 p.m. diplomas will be given to 61 seniors the largest class in the school's history. Speaker Prof Rey W Hatch from Montclair New Jersey will address them on The Durable Satisfactions of Life. The Amherst Study Club will award ten dollar prizes to the top students in history and English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Amherst High
Rey W. Hatch
Montclair
N. J
Stella Gambish
Nadine Aldrich
Helen Attie
Laurabelle Ba
Ralph Holzhauer
Lewis Horvath
Ruth Johnson
Dorothy Kerpics
Eda Kirschner
Elsie Kovach
Lucille Krieg
Marjorie Krieg
Edna May Lehman
Harry Linn
Alma Masters
Ruth Miller
Eleanor Newman
Harold Niesen
Irene O'Dor
Maurice Paton
William Raab
Rosemary Radde
Dorothy Raesler
Claude Rahl
Florence Saegert
Hilda Schar
Farewell Party for Mrs Radde Before Boston Move
Friends of the Tuesday Evening Bridge Club gathered at Mrs Menz home on Axtel street for a farewell party for Mrs Frank Radde and her family who depart next Wednesday for Boston where Mr Radde will work at the Navy yard. The event began with a seven o'clock salad and dessert service. Members and guests included Mrs Marion Obritts Mrs Louis Zabel Miss Minnie Sabiers and Miss Kathryn Murray Grayce Purcell Mrs 5 Jenkins Mrs James Keenan Mrs J J Smythe Mrs Charles Smith Mrs Emery Shibley and Mrs Menz with bridge as the evenings activity. A gift was presented to Mrs Radde in her honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Club
Menz
Axtel Street
Frank Radde
Boston
Mass
Radde
Navy Yard
Marion Obritts
Louis Zabel
Minnie Sabiers
Kathryn Murray
Grayce Purcell
5. Jenkins
James Keenan
J. J. Smythe
Charles Smith
Emery Shibley
Menz. Bridge
Joint installation and regular Grange meeting planned
A joint installation of officers for the Eagles and Eagle Auxiliary is scheduled for this evening at the Eagle Home. Hickory Tree Grange meets tonight in the Grange Hall on Milan avenue. Mrs. Fred Ruth will host Cloverleaf Club members Friday afternoon on Forest street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles and Eagle Auxiliary
Eagle
Hickory Tree Grange
Grange Hall
Milan Avenue
Fred Ruth
Forest Street
Cloverleaf Club
Lorain County Insurance Agents Meet at Pythian Hall
A Lorain county insurance agents meeting convened Wednesday at the Pythian Hall with Past Chiefs Club of the Pythian Sisters serving dinner to 45 attendees. The session proceeded with its usual business agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Insurance Agents
Pythian Hall
Chiefs Club
Pythian Sisters
Funeral Rites for Henry Bechtel Set Friday
Funeral rites for the late Henry Bechtel will be held Friday afternoon at two o clock in the Zilch Funeral Home with Rev. M A Hayes pastor of the First Evangelical Church officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bechtel
Zilch
M. A. Hayes
First Evangelical Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Hospital Births and Admissions in Oberlin Amherst
Mrs. Donald Hartman from Oberlin gave birth to a baby boy after admission on Wednesday. Other admissions include Geza Gelencser of Amherst. Discharges include Mrs. Frank Kelleher and baby boy of Amherst and Mrs. Grant Dellefield of Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Hartman
R. D
Oberlin
Geza Gelencser
Amherst
Frank Kelleher
Grant Dellefield
Lorain
Mr and Mrs Ed Young and Niece Return Home
Mr and Mrs Ed Young along with their niece Wanda Hill of Middle Street have returned home after spending time away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Young
Wanda Hill
Middle Street
Relatives Visited by Marietta Friends and Cleveland Guests
Several days with Marietta relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ignat from Painesville Ohio spent the holiday with the latters parents Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Nord. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Menz from Cleveland spent the holiday with Amherst relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
J. Ignat
Painesville
W. G. Nord
A. G. Menz
Cleveland
Amherst
Litchfield to Show Travel Pictures for Youth Fund
The Green Light club of the Congregational church will host a color travel picture show of New England and Canada in the Annex Friday evening, June 2. Proceeds aid sending young people to the Linwood Summer Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Young People's Club
The
Congregational Church
Annex
New England
Canada
Linwood
Girl Re serves Report on Cleveland Visit at Congregational Church
On Sunday June 4 the Girl Reserves will present a morning service at the Congregational church and report on their trip to Cleveland where they visited Goodwill Industries Settlement House and other charities. Everyone in Litchfield is invited to attend and learn what the young people are doing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Cleveland
Goodwill Industries
Settlement House
Litchfield
Church Finishes Redecoration This Week
The Baptist church plans to finish interior redecorating this week and hold Sunday morning services on June 4. Great improvements have been made inside the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
Northeastern Ohio Fellowship Meeting Planned
The Assemblies of God church hosts a Northeastern Ohio Fellowship meeting at the Congregational church on Monday June 5. Dinner and supper will be served in the Annex by the Ladies Benevolent Society. Community members are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assemblies of God Church
Northeastern Ohio Fellowship
Congregational Church
Ladies Benevolent Society
Local social calendar and visits reported
The Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist church will meet at Mrs. A Breyley’s home on Wednesday June 7 led by Mrs H S Mabie, with a prayer meeting same evening. Litchfield Chapter O E S held funeral services for Mrs Belden at her Belden home and gave the O E S service at the cemetery. Various visits are noted including Mr and Mrs Krugger returning from Pinecastle Florida for six months, A D Sartwell visiting in Washington DC, Mrs Kessler visiting in Wauseka, Ina Starrett returning from Cleveland, Lawall family from Detroit visiting Mabie, Rex Rasor family of Waldron visiting and then in North Olmstead, Frances Lloyd from O S U Columbus at home over weekend, Geraldeen Kellogg visiting Elyria, Orrin Kellogg at funeral in Elyria, Frank Stephan from Clarksburg with parents, John Yost hosting Edward Yost and Lucile Meehan, Marion Yost visiting Alliance, Millard Wolfe and L P Juell attending Oberlin graduation events, Mary Howe cared for by daughter Victor Haines in Spencer, and Mr and Mrs George Marsh and…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
A. Breyley
Mabie
Litchfield
Fla
A. D. Sartwell
Washington, D. C
T. A. Falconer
Mattie Kessler
Wauseka
Wis
Adam Rising
Ina Starrett
Cleveland
Lawall
Detroit
Viviane Georgette
Lodi
Geraldeen Kellogg
Joyce
Janet Crawford
Elyria
Orrin Kellogg
Fred Hornby
la Grange
Bittner
Frank Stephan
Clarksburg
W. Va
Howard Stephan
John Yost
Edward Yost
North Jackson
Lucile Meehan
Youngstown
Marion Yost
Alliance
Millard Wolfe
Brighton
Mich
L. P. Juell
Graduate School of Theology
Oberlin
Wolfe
Juell
Victor Haines
Mary Howe
Spencer
George Marsh
Memorial services and family gatherings in Copley area
A summary of weekend visits and Memorial Day observances in Copley with families from Detroit Ravenna Akron Elyria Medina and Litchfield. Attendees included the Canfields Gribbens Hodges and others. Veterans Walter Canfield and Dr Harry Streett among those present. A girl Viviane Georgette Lloyd was born in Lodi hospital May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Flora Bart
Fred Johnson
T. H. Case
Green Springs
Charlotte Snyder
Meachem
Akron
G. F. Gribben
Perry Gribben
Irene Keller
Ashland
del. Shingleton
Raymond Morgan
Clarence Hodges
Copley
Don Barlow
Elyria
Walter Everhard
Medina
Fred Barlow
Will Watkins
Mildred Nolan
C. M. Turner
Florence Nolan
Walter Canfield
Harry Streett
Dan Lloyd
George Marsh
Virgil Fortney
Carl Hoffman
Avery Dunham
Clark Moore
Ollie Stocker
Russell Canfield
D. T. Lloyd
Litchfield
Lodi Hospital
Viviane Georgette
Cleveland guests share Sunday visits with local families
Erhart Winnen and Ruth Ebersole of Cleveland were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McLaughlin. Mrs. Horace Humm of Cleveland called on Mrs. Bert Meyer. Frank Ullrich and Charles Martin of Chatham joined the Ullrichs for an Olmsted Falls dinner with Earl Offenberg and later hosts Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Spieth welcomed Charles Spieth and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erhart
Frank Winnen
Ruth Ebersole
Cleveland
Lawrence McLaughlin
Horace Humm
Bert Meyer
Frank Ullrich
Charles Martin
Chatham
Olmsted Falls
Earl Offenberg
Local Residents Share Weekend Visits and Health News
Mrs Tillie Haumesser and Mrs Gravenstreeter Sr attend at Bert hday eve. Virginia Regal recovers from mumps. Orville Haury and family visit G O Haury in Mel dina. Several Cleveland guests join Shining home events. Nelson Gross and Carol join dinner at Flannery home. Armbrusters host weekend guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ipone
Seeeens Ag
Tillie Haumesser
Gravenstreeter Sr
Sam Mayer
Berthday
Lollie Gross
Etta Griffin
Roy
Frank Stephensey
Tra Rickel
O. E. Jones
West Salem
Virginia Regal
Orville Haury
Meldina
G.O. Haury
J. G. Haury
Cora Huntley
Hugh Tibbitts
LaVerna Singer
Cuyahoga Falls
Walter Kramer
Will
Albert Erhart
Albert Bienhow
Leo Chmiel
Charles Piotrow
Leona Biasts
Joseph Eyring
Cleveland
Harold Busch
Boith
South Hills
Nelson Gross
Carol
Flannery
Litchfield
Fred Armbruster
Louis Keehler
Charles Gross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. van Etten
American Medical Association
Mrs. Richards of
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Leghorn Breyslers
Plymouth Rock Usteer
S&s Dept. of Agriculture
Stags
Gansu
God
Harry S. Burr
Second Street
Spaperana Ou
WEALE
Lettuce Basket
Kohl Rabi
Ie Stele
John Streicher
B. A. Jenne
Bechtel Funeral
Hospital News
Bailey Market
Broad Street
Tender Sirlom Club
Junedale
Lalue
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