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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1939
Page
10
Representatives from New York at 601 Fifth Ave and Detroit bidding for General Motors bids are noted in the document.
A Chicago item notes a proposed horse trough costing 5000 dollars. Two sculptors were hired to craft a tall mahogany and polished marble fountain with a reclining bronze fawn atop. The will of David Wallach funded the project, though it faced delays as horses and troughs faded from city streets.
A scientist trades definitions but admits uncertainty as polymerization, the process behind plastics, reshapes materials. The five year corporate study probes how plastics alter fabrics, eyewear, paints, and potentially automotive bodies, with future uses spanning from furniture to surgical tools.
Today’s anniversaries list significant births from 1773 to 1855 including John Randolph of Roanoke Virginia. John Godfrey Saxe in 1816. George H Corliss in 1817. Victor Sejour in 1817. Arthur MacArthur in 1845. Edward Penfield in 1866. and Charles Loring Brace in 1855. Dated figures and death days noted.
A man named John Leather can roll his eyes independently, astonishing London specialists who study his unusual condition. The report notes experts from London expressing curiosity about his case.
A chronological roll lists events from 1689 to 1912 1929 noting U S history milestones such as the Beef Trust probe and tax cuts. It includes obituaries and birth anniversaries for prominent figures like Mrs William Taft Grover Whalen Thurman Arnold and Rev E Graham Wilson with ages. The entries mark policy shifts floods and proclamations across centuries.
District road commissioners propose improving River Road north of Elyria if the city paves the approach to its northern limits. City council approved carnival use of Broad Street and Cheap side for July 21 to 26. Oberlin plans a new men’s building funded by a $125000 gift. Names include Carl Hauck Don Farrington Howard Beyers Al Armbruster. Children’s Day set for June 1 with the Evangelical Reformed Church picnic. Joris Hoppe and son of Cleveland visited town Sunday.
The text describes early hours bringing amiable disposition and a day’s shift toward travel and wandering. It advises the person to prefer familiar paths over chasing new experiences, warning that restlessness may grow as the day progresses.
A large crowd at First Methodist Episcopal Church watched the burning of the mortgage from 1908’s Sunday School addition cost 30000 dollars built with a 15000 dollar loan now paid. The city faced 90 plus degree heat as Lorain sees 200 houses under construction under the “A thousand homes this Summer” campaign.
Elyria Memorial Hospital reported 40 births in the past month, surpassing the prior month’s 39 set in September 1926. In Wellington, two boys drowned when their canoe capsized in a pond, and a third boy was saved by a brave companion.
Erhart Therlow and Flannery of Litchfield visited siblings in the region. Flannery joined Mrs. Nelson Gross from Friday to Sunday. Barney Haury visited Hugh Tiffitts at Hinckley Sunday afternoon. Norman Emig and son Kenneth of Lyndhurst stayed with Leo Nilges and his mother Mrs. Josephine Nilges before returning home Sunday evening. The piece ends with a proverb.
Mr and Mrs Earl Arnold hosted a Sunday dinner in Valley City for Sam Arnold Miss Ethel Arnold and friends from Cleveland honoring Miss Ethel Arnolds birthday with Decoration Day guests in attendance.
The 25th annual Alumni banquet occurred in the school auditorium on Saturday evening. Highlights included welcome by Carl Hauck, responses by Charles Neumeyer, a memorial by Mrs. Harry Bauer, and remarks by Prof. Boehm. The event featured multiple musical numbers and a closing “America,” with about 75 attendees.
Valley City social notes recount visits and gatherings from Sun and Thu evenings. Included are Mrs. Feuchter hosting Elsie, attendance by Cleveland and Orville friends, and several kin across Medina Elyria and Akron. Also noted are illness and a birthday, a fishing trip, and death of Frank Hillard of Akron.
A devotional meditation on Galatians 5 18 25 urging believers to walk in the Spirit and bear fruits of love joy and peace. It describes the visible mark of born anew as forgiveness breaking walls of separation and a life that reflects divine radiance.
Lorain and several families visited Hart Leininger and relatives around Wellington and Vermilion on Sunday. Guests included the Mohns, McLain family, Warren Pelton, Billy Herald, and Sharon and Annabelle Mae Leininger with Ardith Shirley.
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