Editor Hears From 89 Year Old Dad Living In Oberlin
The Chronicle Telegram editor received a letter from 89 year old Jacob J. Berg of Oberlin a carpenter who worked on the Reefy home in Elyria. He mentions two Oberlin daughters a granddaughter and a great granddaughter and says he stays active attends Odd Fellows walks downtown. The editor invites other fathers over 70 who read the paper to write in ahead of Father’s Day on June 18.
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Chronicle- Telegram
Jacob J. Berg
N. Pleasant Street
Oberlin
Alma Bartlett
Orra Clark
Odd Fellows
Berg
Reefy
Third Street
Elyria
Mr. Berg
Elyria School Plans Weighed As Enrollment Shifts Noted
Maston outlines charts on city school enrollment to show misplacements and future growth potential while noting declining enrollments do not indicate population stabilization. West reports McKinley district opposes junior high moves and seeks improved facilities, urging elimination of double grade rooms, balanced against staff and space needs.
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Maston
Elyria
West
McKinley
Submarine Thetis Lift Attempt Planned Within 48 Hours
Three large hawsers were passed under the sunken submarine Thetis at Birkenhead. A lift attempt was announced to be completed within 48 hours and the craft likely to be beaching at Red Wharf Bay.
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Birkenhead
England
Thetis
Red Wharf Bay
Modes and Manners Questions on Wedding Gifts
Q and A on appropriate wedding gifts and etiquette. The piece covers giving home items versus clothing, consulting the bride on needs, and using the new initials on brouseur linens after remarriage. It also defines sauce piquante as a sauce of herbs.
Elyria High School Names New Assistant Secretary
The Elyria City Board of Education approved Elizabeth Prunner as assistant secretary in the Elyria High School office at a starting salary of 60 dollars a month. Prunner replaces Margaret Herold who becomes secretary August 16. Curtis Atkinson also hired on a regular contract for high school buildings at 1400 dollars a year.
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Elizabeth Prunner
Elyria High School
Elyria City
Dorothy Saywell
Curtis Atkinson
Toledo Boy Drowns After Finishing School Graduation
Daniel Misiewicz, 15, who was to graduate from Immaculate Conception School, drowned in the Maumee River last night. He becomes the third Toledo boy to drown in two days.
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Toledo
U.P
Daniel Misiewicz
Immaculate Conception
Maumee
Oberlin Events and Society Notices Highlight June Commencement
The Oberlin College calendar lists end of work dates for Arts and Sciences and Conservatory programs, major Commencement events from June 9 to 13, and Summer Session start June 15. Alumni Day and campus activities accompany student recitals and chapel services as a busy summer schedule unfolds. The Queen Esther Society of the Methodist church holds its annual meeting with officers named and plans for a Mission Society play.
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College of Arts and Sciences
Conservatory of Music
Queen Esther Society
the Methodist Church
Mass Patty Yocom
Forest Street
Margaret Glider
Joyce Merrill
Jean Porter
Ada Fay Frost
Women’s Missionary Society
Oberlin Exchange Club hears McPherson on Wagner Act
W H McPherson of Oberlin College economics spoke at the Oberlin Exchange Club luncheon on the Wagner Labor Relations Act. He has studied the act in depth. This was the club's last regular meeting until September.
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W. H. McPherson
Economics Department
Oberlin College
Oberlin Exchange Club
Oberlin
McPherson
Local Births Discharges and Scout Camp Near Wellington
A list of births and discharges by date includes Mrs LeMar Gott and baby boy born June 4 at Allen Hospital and a daughter born June 5 to Mr and Mrs John Swee sey of Wellington. Oberlin Girl Scout Day Camp opens June 20 at Vennet Lodge with white troops meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays under Mrs Don Bryant.
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Alex Totoiu
Leila Scarlett
W. Jane Richards
Earl Conkle
Wellington
Harold Ives
Edgar Lewis
Jane Elmore
Sidney Namkin
Howard Lehman
LeMar Gott
John Swesey
Ruth Strong
Murl Hoddinott
Dora Bonnet
Theodore Paul
Avon
Jane H. Brewer
Don L. Perry
John Thompson
Jane Richards
Sidney Namkim
Miss Klump
Miss Hatter
Gibbud
Allen Hospital
Oberlin
Vennet Lodge
Don Bryant
Married Men Declared To Be Best Salesmen
London report notes W R Bowden of Horlicks Ltd. told the Incorporated Sales Managers Association that married men make the best salesmen. He said single salesmen aged 20 to 30 are unsettled, lacking fixed ambitions, while married men have to provide for someone they care about, making them steadier in habit. He claimed adolescence is more endangered by play than work.
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London
W. R. Bowden
Horlicks, Ltd
Incorporated Sales Managers’ Association
Famous Bands Set for Cedar Point Pavilion Summer Run
Don Bester and his Orchestra open the Cedar Point ballroom for a week starting June 10. Followed by Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra with Russ Morgan and Blue Barrow forthcoming. Coupon discounts for Chronicle Telegram readers on June 14 and 21. Dancing at 8:30 PM with matinee Sundays at Cedar Point on Lake Erie offering many activities and amusements.
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Cedar Point
Chronicle- Telegram
Don Bester
Shep Fields
Russ Morgan
Blue Barrow
Bestor
Lake Erie
Midway Amusement Circle
Short Cuts for Kitchen Tips in a Humorous Guide
A quirky note offers simple food hacks. It suggests adding butter to water when cooking rice or macaroni to prevent boiling over and improve flavor. It also advises trimming potato ends before baking to avoid dry, mealy results and mentions painting a cellar step white to prevent accidents.
Lorain Mayor Salary Hike Defeated by Council
Lorain city council defeated an ordinance to raise the mayor salary from 3000 to 5000 a year after about twenty years at 3000. Had it passed, the increase would have taken effect January 1, 1940. An anti hitchhiking ordinance was also referred to committee with fines listed from 1 to 10 dollars.
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Lorain
Frank Ayres
Elyria Declares June 8 to 14 1939 as Flag Week
Mayor proclaims Flag Week urging residents to display the Stars and Stripes and join patriotic observances amid global turmoil. The notice ties civic pride to love of American democracy and urges participation in appropriate services and programs during June 8–14 1939.
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Elyria
Bible School Anniversary Highlights Local History
A 98th anniversary of a Peeves son Bible class is noted with long service by Captain Alexander M. Lieyd who led the group and taught until 182. Thomas H. Lechtine, a local merchant, has kept the class connection for 47 years with about several members in Blair county and other readers nationwide. Shanghai, China, is mentioned as having a women operated base.
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Garth
Alexander M. Lieyd
Thomas H. Lechtine
Daysburg
Bible School
Blair County
United Sta
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