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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1940
Page
4
A brown canvas sack containing $500 in silver half dollars was found on the sidewalk in front of Seattle First National Bank. Hundreds of pedestrians passed by until Pierre Weiss, a motor company executive, picked it up and noted the contents. The bag had fallen during transfer to an armored car.
Rev R A LePage and four girls from North Fairfield Methodist Church led a Sunday service in Wellington Ohio with a playlet about dolls going to Mission fields. The girls, coached by their Sunday school teacher, performed under church pianist accompaniment and were joined by Rev Lonzo Green for the evening sermon.
Radio programs on WTAM WGAR WCLE WHK and WHE feature a dense daily slate with hosts Malcolm Claire Paul Barron Lowell Thomas Johnny Prent Heidi Band Ed Howard Lee Allen and more. The listings include news sports music talk and variety segments from morning to night with theater and entertainment interludes and a closing sign off.
Sunday activities at First Methodist feature visits by Mrs. Bertha Sponseller and family. A Berea trip recaps visits by Mr. and Mrs. Sponseller to Hunter Robinette. Garden notice reports California poppies eight inches across in George Terwiller’s yard. News notes of illness include Samuel Zechar in Germantown after a paralysis stroke affecting speech. Richard Barber begins work with the State Highway Department after graduating from Ohio University. Culver Military Academy ROTC students Richard M. Jones and Edward L. Jones receive June camps orders. Edward joins Camp Custer Michigan, Richard Fort Knox Kentucky. Junior L. Coomer from Spencer named to Boys State at Columbus. Morgan-Dirlam Post and Auxiliary raise funds for him. An automobile accident near Pittsfield involves Mr. Andy Dobay and Joyce Eberhardt returning from Cleveland.
Betty Bishop School of Dance will present a Varsity Review at Wellington School Auditorium on Wednesday evening June 12. The event benefits the Blind and supports local community arts.
The Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church meets with Mrs. W. B. Brouse. The Win Won class holds a Friday evening meeting at Mrs. James Meek’s home in Pittsfield.
Lucille Anderson and Robert Cowie married at 3 p m on Saturday June 8 at the home of Mr and Mrs Homer Anderson in Rochester Ohio The ceremony was officiated by Rev HEL Parick Attending were Josephine Stocking and Richard Anderson After photos and refreshments the couple left for a short wedding trip They reside at 113 North Main Street New London Ohio The bride is a relative of Mr and Mrs Scott Anderson Wellington
Orving Olsen son of Mr and Mrs K J Olsen Barker street was among 1750 who received degrees from Ohio State University Columbus at commencement in the university stadium Olsen earned a degree in electrical engineering with a specialty in communications and was elected to Eta Kappa Nu He also received a second lieutenants commission in the Officers Reserve Corps and was assigned to the 205th Signal Battalion in Cleveland
Miss May B Maitland of Medina marries Tony Saporito son of Mr and Mrs Ben Saporito Saturday at United Brethren church Parma Ohio. Carmel May Sam and Carl Saporito attend. Wedding supper then short trip. They will reside in Medina. Saporito works at Cleveland Trust Bank Lakewood. former Wellington Bank alumnus class of 1930. Word arrives of Bottsford nuptials in Friedensburg Ashland VA.
Hollywood star Grace Moore defends her career moves and argues profits justify her work. She cites $4 million gross for One Night of Love and explains past contract terms and refusals to protect her art and music goals.
Lorain County Shrine Club and the Chronicle Telegram announce the Scrambled Animal Contest to benefit Shrine hospitals and Gates Hospital in Elyria. Five pictures will run this week showing different animals. readers cut and reassemble to form five complete pictures and mail them by noon June 15 to 538 Broad Street for a free Mills Brothers Circus ticket.
Coach Leo Grimes travels to Alliance to visit his parents before heading to Columbus for O. S. A. Summer school to complete work on his Master’s degree. Mrs. Grimes will stay with her parents in Liverpool for the summer.
Walter H Sage of Beverly Hills California, a Wellington native and Civil War veteran's son, offers 250 toward erecting a Memorial for Wellington's war dead. The gift supports a project started by local patriotic organizations.
Metro features a pie and Laraine Day heading to Republic for The Big Boranza a Western. Simone Simon delays East return hires a PA for a comeback. Gilbert Roland previews three songs in Rangers of Fortune signaling career revival. Johnny Weissmuller earns dividends from Catalina paddle board concession. Lita Grey and Arthur Dar arrive next month to discuss a studio job. Robert Sterling stars in Manhattan Heartbeat a Bad Girl revision. Frances Langford to host summer radio. Jimmy Cagney recounts a former star ruined by liquor horses and women.
A series of local events listed include Airs F G Prosser at 7 p m picnic supper. New London hosts O N F meets at 7 30 p m Leroy Chapter No 2 O E S at 8 p m Crawford Haron county Grange program at Grange hall 8 p m Checker tournament Snyder Electrical shop 8 p m Friendships Circle in North Olmsted at 1 3 a m Business News Association in Coe Memorial building at 12 39 p m Book truck stops Wednesday West Ridge Ladies Aid Wednesday afternoon.
Avon Ladies' Aid meets at Mrs. H. Green's home. For-Get-Me-Not Club at the Weiler home. Village Council at the town hall. Prayer meeting and Bible study at the Baptist church. Grafton Lat-A-Lot Club with Mrs. Helen Butler Thursday. Farm Bureau Advisory Council with Mr. and Mrs. Austin Fish Thursday eve. Bakers Dozen Pinchle Club with Mrs. Clarence Metzger Thursday eve. Henrietta Ladies' Aid at Mrs. Fred Bauman's home. Evangelical church with Mrs. Walter Kothe. Lake Avenue Shining Thimbles listed.
At the Theatres a wartime drama presents Nurse Edith Cavell in Brussels under German occupation, detailing her hospital sanctuary and a covert escape plot until German intelligence shuts it down. Local 4-H and Grange groups announce meetings across Lake Avenue, Griswald road, New London, North Olmsted, North Ridgeville, Rochester, West Ridge, and Fields with times from 2 to 8 pm.
Boston hen named BOSTON-Ridéey lost a left leg in a fall. Under the care of her owner Joseph D. Craven and supportive nurse Abs Craven, she learned to walk on one leg. She soon spread her toes and balanced, able to hop several yards alone.
More than four centuries after its foundation, Tete, founded on the Zambesi in 1531 by Van Riebeeck, obtains a railway connection to Donna Anna, about 60 miles away. The line is regarded as the first non military road built since the European war began.
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