Directories Show Citys Growth in Elyria Fifty Years Ago
The Elyria directory printed on pink paper details Lorain County statistics, public buildings, officers, nine churches including the Salvation Army, fifteen societies, and an alphabetical list of residents. It contrasts with the 1930 City Directory of four hundred thirty pages, listing officials, schools, churches, clergy, clubs, fraternal orders, and Masonic lodges, highlighting growth since 1856.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lorain
Whitworth Brothers
Cleveland
Salvation Army
Bay Village Celebrates Anniversary at Congregational Church
Bay Village Ohio June 16 The Congregational church observed its 120th anniversary June 5 6 7 with banquet addresses by Rev Dan Bradley Dr Fred Hall Dr Ferdinand Blanchard and Dr Roy E Bowers plus greetings from former ministers Saturday night featured community program and reception Sunday worship included a sermon by Robert Brown Oberlin professor and reception of members with infant baptisms The choir sang.
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Bay Village
Congregational Church
Dan Bradley
Fred Hall
Ferdinand Blanchard
Roy E. Bowers
Robert Brown
Oberlin
Ohio
Laura Phillips
Bassett Road
Famed Circle Cross Ranch in New Mexico Sold in Parts
The Circle Cross Cattle Company ranch of about a million acres in Alamogordo New Mexico has been subdivided and sold in smaller ranges. Senator O Q Oliver M. Lee and his sons acquired most of the land and cattle. The article notes coal types with lignite dominating Italy’s output at about 93 percent.
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Alamogorade
N. M
Circle Cross Cattle Company
Southwest
Q Oliver M. Lee
Italy
Abbeville Visit and Local News Roundup
The Old Home Town reports visits and births including Mrs Vera Casper Frumbaugh at Abbeville and Shirley Maree born June 6. Local movements include the Enda family summering on Bailey road and multiple Elyria calls. 4 H club officers and a leadership meeting are noted along with exams at Ohio State and a Maple family Columbus trip.
Attendance officer reports rise in clothing and book requests
The annual report of C. M. Williams, school attendance officer, shows more absences and a sharp rise in requests for clothing and shoes, plus increased requests for books. Working permits fell, with 255 issued last year versus 388 and 450 in prior years, indicating tougher job access for Elyria students.
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Elyria
C. M. Williams
Williams
Cupid
Belden Community Circle Meets at Mrs Rising Home
Mrs Roy Rising hosted the Belden Community Circle meeting with quilting a comforter and finishing a binding. A cafeteria dinner followed. President Anna Hosler read Edgar A Guest’s poem For Today and plans were made for the Belden Homecoming on the second Sunday in July and a picnic at the next meeting.
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Grafton
Roy Rising
Belden
Anna Hosler
Edgar A. Guest
Lorain County Day group visits Wooster station activity
Mrs Andrew Ruder and others attended the Lorain County Day program at Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster last Friday. On return they visited Rev and Mrs Paul Brown in Seville to find the Brown family well. Victor Burton and daughter Marcella spent Sunday with his parents in Elyria. Grace Lutheran Elyria Young People's Society met at Clifford Schultz home with games and a ham burger lunch. Wilhelmina Schwarer dined with Thelma Barth on Wednesday.
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Adam Merz
IC. H
Fred Daniels
Alta Johnson
A. M. Ewers
Bert Felt
Marion
Harding
Luella Root
Juanita Root
A. H. Ernst
Elyria
D. E. Bradley
C. H. Schultz
Reblish
Clifford Schultz
Wm. Schultz
E. Harder
Edna Taylor
Betty
A. C. Bennett
W. G. Landman
A. L. Rinehart
F. E Carmean
Chas. Carmean
Nettie Wiley
Freda MacNeal
Lorain County
Wooster
James Tran
Edith Howard
Henry Tran
Chestnut Street
Tran
Ralph Swartz
Jack
Huntington
W. Va
Theodore Dimke
Edward Maple
W. E. Maple
Emily Knight
Columbus
Ohio State University
Alice Maple
Theta Phi Alpha Society
Andrew Ruder
B. T. Nesbett
Mary Killip
Marvin Ruder
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Paul Brown
Brown
Seville
Victor Burton
Marcella
Burton
Joe Law
Grace Lutheran Church of
Young People’s Society
Wilhelmina Schwarer
Thelma Barth
Aft
Lorain County Day Attendees and Local Visits Report
Sheffield and Wooster area residents attended Lorain County Day at the Experiment Station in Wooster. Local families visited Akron for graduation exercises with Miss Leona Collins among the graduates. Other gatherings included relatives from Killbuck hosting in-town visitors and a trip by Hilda Raider to Washington and Germany. A school bell signal devised by C Nichols from Glenover uses clockwork and requires no annual adjustment, placed beside the road near a school.
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Sheffield
C. J. Smith
P. L. Chambers
Lester Youtzy
H. C. Chambers
Archie Haynes
Lorain County
Experiment Station
Wooster
George Root
Raymond Dunfee
Akron
Leona Collins
Root
Herbert Chambers
Killbuck
Ohio
Hilda Raider
Washington
Germany
Arthur Whiton
C. Nichols
Glenover
Here
STOP SIGNAL INVENTED BEATRICE NEB A SCHOOL CROP SIGNAL
A Beatrice Nebraska report notes a locally devised stop signal for school traffic. The improvised device aimed to alert students and drivers at a crossing, but details remain unclear about its construction and effectiveness.
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Beatrice
One Man Fraternity Heads MU Journalism Frat
Columbia Mo Sept opening will see the University of Missouri with a one man fraternity. James D. White of Appleton City will hold all offices in Kappa Tau Alpha journalism fraternity. White is the sole member who will not graduate by summer term end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
University of Missouri
James D. White
Appleton City
White
Kappa Tau Alpha
Invisible ZEMO Soothes Itching Skin Relief Ad
Clean soothing antiseptic lotion relieves itching from eczema pimples ringworm rashes dandruff and similar irritations. Sold by all druggists in 35c 60c 1.00 and extra strength 1.25 for obstinate cases.
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C. W. Pember
Ladies Missionary Society
Earl Kline
Lake Road
West Side Community House
E. J. Thomson
M. Beancock
Chicago
E. Thomson
Bassett Rd
Bernhard Lade
Lima
Doris Katherine Rains
Broad Lincoln
Miss Rains
Lade
Otto Posser
Ashville
North Carolina
Velma al
Irving Aldrich
Batavia
N. Y
Mrs. Aldrich
Nature
Pullman
Sie
U.S
Patent Office
Stanley
Lizzie Windkam
Ouch
Miss Windram
Don Pullman
Battle
Lee W. Stanley
Leona Seckt
Clarence Gray
Fred Haight
Ethel Stock
Hosler
Mesdames
Cora Reisinger
Alma Nesbett
Ruth Ryder
Dora Stock
Irma Wise
Lucy Myers
Gertrude Mole
Lena Mole
Viola Rising
Jessie Rogers
Roy Lang
Cecil Johnson
Mary Davidson
Edna Davidson
Harold Johnson
Hoss
King Features Syndigate, Inc
Great Britain
Schwind
Picture Store
West Second Street
Ohio Farmers Insurance Company
Leroy
H. H. Benham
Sharp Block
Broad Street
Copeland
The
Elyria Superior Electric Co
Middle Ave
Barrley
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