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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1936
Page
2
Five members of the Silver Thimble Club gathered for the sixth regular meeting at the school house on Thursday June 9. They read minutes, planned a Cascade Park picnic, and voted to send a get well card to their leader Mrs Lewis Ward who has been ill. Members sewed and played games after adjournment.
Rochester news notes a Booster class meeting at Mrs Edith Knapp home with twelve attendees, led by Mrs Carlos Snyder and devotionals by Mrs Elizabeth Chamberlain. Afternoon sewing on quilts, refreshments by Ruth Rhea and Janette, next meeting at Mrs Julia Smalley. Children’s Day prep at Baptist Church led by Mrs Lillian Trippe, games and ice cream. Also reports attendance at Greenwich High commencement and local visits and reunions.
Mrs Karl Kolinski hosted a La Grange Gleaners class party with Sallie Wilcox Levla Wilcox and Jane Holcomb assisting. Edna Wilcox led devotionals. A brief business session preceded refreshments attended by many local couples and ladies including Harvey Hopkins Judson Spicer Julius Wilcox G. Rundle EL Adams and George Woodruff.
A long list of local families hosted visitors and shared meals on Sunday and Friday evenings. Guests from Cleveland Lakewood Valley City Elyria and Olmsted attended gatherings at numerous homes including the Dawley, Hills, Crowell, and Jamison families. Several members visited relatives at Community Hospital and attended alumni events at Elyria High School.
Laurel Chapter Cleveland held a Friday evening gathering with two candidates receiving initiation degrees. The June Ladies Aid Society meeting is set for June 18 at Mrs Don Swartz’s home with Circle four meeting June 27 at Mrs Mason Powers’. a tureen dinner will be served. A birthday supper honored Mr C B Renderbill on his 83rd, with family at his Cleveland home. A motor trip to Coshocton County was enjoyed by several families. The Loeda Rest Birthday clan hosted June 1 with out of town guests and fourteen for dinner. Margaret Buchholtz hosts June 25.
Thursday evening June Lith held regular meeting with Master Frank Tushenska presiding. Twenty three attendees including one visitor. refreshments planned and a list of committee members named. The La Grange Four H Club met with thirty members. forestry talk given. a gift to Mr. and Mrs. Longhurst. future juvenile range party planned. new candidate Janet Mowatt welcomed. Various local residents mentioned visiting relatives, completing studies, or hosting guests. social gatherings noted.
James and Donald of Detroit visit relatives for several days. Mr and Mrs John H Curtisan at Lakeside Sunday. Jessie Carolyn Howe of Birmingham visits uncle and aunt due Bickel. Rev and Mrs Winters of Bay Village were callers at Methodist parsonage. Frank Wolcott hosts Eldon Duer of Columbus. Willard Wolcott Axtel Olsen of Youngstown join Sunday gathering. Miles Spicer family and Paul Nichols family spend Sunday at the lake. Mrs Charles Poster visits brother Henry Curtice and Brooklyn wife. he ill. Sanders family reunion held at Rice's Dam.
Henrietta area notes list officers for the Woman's Missionary Society with Mrs. Earl Munn as president and Mrs. S. Waetgo as counselor. A review of Sisters Under the Southern Cross followed, with a solo by Mrs. Kustrel Sans and a piano tribute by Mrs. Leonard Bache. Funeral rites were held for Mrs. Toa ving EL Volk with Rev Kaetzel officiating and interment in the M. FE. Cemetery.
A jumble of social items records visits and family gatherings across towns. Mrs and Mrs O Dirlam host relatives from Springfield and Cleveland while neighbors travel to Coopersville and New Britain. Road work advances with new poles for electricity and local officials note improvements. The Japanese government plans to replace vessels over 25 years old by funding scrapping and new ships.
Ohio State University records from 1935 show 116 poultrymen spent over 1100 dollars per flock with many flocks losing money in 1955. Profit hinged on production per hen, with best flocks averaging 180 eggs per bird yearly and feed costs ranging from 11.4 to 17 cents per dozen eggs.
Farmers in 58 Ohio counties have organized rural electric cooperatives and filed corporation papers. A. B. Halterm an of the rural electrification division of the Ohio Farm Bureau announced in Columbus that 8 rural power co-ops are registered, including single county units and county groupings. He noted many units may merge to gain administrative economies and better power sources, voluntary and data‑driven.
The Sullivan band performed Saturday night in Plymouth led by Pauline Cradwick Louise Donovan and Jern Zeigler with Mrs Cradwick at the piano A string quartet also featured Misgy Helen Lavon with a BOLO report and notes on local social events and residents activities including guests from Cleveland and medical news about E Knick of Cuyahoga Falls tonsil surgery and community helpers Betty Goth Allie Beard and Mrs Genoa hosting officers of the Sullivan QEB social group and a fire on the B and O bridge east of town with responders involved.
Lorain and other Ohio farmers will attend the wheat and clover day at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station Wooster on June 6. Experts will show soil and crop management experiments including alfalfa, clover and timothy, seedings, nurse crops, wheat production methods, and new wheat varieties. The program runs from 3 2 a m to about 4 p m.
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station and Ohio State University report feeding trials showing two feed systems require different land areas. Silage and hay fed cattle used far less land than corn meal and hay fed cattle, yet daily gains and overall finish were similar across both groups, with farmers gaining flexibility in land use.
Land N. Ercite will take a week of vacation then travel to New York City and Boston for unspecified plans, with no further details provided.
A new USDA lab at the University of Illinois will study pest resistant and marketable soybean applications. Led by Dr. O. T. May, the effort partners with 12 Midwestern states to expand existing uses, test processing methods, and evaluate soybean varieties for industrial potential amid a growing harvest.
Agricultural researcher Jobo Busbueil at the Ohio State Agricultural Experiment Station reports tests showing midsummer heat slows potato growth and causes irregular tuber shapes. Late May plantings aggravate irregularity, with growth resuming in cooler periods. Varieties differ in weather sensitivity. Green Mountain in Ohio is notably irregular, Ragset Pure tolerates heat better.
Montreal professors at Montreat cite no clear outcomes as live on shove talks continue with no decisive results, and expect action any day now. Local observers note ongoing discussions without formal resolutions or dates.
A female elk on the Ml ranch has become attached to the herd of sheep she tends. She stays with them as they graze, guiding them throughout the day and remaining with the flock until they are bedded down at night.
In Columbus Ohio a 90 year old man and a woman both enroll in soil fertility lessons. Mrs Beatrice Stuart 7446 Northwood Avenue scored 100 percent on the last lesson. She is among 1216 Ohio State University agricultural extension correspondence students begun in 1915 under F B Merlin.
Victor H. Bies urges homeowners to spend five minutes daily digging weeds with a narrow blade trowel to eradicate lawn pests. He notes weeds reappear and stresses proper grass mixtures, fertilizer, and adequate irrigation to thicken turf and reduce future weed growth.
One woman, Mrs Fuersther wife of Capt Alexander Fuersther of the War Ministry, becomes the first occupant of the Olympic Village near Berlin as it readies for the Games.
Salem Oregon reports state game supervisor Frank B. Wire warns intensified farm irrigation is eroding spawning grounds and forcing greater fish propagation efforts across the state.
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