Litchfield notes and social happenings outline
Local items from Litchfield on June 17 detail visits by Harvey Stoughton and others, plus guests from Elyria and Medina. The column covers church, club events, bake sale plans, a summer picnic at Rice's dam, a death notice, and nearby travel for weddings and reunions, with multiple family and neighbor connect.
Murray Ridge Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Events
A series of short items from Murray Ridge note R Baus and Frank and Lotus El dred visiting Wooster. Mildred Alexander of New York staying with Pearl Godfrey. Al Moore and family from Amherst visiting George and Mrs Fridenstein. Kitchen Katies gathering planned for June 17. Gladys Freeland of Kent College spending summer with her parents. Winner Dekker family from Elyria visiting Mr and Mrs A J Derk. a mother from Murray Ridge attended Brownhelm Evangelical Church services. Walter Fowl and Mrs Fowl welcomed a baby son on June 13. Steve Ronez, J Matson and Alfred Derek families visited. Helen Slusher of Elyria returned home after week with Aunt Anne Eppley. Catherine Young and Marjorie Pitcock with Mrs Earl Dehn attended Farm Extension Service summer conference at Elyria YMCA with talks by state leaders and club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sriers -Mlitchfield
Harvey Stoughton
Roscoski
Ely‘sa
Adam Rising
Nelson Schultz
Hope Lorraine
Elyria Memoriale Capital
H. G. Hastings
Emart
Litchfield Exchange Co
Frank Rising
Mack Watts
Chilldren
Canton
Wills Leach
Matt Starr
Chester Rindfleish
Olmsted Falls
Chas
Romp
Court Rasor
Ladies Benevolent Society
Fuller Store
Medina
Russell Canfield
Alice Blaine McRoberts
California
Jas. Blaine
Ft. Leavenworth
Tex
Ruth Swanker
George Ausmuth
Cleveland
Louis Ausmuth
Pansy Féuuingivg
Starr
Litchfield Baptist Sunday School
Rice's Dam
Frankis Starr
F. B. Starr
Los A Angoales
Gelif
Stanley Damon
Geo. Damon
Lydia Stine
Ada
Tha Y
D. T. Lloyd
Frances
Jack Kaiser
Edna Kolb
Ella Turger
L. EB
Ausmuth
Andrew Wilhelm
Lafayette
C. F. Greenfield
Paul Hoffman
Naomi Simpson
Henry Sandman
Akron
Marvin Moshier
Lodi
Claude Holmes
Urial Crow
Chet Crow
Bert Turner
Ford Gott
la Grange
William Baish
Lydia Frerith
Strongsville
Arthur Baish
Roy Simpson
Lorain
Frank Watkins
Paul Burdick
George Maxworthy
Erhart
Arthur
Wm. Baish
Gib Hines
Hines
Richmond
Pennsylvania
Win Ausmuth
Clifford McGill
Leggue Perk
P. Jenkins
Rice
Dem
Carl Ducey
Wm. Spieth
Odd Fellows’ Memorial
Seville
Henry Peterson
Prank Hamm
Jenne
C. D. Rickard
Stanley Joviak
Elyria
Nth Brother
Ed Werner
Bert Roynd
Olive ‘Mound
Lakewood
I Brea Johnson
Family Ware
Hawna Brinteau
Mallet Rts
W. W. Smith
Helen Smith
J. H. Hart
Detroit
Mich
Smiths
R. P. Clark
Bart
George Marsh
Wm. Stegman
Clyde Bradley
Elias Holmes
Nell
Chippewa Lake
S. J. Wilson
George Rand
Paul Kruggel
Mre
A. B. Canfield
Warne Heints
Virginia Radie
Berea
Virginia
Bernita
Baldwin-Wallace
F. H. Schott
Song
Toledo
Mott Starr
Alvin Barth
Congregational Church
Murray Ridge
R. Baus
Frank
Lotus Eldred
Wooster
Mildred Alexander
New York
Pearl Godfrey
al Moore
Amherst
George Fridenstein
Jean
Maude Fridenstein
Ciuch Kitchen
Gladys Freeland
Kent College
Grant Freeland
Winner Dekker
A.J. Derk
Steve Ronez
J. Matson
Alfred Derek
Helen Slusher
Anne Eppley
Catherine Young
Marjorie
Helen Pitcock
Earl Dehn
Farm Extension Service
Alice Bird
H. B. Algers
Columbia
Jung
Epworth League
Lea
John R. Lea
Burbank
Baldwin-Wallace College
Homer Bartter
Community Hospital
Jane Snell
D. Churchward
Ross
Pyer
Beasel
Cleveland High School
Robert Richards
Jack Richards
Roy Gale
Mansfield
Ethlyn Jennay
J. C. Richards
Jennrose
Virginia O'Hars
Cedar Point
Happy Hour
1St
M. E. Church
Frances McClaffin
T. C. Willis
Ashland
Ethel Davis
Richard
Lottie Day
Amos Darby
Will Stewart
Stewart
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Lines Urged to Cut Driver Hours
Harrisburg authorities propose reducing driving hours for motor truck operators to cut accidents. Bureau records show two fatal accidents in April involved drivers who had been on duty at least 24 hours without sleep. Also notes the Harvest Moon timing on September 22, marking the autumnal equinox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Truck Lines
Harrisburg
WRH
Motor Truck Transportation Lnes
Pennsylvania
State Bureau of Highway Patrol and Safety
Bureau
Apri
Penfield Couple Weds in Family Home Ceremony
Leona McConnell of Penfield married Frank Scoy son of Homer Scoy at the bride’s parents home. Rev. William Smith officiated in the room where the couple’s parents wed. The couple, after a wedding trip, will reside in Homerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penfield
Leona McConnell
Frank Scoy
Homer Scoy
Panfield
Ed McConnell
William Smith
Oberlin
Jessie McConnell
Harold Sooy
Olive McConnell
A. B. McConnell
Pittsfield
Emma Sooy
Bridge Over Black River Wrecked Near Penfield
An 18 1 iron bridge over Black River east of Penfield on Route 18 collapsed under heavy traffic Saturday at 2 p m. A truck laden with tires had just passed when a sill gave way, nearly causing a serious accident behind a Greyhound bus. Traffic detours are in place via Penfield and Mallet Creek through La Grange while plans to build a new bridge proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River
Penfield
Greyhound
Mallet Creek
la Grange
Local Household News and Visitors Across Hinckley and Oberlin
Sunday visitors included Mrs. Mary Mills and two children and Mrs. Harold Lathrop with daughter from Oberlin, and Miss Gladys Condy of Elyria. Mr. and Mrs. A B Smith visited Hinckley. gas lines installed at Howard Stephens residence. O Barnes family to move to Huntington. The Measles recovery noted for Lawrence and Ellen Walker and Lillian Kokotailo. Funeral of Mrs. John Lau attended by Ratny Walker and family in Medina. George Hastings wiring barn for electricity. William Housman of Cleveland visiting daughter Mrs. Ray Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. DeFields
Mary Mills
Harold Lathrop
Oberlin
Gladys Condy
Elyria
A. B. Smilth
Claude Flerce
Hinckley
Howard Stephents
Huntington
Lawrence
Ellen Walker
Lillian Kokotailo
Ratny Walker
Frank Hollacher
Dorothy
P. T. Hathaway
Clair Howard
Solon
Aurora
Northfield
Strongsvirle
Ernest Dunford
Bethany Lutheran Church
Triskett Road
Trout
John van Arsdale, Jr
Sidney Osborne
Emmaline Putt
Charles Mills
Herman Paulson
M. E
W. 5. Lincoln
Northern Baptist Association
Baptist Church
Ordella Walker
Mary Glover
Mito Stearns
Mellenbrook
Olmsted
Roy Putt
Chhldren
Chagrin Valley
Chardon
Hiram
Alfred Autdenkamp
Dover
Charles Putt
Cleveland
Mary Walker
Methodist Church
Mabel Churchward
Earl L. Lea
Belden M. E
la Porte
Columbia Church
Cook Place
Boon Road
Claude Adams
Buffaln
Ellsworth Baker
Baker
Grover Huffman
Painesville
Roberta
Rowena Ingersoll
B. J. Radcliffe
Nova
Ohio
Robert
Camden
J. R. van Arsdale
Carl Mayer
Albert Hall
Lizzie Hall
Rollie Fitch
Fitch
Islena van Arsdale
F. H. van Arsdale
Columbia
Peggy Gibson
Wm. Gibson
Gibson
Lee Walker
Lucy Stoddard
Medina
Jatter
Sriefs
J. S. McCoy
Chicago
Benedict
M. E. Foskett
Foskett
Platte Foskett’s
Lafayette
Eloise Olson
Wm. Buffington
Fairlawn
J. H. Buffington
J. C
St. Laws
M. Keoskett
Ray Garrett
Ed Davis
Huffman
L. C. Thomas
Lorain
Albert Bishop
Marian Lyman
Illyria
H. A. Bishop
R. J. Ludwig
William
Floyd Nettletons
Earnest Hunt
Uaiifornia
Charles Hunt
Charles Bart
George Bart
Charles Garrett
Pearl
Joe Prendler
Will Manthie
Chas
Children Day Observed and Local Club News in North Olmsted
North Olmsted reports on the Congregational Church Children’s Day services held June 17 with a religious play and baptisms. The Community Garden Club hosted a annual flower show featuring peonies and 4-H club displays. Local 4-H elects officers in Ingh Ace and North Olmsted clubs announce Roy Bement as president and Helen Schulman as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Olmsted
Congregational Church
Herming Harrison
Betty Buckrece
Wayne Cowley
Edward Gail
Eward Mercer
Herbert Lamb
West End
Cuyahoga County
Dover
Umsted Falls
Roy Bement
Helen Schulman
E. G. J ‘Ixson
4-H Girls Cooking club organizes and meets
Mrs. R Karch leads the 4 H Girls Cooking club which met last week to organize. They will meet again this Friday to learn to make fancy salads and sandwiches. Many local residents and relatives are listed in personals and brief social notes from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couring School
R. Karch
Ariday
Epworth League planning strawberry social in Columbia
Local notes list church activities and community updates in Columbia Ohio. Items mention Epworth League strawberry and ice cream social plans, church events, visits by Rev Lea and family, and numerous society and 4-H club gatherings with residents from Columbia and nearby towns.
Mrs Hubert Howard and Ardith Visit Brownhelm Neighbor
Mrs Hubert Howard and her daughter Ardith of Brownhelm dropped in on Mrs John Plure Tuesday afternoon, sharing a friendly call and chat in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Howard
Ardith of
Brownhelm
John Plure
Walker Family Obituary and Local Road Note
The cousin of the late Royal B. Walker died twelve weeks ago. both were aged. Tar has been laid on the surface of Station Road from Adaws Corners north to the railroad tracks. Howard Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Walker, is visiting his grandmother Mrs. Mary Walker for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Husbad
Royal B. Walker
Station Road
Adaws Corners
Howard Walker
Ora Walker
Mary Walker
Mallet Creek Attends Akron Law School Graduation
Mrs. M E Foskett attended the Akron Law School Graduation in Cleveland last Thursday evening. Her son Theodore Foskett of Median was among the graduates. The column lists many local names at social visits, grange events, and Sunday gatherings across Medina and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mallet Creek
Mra
M. E. Foskett
Akron Law School
Cleveland
Theodore Foskett of
Meding
Bister
Ray Garrett
Irwin Schmidt
Medina
Grace Hospital
Schmidt
Bertha Morlock
Leater
York Grange
Valley City
York
Stone
Feist
Simon
Church of Christ Team of
Grange
Henriet ta Grange Visits Kipton in June Meeting
About 25 members of the local Grange traveled to Kipton for the regular Kipton Grange meeting. The program featured music stunts and reports from Pomona Grange, with a Wiener roast planned for June 21 open to the public. outsiders should contact Paul Myers. Children’s Day at the Methodist church Sunday includes a pageant titled For of Such is the Kingdom of Heaven. Reformed Church reports no services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Kipton Henrietta
Kipton
Milk Producers Form New London Unit In Cleveland Milkshed
A June meeting at New London High School Auditorium completed the New London branch of the D C & A cooperative aimed at better milk prices and guaranteed markets. Officers were elected for the year with Loren Griffin as president and W F Porter as vice president, among others. 146 of 154 district producers enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LUCAL
New London
New London High School
Huron
Erie
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Loren Griffin
Fitchville
George Laber
Greenwich
Vice Press
W. F. Porter
Sec'y
Treas
A. J. Marshall
L. G. Tucker
Walters
Cooke
Wakeman
W. E. Duffy Willard
Pittsfield Family Vacation Plans and Local Visits
Pittsfield residents report summer trips and visits as W H Green and children depart for Sunnyside Beach near Vermilion for a month long vacation while Harold Green takes leave from Wellington's First National Bank. Visitors include Mr and Mrs George Jager and Mrs William Seldheiser from Vermilion. Elyria shoppers Grace West Nettie Fannie and others. Sam Miller of Elyria and 18 girls attend a Young Worker 4 H club meeting at the M E Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Pittsfield
W. H. Green
Harold
Lucille
Blanche
Wavern
Sunnyside Beach
Vermilion
Harold Green
First National Bank
Wellington
George Jager
William Seldheiser
Wm Nelding
M. E Church and Evangelical Church Service Times
Rev. Fred Ross of M. E. Church schedules Sunday school at 10:16 and Divine worship at 11:15 with Epworth League at 7:30 and Evening service at 8:00. Evangelical Church led by Rev. J. H. Amore announces Divine worship at 9:45 with Sunday ode to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Fred Ross
Epworth League
Evangelical Church
J. H. Amore
Community notices and real estate transfers in Oberlin area
Women organized under Mrs Eva Piper plan next meeting at Mrs Mary Whit nes home while Mrs Mabel Bear assists. Barn work by Holbert Whitney with Joe Waite son Charles and Charles Cameron. Home improvements on Mrs Adeling Nollingsworths house. Miss Wilda Septer visits with Young Workers club. Velma Whitney attends Oberlin High School graduation then returns to Lakewood. Real estate transfers list quitclaims and deeds in Oberlin Elyria Wellington and Carlisle townships with multiple properties and parcels conveyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wow Speht
Eva Piper and
Sassetant
Mabel Bear
June Sist
Misa Mary Whitnes
Jlorbert Whitney
Joe Waite
Charles
Charles Cameron
Oberiino
Adeling Nollingsworth
Minnie Holmes
Willard Homes
North Park Street
Oberlin
Guarantee Title and Trust Co
Colorado-Clinton, Inc
Siblots
Court Street
Elyria
First Savings and Loan Company
Belden Park Subdivision
Avon Lake
Effie A. Edwards
Bertha Perkins
Bernice Prosser
L. W. McConnell
John Hilliker
West Main Street
Depot Street
Wellington
Elm Street
Charles L. Wise
R. J. Rosselot
Butternut Ridge Road
Carlisle Townishy
Lake Avenue Church Notes and 4-H Club Meeting Report
Regular Lake Avenue Church services are listed with Sunday school at 9 39 and worship at 10 40. A Tuesday evening prayer meeting is scheduled at 7 38. The 4-H Clothing Club met at Elaine Idle’s home, singing patriotic songs, with Catherine Naughton and Opal Scott on refreshments and Catherine Hecock choosing banner costs. Attendees included Willow and Allee Denger, Frances Hecock, Catherine Hecock, and others. next meeting is June 23 at Lake Avenue school. Members also attended a 4-H conference at Elyria YMCA. Other local activities note Division C hosts and residents returning from Ann Arbor after a freshman year. several local residents spent Wednesday in Elyria and Painesville for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Avenue
Jacob
Father
Elaine -Dle
Catherine Naughton
Opal Scott
Catherine Hecock
Margaret Baetz
Willow Denger
Allee Denger
Frances Hecock
Florince Putz
Margaret Buetz
Elene Croskey
Helen Boynton
Elaine Cole
PF. Crosker
Lake Avenue School
L. J. Geisinger
Second Congregational Church
Delwin Reisinger
Stop
Ann Arbor
Michigan
R. H. Miller
Clyde
Painesville
Clyde Pixtey
Geraldine
Oscar Pixtey
Elyria
River Road Social News Covers Local Weekend Visits
June weekend travelers include Mr and Mrs Willis Hitchcock and Mr and Mrs Julius Sheldon touring Bay Bridge Cedar Point and Crystal Beach. Edwin Westrick hosted a Pittsburgh friend at his home. Numerous local calls stop by on Sunday and Monday from residents including Arlene Manning Lahiff Ment Wurst Kolb Mon tageue Lawson, Geneva Henry Snyder Bailey Seely Crilley Sheldag and Zimmerman relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Road
Willis Hitchcock
Julius Sheldon
Bay Bridge
Cedar Point
Crystal Beach
Edwin Westrick
Pittsburgh
Dent Home
Arlene
William
Manning
Loraty
Mary
Rose
William Lahiff
Elyria
Clarence Ment
George
Olmsted
Wurst
Rose Kolb
Clarence Montague
Charles Lawson
Cleveland
Geneva Henry
Ulyrie
Snyder
Oberlin
Bell Bailey
Elmer Crawford
Litte
Emirila
Fro Memorial Hospital
Hom
Charles Seely
Florence
Richyard
A. Seely
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Alice Thatcher Henning
West Salem
Cuyahoxa Falls
William Spieth
Spieth
Robert Spooner
William Spurr
William Hennessee
Irvin Eaton
John Colbrunn
Olmated Falls
Fred Hennsinger
Fairview Vilage
Brownhelm Evangelical Church
Walter Fowl
Mr. Fowl
Murray Rides
George Devereaux
Alberta Lang
George Bullis
I. M. Channon
Philippine Islands
Robert Eglin
Stephen Channon
Dairs
Pomona Grange
Ralph Bowmen
George Hastings
Ladd Reman
Elsie Shaw
L. C. Bradstock
Lucky Strike Grehhestra
South Amherst
Ray Andrus
Frank Furze
Ralph Bowman
Lorain County
Ohio Experiment Station
HE. L. Pierce
E. L. Pierce
Warren Pelton
Alfred Ensign
Jay Hart
Amy Ferriman
Charis Pelton
Blair Pierce
R. A. Jones
Harry Lindsey
Maude Park
Donald Park
Harry Lindsey, Jr
Emma Myers
Lyndon Jones
Jane Fulton
Margailles
Lewis Jones
David Wandel
Homerville
Neice
Beatrice Devereaux
Fannie Lee
Lynden Jones
Marsailles
Arthur Richmond
Lucile Gregh
Albert Judge
Albert, Jr
Lawrence Betts
Warren Sampann
N. Olmsted
Ingh Ace Club
Wiliam Brehm
Ihe Duss
William Urehn
Carl Lomard
Lars Darlah
Wm. Beach
Howard Hodgins
Fred Gash
West Park
Lamb
Norman Fitter
J. J. Hawkins
J. Saunder
Tess
William Fretcher
Haward = Burrington
Long Beach
A. J. Ciemons
A. D German
Tiffin
Wesley Smart
Evad Brown
Fremont
Ruth Hostettler
Fairview Park Hospital
John Hostettler
Robert Kohier
Chas. Croft
Fred Kolpke
Alvin Mitchell
Howard
Walter Rhinehardt
Walter
Katherine Schuster
Lydia Portman
Jesse Portman
John Portman
Ed Hoveisen
Harry Byers
D. A. Mordoff
Paul Tortman
Fred Meyers
John Gueisendoerfer
Barbara Angersbach
Pater Buchs
Henrietta
Chester Hartel
O. A. Mardell
M. E. Huffman
Waynesberg
Maste
J. E. Chamberlain
Grnnon Fredricks
Guilford
Dan Knoble
Lawrence Knoble
Reformed Church
Grace West
Nettia
Fannie
Leotta
Martha Hoyle
Wayna
Mildred Lounsbrough
Betty Maye
A. W. Davidson
Sam Miller
William Neiding
Famy
M. EB
Sprague
J. W. Reglin
Miss Wilda Septer
Loraln
Young Workers” Club
Velma Whitney
Oberlin High School
E. F. Croskey
0. M. Higgins
Margaret Z3actz
Christine Siggins
Margaret Konrad
Hazel Taylor
Elyria Y. M. CC. A
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