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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1939

Page

8

Balancing feat by Warren tops pool balls in 12 minutes

Hollywood musician and cameraman Jack Warren stacked four pool balls in a 12 minute act to calm his nerves by playing piano swing after topping each ball. Benjamin Franklin once assigned positive and negative to generator poles but physicists say current is electron flow from negative to positive. Tomorrow reports a fatal cycle of three.

Jack Warren Hollywood Cal Warren Benjamin Franklin

Classified rates and foreign advertising contacts

The notice lists single copy price three cents and weekly and yearly mail rates including Elyria Lorain counties and Ohio options. It also provides foreign advertising representatives in New York Chicago Detroit Columbus and their offices for rate inquiries.

Eee Sgas Boy Mail Elyria Lorain State of Ohio John W. Cullen Company Michigan Ave New York Fifth Ave Chicago Nort Detroit General Motors Columbus South Third Stoner

Imperturbable Britons Hold At Tientsin Barricade

Reported from Tientsin describe Japanese siege actions around the British concession with raids on youths and propaganda while life inside the gates continues in normal fashion. News contrasts the calm, club rituals and daily routines at the Tientsin Club with the surrounding bombardment and intimidation.

Tientsin Concession Tientsin Club Piccadilly

Lake states cut-over lands need reforestation and aid

Forester Raphael Zon warns that the lake states face a larger, ignored crisis as cut-over lands lose population and livelihood. He calls for cooperative action between states and federal government to reforest and rehabilitate, arguing wholesale reforestation and cooperative agriculture could restore self-sufficiency and economic health.

Lake States Forest Experiment Station Milwaukee Raphael Zon Tennessee Valley Northwest Alaska Forester Zon

Anniversaries and Birthdays Across History

Today's list recalls notable anniversaries and birthdays from 1696 to 1938 including Sir William Pepperell, Hannah Crocker, Lafcadio Hearn, May Irwin, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Dorman Eaton, and James Smith. It notes events like San Francisco's founding, Cleveland's incorporation, and Joseph Smith's death, plus a June 27 zodiac reading and horoscopic guidance.

William Pepperell New England Kittery Point Hannah M. Crocker Boston Paul F. Eve South Augusta Nashville Tenn Dorman B. Eaton New York Hardwick VI Lafcadio Hearn Japan Ionian Islands May Irwin Whitby Canada Paul Lawrence Dunbar Wilmington Del San Francisco James Smithson United States Smithsonian Institution Washington Cleveland Joseph Smith Carthage Ill Ohio Bureau of Labor Statistics Department of Labor

Children’s Day Program Presented by South Amherst Children

The South Amherst Methodist Sunday School held a Children’s Day service during the morning hour. Readings and titles included Welcome by Margaret Jean Busch, various student pieces such as “Children’s Day” by Jackie Allsop, and musical numbers with piano solos by Carol Ruth Bischoff and Frances Jackson among others. ensemble and duet performances by Faith Jackson, Jeanne Swiers, and Zelma Bryant were also featured.

South Amherst Methodist Sunday School Margaret Jean Buschoff Jackie Allsop Eugene, Donald and LeRoy Prichritt Marilyn Foor James Taylor Ariene Steele Carol Ruth Bischoff Frances Jackson Faith Jackson Jesus Jeanne Swiers Faith Rollie Jackson Buddy Bauman Joseph Berrick Marjone Swiers Zelma Bryant Donna Fazey Harold Allsop Jr

Townsend Mass Meeting at South Amherst High School

A Townsend mass meeting is set for Thursday evening at 8 at the South Amherst High School Auditorium. Edward Beckman of Bellevue will be the principal speaker. The program includes other items and a half hour movie on the Townsend plan in the Hawaiian Islands. The public is urged to attend.

South Amherst High School Edward Beckman Bellevue Hawaiian Islands

Church Groups Plan Afternoons of Social Events

Mrs Paul Foor and Mrs Arthur Ernst host the Ladies Aid Society in the Methodist church parlors Thursday afternoon. The Woman's Guild sponsors an ice cream social on St John’s Church lawn Friday evening. The Busy Bees Sunday School Class led by Mrs Elmer Harris had a Bechstiens Woods picnic with outdoor games and a wiener roast.

Paul Foor Arthur Ernst Ladies Aid Society The Woman's Guild St. John’s Church Busy Bees Methodist Church Elmer Harris Bechstiens Woods

Avon Cheldren's Day program at Baptist Church

Sunday evening June 25 featured a Baptist church program with songs readings prayers and dialogues. Participants included Thomas Buell Nancy Barr Joan Menges Shirley Moore Carol Schenck Donald Rush Tommie McDonald Dickie Menges and others with Walter Slaughter directing and J L Baird leading prayer.

AVON the Baptist Church Thomas Buell Nancy Barr Joan Menges Bobby Rush Shirley Moore Carol Schenck Jesus Barbara Schenck Donald Rush Donald Moore Tommie McDonald Lakeside Dickie Menges Charles Webb Mildrew Nancy Buell Camilla Townsend June Barr Marjorie Walker Walter Slauter J. L. Bairds

Local social notes from Elyria Amherst and Columbiana

Mrs. Clara De Russy spent Friday with friends in Elyria and Amherst. Mr and Mrs Ira Gough and daughter Doris attended a class reunion of Columbiana High School at Firestone Park in Columbiana. Miss Clara Baldauf of Marysville was also mentioned.

Clara de Russy Elyria Amherst Ira Gough Doris Columbiana High School Gough Firestone Park Columbiana Clara Baldauf Marysville

Parable of the Prodigal Son and God’s Welcoming Love

The piece emphasizes the father’s joy and readiness to forgive in the prodigal son tale. It links Jesus teaching to God’s universal welcome and love, noting God sent Jesus to live among humanity and endure sacrifice for salvation.

Jesus Lord Jesus Christ

Judge blocks bid split on water meter purchase

Judge Washburn issued a permanent injunction stopping the water board from splitting bids for 1,500 meters from two companies as not the lowest and best proposition. A bronze tablet at Ohio State University honors Dr. N S Townsend, longtime resident of Avon and Elyria, with his daughter Mrs P H Boynton living in Elyria.

Washburn Service Board N .S. Townsend Avon and Elyria Ohio State University Townsend University P. H. Boynton Elyria

Burke Buys Controlling Interest In Evening Telegram

J F Burke of Oberlin has purchased a controlling stake in the Evening Telegram and also acquired the Elyria Chronicle. Burke, former Elyria editor and manager for three years, will return this week to assume charge of both papers. Miss Lois Kyle of Xenia visited her mother Mrs Will Baldauf in Ohio over Sunday.

Evening Telegram J F Burke Oberlin Elyria Elyria Chronicle Chronicle Lois Kyle Xenia

Women arrange banquet tables struck by lightning at church

Six women setting up for a church banquet at Sullivan M. E. Church were stunned when lightning struck yesterday. One woman was momentarily unconscious as the event interrupted preparations in Lorain County.

Lorain County Y. W. C. A Sullivan M. E

County budget rises as 1930 plan tops 1929 figure

A city committee approved the 1930 budget calling for $55,332 more than the 1929 budget. In the county school system eleven horse drawn buses remain in use along with fifty six motor buses. Horse drawn buses operate in Penfield and Huntington townships and La Grange.

Penfield Township Huntington Township la Grange

Vegetable Growers Get Suggestions On Disease Control

A county agricultural extension service letter to vegetable growers offers recommended control measures for diseases affecting various vegetables. The guidance aims to help growers implement effective pest and disease management practices in their crops.

County Agricultural Extension Service

Spraying Grapes For Leaf Hopper Control Advised

C I Hummel, Lorain County extension agent, urges grape growers to spray for leaf hopper using a Bordeaux mixture with arsenate of lead and nicotine sulfate plus soap to aid adhesion. He notes Lake County reports heavy infestation. though Lorain has none yet, the repeat spray will be applied this week by most growers.

Lorain County C I Hummel Hummel Lake County

County Extension Agent Reports Produce Guide

Extension office offers growers access to a guide listing potatoes tomatoes cucumbers melons beets celery carrots eggplant parsnips and peas. C. J. Hummel, county extension agent, reported the information is available to interested growers.

C. J. Hummel

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