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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1940

Page

3

Former Wellington Music Teacher Edward Willett Dies

Funeral services were held in Plymouth D. for Edward Willett a former Wellington schools music teacher and brother in law of County Auditor C. Kelser who lives at his Plymouth home. His death came two weeks after the death of his daughter Miss Grace Willett a former Elyria High School teacher and since 1924 a Antioch College faculty member who died February 28 in Yellow Springs Ohio. Surviving children include Mrs. Theodore Wagner Florence Willett Canton Phillip Granville and Edward Hebron Illinois.

Plymouth Edward Willett Wellington County Auditor Kelser Willett Grace Willett Elyvia Antioch College Yellow Springs Theodore Wagner Florence Willett Canton Phillip Gran- Ville Edward Hebron

Regular Pine Rebekah Lodge March Meetings Set

North Olmsted area notices list Pine Rebekah Lodge meeting for March 20 at the I C O F in Dover Center with Theta Roe girls club to demonstrate work. guest speaker J H Deibel of Lorain speaks March 15 at Coe Memorial building on Bees. Home Economics club host March 19. Easter vacation dates and staff notes follow. Funeral services held for Elizabeth Fauver in Cleveland. Government experiments treat lice with new method.

Olmsted Pine Rebekah Lodge Dover Center Theta Roe Girls Club Cleveland J. H. Deibel Lorain Coe Memorial Building Bees Mae Harper 1St Street Fairview Village

Your City Government Its Sources Of Income

Elyria operates under a mayor council system with elected mayor and council. The mayor oversees safety service and department heads, including police, fire, streets, building, sewers, and engineering, with budgets approved by a six member board of control for contracts over 500 dollars. The civil service commission handles exams and efficiency reports, while planning and zoning boards guide development. City finances are managed by the sinking fund trustees and tax commission, with net indebtedness and interest costs detailed for 1939.

Walter Godfre Elyria Ohio Board of Health Park Board Recreation Board D. Faxon Dorothy Ellatt MAYOF Sinking Fund Trustees Civil Service Commission Park Commission Planning Commission and Zoning Board Coun Treasur Petro Kenneth Barclay Ellsworth Albert Mary Smith Richard Horan R. J. Fitch George Thompson Anna Kennedy James Scott John Kolopos Henry Sassmanhausen Leonard Fowls S&s Board of Control M. F. Fey A. R. Agate Maude E. Billings Mary K. Eshman Civil Service Police, Fire, Water, Engineering National Civil Service Assembly Chicago Civil Service Department Board of Zoning Appeals Faxon F. O. Wil Council Hart Dickason Zoning Board of Appeals Dickason General Fund Board of Linking Fund Trustees and Tax Commission A. J. Robinson C. E. Blanchard G. E. Dachtler W. L. Walsh

General notes and crossing concerns on Washington Ave area

City records list wide crossing and paving notes, water main work, and public works references. Mentions Harwood Street water issues, Bridge adjustments, and storm water considerations across several downtown corridors.

Spencer Community Notices and Local Events

The Spencer Laymans Witness League will meet Friday evening March 15 at Penfield Junction church with Spencer church members planning to attend. Spencer High School Girls Glee Club won first in the second group at the Medina muss test and will go to Kent on April 5. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Rook announce the birth of a 7 lb daughter at Lodi hospital on Monday March 11. mother and daughter are doing nicely. Mr and Mrs F J Miller celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary on Sunday March 17 with dinner for immediate family and open house from 2 to 5 PM. Little Nancy Jane Thompson is ill at her grandparents’ home. Miss Soieola Thompson and brother Carl visited Mrs C D O ler and Mrs Florence Breyley in Lodi Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs R G Rollen of Wellington spent Saturday afternoon with her mother Mrs Lucy Gross. E A Higgins and family of near Lodi moved to Spencer recently and are living on Liberty Street. Mrs Lucy Hunt of Elyria and sister Mrs Hazel Rogers and two children of Akron and Leo Cunningham of Lorain were Saturday visitors.

Spencer F. J. Miller Nancy Jane Thompson Claud Gannett Soieola Thompson Carl Lodi C. D._Olier Florence Breyley R. G. Rollen Wellington Lucy Gross E. A. Higgins Near Lodi Liberty Street Lucy Hunt Elyria Hazel Rogers Cildren Akron Leo Cunningham Lorain

Local Socials Highlight Visits and Family Gatherings

Guests of Mrs. and Mrs. Orlands Strauser included Mr and Mrs Frank Houska of Cleveland who spent Friday with the Becker home. Mrs Mary Van was ill and under a doctor's care assisted at home by Verna Aukerman. The Shearers hosted a Sunday dinner for Mr Sheets and Clark Shearer with Mrs Clark Shearer and Lois Sheets of Wooster and Mrs W E Coolman of Seville present. Helen Virtue and a Danville friend attended the H S Senior class play with Mrs Rose Mantz’s family. Additional visitors included Dean Bowman from Lodi and several Bedford residents.

Orlands Strauser Frank Houska Cleveland Ernst W. Becker Mary van Verna Aukerman Cinderella Van R. A. Shearer Sheets Clark Shearer Lucile Sheets Lois Wooster W. E. Coolman Seville Helen Virtue Crater Danville Rose Mantz

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