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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1931
Page
12
West Ridge on March 26 hosts a all day meeting of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union with a tureen dinner at noon. Members are asked to bring crochet or knitting and colored yarn for afghan work for soldiers in Dayton.
Belden notes Sunday activities with Mr and Mrs Chas Wise and daughter Jeanne visiting Lakewood with Miss Charlotte Versey and Chas Wise. J J Mennell and Ray Crow joined dinner at A J Wise. Sunday school orchestra highlighted by Myrna fising Pernadette Rader Lucile Wise Leon Tsing Kenneth Lang Virgil Wesner and Clayton Lehman attended a baton dance. Herman Wise and Gon Dale spent Sunday with the Wise family.
The Amherst gathering featured remarks by Wissy Stephenson and Fritz Holzhauer, a saxophone solo, and vocal numbers by Eleanor Dulmage. About 100 people attended at Henelie, with a light supper hosted by several hostesses. The program included readings and a brief business section, followed by a social time as attendees enjoyed refreshments and mingled.
William Schacht celebrated his birthday with family at home as guests from the Schacht, Wragg, Rolli, Py and Leonard households attended. The event included games and lunch, while other local families joined funeral services for Mrs. Henry Mahl in Kipton.
Dinner guests and visiting relatives fill weekend schedule with receptions, bridge, and hosting duties across Spencer. Guests include Miss Vivah and families of Weaner, Leatherne, Hathaway, Moore, and Rice, with multiple gatherings noted in Lorain, Wellington, and Akron. Local births, home purchases, and planned possessions occupy weekend chatter.
Jack Burbage suffers flu while Mrs. Iler Hathaway hosts Lutheran Ladies Aid at Liberty parish. Spinning and quilting occupy ten members as Fred Crowley visits from Cleveland. A home talent play at Spencer town hall drew 15 attendees. Nellie Bail returns to Elyria to care for ill mother Mrs. Frank Puller. Will Still helps in Burbage restaurant amid illness. The Mowery family from West Salem moves to town to farm Will Uble’s land. A baby boy born at hospital on Sunday March 15 to Mr and Mrs Steve Brown. Mr and Mrs I M Hathaway and sons visit Salem to see Arche Wadsworth.
Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Judson Bainbridge and Mr and Mrs Warry Thompson of Elyria. Mr and Mrs Robinson visited with Rowe and Milan family members in South Thompson and Nottingham. Mrs Helen Jenners and Frank of Cleveland joined others for weekend calls. Esther Worcester cared for by her daughter and son in law as both recover slowly from illness.
Pittsfield items including Luella Brand and Velma Whitney health notes. Community figures such as the Peabodys of New Cheriin, Prof Ward celebration at East Russia Church, and visits by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Meltoerts. Reports of indigestion illness improving for Miss Mary Whitney with several local visitors listed.
Local brief lists visitors and events from Grafton region including church and school notices. Names such as Mr and Mrs Sebrbyer Reed, Whaley, Longwell, Park, Myers, and Spieth appear alongside community happenings. A Dutch scientist is noted spraying clouds with dry ice to induce rain in an unrelated science item.
O., March 14. Rev and Mrs Cobb and son Gerald spent Monday and Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Mat ler of Norwalk. Rev Cobb attracted a meeting there Tuesday. Prof Burns of Berea will speak Sunday morning in the church on The Message of the Passion Play. Rev Cobb will preach in the evening. Dr Smith of Berea will speak Tuesday evening at the Father and Son banquet.
The Penfield PTA will hold a meeting in the Penfield auditorium on the evening of March 8 to discuss a large attendance at Constance and related matters. The Ladies Missionary Society of the Congregational Church will meet at Society hall on Thursday, March 19.
Mr and Mrs Lewsmith and others from Elyria Spencer Rivers Corners and Penfield attended a birthday party at the home of Rev and Mrs H Powell in Astland. The guest of honor was Mrs Sarah Esther Smitty who celebrated her eighty fourth birthday, a longtime Penfield resident. A Farm Women's club meeting followed with a covered dish dinner.
Community gossip covers visits from Cleveland and Strongsville families, a torn down former Dreger home to be rebuilt, and plans for a three act comedy Civil Service on March 26. Also mentions radio music, hostess crowds, a piano glee club practice, and a meeting of local groups with various attendees and discussions.
The snippet records a jumble of names, places, and incidents including a truck overturn on Bastiver Road, a damaged home, a hospital patient improving after surgery, and a community reception at a new home. It mentions several residents, visits, and social gatherings across Korain Cony Ridgeville and Wear River areas, with dates and attendees sparsely noted.
A church service led by Reverend Erventon in Creve City featured Ezekiel scripture and a reflection on Christian duty. Numerous local residents attended social gatherings and visits at the Akron airport, including Mr and Mrs G D Pickett and Kathryn McTintire at a surprise birthday party.
Lewisy and Mr and Mrs J Cook attended a dance in LaPorte Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Mahlke and their children of Oberlin were guests Sunday of their parents Mr and Mrs Charles Webber. Mrs Anna Karman was a guest Sunday evening of Mrs J Cook.
Avon area notices detail visits and gatherings among local families and guests. Residents from Lakewood, Elyria, Oberlin, Rocky River, Williamsfield, and Cleveland are listed with Sunday calls, dinners, and teachers meetings, reflecting a busy community calendar.
The village mourns the death of George Gilson of North Ridge after a brief illness. A large turnout attended the North Ridge Sunday school at the home of Mr and Mrs H C Chambers. Community members gathered for a basketball banquet at Brookside School, described as a success. Several local residents and visitors are noted as spending Sundays with relatives in nearby towns and attending church and social events, with multiple mentions of the Chambers family and neighbors in Lorain Elyria and Amherst areas.
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