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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1939

Page

10

Mr James Newton probes faith and work ethics in long interview

In a Saturday church column detour, New York writer discusses James Newton a public speaker who once represented Firestone. Newton’s work on labor relations widens to questions of God and man, duty, and the danger of rapid material progress without spiritual balance.

Mr. Newton God Newton Alexis Carrell Charles Lindbergh Dr. Carrell Lindbergh

Seven Loaves bring special music to Wellington service

The Taylor family of Wadsworth known as The Seven Loaves will sing at a public worship service in First Baptist church Wellington Ohio on Sunday. Dr M E Hawkins of Mishawaka Indiana leads evangelistic meetings and delivers the morning message The Christians crowns. Baptismal service follows the evening program.

Wellington Ohio Taylor Wadsworth the Seven Loaves First Baptist Church M. E. Hawkins Mishawaka Indiana John Green F A. Yost Elyria Bible School Paul Wilkenson Hawkins

Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday Schedule

The church lists Sunday School at 9.50 led by Charles Barnes as superintendent. Morning worship at 10.30 with Rev Green on the topic When Jesus Prays for You. Epworth Leagues meet at 6.30. No evening service due to the union with First Baptist for the closing revival.

Methodist Episcopal Lonzon Green Charles Barnes Jesus Epworth Methodists First Baptist Church

Church Services and Bible School Schedule

Church of Christ A E Ten nant lists Bible school at 9 30 with Mrs Mabel Whipple as superintendent. Lord's Supper and morning worship at 10 45 with the lesson Before the Judgment Seat. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 followed by evening worship at 7 30 with Fuel for the Christian Life.

Church of Christ A. E Tennant Bible School Mabel Whipple

First Congregational Church Lenten Service Details

Charles W. Recard minister leads a 9:30 church school with Edward Wells as superintendent. Mrs. Roy McCormick plays an organ recital at 10:15 before the 10:30 service. Recard offers the sixth Lenten message on Mercy and Pity. Janet Carino solos as the junior choir sings. Evening service at 7:30 discusses What Shall We Think of the Church.

First Congregational Charles W. Recard Edward Wells Roy McCormick Dr. Recard Janet Carino

Revival Meetings At Knapp Building With Gribben Leadership

Revival gatherings are held in the Knapp building over the A. and P. store with Rev. G F Gribben of Litchfield in charge. H W Reeser of Pennsylvania delivers messages and special music enhances each service. Sunday School starts at 2 30 with preaching at 3 P M, nightly services run except Monday and Saturday at 17 45. Prizes go to the verse reciter and to the helper who brings the most new attendees as evangelistic meetings continue through next week.

Knapp G. F. Gribben Litchfield H. W. Reeser Pennsylvania

St Patrick’s Catholic Church Lenten Services Schedule

Religious school for primary grades meets Saturdays with 1 30 opening. Special Lent services Wed and Fri evenings led by Rev Moran with Stations of the Cross. Benediction concludes each 7 30 service.

St. Patrick's Catholic Wr. T. Moran Moran

High Honor Roll The Following Pupils Were On The

A brief school column lists students achieving high honor roll status this grading period. Names and class standings are noted, highlighting academic excellence among juniors and seniors.

Literary Club guests and social notes from Wellington

Twelve members of the Literary Club were guests of Miss Mary Battles Thursday afternoon. The meeting opened with Mrs. Louella Kepler in charge. Two playlets were presented by Mesdames Kep ler and Warren Althaus. Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Mary Lillian Stark on Magyar Street Thursday afternoon, April 13. E. L. Sharp conducted a burial service for a stillborn son named David Barnes born to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mitchell of Rochester at Oberlin hospital. Maurice A. Rady marks twenty five years as manager of the Wellington Gas office. Mr. and Mrs. Rady came to Wellington 25 years ago this month as Logan Gas Co employees. The company has since incorporated in Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Mrs. Rady is his bookkeeper. Sam Puelo and Miss Stella Warzawski were married Monday afternoon in Justice Hobart Holton’s office. They were attended by Mrs. Tony Rose and Angelo Amato of Wellington. They moved to housekeeping in Cleveland. Word comes Mrs. A. M. Brice on Lincoln Street is in Mt. Sinai hospital in Cleveland, ill from an operation. Her sister Miss Mamie Reed is confined at the home of the son of Mr. and Mrs. Davis, where Mr. Brice is staying while his wife is hospitalized. Miss Reed resides with the Brice family in Wellington. Mrs. Josie Tompkins is in Cleveland for an indefinite stay. Relatives and friends attended Clifford Bowen’s funeral in Huntington church Friday afternoon. Albert Thompson, 94, of 519 Barker Street, is ill at home.

Literary Club Mary Battles Louella Kepler Mesdames Kepler Warren Althaus Mary Lillian Stark Magyar Street E. L. Sharp David Barnes Herbert Mitchell Rochester Oberlin Hospital Maurice A. Rady Wellington Rady Logan Gas Co Ohio Fuel Gas Co Sam Puelo Stella Warszawski Justice of the Peace Hobart Holton Tony Rose Angelo Amato Cleveland A. M. Brice Lincoln Street Mt. Lina Fairview Hospital Mamie Reed

West Ridge News Notes Quiet Elyria Visit

Mr and Mrs James Jutton of Elyria and Mr and Mrs Harley Wilson of Eaton called on Mrs Anna Mason on Sunday. Jack Moran from Elyria spent the week with Tommy Peters. Lawrence Betts and sons Thomas and Jerry of Penfield were dinner guests of Mrs Betts and Mrs Irwin Eldred family with Mrs Harrison Peters accompanying.

West Ridge James Jutton Elyria Harley Wilson Eaton Anna Mason Jack Moran Tommy Peters Lawrence Betts Thomas and Jerry Penfield

Townsend Club No 1 Holds March Meeting at South Amherst

About eighty members attended at the town hall with Arthur Engle presiding. District speaker Mr Cookwell from Cleveland and Mr Bickman from Washington DC plus Claude Doane of Elyria Club No 1 spoke on the Townsend plan. Guests came from Lorain Elyria Oberlin LaGrange Henrietta and Amherst. Next meeting is Thursday evening March 30.

South Amherst Townsend Club No. 1 Town Hall Arthur Engle Cookwell Cleveland Bickman Washington, D. C Claude Doane Elyria Club No. 1 Lorain Elyria Oberlin LaGrange Henrietta Amherst

Ladies Aid Society Regular Meeting at Methodist Church

A regular meeting of the Ladies Aid Society was held at the Methodist church parlors on Thursday. At noon a pot luck dinner was served with long tables for twenty three members and guests. Devotionals and a business meeting followed with favorable reports presented.

Ladies Aid Society Methodist

Legion Auxiliary to Meet at Reinhart Home

The March meeting of South Amherst American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 197 will be held at Mrs. Ralph Reinhart’s Amherst home Monday evening. Mrs. A F Nally will assist as hostess. Members are asked to bring cookies as an Easter offering for the Soldiers and Sailors home in Sandusky.

South Amherst

Young Peoples League Holds Lenten Service and March Meeting

Twenty three members attended the lenten service at St John s Evangelical Church Thursday evening then met in the church parlors for their March session. Plans were set to decorate for Easter and contests with prizes awarded to Billy Rolli and Florence Schneider. Refreshments were provided by Flora and Florence Schneider and a taffy pull entertained attendees.

Young Peoples League St. John’s Evangelical Church Billy Rolli Florence Schneider Flora

Elyria Residents Attend Visits and Gatherings

Mrs W J Young of Elyria visited her cousin Sister Michella at Notre Dame College in Cleveland. Mr and Mrs Sherman Mason attended a Monona Grange meeting at Norris home in Pittsfield. Sunday guests at Irwin Eldred home included F M Hopkins Earl Rockwood Abherst and Albert Wittmer Lorain. Lilian Eldred dined with Milton Eldred in Lorain. Mrs J H Penfound dined with Ruby Fargo in Elyria with Bertha Hinkson Lidia Squires Kate Unger Edna Unger and Edith Nevins also present from Waldron Michigan.

W. J. Young Elyria Cleveland Michella Notre Dame College Sherman Mason Pomona Grange Norris Pittsfield Irwin Eldred F. M. Hopkins Earl Rockwood Abherst Albert Wit

Mrs Ollie Minnich Hosts Ladies Aid Meeting

Mrs Ollie Minnich entertained the Ladies Aid Society on Tuesday afternoon with Miss Frances Eckert County Home Demonstration Agent present. The topic was Becoming Colors and projects for the coming year were discussed. The next meeting will be with Mrs Harry Lauer on April 19.

Ollie Minnich Ladies Aid Society Frances Eckert County Home H. J. Hillier Harry Lauer

Huntington Grange Attends Carlisle Grange Meeting

Huntington Grange officials led a program during the lecture hour at Carlisle Grange, with remarks by Mr. Sharp of Ripton and Mr. Coe of Ridgeville, the Huntington master, and Mrs. Norris county lecturer. The program featured a playlet, chorus singing, a dialogue titled $3.98, a piano solo, and a juvenile reading, followed by refreshments for a good attendance.

Huntington Grange Carlisle Grange Sharp Ripton Coe Ridgeville Norris

Hudson 1939 Hudson 112 Adds Value With Extra Standard Equipment

William R. Tracy of Hudson explains the 1939 112 gains 27 extra standard items over 1938 models making it cheaper to upgrade to desired features. He highlights Handy Shift fenders, color options, larger tires, bumper guards, Auto-Poise Control, concealed Carry-All Locker, headlight beam indicator, compartment light, ventila tion, arm rests, and dash locking hood latch as value drivers.

William R. Tracy Hudson Motor Car Company Tracy Hudson

Chevrolet Has Big March Sales Gain

Chevrolet dealers report strong early March results with 23,447 new vehicle sales, up 45.9 percent from a year ago and well above February totals. Used car sales also climbed, and inventories are lower than last year, signaling improving buying power across income groups.

Detroit Chevrolet W. E. Holler

Pontiac Dual-Control Cars Aid Safer Driving Education

Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors is supplying 35 new dual-control Pontiacs for 1938 39 to educational institutions for safe driving instruction. Cars are prepared at the Pontiac plant with special finish and lettering, assigned through the American Automobile Association, and used by high schools and colleges for at the wheel training and teacher qualification.

Pontiac Mich Pontiac Motor Division General Motors American Automobile Association AAA C. P. Simpson Simpson

Columbia Eaton Farm Bureau Council Meeting Focuses on Cold Storage

Mrs Hubert Morlock hosted Columbia Eaton Farm Bureau Council to discuss Cold Storage Lockers with leadership by Mrs Morlock. Glenn Hobbs of Oberlin spoke on The Lorain County Farm Bureau Credit Union as committees were named including Educational Legislative and Finance with Durkee Hathaway Perkins. The next meeting is set for the third Thursday in April.

Columbia Hubert Morlock Columbia-Eaton Farm Bureau Council Glenn Hobbs Oberlin Lorain County Farm Bureau Credit Union FE. E. Durkee W. N. Hathaway Willard Hathaway Julian Perkins Ora Walker E. E. Durkee

Mrs Nellie Weitzel Osborne Undergoes Operative Treat

Mrs Nellie Weitzel Osborne recently underwent operative treatment as part of a medical update. Details on the procedure and current condition were not disclosed.

Nellie Weitzel Osborne

Elyman Sets Pace In Selling Oldsmobiles

George Linn of Glen Rogers Motors is hailed as the best Oldsmobile salesman in the Cleveland Zone by Oldsmobile factory officials. His January February 1939 sales top peers in the zone and echo his strong 1938 performance, continuing a career as a Salesleader with prior merit emblem awards and a likely four-diamond emblem this year.

George Linn Glen Rogers Motors, Inc Oldsmobile Cleveland Glen Rogers Linn Rogers

Plymouth Introduces Large 7 Passengers Sedan Model

Plymouth announces its largest seven passenger car for 1939 a deluxe four door touring sedan with built in trunk wheel base 134 inches overall length just over 214 inches available as conventional sedan or chauffeur limousine. The car seats nine and features fold away auxiliary seats wider than before offering room for three extra passengers.

Detroit Plymouth

Women’s Baptist Mission Circle Meet in Royalt

Thirty eight members attended the Women’s Baptist Mission Circle gathering hosted by Mrs. George Haag in Royalt on Wednesday afternoon. Presiding was Mrs. Herman Paulson in place of the absent president Mrs. J. H. Longborn.

Columbia Women’s Baptist Mission Circle George Haag Royalt Herman Paulson J. H. Longborn Leon Cole Harold Landon

Polish Tenor Kiepura to Sing Manon at Cleveland Festival

Jan Kiepura the Polish tenor renowned from the Metropolitan Opera will perform Manon and Tosca at the Metropolitan festival in Public Hall Cleveland from March 27 to April 1. Grace Moore stars in Manon with John Brownlee Norman Cordon Maxine Stellman Lucille Browning. Wilfred Pelletier conducts. Marjorie Lawrence sings Tosca with Tibbet as Scarpia and Cordon as Angelotti. Tickets at Day's Music Store.

Jan Kiepura Metropolitan Opera New York Cleveland Grand Opera Manon John Brownlee Norman Cordon Maxine Stellman Lucille Browning Wilfred Pelletier Marjorie Lawrence Met

Pretty wedding at Universalist church in North Olmsted

Miss Dora Biddulph and Edward F. Culliton of Cleveland wed at the Universalist church on March 18 at 6 p m Rev William Schneider officiated. Irene Biddulph, bridesmaid wore dusty rose lace and talisman roses. Don Beeler served as best man. Mrs Hattie Blain played the piano. Dinner followed for immediate families at Losers. The couple will reside in Cleveland at Thrush and West 105th.

NO. Olmsted Universalist Church Dora Biddulph Ralph Biddulph Edward F. Culliton Cleveland Wm. Schneider Irene Biddulph Don Beeler Berea Hattie Blain Mrs. Culliton Thrush and West 105Th Streets

Tuesday Study Club Hosts Carrie Jacobs Bond Talk

Mrs H K Bardwell of Burns Road will host the Tuesday Study Club on March 28 with assistants Mrs I J Barnard and Mrs Fred Tuttle. Mrs Clyde Kuhn will present a paper on Carrie Jacobs Bond and Mrs R J Thompson will sing songs written by Bond.

H. K. Bardwell Burns Rd I. J. Barnard Fred Tuttle Clyde Kuhn Carrie Jacobs Bond R. J. Thompson

Rankins Host St Patrick Dinner for Medical Friends

Dr and Mrs G C Rankin entertained at their Butternut Ridge road home with a St Patrick s dinner party at 6 30 Saturday March 18 for a group of medical colleagues. Guests included Dr and Mrs H M Masonheimer Dr and Mrs F F Cooper Dr and Mrs L F Huffman Dr and Mrs W J Burner Dr and Mrs H C King Dr and Mrs J R McDowell and Dr and Mrs R B Crawford.

G. C. Rankin Butternut Ridge Road St. Patrick’s H. M. Masonheimer F. F. Cooper L. F. Huffman W. J. Burner H. C. King J. R. McDowell R. B. Crawford

Local Social Roundup From Lakewood And Nearby

Mr and Mrs Roy Wershing hosted a Sunday supper club on March 19 with guests including Mr and Mrs Wm Miether Mr and Mrs Robi Roberts and others all from Lakewood G M Ludwig leaves March 20 for Tucson to take a job his wife will join him in three weeks A 1230 dessert and card party plus a style show is set for March 30 at the Parish House by Universalist Ladies Aid Group four Philip Decker and Louis J Decker of Vermilion return from Florida Prof Wm Pautz of Baldwin Wallace College will preach at Clague Road church March 26 at 11 am Mrs Mary Hampsons circle plans a card party March 28 at the church Mrs E N Austin of Geneva visited the Austins N H Austin and Mrs Nat Austin recover from a heart attack and are active again

Roy Wershing Wm. Miether Robi. Roberts James Hinsley Wm. Bowen Lakewood G. M. Ludwig Tucson Universalist Ladies Aid Philip Decker Louis J. Decker Vermilion Florida Wm. Pautz Baldwin-Wallace College Clague Road Mary Hampson E. N. Austin Geneva N. H. Austin Nat Austin

Margaret Yesberger Recovers at Fairview Hospital

Margaret Yesberger is recovering at Fairview Hospital after a recent illness or injury. Her condition was reported as stable by hospital officials.

Margaret Yesberger Fairview Hospital

Oberlin College to Host Peace Conference Leaders

Oberlin College will hold a two day advanced Peace Conference featuring Dr. Jesse Schuman of Williams College and Eugene Staley of the Fletcher School. They will address topics on Americas stake in world order and the diplomatic economic aspects of peace along with a Living Museum of Peace exhibit.

Oberlin Obes, College Jesse Schuman Williams Staley Schuman America Living Museum of Peace United States Oberlin College Peace Society

Lake Avenue March Events Include Grange Meeting and Prayers

The Grange Hustlers of North Elyria meet at the Grange Hall on Tuesday March 28 at 10 00 A M with a tureen dinner at noon. The Lake Avenue Church hosts a prayer meeting at the Lake Avenue School on Tuesday March 28 at 8 00 P M led by Mrs. Harvey Green. Elyria Township Mother Singers practice at East Carlisle School then gather at Lake Avenue School on Wednesday March 29 at 8 00 P M for the next session.

Lake Avenue Grange North Elyria Grange Hall Harvey Green Elyria Township East Carlisle Lake Avenue School

Belden News Highlights A Funeral and Local Sports

Mrs Carl Schafer travels to Minerva for her father Peter Momosor's illness and death. Carl Schaefer and sons attend the funeral. Belden gym hosts a Donkey basketball game with Belden defeating Grafton 31 to 6. Grafton High School presents a fine assembly. Mr and Mrs A L Wise visit Lodi Hospital after a surgery on J D Mennell. Visitors at the Wise home include Mrs Clark Finley Mrs George Edwards and Mrs Lottie Klinect.

Belden Carl Schafer Minerva Ohio Peter Momosor Carl Schaefer Sylvester Joseph Belden Gymnasium Grafton Grafton High School A. L. Wise Lodi Hospital

Local Residents Report Illnesses in Community

Mrs. Fred Koelewyn of North Clague is confined to home due to illness. Mrs. C V Bees of Lorain read is ill with the flu. Mrs. Mildred Yesberger has been ill for the past week.

Fred Koelewyn North Clague C. V- Bees Lorain Read Mildred Yesberger

Germany Faces Growing Shortage of Construction Materials

German construction faces a widening shortage of materials and labor. Builders report delays and rising costs as supply chains strain housing and public works projects.

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