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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1940
Page
9
Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler laments radio comedians who insult audiences when jokes fall flat. He argues a good joke earns laughs, a dull one deserves no taunt, and hosts should move on to the next bit to avoid embarrassing silences on tour. He cites audience frustration and personal experience with chasm like silence between gags.
A chatty slice of magazine notes traces Hal Wallis vacationing writer Robert Buckner to Sun Valley Idaho, star gossip about Judy Garland and Kermit Pollock, plans for a deluxe Lucerne Valley dude ranch, and various studio rumors from Orson Welles to Sinclair Lewis.
Local columnists Tom Nesle and Georgianna Young report that Gene Fowler, here to write for RKO, buys cemetery lots at bankrupt prices and holds them until a down and out newspaper man dies. He consults his map and donates his nearest grave-site. Please notify him if we pass on before the raise.
Community groups across Elyria County schedule meetings and activities. Clubs and granges in Carlisle Grafton Lake Avenue Lagrange New London North Olmsted and nearby towns host lectures, dinners, pinocle games, bake sales and a minstrel show through Thursday, with varied start times and venues.
Miss Lou ise Perry Wyandotte county school nurse traveled more than 16000 miles during 1939 serving rural schools in the county. The distance equals about two thirds of the way around the world.
Wellington Ohio March 26 A wedding reception at the Faul Nichols home 133 Courtland honoring Mrs J M Erb former Spencer postmistress and her husband J M Erb of Medina. Attending were relatives from Columbus Homerville Spencer Medina Wellington and other cities. The couple wed in Medina Friday night.
Kim Wade hides on an uncle’s deserted farm near Riverville as a timber theft strands him with Cobina, the 16 year old daughter of Gar Sacket. Alex Fremon and Ridder plot to exploit land options tied to a Passinoka River dam project while Wade’s health improves and Cobina quietly adores him.
A Wellington area social page reports engagements and weddings including Miss McCutch ion to be wed to Clarence Herdman as Mrs Herdman announces the engagement at a Spangler dinner. Robert Waite and Miss Frances Trex wed in Wellington and North Fairfield ceremonies with maid of honor Miss Szabo and best man Mr. Lamb. Various clubs and church groups outline weekly meetings including Homebuilders, 4 H, O E S, and church activities with dinners, parties, and initiations scheduled through Friday.
Easter gatherings center on family visits across Wellington area. Mrs. Mary Fox stays with daughter in Oberlin while Ida Morrison and Claude join Scott Morrison in Elyria. Grover Dunkelman recovers at home on Barker Street. Wise and Ko biltz plan Florida trip. Wellington Queen Esthers host speaker Merritt Powell on future society work. Myrtle Whiteside treats 14 American Legionnaires to refreshments as locals attend.
Lloyd Nolan and Jean Rogers head the cast in The Man Who Wouldnt Talk a melodrama to be shown Wednesday at the Capitol Theatre with local audiences invited to attend.
A River Theatre screening of Gone With The Wind presents a sweeping, continuous montage of visual feats from the opening credits to the final fade-out. The reviewer notes a singular, supreme composite highlight across the film’s length.
Pittsfield residents welcomed guests including Rev and Mrs W H Baker of Winter Garden and former Wellington residents, Mrs Charles Monaghan and her sons from Detroit, Ada Dirlam of Cleveland, and Walter Dirlam with Roy Robson of LaPorte. Robert Avery from Northwestern University and family hosted Easter visits, with college stops at Berea and Baldwin Wallace. Four year old Carol Bell of Garnett Kansas is praised for saving her 21 month old sister Joan from a tub of standing water.
An Ohio doctor recommends Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to stimulate bile flow and ease constipation. The ad touts vegetable tablets as improving digestion of fatty foods and elimination with prices 15 30 and 60 cents and urges readers to get a box at all drugstores.
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