Recreation Night at BE. Y. W. L. Brings Laughs and Games
The BE Y W L held a recreation night led by Virginia Kaiser featuring Lambeth Walk and three square dances amid energetic exercises and a Ping Pong showdown. Doris Swindling and Dorothy Rodgers staged an exciting match with Rodgers winning two of three games and a necklace prize. Easter decor, a readable letter from Scotland, and a travelogue are noted for next week. Evelyn Rodgers chaired the event with a committee including Grace O Malley and Jeanette Sibsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Kaiser
Doris Swindling
Dorothy Rodgers
Margaret Mahon
Scotland
Evelyn Rodgers
Winifred Joab
Grace O'Malley
Jeanette Sibsy
Rosemary Stirzaker
Virginia Zatser
Axel Skerrie
Europe
Margaret Storrer
Hospital admissions and discharges list varies by names
Admission and discharge notices show multiple individuals linked to addresses across Ohio. Names include Mrs William Aver ook, Frank Dermer, Mrs John Moyes, Mrs Paul icable, Walter Lescher, Jeveland read, Maurice Banks, arlisle, Ohio, and Albert House. Discharges list Leroy Smith, Jack Harrigan, Morris Snyder, Gilda Schultz, George Zichovich Garrets ie, Ohio, Mrs Sam Kaplan, Mrs Jack Allison, Mrs Howard Jackson, with various street addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Averook
Earl Court
Frank Dermer
Grafton
John Moyes
Oursiana Avenue
Paulicable
Ravenna
Walter Lescher
Jeveland Read
Albert House
Oath Maple Street
Maurice Banks
Arlisle
Ohio
Leroy Smith
Fairon Avenue
Jack Harrigan
RL. O
Morris Snyder
East
Gilda Schultz
George Zichovich
Garretsie
Sam Kaplan
Oth Street
Jack Allison
Ath Street
Howard Jackson
Charles Court
Girl Scouts Tour Banks and Local Companies
News Of The Girl Scouts reports Troop No 1 met Tuesday and visited the Savings Deposit Bank where Rodney Rockwood explained bank functions and gave each girl a penny bank. The group then hiked to Elyria Telephone Company for a tour led by Willam Rennie and plans to attend the Maple Sugar Festival in Chardon Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
Savings Deposit Bank
Rodney Rockwood
Elyria Telephone Company
Willam Rennie
Chardon
Elks Lodge Initiation and Birthday Dinner Held in Lorain
A Lorain Elks Lodge event welcomed eight reinstated members and transfers. Speakers included Lorain mayor Harry Van Wagnen and Ohio Elks Association president C. A Lals. The evening featured talks for new class candidates and a birthday group honoring Paul Gentzel among about 150 attendees. Plans for a father and son banquet and Columbus initiation were announced. The Ohio State Elks Spring conference in Akron is set for April 28 to 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry van Wagnen
Lorain
D Schieferstein
John Semanitzky
H J. Schultz
Columbus
Ohio State Elks’ Association
Akron
Paul Gentzel
Short Cuts For Grass Stain Removal And Drapery Choice
The note advises removing old grass stains by rubbing with molasses and letting sit before washing. Fresh stains dissolve with alcohol. Wilted celery can be crisped by soaking in cold water with half a lemon added. For sunny rooms, choose summer draperies in coal colors blues greens and blue violets.
Anglin Couple to Lead Chinese Gospel Event in La Grange
On Thursday night March 26 two Chinese men and one Chinese iri will sing and speak with two missionaries Mr and Mrs L M Anglin who founded Home of Onesiphorus a home and school for China's helpless children They will show moving pictures from China at 7 30 pm The Anglia Party touring the United States may discuss the war in China and the great Christian movement there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L M. Anglin
China
Anglin
Onesiphorus
United States
Anglia Party
Rush For Auto Licenses As 1940 Tags Near Deadline
Local deputy registrars expect a last minute rush for 1940 license plates as the month ends. About half of Elyria car owners have bought tags. those without must purchase before Sunday midnight or cars stay in the garage. No extension for 1939 tags. Two agencies will open Sunday, George Marshall Lake Avenue and the B & Railroad, with Neil D Schulke at Broad and Chestnut streets also open. Leo R Meyer 230 Broadstreet reports similar Sunday hours. Allyan M. Gehl at the Elyria Automobile Club said no plans to stay open Sunday. Sales of flags are increasing despite lagging in most offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
State Bureau
George Marshall Lake Avenue
B & © Railroad
Neil D Schulke
Broad
Chestnut
Leo R Meyer
Allyan M. Gehl
Elyria Automobile Club
Eight Indians Crushed To Death By Prunes In Warehouse Collapse
SANTA ROSA Calif March 27 Ind ians of the Soma tribe planned a mass burial today for eight tribesmen crushed to death by 270 tons of prunes when a warehouse collapsed as they sought refuge from a storm Coroner Fred Young fixed at nine the number killed eight of whom were Pompa tribe members The ninth was an unidentified white man Seven were men and two were women The victims perished when the 200 by 75 foot warehouse floor suddenly slipped from its foundation and fell three feet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Rosa
Calif
Fred Young
Pompa Truibe
German Industrialist Seeks Entry To U S Says Paris Report
Paris report says Fritz Thyssen a German industrialist and exile from the Nazi regime seeks a visa to enter the United States. He arrived in Paris from Switzerland on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Paris
Fritz Thyssen
United States
Thyssen
Switzerland
Mine Disaster Probe Still In Progress
Federal investigators sought to determine if an explosion of blasting powder wrecked the Willow Grove coal mine on March 16, killing 73 men. A powder magazine was found by workers clearing tunnels. the powder box was shattered while three other powder boxes remained intact. Workers were allowed to smoke in the Willow Grove mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neffs
Wiltow Grove
Willow Grove
Elyria Pinball Issue Faces Legal Question
A city council discussion on a proposed pinball ordinance ends with no action. The mayor may drop the proposal if conditions in Elyria do not justify it. Solicitor Horan doubts the ordinance legality, while a Cincinnati case before the Ohio Supreme Court could clarify the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Richard Horan
Horan
Ohio Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Amherst Community Notices and Club Meetings
Amherst updates list coming events from March into April. Eastern Stars Circle meetings, St Ann St Joseph Church circle events, Eagles birthday party, Women’s Guild anniversaries, hospital visits, and a skat ing party at The Coliseum in Lorain for April 4. Also Sew and So Club at Mrs Roemer’s home, card party plans, Legion matters, and local social visits plus school matters and Marion Club plans. Notables include Miss Mary Alice McDermott host, and district conference details. Public card party set for April 7 with beer dinner at the school hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Avenue Club of Eastern Stars
Masonic Club
Walter Schneider
Mary Kaser
Circle Three
St. Ann's Society of St. Joseph Catholic Church
School
Edwin VanNeal
Eagles
Eagle
Circle Six
Women's Guild of
St. Peter Evangelical Church
Mischka
Walter Mischka
E. Martin
Women’s Guild of
James Miller
Beavercourt
Clayton Hollingsworth
Ed. Lehman
Martin Schroeder
Circle Four
South Mazin Street
Circle Two
Congregational Church
Clarence Dean
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Kuntz
TallyiHo Club
Harry Hutton
Church Street
Oberlin
St. Paul Lutheran Church
First Evangelical Church
William Schmuitkens
Middle Ridge
Jessamine Lodge
Daughters of Scotland
Anna Robertson
James
Agnes Innes
Jack Ludtke
James Henry
Marion Club
Mary Alice McDermott
Ehrman Block
Stella Gambish
Josephine Dybinski
Wal
Dorothy Knotavich
Oberlin Groups Elect Chairmen in Merchants Division
J R Haylor was elected chairman and Kenneth V Powers and H A Pfaff Jr were named vice chairs at a Retail Merchants division board meeting in Oberlin. Nine directors were named to oversee division affairs, with bylaw and committee plans to follow. Also covered are club meetings, programs, admissions and discharges, births, and travel notes from Oberlin society circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
J. R. Haylor
Kenneth V. Powers
H. A Pfaff, Jr
Retail Merchants Division
Oberlin Chambers of Commerce
J. A. Cochrane
Lea Comings
R. C Dailey
G. D
Graf Spee Scuttling Tied to Near Mutiny Charge
London reports a charge that a near mutiny forced the Admiral Graf Spee to scuttle at Montevideo. The claim follows German claims that Langsdorff ordered scuttling despite Hitler. Ark Royal returned to port after a five month cruise. Local notices note readers traveling visitors and residents reporting absences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Graf Spee
Montevideo
Admiralty
Ark Royal
Equator
Arctic
Buenos Aires
Hans Langsdorff
Adolf Hitler
United Press
Berlin
Buenos Ares
Sailors refuse to volunteer as Ark Royal torpedoes miss
A wartime report notes officers protested a scuttling order received around midnight after Hitler’s cabled advice. About 60 crewmen volunteered to fight while most refused. Ark Royal suffered minor damage to crockery, with torpedoes missing and a bomb exploding near her bows. Meanwhile 130000 laborers toil on the Chungking Taemenlu highway along Tibet’s border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Ark Royal
Local MB Form Retail Clerka Union Charter
The Organization of the Retail Protective Association received a state charter here, forming Local MB with Jack Burris of Coshocton as organizer. Officers installed include Albert Katz president, Paul Atherton vice president, James Wells secretary treasurer, Robert Vaughn guardian, and trustees Alva Kemp Carl Giar Paul Thompson. Kemp named temporary business agent. group affiliated with the AFL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Protective Association
State Retail Clerka Association
Local MB
Jack Burris
Coshocton
State Association
Loco
Albert Katz
Paul Atherton
James Wells
Robert Vaughn
Guardian
Alva Kemp
Carl Giar
Paul Thompson
Kemp
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Dorothy Funk
Mable Little
First Congregational Church
Wayne Menke
Paul Eckler
Flying Eagle
John Pollardy
Robert Gollmar
Mary Kiehm
Tr. Sigma Delta Sorority
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Helen Finegan
Mary Catherine Brand
Gerry Mahlke
Lod
Women of the Moose
Moose Home
Second Street
Iota Nu
Eleanor Rhoads
Sherman Street
Rob
Claire RicGuire
Betty Schaefer
Rams
Jane McGu
Enyon Avenue
Wil
Everett Raider
Clarence Ryan
Dave Wilam
Myron Pickett
Fred Bongs
Encord Street
Vera Knapp
Mary Chandler
Daughters of Union Veterans
Y M.C. A
Minnie Church
Charlotte Lewis
Maude Jackson
Gladys McCullough
Roger Amidon
Marcia Eaton
Marian Dachner
Marjorie Ann Damm
Ruth Bruckner
Betty Jeanne Butts
Elizabeth Townsend
Shirley Norman
Darlene Higgins
Phyllis Powell
Bernice Dachner
Sally Oldfield
Rose Muichaka Sylvia Taylor
Janet Snyder
Julia Kovach
Frances Brilhart
Thelma Gegenheimer
Phyllis Alexander
Doris Edwards
Marguerte Edwards
Jack Castle
Viola Grugel
Florence Peet
Helen Warner
Grace Fellowship Club
Mary Diederich
Neubiser
Jackson
Margaret Krugman
E Schaefer
Emma Wellert
Joyce Maddox
Malcolm Court
Peggy Morse
Park Avenue
J W. Hallauer
Cleveland Street
Roxann Halauer
Roxann
Dgrenkott Hatcheries Inc
Lorain Ave
Fairview Village
News of the Girl Scouts
la Grange
Lucy Roemer
Coliseum
Mary Berger
Laurabelle Hahi
Evelyn Stark
Sew and So
Ed. Young
Roy Stevens
Earl Bliss
E. H. Mays
Paul Redman
Albert Raesler
Wilmah Egeland
Jackson Street
Girl Scout
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Alvin Brown
E. W. Lahiff
Manor’s Grille
Herman Short
South Main Street
For Powers
Board of Education
American Legion
Harris Street
Dwyer Leimbach
Lakewood
Eoland Decker
Francis
Wyandotte, Mich
Elizabeth Holzhauer
J.R. Sabiers
Sandusky
Florence Gillman
Robert Herrick
Esther Wood
Lurain St
Oberlin Women's Club
J. G. Steel
Morgan Street
Beggar On
Geo, Kaufman
Marc Connelly
J. B. Smythe
K . Hall
H. G. May
Robert Koff
Mass Helen Brainard
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Carson
F. M Thrall
George Lillich
Edgemeer Place
Paraguay
R. A. Phipps
David Moyer
Oberlin Business and Professional Women's Club
Oberlin Tavern
G. D. Keller
John Olmstead, Jr
Hospital Notes
Sidney Nankin
Antoinette Zanelli
Jean C. Mills
Klaus Schaeffer
Gerald Moller
Fred Comings
John DeMoth
Donna Lucille Smith
Harriet Hager
Ellen Hatch
Jane Mayer
Natalie Kavanaugh
Jean Mills
Evelyn Latham
Margaret Underwood
Marguerite Spelbrink
Thelma Portman
George Edwards
Willian Wood
Willard Bidwell
Belen Remsen
Beverly Ecker
Theodore Reeds
Heloise Cavalcanti
Charles Reep
Esther McClelland
Howard Warner
Mary Wilson
Clarice McDonald
Elizabeth Benner
Joseph Kobylski
Gerald Muller
West Lorain Street
Carol Jean
Berlin Heights
Carl Spitler
Russell Kern
Lloyd Blackmer
H. A. Funk
H. E. Morgan, Jr
Glenn’ Davis
Jean Morgan
Hazel Worcester
Woodland Avenue
J. D. Yoram
Pythian
Florence Morgan
R. C. Dailey
New Orleans
Texas
Mexico
Laretio
Admiral Graf Spee
Langsdorff
Robert E Brown
Charleston
South Carolina
Arthur R. Kimble
Helen E. Chase
Waterbury
Conn
James. Hastings
Elms Street
Industrial Training Institute
Chicago
Lydia Lord Davis
Lewis Davis
Washington, DC
Chungking
Ching
Tibet
Union of Retail Clerka
Wiig
Studebaker
Gilmore- Yosemite
Mele Road
Stree
Lorain County Savings & Trust CO
Elyria, Ohio
OMI
Evra
Member Fade
Lorain County
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