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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1925
Page
2
The article notes improved Nash performance with new Special and Advanced Six models. It highlights build quality features like waterproof ignition, metal-covered wiring, and steering wheel controls. February shipments show a 25 percent drop from last year’s figure but a 31 percent rise over February 1924, with high retail demand and immediate deliveries across the country.
February proved Nash Motors’ biggest month in eight years since August, driven by heavy orders for the Nash Special Six and Advanced Six series while overall industry shipments ran below normal, breaking the company’s October record.
Mr. Leper of Lepper Motors describes Chevrolet manufacturing facilities totaling 167 buildings and 6,555,227 square feet. He notes automatic machinery, strict quality and low cost aims, strategic plant locations to reduce shipping costs, and employment for thousands. The article highlights Remy electricals, Fisher bodies, and Duco finishes as Chevrolet standards.
March column notes visits and calls in Town Line North with residents from Ridge, Elyria, Amherst, South Ridge, Middle Ridge, and Cleveland. Social calls include Ernst, Eggert, Henes families, J. Bechtel, Dellefield, Mackert, Spiegleberg, Crandall, Coverdale, Rhinehart, and others. Mrs. J H Dellefield attended a PTA executive committee meeting in Elyria.
A busy social week features dinners and games at multiple homes including Mrs. Harry Coverdale and daughter from Zanesville and the Coverdale family in Amherst. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Joe Coverdale and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Coverdale. Neighboring families visit Ed Fowell farm auction on Murray Ridge and attend church events and birthdays. Numerous calls and visits span Elyria, South Amherst, Lorain, and Middle Ridge with a pattern of family gatherings and town-to-town visits.
A sequence of family calls and visits unfolds across Elyria and nearby towns. Esther and Russel Schubert of Elyria visit aunt Elizabeth Ernst and the Louis Ernst duo. Herman Markere and cousin Harold Myers travel from Cleveland to Buffalo and other eastern stops, visiting Henry Mackert and family. J A Mackert and son Herman visit Gratton neighbors. Louis Ernst makes a business stop in Elyria midweek.
In Athens the aroma of whiskey from a spill near the Frank Federick home followed a dry raid return from Jacksonville. In Barnesville, brothers Args and William Anderson were fined 500 dollars each for possessing intoxicants after authorities found 16 bottles and a funnel on William Anderson. Dan Ramsey, previously fined, reportedly had the most bottles found on a bootlegger.
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