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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1942
Page
9
A wartime column imagines reopening Santa Anita with drastic anti Japanese measures. The piece pretends to adjust racing to strip Japanese bettors of advantage, proposing changes to cameras, officials, and even horse names. It mixes satire with propaganda and targets wartime policies and public sentiment.
A Farm Bureau cooperative division met at East Oberlin Church for a pot luck supper, with Mrs Axel Skjerne from Oberlin giving a talk on Denmark’s cooperative farming. Youth Council members led folk games, and women’s society noted good turnout at March meeting. Plans for mother daughter and father son banquets were discussed for next month.
Avon Lake notes reveal Miss Irene Carpenters home economics class organized four lunch groups to treat their mothers and friends with St Patrick themed luncheons. Names of attendees and student helpers are listed, reflecting a lively school activity. Also reported are 1942 graduates taking the Ohio General Scholarship test in Elyria and Egypt banning meat sales for three days weekly due to shortages.
In a Sunday and Monday gathering at the Christian and Missionary Alliance Chapel, 523 Broad Street, three missionaries from Palestine, Shanghai, and French Indo China will discuss war era mission work. Ralph Fried, Mrs. G A Jacobson, and Mrs J J Van Hine will share experiences from Palestine, Shanghai refugees, and French Indo China, with Rev Briskman delivering a Monday Bible teaching.
News brief lists local residents and visitors in Cleveland and nearby areas. Names include Edward Mills Naomi Gabara and families of Fichhorn Poherence Fridenstine Morris Keefer and Brewer. Mentions East Cleveland Wellington and a Women’s Society for Christian Service quilting gathering at the Methodist church with a noon dinner and a dessert stand.
A dense church directory lists congregations across Bethany and nearby towns, detailing services, pastors, contact info, and weekly events. It notes Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, Episcopal, Jewish, and holiness groups with varied service times, Sunday schools, youth meetings, and devotional activities, reflecting a broad local religious scene.
At least 22 former Brookside students enlist in the U S armed forces. The list names Richard Burton aboard USS Salt Lake City Pearl Harbor Hawaii Joe Cawley 3918 5 Technical School Keesten Field Miss Myron Pizgot Norrcaks No 0 U S Naval At Sta Jacksonville Fla Paul Stophel Unwaiian Ordnance Depot Ionolulu Hawaii Charles Downes USS Yorktown care of Postmaster New York Marie Wentling ANC APO 916 care of Postmaster San Francisco Cal Charles Greely Co 0 504 MR Bn Camp Walters Texas Robert Patch USS Farracet care of Postmaster Peat Marbor Honolulu Tah Toy Logan Platoon 135 4th Battalion Recruit Depot Marine Barracks Paris Ix South corollas urge Kensik Jr MBNA Bingham Mass Edife Dotzlot Bl
Rev Matthew Guilland, pastor, leads Bible School at 10 43. Divine Worship at 4 20 PM. Yours People’s Meeting at 5 Proper Meeting and Anine Stade.
A fragment lists names including Postmaster Dan Imnariek and Paul Riso with military or duty context. Locations cited include Fort Lee Virginia and Camp Lee. Other named individuals referenced are Clyde Cumberland Dale Jes fons Jo Schuck and Guy Bergenheim in an unclear assignment.
Mr. and Mrs. Meg Bradley hosted a Friday dinner for relatives in honor of their son Richard Deniel's first birthday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Jones and daughter Mary of Oberlin, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Browse of Wellington, and Lester and Betty Bradley. Dr. Belle Bradley could not attend. A large almond cake with a single candle complemented the meal. Leona Rogers left for Mocart Florida with Mrs. James Howe. Mrs. James Howe underwent appendicitis surgery at Lod hospital Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Filey Dobson returned from several months in Orlando, Florida. Mrs. Preston White fell ill at home, had an infection on her hand, and was taken to Lod hospital for treatment.
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