Grafton News Highlights Local Social and Church Activities
Grafton residents include Mrs G C Andrews and Mrs Vera Worthington visiting Elyria. Walter Maple and other local youths spend Easter at home. Easter services were held at the M E church with a large attendance. Grafton Grange met with degrees conferred. town groups report visits, travel, and local sport plans. Osborn Co foundry resumes with full force. notable trips to Florida by Ewers couple amid wartime high spirits. Public notices of school events, club gatherings, and community improvements fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Clement Knechtges
Dayton
J. A. Knechtges
William Buckingham
Edwin Robson
Carlisle
Erning
Q. McParland
Leroy
Olive Park
Little Gene Francis Park
Elyria
Alfred Herman
Litchfield
A. M. Ewers
Lilly Park
St. Louis
C. F. Park
Julius Sheldon
River Rd
W. N. Hitchcock
Grafton Grange
James Myers
Ed Myers
Elmer Wise
Blanche
Evelyn
J. D. Mennell
Maude Stife
Cleveland
Carl Tomasheska
David Woodings
J. Woodings
Ralph McClelland
Akron
Alta
Myrtle Clark
Hir
John Clark
Safety Nut d Belt Co
Cayoga County
R. Shirley
Chestnut Street
Bt. Joseph’s Hospital
Lorain
Dwight Bartlett
Osborn Co
Fred Davis
Collinwood
George Tran
Elmer Tran
John Moore
M. Moore
H. P. Thomas
Mechanic Street
Minnie Mott
George Sharer
Florida
Queen & Crescent
St. Augustine
Ewers
Warren G Harding
Grafton
Harding
South
Marion Daniels
Violet Arnold
Lorain County
Amherst
Penfield
Larange
Avon
Clyde Bradley
Jacohfield
Frank Howard
M. E
GH. G. H. Crafts
Harry Steffens
Hutchinson
H. W. Hutchinson
Wellingtop High
Miss Smaize
Mr. Swanker
Kerr
Miss Walton
Edward McFadden
Columbus
R. W
South Main
Daisy Dirlum
Wellington
Twinsburg
Arthur Hackenburg
Lyle Dagman
Scott MaccDermott
MacDermott
Ruth Whitbeck
Mary Fowler
Spencer Business College
Wellington Seeks County Baseball League Entry
Wellington residents met at P C 23 half Sunday with Alan Bronson as temporary chair to plan the season. The town will enter the County Baseball League with Saturday games. Jim Van Arman is elected president, Howard Evans secretary, J E Verguson treasurer, and CG Curtice named manager. Easter services were well attended amid clouds. Congregational church adds thirteen new members under Rev Emery. Laymen League gathered at Baptist church led by Mr. Sprague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
P.C
Alan Bronson
Jim van Arman
Howard Evans
J. E Verguson
CG. Curtice
Minneapolis Ball Club
American Association
Congregational Church
Emery
Weekend guests visit Bainbridge in Elyria community
Dr Westbrook of Ol ted Falls dies suddenly shocking locals. Frank Pitts buys Root road lot. Grace and Estella Harding with Thelma visit Bainbridge parents. Easter service by Dr Smuth District superintendent includes communion. Mrs Esther O'Llord health slow to improve. Walter Wallington plans indefinite Michigan visit. Infant of Threchel Marvin buried at Fialas cemetery. Andrew Neiding bedridden. James Nye in poor health. Rev Wrickht of Berea weekend guest. Roland Flaine and family and Rob ert Blaine visit Mrs Briggs in Cleveland Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bainbridge
Ira
Elyria
Westbrook
Olted Falls
Frank Pitts
Root Road
Grace Harding
Olmsted
Estella Harding
Thelma
John Bainbridge
Smuth
Lee Andrews
Happ
Hattie Andrews
Esther O'Llord
Walter Wallington lJeft
Michigan
Threchel Marvin
Fialas
Andrew Neiding
James Nye
Rev. Wrickht
Berea
George Robinson
Roland Flaine
Mobert Blaine
Briggs
Cleveland
Brighton News Briefs From Rochester to Elyria
Local residents attend family visits and shop in Elyria while new home ownership changes unfold. A Rochester infant dies with funeral held. Burgon’s death mourned in Rochester. County high school oratorical contest draws about thirty five Brighton residents to Amherst. Mildred Murray places second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Gleaser
Rochester
Clark Ewell
Kate Veltre
Frances
Arlene
Clarksfield
Or. Coats
Harry Gill
Verne Hale
Coats
Nellie Tuttle
H. W Hales
E. Merrill
Martha Goss
Senica County
J. PB. Butson
J. M. Burge
Element Green
C. M Lee
White Fox
Elyria
Congregational Church
D. F. Seeley
Easter Services Brighten Gloomy Weather Across Town
Despite severe winter conditions and poor roads, the community held Easter services with full rooms and uplifting music. Local residents Harold Henderson and John Henderson joined gatherings in Wellington and Norwalks, while Helen Jeffery completed her Oberlin Business College diploma, as visitors from Canton and Cleveland shared in Sunday events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Elsterin
Harold Henderson
Ohio University
John Henderson
Sheldon Towson
Jesse Burge
Marvin Mosher
Canton
Claude Holmes
Lyntechield
Walter Mosher
Mes Jo C. Hull
Norwalk
GW. Greene
J T. Burrows
Eugene Garrett
Wellington
Helen Jeffrey
Uoberlin Business College
Fridas
Ehinaren
Local folks and visitors share Easter week notes
North Eaton greetings recount visits from Wm Giles family and Cleveland kin. Fats Ross improves. Fordson tractor arrives. Ione Cole stays with Lydia Kelner in LaGrange. Pierce family buys Calkins house and plans to move in. Easter services uplift church. Rev Randall sermon on Resurrection and Foster music praised. Young recitation pupils train for upcoming contest. Roy Ross and family from Elyria visit Frank Cook home. Ernest Nichols relocates to his father’s farm for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm Giles
Columbus
B M. Ross
Cleveland
R. Cole
Eaton
Roy Ross
Elyria
Frank Cook
Butternut Ridge
Ernest Nichols
Fator
Taft to Investigate Big Smelting Company
Former President William Howard Taft will examine the affairs of American Smelting and Refining Company after accepting an invitation from Georgehem interests in New York on March 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
BIG Smelting Company
New York
William Howard Taft
Gusgehem
American Smelting & Refining Company
Detroit Auto Factories to Run Full Time
Detroit plants will switch to 100 percent production schedules starting next Monday. Vendors report broad factory canvass shows manufacturers backing the move amid general industry optimism and increased buying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Auto
Mich
Warech
Detroit
Mentho Sulphur Clears Eczema Fast Say Skin Expert
A noted skin specialist says itching eczema can be quickly cured by Mentho-Sulphur. The germ destroying preparation soothes irritation and heals eczema, leaving skin clear and smooth. Sufferers are advised to obtain a small jar from any food druggist and use it like a cold cream.
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Adv
New Assistant Secretary of War Nominee Named
Lieutenant-Colonel J. Mayhew Wainwright of New York nominated as Assistant Secretary of War. Colonel Wainwright is a lawyer and served on the staff of Major-General O'Ryan, commander of the Twenty-seventh Division in Belgium and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aoace
J. Mayhew Wainwright
New York
Wainwright
O'Ryan
Belgum
France
Repair Week Planned by Farmers in Elyria
The Lorain County Farm Bureau and local dealers plan an annual farm repair week within weeks. Farmers are urged to have equipment repaired before harvest and to replace irreparable machinery now to beat demand. No price difference in machinery noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Fram Implements
No Price Change Expected For Season Dealers Say
Dealers indicate prices will stay the same for at least a year with no expected rise or fall this season. They warn inflationary pressures may otherwise affect costs later.
Norwalk man found not guilty in murder trial
Ralph Clawson cleared of second degree murder in the Burt Culp case claiming self defense as motive. Sheriff Roose reports liquor arrest of Mike Bossick for corn whiskey production, while Joseph Reamer, 83, dies. Norwalk Elks initiate ten candidates. Milk diet experiment involving Monroeville schoolchildren noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Ralph Clawson
Burt Culp
Clyveland
Eletric
Mike Bossick
Clyde O. Roose
Joseph Reamer
Norwalk Elks
Monroeville
Ashland Banquet Speaker and Death Notices
Ashland prepares for Jefferson Jackson Day Banquet on April 12 with former Ohio Agricultural Commission president Sandles delivering the principal address. Also reported is the death of Mrs. Amanda Hanna at age 77.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
P. Sandles
Ohi Agricultural Commission
Amanda Hanna
Featherweight Champion Kilbane to Box in City Bout
Johnny Kilbane of Cleveland, world featherweight champion, is set for reserve bouts at the Opera House next Thursday night. In the main event John Shannon of Youngstown meets Dutch Powell of Cleveland, while Red Young of Lima faces Johnny Thiel of Akron in the semi finals and Toughy Gorham meets Young Scotty. Ashland's Eddie Davidson battles Sid Miers from Akron in preliminaries amid a multi-fight program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
S. IL
Nafterer
West Salem
Cleveland
Columbus
Southwestern
Johnny Kilbane
Opera House
John Shannon
Youngstown
Dutch Powell
Red Young
Lima
Johnny Thiel
Akron
Toughy Gorham
Young Scotty
Ashland
Eddie Davidson
Jimmied Safes Loot $1500 In Cash At Fulton Market
In Youngstown on March 29 burglars forced a cellar entrance to the Diamond market in the business district, removed two safes from the front office, drilled them open and stole $1500 in cash. They left their tools behind as they fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Burelars
Fulton Market
Senator Cameron Denounced in New York Suit Over Affection Claim
Arizona senator Ralph H. Cameron is accused in New York by Edward T. McFarlan of Boston of pilfering his wife’s affections valued at $100,000, described as sheer unadulterated blackmail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ator Ralph H. Cameron
Arizona
New York
Edward T. McFarlan
Boston
McFarlin
When in Doubt Telephone and Find Out
A brief admonition promotes using a home telephone service to ease anxieties for a businessperson. It frames dialing as a practical business proposition benefiting self and family.
Public Sale Notice Following Husband's Death
Public sale at the widow's residence two miles north of a Grange seven and a half miles south of Elyria on Thursday March 3 at 10:00 a.m. Description includes eight cattle eight young Holsteins eight cattle? corrected: eight cattle including Holsteins, two work horses, fifty chickens, five tons clover hay, twelve tons timothy hay, one hundred fifty bushels corn, thirty bushels oats, an eight horsepower gasoline engine and feed grinder, a 1917 Dodge Touring Car in good condition. Lunch served. Terms six months with 7 percent interest. Bankable notes over ten dollars. Mrs Thomas C Lang Eugene F Burge Foxecuriy Auct Elyria.
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E. Bennett
Crafts
Grafton
Bennett Milling Co
Osborne Co
Jolly Pedro Club
Minnie Mott
L. Daniels
A. Walt
Far] Durkee
Leon Lehman
Walter Baker
Julius Sheldon
4. Suysheska
Roe Spitzer
Earl Durkey
C. Neff
Ira Clark
Alfred Wolfe
Frank Cousino
Rhea Beesing
Harry Steffins
B. A. Rothgery
William Arthur Bennett
Joe Knechtzel
Elyria
Mark Dunham
Warren
Cleveland
R. J. Trenchard
L. Miller
O. O. F. Lodge
Ed Durke
Sunoshine Mills
Jonesa Neff
Pearl
Mary Chamberlin
North Olmsted
J. L. Moran
Louesa Neff
Bronson
Felden
Grafton Freinds
Esther Crowell
Oberlin
Grafton Orchestra
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North Eaton
Teut
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Dan Libby
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