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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1933
Page
10
Chester Scott Howland of New Bedford presented film and slides on the whaling industry to Elyria High School students. The talk covered shipboard hunts harpoons and boat chases detailing the size power and dangers of great whales and noting New Bedford as a famed industry center.
In Columbia March 30 the Baptist Sunday School class organized as The Altruists with officers President Iy an Bartter Vice President Rolland Cartwright and Secretary Treasurer Mrs Roy Dettman. The class motto We are third and plans for committees. Palm Sunday programs and a mission talk are noted with other local notices about residents and travels.
An ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable liver and bowel remedy. It claims yellow skin pallor lax appetite and bad taste vanish with olive color tablets that act like calomel but without dangerous after effects. Millions of boxes sold yearly and prices 15c 30c 60c.
At the W M C A building in Elyria on April 4 speakers H Reis of O S A and Arthur Grube of Lakewood will speak. Boy Scouts organize into two groups led by Adolph Peger and James Doyle. Second test period reserved seven to seven thirty for interested boys. Baptist Mission Circle plans its Birthday dinner April 5 with organizers Mrs Ora Walker Mrs Lyle Reis-Inger and Mrs Roy Dettman. Dining committee includes Miss Phyllis Bartter Miss Kathryn Glass Miss Florabell Snell and Misses Dettman. Prices will be lower than usual. Anti-Saloon League to stage a high school cast play in town hall April 16. Andrew Webber and family moving from Brokaw road. Mr and Mrs Edward Stone and others visited Rollie Fitch Friday. Mr and Mrs John Longbow spent weekend with relatives in Pennsylvania. Charles Franks of Medina died suddenly in Miami Florida March 22. He once sold wool with his father at Franks Corners and later served as Medina County Treasurer. Mrs Franks is sister of Wm Roth and Mrs Ellsworth Baker. Miss A D Crocker heard from Miss Jennie Squire Hawthorne California that she survived the earthquake. Schultz and family of southeast town moving away. Miss Phyllis Dunford ill at school, operated for appendicitis at Community Hospital Berea.
The Baccalaureate sermon is May 21 at M. E. Church with Rev. Harold Halderman of the Baptist church as speaker. Class play May 23, Distinction Day May 24, and Commencement May 26 with Dr. G vu Engleman of Kent State University as speaker. Doris Ives is valedictorian and Josephine Brokaw salutatory. Iris Bartter was hurt by the swings at school Monday. There is scarlet fever reported around Columbia district.
A flower enthusiast in Ontario found a double trillium with six petals in the outer row and three in the inner row. After transplanting, it produced a flower with twenty four petals and later forty two petals. Luther Burbank noted trilliums’ freakish nature and lack of seed production. Other double trilliums have appeared across eastern North America to Colorado.
The piece describes the Lobelia cardinalis growing along a brook in farmland pastures, with tall red flower stalks attracting ruby throated hummingbirds that probe deep into blossoms. It notes the plant’s appeal in native habitats and its ease of cultivation from seed in gardens.
The article explains how black birch trees and the wintergreen vine produce wintergreen oil. It notes the birch bark and roots absorb deep soil elements while the vine uses its leaves and berries. The text warns bird lovers not to harvest red berries as they feed birds in winter.
Numerous social events and personal notices fill Spencer and Wellington scenes. High and low bridge scores are recorded, families move houses, visitors arrive, and local services note deaths, births, and weddings alongside church activities and a China motion picture talk at the Methodist Church.
Spencer Methodist Church lists a full day of worship and events with music by orchestra and choir. Special programs include Epworth League leadership, Queen Esther Society tea,男 Passion week services, Holy Communion, and various meetings led by Rev. L J Quade. The public is invited.
Breckenridge Texas residents are invited to transplant poplar trees planted on land owned by a power company as the city pursues a nickname The City of Poplars to attract attention and pride.
Nampa Idaho. The city offered to cancel delinquent water bills in exchange for labor by debtors at the request of the Nampa Unemployed League. This barter plan aims to reduce unpaid accounts by providing work in lieu of payment.
A series of quitclaim deeds record transfers of interests in parcels across Elyria and Lorain townships and nearby areas. Key changes include Charles Kroehle to Adam Kroehle for multiple acreages at Murray Ridge Road and South Ridge Road, and 71 acres total in Elyria Township. Other transfers name Irving Lyon and family interests on River Road, John Lyon and others on River Road, John Snell to Harry Ochs for one acre on East River Road, and several Sanders and Runals transfers involving 51 to 147 acres in LaGrange and Webster Road. Additional conveyances cover properties on Spruce Street in Elyria, Detroit Road in Sheffield Lake, West Twenty-Eighth Street Lorain, Pearl Avenue Lorain, and Herrick Avenue plus South Main Street Wellington.
Mayor Charles A. Seltzer spoke at North Olmsted High school guiding students to finish his story. Alice Ryche won first prize and Charlotte Hammond earned second prize for endings judged March 22 after a March 30 report.
On April 5 at 7 PM the North Olmsted Congregational Church hosts the third Union Lenten service with Rev. John W. Kuyper delivering the sermon.
Several new cases of scarlet fever have been reported with all cases described as mild. Health officials note the infections appear non severe and under observation.
North Olmsted pupils look forward to several days off next week as teachers anticipate a vacation period.
On Sunday evening March 26 the North Olmsted school of music presented a delightful musical program at the High School auditorium.
The North Olmsted Grange held its last regular meeting on Wednesday March 22. A class of twelve received the first and second degrees in a ceremony presented by the Olmsted Falls Grange.
A surprise party honoring Mrs Frank Sheppard was held at the Clague Road church with 35 guests. An enjoyable program preceded a social evening and pinochle games among attendees.
A family surprise party at Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hopkins home in Henrietta Friday evening drew guests including Mr. and Mrs. George Sweet and Hugh and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sweet with Amherst. The Harley Kellys hosted the Bridge club Saturday with Rex Lees winning first and Ernest Lamvermyer consolation.
Mr and Mrs Earl Munn hosted a six o clock dinner Saturday evening for their son Vernon s birthday anniversary. Guests included Rev and Mrs William Buhren Mr and Mrs Daniel Born Miss Mildred Wyler Mr and Mrs Munn and their daughters Alice and Idella and the guest of honor. Mrs Paul Portman will host the Kings Herald society.
Local community members enjoyed a pot luck supper followed by a social evening, with neighbors sharing dishes and conversation into the night. Attendees encouraged future gatherings to foster neighborhood ties.
Mr and Mrs F Moore entertained the Young People’s class of the Clague Road church Sunday school at their home on Tuesday March 21. This kicks off a series of pleasant gatherings planned for the summer by the class.
The Tuesday Study Club met at Mrs. A. C. Baldwin’s home on March 28. Ill health caused Miss Elizabeth Kelly to resign as club treasurer, and Mrs. A. C. Baldwin was elected to fill the vacancy.
Troop 219 of the Universalist church held its last regular meeting at North Olmsted park. The group built a large camp fire and practiced fire building and signaling. Andy Mattson leads the troop.
The Girl Scouts of North Olmsted sponsored a banco party at the Parish House last Thursday evening. The latter portion of the event was devoted to dancing.
Mr and Mrs Howard Cowley hosted 14 guests at their home Saturday to honor the wedding anniversaries of Mr and Mrs Frank Pope and their own. The couples were married by Rev Tipton a former Universalist church pastor.
Mr and Mrs Charles Sander and their son and family who occupied the A C Reed house have moved to Lakewood.
Mrs H G Portman entertained the Missionary society of the Methodist church at her home on Thursday. The gathering focused on sewing for Red Cross work with attendees Mrs Albert Reugser Mrs Earl Munn Mrs John Hostettler Mrs John Geissendoerfer and Mrs Fred Myers present.
Mrs Albert Kelble and son Dean visit Berlin Heights with Mrs Frank Kelble. Mrs Lester Husted toys weekend with Clarence and Mrs Daniels in Oberlin. Endeavor group meets at Arnold Heinzerlings Sunday. Marguarite Park of Oberlin visits Frank Hart home Friday. Numerous family visits span Elyria Berea Cleveland Amherst Leon Iowa and Cleveland areas with friends and relatives hosting meals and gatherings.
In Lanesboro Massachusetts Captain John M. Brown allegedly chiselled an epitaph on a rock in Henry A. Newton’s pasture about 55 years ago. The line praises a spinster Susan and mocks a barren land while claiming heaven reveals a man. The rock remains visible today.
Police link sparrow deaths to a janitor Clarence Brookings who sprinkled cracked corn with poisoned powder on post office building ledges. Birds were found dead across the business section as investigators pursued the case.
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