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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
10
A jumble of quips and vignettes from an old newspaper page, including plebe slang, asylum banter, newlyweds humor, and city humor about money trouble, married life, laddered love, and travel plans. Read as a collage of short captions and overheard lines with varied eras and voices.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a city guest asks where to wash in a spring, the landlady replies in the morning. In another vignette a tough local explains punishment for Leatherneck Joe, suggesting they do not bury him alive but keep him hanging as a grim joke.
In a puzzled snippet from Euclid Avenue near Farm and Home, references to Moreh of Time and tute Smith Buh bed Berbert Hoover hint at a campus or street scene. The fragment mentions 6 leaves and Load Newa Urnaly, suggesting a local note on a book or print project and a minor historical tie to public figures.
Eaton plans its annual Amateur Hour Friday night April 1 in the school auditorium at 8 pm. Harry Salisbury hosts the event, part of the calendar to encourage student effort in vocal and instrumental music. The program divides students into two sections with three prizes in each.
A white robin, a nature curiosity, settles near the W. A. Fondon residence in New London. Ostracized by other birds, the bird appears content with the Fondon family, acting as a pet and taking tidbits from the hand. The bird is described as mostly dirty white with a brown throat knot and brown wing edge streaks.
The Buckeye Sewers 4-H Club held a Gull Road meeting in Sheffield electing officers for the year Joss Youtzy president Camilla Townsend vice president Zelma Smith secretary Ruth Johnson treasurer and Kathryn Hammer recreation leader Frances Eckert county extension agent spoke on yearlong projects. Refreshments followed for members and guests.
NEW LONDON The Golden Rule Class of the First Methodist Church will hold its monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Edith Bridges on Friday evening April first. A six thirty potluck dinner will feature the evening and husbands are invited. Class members are asked to bring table arrangements.
Local events list for Avon Lake Townsend Spencer Chatham Grafton North Olmsted N Ridgeville Oberlin and more. Meetings include church dinners fish suppers card parties and amateur hours with times from 3 45 p m to 8 p m. A note mentions a 1937 travel record of Sweden hosting more tourists than recent years.
Jimmie Fidler reports on Darryl Zanuck, the energetic production chief driving Twentieth Century Fox in Hollywood. His days span conferences, workouts, polo, and decisive oversight of budgets and scripts, shaping the studio’s current era. Includes notes on Alexander’s Ragtime Band’s on set music, Henry King's directing, and behind the scenes antics with Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, and the Ritz Brothers.
STE ANNE DES MONTS Que George Gasse driving with his wife on a lonely highway near here rounded a sharp curve and was confronted by a huge black bear The bear reared on its hind legs and appeared ready to leap onto the hood of the car which was moving slowly It fell back with a resounding thud and the car stopped
A fast moving mystery drama titled Arsene Lupis Returns opens at the Capitol Theatre. The new showing features a gripping plot with suspenseful twists as audiences chase clues through dim corridors and shadowed rooms.
The film “Ebb Tide” based on a story by Robert Louis Stevenson is showing at the Lincoln Theatre. A bear rolling over, rising, shaking, and running into the brush is described in a separate wildlife note. The Commonwealth of Australia’s Bureau for Health and Repatriation has cabinet ranking.
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