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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1939
Page
10
In Elyria a community concert by Beck Music aims to showcase singers and musicians as the year closes. The program features the choir and soloists, with plans to honor teachers and celebrate the students’ progress.
Amherst notices list Temple of Pythian Sisters meeting Tuesday with social hour and refreshments, Stone City Chapter of Eastern Stars regular session Wednesday, inspection Thursday with officers dinner at Methodist parlor, Eagle Auxiliary dance Thursday, program committee for Amherst 125th anniversary meets Tuesday, fourth music festival biograph of Stephen Foster Thursday, Hickory Tree Grange Thursday, annual firemen fish fry Friday, Living Rosary crowning of May Queen Sunday with Jane Ruth placing crown and Rev H R McCormick sermon, Rosary circles meetings and Novena for Sorrowsful Mother Friday, Altar Rosary communion next Sunday morning, and other parochial school events and meetings this week.
Mrs Otto Wise of Cleveland avenue received a Sunday afternoon surprise party at her daughter Mrs Jessie Cromwell’s Harris street home in her honor for a 77th birthday. Guests included Mrs Howard Pick Elyria and many others, with a dessert course served and a gift presented to the guest of honor.
The weekly church calendar lists the Sun day school teachers and officers meeting this evening at the parsonage to discuss Modern Christians. The Men’s Club meets Tuesday at the church parlors with a 6 30 fish fry and Elyria high two boys will discuss Crimes Its Cause and Prevention. The May Women’s Union meets Thursday afternoon at the church parlors with bank offering boxes ingathering. Friday choir rehearsal at 7 30. A German service is planned next Sunday at 8 30. The Mother Daughter party by the Philathea class is set for Wednesday May 10 at 8 p m with a program and social hour to follow.
The text lists registration with Mrs R Jewett or Mrs L Roemer, a Truth Seekers class meeting at Mr and Mrs Newton Bechtels, a social hour with refreshments, and upcoming events including Daughters of Dorcas at the Kuhn home, mid week prayer and Bible study at Adam Northiem, church council, May Ladies Aid and Women’s Missionary Society meeting at Mrs Walliam Schmitkons, a Findlay Ohio MS convention delegate selection, and choir rehearsal at the church.
The Young People met in regular session announcing the Linwood Young Peoples conference of Congregational and Christian churches for June 1926. Lucille Hoffner and Bille Bruce chosen delegates with Katherine Franks and Henry Sharp as alternates. Plans for a Mother-Daughter banquet May 15 were approved with a supper at six. Mrs. R. E. Brown of Oberlin to speak. William Dean welcomed as new member. Men's church meeting at 7 30 Wednesday. Official board and congregational meeting to follow next Sunday. Oberlin Seminary Retreat to be held at the local church Thursday.
Sunday school training and Bible study join church parlor events this evening. Choir rehearsal is scheduled for Wednesday. Ladies Aid meets Thursday with Mrs. Albert Kreeger hosting. Junior Walther League and church council meet Thursday evening. Regular services led by Rev. Daniel Buser on Wednesday and Friday at 7 30. Ladies prayer meeting Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Fred Hopkins. Mrs. Thomas McGuire welcomed a baby girl Saturday. BRIEFS note attendances and visits among local residents and students.
Local residents report travel and family visits including Mrs Arthur E Wilcox and children Billy and Jo anne in Buffalo with Capt Wilcox and Mrs Leonard Reising with daughters Joan and Shirley from Cleveland. Illness keeps Mrs C H Nichols home. C B Rawson recovering at home. Supt Carl W Martin buys North Main Street lot for future house. A diver retrieves a lost bag of 50 dollars dropped by a visitor near Belfast harbor. Textile industry outlook for 1939 sits between 1937 and 1938 levels.
Washington observers say Hitler's Munich address offered modest claims while Roosevelt gained little and Hitler won publicity. The piece notes Britain and France stayed on the sidelines and questions Roosevelt's diplomacy, citing Krock and White House denials as evidence of limited prestige gains.
The latest census figures reveal a marked population decrease in Ireland due to a large exodus of young people abroad and a high death toll among the elderly.
Sabina Jacobs, once enslaved, died in Paarl South Africa at age sixteen. Her death spotlights the harsh history of slavery and its lingering impact in the region.
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