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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1937
Page
7
Eight Lorain county traffic cases were heard in police court this morning under Mayor Don A. Baird. Many defendants faced drunken driving charges while others pleaded reckless driving. fines ranged from 2 to 50 dollars with several license suspensions and postponed sentences.
John Shuta Jr of Woodford Avenue paid a $1 fine and costs after arraignment before Mayor Don A. Baird in police court for disorderly conduct. He was arrested Friday evening at Rainbow Gardens skating rink on complaint by management and Special Officer Clare Sayles for obscene language in public.
Plans for three additional Four-H Clubs emerge as groups on Lake Avenue Barton Road and Butternut Ridge Road discuss organization. County extension agent C I Hummel notes rapid progress for the 1987 season with five clubs already formed in Eaton Brownhelm Russia Township Penfield and La Grange.
Miss Gertrude Miller 85 died Sunday at her Avon home. Funeral 9:00 Wednesday at St Mary’s Avon with Fr George Stuber. Burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery East Avon. She lived with niece Lena Miller 23 years and is survived by nine nieces 21 great nieces and nephews and four great great nieces. Friends may call at the residence.
Mrs. Nancy Davis widow of William Davis died Sunday at 11 15 morning at her home 362 Columbus street after a four day illness. Born in Cleveland November 13 1861 she had lived in Elyria 54 years. Survived by two sons Fred and Michael two daughters Grace Starks and Emma Hill three grandchildren Viola Geraldine Wilson Leonard Hill all of Elyria. Funeral Tuesday at 2 00 from the home with Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon of the Gospel Mission officiating. Burial in Ridge Lawn Cemetery.
Mrs Clara Hutchinson widow of Charles Hutchinson formerly of Columbia died at her Berea home Sunday morning. Funeral services set for 2 PM Tuesday at Haag's Funeral Parlor Berea with burial in Columbia cemetery. Survived by son Leland of Columbus daughter Doris of Berea and a granddaughter.
Miss Alice Isler sister of Flei bert Isler of Fourteenth Street Elyria Illinois died in Chicago Illinois on May first Former Elyria resident funeral services held in Chicago today at 3 30 p m
Fdzar L Novinger aged 53 died suddenly from a heart attack Sunday evening. He operated the Brownhelm center gas station for seven years. Survived by wife Florence two children James and June May at home and brother Clyde of Lorain. Body at the Brownhelm center home with funeral set for 2:00 p m Wednesday at Ridgeville Memorial Park.
Ford S. Crosier of Pittsfield, 62, died at Allen Hospital Oberlin at 5 20 this morning after a lingering illness. He leaves a niece Lucy Crosier of Pittsfield and a sister-in-law Mrs Minnie Crosier of Pittsfield. Burial will be in Pittsfield.
Vermilion resident Kersey N. Boone passed away at his Perry street home Saturday at the age of 0. He spent his entire life in the community and is survived by relatives and friends awaiting and funeral arrangements.
Oberlin Ohio May 3 the Oberlin Women's club wrapped up the year with an 11 oclock business session at the Oberlin Inn election of officers included president P V Sherman first vice president R P Jameson and other posts. Reports covered committee work and a plan to award three 100 scholarships to local graduates. A noon lunch followed and honorary membership was conferred on J P Jones.
Life in the vicinity of Birmingham and Vermilion ends for a local resident. Survived by widow Nozella M. Boone two daughters Alice Kennedy and John Wallff four sons Edward X Earl C Alva E and Daniel K twenty one grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren all reside in Vermilion. Service Tuesday at 2 30 pm from the Birmingham M E church with Rev F E Eastman of Wakeman presiding Burial planned in Birmingham.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cath erine Elizabeth Stroud will be held Wednesday at 2 50 P M from the home on Center Ridge North Ridgeville. She was mother to Willam Florence James Ernest Emery Harvey and Alberta Cashius and sister to Mary Orth Emma Upson Fred and Jacob Becher.
WAKEMAN May 53 Mars Smedley 67 widow of Chester S Smedley died this morning at 5 00 She lived all her life in Townsend township Surviving are son Harry Arnold Smedley and daughter Lora C both at home and brother A H Arnold of Collins Funeral services will be at Townsend Grange hall Thursday at 2 00 with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Norwalk
Dr Vernon Wagar of Oberlin Norwalk district superintendent of the Northeast Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will address the early Elyria Rotary meeting. The event highlights his religious and regional leadership.
May 3 through May 7 schedules reveal church groups, clubs, and veterans assemblies in Oberlin. Tea at Methodist parsonage. Pythian Sisters entertaining temple officers. many branch meetings at homes and halls across Cedar, College, Park, Morgan, Union, Hollywood, and Lorain streets.
The Townsend Club No. 1 will hold a Thursday evening meeting at the East Oberlin Church starting promptly at 7 o'clock. Rev. C. F. Pickering of Norwalk will speak. Ice cream cake and coffee will be served after. Public is invited.
Aubrey Peabody and his father Earl Peabody along with Glenn Clapp and friends from Grafton spent Sunday at Sandusky Bay. Curtis Holgate and family from Cuyahoga Falls visited relatives including his sister and mother Mrs Lyons and Mrs George H Holgate. Dr MceGrann has resumed office practice after a short illness.
A Rotary Club gathering was scheduled at the Elks' Restaurant at noon on Tuesday. The featured subject had not been announced at the time of the note.
Chronicle Telegram reports carriers receive new sacks with the paper name on a gold panel to honor those with 16 percent grades for six straight months. Sacks stay with a 100 percent maintenance. others can qualify with sustained high scores to earn them.
A provocative aphorism argues that true Christianity cannot exist in a place where a believer is present, implying spiritual integrity requires alignment between faith and environment. The statement challenges geographic or social barriers to practicing Christian virtue.
Private funeral services were held for Matt Gardner 52 at Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. A E Kemp officiating. Gardner, known as a former cowboy and station proprietor, was found dead in his bed Saturday in an apparent suicide after autopsy confirmed death by self-inflicted gunshot. He gained fame for bandit captures at his Oberlin Road station and was once a Democratic nominee candidate for sheriff. He is survived by his wife two sisters Norma Bonar and Mrs Loal Wizert and a brother Dr John Gardner. His body was taken to Toledo for burial.
Paul McCampbell of Avon Lake sues John W. Southard of Lakewood for 5600 damages claiming injury from a wreck on February 13, 1935 when a board flew into the air after his flagging with a red lantern. The case cites misnaming defendant and notes other divorce and foreclosure actions in Lorain County court records.
Ralph Murbach of 409 Washington avenue reported a rear garage break in last evening. Gasoline tanks from two cars were drained and a spare wheel and tire from one car were stolen. Total value estimated at about 235.
Milford Horace of 552 East Broad Street was fined five dollars and costs on an intoxication charge after arraignment before Mayor Ron A. Baird in police court this morning. He was arrested about 9 55 p m Saturday on request of a family member.
Lorain County Pomona Grange approved fall prizes for outstanding Juvenile Granges three dollars for first place two for second and one for third plus two degree work sessions yearly starting September at Eaton School. The meeting at Old Glory Grange Hall included tributes to Ed Whiton and notes on recent Grange programs and banquets.
Over the weekend four defendants appeared before Justice Preston Coon for highway violations. James Betzel Jr. of West River Street faced a $100 fine for driving while intoxicated, arraigned by Deputy Steve Frohec on West River Road. Vito Joe Picione, 19, Stop 47 1-2 between here and Lorain, was fined $5 plus costs after failing to stop before entering a main highway and later jailed for non payment of the fine. Jack Griffin, arrested by Deputy Rodman Douglas for speeding 5 miles per hour over the limit on Schramm Road, was fined $10 with costs and had the fine suspended. Morris Bilby of Lorain was fined $1 plus costs for not stopping at a main highway.
Nathan Jones of this city was fined $1 and costs for intoxication after arraignment before Mayor Don A. Baird in police court. He was arrested around 6 p m Saturday when found lying along the New York Central Railroad tracks by police.
The Institute of Oriental Studies in Leningrad reports receipt of a Khorezmian dictionary from its Astrakhan correspondent. It contains 2,000 Khorezmian words with equivalents in the Arabian and Persian languages.
A trio of lines praises Tampico Mexico as an angler’s paradise cites discontent as a sign of weak will and asserts Italy as the cradle of the fine arts reflecting a cultured viewpoint.
Markets show unsettled butter and egg quotes with eggs at extra firsts 19 to 34 cents per dozen and butter around 34 cents. Live poultry limits include hens heavy 18 cents and broilers at 2 dollars and change. cattle receipts 1400 with steady to 25 cent lower, calves down 50 cents, sheep and lambs steady, hogs receipts 2500 with varied prices across weight ranges.
The fragment lists multiple local businesses and associated individuals including Crandall's Drug Store, Hale's Grocery, Hale’s Hardware, Elyria Savings and Trust, Manhattan Laundry, Steel and Tubes, Ohio Fuel Gas, Tite Brothers, Walton Ice and Fuel, Goldstein Sons, Parsch Lumber, Sudro-Curris Funeral Home, Peerless Laundry, Chronicle Telegram staff, Eastern Heights Land Company, and Tattersall Dairy with their respective owners or managers.
The notice lists sponsoring bodies including the Lorain County Wool Growers Association Lorain County Bee Keepers Association Northern Ohio Draft Horse Association Lorain County Agricultural Society Wellington Holstein Cinb Lorain County Pomona Grange Lorain County Farm Bureau Lorain County Senior Four-H Cinb and Lorain County Jersey Breeders Association.
The confidant says she did not receive emeralds from the Duke or return them under government pressure and that she was never called Wally. She recalls only the Duke addressing her as Wallis and cannot say how she addressed him.
Arrangements for showing a film on dental hygiene in Elyria schools and PTA meetings during the week of May 17 are being made after the State Department of Health reports a dental hygienist will be assigned to the city for that week. A lecture will accompany the films, stressing proper teeth care. Dr. G. E. French, city health commissioner, requested the film and speaker.
A fire caused by gasoline dripping from a fuel bowl ignited by a hot exhaust pipe damaged a carburetor area and prompted Hose Company No. 1 to respond. A second fire at 12 35 this morning involved a car owned by Joe Brove at Broad and East River Streets, traced to a gasoline leak touched off by a match.
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