Seventeen Seek Nominations For County Commissioner
Eleven Republicans and six Democrats compete for four nomination slots in the primary. With two commissioners to be elected this year, each party will select two nominees. Political advertising.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
16
Eleven Republicans and six Democrats compete for four nomination slots in the primary. With two commissioners to be elected this year, each party will select two nominees. Political advertising.
The article lists Democratic candidates including J. E. Davidson El. W. Dechant Lewis B. Daniels L. P. Kaiser John A. Repko Frank B. Henke and others along with Republican contenders C. T. Biggs A. Br Branson Howard D. Cook E C Cotton Joseph A. Cozad Noel E. Lewis Ertiz W. McHenry Louis Stulzenbureg and E. M. Wickens. It notes incumbents seeking reelection and party affiliations with biographical details.
Harry B. Bratton, a former Lerainn Republican Central Committee and county executive committee member, runs for office for the first time. A plasterer by trade, he has served five years on the Loran County Soldiers and Sailors Commission and holds memberships in the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and is past president of the Loran Eagles lodge.
The ME Church Sunday School Board met Monday evening in the church parlors to plan events. They approved an ice cream social for Friday evening June 14 to raise funds for church Conference Claims and scheduled a Children's Day program for Sunday June 9. Attendees included Miss Edth Hurlbur Bir, Mrs Bernish, Mrs Harriet Dean, Mrs Xi B Copas, Mrs C E Heinere, Mrs Frank Eschtruth, Mr and Mrs E A White, and Mr Franke Beese.
LaGrange sponsors a Friday May 10 dance with music provided by Cook's Orchestra. Sponsors are local group members.
The Athletic Association announces a dance in the auditorium with mixed dances featured and urges everyone to attend.
Miss Clara Lewis of Oberlin marked her seventy seventh birthday last Friday with relatives. Present were Mr and Mrs Barl Lewis of Elyria, Mr and Mrs Maynard Hanmer and daughter Jessee, and Mr and Mrs Harman Sheldon with son Bobby.
A letter sent from Pullman to an addressee about 300 feet away took 10 days to deliver. The missive traveled roughly 5,000 miles round trip to Chicago, illustrating postal delays and unusual routing.
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