May Abandon Bill To Expand Supreme Court
Washington premier reports suggest early resignations of one or more Supreme Court justices and possible abandonment of Roosevelt’s plan to add six justices. Rumors place Louis D. Brandeis’s resignation near June, while delays and retirements are debated in Congress as the court faces pension rulings and a brewing crisis over the court expansion attempt.
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Fifteen Take First Communion at Holy Trinity Avon
A class of fifteen celebrated first communion at Holy Trinity church Avon on Sunday May 9. Guests included Hosella Forthofer Doris Christ Francis Ackerman Lillian Atherton Betty Urig Beatrice Smith Marie Conroy Lillian Frank Shirley Tamkin Beverly Horwedel Marie LeCouffe James Phillipson Lewis Gray Bernard Hubert and Bernard Knipper. Local residents attended a Lorain County Rural Mail Carriers fish fry in Columbia where retiring carrier Smith Grubbs received a floor lamp.
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Hosella Forthofer
Doris Christ
Francis Jean Ackerman
Lillian Atherton
Betty Urig
Beatrice Smith
Marie Conroy
Lillian Frank
Shirley Tamkin
Beverly Horwedel
Marie LeCouffe
James Phillipson
Lewis Gray
Bernard Hubert
Bernard Knipper
Iva Gough
Glenn Hubbard
Columbia
Lorain County
Smith Grubbs
Anna Lieber
Stewart
Lakewood
Edwin Pickering
Earl Pickering
Gordon Paddock
Cleveland
Dell Dunning
Nina
Robert Pickering
Donald Pickering
Detroit
Arnold Buck
Bobby
George Buck
Ridgeville
Joseph Forthofer, Jr
Knights of St. John
St. Mary’s Church Hall
Tall hairdresser devises trick to gain height
Faye Osborn, 5 feet 1 inch, created a new hairdress style to add height to her look, bringing her to 5 feet 4 inches. She is vice president and treasurer of the Colorado state board of cosmetology and shares expertise on coiffures for shorter women.
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Denver
Faye Osborn
Miss Osborn
Colorado State Board of Cosmetology
Park Avenue Glamour to Slums In New York Life
Irving Berlin’s tune has popularized Park Avenue, shifting attention from Fifth to Park with new shops, luxury towers, and deluxe tenantry. Tragedy, photographers, and celebrity culture color nightly drama as observers note the avenue’s evolving image from elegant to mixed wealth. Harrison Williams, husband of America’s best dressed woman, remains a social and financial figure amid this changing landscape. French pastry rises in popularity as a culinary trend.
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Victorian tastes and social notes blend with Lake Avenue updates
A column blends arts and dining gossip with social happenings at Lake Avenue. It highlights pastry artistry, seating shifts at the Colony, a cordial note from Ellen Glasgow, and a burst of crowd-pleasing school and Legion activities. The piece weaves recipes, letters, programs, and local dinners into a mosaic of community life with names and places like Lake Avenue, Amherst, Oberlin, and Cleveland.
St Johns Evangelical confirms twelve in South Amherst
South Amherst May 11. The St Johns Evangelical and Reformed church held a confirmation service with twelve youths presented by Rev. C E Schmidt. The ceremony followed worship as the choir sang two special anthems. Confirmands: Maynard Brucker Nelson Farey Tunchard Griffen William Holzbauer William Roll Donald Schacht Norma Brucker Mary Hoffman Beverly Mori Grace Thompson Alma Wirth Elizabeth Wirth.
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South Amherst
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
C. E. Schmidt
Maynard Brucker
Nelson Farey
Tunchard Griffen
William Holzbauer
William Roll
Donald Schacht
Norma Brucker
Mary Hoffman
Beverly Mori
Grace Thompson
Alma Wirth
Elizabeth Wirth
Fifteenth Birthday Celebration at Betty Kolmenger’s Home
Friends and relatives gathered Saturday evening to honor Miss Betty Jane Kolmenger on her fifteenth birthday. Games and contests with prizes went to Nettie Niegowski Norma Slack May Belle Moser and Helen Wazyniak. A luncheon followed with green and yellow decor and many gifts for the honored guest.
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Betty Jane Kolmenger
T Nettie Niegowski
Norma Slack
Maybelle Moser
Helen Wazyniak
Margaret Gail
Wilma Emery
Marian Cashman
Betty
Congregational News Highlights Mothers at Sunday Service
Mrs Joseph Michellc sang a solo at Sunday worship, each mother present received a rose, and the oldest and youngest mothers received carnations. The Ladies Dime Society meets in the church parlors Thursday afternoon.
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The
Ladies Dime Society
Firemen Plan Friday Meeting and Fish Fry Social
A regular Vol unteer Firemen meeting is set at the fire station Friday evening followed by a fish fry and social hour with wives. Methodist News notes Mother’s Day service in Sunday school with corsages for each mother and special music. A mother and father party will be held Thursday evening in the church parlors inviting all members and friends. Dr Bingham Speaks at March 20 commencement in the new school auditorium with a summary of his credentials and work.
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Methodist News
Bingham
South Amherst Village
Guy Morse Bingham
Washington, D. C
Ohio
Lyceum
Chautauqua
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Canada
Iis
Harvard University
Pi Gamma
Cat Reaches 21st Year in Century-Old Lesson
Middletown, N Y. Toodles a cat twenty one years old equals one hundred five human years according to veterinarians. One cat year equals five human years. Toodles is deaf, pedigreed Persian from a long living line. its mother died at eighteen and a twin brother was chloroformed after a bone injury.
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Middletown
N. Y
Toodles
Gritzer Driver Sideswipes Truck In Johnstown Crash
George Gritzer driving a car in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, sideswiped a truck, shearing off 16 fenceposts and seven small trees. Gritzer and passenger Mike Yacynych escaped without a scratch.
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Johnstown
George Gritzer
Gritzer
Mike Yacynych
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