Oberlin Prepares Air Mail Week Parade and Exhibit
Oberlin readies National Air Mail Week events for May 16 with a luncheon for 150 at the Oberlin Inn. Aerial exhibit highlights include Sharp materials and the Wright brothers. a parade starts at 3:15 pm with a 4 pm athletic-field program.
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Oberlin
Lorain
Cleveland
Ahrop
Oberlin Inn
Postal
Thomas Herbert
Herbert
Ohi National Guard
Obertn College
William Graves Snarp
National Air
Air Mail Week Parade and Pageant at Oberlin Athletic Field
The program features a parade formation with floats from Wellington Lorain Amherst Elyria and Oberlin sections. Massed bands perform The Star Spangled Banner then a pageant of Postal Progress precedes a speech by Representative Don Harter. Special planes carry the first air mail flight to Cleveland and a ceremonial scroll to Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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Woodland Avenue
Oberlin College
College
Wellington
Wellington High School
Grafton
Elyria
Elyria High School
Amherst
Clearview Girls
Lorain
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lorain High School
Akron
Oberlin High School
American Legion
Roosevelt
Farley
Houghton
Oberlin
Lorain County
Air Mail
William Close
Robert Waite
Camden High
Edward Swete
Lorain High
Wellington Grafton
Ridgeville
Dan Kinsey
Warner Gym
J Jeffery Auer
Miner
Bill Craig
Fanny Way Rohm
Janice Rudd
Mabel Burt Kay Thompson
Kay McCullough
Margery Derr
Betty Seedenberg
Dorothy Ebberhart
Way Anna Beaven
Bud Freeman
Dave Ba
Frank Clark
Sibraley Jeirs Griffith
Congressman
Don Harter
Harter
Gerald Frank
Wusie
Arthur Williams
Cleveland
H © Robbins
Mr Robbins
Willis T Sperry
Elsra
National Air Mail Week
House of Representatives
Ridgelawn
House Action Raises Roosevelt Relief Plan to Senate
The House voted 328 to 70 to send Roosevelt’s 3.154 million relief bill to the Senate, adding 100 million to the rural electrification program via RF C lending. Debates centered on REA funding, PWA allocations, and decentralization proposals, with amendments increasing the REA to 100 million and blocking several spending eliminations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hous
John E Rankin
D. Miss
Rankin
Clifton A Woodrum
D. Va
Policeman Kills Wife And Two Sons
New York on May 13 Anthony Modleski a 36 year old traffic officer on sick leave shot and killed his wife and two of his three sons while they slept the remaining son was critically wounded and Modleski then killed himself Evidence found in the Mod leski apartment in Brooklyn indicated the patrolman fired with a service revolver as he suffered a nervous disorder according to Deputy Chief Inspector John J Gallagher in charge of Brooklyn police files
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New York
Anthony Wodleski
Modleski
Brooklyn
John J Gallagher
Uniformed Police of
William Graves Sharp Buried in Family Tomb Guard
A Guard of Honor at the Sharp family tomb marks the burial of William Graves Sharp. The Elgoma American Legion and D A R decorate the tomb. services start at 5:45 with addresses by Judge A R Webber Frank Smythe and Congressman Don W Harte. A bugler from the American Legion Drum Corps will play taps.
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William Graves Sharp
Sharp
Guard of Honor
Elgrma American Legion
A R Webber
Frank Smythe
Don W Harte
Taps
American Legion
Drum Corps
Oberlin
Elyria
Congressman Sharp
Baxter Sharp
Elyra
Margaret Sharp Hill
New York
A. Walker
Taunton
Mass
George Sharp
William G Sharp
Boston
Shorty Fulton
Akron
Bill Parks
Fulton
Wellington 4H club elects officers at Wednesday meeting
In Wellington Ohio thirteen 4H Willing Workers members elected officers led by Evelyn Smith as president and Elizabeth Pitts as vice president Marilyn Pitts as secretary Edith Campbell and Ethlyn Newberger won news reporter roles Jeanne Whiteside and Margaret Eibner named recreation leaders The club plans summer meetings and holds a June 2 session at 3 30 PM at the schoolhouse Mrs Floyd Buswell reappointed advisor with Anna Buswell assisting The Kiwanis club lunch featured two traffic safety films The Hit and Run Driver and Saving Seconds each highlighting road safety
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Wellington
Ohio
Way
Willing Workers Club
Evelyn Smith
Elizabeth Pitts
Marilyn Pitts
Edith Campbell
Ethlyn Newberger
Jeanne Whiteside
Margaret Eibner
Nest
Floyd Buswell
Club
Anna Buswell
Rural Life Sunday discussed at Pittsfield church event
Wellington Grange members met to plan Rural Life Sunday on May 22 at Pittsfield Community Church. Mrs Lulu Jameyson won attendance prize. A playlet Boarding School featured Allen Carter and others. The Grange quartet sang. Lucille Green portrayed Beauties of Flora. Mrs Carl Webbe read a poem. D G Swanger showed slides of flora and shrubbery. Refreshments were served under Earl Jameyson.
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Pittsfield
Wellington Grange
Lulu Jameyson
Allen Carter
Clarence Barber
David Riggs
Clinton Myers
Russell Jameyson
Orrin Gallatin
Richard Axery
Grange
John Barber
Earl Jameyson
Carl Webber
Joe McConnell
Community gathering and plans noted in Wellington area
Twenty two people including Rev John H Green of Wellington Fast Baptist church gathered at Mrs H E Finley’s Flyria home. The day included sewing for two missionaries, a noon meal, a short program and devotionals led by Reverend Green. Delegates from Congregational church attended a conference in Elitia. The notice mentions upcoming events and facility improvements at local schools and recreation grounds.
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John H Green
Wellington Fast Baptist Church
H E Finley
Flyria
Finley
Elizabeth Horton
Elyria
Laura Barber
Oberlin
Green
W L Lamoreaux
Barker Street
Rochester Methodist Banquet Highlights School Ties
Miss Thelma Hooper, secretary to Superintendent W Shields, and a local teacher addressed a Brother-Daughter banquet in Rochester Methodist hall, focusing on school community bonds and civic dedication amid a formal gathering.
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Thelma Hooper
W. Shields
Rochester
Local Notices and Social Updates From Wellington Area
Richard Duff becomes traveling salesman for Culver Manufacturing Co with offices in Bluffton Indiana. Mr and Mrs T M Pfeiffer return from Lakewood relatives. Mrs Charles Sheldon visiting her son-in-law and daughter in Midland Michigan. Russell Dickason initiated at Omega Tau Sigma at Ohio State University. Carl Rank sells Herrick avenue West home and moves to Hibhker Block. Wellington School Alumni Association met at Vrs EBOL. Alumni Guests of Mr and Mrs George Bassett on Mother's Day include multiple Gulletts and Bassett family members from Cleveland Elyria and New London. E L Henes Cleveland visitor Tuesday. Additional Wellington notes on page 4.
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Richard Duff
Culver Manufacturing Company
Bluffton
Indiana
T M Pfeiffer
Lakewood
Charles Sheldon
Carl Branson
Midland
Mich
Russell Dickason
Ohio State University
Omega Tau Sigma Fraternity
Carl Rank
Herrick Avenue
George Bassett
William Gullett
Lloyd Gullett
Jean
Floyd Gullett
Cleveland
Mortimer Bassett
Elyria
A. M. Bassett
Wellington
Gaylord Bassett
Barbara Ann
New London
Mary
Hiram Knapp
Perry Knapp
May Bement
Tabernacle
E. L. Henes
Community banquet set for Friday evening June 10
A banquet will be held Friday eve ning June 10 with an important meeting next Tuesday evening at the Sharp home to finalize event plans. Officers are urged to attend. Mrs Ed Krause Brewster and her daughter Mrs Mary Numbers Canton were Thursday guests of Mr and Mrs A H Peirce. Mrs Ralph Morris of Norwalk visits relatives in town. New York Central grade crossings and railway tracks are under going extensive repairs for about two months with five rough crossings to be repaved by a twenty man crew. a car load of ties arrived Monday.
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Sharp Home
Ed Krause
Brewster
Mary Numbers
Canton
A. H. Peirce
Ralph Morris
Norwalk
New York Central
J. H Page
Silent Circle Sale Funds College Scholarship Drive
Miss Mabel Clark of the Silent Circle of the Kings Daughters announces an annual scholarship tag day sale set for Saturday May 14. Mrs Arnold Kipp linger will direct the event to boost the 1937 fund with house-to-house canvassing and business district tag sales. Proceeds will send a boy or girl to college this fall.
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Mabel Clark
Silent Circle of the King’s Daughters
Arnold Kipplinger
Temple Chapter 0 BE.S Schedules May Birthday Party
At the regular meeting of Temple Chapter 0 BE.S held in Masonic Hall on Tuesday May 10 members voted to sponsor the May birthday party for members with May birthdays on Tuesday May 24 Proceedings begin with a covered dish supper at 6 30 PM followed by initiation of one candidate.
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Temple Chapter 0. Be.s
Masonic Hall
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