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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1938
Page
8
Blue Ribbon spellers from five Lorain County schools were announced by County Superintendent C. A. Gibbons. Winners span Vincent Eaton Markley Belden and Ridgeville schools across second to sixth grades with students earning Blue Ribbon honors for correct spelling.
A lion crouched at a water hole in the Game Reserve near Skukuza Camp South Africa and attacked two native women. One woman died instantly while the other sustained fatal injuries.
In this Hollywood anecdote column Jimmie Fidler recalls encounters with Charles Gemora the star of Ingagi the infamous fake ape thriller and notes his fall from fame. He also recounts Jeanette MacDonald Aileen Whelan and Ben Blue anecdotes reflecting industry quirks and public attention.
About 175 registrations for free swimming instruction at the Y M C A were received as the Learn to Swim campaign neared its deadline. Classes will run two weeks starting Monday for men women boys and girls with options for beginners and advanced swimmers. Police Chief Stankard Mayor Petro and Fire Chief Bates praised the effort as vital for recreation and health in Elyria. Registrations must be turned in by tonight.
Elyria Library announces Thirty new books in Polish and German are available with 15 titles in each language. Readers may borrow them after viewing at the circulation desk. The library also features an exhibit on garden books wildflowers bees bird houses and new Northwest Territory titles.
The National Tube Company at Lorain will raise overall operations next week versus last week with two more pipe mills active than this week. Steel production stays level while one blast furnace and three open hearths run. the Bessemer converter operates single turn and the rail mill is idle. Five days of work start Monday for skelp mills, butt mills, lapp mills, and seamless mills with tentative scheduling pending orders.
About 25 clothing club advisors from Lorain County met at the YMCA under Miss Frances Eckert to discuss Summer clothing projects for girls. They set standards, reviewed project work, and approved a work plan to guide future club meetings. A companion meeting for food club advisors is planned for next week.
In Hollywood amid bedlam at the American Legion fights, celebrities shout and clown while locals and fans watch the pageant. The Legion events run for years, mediocre yet profitable. stars come to be seen, while actors get paid and the arena profits. Jimmy Kern cites harmony as key to their success, contrasting with the Marx Brothers who quarrel over close ups.
A compact listing of church names, addresses, pastors, and weekly service times. CHRIST'S TEMPLE at Oberlin and Garford avenues shows multiple services including Sunday School 10:00 AM and Evening worship. other churches such as Church of God in Christ and First Methodist provide Sunday School, morning and evening services, and midweek activities with pastors named.
Rev Ernst Irion leads Sunday worship at 9 30 with Sunday School at 10 45 Morning service on first and third Sundays German service at 8 45 am at third street church parish notes and times for services and Sunday activities.
Jewish Temple Lake Ave at West St offers Sunday School at 10 15 a m and religious instruction weekly while United Presbyterian at East Ave and Second St led by Rev Geo Brown holds Bible School at 9 30 a m Divine Worship at 10 45 a m Young People meeting at 6 30 p m and prayer meeting Bible study at 7 30 p m on Wednesdays SS in may appear truncated in the source.
Rev Julius Kish pastor at 205 West River Street offers Sunday School at 10:00 A M. Hungarian Service at 11:00 A M. Young People's Service at 7:00 P M and Evening Service at 7:30. Prayer meeting held Thursday at 7:30.
The notice lists service times for Rev John B. Anderson at First Baptist Church and for Rev R W Neighbour at First Baptist and other congregations. It includes Sunday School times morning services evening evangelistic and youth programs, plus midweek prayer and special meetings across several churches on Second Street and Court Streets.
The Psychic Forum relocates to Woodmans Hall at 330 W Broad with an 8:00 pm spiritual meeting headlined by Rev Hunt of Cleveland. Sunday events include 9:30 am Sunday School 11:00 am Church Service 6:00 pm Epworth League and 1:30 pm Evening Service at 2507 Middle Ave led by Rev C Watson.
The article explains how joints connect bones from the spine to limbs and notes movement constraints to protect the spinal cord. It also lists upcoming Amherst Study Club and Mary Martha Class events and details a funeral for Hannah Burkett with service at Baker Funeral Home and Brownhelm cemetery burial.
The text explains cartilage protects joint surfaces and cushions shock in movable joints. It notes ball and socket joints like the shoulder and hip offer wide motion, while elbow wrist knee and ankle combine several joint types. It mentions limited blood supply and a synovial membrane producing lubricating joint fluid.
The text explains ligaments as strong bands securing joints to prevent dislocation and notes that most dislocations tear ligaments. It defines sprains as partial dislocations with torn ligaments and describes joint fluid, inflammation, and rheumatism as outcomes of injury, with attention to pain, stiffness, and drainage.
Cambridge and Prospect Streets church announces 9 30 A M church school and 10 44 morning worship led by Pastor Josef A Barton Junior Choir meets Wednesday at 730 P M Missionary Circle gathers first and third Thursdays at 730 P M.
The Church of the Nazarene at 419 Cleveland Street lists 10:45 A M preaching and 7:45 P M evangelistic services with midweek prayer and Friday Young People's gatherings. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 1017 Lake Avenue led by Elder Clifford G Munkler offers 9:45 A M church school 11:00 A M morning worship and 6:30 P M Young People's meeting.
Amherst and Lorain County post offices join Oberlin in a Monday parade through Oberlin business district as part of National Air Mail week. Amherst plans several floats from the Cleveland Quarries Noon Day Club and Business Men's Association with the Clearview Drum and Eagles Corps. Oberlin College Athletic Field hosts the program and pageant.
Mrs B A Jenne reports the first air mail flight from Amherst with pilot Al Zimmerman taking mail to Oberlin. A special cachet will be used on all air mail sent from Amherst next week featuring a distinctive design.
The feature highlights a sandstone quarry titled Sandstone Center of the World designed by David Wilson. The article notes a special post office stamp issued for air mail week and reports a Cloverleaf Club gathering hosted by Mrs John Michael with five hundred in games and a dessert layout.
William Shaf fer of South Amherst Mrs Wilmah Egeland Miss Alpha Hazel and Mrs Clyde Heussner of Henrietta spent Friday in Cleveland. Mrs Fred Deiner visited Berea relatives Thursday. Charles Meek of Lorain spent Friday evening in Amherst.
G Whitfield Andrews, a 1921 Oberlin alumnus and formerly with National City Bank in New York, becomes assistant cashier at the Union Bank of Commerce in Cleveland. He taught at the American Institute of Banking and is married to Alice Lockwood Andrews, also Class of 1921, active in Oberlin alumnae circles.
Elyria Library announces new acquisitions led by Miss Edna Moore. General titles include works by Sherman Clark Einstein Moreton Macintire Black Becker Hawes Alford Crasdit Holbrook Reynolds Ryerson Crothers Hark ness Bush Beals Craig Herndon Mangham Sheahan Dodd and more. Fiction selections feature Spring by Bowman Gardner Hillman Kerr Prouty White Wright and other titles.
Sears store at 382 Broad Street begins its annual May Economy Festival extending through May 21. National Sears participation focuses on greatly reduced prices for seasonal items to aid customers buying summer goods, says store manager R Young.
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