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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1938
Page
4
A short humorous item set on a country road features a husband teaching his nervous wife to drive when she spots a tree. The column opens with a proverb about city limits and praises thrift on a lamp mat sold for five dollars from a fifteen cent cost. An attorney’s quip about percentage profit ends with a pun on grand larceny.
A playful exchange between Freddie and his mother features a boast about naming three things children dislike. The mother teases that thousands of kids would refuse spinach, prompting Freddie to issue the challenge. The light moment captures domestic humor and childhood bravado.
A jesting exchange recalls Mister Smith’s fondness for horse racing. The minister notes Smith dozed through service last Sunday, waking to misread the hymn board and quip that only three starters remained.
A final tribute recounts the first veteran and memorials noted in the Chronicle Telegram page. A brief obituary style notice highlights service and dedication.
A dense schedule of radio programs across WTAM WADC and WGAR includes top hatters bands orchestra broadcasts sports updates religious news and a late night concert. Notable entries feature the McGregor Exned Studis Breese Band and Jones Band along with religious and cultural programs and racing pigeon coverage.
Suburban communities announce meetings and services including Wee Hour Club in Grafton with Mr and Mrs Grabensetter and various Grange, church and school events across La Grange Chatham Olmsted Pittsfield Spencer Columbia Litchfield Sheffield and Lake Avenue locations. Notable items include a 1902 Grange banquet at Elks Club and baccalaureate services with speakers in multiple towns.
A dense OCR reading lists a Cleveland station schedule for Monday May 28 1938. It mentions Hilltop House, Young, Sam Myrt Maree, Burns at Allen, Welk tapes, various news, an almanac, music segments, and multiple named acts and programs with no clear sequence.
Brighton seniors present Spike Three with performances at 7 P.M. in the high school auditorium. Commencement for Columbia and Eaton set for 7 P.M. in town hall and school respectively with Rev. R. S. Tuck of Wooster as speaker. Grafton Gingham Pinochie Club meets with Mrs. George Grabenstetter Tuesday afternoon. Lake Avenue Grange Hustlers meet at Grange Hall at 2 P.M. Lake Avenue Shining Thim-
Bies Girls Four H Club meets at the school this afternoon. Lake Avenue Adult Bible Class gathers with Mr and Mrs Reno Collier this evening. Grange assembly at the Grange Hall. North Olmsted Unity Club meets at the Parish House. Penfield commencement at the school auditorium. Rochester Ladies Missionary Society of the Baptist church meets at Spencer all day with a pot luck lunch.
Wellington hosts Air Mail Week with remarks by Paul Hergenroeder Mayor E R Lehman and Wilbur Surf at Wellington Park. Students and residents attend as the school band guides a mail run to Willis Hines field where William Farrar and Palmer Overholt launch 9890 letters to Mills airport Lorein, arriving in 20 minutes. Pictures from Oberlin shown at the Wellington post office lobby.
Columbia seniors will hold Class Day exercises at the high school next Monday May 23 with blue and gray colors. The program features class history prophets horoscope and songs, a class will and reader items, followed by a dinner and theatre outing in Cleveland.
Mrs. Lee Walker entertained for Roberta Ingersoll with rainbow decorations and gifts. A Japanese umbrella hung from the chandelier and a bride doll centered the table as Mrs. Clara Mills sang and Edna Bartter read poems. Miss Ingersoll attends Columbia Baptist Church and will wed Allen Smith of Fields in June.
The Pittsfield Methodist church drew a full house as Herea led the Baldwin-Wallace Gospel team with Mr. Schreiber in charge. Guest soloist Miss Mary Ann Mendoza contributed to Gounod's Mass performed by Ashland Symphony over the Columbia network. Robert Avery and Miss Mendoza are connected to the group. about 50 vocational and agricultural students and instructors from Ashland Loudenville Savannah and Sullivan visited E R McConnell farm to study Ayrshire cattle, noting McConnell's herd of 50 Ayrshires.
The neighborhood club of school district No 5 met at the home of Mr and Mrs Ezra Muir on Friday May 13 with 31 members present. Mrs Howard Day ton led entertainment as members enjoyed games and refreshments. The next meeting is Friday July 8 at the home of Mr and Mrs Albert Hostettler with Mr Herman Worcester as program committee chair.
Jack Bear named chairman of the entertainment committee for the Allegro Club of Wellington, a 50 member student musicians group, under piano teacher Mrs Roy McCormick. The club met at Wellington Congregational church to elect officers. Robert C Bear accepts salesman position with Gravely Motor Plow and Cultivator Co of Dunbar WV and will travel south and east. The Boys 4-H Club met with advisor Robert Pickworth in town hall May 12 to adopt a policy to bring project books to each meeting for study. George Landin is recuperating.
The column reports Mrs. Walter Bullock undergoing an Allen hospital operation with positive progress. Ted Bullock and Earl Piper suffer measles. Families and guests from Fremont, Wellington, Clarksfield, Medina, and Columbus are noted visiting or hosting, including birthdays and lodge activities. Ted Breyley traveled for Soil Conservation Department work.
Mrs O Goss and Mrs Fenner attended the Oberlin W C T U Institute at Community Church. May Hunt of Macedonia visited relatives in the area. Mr and Mrs O R McCullough and Miss Mary Westlake stayed with relatives in Detroit. Wittich accompanied them to Detroit. Oscar Share of Ohio State University visited Clement Greene home. George W Greene called on Ernest McClaflin. Clauds Holmes and family attended a Belden senior class play. EB Edwards and family were Ashland visitors. Buckinghams of Grafton visited Claude Holmes family. Mrs Clement Greene and Betty were in Ashland. Hanes siblings and Miss Ohlya Swirsko of Cleveland visited parents. Jessie Moore joined county Home Councillors on a trip to Cleveland visiting Nela Park and the Art Museum. Sunday dinner guests were...
Lagrange reports Lyndon chapter marks its twenty fifth anniversary with a formal program led by Mrs Leola Wilcoy after the regular session. Dida Gott received a bouquet as first Worthy Matron. Zola Hastings narrated the chapter history. About a hundred attendees shared refreshments as former officers and charter members joined visitors from nearby towns.
LaGrange High School held a Class of ’28 commencement in the school auditorium. The program included a processional, instrumental selections, invocation by Rev. Karl L. Darkey, a student address, choral performances by the High School Girls’ Glee Club, and presentations of diplomas by J. L. Oppelt. Betty Holcomb and Lola Conklin won four year scholarship honors.
Gary Cooper stars as Marco Polo in The Adventures of Marco Polo opening tomorrow at Capitol Theatre. The engaging adventure plays to attract local crowds this weekend with the famed actor in the lead role.
Gene Autry headlines a new Western comedy musical film Springtime in the Rockies. The picture opens Sunday at the Lincoln Theatre, showcasing Autry's singing and action in a frontier tale.
Mrs Seeley and her family are linked to her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs William McConnell and family of Pittsfield.
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