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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1938
Page
11
New York reporter notes Ye Olde Chop House on Cedar Street blends preserved antiquity with solid dinners. He describes a brick three story building and the old atmosphere, plus prints of unrealized elevated New York rail plans and a history dating back to 1860.
A nostalgic column recalls Wall and Fulton neighborhoods shoppers drawn to Lewis & Conger on Sixth Avenue for gadgets and kitchenware. The writer praises Mrs Nellia Bellows, a widow of 23 years known for wisdom and artful living, and notes author Fred C Kelly's criticism of common proverbs.
Major Alfred J. Funnell of Sandusky will be the Memorial Day speaker. A World War I chaplain and “Fighting Parson” who served with the 38th Division and front lines, he later led sermons and lectures across the nation from Norwalk to Sandusky. He will discuss the timing of future battles and disarmament in light of Europe events.
The author argues that rocking chairs should be available for comfort in lounges and sun decks, not forced into every room. He believes millions still find perfect relaxation in a chair gently rocked, and recommends keeping rockers handy in social spaces.
Receipts include 250 cattle with active steady market for choice steers and heifers. Calves show 440 head with market alive and steady from choice to good. Sheep and lambs at 500 head report a strong, active market with mixed grades and prices.
Gottlieb the tailor urges residents to send in old garments early for memorial day repairs. Customers may expect turnaround before the holiday at 2785 Broad Street.
The fragment lists prices for cattle and hogs including 1500 receipts, market ranges for various weight classes from 160 to 250 pounds, with values around 7.50 to 8.50 dollars for pigs and similar figures for pigs and stags. It records common weights and price points, typical of a midwestern market listing.
Market notes show steady butter with 29 cents standards. Eggs and live poultry prices are listed by grade with hens heavy 20 cents and leghorn varieties around 12 to 20 cents. Potatoes from Michigan and other states range $1.30 to $2.85 per 100 pounds, with regional reds at $2.10 to $2.23 and other varieties cited.
In Amherst Ohio on May 24 teachers and officers of St Peter Evangelical and Reformed Sunday School met at the Jewetts home. Rev Schmidt led devotions and Jane Addams of Hull House was studied. Mrs Philip Jaeger chaired. Plans for Children’s Day June 12 at 10 PM and June meeting at Mrs Conrad Mulder’s were announced. Refreshments followed.
The May meeting of the hospital auxiliary met Monday evening at the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. New member Mrs. H. G. Battrenhouse joined during the session. The group spent the rest of the evening making surgical dressings for the local hospital. The next meeting is scheduled for June 27.
A joint session of the Intermediate and Senior Leagues of St Peter's church will be held this evening at the church parlors. The Legion Auxiliary will meet.
The Avenue Club of Eastern Stars will meet Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Robert Allsop South Amherst with Mrs. George Graybill assisting. Members needing transportation should contact Mrs. Gus P. Zilch by Wednesday morning.
The Safety film program scheduled for Wednesday evening at Town Hall under the Knights of Pythias has been postponed indefinitely due to conflicting activities.
A local discharge notice reports Mrs. Edward Ivrieg and her infant daughter leaving Brownhelm. The brief item notes their discharge from the hospital and return home.
Mr and Mrs Fred Coverdale relocate from Milan to Maple avenue after purchasing a new home. Miss Mary Couise Lewis of Rockford AL and Miss Barbara Baker of Lorain visited Miss Lucy Horn and Douglas Harris Sunday. Mr and Mrs Nelson Zilch of Lakewood were weekend guests of Amherst relatives. Mr and Mrs Casper Date move from Spring street to the Burris property on Cleveland avenue. Miss Lucille Leach and the girls biology class visited the Museum of Natural History in Cleveland on Monday.
The Pleasant street school P T A held its annual meeting in the school auditorium. Reports were presented and officers elected for 1938 39. A musical program featured second and fourth grade health songs and a folk dance by fifth and sixth graders. The group voted 25 toward seeding and beautifying the grounds and received a console Victrola as a gift from Mrs S E Miller. Officers elected were President Mrs E E Etoll Vice President Mrs L J Rowe Secretary Mrs Richard Fowler Treasurer Miss Sarah Carnahan. Mrs Lee Rowe presided and Berthoff of Oberlin was noted with Caravan Publishing Company New York.
The Caravan of Verse will publish in October and feature an original poem by Mrs. Helen Tappan along with other contributors.
The Pythian Sisters Temple schedules a 7:00 pm Friday meeting so members can travel to Lorain for inspection of their temple there. They have set their annual Mother-Daughter Banquet for Tuesday May 31 at 6:30 pm at the Oberlin Tavern.
Members will meet all day Thursday at Mrs. Opal Papworths home 49 Spring Street to make bouquets for soldiers graves for Memorial Day. A Memorial service will be held.
On Sunday afternoon at four o'clock graves will be decorated at Soldiers Rest in Westwood Cemetery.
Last evening the Vine Rebekah Lodge held a memorial service with the charter draped in memory of Mrs Minnie Harrison who recently passed away. District Representative Nellie Black visited and reported on the Ohio Rebekah Assembly.
Mrs Winifred Beebe hosted the Christmas Club at a one oclock luncheon and social meeting at her East College street home on Monday. Stewart Hume, employed in Youngstown, is spending a two weeks vacation here with his parents Rev and Mrs W P Hume of West College street. Herbert Glenn is ill at his North Professor street home with ptomaine poisoning.
City officials say a proposed one million gallon water reserve at the Elyria station on Lake Erie hinges on President Roosevelt’s pump priming bill. The plan would be a PWA project with 45 percent federal grant and 55 percent local funding, awaiting new appropriations after existing funds ran out. The bill has already passed the Senate.
Harter said Lé would urge immediate approval of the lyre Project as soon as the bill is adopted, with the measure awaiting Senate action and potential rapid enactment.
George Chamberlain president of the San Jose California Camera Club spoke to Elyria Camera Club members in the final meeting of the 1937 38 season. He discussed club organization and activities and a new dark room at the Y M C A is under construction and expected to open this summer.
Local police detained a Nichols New York man on a suspicion charge after they were alerted by his suspicious behavior. He was captured around 11:45 p.m. yesterday and claimed former employment in the area and lodging with a local resident who had since left town, with the man allegedly sleeping in a car for several days.
A humorous ad claims berry seeds can be as big as a brick under a dental plate and promotes Chewrite Cushion Adhesive to ease eating and laughter. Free samples are offered at Ebert's Drug Store.
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