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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1933
Page
9
The Lorain County Officers Reserve Club met at the local armory. Captain Arthur Wilcox of La Grange spoke on the veterinary corps in the army. The club will join the Memorial Day parade at two o'clock, with members asked to report by 1:30. The season ends with the June meeting when St. Arthur Richwine will speak.
Elyria youths from Gates school club and Junior Hi Y will visit Camp Iss Sea Kes on the Ver Mil ion River Saturday. Gates club earned the trip for best attendance. all participants must register by Friday night. Junior Hi Y will picnic Saturday afternoon to honor nineteen new members. new officers sworn in: Jack Myers president, William Lersch vice president, Eugene Graber secretary, Wallace Forbes treasurer.
Edward Morris presents a check as class gift to fund an electric clock system at the high school. C P Shively accepts. Musical program includes a processional by the orchestra and remarks by 12 B president Llord Christie. Christie, Morris, and the class sing farewell. New 4-H member Kenneth Walker joins Fast Carlisle Club as members plan rabbit show at county fair grounds following a ball game at Elyria High.
Brecksville writer Thomas A. Knight will be guest speaker at Elyria Masons Memorial Day meeting. Knight, famed for solving the William Morgan disappearance and Reichlin murder case, will discuss Hitler’s proscription of Masons in Germany and share notes on General “Mad” Anthony Wayne.
Deputy sheriffs took into custody two Wilkesbarre youths aged 18 and 16 who left home to go to Chicago for the World’s Fair. They were handed to city police after the sheriff contacted their parents, who had not been informed of the plans.
Police say vehicles driven by Parman of 11th West Avenue and H Alspaugh of Chestnut Ridge Road collided yesterday afternoon on Broad Street causing damage to both cars.
A long OCR fragment presents a list of names followed by a critique of 19th and early 20th century fiction. The excerpt notes that writers once aimed for “goodness” in characters but now skew toward wickedness, contrasting with Herodotus’ reference to ancient Egyptian doctors as a specialized class today.
Oberlin, Ohio will host this year’s state solo and ensemble contest on Saturday May 27 at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with over one thousand contestants and guests expected. About 259 solo entrants and as many ensemble performers from around fifty high schools will compete under Ohio Music Education Association leadership chaired by George E Waln. New features include vocal solos and instrumental ensembles though no national contest for these groups this year. Winners in various categories advance to national events in Elmhurst Illinois Evanston Illinois and upcoming dates June 2 3 and June 9 10. Renowned judges from W K Breckenridge John Frazer Nel Kjos William Hruby Olaf Christensen and others will preside.
Mr and Mrs Willoughby Williams of Spring Street plan a quiet golden wedding anniversary on Friday May 26 with their children visiting for the occasion. Immigrants from Derbyshire England they wed in May 1888 and first settled in South Amherst before moving to Oberlin. He worked in quarries then in construction and for seventeen years has been caretaker at Severance Laboratory. They are members of the local community.
The family notes active church involvement. Three of four children are visiting briefly: Charles from Orlando Florida, Clarence from Cleveland, and Mrs. Clark Davis from Binghamton New York. John the eldest remains in Orlando due to work commitments.
Miss Mildred H Fitch and Harold R Archer, both of Oberlin, quietly married at 2 30 p m yesterday at the Spencer Lutheran parsonage. Attendants were the groom s sister and her husband Wr Hathaway of Spencer. The bride wore blue crepe and carried roses and lilies of the valley. After a short wedding trip they will reside in Oberlin where Mr Archer works for the Isaly company.
Con servatory of Music student Miss Caroline Boyd presents a Senior Piano Recital on Friday night May 26 at 8:30 P.M. in Warner Concert Hall. She has performed as accompanist and will close with a Schumann Concerto with the Conservatory Orchestra. The program includes Bach Liszt interMezzi Brahms Debussy and Liszt works with orchestral accompaniment conducted by Mr Johnson and features a final Schumann Allegro movement.
Forty five teachers from grade schools and high school gathered for an evening picnic at Vermilion on the Lake. Reverend Hughes of First Baptist Bucyrus will preach at the local church Sunday. Rev James, pastor, is at his Bradley Beach cottage for a few days. Margaret Houghton hosted a 6 50 dinner for her mother Mrs M A Houghton s birthday on Fast College street. Guests included Mrs C R Comings Miss Harriet Taylor Miss Permelia Allen Jr and Mrs Sidney Palmer and daughter Louise and William Martin of Mansfield visited Miss Beardsley and Mrs Horton this week.
Elyrians back a Chamber of Commerce plan to secure work for locals on city relief. May or Van Oster praised the effort as a relief to taxpayers while boosting self support for needy families. J B Johnson and committee members urged homeowners to notify work needs or use the coupon printed in the Chronicle Telegram. A later note mentions a $5 fine for reckless driving.
Members of the Young Men's Club held their annual golf tournament and stag dinner at the Columbia Hills Country Club. About 20 members played with 3 prizes awarded for low score, second, and high score. F. Fey won low score, Henry Ingersoll second, Richard Gehl high. About 10 guests joined for dinner. The year ends with a ladies party on June 5 at Camp Iss-SeekKes.
Two prominent Salvation Army workers from New York will be guests of honor at a meeting at the Salvation Army headquarters at 7:45 tonight. Col. and Mrs. Kovall will attend. Mrs. Bovill, active 49 years, will be principal speaker. Delegations from Lorain led by Capt. and Mrs. Schramm, plus guests from Cleveland, Sandusky, and Norwalk, are expected.
Commitment services for the ashes of Mrs Caroline Starr Lewis who died in Miami Florida will be held at Ridgelawn Cemetery on Monday May 29 at 10 30. The family requests no flowers but the services are open to friends of the deceased.
Edward Marriott was paroled to Prosecutor John Harding after pleading guilty to a non-support charge before Judge A R Webber. Almon Long received a $25 fine and costs for operating a Detroit trucking route not designated for his company. The Union Trust sued Albert V Hageman for 1390 dollars rent. Minnie Wacker sought divorce from George on gross neglect. A verdict for Henry Harbert in a real estate commission suit against August Lehman was returned.
Death notices report Henry P. Kennedy a former Oberlin resident and Civil War veteran died Wednesday at his son William Kennedy's Lakewood home. He served as the first superintendent of Oberlin's Children's Home and is survived by his son three daughters and extended relatives in Lorain County including Mrs. Mroe Walter Harrison of Chattanooga and Mrs. Louis Pflanze.
Market notes show a Cleveland produce mix with prices for fowl meat and dairy deficits. Heavy fowl around 13 to 34 cents per unit, heavy broilers at 10 cents, ducks and turkeys vary, old roosters and hens listed with sacks and graded partially. Livestock bids include steers at about 5.25 to 6.00 dollars, cutlery lower, calves active with higher quotes, lambs steady, and various cull prices.
The fragment lists price or grade codes for corn oats and white varieties with numbers such as No 1 red No 2 white and record references like 491-4450. It reads like a historical market listing or telegraphic price sheet with incomplete context.
The report notes a steady to higher trend with prices for cattle and steers showing modest gains. Buyers and sellers navigated mixed demand as new bids appeared, while some lots remained unsold or delayed by market volatility.
George A. Stauffer of Ottawa Ohio was fined ten dollars and costs after arraignment before Mayor W H Van Oster this morning. Patrolman Ernest Oldag arrested him at 2 am for zigzagging along Broad Street. Senator remarks followed about former speaker being a seaman. In Marysville Tennessee and Lena Anderson of Jackson Michigan funeral services are set for 2 pm Saturday at the Lakewood home with burial in Buttern Ridge Cemetery Lorain County.
Chicago markets show steady butter receipts at 10 423 tubs and unchanged futures with May and June storage terms. Poultry prices steady with live hens leg horn hens and broilers listed. potato shipments and round whites prices varied nationally. Wheat oats barley rye timothy and clover seed prices appear with regional variations and updated quotes.
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