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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1931
Page
4
A worn old farm house near Elgin Illinois is shown being modernized under a motion picture studio project. Carpenters replace decayed sills and joists while a filmed story titled The Transformation presents the home’s revival and renewed appeal as a country residence with modern conveniences.
A home is dramatically updated with dormers and a new breakfast room extending the kitchen wing. The project adds light through a French dormer window, reshapes interior walls for a brighter look, and expands the grounds for a pleasant scenic vista. A separate note reports a spring cattle movement downturn in Las Cruces New Mexico with an estimated 9,000 head, down 10 percent from prior counts.
An Akron air dock mast has been tested and pronounced ready for use. The structure stands 1376 feet high and weighs 290 tons. It features a 240 horse engine and can reach notable speed in service. British engineers contributed to its design while USS Nava experts noted its stability.
Real estate salesmen claim landscaped properties sell easier than barren ones. A modern yard with smooth lawns, trimmed grass, foundation shrubbery, and edge hedges enhances value. Flower and rock gardens, plus small pools or tubs, create pleasing vistas and calm, inviting surroundings.
A local report notes that treating paper with aesu lin, a white powder derived from horse-chestnut bark, helps bank tellers easily detect erasures and changes on checks written on such paper.
In Litchfield on May 26 a large crowd enjoyed a community picnic with morning baseball between high school and alumni, the alumni winning 15 to 11. Grades six through eight competed in boy and girl races, winners receiving varied prizes. A town hall dinner featured donated ice cream frozen in Medina. Afternoon events included many races, tug of war, and indoor baseball between the girls and the Chatham gulls, concluding with a seven inning game where the single men triumphed 9 to 4.
Graduates listed from the high school include Alice Turner Esther Frombaugh Jennifer Gelser Lois Bounds Lydia Stine Alvin Round Norman Ausmuth Leonard Specter Burton Dague Edgar Yost Fred Haffner Eighth graders also received diplomas. Music by the Mallet Creek and Litchfield orchestra featured, with Rex I T Schott giving the invocation and Dr E G Mason of Ashland College delivering the address.
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