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The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1939

Page

24

Oberlin College Students Win Economics Prizes

Oberlin College awarded Mercer Prizes in economics and two Cleveland men funded a Joseph and Feiss Co. prize. Evelyn Moulten won $50 for a labor relations essay. Edwin Martin earned $125 for a piece on the Anglo American trade agreement. Richard Hirshberg won $125 for an exchange stabilization plan.

Oberlin Oberlin College Cleveland Evelyn Moulten Ocean Grove N. J Joseph and Feiss Co Paul L. Feiss Mercer Col A. L. Mercer Oberlic Cowles Detergent Co Overlook Road

Oberlin Memorial Day ceremony plans ground breaking

Oberlin holds Memorial Day events on May 30 at 9:15 AM at Wright Park corner of South Main and West Vine. A veterans parade from the high school at 9:00 precedes services with Professor Philip D. Sherman giving the address and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address read by Karl Wilson Locke Post members. Wreaths will be placed and a firing squad will salute.

Oberlin West College South Professor Wright Park South Main West Vine Philip D. Sherman Lincoln Karl Wilson Locke Post American Legion

Memorial Day program set by American Legion post

The Karl Wilson Locke Post No. 102 American Legion leads Memorial Day arrangements with A. N. Fowler as committee chair. Oberlin Inn hosts the event where Ernest Hatch Wilkins presents "Union Now" to Rotary members as an international issue. Installation of new officers for the coming year will occur during the meeting.

Karl Wilson Locke American Legion A. N. Fowler Oberlin Inn Ernest Hatch Wilkins Rotary

Nineteenth Century Club Holds Final Meeting of Year

The Nineteenth Century Club met at Mrs. C. M. Shreffler’s East College street home Tuesday with twenty five members present. Mrs. C. J Wright spoke on Scandinavian Drama and readings from three Scandinavian works were read by several members. Annual reports were given and plans were made for a June 6 picnic at the McCullough cottage, Oberlin Beach.

Nineteenth Century Club C. M. Shreffler East College Street C. J Wright Ibsen Doren Lyon Rand Haylor P. D. Sherman Williams McCullough Oberlin Beach

Rotary members mark first anniversary of Oberlin Chapter

Members of Rotary International will observe the first anniversary of the Oberlin chapter with a meeting tonight. The event highlights the club's founding and ongoing community service.

Rotary International Oberlin

Ridgeville High School Honors Thirty Nine Graduates

Dorothy Ely presented the class roll as Loret ta Sweet pledged to keep it intact. Dr. Louis C. Wright gave the evening address on Fitting Ourselves to Our World. Thirty nine graduates received diplomas with Regina Kathe and Dorothy Ely named National Honor Society members.

Dorothy Ely Loretta Sweet Louis C. Wright Baldwin-Wallace College Cleveland Wright Bernadine Taft Juanita Stroud Raymond Kathe Robert Worcester C. Saint-Seans Elizabeth Wilcox FE. A. Brandt Board of Education Ridgeville Crest Ridgevile High School Brandt Regina Kathe Robert Line Gibbens William Schmittgen Schmittgen Crowe

Marriage Rates Compare World Wide Study in 1930s

SAN FRANCISCO The United States tops the world in marriage rate, about 10 per thousand, amid studies noting Germany at 9.1 and Italy rising to 8.6 with bachelor taxes and baby bonuses. Birth rates decline nationwide from 29.7 in 1921-25 to 22.7 in 1937, while Japan and France show lower trends.

United States Germany Italy Europe England France Japan Austria Czecho-Slovakia

Special Services Enter 38th Week at Elvira Gospel Tabernacle

The Elvira Gospel Tabernacle will begin its 38th week of evangelistic services on Sunday. Services are held in a Gospel Tent on Lake Avenue. Sunday school starts at 9 30 a m. Evangelist Irvin E Ade will preach on It is Time to Seek the.

Elvira Gospel Tabernacle Lake Avenue Irvin E. Ade

Watchman What of the Night Sermon Preview

A church advertises Sunday services with a 10 45 a m morning hour and 5 30 p m evening topic Watchman What of the Night. It speaks of prophecy, the Tribulation and the Lord's return. Special music will accompany each service and the public is welcome.

Microscopic Whittiers Engage In Competition

In Des Moines Iowa McDonald Taylor world champion microscopic whittier gained national fame last year for carving tiny chairs from match sticks and mounting them on pin heads. A rival made a table four chairs and four plates likewise mounted. Taylor matched the feat and added a spoon at each plate and dessert fake bowls carved from colored cellulose. He notes the spoon bowls are one fifth the size of a period in a newspaper and is working on a chair with hair like legs twenty six times smaller than the pin head.

Des Moines McDonald Taylor Whittier Taylor

10 000 Population in United States Adds New Activities This Year

A census style note reports 10 000 residents in the United States adopted new activities or services over the past year, reflecting demographic engagement shifts. The data highlight participation growth and potential impacts on local economies and community programs.

United States

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