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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1932
Page
10
This fragment notes two G A R posts in Elyria plan separate Memorial Day celebrations after two years of joint action. It also reports the Elyria Livery Company quitting the business and selling equipment, citing insufficient local demand for two large livery houses.
A passenger train crashed through an open switch near Vermilion today, throwing the engine and three coaches 50 feet into a soft field but remaining upright. Separately, Lorain was without electric power for about 10 minutes after a switching crew dislodged a car that toppled a pole feeding a 22,000 volt line to Elyria. Elyria’s new 8,000,000 gallon high lifting pump for the water works is arriving and installation will begin, with operation expected by August or September.
Five years ago on May 27 1927 Elyria High School presidents of the junior and senior classes signed an agreement to end hazing and stop vandalizing school property. The plan creates a new annual event named Senior Distinction Day observed for the first time.
In Valley City on May 27 Master Bobby Reichard of Elyria visited his aunt Mrs. A F Mellon while Mrs George Wolfe served on Medina’s petit jury. Commencement at the high school featured speeches by Lucille Deimling and Dorothea Jones with diplomas awarded by Val Turnbush. Multiple local families attended the exercises and guests from Berea joined Otto Deimling’s gathering. A B Co club held bridge with high scores by Reutter Hauck.
Frank Reese chronicles the Lindbergh kidnapping saga with claims of Curtis of Norfolk manipulating Lindbergh, Gaston B. Means’s fraud arrest, and the discovery of the Lindbergh baby corpse near Hopewell. Curtis later confesses his deals with supposed kidnappers were imaginary, triggering a worldwide manhunt.
Miss Erma Crile’s class enjoyed a Saturday night gathering at the John Naegele home with about twelve attendees. The group shared games ice cream cake and sandwiches before departing. Local social notes list church and family visits across Elyria Huntington Lorain and nearby towns with many relatives noted. Ray Dernier returned home from Lodi hospital using crutches after an extended stay.
William Penn advocated a Court of Arbitration in his essay Towards the present and future peace of Europe. His idea set a lasting tradition to which the Society of Friends has remained faithfully loyal.
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