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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1934
Page
8
Fields Church marks its 109th anniversary tracing roots to Rev. Harry O. Sheldon organizing the First Methodist Class in 1826. The original 1850 church stood on land deeded by Otis Briggs for $40,000. the building burned in 1882 and a restored Congregational building in Avon was moved to the site.
The Fields church, rebuilt after a 1915 fire damage and remodeled in 1916 with a furnace and basement, celebrated its 109th anniversary. Dr. Vernon Wager delivered the annual sermon, followed by a Galilean Sailors Chorus performance, honoring pioneers and longtime members including descendants of the Blain and Kibby families.
The piece surveys Los Angeles immigrant areas on Olvera Street and near Chinatown, noting a planned union station, depopulated alleys where Chinese girls once beckoned, and entrenched Filipino settlement with shared living, cuisine, and nightlife. It also remarks on Italian cafes, Hollywood venues, and a quirky encounter with Sunny Brooks the parrot, ending with praise for studio technicians.
A retrospective note recalls Elyria Memorial Hospital’s first six months with 156 admissions, 138 discharged, 11 deaths, 76 surgeries. Also mentions a new three story twelve family apartment project, dairy herd tuberculin testing push, and local civic moves. Other items cite Elyria officials, hospital plans, and regional education notices.
Columbia May 23 Mrs Lesie King will entertain the Alpha Circle of the Ladies Aid Society Thursday afternoon May dist There were no meetings of either the Alpha or Sunset groups of the L A S last week or the week before Mrs A D Crocker will entertain the Sunset group on June 6 The little daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Jones has stomach and tonsil trouble Bids for the trimming of six school bus drivers were being taken at the Center Saturday night May 26 Mrs Jones of Berea aged 935 years mother of Mrs Herman Faulson left alone by train Friday morning to visit her son in Kansas
A memoir fragment recalls meeting Oscar Odd Young and a cousin in Los Angeles. The narrator remembers a spring wagon ride with grandpa, a park encounter in Westiahs, and a rebuffed handshake while noting debt and a life upended by hard times.
Rexitered U S Patent offer by Stanley. visits from Piqua guests. chicken pox cases in Morlock and Daugherty families. Girls 4 H Sewing club meets May 31 at 2 at town hall with new member initiation and officer elections. Pastrict Farm Bureau meeting May 31 in Elyria with speakers from Columbus. Methodist ladies serve church dinner. Navorska and Snitch families visited Crocker home. Schools close May 25. Baptist Mission Circle meeting June 14. Isabel Dittmer plans trip to New York City. Prof Royer with chemistry class tours National Tube Mills.
A poll of 312 Wesleyan University students by the college Peace Action League shows 110 would refuse to take up arms under any circumstances and 150 would defend their country if invaded. The survey also notes 238 opposed duplicating war, 166 backed Oxford students refusing to fight for king or country, and 263 favored Senate investigation of the munitions industry along with majority support for U.S. adherence to the League of Nations covenant and an embargo on armament shipments. The college lists 600 students enrolled.
The Blue Bird Restaurant advertises a weekly specials menu with diverse desserts and fruit dishes. Prices are listed for cantaloupe, sundaes, nut toppings, fresh fruit salads, and marshmallow treats, using varied old style pricing and spellings.
An old advertisement urges readers to fight listlessness and low appetite with a blood-toning tonic named SSS. It claims increased red blood cells and oxygen carrying hemoglobin, promising improvement unless cases are exceptional. Available at drug stores in two sizes, with larger size offering better value.
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