Welles family diplomacy and political intrigue explored
The feature profiles Sumner Welles with detail on his upbringing in New York City, education at Groton and Harvard, and rise to chief of the Latin American affairs division. It notes his marriage to Matilda Townsend, Oxon Hill estate life, and his role in shaping U S policy toward South and Central America. It also contrasts him with peers and recalls his dealings in Buenos Aires and the “good neighbor” policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Welles
Mike
New York City
Roosevelt
Groton
Harvard
South
Central America
Matilda Townsend
Oxon Hill
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Batista
Welles
Hull
Buenos Aires
South America
Anthony Eden
America
Justice van Devanter
Hughes
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Robinson
London
Hoover
Jon
Swanson
Robinson
Wagner
New Yorker
Mitchell
New York
Warner
Charley Evans Hughes
Byrnes
Barkley
Senate
Ravinson
Mr. Barkley
House
Kentuckian
Washington
Hare
White House
Hollywood
State N Department
Italy
Germany
Russia
State Department
Uncle Sam
Recognition Day at Senior High Honors Students
Recognition Day observed at Amherst Senior High chapel. Scripture read by Miss Marion Steele. Jack Benny program performed by John Borman Robert Cromwell Burton Jenne Elmer Cook Edward Lach Nettie Schaeffer. Orchestra members named. Awards by Sorosis Club for top outside reading. various honors in class standings and attendance. Kent district scholarship results listed with placements and honorable mentions. Names of awardees and participants densely recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Thehalf
Sorosis Club
Rose Mitika
Margie Becker
Janice Brice
Florence Raesler
Norman Kreeger
Dorothy Raesler
Celia Ward
Louis Horvath
Miss Steele
Mary Alice Penton
Miss Leach
Helen Schand
Miss Jones
Lila Muth
Beverly Bruce
June Carter
Harold Hollingsworth
Douglas Harris
Theodore Alexander
Richard Aschenbach
Thelma Schieferstein
Frank Hermann
Melvin Kolb
Juno Draga
Legion Presents Students Awards Ceremony Highlights
Eighth grade chapel in the school auditorium featured orchestra selections, devotions, and honors with Richard Renner on the honor roll and perfect attendance. The program listed performers including Bernadine Donnelly Evelyn Thomas and Edith VanKeuren among the orchestra, with Jean Webster directing. Wedding party roles and accompanying names appear in the captioned photographs and cast lists for the play and bridal group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squiggs
Mary Varad Boggs
Farmer Boggs
Mae Holzhauer
Boggs
Kathryn Harsar
Ralph Bertner
George Bierman
Eleanor Shand
Caroline Koepke
Jeanette Brucker
Ellsworth Towne
Miss Caldwell
Elaine Bruce
Mary O'Toole
Jeanette McFadden
Billerinski Ballet Troupe
Yvonne McQueen
Marjorie Brill
Janice Schwitzki
Joy van
F. R. Powers
Bargain Dar
Hawley Thomas
Richard Renner
Bernadine Donnelly
Charles Kamann
Evelyn Thomas
James Scholz
Edwin VanKeuren
Edith VanKeuren
Evelyn Tzold
Paul Hoffman
Raymond Hollingsworth
Manist
Jean Webster
William Bruce
Mr. Dudley
Russell Krieg
Tim
Jim
John Kapusrinski
Nellie Winter
Wwe
Beverly Murray
Dorothy Brocker
Paul Shaffer
Lirel
Senior Activities at Amherst High Begin With Baccalaureate
Amherst High seniors prepare for graduation activities starting Sunday with baccalaureate services at St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church. Rev. Hayes speaks on In Quest for Truth as Williams reads Scripture and Rev. Ryan leads prayer. Union choir with Mrs. Kaley performs. Class night follows Tuesday in the school auditorium at eight. Dr. L. C. Wright of Baldwin Wallace College will speak at commencement on Wednesday. Alumni banquet ends the series the following Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst Hi
St. Peter Evangelical
Karl Kaley
Elyria
Dorothea Zilch
Hope McClaflin
Robert Hubbard
L. C. Wricht
Baldwin Wallace College
Berea
Memorial Day Services Across Churches Planned
Memorial Day events unfold Sunday with church services and special observances. The American Legion and Auxiliary will join Congregational services at 10 30, followed by St John Day observed by Masons at the local Methodist church with Eastern Stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Congregational Church
Legion Rooms
Masons
Memorial Day Program Amherst Honors Soldier Dead Parade
Amherst observes Memorial Day Monday with a 9 30 a m parade starting at Town Hall. Rev Fr James H Smith will be main speaker. The procession visits Crown Hill cemetery Publi School Park Avenue Cleveland avenue cemeteries then returns to Town Hall. The lesson group decorates graves at outlying cemeteries. Captain Stough, lone living member of the G A R, participates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Town Hall
James H. Smith
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Crownhill Cemetery
Publi School
Park Avenue
Cleveland Avenue
Capt
Stough
AL R
Avon Lake High Faculty Complete First Aid Course
Nine Avon Lake High School faculty members completed the ten week First Aid course led by Edgar Ellis of the Lorain Red Cross. Cards will be issued to Milburn Walker, Hazel Shriver, Amnes Westrick, Myra Potter, Martha Eckert, J.J. Kinz, Wm. Pyson, Clarion Maus, Chas. Butler, and Lila Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
Avon Lake High School
Edgar Ellis
Lorain
American Red Cross
Milburn Walker
Hazel Shriver
Amnes Westrick
Myra Potter
Martha Eckert
J.J. Kinz
Wm. Pyson
Clarion Maus
Chas. Butler
Lila Black
Hone
Rae Green
Jean Bilez
Jack Disbro
Audrey Burkhardt
Gloria Werdel
Glen Beard
Kathleen Kelley
Nan Weidenkopf
Carol Kabach
Dick Huber
Bill Daeschner
Marr Nussdorfer
Harriett Beard
Clise Hill
Rose Arnold
LaVerne Russell
Avon to Observe Memorial Day Parade in Avon Lake
Avon will hold a Decoration Day parade on Monday morning led by the local Boy Scouts with support from the American Legion and community groups. The event will travel from the Baptist Church to Detroit Road and conclude with services at Avon Lake High School and Avon Lake Park, followed by cemetery ceremonies and an organ recital by a blind organist. The day honors fallen soldiers with firing squads, taps, and memorial readings, concluding with sabers at Elmhurst Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
Boy Scouts
American Legion
Avon Lake
Audubon High School Band
East Cleveland
Baptist Church
Miareh
Stony Ridge Rd
Detroit Road
Avon-Bel- Gen
Center Road
Avon Lake High School
Avon Lake Park
Elmhurst
Koepman
Memorial Park
Lincoln
Stony Bridge
Koepmann
New Cemetery
Elmhurst Park
Blacksmiths Endure in Buick Plant Forge Shop
In Flint Michigan on May 29 a Buick drop forge plant houses a genuine old style blacksmith shop. Three smiths work by glow of coal forges where 200 ton hammers shape crankshafts and repair dies and rams. The scene links ancient craft to modern automobile manufacture, with coal, soot, and the tang of smoke signaling a continuing hand forging tradition within industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
Buick
Chevrolet Reduces Accident Severity in Three Years
Chevrolet reports a three year drop in accident severity and claims payments. Using 1934 as baseline 100, 1933 fell 61.5 percent and 1936 fell 22.1 percent, totaling a 70.97 percent reduction. The safety program cut accident liability 17.4 percent, saving Chevrolet thousands. W. E. Holler organized the effort two years ago with company wide participation and monthly no accident reminders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
C. A. Kleist
Mr. Kleist
Klcst
W. E. Holler
Sit Down Charity Meal Takes Root In Slang
New York reports Chaplain Thomas J. Stanyon of the Salvation Army defines a sit-down as a charity meal for a panhandler. He adds slang terms like hitting the cinders and thumbing a gallop, part of a broader 1937 glossary reflecting drift and urban moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas J. Stanyon
Salvation Army
Stanyon
Probate notices and sheriff sale ads in Lorain County Ohio
Legal notice announces hearing on inventories and debts for multiple estates in Elvira Ohio with June 10 1937 hearing, listing names Lizzie Ellis Frank Marton Stevens Lewis Willenbrand and others, plus a sheriff sale in Lorain County of real estate including 918 19th St Lorain and 1841 East 25th St Lorain with appraisals and sale terms. The ads reference Home Owners Loan Corporation v James Principe and Julia Fischer with July 3 1937 sale dates and property descriptions in Elyria and Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira
Ohio
State of
Lizzie Ellis
Frank Marton Stevens
WTVI
Lewis Willenbrand
Hie L. Rumsey
William £. Chapman
Kol Non Horvath
Skinett Wheeler
Marc Gabel Weber
Loren "P. Chapman
Effie W. Teemer
Ford
Crosier
Eliza Jans Lester
Frank Leslie Ellenberger
Maryett Wheeler
Merr Gabel Weber
Loren P. Chapman
Fue W. Treemer
H. H. Nye
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
James Principe
Court of Common Pleas
Lorain County
Hionsa
Elscla
Lorain
County of
W. S. Streator
Black River Township
West Street
West 13Th Street
Saidroperty
William F. Gral
Home Others’ Loan Corporation
Julia Fischer
Court of Common Trial
Elyria
Tarain
Sheffield Land Company
Sheffield
Joral County
Eleventh Avenue
East Twenty-ninth Street
East 25Th Street
William FL Grals
Chin
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James McMullis
Charles Evans Hughes
Senator Robinson
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Klein’s Shoe Repair
Cleveland
E. F. Whitney & Son
W. Broad St
Western Reserve Finance
Turner Block
Court Street
Union Tr
Dayton
Toledo Cincionaté
Columbus
Youngstown
Akros Iim &. Bt. Lous
Louisville
Detroit Grand Rapids
Cauriage
Los Angeles
the Penfield Co
Clayton H. Harpster
Vorain County
Bach
Larned Ais
Johann
Baldwin-Wallace College
Johann Sebastian Bach
AIS
Frederick the Crea
Astian
Chase Baromeo
B. A. Jenne
Church St
Central Book Store
Legion Presents
Foursquare Church
J. Howard
Barber
Dad Correll
Harry Northeim
Katherine Loveland
Rockford
Loveland
John Wiegand
Forest Street
Hiram
Hospital News
Ralph Stark
Lincoln Street
Irvin Neiding
E. G. Pietch
Elyria Congregational Church
C. Mathes
N. Main Street
F. C. Moore
Oberlin
Almnherst
Broadway
Gould
Adrian Nussdorfer
Julia Kekice
Virginia Fisher
Paul Novacek
Lillian Alten
Virginia Smith
Janet Weidenkopf
Albert Gates
Curtis Duff
Dearborn
Michigan
Ed Buswell
Charles Schentz Lorain
Reta Vincent
Ridgeville
Anton Klingshire
Rudolph Stauder
Brownhelm
James Harnish
Joe Thompson
Carol
Perry Taylor
A. C. McCowan
Ja ¥Cox Road
Bradley Road
West Dover
Robert Sater
Fairview
Willace
Fred Horwedel
Nancy Stack
Henry Reif
Japan
Britain
Automobile
Engneenenseer
Stoke-on- Trent
England
G. J. O’connor
Jackson
Arndt
Field's Corners
Murphy Bros
E. Broad Street
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