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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1932
Page
3
Readable fragments list meetings and social events for Lutheran Fellowship K B Club Mary and Martha Blues at the Methodist church and various church groups. Activities include card parties, officers elected, picnics, bridge, and youth activities with several addresses and times.
Meetings Division L of the Second Congregational church delayed its session to June 8 at Mrs. John Kennedy’s Garvin avenue home. Morris A. Scott presents a student song recital at First Congregational church.
Twenty seven members of the Christian Endeavor Society at Second Congregational church gathered for a session led by Russell Fox. Plans were announced for a sunrise Christian Endeavor meeting at Cascade Park next Sunday at six. Lucille Botamer to lead. Also noted was the upcoming marriage of Miss Margaret Alice Ilgentritz to Dr Ellsworth Terry Clauser with the ceremony set for June 4 at 6:30 in the Church of the Ascension Lakewood Ohio.
Sunrise service led by Elyria Brown with Dr E J Bond speaking opened the Epworth League gathering at the Home for the Aged. Evening service featured Richard Buswell on the platform with topic Can We Influence the Change of Homelife. Rita Mae Swindling celebrated her fifth birthday with games and pink and white decor. Guests included Bobby Kaats Doris Minkler and others. Mr and Mrs Hans Steger Ruth Abraham and Elaine Garland visited Pittsburgh friends over Memorial Day.
Admissions list include Frank Kazmirczak from Grafton and Mrs Lewis Lesnick as well as Mrs Leon Galbain Elyria and others. Discharges feature Mrs Lloyd Bartlett and Emma Davis among residents of Grafton and Erie Street. A church gathering at Eva Robinson’s home on Middle Avenue featured a violin quartet and C E diplomas awarded to numerous members. A Radio Anniversary at First Methodist Episcopal Church with Homer Rodeheaver was announced alongside Crow Corners reunion news at The Hedges in Laporte with plans for next year.
Several marriage license applications are listed with names, ages, occupations, and birthplaces. George Warenell, 21 farmer of Avon, weds Mildred Eunice Walker, 19 of Avon. Michael Kaya, 23 brakeman of Lorain, weds Anna Dyka, 20 of Lorain. Roy Arthur Coe, 29 assistant manager of Evanston, Illinois, weds Renee Adelaide Reeder, 17 of Lorain. Also noting Frank Murbach and his mother visiting California while his daughter Lucile graduates from college in Seattle, Washington.
Elyria society notes detail numerous visits and stays from Chicago Cleveland and Pittsburgh families. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Rothe, Miss Loyer, Del Auer, Miss Kaiser, Miss Schneider, Miss Seward, Miss McCray, and many others. Death and birth notices add a baby born at Elyria Memorial Hospital.
A string of social notes lists visits and returns among residents and relatives. Bluefield West Virginia hosts returning brides and recovering neighbors while Toledo Ohio and Cleveland area families swap weekend guests. Ohio Wesleyan University appears as a locale for a student as relatives travel to California and Oklahoma connections are noted with numerous household exchanges and Decoration Day gatherings.
New books highlight local history and national figures. Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve covers Ohio institutions and family history. History of North Central Ohio spans Richland to Knox counties with focus on communities and youth achievements. All Ye People Colby traces America’s westward rise and the Ohio entry of John Bray under a moving historical panorama.
A large cast of Masons attended Decoration Day ceremonies hosted by Frank 5 Harmon Lodge. Worshipful Master E E Dettman presided with Knights Templar led by Ray Vestal and Ray Samar escorting colors. Robert G Smith spoke on wartime Masonry, with musical selections by Walter Smith and Robert Burns. Breakfast followed as Samuel H Squire recalled Edinburgh Convention experiences.
Hymie Martin began his second trial in Cleveland for the murder of former councilman William E. Potter. After nearly a year in Ohio Penitentiary and Cuyahoga County jail, a jury of 76 was to be selected by Judge Harrison W. Ewing, with examinations occupying much of the week.
Reno report notes Nevada licenses issued in any of 17 counties can be used statewide, aiding secret marriages as a license secured in a small county seat can be used in Reno. The piece contrasts with Connecticut's 1795 use of $1.2 million from Western Reserve lands for a public school fund, shaping U.S. schooling history.
An overview of two novels, Bright Skin-Peterkin and Expatriates-Dormic, with themes of race, plantation life, and migration. Cricket’s mixed heritage in Bright Skin-Peterkin contrasts with an American magnate’s return to his boyhood home in Expatriates-Dormic, where village life and crafts are pondered amid unexpected social shifts.
Donald Gehl of Grace Lutheran church was elected vice president of the Walther League at the state meeting in Lancaster Ohio on Sunday. William Castle, also of Grace church, was elected circulation manager of the Walther League Messenger. Mica Pearl Reid and Henry Koepp of St. John's Lutheran church attended. Castle won second place in the oratorical contest.
Dance Cascade Favil ion Tues eve Meig by Cotton Choppers Mary Comer Spiritual istic reader formerly with the Garden Tea Room of Elyria now at 202 sos Ave Lorain Ohio Phone 8995.
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