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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1938

Page

9

Supreme Worthy High Priestess Inspects Bethel Shrine Banquet

Florence Cadwell of Detroit attended Bethel Shrine annual inspection and praised the local order’s record. A banquet for eighty five guests from Toledo Mansfield Massillon Akron Shaker Heights Lakewood and Cleveland preceded the inspection. Deputy Supreme Worthy High Priestess Hazel Simpkins and Deputy Supreme Watchman Earl Speelman attended among others. The event featured yellow and white flowers and emblem favors with fern and chrysanthemum decor.

Bethel Shrine Florence Cadwell Detroit Toledo Mansfield Massillon Akron Shaker Heights Lakewood Cleveland Supreme Worthy Hazel Simpkins Supreme Watchman Shepherds Earl Speelman

Tea For Daughters Of Union Veterans Held At Coniam Home

Mrs. Jessie Coniam and her daughter hosted thirty members and friends of the Mary A Chandler Tent of the Daughters of Union Veterans at a tea on Princeton avenue. A musical program featured Mrs Minnie Chapman and Miss Coniam on piano and violin, with Rev. J. A. Kaley reciting America. Group singing of Civil War songs closed the event. The tea table was centered with autumn flowers and Bayberry candles in crystal holders.

Jessie Coniam Helen Coniam Mary A. Chandler Daughters of Union Vterans Princeton Avenue Minnie Chapman Miss Coniam A. Richards J. A. Kaley America Mrrs J. C. Jackson

Girl Scouts Hold Tea Party Marking Juliette Lowe Birthday

Cardinal Troop led by Norma Woodcock met at Second Congregational church for a history quest tea party honoring Juliette Lowe founder of Girl Scouting born October 31. Jill Elston Ruth Dougherty presided. troop votes funded Juliette Lowe memorial. Halloween party followed with costumes, games, cider, doughnuts and a birthday cake.

Cardinal Norma Woodcock Cardinal Troop Second Congregational Church Juliette Lowe Girl Scouting Jill Elston Ruth| Dougherty Edward Fellereaster Goodnight Charlene Bauer Gulf Road Hallowe'en Prand Patti Durr Suzanne Gillmore Viola Vyon Duyke Ann McWilliams Girl Scouts Patti Barr Gail Gillmore Mary Cushing

Hostess To Study Club And Local Guild Meetings

Hostess Mrs Philip Flood charmingly hosted Catholic Study Club No 4 at East Avenue with Halloween decor. Guests included Mrs Leona Boone and co host Mrs Russell Becker. Guild members sewed aprons at the First Congregational Church for a December bazaar.

Philip Flood Catholic Study Club No. 4 East Avenue Leona Boone James O'Connor White Hawthorne Lucile Bordsn Joe Bryson

Local Personal News Highlights From Elyria Area

Dr and Mrs M S Willis of 451 Eighth street spent last week in Dayton and Springfield visiting friends They attended Homecoming at Wittenberg College over the weekend Mr and Mrs W B Timms returned to Gulf Farms after several weeks in Hot Springs Arkansas Mr and Mrs Noble Styles of 217 Rush street are parents of a son born at Elyria Memorial Hospital on October 31 Mr and Mrs K E Burley Jr of 438 Adams street visited Mrs Burleys parents in Bellevue Sunday Death noted for Mrs Tena Steffenhagen of Sandusky a cousin of local residents Walter D Bush is seriously ill Mrs George Stevens of East avenue returned from summer home Edgerly at Nunda NY Mrs Lyman Clark returned with them Mrs EF Pallas leaves Friday for Columbus for Mothers Association meetings of Ohio State University in connection with Dads Day plus OSU Purdue game Mrs Pallas will stay with her son George a student there Mrs J Ho Hurst has been ill and is now with her daughter in Akron William Brown of Oberlin Road and wife are parents of a daughter born at Elyria Memorial Hospital October 28 Emma Curtiss a OSU student has been initiated into Alpha Phi sorority Mrs H M Miller of West Sixth street hosts her sister Mrs Esther Mooney of Seattle Washington visiting relatives in Pennsylvania Mr and Mrs Fredera had from Well Ohio visited relatives in York Pennsylvania and her sister in New York

M. S. Willis Eighth Street Dayton Springfield Wittenberg College W. B. Timms Gulf Farms Hot Springs Arkansas Noble Styles Rush Street Elyria Memorial Hospital K. E. Burley Adams Street Bellevue George Stevens East Avenue Edgerly Nunda New York Lyman Clark Elyria Pallas Columbus Mothers’ Association Ohio State University Ohio State George J. Ho Hurst Akron William Brown Oberlin Road Emma Curtiss Alpha Phi Sorority H. M. Miller West Sixth Street Esther Mooney Seattle Washington Pennsylvania Freder

Mel Brown Speaks at Townsend Club Meeting on Ballot Marking

Mel Brown addressed the Townsend Club No 2 last evening at the British Empire Club hall, urging proper ballot marking as the election approaches. A bingo party followed, with plans for a card party and lunch to be announced. Saturday gatherings with Elyria Hot Shots providing music remain well attended.

Mel Brown Townsend Club No. 2 British Empire Club Elyria Hot Shots

Lot 4A Lot club hosts Halloween night gathering

Mrs Fazey entertained Lot-4A-Lot club with sister Mrs Dobbins assisting. Prizes in Tong went to Mary Ahlgrim first, Marie Beam second, Magdaline Wottring third, Emma Emody received a special prize. A salad course featured Halloween decor and miniature candle home cards. Members present included Magdaline Wottring and Anita Meinke among others. Delphian meeting discussed Christian Commonwealth of Feudal Europe.

Sabins Second Street Hallowe'en Rollin E. Hinkson Post and Auxiliary Helen Perkins Margaret Thornton Gertrude Hoogenbaum Nellie Burton Ada Bailey Emma Brown Sam Tremaine Gertrude Baron Damyrious Fazey Dorothy Dobbins Tong Mary Ahigrim Marie Beam Magdaline Wottring Emma Emody Mary Ahlgrim Nancy Krieg Helen Smith Wanda Munz Anita Meinke North Olmsted

Licenses Granted to Residents in Ohio Area

A list of license recipients includes Frank Marchese, 20, Wellington, laborer. Louise Sooy, 24, Pen field. Theodore George Schmidt, 24, Warrensville, stationary fireman. Nettie Schaeffer, 19, Amherst. Robert Knudsen, 20, Rocky River, driver. Gertrude Sutorus, 21, 944 Lorain Boulevard Elyria. Chester Hoffner, 29, Elyria, mechanic. Dorothy Welland, 22, Russia township. John Hornick, 23, Lorain, steel worker. Mary Jane Malinovsky, 24, Sheffield township. Carl Bacher, 28, Elyria, grinder. Hilda Gilles, 24, Amherst township.

Frank Marchese Wellington Louise Sooy Penfield Theodore George Schmidt Warrensville Nettie Schaeffer Amherst Robert Knudsen Rocky River Gertrude Sutorus Lorain Boulevard Elyria Chester Hoffner Dorothy Welland Russia John Hornick Lorain Mary Jane Malinovsky Sheffield Carl Bacher Grinder Hilda Gilles

Formal Induction At Elyrian Sorority Installation Tea

Miss Ruth Carlson was formally installed as a member of Tau Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha during an installation tea held at the home of Miss Rose Wachalak, Elyria, with Cleveland Chapter members presiding. The event featured yellow, pink, and blue decorations, a tea service, and a musical program including poems, songs, and instrumental pieces performed by Catherine McConville, Richard Pitkin, and Miss Hinman.

Ruth Carlson Tau Ch Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority Elyria Cleveland Rose Wachalak Lee Road Carlgon Lucle Grfin Margaret Day Cloveland Moon Sliss Lucille Hinman Stevenson Jean Gray Catherine McConville Richard Pitkin Schumann Brett Heller MacDowell Miss Hinman Weybright Dorothy Buck Hinman Sally Stevens Schubert Diller- Quaile

Little Mildred Stacks Celebrates First Birthday

Mrs. and Mrs. Leroy Stacks of 509 Cleveland Street host a dinner party for their daughter Little Mildred Stacks to mark her first birthday on Sunday evening. Guests include godparents Mrs. P Doherty and family Verne Stacks of Cleveland, great aunt Mrs. Sarah Callahan and her son Francis, with Halloween color decor and a large birthday cake centerpiece.

Mildred Stacks Leroy Stacks Cleveland Street P. Doherty Verne Stacks Cleveland Sarah Callahan Francis City

Hospital Admissions and Discharges in City Listings

Readable hospital notices list admissions for Patsy Boylan Joseph Hansen Mrs Thurston Walsh and others with addresses in Everett Wellington Winckies Street Rush Street and Wel lington plus discharges including Mrs Willard Evans and Mrs Kowatch. Royal Commission to investigate social conditions of Jamaica announced.

Patsy Boylan West Avenue Everett Schrock Eastern Heights Boulevard Thurston Walsh R. D Wellington Joseph Hansen Winckies Street Frank Yoo Noble Styles Rush Street Willard Evans West River Street John Kowatch Belden Jessie Alexander George Street Julius Raez Allen O'Connor Grafton

First In Series Of Consumer's Clinics Conducted At Y W C A

Miss Frances Eckert home demonstration agent of Lorain County Extension spoke to about thirty women at the Y W C A on consumer basics and canned fish. She explained can contents and how to choose quality while stressing consumer responsibility. next clinic will cover canned fruit and vegetables.

Frances Eckert Lorain

Postponed outdoor party in We-Kum-U Kum club plans

The outdoor party, originally planned for Thursday evening, is moved to November seventeenth. The week’s agenda includes a service project at the YWCA with scrapbooks and dolls for Christmas distribution, a business meeting, and discussion of future activities.

We-Kum-Ukum Club

Month Plan Outlined By Junior Friendship Club

The Junior Friendship Club met yesterday at the YWCA to outline plans for the month. Group singing occupied much of the time. A speaker on World Fellowship appears November 7, with a quiz bee November 14. The cabinet meets November 11 and November 28 for a girls birthday supper.

Mrs Merthe Hosts Colonial Club At West Avenue Home

Mrs Merthe entertained Monday Colonial Club members at her West Avenue home yesterday A dessert course preceded an afternoon of five hundred played at three tables Two weeks hence Mrs A H Stoddard will host the club on Sixth Street

A.C. H. Merthe Monday Colonial Club West Avenue A. H. Stoddard Sixth Street

Grace Lutheran Church Council Meeting Time Change

The Grace Lutheran Church council announces a 7:30 p m Wednesday meeting time, correcting yesterday’s calendar which listed a different slot. Members are reminded to attend as scheduled.

Grace Lutheran Church Council

Calendar Club and Social Meetings Across Grafton Area

A dense list of local society gatherings spans Calendar Galaxy’s meeting with Mrs. Bainbridge in Grafton, Knights of Pythias and Ladies Catholic Benevolent events, several clubs hosting Halloween parties, annual dinners, and auxiliary activities. Numerous home visits, society speakers from First Baptist BR alignment, and various lodge and youth groups schedule meetings at churches, clubs, and homes along East River Street, Bond Street, Gulf Street, and surrounding routes.

Emily Scrivens East Bridge Pat Withrow Union Mission Charleston W. Va Withrow Women's Missionary Society of First Baptist Church BR. B. B Lena Butz Sumner Street Circle Dot Malterer Bell Avenue Tri-Ko Lucille Coen Jolly Eight Andrew Vargo Blake Street League Hallowe'en Camp Iss Nes Tri County Club Marguerite Davis Oberlin Elyria Lodge Elyria Cadogr AL. Alm Warsthall Harmon Lodge St Agnes P T. A Church Hall Elizabeth Americar I. m Mieets St John’s Sciety Walther League of Greatheran Ens Society

Homemakers Club Records Evening Meeting and Charitable Work

The Rochester Homemakers Club met with Mrs Roth Mitchel hosting a pot luck dinner for over thirty ladies and children. They hemmed twenty three linen towels for New London Hospital and planned a visit to Elyria Memorial Hospital for sewing help.

Rochester Homemakers Club Roth Mitchel London Abbie Jewett Elyria Memorial Hspital Helen Jewett Carl Bradford Wooster Raymond Teets New London Mildred Parker Cowie Solyem G. Jewett Baker George Ward

Local social roundup from several Ohio households

Dinner guests and callers fill a daybook across multiple towns including Callers at the A O Pohlan home and visits to Myrtle Berek Arthur Jewett and Culbert Swatzer families Edna Babcock with Retta Richards and Frannie Johnson Mamie Kingery and George Freeman join Ted Flanagan’s family Dean Thompson and relatives spend a week with E D Thompsons then travel to Youngstown Arvin Emerson New London hosts and 88th birthday cake for Scott Biddinger plus visits to E A Gariss Lorain and Spencer gatherings Thirty nine attendees celebrate a dinner for relatives at the A W Robinson home and Mr and Mrs Clifford near their 88th birthday nods accompany the day’s social calls from Ashland Willam Flaharty and others to Ashland and Wellington areas.

Fred Houghwand A. O. Pohlan Royal Strickland Cleveland Mary Farmer New London Myrtle Berek Arthur Jewett Wendill Ill Culbert Swatzer Arlington Cleo Crittenden Leroy Youngstown Indidh Myron Sprinkle Ashland Biddinger Oberlin Deil Rich

Dover Center Club Hosts Social and Upcoming Meeting

Miss Helen Fauger hosted a Thursday afternoon gathering at the Dover Center Club with members playing Pincchle and prizes won by Mrs Lee and three others. The Lord-Tome Club met at Mrs Dee Walsh’s Center home with card tables and prizes awarded to Mrs EG Gerger, Mrs W Traxler, and Mrs W Thomson. A dessert luncheon followed. The next meeting will be at Mrs E B Stroud’s home. Ella Lewis of Ashtabula visited Clinton Fauver. Mr. and Mrs Arthur Dunford, Mrs Florence Floyd and Dora Rose were dinner guests of Mrs Lena Stevenson in Cleveland.

Arthur C. Booth Ruth Myers Twelfth Street Carl H. Smyth Wellington Wade Myers Elyria Alberta Morgan Kipton Cleveland Dearborn Michigan Wakeman Dover Center Helen Fauger Vrs Lee Aerin Dee Walsh Cartis Prises Wen EG Gerger Mies W. Traxler W. Thomapson

Hallowe en Party Postponed at MI Church Parlor

The Hallowe en party planned by the Progressive class of the Sunday school was postponed due to basement repairs and redecorating. Mrs. Long of Lorain visited Mrs. L. E. Dean and family. Afternoon Hallowe en celebrations at Markley school featured contests and games for primary grades with refreshments and favors for the children.

Vincent MI. FE Markley School

Halloween Party At Geraldine Pixley Home

Pupils enjoyed games and treats at a Halloween party hosted by Geraldine Pixley in her basement. Mothers of the pupils attended as well. Guests included Joyce Penson, Shirley Riley, Violet Anderson, Billie Pitkins, Janet Rawson, Janet Keller, and Mary Skleyas as children received festive decor and candy favors.

Whiss Geraldine Pixley Joyce Penson Shirley Riley Violet Anderson Billie Pitkins Janet Rawson Janet Keller Mary Skleyas

Local social notes from Huntington and nearby towns

Mr and Mrs John Burkett of Wyandotte Mich hosted Friday dinners and visited friends in Norwalk and Cleveland. The Davidson and Warner families also hosted and visited relatives across Wyandotte Nankin LaGrange and Mt Vernon. Several locals from Oberlin Crile Crandall and Spencer were noted with guests from Mansfield Mansfield and Oxomulgee.

Woman Finds Wandpecker After Lapping Noise

In Sheffield Massachusetts Miss Eleanor Davis heard persistent tapping against her house and alerted police. Officers found a wandpecker wedged between a shutter and the building, confirming the source of the disturbance.

Sheffield Mass Eleanor Davis

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Soeve Ey Dorothy Funk Mable Little Wwaeane Coniam Neisner Brothers Myron Briggs Blanche Haas Fields Methodist Church Thurs Allen Bernard News of the Girl Scouts Flood Russell Becker Theodore Emerich West Ninth Street The First Congregational Church Entertains Club Don Fields el Porto Big Ben Murbach Coal & Supply Co Mrs. Fazey H. R. Selby E. F. Foster Wilfrid Bowdler Fashion Cale Copyright Hib Evatvien Ine Elyrian Jamaica Y.W.C.A Tally-Ho Don Shriver Columbia Avenue Kenneth Johnson Elmer Bainbridge Gusbeck A. C. Reush Spruce Street Mrs. Merthe Merfield College St Ohio Earl’s. Walet Homemaker's Meeting Bert Wheeler Norwalk Minnie Heifner and Son Frank Clifford Huntington Bertha Burkette Wyandotte Mich John Burkette Floyd Sanders Myron Hines Homer Akins Columbia Station Marion Crile J. C. Rapking Stutah Hireling Dubois, Petin D. W. Barum Claude Simonson Asie Leela Astland Sunda Henry West Viela Warner Clare Warner Mt Vernon Leonard Terry John Burkett Wrandotte Lloyd Burkette Fanny Bowen LaPorte Tord Buxen Bowenwae Crandall and Son Stanley the Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation CMR
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