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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1937
Page
2
A set of short, humorous vignettes: a girl jokes about growing teeth like her mother's, a garden quarrel involves a loose hen, a dog, and a runaway horse, and a movie star and charity tales close with a country holiday and a slum child noting the birds in sunset.
The prayer by Dr Frederic S Fleming rector of Trinity Church New York asks for a steady hand and watchful eye to protect others while driving. It pleads for God to guard travelers from fire calamity and to teach use of the car for others plus a mindful pace without neglecting divine gifts.
A brief readable fragment expresses a desire to continue on the road with joy and courtesy, reflecting a polite closing sentiment during travel or departure. The text centers on personal demeanor and forward motion without additional names or concrete details.
A nostalgic column recalls memory lapses and hints at a theme week. It contrasts past etiquette for women in dress and riding with modern times, noting how side saddle with a sun protrusion constrained ankles and limbs, while recognizing that equestrian customs have evolved and that England still features some riders who retain non legged seating.
Two American visitors in London ask about saddles at a premier stable. The stableman explains the English saddle has a flat seat while the McClellan saddle has a horn. The women opt for the English saddle reasoning they won’t ride in traffic. A Baltimore physician notes deaths and injuries from pedestrians struck by pointed door handles on passing autos, suggesting spear-like handles as a possible cause.
Radio listings for WTAM WHHK WGOAR WCLE WE GLURC and more outline a day of varied programs. Shows include Singinge Lady Tom Mix Dinner Music News and Music, Choral Echoes, Night Patrol, Impressions, Stage and radio theater, three news streams, farm and home information, and entertainment from stars like Himber's Orchestra and Burns-Allen.
A romantic comedy of love and divorce titled The Awful Truth screens at the Capitol Theatre starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant.
The Rivoli Theatre screens It Happened In Hollywood a love story starring Richard Dix and Fay Wray. The film features a filmland hero amid romance and drama, drawing attention for its star pairing and era expression.
A narrator describes a dangerous dart across a wide street in London and Times Square New York, risking life to reach the other side with risk to pedestrians. A lighthearted London Tidbits joke follows about two wives and their husbands' reluctance to work, one selling balloons at circus times and the other selling smoked glasses during eclipses.
Following noon dinner for over sixty, LaPorte Ladies Aid Society Circle No 1 under Mrs Lynn Hamlin held a program and business meeting. Vocal duets and a talk on Our Martial Mythology preceded Homecoming Sunday plans for Nov 1 and a dinner reservations deadline. Next meeting set for Nov 17 at Mrs Thomas Hughes parsonage.
At the regular meeting Mrs. ER. D. Anton announces the Parent-Teacher association campaign will close Friday night. Each child is urged to gain parental support and all Carlisle residents are asked to back the “Good Will” measure. memberships can be given to Mrs. E. D. Anton at Middle Avenue South anytime.
The East Carlisle Community Club dance, held as a Halloween Masque under Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Stremple, was highly successful. The second event in the Winter series will be Friday night, November 19, at the Grange Hall with the Jackson Orchestra, with the Stremples again in charge.
Thursday evening the eighth grade boys at East Carlisle School worked in the basement on extra wood working under the instruction of Harley Haskins.
Nightly events listed from Grafton to West Ridge include club gatherings at Mrs Iva Gardner in Grafton and a Men Brotherhood meeting at Henrietta Methodist Church at 8 PM. Flowers of notices cover Mothersingers Lake Avenue school, Baptist prayer prep, homecoming dinner reservations, and various scout, P T A and church group meetings across several towns.
Brighton W C T A meets at Mrs E E Edwards home at 2 p m CHATHAM M E Ladies Aid serves dinner at noon then business and work CHATHAM Chatham Grange meets with Litchfield Grange at the town hall to give the fourth degree to several candidates meeting at 5 p m GRAFTON Homemakers Club holds an all day session with Mrs Jesina Bender EATON Nation Grotee at 5 p m election of officers urged all members to be present HENRIETTA P T A meets at the school at 7 p m LAGRANGE Willing Workers of the Baptist Church meet with Mrs Nellie Spieth at LAGRANGE Five Hundred
Veterans of all wars and their partners will gather November 11, 1919, for Armistice Day celebrations at Herg Rick Auditorium under Morgan Dirlam Post American Legion and the Auxiliary. A fried chicken dinner will be served at 7 pm by Mrs. Arthur McClellan with music by the Rythm Rascals and a five piece Wellington orchestra. Reservations for the supper must be made by Tuesday by contacting ER. C. Wise or Mrs. Dorothea West.
Tuesday night at 7 30 the Allem Miller Evangelistic party returns to First Baptist Church for a second run of special services. The group uses fifteen musical instruments with religious messages and was warmly received during a January series.
Superintendent A. W. Shields of Wellington schools will join Cleveland and other district administrators at a November 11 banquet in Emma Lang Hall Berea on the Baldwin Wallace campus. Main speaker will be Dr. Franklin H. McNutt director of Teachers' Training at the Ohio State Department of Education.
An all day work meeting is scheduled for Thursday November 18 in the G A R building. Participants are urged to attend and discuss ongoing projects, timelines, and assignments for the upcoming period.
In Lagrange Gleaners of the M E Church plan a social afternoon with Mrs Adrian Buswell. In Litchfield Thimble Sisters hold an all day quilting session at Mrs T A Falconer’s home. Garden Club meets with Mrs Ina Starrett at 2 1 you p.m for annual meeting and officer elections. West Ridge Ladies Aid Society meets with Mrs Hillier at 2 p.m.
Eaton Grange members are urged to attend the meeting on Wednesday night November twelfth for the election of officers. The lecture hour will precede the business session. Mrs John Leachs Four- Hi Club and the Merry Mixers plan an engaging program at eight oclock. Refreshments are provided by Mrs A K Stevenson Mrs Daisy Reisinger and Miss Erma Alexander. Officers will also be elected in the juvenile grange.
Memorial Hall hosts Hamlin Woman's Relief Corps members and families for a birthday dinner at 6 30 Thursday with a covered dish supper and program. Sons of Union Veterans join the event and a related notice lists Junior Girl Reserves officer installation at First Congregational Church tonight with advisors Kathleen Darby and Thelma Hooper.
Edwin Luce son of Mr and Mrs Albert Luce of Herrick avenue East is home on a 12 day furlough from Fort Knox Kentucky after a year of training. He plans to sail from New York on November 27 for the Hawaiian Islands where he will be stationed for two or more years. Edwin is a 1936 Wellington High School graduate.
Newly married Mr. and Mrs. William Lloyd Furniss moved into the Rev. E. C. Myers home on Barker Street today. The Myers left for Detroit for the winter. Guests visiting include Mr. and Mrs. George Walbridge from Toledo and Howard Jordan from Wilmington Delaware, plus W. B. Jordan of Lorain visiting his mother Mrs. J. S. Jordan. Mr. and Mrs Otis Mills and family plan to move into their Vine Street home March 1 with extensive improvements underway. George N. Damon of Lorain called on relatives Friday.
Miami and Pan American Airways have built a complete postoffice on wheels. The truck carries sorting tables a stamping machine and distribution slots in the walls to meet planes with mail from coast to coast.
Grant Thornton of Clearwater Florida traveled to Milton to visit two sisters for the first time in 51 years. He had left Milton at age seven for the Southern city and resumed contact during a recent trip.
A fur coat dropped from a shop rack activated a burglar alarm trap and drew a score of Utica police to a fur shop in Utica New York. The incident ended with police investigating the break in and securing the scene.
A plant in Norwalk grew to 4 feet 2 inches, much taller than its usual 12 inches, puzzling local botanists who observed the unusual specimen in a display rack.
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