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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1937
Page
9
The Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1078 held a successful card party last evening. Mrs. Beatrice Scarborough won high score, W.W. Smith was second, and Mrs. Bertha Mulroy received the special prize. An informal social hour followed with a luncheon course served.
Members and two guests of the Child Culture Circle of the Child Conservation League met yesterday at Mrs. Joseph Gusky's 1271 East Avenue. Mrs. Windsor joined as a new member and the next meeting on December 13 will be a Christmas party at Mrs. Webb Senft's home.
Captain P D Reefy Circle No 96 held a well attended meeting. Regular business proceeded and two applications were read. The prize went to J H Howlett. Plans were made for a chicken supper for members and husbands at 6 PM on November 22 with Mrs Nina Hitsman in charge.
Mrs. Monty Seville opened the November meeting of Division F of the Second Congregational Church by reading Will the Bible Stand The guest speaker for next month will be Mrs Hugh Hubbard of Oberlin Missionary work of Mrs Hubbard is noted and donations and working schedules were arranged for the annual bazaar and turkey supper to be held November 18 in the church basement Nominating committee was appointed by Mrs Joe Fritz with members including Mrs Walter Albrecht Mrs Alex Fel and Mrs Fred McAllister Members hemmed napkins and towels to donate to the Talladega Alabama colored mission Eighteen members attended the luncheon at the home of Mrs Earl Taylor on Huron Street The next meeting will be at Mrs Howard Stanford 155 Stanford Avenue December 13 with Miss Katherine Howard assisting Elyria Assembly Rainbow for Girls met last evening in the I O O F Hall
Time reports detail sale of Christmas cards and tickets for the annual Thanksgiving dance on November 26 at Spring Valley Country Club. A swimming party was planned. Postmeeting, officers carried out initiation work. Candidates included Betty Danner, Beth Corkil, Theodora Demos, Lillian Johnson, Jeannie Mosley, Rainbow Girls friends. Mrs. Fred Sasse and Dick Fajen won the two prizes the assembly awarded.
Division L of the Second Congregational church visited Mrs. William Geide in Vincent for a birthday celebration for Mrs. Earl Jolley. Prizes were awarded in a guessing game and Cootie. Mrs. Jolley received a gift. A luncheon followed. Centerpiece featured pink and white carnations in a green glass bowl. The group planned its regular monthly meeting at Mrs. Sam Urias on Tattersall court on November 23.
Walter McNally 23 Lorain steel worker and Eleanor Strau ser 21 Lorain. Bob A Beebe 22 North Olmsted frame assembler and Doris Bell Fortune 21 226 Stanford avenue Elyria. James A Bower 50 Lorain state patrolman and Pauline M Rahotina 21 Lorain. Willard Lunte 39 Cleveland pharmacist and Helen Lunte 19 Oberlin. Claude G Kiefer 75 Elyria custodian and Florence N Hiedy 71 210 Ninth street Elyria. Anthony Sobiech 27 Elyria clerk and Hazel Cannon 27 416 West Third street Elyria. Albert O Rogers 30 Elyria mechanic and Gertrude Ellen Dennis 24 1109 Lake avenue Elyria. Joseph Tassone 20 Lorain steel worker and Albina Gallotte 16 Lorain. Samuel J Hailes 31 Elyria attorney and Florence E Shili 25 Lorain.
Elyria Kiwanis members will view a film Seeds of Service at the Graystone Hotel showing the operation of a large canning company. A dinner-dance at Spring Valley Country Club is slated for Wednesday evening. A joint meeting with county apple and potato growers is planned at the Graystone on November 26. Further December events include a luncheon to entertain Elyria High School football squad and coaching staff.
Mayor-elect Joseph Q. Petrodown and about fifteen successful candidates will dine tonight as guests of Bob Jones at the Graystone Hotel. Mr. Jones hosted the event to honor the winners of the recent election.
Probate Judge H H Nye will address the Y Indus Club at the YMCA this evening describing the work of the probate court. The meeting is set for 7 PM.
Canton Ohio council restored a 10 percent pay cut to city officials that had been in effect this year after a meeting. The move balances budget constraints while continuing earlier reductions. Infra red imaging tech is noted to allow photographs through foxes.
County superintendent C A Gibbens announced the Blue Ribbon Spelling Contest to be held May 12 in Lorain County schools. Second graders will spell 50 words while grades three through eight spell long words. All perfect spellers win blue ribbons and schools earn top place awards per grade by division.
Two Bible students injured after a rooftop explosion at Angelus Temple in Los Angeles. They said a prank involved explosive powder used for a fireworks display went awry when a match was struck. One victim lost a hand and another suffered burns. Police detained a 21 year old, Norman McGrew, for questioning while two other youths were also questioned. The temple had used some powder as lighting for a sermon the night before.
County commissioners approved buying the Cott Index System from Columbus Bank Book Co for 960 dollars to replace the old 1824 era method. The system, using 16 banks, will serve the recorder’s office and 11 of 53 counties nationwide for about 20 years. Kristoff named deputy clerk to assist foreclosure tax work. Elyria Savings sues Joseph Miller for 3302 dollars with foreclosure sought. Vermilion Banking sues Guy Davis for 2950 dollars with foreclosure sought. J H Harrison of Cleveland fined one dollar and costs for driving without a license after arraignment by deputy sheriffs.
A general meeting of real estate men will be held at noon Wednesday in the Elks' dining room. The Elyria Lorain County Real Estate Board announced the event and invited all real estate men to attend.
Report notes the sun emits light at a radiating temperature of 11 000 degrees and operates only one third as efficiently as a light source. The finding highlights the sun’s energy transformation and implications for early lighting theory.
Oberlin Community Garden club met at the Behr Boot shop for its annual gathering. Officers elected include President E. J. Davis, first vice-president Mrs. W. D. Hobbs, second vice president Mrs. C. W. Kinney, recording secretary Mrs. J. Wetherill, corresponding secretary Miss Mae Mumford, and treasurer George Dudley. Plan discussed for a spring tulip show and reports presented.
Lorain County officials expect widespread school book repair under WPA funding after an unofficial report approved a plan for eight thousand dollars. Superintendent C. A. Gibbens signed the application earlier in the summer and expects countywide repairs with WPA labor.
Baby Martha Howard eight months old died at Elyria Memorial Hospital. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer Howard of LaGrange. The body was removed from the hospital by H F Elliott funeral director of Lodi Ohio.
Bar ney Atkins died at his home on West River street Monday night after a heart attack. He was born in Russia 74 years ago and had lived in Elyria 17 years. A retired goldsmith for 25 years, he was a member of the Jewish Temple. Survived by his wife and six sons Morris Ben Leo Dave Stanley and Ralph of Kiyria, plus a brother and sister in Russia. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of Morris and Ben from New York. Rabbi Hulman to officiate Wednesday morning. Interment in Cleveland. E A Welsh Funeral home in charge.
Lorain County project work for 1937 28 begins with Miss Frances Eckert county demonstration agent meeting with county women's home council at Mrs William Berg home north of Oberon. The group will select the phase of personal appearance to study and start project work soon after. A social hour honors guest Alice Bird Dustman former county agent.
The Senior Hi Y Club at the Y M C A will stage a mock trial during its weekly meeting. Club president John Faulkner will act as prosecuting attorney with Harold Black as defense attorney. A judge and jury are expected to be drawn from the dormitory residents at the Y M C A during the dinner meeting preceding the Hi Y session.
The term escape is traced to an old French word meaning to put off one's clothes, reflecting the idea of leaving one’s cloak behind for pursuers to seize. This etymology suggests a metaphor of shedding garments as a means to flee.
A gathering concluded with light refreshments served after the meeting.
Professor KR Budington of the college faculty spoke on Bermuda at Oberlin yesterday during the regular luncheon. He used stereopticon pictures to illustrate his talk. Mr Yocom, Community Chest Drive chairman, announced the mail campaign had raised about 92 500 to date.
Oberlin lodge celebrates its forty fifth anniversary with an evening entertainment after the regular meeting. Betty Bishop's dance class presented numerous dance numbers including Eileen Keller and Carol Gutman. Other acts featured readings by Mrs. F E Craig, piano by Eileen Keller, vocals by several members, and a Past Noble Grands style show. Refreshments followed.
The Oberlin Junior Forum met last night at Miss Virginia Richardson’s North Pleasant street home. Miss Ruseile Be zazian, instructor in the Oberlin Conservatory of Music History and Criticism of Music, led a musical program.
The Oberlin Women's club Education department met at Mrs H. H. Stone’s North Main street home. Miss Gladys Scigurr spoke on Foods Selection and Use as the evening’s discussion topic.
Professor Walter M Horton will discuss the significance of the Oxford and Edinburgh Conferences at a Thursday evening lecture in the James Brand House at 7 30. The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America urges a community gathering across denominations for this rare Oberlin event.
The Woodland Avenue Neighborhood club will be entertained at a tea Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs J D Yocom, 133 Woodland Avenue. The item notes a social visit and venue details, reflecting local community activity.
The report says Chinese are pulling back from Nanjiang as the Japanese push forward. Fires were set in Nanjiang, and Chinese speak of a large counterattack later, with about 20,000 men gathered between the French concession’s southern edge and the Whangpoo river. Foreign experts doubt the planned assault will succeed given the Japanese massing.
In Indianapolis on November 9 farm officials and governors from 12 Corn Belt states urged Congress to adopt an ever normal granary and parity prices for farm products. Delegates at a one day conference called by Gov Townsend approved a statement demanding a national farm policy equitable in basic commodity treatment.
Peace conferences resumed with a tentative agreement on apportionment of 16 industries between the CIO and the AFL. No formal commitment was made yet. A CIO delegate said mutual understanding exists on union demarcation in about 16 fields and ratification could follow. Other industries pose added difficulties due to dual unionization. The CIO urged subcommittees to craft detailed solutions before presenting them to the negotiators.
Federal authorities move to prosecute James A. Dalhover, sole survivor of the Brady gang, for the slaying of Indiana State Policeman Paul Minneman during a bank robbery escape. Arraignment set for November 15 before a U.S. Commissioner in Hammond, Indiana, with potential death penalty under federal law.
New York. Mme De Fontanges a French woman linked to Mussolini was excluded from the United States for moral turpitude based on shooting Count Charles de Chambrun, former French ambassador to Italy, in Paris last March. arrival aboard the Normandie liner was delayed overnight aboard.
In Bluefield West Virginia a search party recovered the bodies of two North Fork schoolboys, Harry Faust Jr aged 19 and Thomas Jones aged 12, after they were trapped on a ledge between two fires while inspecting a cabin site. The eight companions left, rain later put out the blaze.
Charles Rising of Grafton and Elmer Wilbur of Carlisle were committed to the city jail today after failing to pay fines of one dollar and costs for intoxication. Rising was arrested at 3 a.m. on Broad Street and Wilbur at 1 a.m. behind the Clayton Apartments, per police reports.
Grain quotations from Toledo elevators and transshipments show no. 2 red wheat at 91 to 92 cash and 80 to 87 futures, corn at 60 to 63, oats 34 to 44, rye 83 to 83 for cash. Cleveland livestock receipts total 200 cattle, 300 calves, 2,000 sheep and lambs, 2,800 hogs. price ranges vary by weight and class with steady or slow markets and notable highs for choice steers and prime calves. Produce lines include butter 40 cents, eggs steady, live poultry generally steady, and potatoes across Idaho and Maine origins with prices around $1.20 to $1.54 per unit. Grain and mill feeds board prices list oats, corn, wheat, flour, and hay by unit, with multiple grade distinctions and ton-based pricing.
A historical market listing shows prices for apples and vegetables. Items include Rhode Island Greening apples, Grimes Golden, Jonathan, Baldwin, and Rome Beauty varieties with price ranges, plus broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, cucumbers, celery, carrots, onions, parsnips, pears, pumpkins, and mushrooms. Local vendors offer baskets, crates, and pecks with varying costs, reflecting a busy rural market.
Ohio village of Oak Hill with 1500 residents ordered to close schools and ban public gatherings after high school student Marie Davis was stricken with spinal meningitis. She was taken to Gallipolis Hospital in serious condition. no other cases found as incubation period runs 14 days, affecting about 600 pupils.
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