Elyria Gun Incident and Endowment News from 1912 and 1922
A 1912 telegram reports Elyria hunters in a Broad Street saloon discharging a loaded shotgun after being told not to carry it. Eight or ten men fled as cigars were shot into a rye barrel. A 1922 Chronicle notes Elyria honoring William Graves Sharp with a one hour business pause and reports $63,030 pledged to Elyria's 1928 Community Chest toward a goal of $88,900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Hunter
Broad Street
Oberlin
Odd College
Te Board of Trustees
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
William Graves Sharp
France
Asaph R. Jones
Sharp
Presiont Harding
Woodrow Wilson
Edward House
Truck crash spills load in Litchfield park
A Pittsburgh driven truck asleep at about four am collided with trees in a Litchfield park, tipping no load but spilling cargo and causing sod damage. Local events include the Girls Club attending a Cleveland show and multiple church and community activities with elected officers and delegations.
Local social note highlights community visits and events
Residents and visitors are noted across Copley Mallet Creek and nearby towns. People attended church services, birthdays were celebrated, and visits to relatives occurred amid school building updates and a fall hunting season report. Community gatherings include a bridge club and a kindergarten baptism.
North Elyria Grange elects new master in November meeting
Drew Smith of Gulf Road was chosen master of North Elyria Grange at a meeting last week. The Shefield Lake Social club welfare group sewed for the needy at St James Mission. Brookside High glee clubs practiced with Floyd Moore in charge and listed members. Project meetings on meat like dishes and garment care were set for Gulf Road Schoolhouse on November 22 and December 15.
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Sheffield
Andrew Smith
Gulf Road
North Elyria
Katherine Root
Christine Poor
Phyllis Gebhart
Mabelle Hardendorf
Helen Gillis
June Rath
Coletta Winter
Mary Tarosky
Iona Kriebel
Josephine Kriebel
Ruth Smith
Margaret Cawley
Lester Youtzy
Charles Hammer
Elyria Savings & Trust
Gulf Road School House
Percy Chambers
Clarence Brush
Chestnut Ridge
Henrietta
Brookside
Brookside School
Guilroad
Elyria Township
Eam
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Columbus
Lorain County
R. E. Campbell
W. G. Casky
Lorain County Bureau
Glen Hobbs
Russia Township
4. D. Crocker
Columbia Township
Florence Brucker
Lorain
Frookside Parent Teacher Association
Earl Roth
Gang
Sheffield Lake
Carl Brickley
Jack McGettrick
James McGettrick
Pan Poor
Geogie Kensik
Francis Stoller
Irwin Krause
Robert O'Dell
George Kensick
Marietta Stauder
Catherine Root
Tona Kriebel
LaBerta Herdeddorf
Mareta Ferner
Earl Rath
Ruth
James Smith
Merrit Smith
Local Notes From Columbus and Toledo Social Roundup
Nov 18 report from Columbia notes Shan and Miss Phylis Bartter attending the ball game at Ohio State University in Columbus. Miss Mary Pinckney of Toledo spent the weekend at home. Miss Edith Longbon of Bald?
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Columbia
Shan
Phylis Bartter
Columbus
Mary Pinckney
Toledo
Edith Longbon
Bald
Local Notes From Berea Area School and Church Events
Health issues kept win-Wallace College at home briefly last week. Roy Putt and Frank A. Murehall of Dayton were singled out in family gatherings in honor of Mrs. Murehall. Thanksgiving services shift from the Methodist auditorium to a Sunday service led by Rev. Harold Halderman. The Berea merchants run a coupon contest with prizes for top collectors. Columbia High School freshmen host a gym party and Boy Scouts benefit from new committee member Roger. Mrs. Rollie Fitch visited Cleveland relatives. A small schoolhouse fire near Stanley Tomes caused minor roof damage before Columbia fire crews intervened. Edw. Landin and Doris Fletcher, once of Mentor, now reside with Landin family in Eaton after a year of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Chas. Francisco
Copley
Robert Johnson
Mallet Creek
Ella Turner
A. Swanker
Erhart
G. H. Jenne
T. H. Case
May Scudder
Misa Luella Pfeiffer
Cleveland
Ed Werner
H. L. Pfeiffer
Rollin Pfeifer
Ridgeville
Luella Pfeiffer
Elyria
Harold Pfeiffer
Ruth Swanker
Linkert
Lakewood
Christian Endeavor
Congregational Church
Thelma Miller
Helen Fahrian
Wells Miller
Francis Lloyd
Geraldine Holmes
F. H. Schott
Lavenne Schott
Oak Harbor
Elinor Stadler
Maxine McDonald
Jane Stephan
Hoffman
C. M. Turner
W. W. Starrett
John Radie
J. H. Bart
Lawrence Starr
Salmon
Idaho
Willard Wirth and Son
Plymouth
H. L. Halladay
Ruth Halladay
win-Wallace College
Roy Putt
Frank A. Murehall
Dayton
Ohie
Dayto
Aon Frank
Lillian
Detroit
Gladden Johnson
William Doyle
Busey
Ravenna
Harold Halderman
Baptist Church
Theodore Wight
Berea
Myrtle Hales
Vida Martin
Columbia High School
Roger
Columbia
Boy Scouts
Rollie Fitch
Stanley Tomes
Edgar Allen
Columbia Fire Department
Edw. Landip
Eaton
Landin
Doris ‘Fletcher
Mentor
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Yhars
Litchfield
Pittsburgh
A. I. Root Co
Bernita Radia
Cotta Hine
Wellington
J. H. Barth
Hugh Buchanan
Lafayette
Harvey Long
Junior Christian Endeavor
Neil Frombaugh
Russell White
Ira Spears
Ruth Landfried
Dorothy Hoffman
Lodi
Chatham
Lia Spears
Koerber
Crow Corner
Helen Smith
E. B. Oberlitner
Fred Gott
Esther Frombaugh
Norris Leach
Willig Leach
George Round
Adam Rising
A Swanker
Gott
Schott
Mies Smith
Cage
John Radin
M. E. Hoffman
Medina
Lynn Thomas
Prince of Peace
Penfield Congregational Church
Alonzo Taylor and Son
LaGrange
J. W. Welsh
Ashland
Fred ‘Gott
Henry Rising
Ralph Bowmen
Meld
Margaret Johnson
Hines Girls
Curtiss Swindler
Mra. Ing
Bubdey
G. Serdder
Joe de
Harry Lloyd
Harry
Litchfeld
Congregational
Premium Chefse Fondue
National Biscuit Company
Uneeda
Rae
Jungbluth
Gubeno Familes
Alt Brookraids
St. Theresa
Guthrie’s Bakery
Edwards Food Store
Kahn & Anderson
Boston
Hamburg
Paar
California
Fori
Ler
Weston
Weideman
Graham
Zemon Cook
Brand
Betsy Ross
York State
Sari Lee
Pillabury
Fisher Food Markets
Cleveland Street
Main Street
Fireside Cottage
Fisher's
Lipton’s
Visscher
Sted
Chipso
Oxydol
Rumford
Pillsbury’s
Kirkman’s Chips
Empire Grapes
Pascal Celery
Fisher Grocery Stores
Lake Avenue
E. River Street
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