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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1938

Page

3

Elyria Marks 25th Parcel Post Anniversary Event

Elyria Post Office joins National Parcel Post Month celebrate twenty fifth anniversary with displays showing packing methods and articles, while local residents and farmers learn about service. Postmaster C J Sartor notes growing interest as national figures Cabell and Burpee call businessmen to study and support parcel post offerings nationwide. Parcel post now accounts for about 19 percent of postal revenue with 140 million dollars in 1938.

Lorain Sartor Washington R. H. Cabell Armour and Company David Burpee W. Atlee Burpee Company National Committee Elyria Cabell Burpee Post Office Department John Wanamaker Philadelphia Taft Wanamaker Harrison Postal Service Parcel Post

Elyria to See New Fire Fighting Equipment Monday

Elyria residents can view a $40,000 fire fighting display Monday afternoon from 2 to 4 on Washington avenue bridge. Officials say the public demonstration, featuring an 85-foot aerial truck and two other units, will attract guests from Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Parking restrictions will apply on Washington avenue all day and on part of Second street to accommodate out-of-town visitors.

Elyria Firmen Washington Avenue I. D. Faxon W. N. Bates Ohio Michigan Penneylvania American la France Company Second Street Court Street West Avenue

Baby survives 16 foot fall with minor injuries in rear window

In Painesville a 18 month old girl Mary Ann Doerner plunged 16 feet from a second story window. She landed on soft ground three feet from a cement walk and sustained only a split lip.

Painesville Mary Ann Doerner

Auto wash complete grease job at local station

Tires sold on Freedom Court and East Avenue with 49c 50c rates and easy terms. S & Oil offers full service including grease job and car wash. Phone 3253.

Auto Wash Freedom C East Ave S & Oil

Resolutions To Go Before Convention

Ohio Farm Bureau convention hears J S Jones of Minnesota praise cooperative marketing as a major step toward agricultural economic justice. Resolutions approved include wage hour limits, liquor control reforms, gambling opposition, cigarette tax expansion, highway commission reform, school funding for cooperatives, and balanced budget measures. Murray D Lincoln notes farmers are one fourth of population but receive one tenth of income. Trustees re-elected include Hodson Steiner Dunlap Sellers West Ruse.

Columbus Ohio Farm Bureau J. S. Jones Minnesota Farm Bureau Ohio Federation Jones American Farm Bureau Ohio State Highway Department State School Foundation Fund Co-Operative Movement Congress Murray D. Lincoln State Federation J. M. Hodson Pioneer Fred H Steiner Kenton George H Dunlap Cadiz W. E Sellers Washington D Harry A West Leesburg Frank Ruse Canal Winchester

Cleveland Choir Plans Vesper Chorale in Dover Center

The Cleveland Lutheran A Cappella Choir directed by E W Schroeter will present a Vesper Chorale at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dover Center Ohio on November 20 at 3 30 pm. The choir, in its fifth season, draws members from Greater Cleveland and Akron churches. Schroeter formerly directed Zion Evangelical Lutheran Lorain. Also noted is the claim that more than 2 000 codan houses are under construction in Scotland.

Cleveland Lutheran A Cappella E W Schroeter St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church Detroit Road Dover Center Ohio Cleveland Lutheran A Cappela Greater Cleveland Akron E. W. Schroeter Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Lorain

Swiss Alpinists Seek Iceland Peaks in Switzerland District

Swiss alpinists have traveled to Iceland to explore a mountainous district called Switzerland and to climb peaks bearing their country's name. The party aims to map routes and test climbing techniques amid rugged terrain.

Iceland Switzerland

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