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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1933
Page
4
A collection of brief witticisms and quips touching aging expectations insomnia doctor jokes social mores and light political satire. Notable lines joke about retirement insurers neighbors golf luck and human folly appear in brisk one and two sentence formats.
Real estate transfers listed include Michael and Mabel Ducheslav 10 Louis L Slater quitclaim to Mali Francis Allotment Lorain Laurel Hattie Capell to Laura and Francis W Harri son Ridgeville Township one and three fourths acres Belden Avon road West View Realty to John and Julia Alapoti lot 366 West View Park Columbia Township John W and Ingeborg Hansen Spencer to Nora Thompson ten acres Butternut Ridge Ridgeville Atone Diedrick deceased to Mary Diedrick Seventh Street Elyria Luther W and Elizabeth Deal to Alfred C and Mildred A Henson Beach Park Avon Lake Mamie C Weigel to John Arthur Weigel one acre Lake Shore Road Avon Lake C B Hatchery Company to J L Brown Kipton.
The New Deal plans a 1.5 million trial to test artificial floating islands across the North Atlantic as safe havens for planes. The Seadrome Ocean Dock Corp has models proving feasibility, with the Public Works Administration ready to fund a quarter unit, then up to 5.5 million for full construction if tests succeed. Opinions split on folly versus strategic gain for American air supremacy.
A Los Angeles Times commentary mocks a legal code urging extended women’s work hours. It envisions a mother performing chores from dawn to midnight, balancing cooking cleaning washing and child care while fathers lobby for shorter hours, questioning how more mothers could be put on the job.
Mayor elect La Guardia plans to curb or end public dinners and greetings duties. He notes prior mayoral dinners and public appearances consumed time, unlike his predecessor who attended numerous events nightly. The piece suggests delegating an capable speechmaker to handle public dinners while the mayor focuses on city business.
An aging derelict named Juin Cunningham, once famed as America’s best dressed burglar, is killed by a New York taxi. Once a notorious thief, he spent decades in crime and ends penniless, dying with nothing to his name. The note reflects on crime’s elusive payoff and Fate’s irony.
A devotional summary discusses Luke 24 36 53 and 1 Corinthians 15 on the nature of the risen body, contrasting fleshly, spiritual, and incorruptible states, then lists notable figures born years ago in New York Ohio and Illinois with brief biographical notes, ending with a copyright note.
A cluttered notice lists notable anniversaries and birthdays. includes Peregrine White, Philip Schuyler, Thomas Chatterton, Miles O Reilly, Wilfrid Laurier, Josiah Brewer, Brian Donn Byrne, Donn Byrne, and Claude G Bowers among others with brief life dates and origins. also notes historical events such as Battle of Blackstocks Hill and first literal convention of the G 4 R at Indian fire at Bridgesport. Port Arthur taxes from China by Japanese referenced.
The Friendship Circle raised 30 gallons of vegetable soup for the M. E. Division. Mrs. Walter Bowen and Mrs. McCarene chaired. Pythian Sisters sewed with Mrs. Karl Weidrick. refreshments served by Mrs. Weidrick. Mrs. Lon Rush ill at home. Spencer Baptist adult department plans their annual Fellowship supper at Spencer Town Hall on Nov 23. Families and guests, including Mrs. T. W. Messenger and Mrs. Louise Van Scoy, visited. Mary-Beile M. E. division met to plan next month’s sewing and events under Mrs. Ray Aldrich. The Spencer Fire Department was raised at the Marr Howe property. chimney defect caused the fire. Geraldine Weidrick hosted W. C. A. girls with Miss Virginia Radie. stunts and games followed by refreshments. Walter Rook injured a finger while farming east of town. Esther Still aiding Henes home. Henes ill for two weeks. F. W. Brown and L. H. Stroup confined at home under doctor’s care. W. H. M. meeting of the…
Mrs Earl Munn hosted the Missionary Society of the Methodist church, leading the meeting with a study on India. Attendees included Rev Samuel Raetzel and many members and guests. refreshments followed. The November PTA met Nov 15 with Major R E Hultz as speaker on Fifteen Years Ago and an upcoming free movie Dec 18. Local residents visited and attended services and funerals in Elyria and nearby towns.
Mrs Malinda Naylor leads an all day Spencer Baptist meeting with strong turnout and a noon dinner. Volunteers pack boxes for missionary work while Mrs Alfred Fuller hosts sewing sessions for the annual bazaar with Mrs Lowell Coomer’s Sisters group. Spencer School Board and teachers enjoy a two rabbit dinner. high school boys hunt and dress rabbits. Senior Domestic Science girls cook. Mrs Harry Hendricks suffers a porch fall injuring her back. About twenty Spencer Baptist members attend Medina gathering for Spencer night. Mrs J T McCourt hosts next Sisters sewing for the bazaar. Mrs John Burbage ill at home under doctor care.
The former country school on West Main Street opposite the stone quarry was remodeled into a Catholic church. The new parish, named Church of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was dedicated on Sunday. Attendees gathered at the public school at 10:45 a.m. for the services.
The community observed the church dedication with 25 children receiving communion and 55 confirmed as Bishop McFadden of Cleveland administered the sacrament. Rev. Achilles P. Ferrerri of Lorain will serve as pastor. A chicken dinner for about 600 followed. A Chest Meeting at town hall 7:00 pm and a South Amherst Men’s Civic Club gathering at St. John’s Church 7:90 pm with Howard Butler of Elrria as speaker.
Garry C. Myers argues that intelligent couples can maintain harmony to shield children from needless suffering and to set patterns for future marital happiness. He cites researchers Lawrence Frank and Knight Dunlap to show family patterns shape youth and urges parents to model monogamy and constructive attitudes to prevent repeating parental misery.
Paul Mori, Richard Gleason, Jacob Kolb and Frank Powers visited Columbus for Sunday business. Ellsworth Gibson of Elyria and Donald Jackson of Grafton were guests at Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gibson. Harold Flowers of Cleveland spent the weekend at his home here.
A Darwin Memorial Expedition departs San Francisco on December 15 to honor the centennial voyage of Darwin. The statement on nationalism calls for self consciousness of a nation.
A man in Sydney, Nova Scotia recently revealed in court his life story of being born in New South Wales, raised in China after his father died there, and later returning to Australia. He testifies only in Chinese and longs to return to China, despite being legally Australian.
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