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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1929
Page
2
The Elyria Y M C A boys division runs a membership drive with a June 1 target of 450. Prizes reward new members from boys who left the association within six months, with honored stars on the roll. Top collectors win trips to a Cleveland baseball game and a basketball game, plus weekly and tiered prizes for varying newcomer counts.
J R Williams of 333 Broad Street claims proof Santa Claus is in Florida after winning an WSUN radio essay contest. He receives hotel and golf club accommodations at St Petersburg with plans to depart for Florida after January 1. His essay titled How Radio Broadcasting Has Influenced Me To Come To St Petersburg earned the prize.
Wellington Nov 29 funeral services for Adam Finkle 71 were held this afternoon with a prayer at his Carlisle Township home and church services at Huntington with burial in Huntington cemetery. He died suddenly Wednesday of a heart attack.
Franklin Jones was selected as president of the local Kiwanis Club at Wednesday noon meetings. The event marks leadership for the forthcoming term as members vote and elect officers.
Fragmentary OCR shows a roster of officers and names such as Genith Andr dent, B. L. Barr ia, Otterba E. Wells, Reb J. Powell, E. Binder, T. H. Coates among others in a municipal directory. The incomplete segment suggests a formal listing of directors or city officials.
Mr and Mrs Franklin with son and relatives visit Wr S Cust guests of Mr and Mrs O C Werat he. Keith Andrews heads Sm Abonto order election of Worthy officers at the masons. Omeraid D and K R Brooke noted among attendees.
Reports say Soviet forces bombed a Manchurian rail station near Mukden and Yun Shene with casualties feared. The dispatch notes evacuations, troop movements, and claims of near distances to the city as Musss to say fr understood. It also mentions Elmer Power shooting himself after an attempted murder-suicide plot involving his wife and four children.
Ohio news briefs report a bus skidding on icy car tracks with injuries then near Toledo a woman’s car collision en route to a football game. Other items reference hospitalizations from a nearby accident and a fire under a train shelter.
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