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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1939
Page
2
The Lorain County Traveling Library will visit North Ridgeville at Town Hall from 1 18 to 1 45 PM offering adult materials. A second stop at Barton Road and US Route 3 runs 2 00 to 2 30 PM. The Book Truck, a library on wheels, displays shelves on all sides and a charging desk near an entry.
Avon M. E. Church led by Pastor L K Adams lists morning worship at 10 40 with sermon How Big. Church School follows at 11 40 Epworth League at 6 15. Rev Virgil Geren of Cleveland to speak at the Baptist church Sunday at 11 in the morning and 8 in the evening.
After discussion among the thirty two seniors, the class rings were chosen and will be worn by month end. They scheduled November 3 for class pictures. The N T S C club met at Mrs. George Nagel’s home Tuesday to plan a ten year anniversary outing Thursday night. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Don Goodman at Elyria Memorial Hospital on Wednesday Oct 4.
The Sheffield village council met at the Town Hall to read minutes, pay bills, and pass a resolution to add the water issue to November ballots. Frank Minnick was hired as street commissioner during Mr. Kriebel’s illness, and the mayor was authorized to reletter the village dumping ground sign and arrange a meeting with engineer Shaffer to discuss Colorado Avenue improvements. Local residents were noted visiting and several social mentions followed, including births and guests from nearby towns. Mexico’s 1939 wheat crop is estimated over 400000 tons despite winds and drought.
Antibacterial foot product claims to penetrate shoes and eliminate foot odor overnight. Instructions suggest applying full strength to sweaty feet and itching toes for rapid relief. Available locally at Bowers Drugstore in California.
William D Pelley of the Silver Shirts sues Thorkelson and Dies Committee for statements about him. Attorney Frenkil Anderson, hired by Pelley, appears in Thorkelson’s office daily. Thorkelson, a pro Nazi speaker from Norway, is a surgeon advertiser and ship’s master who came to Congress last year with Wheeler’s help. Pelley subpoenas issued, but not yet located.
Mrs Kenneth Hawke and her little son returned home from Elyria Memorial Hospital. Burl A Martin and wife spent the weekend with their daughter in Meadville Pennsylvania. Fidelis Sunday School class party set for October 4 at John Mack home with Gage of Ridgeville and Stentz of Elyria as guests. Apple pie and coffee refreshments served. New telephone books due for distribution within a week as nearly all numbers have changed.
Smaller cable installed at the exchange. Hawke family guests at a wiener and hamburg roast on Sunday including Mr and Mrs W R Hawke Alma Ellsworth Hawke and family from Eaton and others from Nova Chatham Berea and Elyria area. Ladies Aid chicken supper set for Thursday. Birth announced of a daughter at Elyria Memorial Hospital. A driveway collision damaged a garage but car and driver unnamed.
Aaron Ostrov proprietor of Os trov s Shoe store at 357 Broad Street told police yesterday he cashed a forged check dated September 29 for 24.50 purportedly from Mutual Life Insurance Co drawn on Morris Play Bank of Cleveland. Grace and Teddy went to Toledo to visit sister Amelia who is studying cosmetology with aunt Mrs Mum ford. they returned Sunday night.
The Standard Drug Co advertises a limited time offer for a large family size bottle of Old Mohawk Medicine. It promises quick relief for constipation, lazy liver, and associated pains, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. The ad mentions a Washington and Broad store location and urges readers to try the product.
Washington dispatch notes industrial caution as Britain's new blacklist threatens U.S. shipments, with Moore and McCormack briefly declining Wille and Company freight from Brazil. The item follows partisan chatter on public works funds, Lindbergh neutrality remarks, and political loan controversies amid wartime tensions.
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