Reading My Home Town Paper and Farewell to Floyd Gibbons
Charles B. Driscoll recalls reading the local paper as a habit and reflects on the career of Floyd Gibbons the dies at 52 from heart strain linked to Addis Ababa. He also notes the Hippodrome wreckage viewings and the Jumbo spectacle remaining visible, with elephants among the stage actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chas. Driscoll
Floyd Gibbons
Henry M Stanley
Livingston
Africa
Gibbons
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Addis Ababa
Jed Kiley
Floyd
Sixth Avenue
Patrons Histories and sartorial lists at Waldorf doors
A 1939 McNaught Syndicate piece describes George Driscoll, a fashionable Brooklyn-born man now based in Philadelphia and Washington, visiting the Waldorf. The piece notes his blue suit with a white stripe and contrasts Broadway attire with his restrained style. It details the Patrons Histories office where clerks track guests, rooms, prices, and titles, and recalls Jed Kiley selling foreign hotel labels in Paris and a Grand Central drug store offering label packets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Driscoll
George
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Washington
Jed Kiley
Floyd Gibbons
Paris
Grand Central Terminal
New York
Grafton PTA Membership Drive Under Way This Week
Grafton Parent Teacher Association launched a membership drive Monday led by chairman Mrs. Joe Anderson. The campaign runs through the week with 135 members targeted and volunteers recruited to boost support for school programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Parent- Teacher Association
Joe Anderson
French Officers Watch German Lines in Local Notes
Community records list French officers observing German lines as part of school room membership drives and a prize for the room with the highest member percentage. Birthday celebrations honor Albert Voorhees on his 80th, with a Wiener roast and social evening. extended family and many regional guests attend. A separate note covers Miss Ruth Ella Postle’s 18th birthday at her parents’ home, plus gifts and guests from several nearby towns. Carriers of news include numerous social visits, dinners, and church events across Elyria area, with a fall Epworth League meeting at the Methodist church and Belden Grange Booster Night attendance and pie contest results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ella Postle
Herman Postle
Miss Postle
Roy Powelson
Eva May Powelson
Walter Schwaderer
Bobby
George Powelson
Andrew Geyer
Ed Orahod
Marion, O
Russell Nickle
Mansfield, O
Edith Hudson Hosts Dinner for Cousin Margaret Davidson
Edith Hudson entertained at her home Wednesday evening in compliment to her cousin Miss Margaret Davidson of Washington DC who has been visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W O Davidson. Guests included Mrs John Todd Hazel Bickel Mrs Paul Sandrack Lyndon Brumby Mrs Helen Davidson Rose Frances Davidson guest of honor and Edith Hudson. Refreshments were served by the hostess and her mother Lloyd Hudson. Funeral services for George Sweet who was found dead in his home on Saturday held at Sedgeman Pancres in Oberlin Tuesday evening at 7 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Hudson
Margaret Davidson
Washington, D. C
W O Davidson
John Todd
Wakeman
Hazel Bickel
Paul Sandrack
Lyndon Brumby
Helen Davidson Rose
Frances Davidson
Lloyd Hudson
George Sweet
Sedgeman Pancres
Oberlin
Local social notes from Elyria and surrounding towns
Mrs. P E Harding of Cleveland hosts a Sunday gathering at Mrs P E Perkins home. Mr and Mrs F A Perkins visit Mrs Tee and Dean Betts daughter Lavern of Milan. L F Whitney and Reva Nell of Fremont stay with Robert Elbert. Frances Perkins visits B A Perkins Elyria. Esther Calkins Canton visits W W Calkins family. Albert Scheid and Fred Puder join Ray Puder for Elyria Sunday dinner. Camden Baptist Bible study resumes at M E Perkins home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Harding
Cleveland
P. E
F. A. Perkins Spen
Tee
Dean Betts
Laverne
Milan
L. F. Whitney
Reva Nell
Fremont
Robert Elbert
M. E. Perkins
Frances
B. A. Perkins
Elyria
P. E. Harding
Esther Calkins
Canton
W. W. Calkins
Albert Scheid
Fred Puder
Ray Puder
Young Peoples Bible Study
Camden Baptist Church
M. E. Perkins’ Home
Social notes from Amherst and surrounding areas
Miss Martha Lee Harris spent the weekend with her parents in Lorain. Mr and Mrs John Ivesee visited Mr and Mrs Adam Horn Saturday. Mrs Anna Aebi of Cleveland spent last week with Mr and Mrs John Bauman. Arthur Born and family, Howard Born and daughter were guests at Mr and Mrs Donald Beach in Elyria. Mrs Barbara Angersbach and Mrs John Geissendoerfer visited Mrs Margaret Peck Brownhelm for dinner. Lena Gegenheimer visited Oberlin Saturday. Don Larsen and family visited at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs John Graber in South Amherst. The funeral of Aaron Kelly was at the Orebaugh Funeral Parlors in Norwalk on Thursday. Leo Kimmel and daughter Carol of Oberlin spent Sunday with Mrs Asna Wyttenbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Knight
J. R. Dickason
Vermilion
Gilbert Dietrick
Elyria
F. E. Shriver
Mary Frances Shriver
Russel Reynold
Lorain
F. J. Miller
Spencer
Claire Miller
George B. Harrison
Detroit
George Harrison
Edna
Anna
George B Harrison
Harry Mohler
Eaton
Carl Jantz
Jack Buchholz
A. Niederfeld
Brecksville
Ann Piyor
Cleveland
Thomas Pyor
Therlow Gest
Canton
Charles Gest
A. J. Haury
Frank McNabb
Flo Daws
Newton Furlibus
Mary Trenchard
Wilbur Thayer
O. J. Lehman
Peggy
Akron
C. D. Lehman
P. J Koenig
W LaRue
Wells Mole
W B. Kline
Kenneth
Urday
Christ Bauman
Axtel
Martha Lee Harris
John Ives
Adam Horn
Anna Aebi
John Bauman
Henriettall
Arthur
Howard
Donald Beach
Barbara Angersbach
John Geissendoerfer
Rowe Reusser
Margaret Peck Brownhelm
Lena Gegenheimer
Oberlin
Don Larsen
John Graber
South Amherst
Liza Sanders
Richard Sanders
O. C. Sanders
Mattie Sanders
Aaron Kelly
Orebaugh Funeral
Norwalk
Families Visit as Mrs Kramer Recovers from Stroke
Mr and Mrs Joe Caulfield of Canton and several relatives from Farm Dale Barberton Akron Cuyahoga Falls Bath and St Petersburg gather at Karl Kramer home Sunday due to Mrs Kramers serious stroke. Glen Lamphear visits her mother in Medina while Chris Koblenzer and daughter Rositer from St Petersburg Florida stop by Tony Strittmatter home with Ed Kerrigan on Sunday.
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Joe Caulfiield
Canton
Tom Caulffield
Farm Dale
Bill Caulfield
Bruce Kramer
Talmadge
Fay Kramer
Bath
Charles Beach
Barberton
Dan Sekulich
Akron
Dan Koplin
Cuyahoga Falls
A. Douglass
Karl Kramer
Kramer
Glen Lamphear
Herbert Blanchard
Medina
Chris Koblenzer
Cleveland
Rositer
St Petersburg
Florida
Tony Strittmatter
Ed Kerrigan
Funeral Services for Wallace Court in Henrietta
Funeral services were held for Wallace Court who died Tuesday morning after a lingering illness. Rev. William A. Smith of Oberlin officiated with Rev. R. G. Pferrer assisting at the home. Interment followed in the Milan family lot under Oberlin Masonic Lodge direction. Numerous floral tributes and several local pallbearers were listed. Relatives and friends from many cities attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta
Wallace Court
William A. Smith
Oberlin
R. G. Pferrer
Evangelical
Albert Snyder
Berea
Harry Myer
Rex Lees
Harley Kelly
Mead Petty
Frank Kalble
Milan
Oberlin Masonic Lodge
Painesville
Cleveland
Ashland
Bucyrus
Huron
Massillon
Norwalk
Malan
Avery Oberlin
Akron
Chagrin Falls
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the Waldorf
Wayfarer
Old Main Street
Seine
the McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Agle Shoe CO
Srccessor
Brenvers
Broad St
Edith Mae Washables
Edith Mae
Sheppe
France
Marl Brunson
Don Carmel
Marie Zacharias
Albert Voorhees
George Edwards
Vr Voorhees
Wm. Terry
Elzabeth Cartwright
Fred Uhing
Joanne
Edith Cartwright
Forest Brooks
Fred Mack
Carol and
Terry
Iona Cox
Wm. Finley
Wm. Whitney
Madge Whitney
Glenn Bailey
North Royalton
C B. Finley
Voorhees
Harold Lang
Floyd DeLong
Homerville
Richard Leach
Penfield
Ernest Packer
Delbert
Margaret Walkden
Chatham
Lester Packer
Litchfield
Margaret Luickert
Pittsfield
John Wolf
Wadsworth
Clair Wolf
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Belden Grange
Henry Shriver
Guy Durkee
Ruth Miazovske
Wayne Gander
Eith
Clarence Gray
Cecil Johnson
William Bonner
Ohio
Sethie Baker
Hayesville
Wee Baker
Fred Root
Washington D. C
Oliver Root
Dan Belden
Roy Tran
Coy Neff
Emily Tran
W. F. Dissette
Camden Cemetery
Sweet
W. D . Davidson
Emma Brumby
Toledo
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Ripton Community Church
Bert Locke
Kipton Grange
Grange Hall
Woman's Missionary Society of the Camden Baptist Church
Moselle River
London
America
Acme Radio
Kipton
Leo Kimmel
Carol
Mra
Asna Wyttenbach
Floyd Iceman
Fitchville
Celefield
George Broughton
Martin Schuster
Russell Flood
Ray Brown
Rose Reusser
Chicago
California
Ohio Public Service CO
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