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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1937
Page
12
Society notes detail the annual Fall Girl Reserve Advisors Workshop at the YWCA. A luncheon precedes the meeting led by Mrs Ellsworth Schneider with talks on personality development and advisor duties. Several advisors from area schools are listed for upcoming monthly meetings and duties.
A quiet morning ceremony at St Andrew's Episcopal Church united Virginia Betteridge and Clarence Hinkle with Dr. E B Redhead officiating. The couple, Kent State graduates, come from Ohio families. she teaches in Barberton and he teaches in Cuyahoga Falls.
Margaret Persensky and Margaret Stolz hosted a bathroom shower Friday at the Persensky home for Marie Baker, bride to be of Edwin Blair. Guests enjoyed a two course luncheon for fifteen, blue and silver decor, and prizes for Bud Schubert, Theress Baker and Edith Baldauf. Also noted are showers honoring Helen Zeroll in Columbus Street and the upcoming Jackson Zeroll wedding on October sixteenth at Grace Lutheran church.
Mrs E Fabian hosted a shower for Miss Delores Doebel at 699 Heedstreat. Three tables of bunco were played with prizes awarded to Sylvia Schacht, Luclle McQuistion and Mary Katherine Grogs. Garden flowers adorned the tables as guests from Cleveland Norwalk and Elyria attended. Miss Doebel is to wed Don Ternesx on October 16.
Miss Erna B. Hinkelman and Bernard Koers are to exchange marriage vows today at four oclock before Rev Steickler at a Monroe Lutheran church. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs August Hinkelman of Bell avenue, will wear a Dubonnet velvet dress with black accessories and suede hat. He travels to Detroit then Northern Michigan and will live on Thirty-first street in Cleveland. He is a foreman at Cleveland Gear and Tool Company. she previously worked at a local A and P store and is a member of St Johns 03 Club.
Miss Fleasle Klopfenstein reviewed three short Moslem world books at the October 1 meeting of the Mission Study Club of the First Congregational church last evening. She noted the Moslems number about 250 million and hold beliefs in God and the words of Moses and the Psalms. The reviewer stressed Christianity’s difficulty in converting Muslims and observed there have been more Christian missionary efforts than converts from Islam. She contrasted perceived Muslim criticisms of Christianity with the claim that Christian nations are often at war. She highlighted Aga Khan of India as head of the League of Nations assembly and among the world’s wealthiest men. A brief devotional, supper, and business meeting preceded the review.
The First Congregational Church holds communion during the 10 45 worship service led by Rev William Muir Auld who will speak on The Lost Chord The choir sings Sweet is Thy Mercy Lord by Barnby with Mrs Kaley performing the anthem solo Church school sessions begin at 9 30 with classes for two and a half year olds through adults in the Upper Room Bible Class and Good Will Bible Class All are invited to attend any or all services
Mrs Rudolph Siegfried of Ash tabula arrives for Four O clock Club meeting guest of several local hosts. Obituary notes Mark Smith of Huron street learns a relative has died. William J Smith former Cuyahoga County sheriff dies in Cleveland. Harriott Francis of Detroit to visit family in Elyria for weekend. Elyria teams and residents to attend a football game in Toledo. Regional visits planned to Wadsworth and Yellow Springs. Women’s club delegates to Cleveland dinner with Geline McDonald Bowman as speaker. The MacDonalds and others spend weekend in Toledo. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Stahl in Elyria Memorial Hospital. Clergy events include Rev Bela Bacsos in Fairport Harbor for church installation and Rev Ernst Irion preaching in Millersburg for the 79th anniversary of St Johns Evangelical Church.
Rally Day will be observed at the Hungarian Reformed church tomorrow with 9:00 Sunday School and a 10:00 church service honoring Gethar 6th the national holiday. Rev Bela Bacso preaches on Living Our Best, no afternoon service due to pastor's trip to Faireport Ohio. At 6:00 the Senior Christian Endeavor meets with rose Balas presiding. 7:00 monthly Consistory meeting follows.
Emma Lou Erdman and Mike Honoshos sky were married this morning at ten in the study of the First Methodist church officiated by Reverend Dr. F J Bond. The couple were attended by the groom’s brother and the bride’s sister and will reside at 191 Bath Street.
Local calendar lists Monday activities across clubs churches and organizations. Highlights include South End Child Conservation League events with Mrs Ferris, Rainbow and Methodist church meetings, garden club talks, W C A discussions on garden permanency, G A R anniversary events, Colonial Club gatherings at Graystone Hotel, and a Kings Daughters program at First Methodist with musical selections and refreshments.
Elyria Men's Bible Class will meet at the Y M C A at 9 30 Sunday morning. Teacher L B Hindman will conclude the study of Isaiah and special bass solos by Reymond Brunger will accompany the session.
Admissions list includes Marjorie Glucksman Lorain George Day 125 Gulf Street Mrs Maude Young-Wood LaGrange Doris Rader Gratton Mrs Elizabeth McNeal 1 Bath Street Henry Heidrich 345 Eastern Heights Boulevard Warland Vincent 1353 East Avenue Anne Sophia Helen Mildred Elizabeth Demich BR DB No 3 Edward Lutz 220 Second Street Discharges include Mrs Albert Baker baby girl North Ridge Villa Mrs James Goodrich R I No 2 Walter Haney Jr 286 Harwood
Mrs William Muir Auld presented a paper describing a May 1937 voyage aboard the S S Queen Mary with her husband to England and Scotland. She recounted coronation week sights in Southampton London Edinburgh and Wordsworth country and noted royal scenes and historic sites along the way.
The Ladies Auxiliary to Knights of St John meet tomorrow at 3 30 PM at St Marys Hall for a district gathering including Lorain Ridgeville Elyria and nearby areas. New officers will preside with Mrs William Ready. Father James T Daley will speak and a chicken dinner will follow.
The Women’s Relief Corps held a noon lunch at the I C C F hall ahead of its meeting. President Mrs Delia Lutz admitted three candidates as full members. A large delegation will attend the 12th district convention in Wooster on October 14 with Mrs Lorena Handbhy as delegate and Marie Harris as alternate. A second hand clothing sale is planned for October 23 with location to be announced. Rose Warner of Medina will inspect Richard Allen Corps No 108 on November 12 and the next meeting is set for October 22.
New officers of Tau Chi Chapter Epsilon Sigma Alpha presided at the first meeting held last night at the Hewitt home on Park Avenue. Miss Caroline Rost entertained. officers include Vice President Aurilia Lyon Recording Secretary Nell Willows Corresponding Secretary Mary Ruth Locke and Treasurer Mrs Henry Alexander. The group voted to buy a patron's ticket for the Claire Tree Major Theatre Players Group and will study Italian literature this semester. The evening included bridge with Mrs James Hewitt and Miss Margaret Hewitt as guests. awards were given to Mrs Alexander and others before adjournment to meet in Lorain County Basic Building in two weeks.
Miss Winifred Edbricke of Gates Avenue entertained in honor of recently married Mrs Pauline Long Schroeder wife of Clarence Schroeder a former Elyria Schools teacher. Guests included Miss Dorothy Barter Mrs Raymond Hiscox Mrs Robert Dickason Wellington Miss Audrey Ketchum and the couple. Pink and green luncheon decor complemented the evening with various contests adding entertainment. The Schroeders reside on Spruce Street.
At yesterday’s Areme Club meeting Mrs. Charles Gatford presided in the absence of Mrs. C. E. Standen. A bureau luncheon was led by Mrs. Elsie Scrivens. On November 12 the club will elect officers and dessert will follow the meeting. Also Harriett Folley celebrated her fourteenth birthday with a party at 528 Cleveland Street attended by nineteen school friends. Gifts were opened before dessert as Halloween decor graced the house and table. The Gibraltar note mentions its prestige rather than commercial value or defense.
The outstanding programs of the Four O Clock Club include a luncheon in two weeks hosted by Mrs. George D. Nicholas of Gulf Farms, serving as a preluding event before the scheduled program.
A birthday dinner honors Mrs Elia Savage of East River Street for her eighty eight years Tuesday October 12. Attending are Mr and Mrs George Stevel and daughter Mrs Stevel, Mr and Mrs Harry Savage of Cleveland, Mrs Edwin Keyes granddaughter, Richard Steves and Miss Marian Watt of Detroit. A daughter Mia Rollin Sprague of Monroe Michigan arrives Monday to visit her mother.
Four applications were read and referred to a committee during last night’s Daughters of America session which had good attendance. Announcement was made of District No. 12 meeting in Bedford on October fourteenth. The remainder of the meeting was spent in practice for inspection in November. The Degree Captain urged all members to attend the next rehearsal in two weeks.
Chief Patriarch E C Jacobs presided at the Northwest Encampment meeting in FL Hall with Senior Warden L H Vedder assisting. At the next meeting on Friday October 22 three candidates are to receive the Patriarchial Degree. good attendance from the Degree Team is desired to ensure an effective exemplification.
Hecla S. D. reports the Schenses James Jay Jean and Joan all started first grade in the district eight miles from town. Teacher Laurene Palfrey welcomes them as the entire class. The children, born January 12, 1931, to Mrs. Fred A. Scheuse, have two younger siblings after their mother died and their father remarried.
Washington The Public Works Administration issued a treatise titled Economy Gone Wid announcing that three PWA built generating plants will use sewer gas for motive power. Chief plant near Coney Island N Y costs 1 865 000 and treats sewage from 1 700 acres to provide gas to drive three 300 horsepower gas engines turning two generators reducing pollution danger to bathers in the Atlantic Ocean. The Greater Peoria Illinois Sanitary and Sewage District plans to cut operating costs.
PWA engineers project an $84,436 digesting tank powered plant will cut annual power costs by over $25,000. The Neuse river site faces riparian landowners. A $760,000 sewer disposal plant will remove raw sewage and will generate gas to power two units.
Joseph Spano and Mary Spano Andalora were reunited after 24 years apart since their World War II separation in Sicily. Mary had remarried Charles Andalora, who died. The couple, age 44 and 40, wed again in Jamestown City Judge Allen E. Bargar's courtroom, honoring a promise to reunite after discharge.
Britain’s mercantile tonnage under construction exceeds that of Germany Japan the United States and Holland combined per Lloyds Register of Shipping. Current total 1,199,973 tons up 185,519 from the prior quarter. British yards account for 41.6 percent of the world’s 2,882,360 tons in hand, with Germany 416,881 Japan 318,277 United States 198,654 and Holland 158,464 as the next leading totals.
A note describes Diseases as a disruption of the body’s harmony and announces a Sunday spiritualist meeting at the I O O F Hall with services at 7 30 PM.
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