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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1933
Page
11
Lizetta’s bold wager to win Stuart Logan sparks a social clash at Tropica Beach. As Pedro the sculptor’s arrest tests loyalties, Lizetta ghosts a yacht party, probes Stuart’s plans, and awaits a dinner invitation that could seal her lead over her rivals.
In Sheffield, Brookside Girls fell 14 to 0 to Ridgeville girls while Brookside Boys toppled Ridgeville 7 to 2. Local events include a Brookside High fall drama, a dance, a farm bureau meeting, and a busy basketball schedule for Brookside teams through February with multiple home and away games listed.
Vincent Srichs and family hosted Mr and Mrs John Harnish and guests. Miss Helen McIntire recovering from appendicitis at Memorial Hospital. Mrs Martha Penrod and son Penrod visited, then toured to Bellvue Tiffin and Monroeville with Eastern Star friends. M E church Sunday school board meeting discussed L Y W banquet for Nov 17. Many local visits and gatherings noted. Ladies Aid plans dinner for Nov 2 and regular meetings held.
Fire destroyed the barn buildings and silo on the Frank Roloff farm, recently bought by Mr. and Mrs. F Silak, with a 1:00 a.m. discovery. A team of horses and six pigs also perished as Wellington fire crews could not stop the blaze.
On Tuesday October 10 1933 a long astrologer laden date list notes zodiac Libra and warnings about illness. Notables born this date include Giuseppe Verdi Paulus Kruger Benjamin West Kermit Roosevelt and Helen Hayes, with historical nods to Fridtjof Nansen and Arctic exploration details. A meteorological section mentions lightning surprises and a gun accident.
A scrambled OCR passage references the 1920s Nobel Peace Prize, Charlemagne era battles, Tours, and the rise of European powers. It mentions 1845 the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis, 1912 the Republic of China, and 1913 the opening of the Panama Canal, with notes on its construction and opening in 1914.
Plans near completion for the Annual Market at East Oberlin church on Friday with L C W officers and G I Hobbs John Kern and R F Clark in charge. A new feature will be an antiques display. The Lyceum play committee met at Mrs G J Hobbs home but made no definite plans. Various local brief items follow including hospital visits moving plans and drilling a deep water well on Clare Brooks property.
A breezy survey notes Hindu rules in Bengal forbidding mothers-in-law visits to sons-in-law homes and limits on women appearing on stage. It recalls early English theater with Mrs Colman disguising her sex, Chinese actors keeping male artists for female roles, and etymology tracing dance to Duns Scotus with the phrase dunce evolving from his name.
The Woman's Missionary Society met at Mrs Grace Mc Burnie house with six members and two guests. The Ladies Aid will meet at Frances Perkins home Oct 10. Local families and neighbors visited relatives in Columbiana and Lorain counties. Various residents attended church events and P T A meetings while others hosted or attended gatherings in Avon Lake Cleveland and Norwalk.
Shirley Grills celebrated her seventh birthday with twenty seven friends at home last Saturday afternoon September 20th. A program by Mrs Pannedy Shirler’s mother added to the festivities. Ice cream and cake were served and the cake bore seven green candies. Shirley received many gifts. Roy Ward, while picking apples Thursday, knocked an apple from a pig and the ladder he stood on toppled.
Avon Lake news notes Friday scout meeting games and patrol corners. plans to present Threaders at the school auditorium on Oct 3. two scouts Lucile and Virginia Smith moved to EB Cleveland. closing song Taps. Mrs E R Bennett returned home after Boise City trip and Chicago Century of Progress visit. clam bake by Masons at the Park. Mrs Jack Laidlow family touring Texas. Alumni card party Oct 19 at Avon Lake Park Hall with cider and doughnuts. teacher Myra Ladrach ill with scarlet fever. several village children ill. families traveling for care. various residents moved houses. local scenes include theatre visits and social visits.
The first volunteer fire department meeting was held at the town hall with Harmon Mathas elected fire chief Andy Gainok first lieutenant Harold Allsop clerk and Albert Slack treasurer One chemical engine to be stationed at the town hall and another at the west end station Twenty one members attended the meeting The next session is scheduled for Friday night Oct 13 Entertains Friends Miss Phyllis Barnhart hosted a sewing club at Mrs E H Ruths home with a color scheme of green and yellow The next meeting will be at Miss Naomi Ruths home Initiate Freshmen A formal initiation of freshmen was held at the local school with games contests and refreshments for about one hundred guests Legion Has Meeting A textile? meeting of Legion Post 197 was held in the club rooms Routine business was transacted and nineteen members attended Council Will Meet The relaxed council will meet this evening at the town hall for a secular business session
The fragment notes James Dickson sustaining a severe shoulder injury at home in Lakewood. It mentions Misa Ethel Hoskin helping in a store while Mr and Mrs George Cornish were away in Chicago. It also records visits by Frank Hale and daughter Emma to Mrs Hale’s grandparents and Eli Thompson in Ridgeville on Sunday.
New York gossip teems with Ruby Keeler’s screen charm and off screen sightings as crowds praise her autograph. The piece notes fashion trends, wealthy suitors, and public figures, plus quirks of cinema culture and a wedding ring tale from Russellville Arkansas.
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