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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1939
Page
13
Miss Jeanette Shrubsole of East Thirteenth Street Lorain will marry a Lorain man Friday November third at five forty five in the First Baptist church. Rev Roy Neighbor will officiate in the presence of immediate family. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Shrubsole.
Elyria Garden Club members viewed color motion pictures of a Western tour by Elizabeth Yoder. The voyage included California Yosemite and San Francisco Exposition blooms, Oregon Redwoods, Lake Louise, Glacier and Yellowstone, with stops in Cliff Dwellers and Grand Canyon.
Mrs Norman Park addressed 35 Y Debs at the YWCA on What’s In a Face. She outlined vitality values V for vigor, T for truth, A for admiration, L for love, I for imagination, N for tenderness, and Y for youth, urging reading, exploration, and weekly good-principle contact to shape one’s face.
A 60th wedding anniversary for Rev and Mrs D P Fulmer drew about one hundred guests to their Eastern Heights Boulevard home from Mansfield Lucas Bucyrus Cleveland Chagrin Falls Pittsburgh and nearby. Tea and coffee were served and guests presented bouquets and other tokens of respect.
Elyria Musical Art Society announces new year plans with officers and committee chairs named. The group aims to grow active and associate memberships and schedule yearlong activities and events.
Patty Standen was elected president at the first meeting of the year for the Junior Friendship Club. Joan Smith is vice president Violet Leber secretary Barbara Woodruff treasurer with freshmen Shirley Joswig Nancy Robertson and sophomores Beryl Stevenson Doris Urpschott as members at large. The group set a rotating meeting schedule and named officers for yearlong duties.
Thirteen Tong club members and other guests gathered Saturday evening for Elmer Bainbridge’s birthday party at his Samuel Street home. Cards provided entertainment, followed by a chicken supper. Prizes went to Dave Robertson and Paul Elek. Mrs Bainbridge hosted farewell gifts as guests departed. Officers for the year named include President Mrs Max Van Wormer and Secretary Mrs Jack Huge, with several committee chairs announced. The first society meeting is set for October 17 at Mrs C C Bowers’ home.
Community rummage sale announced for October 10 and 12 at 356 Broad Street Elyria. Proceeds support local programs. Stores will open in the afternoon with assorted items.
A list of patient admissions and discharges includes Warren Pelton Wellington Peter Sutti at 218 West River Street and 1216 East Avenue. Names such as Bernard DeCourcey, Arlene Neu Bauer of La Grange, and Joseph Reeve of Arlington Virginia appear among admissions. Discharges mention Claude Terry of 4x West Eighth Street and Cecil Puls of 29 Second Street.
Four hundred high school girls participate in Friendship clubs with extensive reports on factory, home, store, and office girls. Fall programs aim to attract more, with Young Peoples Forum and Employed Young Women’s League updates. Upcoming events include a public talk on America’s Foreign Policy and book reviews, plus World Fellowship Week observations and plans for Lorain County Maternal Health services.
Friday to Sunday visitors across Oberlin include S A Corfman and daughter Annette with five students for High School exams, staying with Mrs A C Corfman. Local households hosted families from Pontiac Michigan, Berlin Heights, and Havana Cuba. Miss Alma Richards and Miss Bevely Mills returned from Columbus with University events and Rainbow installation in Lakewood. A funeral in Logansport draws Mrs Banville and Mrs Winson, while a birth is recorded at El Shuffle Memorial Hospital in Wellington.
Miss Almeda May Janney Toledo state chair of the League’s government and foreign policy committee spoke to Elyria women urging calm understanding of neutrality issues and urging repeal of the embargo section of the Neutrality Act with Cash and Carry style controls. The talk outlined how trade restrictions could reduce war risk and emphasized intelligent voting and lawmakers with statesmanlike qualities.
Mr and Mrs Henry Guthman of 710 Foster Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Vivian Elizabeth to Raymond David Miller of East Broad Street son of Mr and Mrs Emmett Miller of Norwalk. The wedding is planned for early Spring.
The Triple D club met at Miss May Neuman’s Foster Avenue home with a reading by Mrs Ted Rafferty. Prizes went to Mrs Philip Barr, first, Mrs Henry Bakehouse, second, and Mrs George Lawson was consoled. The mystery sisters will be revealed at the next meeting on November 13 at Mrs Don Porter’s Graf ton home.
Mike Supuran aged 48 from McKeesport, Palaborer, and Valeria Nemeth aged 24 from Lorain have each been licensed per local authorities. The notice lists their names ages and home towns as part of the recent licensing round.
Last night Mrs Frank Minkowski hosted at West Eighth Street while Mrs Mary Storer and Mrs John Ross were named to plan the Clio Club tenth anniversary celebration. Bridge games yielded prizes to Mrs Irvin Wentz and Mrs Kenneth Martin. A dessert course with fiesta ware and garden flowers was served. In three weeks Miss Catherine Seward will host at Fourth Street.
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