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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1936
Page
7
Police in Oberlin hold a 45 year old father on cruelty charges amid reports of repeated beatings and alcohol abuse. Five children ages 3 to 14 were placed at County Children's Home after authorities intervened following a 10 29 p m call from neighbors.
Katherine Gerhart longtime Avon resident died at home on Jaycox Road Avon Ohio after an eleven month illness. She was born in Avon on June 17 1864 and lived there her whole life. Survived by sons and daughters including Leo Francis Joseph and others with families in Ridgeville Avon Cleveland Dover and Elyria. Funeral services Wednesday morning at Holy Trinity East Avon conducted by Rev Urban Gerhart with deacon Rev Herman Klocker and subdeacon Rev Glenn Holdbrook. Burial in Holy Trinity cemetery.
Members of the Y-Indus Club will gather at the YMCA at 6 30 p m tomorrow for a stag party. The program features are to be kept a surprise by the committee in charge.
Gerald Norbert Young died at 11 30 am after a three week illness at home 200 Longford Avenue He is survived by his parents and four grandparents from Emria St Mary's Church will conduct services Tuesday afternoon with burial at St Mary's Cemetery.
Mrs Louie Oakes widow of Dr N X Oakes of Ridgeville died at the Elyria Home for the Aged at seven this morning after living there since 1938. Born Avon November 16, 1845 she is survived by three nieces Mrs A W Lamb Avon Mrs Lulu Hunt Albany Ga and Marian Peilew of Wacon Ga and a nephew George H Hurst Cleveland. Friends may call at Nicholas Funeral Home until Wednesday noon then body will be taken to the Home for the Aged for 3 p m services conducted by Reverend E C Young Ridgeville Congregational church. Burial will be in Ridgeville cemetery.
Funeral services for Harry B Newton of 319 Stanford Avenue were held this afternoon at p.m. from Nichols Funeral Home. Burial took place at Ridgeville Memorial Park instead of Brookside Cemetery as previously arranged.
Fiord Manley aged 52 son of Mr and Mrs Henry Maner of Elyria died suddenly at his Lake Wales Florida home Saturday. Body arrived Wellington today. Funeral Tuesday at 1 PM from Wellington Congregational Church with Dr C W Record officiating. Burial in Greenwood family lot. Survived by wife Leola and his parents. Born on a farm west of Wellington and attended local schools.
John Obringer died Saturday at 7 45 PM in St Vincent's Hospital Erie after two months illness. Born February 11 1863 in Bryant Indiana he lived in Elyria 17 years before moving to Erie. Survived by sons Urban Obringer 145 Clark Erie and Louis of Grand Rapids Michigan and daughters Mrs Rose Diewald Elyria and Mrs Ella Matteson Erie. Also two sisters Mrs Margaret Strickler Hamilton Ohio and Mrs Caroline Goldsmith Pelstone Michigan and brother Henry Obringer Michigan City Indiana. Funeral Wednesday at 9 00 AM at Urban Obringer's home with burial in St Mary's Cemetery. Rev James T Daley to officiate.
Funeral services will be held at St Columbus church Youngstown at 10 am Wednesday for James O Mara 75 of North Ridge Road Lorain resident 40 years. He worked for Tom L Johnson in Lorain and as a heater at National Tube for twenty years. Survived by sons Frank Tucson AZ John Akron daughters Mrs Fred Main Elyria and Mrs F E Egner Cleveland Heights brothers Dennis Los Angeles Thomas Yountstown burial in Yountstown where body was sent to war.
William Johnson aged 51 died at his home in R D No 2 Elyria Saturday night at 16 00 after a lingering illness. He was born in Carlisle township on June 11 1885. The body was taken to Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home and funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Edmund Burke’s remark on Americans’ vigilance against tyranny contrasts with today’s view in Germany, Russia and Italy where liberty is perceived as under threat. The observation frames fears about freedom facing different regimes.
A sequence of Oberlin meetings appears for October from October 12 to 15. Listings include Rebekah lodge Legion Hall Masons Odd Fellows Women's clubs Sorosis and Junior Star clubs plus Eastern Star and WCTU events. Guest speakers include Paul Wainwright, a florist from Elyria, with dinners and special programs at various homes and halls.
Gertrude VanWormer, administrator of late Dr. Cyrus Jaster’s estate, seeks to block $16.90 in insurance funds to Margaret Pfander claiming fraud by induced designation. Other actions include Home Owners Loan Corp. foreclosure suit against Lyle Reisinger for $5,852, Ralph H. against Anna Beck for $2,192, and Cora Clifford foreclosure for $5.46. John Tar nosky seeks separation from Anna Tar nosky alleging coercion. Lerar Gerber seeks annulment from Pearl Gerber with a 16 month old child and separation since marriage.
Stanier Demitseuk of Lorain filed suit here today for divorce on grounds of cruelty. The complaint cites cross neglect and extreme cruelty as the basis for the action.
Erwin X Griswold, recently elected Oberlin College Board of Trustees, has donated his new book Spendthrift Trusts to the Oberlin alumni collection. Griswold, professor of law at Harvard, is a member of the bars of Ohio, Massachusetts and the U S Supreme Court.
Pr and Mrs J A McGranh and Mr and Mrs Carl Spitler plan to hear Governor Lan don speak this evening at the Cleveland auditorium. The Pest Chiefs of the Prthian Sisters will entertain Pythian Sisters officers Friday October 16 at a 6 00 dinner at Mrs Princehorns home on West Collese. Mrs Helen MacEachron of Elm street left Oberlin Saturday for a position at East High School Des Moines Iowa with her two sons David and John. Her other two sons Paul and Lendrum, college students, remain in Oberlin. Alexander Dick QO C 05 of Los Angeles California visits Oberlin friends.
An Oberlin lecture series welcomes Honorable W Hson Cash, Prebendary of St Patricks Cathedral London, to discuss Christianity and Islam. Cash, awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1917, opens with An Englishman Looks at Europe, with talks scheduled Tuesday to Friday and the following week, all at 4 15 PM in Bosworth Hall without admission charges.
City Hardware Company opened in a new building at West Street near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, expanding facilities for heavy hardware and factory supplies. The former Broad Street site east of East Avenue has been leased out. The new facility measures 26 by 52 feet and includes a warehouse for heavy materials, aided by the nearby rail line.
Oscar Hein of Lakewood sues Elmer Billingsley of Fairmount West Virginia for 50600 alleging injuries from an automobile collision on Route 2 in September 1953. The suit names the defendants and seeks compensation for damages.
The statement notes that the essential quality of conscious will is a peculiar spontaneity of action reflecting immediate, unplanned choices. It suggests mind experiments on agency and the immediacy of volitional acts.
Elyria Fire Department keeps up local observance of Fire Prevention Week with inspections of public and business buildings not reached last week. Three automobile fires marked the week, two caused by backfire ignition, one injuring a man and scorching a car. The 311 Erighteenth Street car owned by E W Dines burned and carryover damage. the other fire at the Y M C A involved James Lyons’s auto with damage limited to fuel and grease.
Representatives from Ely- Fla organizations gather at Elyria Savings and Trust tonight at 7:30 p m to begin plans for the municipal Hallowe'en celebration. Rodney Rockwood serves as general chairman. Each participating organization is asked to send two delegates.
Henry Ernst, 53, of West 17th street, was treated at Elyria Memories Hospital at 4:49 a.m. yesterday for a fractured left leg after falling from a culvert on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks between Woodford Avenue and Infirmary Road. He was found along the tracks near Mr. Feda of Woodford Avenue and another man named Homolhe. Police notified Ernst's daughter and she took him to the hospital. He had lay helpless along the rails about two and a half hours.
President Roosevelt spoke at Fort Francis E. Warren delivering an extemporaneous address to several thousand as part of a Kansas City era campaign swing. He celebrated Mrs. Roosevelt’s birthday, urged peace and defense readiness, and promoted a small but ready army to deter war while maintaining friendly ties with neighbors to the north and south. He planned further talks in Missouri and Illinois, including Chicago, before October 17.
Authorities investigated a man aged 30 to 40 found hanging from a tree limb in woods near Barton and Stoney Ridge roads. Coroner S C Ward estimated two to three months of decomposition. A notebook bearing the name John Vieth 203 Colgan appeared. a blue work shirt and black shoes were found, along with a Pennsylvania road map. Sheriff Clarence W Dick reported the case. a verdict of death by own actions was recorded and the body sent to Sudro Funeral Home.
Two YMCA membership drives seek 750 members with 590 boys in the youth drive. The men’s effort, led by M F Fer and divisional chiefs J Q Petro and R L Tharer, begins tonight with 50 men across 10 teams. Boys’ drive, to be run on military lines, will be led by Russell Gleason with Al Baldi and Jack Heritage as colonels and captains to be chosen.
Georgi Puskas of Elria pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated when arraigned before Mayor Don A. Baird. The case was continued for sentencing to October 17 to determine authority of a mentor court under the new license law. Police arrested Puskas on West River road last night. Other pending cases include John Pollack for taxi bill, Charles Morrison for disorderly conduct, W Smuurder for reckless driving, and Richard Hancock for disorderly conduct.
Horace Bassett aged 19 of South Main street Wellington was fined five dollars and costs after arraignment before Justice Joseph Petro for intoxication. He was arrested at a Huntington dance Saturday night.
Number Two guards were posted around public buildings and the telephone exchange as emergency passes issued for authorized street presence. The Junta warned of possible insurgent air raids and gas attack with gas escape guidance. Non-combatants were sent eastward. For the first time in memory the Columbus Day holiday was not celebrated. Public offices banks and businesses remained open under tightened security to avert a fascist uprising in Madrid.
Wasil Furdyn of Lorain files a $2,500 suit against Andrew Shiapak of Lorain for injuries suffered May 26 when he was bitten by the defendant’s dog, according to his petition.
Markets report cattle, calves, sheep and hog prices with tiered values across grades. Grain and produce quotes show wheat, corn, oats, and butter prices from Toledo elevators, reflecting trading activity and grain track prices.
The 1936 campaign moves through Ohio with Gov and London trains next to totals. Landon plans three Ohio speeches from Akron to Detroit, while Roosevelt follows a similar route. Observers note a tight race with rural gains for London and strong campaign activity across the state. Roosevelt criticizes tariffs and export trends while contrasting policy effects on agriculture and imports.
Mr and Mrs David Gauss reported enamel chipped and two windows broken on their car after a stone throwing incident at the intersection of Butternut Ridge and West Ridge roads. The pursuing license number led to William Peabody of R D 1 Oberlin.
Ports rose about 42 percent, yet Commerce fissures show 1935 exports up only four percent from 1933 to 1935. The gap stems from expressing 1933 exports in old dollars and 1955 exports in a 59 cent dollar. Both he and the president.
Police report says Noisy Charles Davis was absent two weeks then returned to the Elyria jail after an arrest last evening for panhandling on Eastern Heights Boulevard. He was described as drunk as usual.
An old Celtic belief, still present in Scotland Ireland and Wales, says that when a man dies abroad his spirit returns to his birthplace via an underground fairy route known as the Low Road.
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