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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1937
Page
5
Rochester notes report the Homemakers club will meet at the home of Mrs Elia Taylor on Friday October 15 members asked to bring needle thimble scraps of print for a quilt BRIEFS cover community updates including local hospital and clinic discharges health improves and travels of residents and social visits across nearby towns and states
Litchfield notes report a series of social visits and gatherings. Litchfield Garden club meets Tuesday at 2 30 p m at the home of Mrs S J Wilson. Several residents host and attend small parties with friends and relatives across nearby towns.
Rev Howard Patrick attended a Lakeside Epworth League Institute commission meeting in Lodi on Sunday afternoon Oct 10. The Scranton family and relatives from Lakewood and Cleveland held a reunion at the Murray Day home. Birthday anniversaries were noted for Rev and Mrs E C Myers Mrs Ida Bonney Mrs Cora Guile Mr and Mrs Wilbur Lamoreaux and son Robert and Mr and Mrs Arthur McClellan all of Wellington. The article also lists various visitors and staff changes including Fay Perkins resigning asBrighton school janitor to become a hospital fireman in Elvira and Robert Les of Clarksfield hired as janitor. The Stero typers and Electrotypers Auxiliary No 22 of Cleveland was hosted by Mrs C H Lamphere on Sept 30 and Mrs O R McCullough attended. Mrs C H Lamphere announced Co L Woods and his three daughters who have been in China for seven years will soon be at home in Cincinnati.
Grafton hosts the Ging ham Pinochle club at Mrs. Albert Prosser's home with prizes for Edna Davidson first Mary Aldrich second and Ida Burton third. Guests included Mrs. Earl Durkee Mrs. Bert Goodman and Mrs. Mary Crowell. Refreshments followed. An Chor Rebekah Lodge updates resignation of Mildred Corey as Noble and nominating Iwa Cardner to fill. Other notes mention upcoming instructional school and next bi-to dinner.
Henrietta Portman and relatives visited Nashport Sunday to attend services at Rev Ross's church and meet his family. The outing included other local visits and Sunday calls among Portman, Bauman, Emrick, Page, and Sanders households in Avon Lake Elyria and nearby towns.
Spencer Mrs Walter Rook and Mrs Wilbur Rook chaired Group No Two M E division meeting at Mrs Rooks home Tuesday evening. Officers elected: Kate Moffett president, John Koontz vice president, Robert Starr secretary, Frank Novak treasurer. Next meeting planned, refreshments by Joly Roo... and Ray Aldrich. Next meeting with Mrs John Firestone.
The annual school Fair will be held Friday evening October 22. Each class will present a short skit and arrange attractive booths. The 4th and 5th grades plan an original museum featuring One-Eyed Monster Plymouth Rock The Milky Way and the Home of Burns.
Martin Weidrick and Lavonne Song celebrate birthdays at a dinner party with friends including Sidney Sony Sharp and Weidrick families from Homerville Elyria and West Salem. A new 10 1/2 sh Jenny is born to Clarence Thornton. Rosco Rice funeral attended by Touhy Rice and Be ment families. J T McCourt travels to California via Cleveland and stops en route to visit relatives in Chicago Nenver Nessman ger Wakeman and Kansas.
LaGrange Village announces Clean Up Week with collections set for Thursday and Friday October 14 and 15 as stated by Mayor John P. Holcomb. Social notes recount Wis taria club gathering at Mrs George Woodruff home and business meeting led by Mrs J M Spicer. Other items mention visits from Cleveland relatives, plans for California trip, and a note on an ancient grasshopper amulet used to ward off the evil eye.
Church notes list Ladies Aid group meetings and entertainment led by Mrs. Nash and Mrs. Black. Many neighbors are mentioned visiting, hosting, returning from travels, and honoring guests as Wells Lakewood area residents attend social events and farewell parties.
The Lorain County Youth will meet in La Granse on Monday October 25. East Oberlin Community church held its annual market drawing over 250 attendees. George Mahlke of Oberlin bought the farm once owned by John Kavosick and relocated from Morgan Street. Mrs Wesley Miller attended a birthday party for Mrs Lottie Eastwood in Medina on Tuesday.
Nellie Haigh of Kipton aids daughter Mrs Theodore Bellemy recovering from a Terent operation. Norman Snyder and Alta Albright welcome newborn twin boys born Wednesday. C J Hoyt recalls Thursday in Norwalk for jury duty.
Miss Emma Gleason, Huntington adutlant superintendent, visited the school Friday. Margaret Fye left Huntington for Wellington school enrollment. Dr. Dew and nurses vaccinated pupils for diphtheria and smallpox across grades. Nellie Jackson and Mrs. Hardy attended a Carlisle reading teachers meeting Friday. Mr. Fulmer and friends picnicked at Mohican Forest Park near Loudonville. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Laborile, Mr. and Mrs. H. Roe McClaffin, Helen and Dorothy Dietrick attended the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Knapp in Ashland last Friday. the Knapps formerly lived here.
Booster Night drew fifty six attendees on Thursday September 30 with a strong lecturer Carglype Rapking and refreshments served. The BRIEFS section notes multiple visits and illnesses including chicken pox cases among local families and several social calls across nearby towns.
Chatham residents shared visits and gatherings including Ruth Jameyson from Kent, a Senior Class party at Martha Lance, Rainbow Class at the Wideman home, and Sunday calls on the Walkden family. Lodi wedding of Lillian Finley and Wilbur Young. Ohio River outing. Cols football trip to Columbus for USA vs Purdue. church meeting at Chatham Congregational on Oct 19 with local committee. Dan Eddy ill with Odd Fellows helping. Alma Clifford and Sadie Mattingly mentioned.
A historical note explains sight depends on a coloring matter called the granal purple found in the retina. The description links optical function to this pigment as essential for proper vision.
Columbia grange notes show Acme Granges planning a near future fish fry and the first Blanks Club drawing set for October 19. Last Tuesday's meeting featured opening song America the Beautiful a talk by Miss Betty Churchward on My 4-H Club experiences the past summer and several musical numbers. Joined by Mr and Mrs J J Squire attendees from Berea Elyria and Lorain County Farm Bureau news.
Belden BRIEFS recount visits among residents including Pfief fer Wise Balling and MacGlish crews with Shuster Kilmer and Shuster noted. GRANGE NEWS cites Belden Grange planning a session Oct 13. Adult Bible Class hosted by Carl Seckt with Leona Seckt presiding and reports read by Reverend Beebe. Officers to serve another year as meetings move to the second Wednesday monthly.
About 100 parents and teachers fill the East Carlisle School auditorium to hear J L Oppelt LaGrange superintendent discuss opportunities for guidance in rural schools. A P Bailey presides as PTA president. committee heads named. Cletus Smith retires as treasurer and Frank McVetta named candidate. Community club Halloween dance announced. children of East Carlisle School near date.
The Girl's Glee Club performed three songs under teachers Mrs. Kirwin and Mrs. Archie Welton who also helped with luncheon. East Carlisle Community Club outlined winter plans with a new member drive and committees for a late October dance and November tureen supper. Circle No. 4 of LaPorte Ladies Aid elected officers led by Mrs. Ray Jackson and adopted Sunshine Sisters. Several residents traveled or visited nearby cities, and locals discussed illness and travel plans.
Dave Stewart and wife of Cattlesburg Kentucky and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Norris of Chippewa Lake visited Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Norris on Tuesday. Cora B. Huntley stayed with her sister H. L. Blakeslee in Medina. Norris's son George and family were in Cleveland on Monday. Helen Strittmatter joined a party at the Incarnate Word Guild in Cleveland recently.
Miss Ida Maxworthy aged 59 died Monday Oct 4 in Erhart where she lived most of her life. Survived by three sisters Mrs Frank Smith of Homerville Mrs Ed Mallett of Mallet Creek and Mrs Bertha Schultz and a brother George Maxworthy of Erhart. Funeral by Rev J E Tripp at Longacre funeral home with burial in York cemetery.
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