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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1936
Page
12
Thursday meditation on John 3 1 13 notes the necessity of being born again and the limits of human understanding. It argues God cannot be measured by the mind, urges trust over analysis, and cautions against dull Christianity while praising mystery as sacred.
English humorist commentary aside a Nova Scotia notice reports Bridgewater town council planning to sell for unpaid taxes a Gandhi owned plot in Gandhi's name. The land was willed to Mahatma Gandhi by Mary Chesle of Lunenberg, a disciple.
Elyria honors idealism as 759 members target the Silver Jubilee YMCA drive. Veterans remembered include R M Birdsall and Thomas Lipper, with 4 G Demeter credited for pushing the new building. Today, enthusiastic men and boys carry on the work to expand the YMCA’s reach in the city.
The New York Sun notes at a national safety conference that motorists paid over 297 million in federal excise taxes in the year ending June 30 1936. Added to income tax paying motorists total 674 million if in income brackets. only one in ten passenger car owners paid income tax. Motorists also funded tobacco liquor and other levies totaling hundreds of millions, with taxes on playing cards electricity telephone ads perfumes cosmetics radios refrigerators and sporting goods contributing to the federal treasury.
A reflective piece highlights acts of compassion amid today’s hard world. It cites Springfield Illinois infantile paralysis serum drives where former patients donated blood, showing humanity's sublimity. The essay contrasts optimism with cynicism, arguing teachers shape schools and virtue endures beyond oppression.
Evergreen Club members met at Mrs William Cook s Gaston road home on Wednesday afternoon healing a hospital ferry of flowers. Business sessions planned semi annual birthday party at Mrs Carl Henes home and November meeting at Mrs Fred Coverdale s Milan avenue. Mrs Carl Radde received a gift. social hour followed with a luncheon center of gladioli and arranged covers for numerous members including Mrs George Schwartz Mrs John Peters Mrs George Kern and others.
J. W. Durling will serve as loadmaster on the forthcoming flight, taking charge of weight and balance, cargo safety, and passenger readiness. The change signals a shift in crew assignments as operations prepare for departure.
The regular Past Matrons gathering met Wednesday evening at Mrs. Alex Cameron on North Main Street with assistant hostess Mrs. A. R. Tolhurst. After routine business the group socialized, cards were played with Mrs. F. I. Hubbard winning honors, and refreshments were served. Guest Mrs. Conrad Zilch of Port Clinton attended. Next month’s meeting will be at Miss Gertrude Wernert’s home in Elyria, with officer elections.
Overnight guests Monday at the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Bauman. Mrs Roy Angersbach and daughters Elizabeth Jean and Wilma called on Mr and Mrs Charles Bechtel and Mr and Mrs Baymond Bechtel Brownhelm Monday afternoon.
Penfield area residents shared social visits and gatherings this week. Watkins siblings travel to Chattanooga for ten days visiting Freeman family. Secrist house-sits in their absence. Lucille Green hosts Brighton guest Charles Webber and others for games and a wiener roast. Various families hosted relatives from Lorain Wellington Oberlin and Pittsfield for Sunday meals and suppers. Elsie Avery begins new position in Oberlin. Mrs Sherburne to Cleveland for a week.
Mrs H G Battenhouse and Mrs Vincent Nalley hosted the Congregational church Ladies Society gathering in church parlors on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Battenhouse led the business session followed by a social hour and refreshments for about 20 attendees.
Mrs. Stanley Hall of Park Avenue hosts Circle One of the Congregational church Friday afternoon. The October meeting of the Women's Benefit Association is Friday evening at Mrs. Adam Schroeder on Elyria Avenue. Elmer Johnson Post of the American Legion meets in regular session Friday evening at the club rooms. The Mary Martha class plans a card party in the Congregational gym Monday evening October 19.
Mr and Mrs Jack Bruce hosted a family gathering at their Ten Hey Avenue home last evening honoring the birthday anniversaries of Mrs Ruby Guild and daughter Olive. Dinner was served at 6 30 with Mrs Ruby Guild Miss Olive Guild Mr and Mrs George Bruce William Guild Miss Eleanor Braun Oliver Bemis and the hosts Jack and Neil Bruce in attendance.
The American Legion and Legion Auxiliary hold a banquet at St. Joseph's parochial school hall starting at seven o'clock. The event honors past Commanders and past Auxiliary presidents with a brief program.
Henryetta and Oscar Zurcher with children visited the Keresiis. Lakewood residents Mr and Mrs Henry Schleman and Laura and Howard visited Vetter household. Emma Hand stayed with the Wiesers in Elyria. Angersbach sisters hosted supper for friends from Brownhelm. Various neighbors and relatives from Oberlin Amherst LaGrange and Bluffton stopped by. Reverend Burrichter and children from Bluffton visited.
Graduating class of Amherst High School 1915 hosted a social parity at Miss Margaret Rice home on Quarry road to honor Henry Bruce now vice-president of the University of Southern California. Twenty eight attendees including out of town guests Mr and Mrs Alex Fell and daughters Beatrice and Dorothy of Elsha Mr and Mrs Lawrence Betts Penfield and Mr and Mrs Charles Eppley of Lorain. Lydia Heller sang several solos with Mrs A J Bauer at the piano. Bruce is the son of Mrs Anna Allsop and visiting Amherst friends.
New London Sunday guests at the George Parnell home included Dorothy Conrad, Katherine Conrad, Leola Switz of Cleveland, Jeannette Bready of New London, James Adkins Deibert Studley, and Gerald North of Cleveland. The wedding of Miss Seitz and Mr. North is set for October 24. Exposition visitors included Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Bailey and family, Stella Harris, and Emma Coleman. Sunday guests of Zanesville relatives were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morrison and daughter Louise. Percy Parnell and the William Marett family visited from Cleveland. Mrs. Louis Stranb and daughter Joyce, Arlene Houghton, and Richard Humphrey motored to Cleveland to see a patient at Marine Hospital.
A concise reflection contrasts two mindsets where experience confines to what has occurred while enthusiasm imagines what lies ahead. The line implies tension between caution born of history and optimism driving progress. Positive outlook challenges learned limits and invites bold action.
A compilation of notable births from 1830 to 1885 and other historical notes. Figures include Helen Hunt Jackson, Denman Thompson, Thomas L. Rosser, Nietzsche, John N. Sullivan, William Snowden Sims, Arthur B. Reeve, and Pelham G. Wodehouse. Today in history recounts events from 1873 to 1934, from women's advancement to political trials and treaties.
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