Flotsam and Jetsam on Labor, Government Clash
A late 1930s column lampoons WPA official Aubrey Williams and the AFL CIO feud led by Bill Green and John L Lewis. It questions labor strife’s impact on politics and economy, notes constitutional and corporate tensions via Senator O Mahoney, and ends with a report on Luke French the so-called bad man pursued by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F
Bill Green
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Green
A. F. of L
Foch
National YWCA Leader to Speak at Oberlin
Mrs Austin L Kimball national president of the YWCA will visit Oberlin for a three day symposium. She will speak Friday noon October 25 in the chapel on religion and democracy and again Saturday at 3 15 pm in First Church as part of the symposium. Kimball serves on the council board and works with national youth administration and state councils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Kimball
Oberlin
Austin L. Kimball
Y. WC. A
Kimball
Council of
Th National Youth Administice Board
State
James Brand
Avon Lake DIES IN CLEVELAND AVVON LAKE
Avon Lake notices list funeral for Mrs. Fred Roth mother of Wilt Vv Fred Viola, with services in Cleveland and a home on Center Road. Community items mention Legion groups, local organizers, and visits from Cleveland and Vermilion residents, plus announcements of a new junior activity chairman and a baby daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Sisters of the Legion
Tuniper Group
Charles Howells
Avon Lake
A. T. Maiers
Sth
Clara Sandersen
John Bowles
George Stasko
Joe Stephens
Ivor Bradbury
Vermilion
Ed Mitchell
Howard W
Gertrude
West Stem
Ruth Sherman
Duff
Roy Shermar
Bud Schnur
Montana
Nettie Little
Bob Morris
Lee Gordon
Frances Heckel
Vincent
Lewis Keller
Ruth
Elyria
Theresa Weber
Joe Thompson
South Amherst Hawks stage mystery show this evening
South Amherst Oregon residents attend a three act mystery "The Scare Crow Creeps" in the school auditorium with cast listed including Earl Jones, Vicki Lupe, Lewis Kilmer, Earl Pippert, Virginia Zukowski, Joe Ba log, Harold Brucker, Sophia Yarmack, Lillian Eberhardt and Evelyn Kreeger. Public invited. Board of Recreation Center directors meet at town hall at 7:30 p.m. Important business will be transacted. Members of the Methodist Ladies Aid Society plan a pot luck dinner at Mrs Don Bryant's North Main Street Oberlin home Thursday with transport from Wm Edwards Food Store by 11:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Amherst
South Amherst Hawks
Earl Jones
Vicki Lupe
Lewis Kilmer
Earl Pippert
Virginia Zukowski
Joe Balog
Harold Brucker
Sophia Yarmack
Lillian Eberhardt
Evelyn Kreeger
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Don Bryant
North Main Street
Oberlin
Wm. Edwards
Ladies Altar Society
Plan to Eliminate Route 18 Crossing in Wellington
Federal and state funds will shift Route 18 grade crossing near Mallet Creek to be elevated above tracks. Work starts by December 1 and should finish by October 15, 1939, at about $100,000. The 2020 foot long project is a major Medina county road improvement. The article also notes local events including a cooking school at Lo-Net Theatre and a church fundraiser, with details on schedules, hosts, and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Get. 19
Baltimore and Ohio
Mallet Creek
Medina County
Lo- Net Theatre
Degree team organized after supper in Wellington Odd Fellows
The Wellington 1G O F met last evening in Odd Fellows hall. Supper was served by Archie Anderson Herbert Mercer Ernest Smith and Russell Buck. The degree team for the coming year was organized after the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Odd Fellow Hall
Archie Anderson
Herbert Mercer
Ernest Smith
Russell Buck
Organize Literary Club forms in Mrs Stark home
A new literary club named The Literary Club was organized at Mrs D D Stark home with fourteen young women. They will study literature art travel music and related subjects. Official staff includes Mrs Stark Clyde Reidel. Meetings set for the second and fourth Thursday afternoons monthly. Membership limited to 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Stark
Stark
Clyde Reidel
Harrison Dahl
Taylor Street
Mete-N-Ete Hostess Night at Mrs Gibbins Home
Mete-N-Ete chib members enjoyed a social evening at the home of hostess Mrs Charles Gibbins on Monday. Sewing and knitting were the hobbies with refreshments served. Those present included Mesdames Martin Gibbins Robert Herrick Murice Bimmerman William Clodwick Clayton Beal and Charles Friend. The club will meet Monday evening October 31 with Mrs Robert Herrick. The club members recently entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thea
Charles Gibbins
Martin Gibbins
Robert Herrick
Murice Bimmerman
William Clodwick
Clayton Beal
Charles Friend
Campaign raises funds for Wellington band uniforms
A total of 300 dollars was raised to buy uniforms for Wellington high school band members as the Parents Music club closes its drive. Mel Martin Brewer, chair, praised widespread support from individuals and organizations. Mayor E R Lehman and associates led the 1938 Red Cross drive, aiming to reach 135 dollars or more, with city officials and captains assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Mel
Martin Brewer
Parents’ Music Club
E. R. Lehman
American Red Cross
Tenery Ro Daugherty
Sevettioust
Everest
Henes
Northwest
James Shetler
Southwest
John T. Dult
Jobs Offered To Lazy Young Man In Local Ads
Local newspaper ads list several job offers for a “lazy young man” seeking easy work not clocked to a routine. Names include C. G. Battles Colen Bog ers George Linn and Clyde Shuster mentioned as involved in the ads. Elyria figures are noted alongside a hunting trip near Houghton Lake in Northern Michigan. Earl Anderson has returned from Allen hospital Oberlin after a serious appendix removal and is improving rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendaleville
Dnd
Yonoune
C. G. Battles
Colen Bogers
George Linn
Clyde Shuster
Elyria
Houghton Lake
Michigan
Earl Anderson
Allen Hospital
Oberlin
Tragic drowning at Irish river after aid lifebuoys ruined
Timothy Mullane, unable to swim, leaped into the water near Mallow Ireland. Lifebuoys along the river bank had been eaten by cows, and Mullane drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Mullane
Mallow
Ireland
Mullane
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Canute
England
English Channel
Washington
Colorado
California
Langer
North Dakota
United States Senate
Gerald Nye
Dallas
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French
Boake Carter
Republican Rally
Ed Sheck
Rent
Amherst
Malcolm Boylan, M. D
Cora M. Shepard
Berker
Ourtland
Congregational Church Friendship Guild
Herrick Auditorium
C. E. Baum
E. L. Barrick
William Wadsworth
K. S. Andrews
Margaret
Jeannette Warner
Sundrick Audite
St. Patking
Lillywood Rebekah Sedge
Jun Church
Meeke
Herm
Catholic Church
M. E
Mary Knapp
Othors
Nativity Church
Nick Martin
John Vargo
Emil Ruth
Blanche Whitney
Berea College
Gottlieb
O'Coats
Broad ST
Corr
J.T. Barnard
Hoyrta
Donald Go Miller
Carter
Harmleas
Suer Ues
Eral Soem
Chronicle-Telegram
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