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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1937
Page
3
Buick reports October sales surge with 4 750 cars delivered in the first ten days, far above last year's 917. Production averages over 129 daily units, with orders on hand to sustain output through year end. Since January 1, cumulative production reaches about 174,477 by October 15, aiming for 235 000 to 240 000 by December 31.
The Elyria Automobile Club promotes a November safety poster urging pedestrians especially children to face traffic, wear light colors, and carry white items after dark. Miss Allyan Gehl notes the theme for the month and shows a blue and yellow poster featuring a boy, a dog, and a car's headlights.
The 1938 Chevrolet introduces the Tipstomatic clutch to reduce driving effort and increase control. Derived from artillery and heavy-duty uses, the disc uses a spring diaphragm with 18 inward fingers. In engagement, the outer ring bears on the pressure plate for load distribution. disengagement uses throwout bearing pressure to flex the diaphragm.
North Ridgeville residents gathered for the Friendship club October meeting hosted by Mrs. Charles Gilder with help from Mrs. John Stephens. President Miss Lucy Wilford led a brief business session before a Halloween party, with many guests wearing masks.
The report notes merriment at a gathering with prizes won by Mrs. F. P. Blaser and Mrs. C. East. Seventeen members and two guests were served by hostesses, with plans for November hosting by Mrs. F. Anderson and Mrs. C. Kost. Brief items mention Hopp’s Titusville visit, Nina Sherling visiting Akron, Mrs. Walter of Cleveland visiting Mrs. Gilder, a Elyria wedding reception attended by several locals, and a P T A Halloween dance with costume and door prizes awarded to multiple residents.
The Lake Avenue P T A hosted a large Hallowe en party at the school on Thursday with free cider and doughnuts. Prizes were awarded for costumes, including Bobby for most original, Evelyn Jabbusch most comic, Ernest Green most ghostly, James Couture best dressed, Albert Kozeil in the clothespin contest, and Teddy Takacs in the apple contest. Grange notes describe initiations and upcoming meetings, with the Juvenile Grange postponed. Next events include the Lake Avenue Mothersingers meeting on Monday and Grange Hustlers’ outing and quilt work on Tuesday.
The October Young Peoples League meeting at St John’s Evangelical and Reformed church opened with a brief business session led by Elmer Schacht. Margaret Schneider led devotionals while Ralph Schacht and Ralph Heussner won prizes during games. Hostesses Viola and Evelyn Kureexer provided refreshments for twenty members and two guests. Dime Society members and a Sunday School class hosted Halloween activities at local church parlors.
In a Miami winter, Guy Garrison plans to fool his Uncle Sherman with a fake fiancé Joan Wiltes to join a yacht cruise. Ned Acton, who loves Joan, proves aloof but rescues a drifting man, revealing himself as Joan’s former suitor. Tensions rise as Ned insists on boarding, sparking a clash with Sherman and shifting the cruise dynamics.
The article lists games and contests with refreshments for twenty, Halloween decorations, and a Missionary Sunday service at 10 45 am with a speaker and program. It also mentions Miss Lois Springer and Miss Marie Gratz visiting Mansfield guests Mr and Mrs Charles Kaf er, and notes a new mystery novel titled A Hanging Matter.
An aged man with a small dog visited a Duncan Oklahoma cafe and asked if canned dog food was available. When told no, he bought hamburger meat for the dog and requested table service for the animal. Management refused, politely but firmly.
Boake Carter critiques the Republican Party’s in-fighting and timidity. He argues leaders avoid direct, public confrontation, misreading voters and failing to offer concrete principles. Hoover’s Boston speech is praised yet seen as insufficient to rally the base.
California law for child performers mandates attendance at least three hours of schooling each day while employed in movie productions. This rule applies to all minors working on film sets, ensuring education continues alongside screen work.
The piece laments Republican fear and paralysis in facing Roosevelt. It argues a new, blunt honesty is needed and praises Herbert Hoover for potential leadership, noting his restraint prevented a stark call to action. Readers are urged to seek a revitalized minority in a failing democracy.
The piece laments a passive public and a lack of bold political action to promote minority democracy, arguing that without minority voices democracy withers. It cites Lucy Johnson, 84, who died at Bugthorpe, England, after spending 34 years mostly indoors in an armchair.
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