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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1937

Page

4

Three Lorain County Girls In Running For State Honors

At least three Lorain County girls compete in Four H Club contests at the Ohio State Fair and are believed still in the running for state honors. Miss Alice Bird the county agricultural extension agent accompanied the group to Columbus and plans to return tomorrow. Ruth and Iris Bartter of the Columbia Rarefree Kitchen Keepers Club earned an A on their yeast rolls demonstration. Marian Streicher Brownhelm was among finalists in the state fair style revue and was asked to remain for further examination. The winner had not yet been announced.

Lorain County Alice Bird Columbus Miss Bird Elyria Ruth Iris Bartter Columbia Rarefree Kitchen Keepers Club Marian Streicher Brownhelm

New Trial Motions Overruled in Three Cases

Judge D A Cook overruled new trial motions in three cases. Dorothy Postle won 550 dollars against Grafton Village for a sidewalk injury. Mary Berthold secured 4000 dollars in a death of her six year old son in a traffic accident against Walton Ice Company. J Forthofer of Avon lost his suit against Dr. Russell Arnold as his defense succeeded.

D. A. Cook Grafton Village Dorothy Postle Walton Ice Company Mary Berthold J. Forthofer Avon Russell Arnold Forthofer

Three Changes In E HLS Curriculum

Three changes in the Elsina High School curriculum will be seen by students returning Tuesday morning. A new course in creative writing is added taught by Misa Josephine Wilcox. The art department expands under Dorothy Jones to include freehand drawing and design. A new graduation rule requires three years of social science affecting those below seniors, with specifics in world history American history economics or sociology and American government. Seventeen commercial courses remain, with a new commercial teacher to handle increased enrollment.

Elsina Misa Josephine Wilcox Elyra Ridgeville High School Essnys Dorothy Jones Shively Board of Education

Four-H Club Featured On National Radio Program

Sumner County South Carolina Four-H Club work will be described on a national radio broadcast at 12 30 p m Saturday. Music by the United States Marine Band will be heard. The program originates from WGAR Cleveland and is carried by 84 other stations.

Sumner County South Carolina County Agricutural Extension Service United States Marine Band WGAR Cleveland

Dynamite Bombings Tied to Medina Theft Case

Testimony before the jury described dynamite thefts from a Medina magazine and linked it to bombings that damaged wells in Belden and a planned strike on the Beebe farm main near Ridgeville. Witnesses included drilling officials and law enforcement from Lorain, Medina, and Wooster as probes continued.

Medina Gerth H. M. Coz Glenn Stevens Sam Mack Glenn Yonnayon Lee Proit Belden High School Samuel Paonessa Walter Yost Wooster Allie Pritchard Medina County

Court actions and police report from Cleveland area

Cleveland police recovered a 1930 Ford coach stolen from Wellington on July 31. Deputy sheriffs report 39 year old Ralph Hudnelt sentenced to 10 days in county jail for contempt of court illness prompted release. Divorces filed include Tha Evesham from Hugh Graham for neglect. Lillian Silage from Steve Silage for cruelty and excessive drinking with a temporary restraining order. Home Owners Loan Corporation sued Anna Baker for 3765 with foreclosure claim on Lorain property. Millie Elinor Baker seeks divorce from William Baker for neglect. Nettie Janas granted divorce from Walter Janas with custody to maternal grandmother and father ordered to pay 60 monthly. County commissioners appropriated 276 for sanitation improvements at the Children’s Home, part of a broader sanitary program by Home trustees.

Ralph Hudnelt Lillian Silage South Amherst Steve Silage Nettie Janas 420 West 12Th Street Walter Janas Cleveland Guy B. Findley Mary Smith West 12Th Street

Elyria Boys To Hike To Y M C A Camp

Twenty five Elyria boys will leave the Y M C A Friday afternoon for a last vacation period hike to Camp Iss See Kes on the Vermilion River. They depart at 4 p.m. and return Saturday afternoon. Activities include a baseball game campfire fishing and a hike into un explored woods across the river.

Elyria Iss-See-Kes Vermilion River Herman Geyer Geyer

Hospital Admissions and Discharges Chronicle

List of admissions includes Mrs Richard Platt 219 Princeton Mrs James Young 115 Cornell Ronald and La Venne Seabold La Grange Mrs Clyde Johnson 885 West River Louis Dam 315 Beech street June Wilder East Cleveland Jack Turkas 143 West street Discharges include Marilyn Brown North Ridgeville Paul Glen and Loran Fielder 119 Fremont street Mrs Randolph Deso 133 Parkview Gertrude Smith Lake Avenue Elsie Geese Springfield

Richard Platt Princeton James Young Cornell Ronald and la Venne Seabold la Grange Clyde Johnson Louis Dam Beech June Wilder Cleveland Jack Turkas West Marilyn Brown North Ridgeville Paul, Glen and Loran Fielder Fremont Street Randolph Deso Parkview Gertrude Smith Lake Avenue Elsie Geese Springfield

Elyria and Oberlin Residents Named in Licenses

Edwin Shay 25 Elyria machine operator and Elizabeth Hahn 21 1824 West avenue Elyria licensed. David R. Goldthorpe 22 Lorain clerk and Rose Lucas 23 Lorain licensed. Harold Dearth 25 Oberlin mechanic and Elizabeth K Weekly 37 Oberlin licensed.

Edwin Shay Elyria Elizabeth Hahn West Avenue David R. Goldthorpe Lorain Rose Lucas Harold Dearth Oberlin Elizabeth K

First Aid Class Offered by Lake Avenue PTA

The Lake Avenue Parent-Teachers Association sponsors a First Aid Class meeting at the Lake Avenue School at 8 p.m. on Friday. The event invites community members to learn basic first aid skills in a local calendar listing.

Lake Avenue The Parent-Teachers’ Association

Names Added To County School Teachers List

Thirty names were added to the county's teacher roster, with twenty nine from Wellington. The Wellington lst had not been reported yesterday. Miss Helen Frisbie, Sheffield Village high school teacher, was added after omission from yesterday's list. Wellington High School names include A W Shields and others. elementary additions include Donna Dague and Anna May Davis along with several more. The update confirms new staff across Wellington schools and Sheffield Village.

Wellington Wellington Lst Helen Frisbie Sheffield Village Lst A. W. Shields Thelma Hooper Jean J. Aber Marie Adler Homer D. Barbe Julia Cl

Ask Extension of Mills Road to East River Road

Mills road property owners and others urge county commissioners to seek State Highway Department help to extend Mills road from Stoney Ridge road to East River road about 2 1 2 miles. Alan Bungart of Avon leads the request and asks state aid to also improve Lake Breeze road Colorado avenue and East River road in Sheffield Lake Sheffield and Avon. State officials say municipalities must supply materials while the state provides labor.

Mills Road State Highway Department Stoney Ridge Road East River Road Alan Bungart Avon Lake Breeze Road Colorado Avenue Sheffield Lake Sheffield Edward DeChant

Exhibits Leghorns At Ohio State Fair

George Bush of LaGrange Road reports his Buff Leghorns at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus have a good showing this week. He has no word on exact prize counts yet.

George Bush LaGrange Road Columbus

New Books At Elyria Library Highlight History and Travel

Elyria Library announces new books this week with history biographies and travel titles led by A Book of Hours by Peattia and The Great Smoky Mountains by Thornborough. Also added are recent fiction including Q39 by Banner and The Fifth Horseman by Chambers, among others.

Elyria Edna Moore Peattia Nillay Main Street Wwhits Mott France Moffatt Great Smoky Mountains Thornborough Nefntyre Meigs Tane Lantern Hill Mont- Romery Vaults Nicholas Cotter Scanlan Sloane Heather Stringer Thompson Whippoorwill’s Webb Victoria Wilkins

Holmes To Accept CCC Applications

Ernest E. Holmes, Lorain County selecting agent, will accept new Civilian Conservation Corps enroll ment applications at 308 Depot Street starting about September 15. J. Otis Garber, state director, said 3,361 Ohio bars were approved in July above the 3,200 state quota. The new eligibility rule unemployment and in need of employment has allowed more youths to enroll, with counties seeking Washington approval for camps and praising enrollee work.

Civilian Conservation Corps Ernest E. Holmes Lorain County Depot Street J. Otis Garber Garber Ohio Department of Labor Congress Washington

Oberlin High School Coach Is Married

Oberlin reporter notes the Aug 24 wedding of Nancy Diefendorf to Don Leahy of Oberlin at the bride’s Erie home. Miss Diefendorf, a Oberlin College graduate teaching in Erie, becomes Mrs Leahy, athletic director and basketball coach at Oberlin High School. They plan to live in Oberlin after Sept 10.

Oberlin Nancy Goodrich Diefendorf Frederick G. Diefendorf Erie Don James Leahy Dean Francis Blodgett Ruth Morris Robert Leahy Cleveland Oberlin Colege Leahy Miami University Oberlin High School

New Dean of Women Arrives in Oberlin

Miss Marguerite Woodworth arrives as dean of women at Oberlin College and will reside at 227 South Professor Street. She comes from Lawrence College Appleton Wisconsin where she served as dean of women. BRIEFS mention visiting relatives in Akron and New York. Mrs E E Stewart recovering from major operation.

Oberlin Marguerite ‘Woodworth Oberlin College South Profess Street Woodworth Lawrence College Appleton Wisconsin W. H. Chapin Woodland Avenue Lloyd Weaver Akron

Cummings Enters Elyria Township Justice Race

Attorney Herbert Cummings filed a petition for Elyria township Justice of the Peace. The race includes Otto K. Mischka James B. Lilley and incumbent Charles C. Lord who fled his petition yesterday. Helen McGuire is circulating a petition as filing closes at 6 30 pm tomorrow.

Elyria Township Herbert Cummings Cornell Avenue Cummings J. P Otto K. Mischka James B. Lilley Charles C. Lord Helen McGuire

Death Record for Dr Edward Hackett Funeral Held

Funeral services for Dr Edward Hackett of 1508 Middle Avenue will be held Friday morning at 9 30 from St Mary's church with Reverend Fr James Daley officiating. Burial will be in St Mary's Cemetery.

Edward Hackett Middle Avenue St. Mary's Church James Daley St. Mary's Cemetery

Local Option Vote Filed in Columbia Township

Lorain County officials report two local option elections looming in November with petitions filed in Columbia and Carlisle townships to bar beer wine and liquor sales within their borders.

Lorain County Board of Elections Columbia Township Carlisle Township

Railroad Stocks Show Weakness Across Markets

NEW YORK September 2 railroad stocks fell to year lows on the exchange. The industrial average neared its 1937 low as utilities retreated. Most leading rails hit new lows. Norwalk & Western slid 9 1 2 points to around 230. Chesapeake & Ohio Northern Pacific Pennsylvania and Southern Pacific also hit new lows. Farm issues dropped sharply while Allied Chemical declined five points and other high priced issues fell. Motors oils coppers and mercantiles rose or held.

New York Sept API The Stock Exchange Norwalk & Western Chesapeake & Ohio Northern Pacific Pensylvania Southern Pacific Allied Chemical

Fatal Crossing Crash Near Mt. Vernon Ohio Claims Farmer

Clifford Strickler, 50, a bachelor farmer, died when his car was hit by a double header Pennsylvania freight train at Danville, 15 miles east of Mt. Vernon. It marked the fourth Danville traffic fatality in a month. A Rokoff arrives as Cort Shoe manager in Elyria after leaving Baltimore. Two Lorain youths, 15 and 17, held by juvenile court after stealing bins from a truck belonging to O Thomasson.

MT. Vernon, O Clifford Strickler Danville Here A. Rokoff Cort Shoe Company West Broad Street Elyria Baltimore Maryland Lorain O Thomasson

Toledo Market Report Amid Grain and Livestock Prices

Markets from Foledo to Cleveland show mixed grain and livestock movements with oats and corn firming, wheat steady, and hogs and cattle trading lower to steady. Notable items include No 2 red wheat around $1.01 to $1.12, corn near $1.10, butter around 38c, eggs varied, and live stock receipts about 200 cattle and 300 sheep with steady to strong demand in Cleveland bids.

Foledo Riuzat Reece Toledo Cleveland Choice

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