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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1932
Page
9
A vintage classified fragment touts self confidence as a step toward success, urging a right appearance. It lists local tailors and cleaners in Elyria and nearby towns, plus bus routes, farm ads, and several rental and sale notices, reflecting a busy mid century classifieds page.
The La tes' Aid Society of the M. E. church will meet with Mrs. Fay Boise on Wednesday afternoon Sept 7 on Herrick avenue East in Wellington. A large attendance is desired. A circle will serve lunch. ATTEND TORONTO FAIR Mr and Mrs Homer Sooy and Mr and Mrs Walter Rook of Wellington plan to attend the Toronto fair.
Local notices report Spencer visiting the Toronto Fair in Canada and multiple community events. Howard Chapman of West Salem dies at 55 of heart trouble, funeral held Thursday. Mrs. Wolfe stays through Sunday. Other items note reunions at Crawford’s Corners, returns from Ravenwood West Virginia, and various visits, births, and society meetings among area residents.
Members of the local Royal Neighbors were entertained at Mrs A F Nallys home in Amherst on Thursday evening with a brief business session and social time. Refreshments were served to a good attendance. The next meeting will be at Mrs Charles Corbetts home with Mrs Mable Anderson assisting. The Ladies Aid dinner in the Methodist church parlors Friday was a success with guests from Amherst Ashland Oberlin Elyria and Lorain. The Womens Union of St Johns Church opens its season with a first meeting scheduled.
A regular Legion Auxiliary meeting will be held in the club rooms Tuesday evening with election of officers, and all members are urged to attend. Also notes of brief motor trips by families to southern Ohio and Tennessee.
The third annual Fall Festival of Sheffield Lake opened Friday evening with a large crowd. Miss Pauline Rahatina of Lorain, formerly Sheffield Lake, was chosen for first place in the Bathing Beauty Contest among Lorain County girls at the Capitol Theatre Thursday night. She will compete with fifteen other Lorain County girls at the Elyria Fair Labor Day for Miss Lorain County honors.
Miss Mc Clellan, an Ohio woman, landed near the Bert Rothel home at 3:20 PM after winning the women’s highest altitude record. She called the airport and a white car was sent. Clarence Rothel had already taken her to the airport. Parachute was silk. The column notes local gatherings, school start, and community events including a corn roast, visits from relatives in Elyria and Cleveland, and a church group meeting under an eclipse.
Avon Lake residents share visits and travel updates with Cleveland Elyria and New Hampshire connections. A child injures an arm at a play while others return home after visits. In Christiansburg a visiting English tourist and his mother are honored, with the mother buried beside her son in the town.
Garabed Ehikian, a variety store proprietor, faced municipal court as he was accused of selling a highball described as the cheapest in Boston. Mrs. Gertrude Clattenburg bought ginger ale, drank a portion, and screamed, prompting an analysis that found the bottle mixed with alcohol. Ehikian claimed a mistake but was found guilty.
Philip Molosky, a Battle Creek factory worker, filed a divorce complaint claiming his wife forbade telephone use. He said she marked the phone’s location before leaving and checked it upon return, hindering his access to the line.
Vegetables planted by prisoners at Ingham County Jail are harvested and canned for use in county institutions and by the needy. Produce is taken to the Jackson state prison cannery and then returned for distribution. About 100 bushels of beets have been canned this year.
From Biddeford Maine Eugene Boisvert appealed to the city health department to rid his home of crickets that have settled on the hearth and throughout the house. He said he has been killing them by the bushel but cannot eliminate the infestation as they invade every room.
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