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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1939
Page
13
Jimmie Fidler notes Hollywood faces a costs cut as foreign markets shrink. producers must slash salaries and rethink budgets. He predicts quality entertainment will prevail if studios learn big-money publicity is unnecessary and audiences care about value over price.
Scrappy notes on Charlee McCarthy and Edgar Bergen clashing over Helen Wood interest. Irony laced lines about Buddy Ebsen and Dixie Dunbar before Yokel Boy Makes Good. Vic McLaglen glances hint at mood. Hedy Lamarr publicity stunt aims for ecstasies. Nancy Kelly paid more by Twentieth Century Fox. Jane Darwell rescues dogs, 17 accounted for on her Valley ranch. James Whale’s courage noted in Green Hell. Wallace Ford learns he is British and American ties. Ronald Reagan mulls offer to broadcast World Series. Gene Autry back in Hollywood with uncle and baby girl in tow. Standby for altar plans by Robert Kellard. Dr Cyclops director Ernest Schoedsack praised for novel system.
Radio listings show WTAW and WHAK with multiple programs including music, news, sports, and talk segments. Notable names include Fred Waring Gordon, Tommy Dorsey, Del Courtney, Harry James, and Paul Whiteman.The page catalogs time slots, program titles, and station identifiers across networks WTAW WHAK WGAR WCLE and others.
Wakeman Garden Club sponsors the annual flower show to be held Friday with morning setup by 10 am and public viewing from 1 pm. Cleveland horticulturist James Van Kleeck headlines the evening program on annuals and fall bulb planting. Notes on entries and judging across numerous classes accompany the schedule. The McNaught Syndicate, Inc.
Local clubs churches and groups host evening events across Carlisle Columba Grafton Litchfield New London North Olmsted Ridgeville and Rochester with meetings dinners luncheons and card parties from 12 30 PM to 8 PM including Troop 104 at town hall and Judge Luther Van Horn talk at Grange Hall
Miss Luella Walker and Geraldine Benedict visit grandparents Townsend. Mr and Mrs Walter McAllister go to Huntington for weekend with Wayne Billheimer. Elyria visitors join Ed Minerd family for Lebor Day. The Senior and Junior Buckeye Sewers exhibit at Town Hall Friday at 8 with program and refreshments. Everyone invited.
Wellington opens with 830 start and new 180000 addition. Elementary and junior high classes assigned by grade levels across three floors. New art and P E teaching added with Miss Wormer. Activities include assemblies, book distribution, and a child education focus. Community groups hold meetings around school schedule.
Kiwanis club meets in Merrick Auditorium Thursday noon. Several local residents are noted for injuries treated at the Clinic after weekend incidents including dog bite and sports mishaps. Community notices include a clergy conference trip and a lodge clam bake announcement with reservation details.
About forty members of the Gower family gathered for a Monday picnic at Westlake Park then visited the home of Mr and Mrs Herman Gower. Attendees came from Mansfield Butler Akron Oberlin and Wellington for the gathering. A Gower Butler, father of Mr Gower, is spending time with relatives here.
The Ridgeville Study Club will meet with Mrs Harold Strong of the Cleveland Road on Tuesday September 12. Mrs R Haehl will be assistant hostess and Mrs Ellis Irons will review the Life of Hitler. Mr and Mrs Seely Knapp visited Dearborn Michigan over the
At The Theatres presents a comedy melodrama produced in England called Clouds Over Europe. The play opens Thursday at the Capitol Theatre, offering a lighthearted yet pointed look at wartime misadventures.
Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer star in When Tomorrow Comes adapted from James Cain. Opening Thursday at the Rivoli Theatre promises a weekend showcase. A tour of Henry Ford's Greenfield Village preceded the screening. Weekend guests include Mr and Mrs Fred Strong of Michigan and Mr and Mrs Vern Andrews hosting Buddy's eleventh birthday with Chauncey Currier family visiting Henrietta.
Mr and Mrs Robert Haeh and Mrs C T Whincklers visited Ohio State last week and reported seeing several locals at the Fair. In Columbus they toured government buildings and met Governor Bricker in the Capitol corridor who greeted them with pleasant remarks.
Ridgeville High reports no teaching staff changes for the year with all former teachers returning. Frankie Smitek and Jack Smitek of Ridgeville join Francis Lennerth and Eddie Lennerth of Columbia, and Mike and John Kryna of Avon as attendees at the Grand National Coon Chase. Leafy Oaks Farmers in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro increase manioc flour production to sell in the United States.
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