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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
4
Hollywood majors rethink strategy after ruling against three top productions and pledging to focus on Class B fare. Monogram and Republic push low-budget filmmaking, underscoring a shift from foreign markets toward independents, with smaller outfits able to weather European trouble.
A collage of light personal remarks on stars like Spencer Tracy Charles Boyer Bette Davis and Nelson Eddy mixed with a humorous tale about Leo Carrillo. The column touches on premieres timing carillons and a quirky anecdote about a bean pot stunt removed to a charity shop and ends with brief backstage chatter about Garson Kanin and the screenplay lineage.
Radio grid lists WHK WGAR WCLE and more with program times 5:00 through 11:39. Shows include Walt Bergener Slim Everhardt Rudy Vallee Fats Waller Otto Thurn and Bob Burns, plus sports, news, and music segments. Station lineups feature various hosts, musicians, and opportunities on Thursday.
La Grange High School opens with the largest student body in years, 283 on the first day, with grades 1 8 totaling 283 and upper grades at 108 plus potential five enrollments. New geography textbooks approved by the county committee aim to boost elementary teaching efficiency. A lathe and jigsaw with attachments added in Industrial Arts, with more power tools planned to broaden the shop program. Upcoming week features class officer elections and ongoing senior projects as faculty and students invite visits from parents and friends.
A roundup of film industry chatter notes Sandy Henvule’s stand in now an actor in his own right for Paramount’s Campus Wives. Pris cilla Lawson trips to France, Burgess Meredith on Mice and Men set, and Arthur Lake pitching detective fiction. Sidney Toler climbs superstardom. Twentieth Century props a new dressing room he declines. A San Francisco fire escape note at 921 St Francis prompts glossy hotel intrigue.
Mrs George Harwood celebrated her 90th birthday with a family gathering in Clarksfield. The 45 attendees included 6 children 11 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren with many relatives traveling from nearby towns and several photographs taken during the celebration.
The annual Barnes family party took place at Walter Lee's home with Rose Lee G W Pollock family from Daytona Beach Anice Holmes Harry Holmes Lunnie Barnes N W Lee Mary Barnes Clyde Lee and family Mirus Clair Barnes Wendell Barnes Well ington Edd Franklin and others joiningIM S S Club No 2 served dinner to 54 Club No 1 mended for the hostess Fannie Harris and Ethel Bull received birthday gifts Next meeting set for Lucy Powles Olena in three weeks D B Smith Jim Smith visiting Ralph Smith Washington DC Inez Thomas Cereus blossoms again this summer four in the first bloom and two in the last J C Ames Lucy Worcester and children visited Thursday
Miss Phyllis Kruger daughter of Mr and Mrs H C Kruger and Howard Langdon son of Mr and Mrs Albert Langdon Brighton were united in marriage Saturday afternoon at 200 o'clock in the Brighton ME Church Rev Howard Patrick officiating Only immediate families present The bride wore a teal blue street length dress with white accessories and a corsage of white gardenias.
Suburban Calendar lists Troop 104 Boy Scout meeting at town hall Grafton at 7 PM. A-Lot Club meets with Mrs Claire Miller in Grafton. OES in Litchfield chapter rooms at 7 30 PM. Grange in New London Hall at 8 PM with Judge Luther Van Horn talk. Townsend Club meets in N Ridgeville town hall at 8 PM. Center Aid Society supper at Mrs Ruth Rowland’s Rochester home Thursday evening.
Lagrange Townsend Club convenes at 8 P M. Carlisle East Carlisle PTA executive committee meets at president C J Kleeby home on East Avenue at 8 P M. Columbia Townsend meeting set for Friday night at 8 P M at Columbia town hall with invitation to all attendees.
Avon Lake School began classes on Tuesday September 5 with 435 students enrolled at opening, matching the 1938 opening total. The figure marks an increase of 30 from last year’s daily average and includes 45 transfers from other schools.
Esther Paul from Thomas Edison School Elyria and Maile Gates with Ralph Gates from Mayfield Ohio join Betty Lou Pitzer from Valley View Village and Webster Curtiss from Sheffield Lake. Other students include Frank Gladen Garfield Heights Jack Jones Wachula Florida George Powell Dover Ida Telljohn Wapakoneta Clyde Reibn Rocky River. Classes used the new food and clothing lab in the recently finished wing.
Mrs M Cherry hosted the Griswold road Pinochle Club at her Griswold road home on Wednesday afternoon with twelve attendees. Prizes went to Mrs Christ first, Mrs John Guill second, Mrs M Cherry third, and Mrs Otto Jabbusch fourth. Refreshments were served and the next meeting is set for Mrs Howard Stang’s home on Tuesday afternoon September 19.
Laur ence Olivier stars in Clouds Over Europe a dramatic espionage tale showing at the Capitol Theatre. The feature presents a tense plot of intrigue and international affairs in a period setting.
Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake head the cast of Blondie Meets the Boss, the second film in the comic strip series, showing at the Lincoln Theatre. A WPA project to build sidewalks here has ended after three years, with seven miles of walks laid and the town adequately supplied.
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