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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1937
Page
10
Boake Carter laments rising parental influence as students in Trevorton York and East Wenonah strike over school actions. He warns such behavior breeds contempt for authority, urging responsible parenthood to curb youth defiance and future disorder.
Oberlin College hosts a convocation on October 8 to mark the centennial of coeducation and women’s entrance to college training. Key speakers include Mildred H. McAfee of Wellesley College and Dr. William Price Rainey of the American Youth Commission.
United Press briefs from Lancaster report the Court of Appeals denying an appeal for Frank Sedar, 17, Cleveland, convicted in June of slaying a Boys' Industrial School engineer. Sedar is serving a life term in Ohio penitentiary. In Urbana, publisher J. E. Manahan of Belle Center, whose plant burned, buys the St. Paria Neva Dispatch from Herbert E. Cook. Manahan also publishes the Belle…
Dr. Thomas F. Graham, dean of the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology, addressed the Elyria Rotary Club about a major international church conference in Oxford England. He described 790 to 800 church leaders from 120 branches in 45 countries, diverse beliefs, and five study sections while noting the church faces severe tests and an aim to craft a unified Christian message.
Elyria summer school posted a net deficit of 182 dollars for the year based on 1,448 in receipts and 1,630 in instruction costs. It served 233 students with 160 in high school classes and 73 in elementary, and officials said the program was a worthwhile investment to prevent grade repetition.
Hollywood gossip column notes muttered opinions on stars like John Barrymore Joan Crawford Loretta Young Marlene Dietrich and Carole Lombard. It mentions Lew Ayres Ginger Rogers potential remarriage and the era’s publicity culture detailing gifts and fashion while quipping at Hollywood vanity and rumor culture.
Janice Flagg daughter of Chicago millionaire Ogden Flagg rejects living with her father and a marriage offer from Lawrence Worthington after her mother’s death. She tours New York as secretary to Robert Craymore, faces humiliation at a night club, and endures a bleak search for work before a charitable Mrs. Greene offers help.
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard planned an afternoon swim with Jack Haley but he phoned regrets as Haley pool is out of order. Gloria Haley invited friends to swim but Mrs Haley had them apply cold cream for sunburn risk. pool drained to remove suds from shaving cream. Taeny’s interview with Tatsy Kelly dismisses dieting and exercise buzz.
Mrs. Walter Rauscher hosted the Charm Club at her Avon home on Tuesday afternoon September 14. Winners in the card games were Mrs. Vern Frey Mrs. Ed Stagg and Mrs. Walter Rauscher. Light refreshments were served. The club will meet again.
Community notices from Wellington Ohio roundup meeting schedules for Lillywood Rebekah Lodge and the Methodist Aid Society. Kiwanis speaker Carolyn Clifford to discuss her Europe trip. High school graduates and their college enrollments listed with many students moving to Oberlin, Bowling Green, Ohio University, and other institutions. Included are installation plans for the Parent Teachers Association and upcoming garden club show.
Obituary announces the death of former Avon resident Frank Phelps and his Avon Center cemetery burial on Thursday. Community items include a wiener roast by Avon High School Leaders, a Boy Scouts meeting at the Baptist church, a birthday surprise for Miss Catherine Dyer with theatre outing, a Sunday School gathering hosted by G L Jenkins, and social plans for a measuring social. Local residents Lucy Walker and Mrs Henry Schenck visited Will Barr’s home. Harold Buell and others visited family. guests from New York stayed with the Gelman family. Mildred Gerlick of Cleveland visited her parents. Hattie Perk visits Portsmouth relatives. Prayer meeting and Bible study set for Thursday at the Baptist Church dining room.
Ethel Greetham and Helen Sut are set to graduate this month from Glenville hospital with Greetham already finished and employed there. Sut will graduate September 19. Other students include Lois Thornton Eleanor Sooy Iola Riggs at Cook County Hospital Chicago. Margery Falls and Doris Bobel will enter nurses training at St Luke's Cleveland after Baldwin Wallace. Mary Marley remains at Charity Cleveland Donne Manning Iola McCielan at Mt Simai Cleveland. Helen Lavon will study beauty culture at Mansfield. Pastor Unaries W Recard marks seventeenth year at First Congregational church this month amid congratulations.
Mrs Arlo Smith hosted a dinner at their North Main Street residence in honor of Miss Ruth Hege who sails Friday from New York to Venezuela for a six year missionary assignment in South America. Guests included Rev John Green Kenneth Avery Mrs John Milner and Mrs Helen Estrich. Nearby visitors and locals also appear in brief society notes.
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