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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1933
Page
11
A Midwest telegraph editor travels Springfield and Amherst in New England. He praises front yards tobacco barns and farm scenery while noting hospitality at hotels and a stop at Dwight Morrow’s Amherst college. The piece blends reflective travel prose with nostalgic observations.
Dr A S dined at the Bickerstoph home while Miss Iua Verda Gott returned to Cincinnati to resume music teaching in public schools in Ohio and Kentucky. Miss McCutlassh of Elyria hosted friends. Mrs Rachel Crow-Heck and three children came with Mrs J D Mennell of Belden. Flora Howard and Elaine Craig Nebraska visited relatives in Pennsylvania and planned for their western home journey. Due to conflicting dates the Old Society of the éME church hostess arrangements with Mrs Fred Prosser and Mrs George Woodruff were unsettled.
On September 20 a local meeting urged attendance for a P T A program year. Mrs. Gott and daughter Laura Jane visited relatives after returning from Chicago World's Fair. Numerous neighbors and families hosted and visited in La Grange and nearby towns. The A W W class hosted a shower for Mrs. Naylor with fifty six guests. P T A and Wist aria Club meetings were announced for September 25 and 19 respectively. Junior League to meet Saturdays at 4 PM at MM E Church. other social visits and family gatherings noted across Lorain Cleveland Detroit Grafton.
Harvey Hopkins son of Mr and Mrs Alonzo Hopkins and Mise Gladys Miller of 7 were married at Olms s on Friday afternoon They planned a trip to Niagara Falls and returned Monday The groom was a graduate of a local school and member of the Fl and M and O ES They expect to win the Bonar hone on Main St Mr and Mrs A K Hopkins hosted a dinner in their honor Monday evening Capone’s critique notes government exposure in many American cities.
Misa Marian Palias hosted the Beacon Light Girls of St. Pauls Elyria with officers elected for the coming year Ollvie Feasler president Ruth Blakeslee vice president Thelma Tomasheska secretary Thelma Mann treasurer Margie Kushinsky Sunshine treasurer Refreshments were served and Alice Pittman of Elyria plans an October 12 gathering also noted were visits and social events among West Ridge residents and local clubs through the weekend
Spencer Sept 19 Mrs Hartinger was honored by her former U H S classes from 1919 to 1924 at Spencer Methodist Church. Guests wore school days attire and played era games. Attending were Olive Brouse Agnes Stronz Violet Auker man Wretha Brouse Santa Wilson Lennie Varner Santa Browand Faye Walters Ellen Mantz Zepha Lechleitner Wilma Beech Chatham and Alice Collens of Lorain. Refreshments followed.
A Medina section lists residents attending the Medina Fair and local visitors. Names include E M Uryant heirs, Mrs Rachel Bachelor, Alberta Aldrich, Donna Jenn ure ete Joying a camping trip at Chippewa Lake, Ella Snyder returning to Grant Myers’s home, Esther Close visiting Mrs Waldo Biddinger, Will Moore and daughters at the fair, Graydon Crlees and family from Elyria, Mary Sooy, Gertrude Martin, Hart Stuart and family in Spencer, Dewey Griges visiting Wellington, Lon Rush, Spencer Mfg Co employee, Laura Wilson Melba Garwood Ethel Curtice Marguerite shopping in Elyria, Clara Woods and Beulah Woods visiting Shreve, John Brouse of Elyria visiting Frank Brouse.
The Willing Workers Class of the Methodist church Sunday School met at Mr. and Mrs. Gary Olson's home on Eighteenth Street Lorain. About twenty attended. Officers for the coming year were elected: President Mrs D F Eschtruth, Vice President Harler Rea, Secretary Mrs Ed McGuecken, Treasurer Mrs Knight. The evening closed with social time and refreshments.
Mrs. Rider hosts her sister in Huron while guests call on relatives across town. Several gatherings feature Progressive Class meetings, church socials, and anticipated picnics with plans for a chicken supper. Attendance includes Mrs. Baldwin, Mr. Morris, the McIntires, the Harnishes, and other local families from Elyria, Pontiac, and Penfield Junction.
A dated note lists astrology for September 19 1933, naming Virgo as the sign and mentioning notable births including Kossuth Rackham Pittman Vance Wickerham Taber Fi ala Truex Turpin Cortez. An outdoor diary explains hail formation and a Paris riot at a royal banquet marking a Dauphin birth.
A fragmented historical note lists events on September 19 across years: Montgolfier brothers flight in 1783 with balloon and early air passengers, a Paris siege mail route, and a roundup of battles from Poitiers 1356 to Chickamauga 1863 and Winchester 1864. It hints at California statehood 1850 and the Dirie song 1859, ending with tomorrow’s teaser: WHEN IT RAINED LIVE FISH.
Saturday evening twenty five friends gathered at the Ring home and walked to the Ring woods for a wiener roast music and games. The Litchfield Past Matrons plan a potluck dinner and program on Sept 22 with Medina County. Nova’s Centralized school opened full time, with senior class officers and a new glee club formed. The first school event was a junior high wiener roast at Moody’s place after school.
NOVA NOVA September 19 WOE Ladies' Aid announces cafeteria lunch next Wednesday September 20 at the church annex. All church and Ladies' Aid members urged to attend as conference year ends, officers to be elected and dues are due.
Miss Gladys Mae Walker wed Ralph Hassinger of Hayesville in a morning ceremony conducted by Rev Stametz at United Brethren church. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Kenneth Walker. After October FH Club will exhibit their work from recent months.
Rochester items report the Women’s Civic Club gathering set for September 29 at Mrs. Elizabeth Chamberlain home. The page lists visits by multiple locals including the Farrells, Davidson family, Cowies, Terwillagers, Cobb, Jewett, and Weeks, plus sheep exhibits by J A Jewett and Carl Bradford at regional fairs.
Elyria Telegram recalls past items from September 19, 1908 and 1943. It notes Lorain County dry election efforts with Secretary Gisle reporting over five thousand petition names, road work funded by unemployed labor, cattle mutilations in Amherst, and a freight wreck causing $5,000 damage. 1943 items cover county fair attendance, favorable weather, and tennis tournament entrants.
Chronicle-Telegram notes in 1928 that Rev Edwin Kirby was returned to the M E church in Elyria by the Northeastern Ohio conference at Lakewood. It lists county appointments including Avon Merrill Chaffee Brighton IW H Ayers Fields B H Ryan Grafton W H Gibson La Grange G M Knupp Obrkin C B Ketchum Penfield Huntington Percy Evans South Amherst S B Bartle Wellington J W Naramore and Columbia Station W W Davis.
Elyria policemen will get an official order to wear their revolvers outside their coats to avoid delays in emergencies. The service director announced additional training including target practice and a course of instruction in shooting for better readiness against gangsters and gunmen.
An indigenous New Zealand resident, accused of crime and publicly insulted, admits guilt and faces punishment by his own act, choosing death. He proclaims he was treated unfairly and appeals to kinship for support in carrying forward a veu idetta.
Mr and Mrs Pfeiffer of Wellington joined a trip then Mr and Mrs Andy Davidson and daughter made a business visit to Ashland on Tuesday. C C Curry returned to his sister Mrs Rachel Mitchells home after several weeks at D C Maon. John Wolfe and family of Akron spent the weekend with his parents. Mr and Mrs D C Mann, now visiting at home, returned to Akron with them.
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