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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1936
Page
1
Farmyard symphony concerts begin in Lorain County as preparation continues for the annual county fair. Trucks, exhibits, and workers rush to finish booths and amusements for throngs of visitors expected over three days. Some buildings fill early while overflow exhibit space is arranged for the large number of entries.
Lorain County schools operate today after opening the new Gratton high school building valued at 25000 dollars. Principal Walter Jantz cites anticipated higher enrollment and new courses including manual arts, girls home economics, and a commercial department. Some facilities like the gymnasium remain incomplete, but not expected to affect classes. debate continues on converting the old building to a hall, with village officials favoring the plan.
Elyria’s West Side fire station becomes the headquarters for four highway patrolmen assigned to traffic duty in Cleveland. Fire Chief N Bates said the four men, transferred from parts of the state, will be here until September 29. They occupy sleeping quarters at the fire station. The force is part of a larger speed patrol for congested traffic periods.
Ohio forecast calls for generally fair skies with continued warmth. Tonight remains mild with light winds and overnight lows near the upper 60s to 70s. Wednesday looks warm and sunny with patchy highs reaching into the 80s.
Rebel forces push east of Maqueda within 23 miles of Madrid and near Toledo as Loyalists retreat to new lines. Maqueda and Santa Cruz form a triangle toward Torrijos and the Tagus River while Gen. Asensio coordinates defense and the Alcazar siege continues under Maj. Torres.
Rev Karl P Meister was reappointed as superintendent of the Elyria Home for the Aged by Bishop Titus Lowell at the Northwesteth Methodist Conference session in Akron. He was also re-elected president of the Conference's Board of Trustees.
Gov. Alf M. Landon launches a six day midwest tour aiming to win key agricultural states. He will speak in Des Moines Minneapolis and Milwaukee while promoting a Republican farm program and challenging Roosevelt policies amid a nationwide race. The Sunflower Special trains through Missouri and Iowa delivering party messages as the campaign targets the agricultural heartland.
Lorain County Methodist Episcopal pastors hear three new assignments and twelve reoffice. Dr E J Bond continues at First M E Elyria for at least one more year. New pastors include Thomas Hughes at Columbia Station and A E Taylor at Pittsfield with other transfers and retirements noted.
At the 70th National Encampment in Washington the Grand Army of the Republic is overwhelmed by women, with Daughters of the GAR and the Women’s Relief Corps active in crowds. Veterans, many in their nineties, linger in lobbies while a brass and silk pageant unfolds, as Commander Oleg Nelson notes the march may be on foot.
Elyria school officials believe walkouts ended after a four hour board meeting. The board voted to continue the present single session plan with cafeteria operation, while a parent survey may be considered later.
Lorain county voters face registration deadlines with October 5 closing, urging unregistered residents and those who moved within precincts to sign up. First time voters aged 21 by election day and those who skipped last two elections must register, while automatic cancellations occur if two-year nonvoting continues. Only Lorain Elyria and Sheffield Lake require registration.
The Lorain County Republican ox roast, held each presidential year, will return to Pittsfield this October. Chairman Frank A. Stetson said a date will be set when most state candidates can attend, with John W. Bricker, the GOP nominee for governor, expected to join.
City officials led by Coumman Ed Notley report efforts to abate smoke from industrial chimneys, noting some industries emit dense smoke yet closing factories is avoided. Sunshine Laundry on Clark Street was overhauling stokers to reduce emissions.
Elyria Legion drum and bugle corps earned fifth place in the Cleveland competition and will perform at 7 a.m. Hayden Evans, manager, said the corps will assemble at 6 a.m. sharp in room four of the public auditorium.
A vast crowd, up to a million, watched the Forty and Eight parade and related pageantry in Cleveland on September 22. The event, led by a Fargo band, featured colors, mini cannons, and a lively street spectacle as police struggled to manage throngs. AF and Legion leaders planned a full convention day with speeches by William Green and General Frank Hines.
On a train to Arizona Frank Knox the Republican vice presidential candidate agreed with William Randolph Hearst that Roosevelt is getting support from enemies of the American system. He offered no elaboration or formal statement on the charge.
Vacancies created by two new precincts Amherst and Avon Lake were filled on the Republican executive committee last night. Viola Sondergeld was appointed committeewoman for Precinct 4 Amherst and Rena Titus for Precinct 1 Avon Lake. Two Democratic appointees, N. M. Pippert and Eva Miller, were named in Amherst. Avon Lake’s appointment was not announced.
Cleveland hosted the 8th annual American Legion convention parade drawing about a million onlookers as 100000 Legionnaires marched 11 hours along Euclid avenue to Municipal Stadium. J Ray Murphy led in a blue uniform with bands, drum corps, and military units creating a festive spectacle.
The council met in a brief session with two members absent and approved a report to enclose a North Abbe road ditch with a storm sewer. They also greenlit ditch-cleaning on Marseilles Beebe Poplar Longfellow and Bellfield avenues to fix unsanitary conditions. A proposal to join Ohio cities for cheaper gas rates was sent to future consideration. An urging letter from William C Reed asked Elyria to form an Ohio Committee of the Cities Alliance. A street light request for Caldwell avenue near the Coca Cola plant was referred to the lighting committee.
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