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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1939
Page
4
Hollywood preview shows Dancing Coed as a sharp satire on the star system. Jimmie Fidler notes MGM bypassed its usual limits by casting to fit roles rather than fit stars, elevating Lana Turner to stardom and delivering a fine picture.
Radio schedules for WTAM WHK WGAR MCLE and WCLE list programs across the day September 28. Serial dramas news sports and music feature asides highlight a mix of entertainers including Prominent correspondents and orchestral pieces with time stamps and program sequences subject to change.
Elyria preview notes Alley Grill opens tonight at 114 Middle avenue rear alley venue previously Barrel House and Alley Inn. Herbert Lees runs it with plate lunches coffee beer wine and ale. remodeled room offers casual dining and drinks as locals watch Hollywood chatter and gossip fade away.
GraftonMr and Mrs W G Reese and family visited Mansfield hosts. Numerous locals including Oberlin guests Arthur Falkner and Irvine Mahler, and several Cleveland, Lorain, and Wadsworth families attended dinners and suppers. A funeral in Oberlin and district meetings are noted.
The Western Front notes a 125 year Amherst anniversary attended by Mrs. Anna Hosler Mrs. James Obitts and Mrs. John Koepke Others visited included Mr and Mrs M D Lehman and family and Mr and Mrs Dan Belden at Ralph Heussner reception in South Amherst More gatherings and visits occur across nearby towns with relatives from Barberton Brighton Rochester Cleveland and Elyria including farm moves and church activities Evelyn Lee and neighborhood families participate in multiple Sunday and Saturday events with many locals hosting guests and attending anniversaries meetings and prayer groups.
Erhart Strittmatter returned Sunday after a seven week west tour visiting the Grand Canyon Yellowstone National Park and the San Francisco Fair. Rita Weigel of Amherst spent Wednesday at her parents home. Mrs Tuczynski has improved after illness at Elyria Memorial Hospital. George Armbruster recovers from a fall with brain concussion. Friends held a wiener roast for Mr and Mrs John Hickman. Bertha Brown from Medina visited in the Strittmatter home. Carol Gross recovering from illness. Mrs Sigg Hufford and son Ray visited the McLaughlin home. Raymon Morgan and family and Emery Shingleton of Akron were dinner guests of the Hazels. Mr and Mrs Charles Gross visited Minnie Fiest in Mallet Creek. Earl Fiest and others hunted at Mt Vernon. Minnie Fiest visited sister Mrs Floyd Rumbaugh at Brunswick and at Berea hospital after an automobile accident. The Regals called on sister Mrs Robert Stroup.
North Olmsted reports Pine Rebekah Lodge celebrated its 8th anniversary during a regular session Wednesday night September 20. Eva Richards and Fanny Zuber performed piano pieces and read a poem titled Do You Just Belong. Refreshments and a social hour followed. The next meeting is scheduled for October 4 at 8 30 P M at the I O F Hall.
The North Olmsted PTIA will meet in the high school auditorium on Wednesday night October 4 at 8 30. Guest speaker Carl Berns secretary of the Ohio Education Association will discuss whether the state constitution should be amended to create a State Board of Education. The referendum on the amendment will be in the coming election. An exhibition of 4 H Club work will be shown and officer elections for 190 will be held.
A story of three brothers and their sacrifices for one another is presented in Beau Geste now showing at the Rivoli Theatre as part of the new program.
A rousing melodrama Valley of the Giants is now showing at the Lincoln Theatre. A regular meeting at the Coe building is planned for Monday night October 2 with dinner served at 6:30 P M. Local notices report illnesses and a series of deaths and funerals including Mrs Ea Elder and connections to Pittsburgh Akron and North Olmsted. Funeral services were led by Rev John Kuyper. Burnal was interred at Lakewood Park Mausoleum.
Arthur Wakeman and Robert Foreman are noted as students at Miami University Oxford Ohio. Mrs Loren Buckley of New London visits Wakeman briefly. Mr and Mrs Al Phelps and family of Cleveland Heights call on the Pierces. Mr and Mrs Wm Bailey and son of Norwalk join Clarence Bailey at his home for a weekend visit.
Numerous civic and church groups schedule meetings, dinners, booster nights, and social activities across towns including North Ridgeville Avon Lake Grafton North Eaton La Grange Oberlin New London Belden and Columbia. Highlights include PTA and church choir gatherings at 8 p m, Grange booster nights and fundraisers, and community suppers with details on locations times and hosts.
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