Amherst News-Times, 1920-02-26

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AMHERST NEWS-TIMES
VOL. I, NO. 41.
subscription, 12.00 pir year
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AMHIMT, OHIO, TMUReOAV, INMRUARY  26.   1M0
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UTILE SPEARS IN
LIMA TOMORROW
■IO    NEWSPAPER    MIN    TO    Bl
PRESENT AT ASSOCIATION
MEETING.
•Speech Printed Below—Little Telia of
Experience Gained SIHoe •Coming
to Amhsret
NEW MEAT MARKET OPENS
I. A. Little wbo edited the News-
Ttmea this week for tbe last time will
^     * apeak tomorrow (Friday) afternoon be
/ li- tore the Buckeye Press association at
Ma Mg convention held In Lima.
AA thia convention there will be the
greatest of newspaper <men of tho
United States. Among other speakers
at the convention la Governor Cox,
Oeneral Manager Baker of the Plain
Dealer, President of the Western
Nawepaper Union, Arthur Brisbane,
noted newspaper man and many others
well versed ln the field of Journalism.
The Speech.
The text of Mr. Little's speech Is as
follows:
Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the
Fourth Batata:—
1ft view of the fact that there are
so many efficient speakers on today's
program, I feel confident that you will
agree with my fellow-townsmen who,
whenever a good speaker ls desired at
any of our gatherings, OO NOT call
on B. A. Little, for they aay his ability trends toward the pen or pencil
aad not to the silvery flow ot the
tongue. But I shall do my utmost to
present the topic I have been assigned
la aa concise a manner aa possible ln
this brief talk. *
Tha only way to make a newspaper
pay In any field Is by hard work,
backed by an Intelligent study of the
field. I'm sure most of the men here
know that statement ls true, and that
moat of you have had your share of
bard work and long hours, at a smaller salary than that earned by many a
day laborer.
In our field there are three large
cities  whose  papers  reach ua  dally.
Tbe Cleveland papera could hardly be
called competitors.   Nowadays v/e argue that every family ahould take a
good dally paper, for the atate, national and  International  news they  pon-
taln and also for the timely political.
sporting and market news.
The Blyrla paper, managed by our
. friend Burke, doaa not bother us much.
•X poaslbly Iter' physical    reasons    the
Chronicle-Telegram   ls    riot   able    to
reach ua the same day as printed, and
few like to read a dally paper that
la 14 or even 12 hours old.   Thin simplifies' matter's somewhat for us—for
tha Telegram ls so good a newspaper
that tt might give us a run for our
money If It once came Into Amherst.
The Lorain Times-Herald, however,
haa been a problem with us.    When
wa flrst came to Amhesrt, nearly 3
years ago, the Lorain paper bad a circulation In our town of about 600, and
tha Amherst weekly paper had but a
email number of actual subscribers.
At the present  moment,  the  Lorain
daily la sending in possibly 450 papers
with a steady loss In circulation, and
wo have built our list up to more than
that of the weekly of three years ago
and all our subscribers are  paid-in-
advance.   They have been put on the
lift without tho aid of a contest or
premium of any kind.
i   .   Tha.only solicitation we have tried' Arizona,
haa  been the  casual,  common-place
kind.   Upon meeting or talking with
a person whom we know ia not on our
list, wo Invariably tell htm he should
bo  taking   the   News-Times   and   wa
toll him why.   Nine Wines out of ten
. ho aaya, "Well, put me down for a
year." When the year is up he  receives notice that hla subscription is
due and payable, and if he doesn't
come across within a reasonable time
hla name la taken from the list.   Moat
of our  subscribers   renew   promptly.
What arguments de we use?   The
boat one we have    se our stock in
trade la that our weekly edition gives
full details of any event that haa happened or la about to take place, which
tho Lorain paper, even though it car-
riea  an Amherst corner, cannot do.
(Continued on back page)
A new meat market known as the
Quality Moat Market will open for
business for the flrst time Saturday, i
Feb. tt In the Dellefield building on
Park avenue. It will be managed by
Carl Dellefield and company.
The store room was formerly ueed
for a meat market and with many
changes It has boon modernly equipped. Mr. DellefleM Bays It Is his object to give the customers of his market the best meats from a sanitary
and flrst class shop.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
CREATES TALK
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SEEM TO
BE IN FAVOR OF IMPROVEMENT.
The proposition ot building a new
school houae of some kind has created much talk in Amherst since the
time it was brought up. There seems
to be much public opinion in favor ot
the proposition.
The local board of education has
met several times with the Township
board. It le the hope of, the local
board to co-operate with tbe township
board and build a high school building large enough to accommodate pupils from both territories.
Although the local board of education has not met for some time It
has been continually working on the
new improvement for Amherst which
la left In Its hands.
It Is the plan of the board to visit
the various new school buildings of
the surrounding territory. Wellington
and Willoughby have recently put up
new schools and many ideas for the
one proposed here may be taken from
them.
Kind Not Yet Known.
The kind of building that the board
wants to erect has not yet been decided upon. Tbe members of the
board wish to have more time to investigate the different modern school
buildings before putting, the matter
to the people. :
In building, the board will have to
think of the future ot Amherst. The
present building has adequately housed the children of the town tor educational purposes tor ten years. At
the end of that period the building
became overcrowded and Amherst
haa needed a new building ever since.
The mattes will be brought to the
citizens of Amherst ln a special election. Several years ago this method
was used and for several reasons the
project waa defeated. It ls honed
that the people of Amherst will see
the need of a new building here and
pass the Issue without any hesitation.
The local teachers are constantly
complaining about tbe lack ot room
ln the present echool structure and If
Amherst wishes to be on the map ln
the educational world and wants to
give her children an education equal
to that given ln larger cities a larger
building and more facilities will be
needed.
BOY SCOUTS HIKE.
The local troop of Hoy Scouts Journeyed to thi* edge of Lake Erie H-itur-
day  on   nn  exploring  trip.    The  trip
i was enjoyed by all the hoys present.
Dinner for the bunch was cooked by
themselves and they assure everyone
that  it  realty tasted good.
While at the lake attempts were
made lo fish 'hrough the Ice. but the
i liuys   did   nut   meet   with   much   sue*
I oSM at this venture.
The local troop plans to have many
such outings this spring. They were
accompanied by their scoutmaster, It.
It. Johnson.
GAS COMPANY
OFFICIAL HERE
t LOOKS INTO THE OAS NEEDS OF
i    AMHBRST—APPROVES EXTENSIONS  OF   LINES.
YOU CAN. GET YOUR AWTO
TAGS NOW AT COUNTY CLUB
"Woman."
Thomas Brennen recently. received
a box of metals containing gold, silver  and   copper   from   an   uncle   in
YOUNG BOY BADLY KICKED
ESTAROIS TRIMMED
DY FURNITURES
VISITORS GET    ROUGH,    GET    IT
BACK   WITH   INTEREST—34
TO 21.
J. F. Ohnstead, Oeneral Sperinten-
dent of distribution of the Logan Natural Oaa ft Fuel Co. of Columbus Is
In Amherst today. He called on Mayor J. J. Smythe and John Fritz, local
manager of -the Logan company.
With the agent several phases of
the gaa situation were looked Into
and decisions were made on many
matters.
It ls the aim of the company to Improve Its service ln this town as much
as possible. In several places extensions are needed and these will be
taken care of before another winter.
Dead lines on streets where gaa la
ne longer used will be cut off.
Mr. Olmstead says that the company wishes to ahow its appreciation
for the raise in rates granted them
here. It was necessary that the rates
be raised and no objection waa made
on the port of the people here.
New Applianeee Help Conserve.
Many new appliances for gas atoves
have been Invented recently end are
now being demonstrated at tho local
gas ofllce. New stoves that give a
•good flame with one-half ounce pressure can be purchased. The gas company is asking every user to look at
his stove and see If the burner ls
placed lower than necessary from the
top plate. Burners too far from the
kettle waate gas. It takes more time
to heat anything with the burner so
low down. Many local people have
tried adjusting their stoves as suggested and have found they get better results.
Mr. Olmsted cited one Instance of
a man who complained because he
could not cook with gas. The pressure was tested and and ounce and
a half was found. His stove waa readjusted and cleaned put and he had
so much pressure that he could not
uae all of it.
Mr. Olmatead emphaalsed the necessity of letting the gaa company know
when you have trouble. Tho local
manager can often help you to adjust
your stove and offer a suggestion that
will save you much annoyance and inconvenience.
The Lorain County automobile club
ls In receipt of Instructions from the
Secretary of State that the Court of
Appeals having decided the present
law to be unconstitutional, the club
ls to proceed at once to tell license
tags for the year 1»2Q. Tho headquarters of the club la ot Hotel And
wur,  Blyrla.
UPPER GRADES
PRESENT OPERETTA
UNDER ABLE DIRECTION OF MI88
WARD, ENTERTAINMENT
WAS 8UCCESS.
CONVENIENCE TRAIN
DRAWS CROWD
USES OF ELECTRICITY ON FARM
SHOWN—APPLIANCE8 FOR
USE 8HOWN.
STETSON TALKS ON
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
EAGLE8 OBSERVE WASHINGTON'S ;
BIRTHDAY WITH EXERCISES
MONDAY EVENING.
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F. A. Stetson, Blyrla attorney delivered an address at the Bagles'
Washington's Birthday exercises Monday evening In Redington hall. His
subject was, ' The Treaty, the League
and the Common, Everyday American
Citizen."
Mr.   Stetson   briefly   reviewed   the*
LEGION ELECTS
OFFICERS TOESDAY
LOCAL  POST  HAS  ENJOYED  SUCCESSFUL YEAR—MANY BIO
THINGS IN STORE.
A large crowd of people, mostly
fiiniier.i from the vicinity of Amherst
attended the Home Convenience train
on the New York Central tracks Frl-
duy  evening.
From 7:30 until !• o'clock demonstrations und lectures were given.
Electric light plants, including the
Willys Light. LaTley Light and Delco
lighting systems were demonstrated I
ln separate cars. All conveniences of j
a city dweller such as electric toasters, fans, iron, chafing dishes, sweeper
washing machines, churns, pumps,
cream separators, milking machines
etc. were demonstrated The possibilities of the farm home were shown
in a  practical  way.
After seeipg the demonstrations the
people who wished to hear the lectures went on into another car and
listened   to   two   speakers   from   the
Si ate   University   at   Columbus.     No
events surrounding the making of the j (>fror. wa8 made t() He„ anyth|ng That
constitution and the part taken by the I wag nol tno purp0HC l)t the traln It
common people In those events and wa„ slmply to „how the farmlng peo.
ln the preservation of the country's | ple tne po8S,bliities for comforts on
life and Ideals, and emphasized the j the farm ,nat they hu(1 never known
fact that the United States had from j aml perhapH thought impossible.
Its struggling beginnings and largely , Both of the gpeakerB emphasized
by  reason  of  the   sterling  character ! the  necessity of having  water handy
At a meeting of the local post of
the American Legion, officers were
elected for the year 1920. They are
us  follows:
Commanding Officer  -C. H. Purc-Hl.
Vice Commander   Hazen Schofleld.
Secretary—C.   E.  Avery.
Treasurer—E.   Moeblus.
Chaplain—Rev.  A. A.  Hunter.
Sgt. of Guard—James Brennen.
Post   Physician-Dr.   Wiseman.
War Risk Officer—Dr. Parker.
Executive Committee—C. H. Pur*
<*ell. 0. at Avery. Itev. Hunter, Dr.
Parker and II. C. Plato.
Much Accomplished in Year.
The Legion has heen organized for
about a year and during that time has
held many successful meetings and
the peest has prospered every minute
of the time. New members hsve been
adtletl at almost every meeting. The
present enrollment of the post Is 79,
hut the members are working hard to
bring the. membership still higher.
Amherst hus the largest membership
percentage In Lorain county and the
members  take  pride  In this f ict.
besides having gained In membership, the post has prospered in   nany
Worked* t£' tbe entortilinii:/'
I .v.-«.>-iw  they  were a century *so - a
ment of tbe party quarrels ot Europe ' system   that   requires   a   strong   eon-
The operetta. "The Twilight Alley,"
given by the pupils of tha npper grades
ot the village school at the Opera
house  laat  Tuesday  evening  was  a
very  pleasing little entertainment  in   and cltli8en8n'P ot *tfl common people, | ln the e.ountry home and boln empha
two acta. ttrtaen to lts Pre8ent Portion as the I „lzed  the fact  lhat  the  man on thfJ
Much credit Is due Mies Ward, sup-   Breate8t nation 'n the world. | fram spen,|n hundreds and thousands
ervlsor ot tho music In the Amhent       He   opposed   the   entrance   of   the | of  dollars   for   machinery   to  do  his
schools, 'who with tha assistance of   United States Into any League of Na-   work   in   a   modern   way,   but   many
Peck   tlons, which tended to make this na- ■ from spends hundreds and thousands
Mto   tion-n necessary party  to t|* aattle , r.-,,y
Ward la particularly successful ln conducting large groups in musical productions.
Financially aa well as musically the
Twilight Alley was a success. The
proceeds of ticket sales amounted to
more than $100. The grades wish to
thank the public tor their support.
The cast of characters for the operetta were ma follows:
Dame   Needy—Dorotha   Wesbecher.
Meg—Zolma Muth.
Lily—Helene Baker.
Angelina—Marie Menz.
Jack—William   Short.
Sisters—Marcella Kelch, Qemaine
Lahiff, Martha Coverdale, Alice Mathews, Mildred Delbrldge. Beatrice Allen
and Lillian Reichert.
Baseball boys—Frederick Heggle,
Olen Dute, Oeorge Short, Ian Davie,
Harold Marshall, Loftln Baumhardt,
Alex Bruce, Merle Jenne, John Wohlever and Jacob Wohlever.
CARQ OF THANKS.
"Woman.'
Mrs. Paul Redman of Cornell avenue was taken to the local hospital
Sunday.
We wish to thank our Amherst
friends and relatives for the sympathy and kindness shown us, at the
death of our daughter and sister.
Florence.
MRS. A. M. PURCELL and family.
Mrs. Ludolf Kreeger Is spending
several days In Cleveland visiting relatives.
Howard, the aon or E. H. Ladracb
of Brownhelm waa kicked ln the
head by a horse last Friday evening.
Tho Amherst Furniture ambulance
rushed tho patient to the hospital
where it was necessary to operate
immediately. Hla skull waa fractured
but ho ta improving how.
LEGION ONLY PASSES
RESOLUTION
It waa announced In laat week's pa-
)*m that ail ex-servtce mon would re-
•astvp fW por month for each month
t ivshrrloe. Thla, however, to a mis*
teles sad fas printed through some
•Jtaauudarstandlng.
Instead tha local post haa only
peaeesd a resolution endorsing such ac-
(/ tion. The resolution Is being sent to
alt posts to ho endorsed.
The H. A, Lattln company to again
rtuu-eine. after a   shutdown   of   two
hooauaa of the Illness of all
" mm torse.    Tho -girls aro gradually
fStnf■***■.■ to tha factor*/.
One of the "fllghtlngest" basketball
games of the winter season was that
played last Friday night at the gym
when the Furnitures trimmed the Lorain Estarols by a score of 34 to 21.
The visitors ran several in stars ln an
attempt to get revenge for a former
defeat, and ea*rly ln the contest the
"rough stuff" started. The Amherst
boys returned it and with a good margin to spare, much to the delight of
most of the onlookers.
The end of the flrst half saw the
Furnitures leading 17 to 15. Mitchell
went in, and when the visitors grabbed
a lead of two points, Chippy Bruce,
just up from the sick bed, was placed
ln forward position. He tied the score
within a half minute, and grabbed
four more before the end of the game.
The Estarols never made a point after
Chippy entered the game. And he
•was watched. Three or four Lorain
men attempted to keep him from the
basket, but he led them a marry chaae.
A number of fouls called on the
locals for their off-plays were made
In the open and easily discernible.   No one blamed them however.
Milton Baumhart made several
beautiful baskets on long shots. His
brother waa a bear in guarding. Lett-
enberger of Lorain played wall in the
first half, and so did Nick Bruce.
Kratt put up his usually good game.
For tha Estarols Esslg, former high
school atar, played the heat. The
raat wore only fair, rega (Mass of
their reputation*.
Attttnunrmrnt
With thiB issue of The News-Times, E A Little, editor
and manager of the News company for the last nine
months, and previous to that proprietor of the Little Print
Shop and Amherst Times, severs his connection with the
company.
Mr. Little has taken the managing editorship of a large
trade journal, the Bean Bag, published in the interests of
bean growers, Jobbers and dealers, an industry covering
the states of Michigan, New York, Colorado, California,
New Mexico, South Carolina, and foreign countries, notably Japan and Korea. Publication offices will be established in a central Michigan city, probably Lansing. The
Journal is now published,at St. Louis, has a circulation of
about 2,000, ls issued monthly, and normally contains 64
pages.
R. L. Petty of Elyria comes into the News company as
the new manager. He is an experienced business man, a
top-notcher as a printer, and will inevitably make the company more than ever a power ln the affairs of Amherst. He
will find the company in most excellent shape, financially
and mechanically, and has a well established business right
from the start.
So "Ev" is leaving. Since coming here nearly three
years ago, we have built up many lasting friendships, have
been honored in many ways by the community, and will
leave with a feeling of deepest regret, though naturally
looking forward with promise to the future. To those who
helped us when things looked darkest, and to those who
stayed with us and co-operated in so many ways when the
horizon took on a rosier hue, we truly say, from the bottom of our heart: "Thank you, and Ood bless you."
B. A. LITTLE.
and urged that the rights which had
been secured after many years of
struggle and even bloodshed, and
which are now protected by the Constitution, should not be bartered away
to satisfy the towering ambition of
one man nor lost by the trickery ot
foreign statesmen scheming to draw
America into their disputes.
Referring to the fact that the working men, the common citizens of this
country had furnished by far the
greatest number of soldiers ln all our
wars, that the sons of these men had
seldom sought or received exemption
in the late world war, while the sons
of the rich had often both sought and
received exemption from utility service or been placed in safe and secure positions 3500 miles awuy trom
all danger, that number ot sons of
common citizens, even from Lorain
county were "sleeping In the poppy
fields of France." Mr. Stetson said
in part, "You men, the workers who
earn your bread by the sweat of your
brows, who live not by generous Incomes but by the toll of your hands,
form the backbone and sinew of the
country, I do not believe that you are
willing after all these yeurs of progress made by this nutlon largely
through the efforts of men like you,
will now permit thut progress to be
checked or lost by entering entangling
alliances against which Washington
so earnestly warned. I have Infinite
faith in tbe final Judgement of the
common, ordinary, every-day American citizen whose forefathers helped
to establish this nation as the land
of the free and the home of the brave,
who fought to preserve as a nation
ln tho days of Lincoln antl whose sons
have so recently offered themselves
as sacrifices to protect our civilization and win the great world wur.
' 1 don't believe these men, slower,
perhaps in judgement, but of unquestioned patriotism und loyally und of
undaunted courage, knowing as we
do that our past progress and success
have cojue because we have followed
the plans of the fathers laid down lu
the Constitution, I don't believe that
these men desire now to forsake the
course which has brought success and
progress and be drawn by this League
of Nations in Its present form into
all the trouble and quarrels of Europe,
Asia, Africa or any other foreign
country."
Atter the speech a fine musical program  wus also given.
I other ways. When the organisation
I '•..is Ilrst started it was compelled to
| meet In the Council room of the Town
Hall. Afterward, however, through
the generonlty of the Atlas Engineering company u room was given them
In the Park bank building. Since
that time meetings have been held
weekly and sometimes more often and
tbe ex-soldiers huve taken much pleasure In the rooms.
The Legion turned out In a body to
award the Distinguished Service Cross
to the mother of one of Amherst's
fallen heroes. On Armistice day the
largest percentage of the members appeared tn ranks and were given a
formal welcome home by tbe people
of  Amherst.
On Fell 16, the greatest dance ever
given at Redington hall was conducted
by the local post. At that dance the
Legion showed Its ability In managing an entertainment and It met with
hearty approval here. Several hundred dollars were made by tho dance
which "served to Replenish thtT treasury of the Legion.
This will be used to start a building fund. The soldiers wish larger
quarters for their clubrooms and mean
to earn  them  partly  themselves.
The locul officers of the post have
attended muny state and national
meetings and have brought home mes-
MfSg for the organization. The Legion has taken a stand on Americanism, and hopes  to carry out the pro
stitution on  the part of the farmer's
wife.
Just to Illustrate the way the Investments of the farm are arranged
the farmer buys a binder, spends about
two hundred dollars for It and uses
it four or five days a year.
For the same amount of money he
could buy an electric outfit and save
his  wife steps every day In the year
by   pumping   water,  lighting,  running | ^"^TSiw  every   post"of "the
the washing machine, the sewing machine-,   the   churn,   or   anything   she
wants to run. The man too will get
benefits from the light produced, ami
hy installing small motors here and
there he can operate the cream separator, milking machine, pump water for
the stock, grind feed, run the grindstone, and numerous other small machines around the barn and house.
The demonstration wus something
Of a revelation to some of those who
saw It and the lectures brought them
to see their work und their Investments  in a different light, no doubt.
MID CHAMPS
COMING FRIDAY
CLARK   MUNY   HAS   REPUTATION
—FURNITURES   WANT  TO
SEE THE GOODS.
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The World Champion girls' basketball team will he here Friday evening
to meet the Amherst Furnitures. It
is the Clark Municipal teum of Cleveland. It has gon through the season
without a defeut and has had only a
few in the last several years. The
Amherst team hopes to give the Cleveland aggregation a stiff battle.
The Amherst Furniture boys will
also play the Clark Munlclpul A boys
team on tbe same evening. It is one
of Cleveland's fastest and best teams,
but Amherst does not tear them as
the Furnitures have conquered all the
best of Cleveland's teams. Stiff practice has been held several nights this
week und the Furnitures are In the
pink of condition for the game.
The Clark Munies are planning to
come here with a special carload of
rooters. It Is hoped that there will
be plenty Amherst supporters there
to root for the home team. The game
will be called at S p. in.
country.
Lots More Coming.
The organization does not hope to
stop at the good work that has been
done hy them. It expects to continue
and make this post the greatest of
any town of Its size.
Committees have already been appointed for another entertainment of
some kind to be given eoon. Everyone in Amherst knows the ability of
the Legion members ln putting on an
entertainment and are waiting patiently for unother big treat in that line.
A YOUNG OIRL would like day work.
Call Black 314.
MARCH W. C. T. U. AT JACOB8.
Last week It was announced In the
News-Times that the March meetiug
of the W. C. T. U. would be held at
the home of Mrs. C. E. Raker on Park
Avenue. Instead, it will be held at
the home ot Miss Teunie Jacoba on
Franklin avenue.
ATTEND INTER-CHURCH MEETING
Rev. A. A. Hunter, Mrs. A. Pember,
Stanley Hart und Mr. and Mrs. L. S.
llanchett uttended a meeting of all
those Interested in the inter-church
movement held at the 1st Congregational church in Elyria Wednesday
evening. At this meeting the famous
Daniel A. Poling addressed the audience   on   the   Inter-church   tuple.
His address was enjoyed Immensely by all those that heurd him. Nearly all the ministers ot Lorain county
churches were present at the meeting.
I.main county is the first in the state
to organize. The president of the
County organization ls J. F. Burke of
Klyrlu and the executive secretary Is
Herbert G. Rugg. county "Y" secretary.
The Lorain county organisation
hopes to do much In bringing this
great movement about.
MAKE YOUR COMPLAINTS KNOWN
TO THE GA8 COMPANY.
Within a few days one of ih*) chief
inspectors for tho company will be
here to look over uppllancos und aid
Mr. Fritz In uukiii.t adjustments and
ne vising as to nh&eSfl** in equip ment
H-eid your nan.- and addles., to the
local ofllce if you are having trouble.
Adv.
"Woman."
Y. W. C. A. ENTERTAIN.
The girls of the Y. W. C. A. enter-
tainted the members of the Hl-Y club
und also the Freshmen boys at a banquet at the I. O. O. F. hall Monday
evening. A fine program was given
by the girls ufter which some good
"eats" were served. Toasts were given by Mr. Rugg, Miss Kyle and Mr.
Towers.
The boys all say they had a good
time and hope to return the favor
some time soon.
EAGLES'   DANCE.
The Eagles' Dancing club will hold
a semi-monthly dance at Redington
hall this evening. Converse orchestra
will furnish music. A large crowd Is
expected.
Hiram Pankoff spent Thursday evening in Elyria calling on friends.
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