Geauga County March Wartime Read of Local Events
Review of 1951 Geauga County news lists obituaries for Frances Bostwick 60 Della Leggett 70 Katherine George 85 Fred Rast 93 Nellie Bartlett Post 75 Bert Graver 81 Michael Miller 74. Marital unions include Josephine Janota Robert Johnson Ella Bradley Charles Hall Mary Austin Bruce Elbert Bosworth Nancy Hanna Donald Rhodes Eleanor Timmons Allen Sage. March frost damages county highways worth thousands per county engineer Frank Zethmayr. Tax collections remain ahead of assessments. Chardon approves hiring three policemen. Alonzo Rays and wife celebrate 50th anniversary with Hampden Grange hall open house. Red Cross drive in Geauga boosts Lake Aquilla. Sixteen Geauga men inducted into military service in March. Mrs Wm Darrah injured in auto crash south of Middlefield. Bingo ban enforced. prosecutor urges desistance under threat of prosecution. Wanda Fiedler home after weeks in Painesville and Cleveland hospitals from January auto crash. Farm home of Sam Brown badly damaged by fire. Chardon Pilgrim Christian church reports 114 new members from a visitation drive. Bad March storm disrupts Geauga roads, trees down and poles toppled.
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Frances L. Bostwick
Della Leggett
Katherine George
Fred Rast
Nellie Bartlett Post
Delbert E. Graver
Michael Miller
Josephine Janota
Robert Johnson
Ella Bradley
Charles Hall
Mary Austin Bruce
Elbert Bosworth
Nancy J. Hanna
Donald L. Rhodes
Eleanor Timmons
Allen R. Sage
Chardon
Alonzo Rays
Hampden Grange Hall
Lake Aquilla
Red Cross
Geauga County
Geauga
Wm. Darrah
Middlefield
Harold Bostwick
Stewart Harland
Wanda Fiedler
Painesville
Cleveland
Chester Pioneers
Sam Brown
Chardon Pilgrim - Christian Church
Anna
Dishwasher Is Reprimanded For Returning Lost Check
WAUKEEGAN Illinois a grill dishwashing worker named John Vohwinkel found a certified check for 3500 in an envelope while sweeping. He phoned the owner who returned to claim it and was met with a good bawling out for opening the envelope. The man said he nearly threw the envelope away before noticing the check.
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Waukeegan, III
John Vohwinkel
Fireman’s Day of Duty Shows Humble Realities
SAN DIEGO a local fire department spent 24 hours handling six calls. Errands included a false ammonia victim, a gas leak from a car, a rubbish fire in a storm drain, an unfounded car fire, a burning refuse dump, and a small grass fire causing no damage.
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San Diego
Couples Marry in Local Ceremony Names Listed
A list of 12 individuals and eight couples who wed in a local ceremony appears in the column. Names include Lena Hull Nowlin Ferry Burt Crittenden Lillian Nichols Minnie Laughlin Leslie McNaughton May Nye and William Fuller. The marriages of Margaret Reynolds with William Clark Clara Colbow John Ziska Peggy Brunsky William Churchfield Mary Ann Hill and Theodore Zwolinski are noted with continuation next week.
America Land of Surnames But There Are Llany Smiths
In New York the article notes one percent of Americans are surname Smith with around 1.5 million Smiths nationwide. It discusses how spelling variations create filing errors as plant production for defense increases the number of names to manage. It also highlights the broader pattern of many surnames having multiple spellings.
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America
Llany Smiths
New York
United States
Out Of Change Soldier Loses Wallet At Milwaukee Station
Pfc. Stanley Knutson 21 of Radisson Wisconsin stationed at Fort Sheridan called home at the Milwaukee station. He handed his wallet to a passing stranger for change and the man disappeared with the wallet containing eighty four dollars.
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Milwaukee
Stanley Knutson
Radisson
Wisc
Fort Sheridan
Knutson
Infants Benefit From Advances In Medicine In Baltimore
Baltimore public health officials note a dramatic drop in infant mortality since 1900 from about 6 percent to roughly three deaths per 100 live births. Major causes then were diarrhea pneumonia and congenital issues. now prematurity birth injury and malformations are leading factors.
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Chicago
Matthew Taback
A.M
Bureau of Biostatistics
Baltimore City
Dr Moore struggled with publishing Night Before for years
The essay recalls Clement Clarke Moore authoring the famous Christmas poem Twas the Night Before Christmas in 1822, his initial shame at publishing under his name, and eventual public acknowledgment two decades later, contrasting with his later forgotten serious scholarly works.
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Clement Clarke Moore
Moore
Episcopal Seminary
New York
Moores
Adventurers Club Gorilla Undergoes Facelift
In Chicago the Adventurers Club reports its six foot gorilla figure has been given jaw surgery after a taxidermist noted sagging and possible jaw fracture. The completed operation leaves the displayed ape looking ferocious again.
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Adventurers Club
Chicago
Chicago Adventurers Club
Adventurers
Jurors Drawn for January Court Term
The January term jurors include Blanche Russell Chester Bernice Gotham Parkman Clifford Brown Chester James Phillips Bainbridge Jean Geisler Chester Homer D. Dewey Troy J A Boehnlein Claridon Mildred Mae Perkins Char don Harold Bernard Pekrus Russell L R Bliss Newbury Ray J Kunce Auburn Mary M Russell Troy William Wright Bainbridge Robert Warner Dewey Thompson Anna M Davy Burton Margaret Mascarella Mont ville Jane Parker Middlefield Kenneth A Anderson Chester Bessie Lavina Yoodsavage Troy PETIT JURY Drawn for the petit jury panel are the following Kathryn Farley Davis New bury Floyd Jolly Huntsburg June Thurling Huntsburg John Jay Fraundorf New Merrill Jefferson Russell Clyde W Dayton Auburn Margaret Cramton Wilmot Claridon Ida Eunice Richmond Ches terland Ward Everette Babtie Clari Otto Stanton Lillich Troy William Fred Wittlinger Hambden Rose A Spiel Hambden Edward Cendrowski Chester Gladys N Jones Chester Clarence E Hill Chester Lute Wallace Christman Munson Lucille Merrell South Rus Mabel E May Auburn William John Dremann Troy Carrie E Ketchum Middle field Virginia Crittenden Burton Marie Crowel Bainbridge James R Kirby Russell Nicola Anthony Lemme Aquilla Myrtle Hawthorne Middle Hugh Joiner Middlefield Carl E Tank Auburn Chester Lawrence Aquilla Rita Mae Campbell Hampden Harrison M Rowley Claridon
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Grand Jury
Blanche Russell
Chester
Bernice Gotham
Parkman
Clifford Brown
James Phillips
Bainbridge
Jean Geisler
Homer D. Dewey
Troy
J. A. Boehnlein
Claridon
Mildred Mae Perkins
Chardon
L. R. Bliss
Newbury
Ray J. Kunce
Auburn
Mary M. Russell
William Wright
Robert Warner Dewey
Thompson
Anna M. Davy
Burton
Margaret Mascarella
Montville
Jane Parker
Middlefield
Kenneth A. Anderson
Petit Jury
Kathryn Farley Davis
Floyd Jolly
Huntsburg
June Thurling
John Jay Fraundorf
Merrill Jefferson
Russell
Clyde W. Dayton
Margaret Cramton Wilmot
Rose A. Spiel
Hambden
Edward Cendrowski
Gladys N. Jones
Clarence E. Hill
Lute Wallace Christman
Munson
Lucille Merrell
South Russell
Mabel E. May
William John Dremann
Carrie E. Ketchum
Virginia Crittenden
Marie Crowel
James R. Kirby
Nicola Anthony Lemme
Aquilla
Myrtle Hawthorne
Hugh Joiner
Carl E. Tank
Chester Lawrence
Rita Mae Campbell
Hampden
Harrison M. Rowley
Geauga Republican Record Claims County’s Largest Circulation
The Geauga Republican Record proclaims the paper has the largest paid circulation of any newspaper in Geauga County trading areas, highlighting its wide reach among local readers.
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Geauga
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