Lake Erie Islands Stirring From Winter Siege
Lake Erie's islanders begin to stir from winter quiet with Put-in-Bay residents storing away ice fishing gear as tourism looms along the wandering shoreline.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1948
Page
9
Lake Erie's islanders begin to stir from winter quiet with Put-in-Bay residents storing away ice fishing gear as tourism looms along the wandering shoreline.
Islanders prepare for summer with vineyards wineries and camps while Put-In-Bay and Kelleys Island plan a busy season. Tourists arrive by boat or plane for regattas m help and summer camps with churches and schools hosting events amid ice fishing and winter socials.
AP reports Robnoco Park Speedway Fayetteville North Carolina opens May 1 with capacity for 10 000 spectators. Albert Spievak attorney for the company announced the incorporation. Separately Soviet scientists report discovery of barium titanate an electrical insulator vastly superior to mica.
A vertical supply list appears to mix terms from Air Board and Civil Aeronautics with scattered clues and entries. It includes references to weapons lair speed contest and Russian items among merchant guilds, suggesting a puzzle-like crossword page fragment.
Personal mementos fill a worn chair by the president's bed while Robert McGaughey the Roosevelt butler now a National Parks staffer greets visitors in a rich Irish brogue. He shares intimate portraits of the family from Mrs. James Roosevelt to the late President's grandchildren as seven other Roosevelts remain at the house. William Plog, the grounds superintendent, tends a year round supply of roses beside a large oil portrait of Roosevelt.
Visitors flock to the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park from April onward to tour the birthplace home and burial site. Site historian Frederick Rath notes crowds grow through spring and summer with thousands daily, including dignitaries and ordinary visitors drawn to Roosevelt’s life and rooms.
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