Elyria High Announces 1950 Graduation List
The Elyria High School principal Dr. Robert E. Wilson released the complete 1950 senior class list for the 101st Commencement Day. About 260 students are named, including Patricia Ames James Donald Anton Bonnie Marie Archer Ronald Desmond Bagley and many others headed for diplomas on June 7.
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Elyria High School
Robert E. Wilson
Patricia Ames
James Donald Anton
Bonnie Marie Archer
Ronald Desmond Bagley
Frank John Bago
Evelyn Elizabeth Bakes
Charlene Mae Barkknecht
Norman Eugene Barr
Norman F. Bauer
Ruth Marie Bauer
Norah Eileen Beattie
Irene Marie Bendik
Helen Lavonne Bennett
Arlene Joy Bergman
Jean Florence Bertie
Mary Patricia Blitch
James Daniel Bogdan
James Thorburn Borthwick Jr
Emogene Betty Bouy
Jean Marie Brasselle
Anthony Robert Brattoli
Ronald Eugene Brotherton
Barbara Jean Brown
Joan Lorraine Bruse
Lois Ann Burdick
Carolyn LaVern Burill
Joyce Eleanor Burr
Delores Frances Buswell
Mollie Louise Butler
Shirley Gwendolyn Butler
James R. Byam
James Milton Carner
Gardner Caywood
Judith Ann Caywood
Michael John Chechuck
Robert Charles Cheney
Barbara Lou Chesmar
Eleanor H. Chomi
James Herbert Clifford
Nancy Lou Clifford
Elma May Cochran
Robert Huston Cochrane
Mary Elizabeth Coghlan
James Allen Collier
Juanita Doris Cook
Jack David Corts
Richard Basher Crofford
Earl Rudolph Cross
Rudolph Wendell Davis
Former Heads Of Legion Post Plan Dedication
Elyria American Legion Post 12 addition dedication plans are being organized by the Past Commanders Organization. L. D. Huffman appoints committees for speakers and programs while L. R. Boyson leads publicity. A meeting will set policy and timing for a May or June ceremony with a nationally known speaker possible.
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Elyria American Legion
Post 12
L. D. Huffman
W. ©. McClellan
F. A Dusthimer
David P. Hyman
Charles Kremser, Sr
George Tatters
Red Cross Still Receiving Funds in Elyria 1950 Drive
The Elyria Chapter of the American Red Cross continues to accept gifts and memberships after the formal 1950 drive. Illness in the Gates and Hamilton school districts left areas uncovered. donations now go to the chapter office in the Masonic Temple. With a $30,000 goal, about $23,000 had been reported as contributed to date.
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Elyria
American Red Cross
Masonic Temple
Gates
Hamilton
Herbert Meister
Red Cross
Weather outlook for northeastern Ohio today and Friday
Partly cloudy skies prevail this afternoon and tonight with snow flurries through the evening. Friday will be fair and milder in the afternoon with low around 15 and a high on Friday yet to be stated. Markets found today on page two.
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Ohio
Tug Omat Aims To Find Drifting 60-Foot Tow
The Coast Guard cutter Alert hunted a 60 foot tug adrift 500 miles southwest of San Francisco as high seas and rain hindered the search. The tug Golden Gate broke from Honolulu to the Pacific Coast towing the Omar, engine trouble and fuel limits cited. One crewman slightly injured, Omar reported limited generator fuel and possible life-insurance concerns raised by a Coast Guard officer.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Omat
Honolulu
Pacific Coast
Alert
Omar
Golden Gate
T. K. Whitelaw
Pacific
Columbia Supply Company of
Portland
P T A Conference Opens With Elyria Officials Hosts
Elyria hosts the Seventeenth Annual North Central District conference of the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers. General conference chair is Mrs Alvin Steller. District director is Mrs Karl Camper. Ohio Congress president Mrs Russell C Bickel outlines the Youth at the Helm theme. Registration began at 1 pm with a band concert by Elyria High under Walter Von Brock.
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Elyria
Columbus
Ohio Congress
Elyria High School
Walter von Brock
Bing Cotton
Sousa
Saint Saens
Lithgow
Auxiliary
American Legion
John Adams
Educators From 3 Counties Meet in Oberlin
Five Elyria educators and colleagues from Lorain Erie and Sandusky Counties gathered in Oberlin for a quarterly Ohio Principals' Discussion Group meeting. Robert E. Wilson of Elyria High was elected vice president for the next year, Ivan Goodrich of Norwalk High becomes president-elect. Attendees included George Miraben Maynard L Huene S C Smith and George L Thourot. The group discussed topics such as whether all students should graduate and what material to teach.
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Elyria
Lorain
Erie
Sandusky
Oberlin
Ohio
Robert E. Wilson
Elyria High School
Ivan Goodrich
Norwalk High School
George L. Thourot
U S Reports Economic Health In Good Shape
Washington reports the nations economic health is in good shape with February personal income at a new peak of 219 billion dollars though strikes in soft coal and auto sectors trimmed gains. The Commerce Department cites GI dividend payments and manufacturing strength as factors while unemployment remains a concern with 4.123 million out of work in March.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Baltic Plane Wreckage Report Proves False Alarm
Reports of wreckage northeast of Bornholm Island were dismissed as a false alarm in the hunt for a missing U S Navy Privateer. German and Danish authorities relayed sightings while American officials maintained a non aggressive stance in Europe and declined armed Baltic patrols.
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Baltic
Wiesbaden
Germany
Air Force
Michael F. Ognisty
Bornholm Island
Copenhagen
Denmark
Baltic Sea
Moscow
Pravda
Soviet Latvia
Kastrup
Alfred Isen
Sweden
Bernhard Revens
Alfredsen
Bornholm
Deland
Levaya
Libau
Liepaja
Washington
Defense
Russia
Navy
Defense Department
Styles Bridges
N. H
U. S
Europe
Weisbaden
Latvia
Balt
Bridges
Senate
Atlantic
E H S Band Heads to District Honors Competition
Elyria High School senior band and orchestra travel to Hopewell London Bascom Ohio Saturday to vie for district honors and a shot at state finals. Forty groups perform before adjudicators with Elyria’s band at 12 30 under Walter Von Brock. Sidney Davis conducts the orchestra with no Class A rival. Other area entrants include New London Avon Lake Wakeman Avon Village Henrietta and Brownhelm.
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Elyria High School
Hopewell-London
Bascom
Ohio
Elyria
Walter von Brock
Fremont High School
Sidney Davis
Chasal
New London
Avon Lake
Wakeman
Avon Village
Henrietta
Brownhelm
Icy Pavements Blamed For Auto Accidents In Today News
Icy pavements blamed for three accidents reported to police and sheriff departments. Gerald Hashman of Grafton skidded on East avenue near 1250 East, colliding with truck driven by Edward Austin. Walter Root of Buckeye street skidded on East River road near Fuller road hitting Howard Lichtenberg of Grafton. Anthony Zajicek of Lorain, 33, skidded into a truck driven by Charles Vallance of Lucasville on Route 57 at LaPorte. John A Bedinghaus, former mayor of Zaleski, dies at 59. Services set in Zaleski.
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East Avenue
Gerald Hashman
Grafton
Edward Austin
East River Road
Fuller Road
Walter Root
Buckeye Street
Howard Lichtenberg
Hender
Anthony Zajieck
Lorain
Charles Vallance
Lucasville
LaPorte
Student Hurt In Dormitory Blast At Harvard
Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard police and local authorities said a dynamite bomb exploded on a Thayer Hall window sill injuring 21 year old Robert W Dobbie of Allentown Pennsylvania and narrowly missing three other students five yards away. A lead pipe a dynamite cap and black powder were found near the scene suggesting a dynamite device.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Thayer Hall
Robert W. Dobbie
Allentown
Lowell House
Farm Bureau elects officers in Ohio meeting
Dwight Hecka thorn of Forest and Ralph Varian of East Canton were elected vice presidents of the Ohio Farm Bureau. Harry Guthrie of R. R. 3 Coolville was named president of the Farm Bureau Agricultural Credit Corporation. The officers were chosen at a board of trustees meeting.
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Columbus
Dwight Heckathorn
Forest
Ralph Varian
East Canton
Ohio Farm Bureau
Harry Guthrie
Coolville
Farm Bureau Agricultural Credit Corporation
Farm Organization
Plan Conservation Meeting in Columbus Aug 31
About 250 farmers and soil conservation representatives are set to attend the state wide soil conservation awards program in Columbus on August 31, sponsored by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
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Columbus
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Jaay
Charity Sherad Dies Lorain County Nurse After 26 Years
OBERLIN Lorain County health nurse Charity Sherad 57 died in her sleep at home on Lake Road near Vermilion after a heart attack. She served 26 years with the Lorain County Health Department based in Oberlin and carried on duties yesterday. Funeral services set for 2:30 pm Saturday at Edward M. Fisher Funeral Home Vermilion with burial in Maple Grove Cemetery. Survived by sister Bessie and brother Lawrence.
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Concen Eewmeng Mney
Lorain County
Lake Road
Vermilion
Miss Sherod
Oberlin
Marion G. Fischer
Lawrence
Huron
Edward M. Fisher
Earl T. English
Congregational Church
Maple Grove Cemetery
Paper Work Exercise On Moving Troops Planned
A command post exercise to simulate the papers involved in moving troops and equipment for an overseas operation will be held at Ft. Hayes on May 6 and 7. About 200 reserve officers and enlisted men will participate, led by Col. Richard W. Barker, TC, and the 200th Logistical Division (training) will be the nucleus of the exercise.
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Columbus
Ft. Hayes
Richard W. Barker
Highway Hearing May Determine Fate of Proposal
County commissioners await a public meeting in the council chamber at 38 p.m. tomorrow on a proposed new state highway between Elyria and Lorain along the old Yellow Line right of way. The outcome could decide if the road is built at all and whether it will be limited or unlimited access, a point of contention in prior hearings.
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Council Chamber
Elyria
Lorain
State Highway Department
J. Norman Thompson
Truman Says He Deserves Credit For Five Years
President Truman defended his record in a Capitol news conference saying the country is in fine shape with better employment business and agricultural conditions than in a long time. He asserted he intends to take credit and noted a hopeful outlook for international relations and recovery.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Wall Street
U.S
Capitol
Joseph R. McCarthy
RK. Wis
Robert A. Taft
BR. O
Federal Grand Jury
Kansas City
Grand
Charles Binaggio
George Gargotta
Justice Department
FBI
Senate
FEPC
Air Sea Rescue Proposed for Lake Erie
Cleveland area officials push an air sea rescue system to speed help on Lake Erie. Lost Nation Airport manager Bill McNeeley cites four Euclid Boy Scouts deaths, urging Coast Guard and airport cooperation to store emergency kits with life rafts flares and smoke bombs at Ashtabula Erie Lorain Sandusky and Cleveland airports for rapid response.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Lost Nation
Willoughby
Bill McNeeley
Navy
Euclid
McNeeley
Coast Guard
Arch Neeley
Ashtabula
Erie
Lorain
Sandusky
Petitions On Abandoning Cooper Foster Road Heard
County board will likely hold a hearing on petitions to abandon a section of Cooper Foster road from Vermilion road over the Vermilion River to the Darrow and Gore Orphanage road intersection. A 32-signature petition supports abandonment while a 33-signature counter petition opposes it.
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Con
Uers
Cooper-Foster Road
Vermilion Road
Vermilion River
Darrow and Gore
10 Percent Drop In Farmers Cash Income Predicted
Washington reports farm income for January to April shows a five percent decline from 1949 with total receipts about 7.3 billion dollars. Livestock and livestock products fall six percent to 4.5 billion, crops four-month total about 2.8 billion, while poultry and eggs plunge twenty percent from the prior year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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Lois Ann Dean
Robert H. Dean
Esther G. Demetral
William Robert Dickerson
Donald Ralph Dombrosky
John Fredrick Dostall
James Cornell Dayal
John Ernest Drager
Robert James DuBray
Helen Ida Violet Dugar
Jack Douglas Dunfee
Rosemary Eaton
David Ralph Edwards
Carole Ellen Elbert
Nelda
Joan Eldred
Howard George Eschke
Thomas Bertram Farmer
Leonard Fleisher
James Joseph Foglyane
Norman Francis Folley
Roland Fredrick Foster Marianne
Legion Post
ARMY
Budget Bureau
Frank Pace, Jr
Priscilla
Pauline
Pace
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
P.T.A
Bulletin
United States
State Department
E.H.S. Band
Zaleski
John A. Bedinghaus
Brown-Zaleski Board of Education
Bedinghaus
Logan
U. S. Naval
Jack Klinger
U. S. Air Force
New Hampshire
Charity Sherad
Lien
Chronicle-Telegram
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