All About Dogs Fair Weather Brings Better Show Response
With warmer weather, increasing numbers of dog exhibitors enter weekend shows. Exhibitors from Lorain County won in Toledo including Murphy of Willow Creek Best of Breed and Robert Greene with Busy Boy von Craig in the American Bred Boxers class. Obedience scores included Baron von Bid-Scone with 198 and Blitz van Bid-Scone with 196. The piece quotes Elizabeth van Valen debunking mongrel health claims, notes K-93 Corps WW experiences, and mentions Lorain County Kennel Club’s upcoming Obedience Training classes open to all dogs. Alva McColl will become Canada Kennel Club president, the first woman in that role.
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Louis Arnold
Lorain County
Toledo
Dayton Kennel Club
Troy
Central Ohio Kennel Club
Phe
Marge Crowe
Willow Creek
Capel Read
Gratton
Murphy
Katherine Miller
North Olmsted
R. W. Kline
Columbia Station
Bob Greene
North Ridgeville
von Craig
Baron von Bid-Scono
Bid- Scono
Fields Corners
Blitz van Bid-Scone
K-93
Trun
Elyria Garden Club Bird Walks and Old Ensign Legacy
Announcement of Bird Walks starting Sunday near Cascade Park, tied to Elyria Garden Club founder Mrs. Cora Ensign and noted leader Frank M. Phelps. The piece reflects on local flora May-Apple and Columbine, mentions highway impact on birds, historic references to Mayflower lore, a Georgia tree tale, and antique verses by Sir Walter Scott.
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Cascade Park
Cora’ Ensign
Elyria
Canine Recruits Join Army Force In Korea
Pusan Korea 28 German Shepherds joined the Army in Korea with their soldiers from Camp Carson Colorado. The dogs and their masters are now with the Seventh Infantry Division in the 39th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon.
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Pusan
Korea
Canine Corps
Camp Carson
Colo
39Th Infantry
Seventh Infantry Division
Numbers Give Art New Life
Detroit artist Dan Robbins promotes a packaged art kit that uses numbered canvases and colors to let anyone paint oils without training. The system claims to enable technically perfect pictures, attracting many nonartists while some experts question its artistic value.
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Detroit
Dan Robbins
Robbins
Ois
James Lechlay
State University of Iowa
No More Snow Sign Appears in New York
New Yorkers see spring arrive as the Sanitation Department begins putting its snow fighting equipment into mothballs signaling an end to the long winter.
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New York
Sanitation
Scene About Town Chronicle-Telegram Humorous Local Notes
Chronicle-Telegram notes mix unusual items from Elyria. Ocean fiend Charles Bosnyak sails in spare time. Internal Revenue J J Privata trains bloodhounds. council sessions spark chaos. lost coat and hat found by Lt Earl Hawkins. Rich in quirky characters and light local color with remarks on a nurse turned secretary and a famed voice at Elyria Memorial.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Raurt Wachenheim
Charles Bosnyak
Betty
C of C
Norris Ryder
Elyria
T-Man
J. J. Privata
Frank Sharman
YMCA
Earl Hawkins
Papa
Ed Deering
Richard Wainwright
Penfield School
Want Part Of Texas? Lone acre sale shocks real estate world
Dallas report describes Lazy C Ranch offering a single acre of land in Sugarland Texas for 2 352 240 dollars divided into 3 136 320 two square inch deeds sold nationwide at 75 cents each. Deeds issued under general warranty form with attorney in fact signatures. no purchase limit.
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Dallas
Texas
Lazy C
Sugarland
Lazy Cl Ranch, Inc
Houston
Texas Land
Spring Bonnets reveal Easter hat trends among New York women
A survey of 3,000 New York women shows most bought an Easter hat and nearly 2,000 chose one reusable for other times. White tops preferred color with pink blue natural and gray runners up. A hairdresser warns new coiffures and hats clash and advises not wearing a hat after a hairdo as it presses the hair.
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New York
Avon Lake Spectrum Earns All American Fame in County Schools
The Avon Lake Spectrum, in its 31st year, is consistently rated all American or first class by the National Scholastic Press Association and earned a medalist rating at a Columbia Scholastic Press Association event. Staffed by about 30 students, the self supporting monthly paper operates like a city publication with student editors, a printer, and a dark room.
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Avon Lake Spectrum
Lorain County
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
National Scholastic Press Association
The
Spectrum
J. I. King
King
Dorothy Chaffee
Marilyn Case
Kay Niles
Carol Lapp
Ruth Merkle
State Aims for Record Tree Planting in 1954 Campaign
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche urges expanded conservation as April is named Conservation Month. The third annual Plant Ohio drive will mobilize schools communities religious and civic groups and farm organizations to plant trees shrubs and plants for beautification and reforestation. Last year 26 million trees were planted and the 1954 slogan is Plant Millions More In 54. County agents will lead rural efforts and 71 organizations will handle urban work culminating in Arbor Day observances on April 30. One hundred percent of schools will participate and plant programs plus school forests are planned. 900 000+ trees and shrubs were planted last year. more expected in 1954.
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Er Co
CEP
Euclid
Capital U
Avon Lake
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Buckeye
Ohio Division of Forestry
Dulles Talks Stir Hope of Unity at Geneva Conference
International and area briefs report Secretary of State John Foster Dulles returning from talks in London as Paris signals unity to avert a Southeast Asia crisis. Other items cover housing fraud probes, Oppenheimer security review, Dien Bien Phu fighting, a European Defense Community pact, local city council fluoridation debate, Ohio Turnpike case, Elyria school league plans, new hires, local crime, a drive-in padlock action, a fatal Route 10 crash, and Lorain County building activity.
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Dulles
John Foster Dulles
U. S
London
Paris
Southeast Asia
Munich
Geneva
Swindle
Homer Capehart
Ind
Federal Housing Administration
Atomic
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Opperheimer
Pentagon
Dien Bien Phu
Indo-China
Wilbur
LaPorte
Harold Ewing
Ewing
John
Lawrence
R. D
Route 10
Fields Corners
Roger Harrison
North Olmsted
Lorain County
Cat rings doorbell to come indoors in Milton tale
In Milton Massachusetts a humorous note describes Ed ward G Riley’s cat Kitty ringing the doorbell to enter the house. The anecdote highlights a curious household moment and underlines the charm of a pet with a mind of its own in a small town setting.
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Milton, Mass
Edward G. Riley
Kitty
Official Buckeye State Seal Marks 151st Birthday
The Ohio seal is 151 years old, with design origins in 1803 from a Worthington gathering. Secretary of State Ted W. Brown notes the seal’s 1868 mountain backdrop change, and mentions historical variations including a river boat derby hat version. The coat of arms features a shield with wheat, 17 arrows, mountains, and a rising sun, marking Ohio as the 17th state west of the Alleghenies.
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Ohio
Ted W. Brown
U. S
Thomas Worthington
Adena
Chillicothe
William Creighton
Edward Tiffin
Sen
Worthington
Mt. Logan Chbin
Creighton
Ohio Capitols
Brown
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Elizabeth van Valen
American Kennel Gazette
Lorain County Kennel Club
Alva McColl
Canadian Kennel Club
Elyria Garden Club News
Elywood
Washington Avenue
Virginia Colony
Charles I
England
Hampden Court Gardens
Charles Arthur Ely
New England
University of Georgia
Athens
Col
William Jackson
Jock
Sir Walter Scott
Army Force
Bid-Scono Kennels
Russell Moran
Gulf Rd
Japan
Wilma Quimby
Harold Zealley
Elyria Memorial
Laurence Olivier
Femme
Tops
By Kurt Wachenheim
Bard
James Drake
Fruehaus Trail
Joan Rosenbaum
Girls
Diane Holliger
Spectrum News
Jon Bowman
Treme
Gail Smith
Ridge Hill Memorial Cemetery Pond
Route 254
Oberlin Ave
Lorain
Paign
A. W. Marion
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Marion
Great Britain
Six Nations
European Defense Community
Turnpike
State Supreme Court
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Commission
Elyria Board of Education
Fremont Ross
Sandusky
Marion Harding
Findlay
Elyrians
Lois Ann Tattersall
Joyce Henson
Barbara Boorn
Clifford Currier
Loretta Lipstraw
Graytown
Olive Hemming
Andover
William H. Olsen
M. E. Whitman
Elyrian Chamber of Commerce
Raymond Pileski
Appetites
Victor Core No
Schneider
Westlake
Pat
Baltimore
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