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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1942
Page
9
The column recalls binoculars as Henry McLemore muses on war memories and past sights from Berlin during the 1935 Olympic Games. He imagines sharing the lenses with a military officer, noting views of Diamond Head and Alpine vistas as he reflects on war and peace.
The narrator recalls a nurselike officer unable to see through glasses as he imagines Dimelech finishing second in a Kentucky Derby. He reflects on a sea voyage from Louisville to New York and recounts wagering his entire expense account on Himelech. He imagines wartime images to remember after the war, including a German parachute photo and a Japanese carrier sinking.
Wakeman women gathered Tuesday April 14 for the annual extension work achievement meeting at North Fairfield Congregational Church. Guests included Mrs. Bailey and many local members. Dr. James Kashish spoke on America and Armenia while Miss Fernald and Miss Beal led program segments. A social hour and samples of work followed with gifts of war saving stamps and refreshments. Wakeman Chapter No 480 O E S also met, featuring a paper dressmaking demo and a bridal fashion sketch, ending with cupcakes and tea.
The Wakeman Garden Club met Wednesday afternoon in the Contre Church dining room. Mrs C T Hailey led the roll call and conducted a wild flower contest while Mrs Batchelder presented a paper on prolonging the life of cut flowers after the opening hymn In the Garden.
Mrs Eastman led an illustrated lecture on Trees from the north woods of Ontario and Quebec and forest fire prevention. The Garden Club praised her talk with a rising vote of thanks as women hosted refreshments. Many volunteers joined military nursing service in Africa prompting new recruiting stations.
The Lake Avenue School will hold its annual art and music exhibit on Tuesday April 2 with separate viewing times for first through fourth grades. The Lake Avenue PT A members are reminded of the Lorain County Health Board meeting at Grafton School on May 5, plus dinner and a talk by Dr. Dowd. Catherine Scott has shown some improvement after illness. Stacey Tarnawski was fined for intoxication in police court for an incident on Lodi Street.
Anne Blakemore leaves New York to run Fleetwood Kentucky farm now in need of funds and a manager. Judge Daingerfield arranges Mont Sherrill, recently paroled for alleged embezzlement, to take charge as Anne grapples with duty and trust while Aunt Sue opposes the hire.
Inductees and recruits from the area report promotions and overseas service. Pvt Allen McCauley, formerly Western Automatic Machine and Screw Co, named acting corporal in charge of eight men after induction in March. Pvt Lester H Christian has already gone overseas with the Marine Corps after three months service. Robert Earl Dostall, enlistee, now stationed at Great Lakes Naval Training Station after leaving Cleveland last Tuesday.
Pontiac Motor Division offers storage tips for owners especially in two car households. Guidance covers tires battery gasoline cooling system engine lubrication and protective coverings to prevent deterioration during layups. Follow steps include jack up tires drain gas but not oil and apply protective oil coatings while securing carburetor and vents.
Michael Moses, 32, of Lorain, was fined $75 and costs and had his driving privileges suspended for nine months after being arraigned in Elyria police court on a DUI charge. He was arrested at 8:50 p.m. yesterday following a collision with a parked car at 672 West River Street, owned by Steve Nemeth of 226 West River Street, which was pushed about nine yards and damaged. Moses was with his parents during the incident.
Operations at the National Tube Company plant at Lotain will be on the same level next week as this week according to the tentative schedule announced today. Four blast furnaces and 11 open hearth furnaces will continue in operation, the Bessemer converter will operate two shifts daily, and six pipe mills are scheduled to operate next week.
Vice President Henry A. Wallace told the Officer Candidate School class at Aberdeen Maryland that by July the United States will produce more war material than any nation in history. He said Americans hate to shift to war, but now we must fight with enthusiasm and do the job more fully than Germany or Japan. Wallace presented second lieutenant commissions to 85 cadets, including his son Robert B Wallace Jr, who has completed eight months as a draftee and training. He noted that the remainder of this year will see nearly half of the national effort devoted to war.
Food for Defense week in Lorain County ended after a successful program sponsored by the Lorain County Agricultural Conservation Association. Dean D. Deeds, member of the State AAA Committee, spoke in schools granges garden clubs and PTAs to audiences around three thousand. Mrs Cors Giles Ross arranged the schedule for the week.
Four nip and tuck games kept fans in suspense as Louisville edged Toledo 4-3 with Andy Gilbert tripling and Fred Walters driving in the winner. Columbus held off Indianapolis rallies to win 5-5? Milwaukee beat St Paul. Minneapolis rallied to top Kansas City 5-3 after tying 3-3 in the seventh.
Theron Aronson of 128 West Bridge Street and William Sorg of LaGrange were fined $3 each after arraignment on disorderly conduct charges. They were arrested at 100 p m on April 15 following a complaint of causing a disturbance at a lunch room near Lake Avenue and Oak Street.
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