Garden club notes on forsythia daffodils and more
Elyria Garden Club covers forsythia golden bells and the Narcissus family including daffodils and jonquils with notes on blooms, planting times, and poetic associations. It also mentions tulips in bloom, Rockefeller funding to save sequoias, and a Dutch Elm disease spraying reminder with insistence that infected trees must be cut and burned.
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Shakespeare
Tennyson
Wordsworth
England
Peter Barr
Haworth
John D. Rockefeller
California
Europe
Holland
Ohio
New Jersey
Iron Ore Marks Record Year 1953 in U S output and imports
United States iron ore production rose to a record 133.5 million net tons in 1953, with imports reaching 12.4 million net tons. Lake Superior ranges supplied over 80 percent of output, led by Minnesota, Michigan, Alabama, Utah, and New York among 18 producing states. Taconite development expanded, including Beaver Bay and Iron Mountain plants, with major investments shaping future output.
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United States
American Iron and Steel Institute
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Michigan
Alabama
Utah
New York
Beaver Bay
Iron Mountain
Aurora
Chile
Sweden
Venezuela
Canada
Peru
Liberia
Help Korea Drive to Aid South Korea Reconstruction
A $10 million campaign to help Koreans help themselves begins April 26, led by the American Korean Foundation. Gov. Frank Lausche is named honorary chairman as the effort aims to rebuild South Korea to counter North Korea's communism influence.
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American-Korean Foundation
Frank J. Lausche
South Korea
North Korea
Elyria Blends TV Troupe and Girl Scout Cookie Drive
A Chatter Box column recaps a recent TV appearance to promote Elyria, highlighting Mayor Grant Keys Norris Ryder and Harley Reese on air. It then covers Black River Girl Scout Council cookie sales aiming for 50 000 boxes to fund a permanent county camp for over 2 500 girls. The writer muses on medieval Thing assemblies and Congress etiquette in a light weekly column tone.
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Elyria
Grant Keys
Norris Ryder
Harley Reese
John Beauchamp
Black River
Girl Scout Council
Lorain County
Black River Council
Dance School Wallet Heist Exposes London Trickster
London detective story unfolds during 1926 General Strike era. Arnold Babbacombe and other affluent victims were stripped of wallet contents via a staged dance lesson plot by Ginger McLennan using a long reaching tool and a shifting chair. The scam relied on a safety pin in the jacket and a concealed fire escape setup.
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Arnold Babbacombe
Babbacombe
Burlington Gardens
London
West End
Babba‘combe
Demury Dancing Academy
McLennan
Charleston
Week in Review Headlines From Dien Bien Phu Crisis
Aerial aid arrives as U S Globemaster ships load French colonial paratroops in Saigon. Geneva conflicts loom with an impending conference and calls for an honorable peace. Russia faces dual setbacks, McCarthy battle intensifies, and regional politics in Elyria and surrounding areas span endorsements, water fluoridation, crashes, and a new Buckeye Conference.
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Dien Bien Phu
Indo-China
Globemaster
Saigon
U. S
India
Indonesia
Ceylon
Burman
Pakistan
Russia
M.V.D
Josephi McCarthy
Army
Robert Stevens
Senate
Stevens
McCarthy
Fittings for a Happy Hobby Room Create Handy Drink Centers
The article outlines stocking a hobby room with dedicated fittings for snacks and beverages to save kitchen searches and allow themed colors and textures. It recommends a range of tumblers from 4 to 18 ounces for juice water and mixed drinks, noting new American handmade glassware and multi purpose use such as ice buckets. It also mentions decor coordination with wallpaper and paneling. A separate note records McLennan and a dancer receiving combined prison terms at the Old Bailey for conspiracy to steal.
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Maplewood
John Hollett
Buckeye Boys State Dates Set at Camp Perry
The 17th Buckeye Boys State an American Legion Ohio program will run June 11 to 20 at Camp Perry Lake Erie. Over 900 high school juniors from across Ohio will form two parties Nationalists and Federalists become residents of 20 cities in four counties. They will campaign caucus vote and govern through councils commissions and a legislature with courts highway patrol and a bar association. They will own homes pay taxes and engage in recreation talks vaudeville and other activities.
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Buckeye
American Legion of Ohio
Camp Perry
Lake Erie
Ohio
Soldier Reclaims Duffle Bag After Seven Year Gap
In BAD KREUZNACH Germany Sergeant Eugene L Byers of the Second Armored Division recounted his seven year wait for a lost duffle bag mailed from Germany to Cottonplant Arkansas in 1946. A Deutsche Post notice led to the bag's discovery in a corner with contents mostly deteriorated except OD pants and Ike jackets.
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Bad Kreuznach
Germany
U.S
Eugene L. Byers
Second Armored Division
United States
Byers
Cottonplant
Ark
Deutsche Post
All-Ohio Safety Congress and Exhibit to Meet in Columbus
Leaders in industrial safety will converge on Columbus for the 24th Annual All-Ohio Safety Congress and Exhibit held at the Deshler Hilton Hotel from April 20 to 22. Sponsored by the Industrial Commission of Ohio.
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Columbus
Deshler-Hilton Hotel
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Pupils Plant Trees to Restore Township Landscape
In Elyria Township the Civic Suburban League led Maplewood Gulf Rd and Markley students to plant about 2,000 trees from 20 varieties around homes to repair tornado and winter damage. The project cost 3264 with trees supplied via Girard Nurseries Geneva. Principal Engle notes full results in about ten years, as students, parents, and teachers contribute business and volunteer effort.
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Elyria Township
Civic Suburban League
Maplewood
Gulf Rd
Markley
A. W. Engle
Neva Crozier
Earl Jolly
Maplewood Board of Education
Geneva
Engle
Markley and
Find Men Working After Age Of 75
New York report by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co says a sizable share of men over 65 remain employed. Among 65 to 69, about 60 percent work. 70 to 74 about 40 percent. 75 and over one in five. Many are self employed, farmers, executives, or service workers. about one fifth work part time and one sixth do not prefer full-time work.
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New York
N. Y
Metropolitan Life Insurance Cos. Statisticians
Census Bureau
Mississippi lawmaker calls for 5.49 to fund toys for soldiers
State Rep. Arlin Medford urged the Mississippi House to allocate 5.49 for the purchase of bean shooters and tinker toys for members who previously played with paper airplanes. Speaker Walter Sillers sent the measure to the military affairs committee, noting it concerns implements of war.
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Jackson
Miss
Arlin Medford
Mississippi House
House
Walter Sillers
Military Affairs Committee
Canary Missing From Cage Sparks Police Watch
Police in Pittsburgh sought a wandering canary missing from Morris Cohen’s home. Authorities warned the case may involve fowl play as they checked possible leads today.
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Pittsburgh
Morris Cohen
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Ginger' McLennan
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Walter G. Nord
William Saxbe
E. W. Rowland
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George Sorenson
Elyrian
St. Clairsville
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Fremont
Robert Shoup
Ohio Turnpike
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Turnpike Commission
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Mrs. McLennan
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Rae
Johnny
Gary Stang
West Ridge Rd
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Pooch
Pudgy
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Girard Nurseries
Maplewood Stationary
Maplewood School
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Daisy Ward
Sarah Diedrick
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Virena Youngquist
Edrie Shaw
Florence Johnson
Robert Waltz
Arthur Engle
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PTA
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