McGarvey's Vermilion River Restaurant Favored Regatta Crowd
Vermilion’s South Shore Regatta drew crews and shore parties to McGarvey’s Riverfront Restaurant during regatta week. The eatery, famed for nautical chatter and excellent food, hosts about 15 yachting parties daily, offering sandwiches and meals with drinks in a convivial, waterfront setting along Lake Erie.
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McGarvey
River Front
Vermilion
South Shore
Lake Erie
McGarvey’s
Tors
Solomon
Ohio
Holiday Inn
Lake RD
Frank Kelsey
New Salesman Joins John B. Kinter Realty Staff
Newell W. King joins the staff of realtor John B. Kinter as the newest salesman. King, of 204 Brandston Ave, is introduced amid a string of local business notes and seasonal dining chatter highlighting area firms and venues.
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John B. Kinter
Newell W. King
Brandston Ave
Nichols Sees lighter Side Of The News
Harman W. profiles Sgt. A. E. King, noting his career path from stock clerk to restaurant manager and various roles in manufacturing and sales across Ohio. The piece highlights King’s work at Firestone related firms, Wagonman Paint Co., and Elyria area stores, plus his community involvement with Kiwanis, Masons, and Ki-Queens.
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Plattsburg High School
Manns and
Bills Business Colleges
Columbus
S. Kresge Co
Charles Solomon
Sgt. A. E
South Charles
Kiddleslice
Firestone Sealet
Tire and Rubber Co
Average U S Soldier Is A Perfect 38
A war era survey reports the average U S soldier weighs 155 pounds and stands five feet five inches tall, wearing a size 38 uniform with a 14 1 2 inch neck and 36 3 inch chest. Weights range 90 to 309 pounds, heights 59 to 79 inches, with varied chest and waist measurements across the force.
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da Mliny Synce
Quartermaster Corps
Family Plans Low Cost Polio and Disease Insurance
The Ohio Retail Annalist reports modest premium plans to guard families against heavy medical costs from polio and 11 other diseases. Total Ohio retail sales rose two percent in the first half of 1954 versus 1953, with motor vehicle dealers up four percent and florists down seventeen percent. Dayton showed a year‑to‑date sales gain, while Cleveland was up slightly in June but down three percent for the first half.
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Ohio
Ohio Retail Annalist
Bureau of Business Research
Ohio State University
Dayton
Cleveland
New Brush On Insecticide Kills Roaches
A new liquid coating named Johnston's NO RDACH claims to paralyze and kill roaches ants silverfish and waterbugs within about three hours. It supposedly stays effective for months and can be brushed where pests gather in kitchens baths and basements without moving items. Available at local hardware and drug stores.
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New York
Calfornia
Elyria Hardware
Marshall and
Standard Drug Stores
Norwalk Firm's Ownership Taken by Dale Olsen
Norwalk announces that Dale Olsen has taken full ownership of the accounting firm Olsen and Durkee at 105 E Main St. Ed Durkee, retiring partner in ill health, will rest before joining Bellaire Housing and Lumber Co. in Bellevue. Olsen and Durkee moved to Norwalk in 1948. both WWII veterans. Olsen serves as Kiwanis secretary treasurer and in his second year as state Jaycees treasurer.
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Norwalk
Dale Olsen
St. Mary’s St
Olsen and Durkee
E. Main St
Ed Durkee
Bellaire Housing and Lumber Co
Bellevue
Olsen
Durkee
Kiwanis Club
Jaycees
Polio and Disease Insurance Offer From Lumbermen Mutual
Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co offers family polio protection up to 5000 for two years at 12 dollars, about 2 per person per year, or 10000 for two years at 18 dollars about 3 per person per year. The policy also covers half the unit for several diseases and can insure all children at reduced rates. George Allen and Son agency provides complete details and other insurance services.
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Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co
George R. Allen and Son Insurance Agency
George Allen
Lorain County Bank
Allen
Mendes France May Demand Confidence Vote
In Paris informed sources say Premier Pierre Mendes France will seek a National Assembly vote of confidence today for his gradual economic recovery program. If ordered, the vote would occur next Tuesday. Mendes France warned against sudden disruption and said success requires years of steady effort. The Assembly Finance Commission met Friday, approving with reservations a plan granting the premier special powers until March 21 to push through the program.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes
France
National Assembly
Mendes-France
Assembly
Finance Commission
Mendes-France seeks restraint on full budget power
The France Commission discussed Mendes-France dream of a blank check for the budget. It extended the no modification clause to Dec 31 while aiming to limit his unchecked powers, amid attempts to streamline the economy and reduce reliance on the United States for finance. A separate note mentions a jewelled box theft scene at a Farmer's Market.
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Mendes-France
Assembly
San Francisco
Day
United States
France Commission
Van Nuys Ex-convict jailed on burglary charges
David Gold aged 59 was jailed in Van Nuys California on burglary charges after police Sgt R K Epperson arrested him while he attempted to break into Eppersons home. The incident occurred Friday and involved a former convict.
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van Nuys
Calif
David Gold
Gold
R. K
Epperson
Guards Interfere With Education At Alcatraz Suit
Eddie Hoskins 38 filed a federal suit to regain a $10 book of piano lesson tickets. He says guards at Alcatraz Federal Prison deprived him of education through music instruction. Hoskins is serving 1 year of a 23 year sentence for a Kentucky bank robbery.
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San Francisco
Eddie Hoskins
Hoskins
Alcatraz Federal Prison
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Vermilion River Restaurant
Chronicle-Telegram
Kiyria
Lay, Os ES
McGarvey's Restaurant
Vermilion River
Nichols
Harman W
United Press Staff
Washington
Pendent
Travelerst Insurance
Thompson Products Co
Euclid Tapco
The
Wagenman Paint Co
Elyria
Lorain
King
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Methodist Church
Lorain County
Scottish Rite Society
Ada
Newscomers. Club
Ki-Queens
U. S
Army
Anthranamatrie Smmeyv
CAA
Columbia
Pan American Union
el Mundo
Pentagon
Frankfurt
Germany
Wills S. Matthews
4Th Infantry Division
Matthews
George H. Allen
Allen Insurance Agency
Bill Palm
Pure Oil Service
Leo R. DE Soto
Broad St
Chrysler Corp. Parts — Service
Dunlag the Distributors
Cleveland St
K-D Construction Co
Birkline
Phive
BaNcroft
MacGregor
Dunlop and
Bancroft Presses
Oxfords
Eldred Paper Coo
Graystone
Broer Tombaht
Damea Johnsoo
Koplin's
Gunnison Homes
the Meister CO
Bateman
Rte
Amherst
College
Great Lakes
Vermilion-At-The-Bridge
Royal Typewriters
Lerge
Baker's i
Victor Adders
Salo Tree Service
National Arborist Association
South Frofe
Oberlin
Aana
Castle’s
Second St
Oa Ees
Pittsburgh
Lorain Glass CO
Middle
Jack Knight
Lake Avenue
4Th and
East River
West Ave
Bryerey
Deve
PQ Boon
Griswold Road
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