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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1958
Page
2
The Alaska feature portrays Fairbanks and surrounding areas as an outdoorsman’s paradise with abundant fish and game and a range of sports. It highlights Nenana ice pool betting, the North American Sled Dog Derby, and harsh, rugged events relying on endurance.
Routework for Findley Forest is slated under a July appropriation as WW AW Phekinger Ohio Division of Parks chief announced this week. Repairs at Breadlands Beach Calanhil State Park Ast Harbor State Park and Crane Creek water supply upgrades form part of the plan.
Vermilion hosts the 44th South Shore Regatta with TCYC VYC and VBC clubs listing chairmen Dr J B R Coulter Ralph Sharpnack and Rus sell Doane guiding the event. Registration hours cover Friday to Sunday at Vermilion Yacht Club and Star Fleet Lot. The program features bow class races, queen crowning, street dances, cocktail party, and a parade with a Jolly Roger theme by Tre-City Yacht Club. Guests include A J Woodings Nate Senner Wayne Spidell and others from Elyria Oberlin Westlake and more.
Roxanne Whittington, though too young to enter the National Rifle and Pistol Matches, watches as a standout 12 year old shooter with a string of medals. Her father, Capt Huston B. Whittington, earned the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1944 for leading a tank defense near Guinesmen France. Roxanne will wait for eligibility in 1959, then 12, to enter NRA schools for younger shooters. She may later vie for junior championships as she grows into national competition. Deep underwater drop offs are noted as prime spots to catch fish.
The Cisco and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports from cruises on western Lake Erie show yellow perch dominate catches in April to June with a strong two year class. Smelt are scarce outside fry. good small walleye catches near Monroe and Stoney Point hint at improved fishing for the next one to three years. Muskellunge numbers rise as Ohio anglers see larger specimens and record catches near Stoney Lake.
Reefs pay off as pike and smallmouths hit consistently this week. Anglers report good perch in Sandusky Bay and around Gedar Point, Petor Island, and Putta Bay, with catfish offshore near Cedar Point and near the islands.
About half a million hunting licenses are being mailed to Ohio license agents this week. Licenses expire August 31. new licenses valid after September 1 when rail and gallinule seasons start. Youth under 16 need a license and must be accompanied by an adult. active military personnel on duty or leave need proof of status but no license.
In Lorain County residents may doubt the trend as heavy rains fell last week but the Lake Erie drainage basin shows rainfall at its lowest level since 1951, according to F O Kugel of Shore Erosion.
A line of fishing advice suggests using a fast retrieve when bass ignore lures. It recommends a tied leader between line and lure and trying a different lure after repeated failures, noting a 5 foot leader with 6 to 8 lb test monofilament and experimenting with new tactics.
Readers urged to support archery publicity as national events garnered little wire service coverage. The piece notes 14 000 participants at Grayling Michigan's tournament and lists winners from Fred Bear's shoot and the St Paul National Target event.
A Beagle in Erie Avenue owned by A. H. Kilzer produced 13 puppies after starting with eight, then twelve, and finally thirteen. Three died later, ending the litter.
Tickets for the September 14 clam bake sponsored by the B L C All Outdoors Club are available now. Club secretary Ernie Oroczo says tickets can be bought from Jack Reising in Lorain or Dave Coe in Elyma, with all returns due by the September 4 club meeting.
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