Midview School System Scrambles to Ready For Opening
Superintendent Glen Dennis reports the Midview district is running full blast to prepare for the September 4 opening. About 2,090 students are enrolled this year as four grade schools and one high school undergo shifts, remodeling, and new hires to add space and classrooms.
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Grafton
Midview
Glen Dennis
Dennis
Board of Education
Eaton School
Eaton
Belden
Midview High School
Attica
Traveling Teacher Heads for Japan from Grafton
Miss Anna Jean McCloskey, on a year's leave from Elyria Schools, boarded a train Saturday to the West Coast where she will fly to Japan to teach children of Army personnel at a base. A Grafton resident and Grafton High School graduate, she earned bachelor and master degrees from Kent State University and has spent ten years teaching at McKinley School, including a prior year in Germany. She lives with her mother, Mrs. Mabel McCloskey.
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Grafton
Anna Jean McCloskey
West Coast
Japan
Miss McCloskey
Elyria
McKinley School
Germany
Grafton High School
Kent State University
Mabel McCloskey
Escape from County Hospital Battery by Albert Haynes
Albert Haynes a 25 year old county prisoner escaped from the county hospital today after slipping from his bath while a jailer reached for a towel He fled only in his pants and shoes with the jailer in pursuit but lost the officer during the escape.
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Ghicago
Albert Haynes
Haynes
Birthday Party Held For Winifred Tran
Miss Winifred Tran and Mrs. Edith Howard attended a dinner party for 14 guests Sunday in honor of Miss Tran. The event was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Jones of Wellington at Surrey Inn, with Miss Tran and Mrs. Howard as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pierce of La Grange. Honduras expects to realize 2 million dollars from its coffee export tax.
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Crafton
Winifred Tran
Edith Howard
Miss Tran
A. B. Jones
Wellington
Surrey Inn
Mrs. Howard
Carl Pierce
la Grange
Belden Correspondent Local Notes Reach Grafton and Elyria
Mrs Dorothy Grills Grafton RD 2 was listed with phone 537 Belden and Mrs Vera Mc Roberts was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital Saturday for illness. Visitors include Mr and Mrs E J Fetter and Cleveland friends, the Halland reunion in Newark, and multiple callers to Elyria Memorial Hospital. Mrs Wentland plans to return home after operative treatment and Gordon Blackhall's ten day Lake Wes t ernkoon trip near Wankroft Ontario. Mrs Della Oates visited granddaughter K Billman in Spencer.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Morris Engel
Grace Ebert
Cleveland
Bertha Budweg
Arthur Budweg
Strongsville
William Wentland
Gordon Blackhall
Lake Westemkoon
Wankroft
Ont
Canada
William Morris
Della Oates
K. Billman
Spencer
Sewage Problems To Be Discussed By City Official
Charles Coen acting superintendent of the sewage disposal plant will address the East Kiwanis Club at the Hilltop House restaurant tomorrow evening. He will outline Elyria's issues in the sewage department and prospects for improvements.
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Charles Coen
East Kiwanis Club
Hilltop House
Coen
Elyria
Seven Girls Win In 4 H Review At Belden Club
BELDEN At the Style Review at Holly Hall in Elyria Aug 15 seven girls of the Belden Jolly to 4H Club won the honor of competing with the rest of Lorain County. The northern district judged junior and senior divisions with Sally Shriver Carol Roi Faye Gross Joan Blackhall modeling items and Marsha Hofer winning for easy-to-make cotton dress.
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Belden
Holly Hall
Elyria
Belden Jolly
Lorain County
Sally Shriver
Carol Roi
Faye Gross
Joan Blackhall
Carol Sehriver
Joan
Joretta Eppley
Marsha Hofer
Cottoy
Youth Center Paper Drive Planned for Saturday
Grafton Youth Center members will hold a paper drive this Saturday. Residents are asked to place paper on the curb for pickup. Proceeds will fund a supervisor when the town hall room opens and cover equipment and furnishings for the space.
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Grafton
Charles Yates
Army Veterans Meet In Grafton For 2nd Reunion
GRAFTON Mr and Mrs Walter Wildenheim hosted a weekend gathering for former Shand Army Signal unit buddies who served in World War II. Attending were Mr and Mrs Fred Hartman of Brooklyn Albert Vincent Richard Wolfe Centerville Mr and Mrs Michael Seniak Scranton Mr and Mrs John Smith Sharon John Patrick Youngstown and Mr and Mrs Loren Wood and daughter Lorna of Toledo. The group plans to meet again in two years in Scranton.
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Grafton
Walter Wildenheim
Wildenheim
Fred Hartman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Albert Vincent
South Bend
Ind
Richard Wolfe
Centerville
Michael Seniak
Scranton
John Smith
Sharon
John Patrick
Youngstown
Loren Wood
Lorna
Toledo
Sgain
Kan Do Club Has Picnic and Roast at Roth Home
Belden Kan Do 4H Club held a wiener roast and swim Friday night at the home of Betty Jean Carol and Albert Roth Jr. with 25 members present. Jim Schriver led the business meeting and Janet Dean and Schriver read reports. Mr Fries, advisor, gave each member a fair pass and calf transport costs were set to be shared by the club and members. Those attending the fair grounds were asked to meet at the Roth home by 7 am or Traxtlers by 8 am Monday. Next meeting date and place to be announced.
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Belden
Betty Jean
Carol
Albert Roth Jr
Jim Schriver
Janet Dean
Schriver
Fries
Roth
Traxtlers
Dinner to Start Fund Drive for Church Building
A kick-off dinner for the Midview Trinity Lutheran Church building fund is set for Sept 22 at Grafton School. Rev May A Shackell announces the event which precedes a house to house canvass on Sept 23. The campaign aims for $10,000 this year.
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Grafton
Midview Trinity Lutheran Churches Building Fund
Maya Shackell
Midview
Shackeil
Auxiliary Plans Party and Bazaar in Lorain and Elyria
The Auxiliary of Post 3341 VFW met at the town hall and announced events including the Ninth District Post and Auxiliary picnic at Cedar Point on Sunday. A Lorain County Council meeting is set for Monday at Veterans Hall. A birthday party for Mayme W. McMahon is planned at Dugan Nugant Post in Cleveland, with other fundraisers, a social at Elyria, a Halloween party in October, and a bazaar and bake sale at Ohio Fuel Gas Co. in Elyria. Prizes went to Mrs. Ida Bailey and Mrs. Mildred Slattery. luncheon by Lillian McClintock and Barbara Johnson. The next meeting is Sept. 6.
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Ninth District
Cedar Point
Lorain County
Vetserans Hall
19Th St
Lorain
Mayme W. McMahon
Dugan Nugant Post
131St St
Cleveland
Ida Bailey
Mildred J Slattery
Lillian McClintock
Barbara Johnson
Police Chief Speaks At Kiwanis Club Meeting In Grafton
GRAFTON Captain Maurice Flood acting police chief of Ilyria will speak at the Kiwanis Club dinner in Grafton School. Ray Pumphrey chairs the Aug 30 event with no fixed program yet. Program chair Robert Smith notes the Sept 6 gathering will be led by BL EF. Fling. Kiwanis members report 120 Hot Stove baseball teams and 120 pounds of peanuts enjoyed during an Indians game at Cleveland Stadium.
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Grafton
Maurice Flood
Ilyria
Kiwanis Club
Ray Pumphrey
Robert Smith
Kiwanis
Cleveland Stadium
So We Sew Club Has Fair Booth
In St Joseph Michigan a local fair booth tied to the So We Sew Club drew attention as community groups ran stalls. The report notes a separate county issue where the Berrien County dogcatcher was fired after board opposition cited fear of dogs as the reason.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Berrien County
Ajo
John L. Monger
Club Booth Shines at Wellington County Fair
The club now has a booth at the Wellington county fair. Some of the girls helped adviser Mrs. Forest Hornbeck decorate it, showcasing their effort and teamwork amid fair activities.
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Wellington
Forest Hornbeck
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