Summer square dancing lively as Oberlin hosts outdoor Hoe Down
Summer crowds fill the Oberlin College covered ice rink for a Hoe Down outdoors with 24 sets attended by Elyria square dancers. New Hally Hoedowners officers for September include Dick and Joan Comstock as presidents and Mike and Lilly Bartiszi as vice presidents.
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Holly Moedowners
Oberlin College
Elyria Club
Hally Hoodowners
Joan Comstock
Mike
Lilly Bartisxi
Chuck
Lois Kern
Fred and
Evelyn Smith
Hared
Automation ends era of Lorain harbor lighthouse light
The Lorain lighthouse on the west breakwater faces destruction as automation replaces the three man crew led by First Engineer Eugene Gene Marshall. The four story keeper’s house, fog horn, and light are under plan to automate, ending a scenic era once famous for views across Lake Erie.
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Lorain
Coast Guard
Lorain Harbor
West Breakwater
Roy Murphy
Lorain Coast
Eugene Gene Marshall
Geno
Gene
Loran Harbor
Lake Erie
Put-in-Bay
United States
Heesakker Mystery: Tiny Dutch Village on a Country Road
A traveler group searches for Heesakker in North Brabant near Haaren and s Hertogenbosch. They find only a country road, a few houses, and farm names with no central town, church, or shops, while locals explain Heesakker’s elusive status and naming quirks.
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Heesakker
The
Netherlands
S - Hertogesbasch
Tilburg
Haaren
Bakel
S- Hertogenbeseh
Nyiin Brabant
UL Nopogy VY Wlal
Mayo Doctors Commemorative Stamp Design Announced
Postmaster General Gronouski unveils a 5 cent Mayo Clinic commemorative honoring the Mayo brothers with a Sept 11 first day in Rochester Minnesota. 120 million copies will be printed featuring a green medicine color and the staff of Aesculapius.
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Mayo
John A. Gronouski
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Mayos
Aesculapius
William W. Mayo
Will
Charles
Mayo Foundation For Medical
Postage Stamp Auction Breaks Records and Bridge Stamps Debut
Gibbons notes a likely record sale price around 21.5 million for a Cape of Good Hope collection with rare woodblock error. The lot includes 39th century material, mint British Colonials, European and South American stamps, many on cover. New Great Britain stamps depict the Forth Road Bridge opening on Sept. 4 with two issues, while Sweden unveils two new denominations next Monday.
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Chase
Gibbons
Europe
South America
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Gibbons Organization
Harmer Rooke
New Forth Road Bridge
Great Britain
Queen Elizabeth
Sweden
Young boy lands huge smallmouth in Wisconsin
Edward Belkle, 14, of New London Wisconsin, hooked a large female smallmouth bass while fishing for suckers. The lunker was mounted before weight could be verified, and officials noted the fish would have challenged the world record set in 1955 at Dale Hollow Lake Kentucky.
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Wisconsin
Edward Belkle
New London
Wisc
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Dale Hollow Lake
Ohio
Katmandu Valley Yields Three Crops Annually
About 490000 people live in the Katmandu Valley of Nepal where three crops can be grown in a year with irrigation.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mayors Face Milking Contest in Lorain County
The town scene centers on a milking contest among mayors including Fred Sanford Ralph Gray Woody Mathna and others. Woody Mathna, last year's champ from Lorain, is favored while Ralph Gray brings rural cred and Lorain Medina Electric Co op ties. A lighter note on inflation and the author’s family adds local flavor to the town gridiron humor.
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Weil
Glan
Lorain County
Fred Sanford
Kivria
Woodrow Mathna
Lorain
Ralph Gray
Wellington
Woody Mathna
Chermp
Sanford
Fred
Taft and Nixon Brothers Highlight Local Graduates
Gary Taft, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Nixon of 702 Abbe Rd, passed state board examinations in pharmacy in Ono and Florida this summer and now works at Broward Seat in Fort Lauderdale. He lives at Greentree Apartments Northeast 13th Cl, Fort Lauderdale. Taft graduated Elyria High School in 1959 and earned a pharmacy degree at Ono Northern University, Ada, in 1983. Richard A. Nixon, also a son of the Nixon family, graduated from Elyria High in June and will enter Ohin Northern University at Ada this fall to major in business administration.
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Gary Taft
C. C. Nixon
Abbe Rd
Ono
Florida
Broward Se
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Greentree
Richard A. Nixon
Elyria High School
Ohin Northern University
Ada
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Cuyahoga County Fair
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