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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1962
Page
9
Historic Elyria edition dated Thursday August 23 1962 from the Chronicle Telegram records a local newspaper page with multiple briefs and notices. The readable items reference community events, public notices, and local society updates from Elyria Ohio during the early 1960s era.
Amherst volunteers battled two grass and residence fires within ten minutes yesterday afternoon. Capt. Lee Lueszler reported 11 firefighters used three pieces of equipment. The first blaze at 4:45 p.m. burned grass at Route 58 near Middle Ridge Road. no property damage. A second fire at William Denger’s residence on 121 St 6th St involved boxes and crates. fire loss estimated at 50 dollars. No injuries.
In Lorain the county fair's longtime announcer Joe Boddy, known as Little Joe, handles the PA duties for the 33rd year. He recalls wedding emceeing at the fair in 1929 and traces a career from a 1917 Elyria restaurant to a family PA business now run with son Don.
The Navy announced nine new ship construction contracts and nine ship conversion jobs will go to private yards in the new fiscal year starting July 1. Government shipyards will handle three new constructions and 22 conversions, with sites in New York and Portsmouth, N.
Eight ribbons awarded to F. E. Hill of Marion in the French Alpine for milk goats with multiple wins including second places. Flora Anthony of Marysville led the Sannen division with 22 ribbons across first, second and third places. Other top finishers included Andrew Anthony, Locust Hill Goat Farm, and Jordan and Reveglia in various Nubian and dam produce events.
Washington report from UPI notes the total number of prisoners in federal, state and local prisons reached a record 220,329 at the end of 1961, marking a 3.5 percent increase from 1960 as tallied by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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