Two Elyria Soldiers Meet In France
Two Elyria men in France are briefly noted as meeting in a letter from Myrtle Junean of Elyria. Sgt Gillespie and Pvt Brown, both in overseas service, are described with limited details including hometowns near Bowth Maple Street and mentions of their roles in the truck company. The card notes military statuses and durations of service with minimal context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
France
Mre
Myrtle Junean
Don
Charlie H. Brown
Brown
Nies
William Gillespié
White
Small Son
Bowth Maple Street
Guadermhaster
Sgt Gillespie
Mit
Avimam Gillespie
Fins
Pvt
Bracht
Sine
Riel Tate Neinh
Winners Highlight Four-H Club Demonstrations In Lorain County
Fifteen winners were announced today by Mrs. Francis Eckert Bovard county home demonstration agent. The event at Lorain County Pair named individuals and clubs with top booths and demonstration honors across junior and senior contests plus style revue winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Francis Eckert Bovard
Patric McAllister
Buckeye Friendly Neighbors Club
Camden Sunshine Victory Workers Club
Marianow Jones
Frances Jackson
Eleanor Lewis
Faith Jackson
Mary Lou Hoag
Buckeye Friendly
Neighbors Club
Rbetty Ewell
Beighton Victory Fourth
Dorothy Labten
Columbia Jetty Danes
Delares Cave Men
Wellington Stiteh
Geraldding Pratt
Huntington Sunshine Club
Ruth Vivenpthy
Hrawnhel
Merry Workers
Hazel Kamp
Brighton Victory Club
Willian Davidson
Rochester
Bernice Hasenptling
Urondhelm Merry
Leote Brawand
Penfield Jolly Stitchers
Virginia Panten
Columbia
Jolly Dunes
Leu
East
Carlisle
Cloverettes
Twea Chubs
Aeplis
Ra Snappy Sewers
OC S.vaw
Camden Township
Stileh~ers
Penfield Jolly Do's
Raton Jelly Workers
Columbia Vo Cnokers
Dog Janes
Brighton_V club
Bust
Crrhale Cloverettes
Las Grange
West Hidge Stars
Hearts of Gold Club
East Oberlin
Wellington
Harington Sunshine Club
Oberlin’ Thimble Marts
Eaton Ridge Daily Workers
Pittsfiel Sunny
Henrietta Clu
Ridgeville Sewing
Belden Jolly Jo's
Addresses Sought for Two Registrants by Elyria Board
The Elyria Selective Service Board asks the public to report current addresses for two registrants no longer at previous addresses. Names: Lester George Husel formerly of Oberlin RL 1 and Earl Floyd Shuman formerly at 344 Valean Street then 472 Levain. Fines of 5 and costs assessed in police court for Alfred Murphy and Albert Thornton. A bicycle theft case by Donna Adams reported. Military action and fighting details described amid broader war coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Selective Service Board
Lester George Husel
RL. 1
Oberlin
Earl Floyd
Shuman
Valean Street
Stop
Levain
Shuiman Wax Wang
Elyria Board
Inca Board
Alfred Murphy
Huron Street Railroad Camp
Albert Thornton
Huron Street
Murphy
Lake
Dewey
Thornton
Pit Adams
Stee
Pays $12 For Not Heeding Tickets
Mrs. Pearl Cauntle, the mi clerk who collects parking fines, catches up with Akron salesman Daniel Brown for ignoring six tickets. Police spotted his car as he tried to flee and he faced fines totaling extra penalties for late payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Cauntle
Daniel Brown
Akron
Mel Caude
Brown
Hin
Sheldon
Hak Brown
Rother
Wis
Nore
Parade plans for community event and religious service
Fragmented OCR lists contributors and committees for a parade and religious service. Mentions unclear dates, leaders, and locations with many garbled phrases. Notes general consensus on surrender of plans and involvement of various commissions, but details remain unclear.
Bulgaria quits Axis as Romania capitulates amid Balkan turmoil
London broadcast reports Bulgaria severed diplomatic ties with Germany and prepared to seek a peace with the Allies. Romanian troops drive Nazi forces from their soil while Hungary faces cabinet shakeups and Gestapo custody touches border politics. Hitler calls emergency talks at Berchtesgaden as Ribbenstrop travels to Budapest to stem defection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Bulgaria
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Romania
Russia
Red Army
Europe
Iladio Calra
Hitler
Berchesgaden
Hungary
Nicholas Horthy
Gestapo Wenig
Joachim von Ribbenstrop
Budapest
Health Dept Busy Month in August in Elyria
Monthly reports to the Elyria Board of Health show Mrs. Kathryne Hult, city health nurse, logged 58 visits and six house cleanings, conducted nine baby clinics, mailed 34 birth registrations, weighed children, sent 80 patients to Pleasant View Sanatorium for X rays, and administered vaccines. Food inspector C. W. Savare made 250 inspections, curbing several foods and condemning multiple baskets of produce. city chemist E. C. Curtiss tested 498 samples with 257 blood and 78 milk tests. sanitary police officer G. E. Stang carried out numerous inspections covering residences, factories, camps, sewers, rubbish, housing, dog and animal checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Board of Health
Kathryne Hult
Pleasant View Sanatorium
C. W. Savare
E. C. Curtiss
G. E Stang
Travers
ST of Arbagh
Lorain Man Held On Murder Charge
James J. Campbell twenty one was held without bond on murder charges after surrendering to police. Campbell claimed self defense in a knife attack that injured Tillery Kelly three, with details of a Cleveland escape and parole-violation status cited by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
James J. Campbell
New Students Register for Elyria High School 1944
Elyria High School will welcome at least 94 newcomers for the 1944 45 term starting September 5 as advance registrations conclude. Nine more students joined this week, eight of them freshmen, with names and origins spanning North Ridgeville Gloucester Amherst Eaton Detroit Cherokee Philadelphia and more. No new registrations will be taken next week while final opening preparations proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School
Elyria
Domrie Venturella
North Ridgeville
Mary K. Spitin
Glouster
Audrey Leininger
Amherst
Mardell M. Cherry
Collins
Mary Rita Radican
Ethel Kerley
Eaton
Rugine Toth
Detroit
Michigan
Juanita Bozemitt
Cherokee
Alabama
Suran Spike
Philadelphia
Firemen Answer Four Calls in Elyria Branches
Firemen answered four calls yesterday. Three grass fires burned areas near Bellfield and Longford Avenues, North Logan street, and between Bon Air and Wesley streets. The fourth call reported a storage pile fire at Colson Corporation lot. discarded overalls on coal were found burning. Cause undetermined for the grass fires. a discarded cigarette cited for the fourth. Mrs Rey Able and Mrs Helen Charmes helped fight the blazes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Colson Corporation
Pine Street
Vet Square
Bellheld A
Longford Avenues
Greeley Avenue
North Logan Street
New York Central Railroad
Bon Air
Wesley Streets
Sycamore Street
Tuck
Youth Group Returns From Lakeside Trip and Local Visits
Youth Fellowship members return Saturday afternoon from Lakeside. Rev Thompson on vacation plans to attend Bowing Green university, while Rev McAlpin of Elyria fills pulpit Sunday. Camp duties resume for Donald Beremard. changes in residence noted for Wilson Fortune and the Fortunes. Families moved to Rout road south. several locals relocate near Cleveland road. Texas visit planned for Captain and Mrs Hugh Black and party, with attendance at Camp Barkeley. Funeral services and illness notes appear among area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EF. &.Thompson
Ning
Youth Fellowship
Lakeside
Thompson
Steubenville
School of Religion
Bowing Green Universty
Ed. McAlpin
Elyria Wall
Pulpit
Augusta
Donald Beremard
Wilson Fortune
Haine Force
Rod. Fortune
Rout Road
Bo Coe
George Mattisala Thessaos
Cleveland Road
Rsigesville
Texas
Hugh B Black Aba
Death Records for Molison and Kenton in local obits
Two death notices appear. Russell Molison of Shaddon Road Stop 5 died at 4 10 p m after a yearlong illness at age 39. Surviving wife Bessie, now with the WAC in Washington D C, and his mother Mrs Maude Molisan. Funeral 2 30 p m Tuesday at Thompson Funeral Home Levin officiated by Rev W H Linville. burial Elmwood. Merwyn C Kenton 41 of Kipton died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after brief illness. born Wakeman October 40 1902. survived by widow Margarette and son Mervyn Dell, father Charles Yon Wakeman, sister Mrs Earl Green of Brighton, brothers Leland and Roy of Wakeman. Funeral from Tim Gerber Funeral Home Saturday 2 30 p m with Rev F E Eastman presiding. burial Wakeman Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Molison Rusself
Molison
Shaddon Road
Lotain
Blyris
Lotain High School
Christian Temple Fnr Lorsain
National Tube Company
Bessie
WAC
Washington, D .C
Maude Molisan
Shaddon Tard
Thompson
Levin
W. H. Linville
Burlat
Elmwood
Merwyn
Kenton
Warkeman
Merwyn C
Kenyou
D. Kipton
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Wakeman
Golsson Co
Elyria
Wakeman Masonic Lidge
Elyria Meal
Margarette
Mervyn Dell
Charles Kenyon
Earl Green
Brighton
Leland
Roy
Tim. Gerber
Sturday
F. E. Eastman
Wakeman Congregational Church
Wakes Man Cemetery
OPA News: damaged certificates and ration tokens rules
A torn certificate remains valid only if more than half is present and it shows the due value and original holder's name. The same rule applies to a mutilated coupe or stamp and a ration token. Canned fruits with hermetically sealed containers carry punch values as with other canned goods.
West River Road Society Notes
Mrs Bertha Beese of Oberlin and Mrs Kathryn Beese of West River Road visit their sister in Fremont and hostesses in Elyria share dinners with many relatives. The item lists numerous family visits and social guests from St Petersburg to Vermilion with dinners at multiple homes over a period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West River Road Society
West River Road
Bertha Beese
Oberlin
Kathryn Beese
Anna Welch
Fremont
Nancy Hinman
Berhin Heights
Tesday
Beryl
Beverly Poherence
E A White
Edith Whine
Charlotte Burnette
Peggy
St Petersburg
Florida
W. Bruce
North Amherst
Fred Sehnauck
Sarah ‘Thompson
South Amherst
W.O. Morris
Elsna
J. G. Morris
Frankie Bevse
Gov. Fiehhorn
Gorge
Andrew Bohorenee
Ford Road
Flr
J. J. Conk
Margaret Cooker
A. Sigith
Lois
Joe Camora
Vermilion
Madge Pixley
Geraldine
Elyria
Donea Jean Engle
Detroit
Mich
Wo Wy Marlett
Rochester May 7 Service Honors Local Scientist
A Rochester ceremony on May 7 honors scientist Jaege Fo Jaomesent for lifelong contributions. Community leaders, researchers, and residents attend at the local hall to recognize his work, with remarks from AML officials and a display of his research milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Rvices
Rog Mal and the Sit Plaesti in Flighty Local Column
Fragmentary OCR reads like a garbled note on Rog Mal and the Sit Plaesti with hints of a convergence, a gap. The text references The Hert Arias Converging On Gap and a Bow outed ls Rea Aesti with mentions of Pie et Ro teas ey Mal.
Former Elyrian Dies In Calif
John S. Wilson, retired steel worker and former Elyrian, died at his Santa Monica home August 25 after a year of ill health. Born in London, he came to the United States as a youth, worked in steel, and retired from the V. S. Steel Corporation. Surviving are five daughters and four sons, seven grandchildren, and a wife who died last December. Funeral arrangements are pending arrival of family members from the east.
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John S. Wilson
Santa Monica
Cal
Ater
London
Englad
Andrew
Mary Wilson
United States
V8. 5. Corporation
Lorain County
West River Road
Anna Corella Wilson
Lillian Hardy
Kathryn Chambers
Elydla
Sylvia Harpster
Akron
Virginia Castati
Temple City
Florence £. Wilson
Detroit
Mich
William Wilson
Cleveland
O. Stanley Wilson
New York City
John F Wilson
Washington
D.C
Herbert
Cpl Huffman Weds Akron Girl in Wadsworth
Cpl Hugh Huffman home from overseas on 30 day furlaugh married Aug 17 in Wadsworth to Gertrude Vincynt of Akron. The Huffmans left Friday for Miami Fla. Cpl Huffman is son of Mr and Mrs Earl Huffman of Elyria R D 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Hugh Huffman
Wadsworth
Gertrude Vincynt
Akron
Chronicle-Telegram
Huffman
Miami
Fla
Earl Huffman
Elyria
R. D
Court House Roundup of Divorce and Alimony Filings
A series of divorce and alimony actions were filed or decided. Names include Robert J. Harding of 349 Oxford avenue versus Della of 685 East River street married 1943 for neglect and cruelty. Irene E. Maringer of 193 Longfellow street versus Arnold married 1949 with two children. Josephine Martin of Griswold road against Nick married 1929 with one child. Faye Lawson of Lorain against Victor married last April 27. Lynden M. Brownhard vs Flora of 117 Elbe street married 1942 with plaintiff in armed services. Frank Weavon versus Mervyn dismissed on motion. Violet Ariangoan granted a divorce from Frederick restored to Varney. Transfer of 2.00 dollars from Wellsington township road and bridge fund to general fund approved by Judge Findley. Ray Po Horning of Cleveland fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding 60 on Oberlin road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Harding
Oxford Avenue
Della
East River Street
Lynden M. Browahd
R. D. J. Spencer
Flora
Elbe Street
Armed Services
Violet Ariingoan
Frederick
Guy J. Findley
Varney
Wellsington Township
Guy B. Findley
Winners in Horse and Cattle Depts Announced at Fair
Winners in horse and cattle divisions were announced at the Lardis County Fair. Top horse honours went to Willard Roby for Percheron horses and to Guy Radcliffe for Chippewa Lake Belgian team. Cattle grand champions included Dalton and Sons for Holstein and Ayrshire titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Tral
Fosse
Fblé
Lardis County Falé
Champion O
Percheron Ieath
Willard Roby
Chippewa Lake
Guy Radcliffe
Camden
Leach
Mev and Sons
Deromeville
Willard Rob
Boyd McConnell and Son
Wellington
Jereseys
Glenroe
Mohns
Spencer
Mine Sweeper To Be Launched At Lorain Thursday
Lorain officials report the U S 5 Surf Bied, a 20 foot mine sweeper, will be launched at the Lorain yards of American Ship Building Co next Thursday. The vessel will be christened Mrs F W Chambers in Cleveland by the navy ship building department. In other news Mike Bring of West River Way was fined 13 and costs by Mas AR Agate today after a reckless driving arrest. Police chased him at 70 mph on Cleveland street and captured him when a flat tire impeded him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pho
Wade
Comneitie
Lorain
U.S
Surf
Lorin Yards
American Ship Building Co
F. W. Chambers
Navy
Cleveland
Mike Bring
West River Rey
Mas. AR. Agate
Cleveland Street
Markets Show Quotations From Toledo Grain Prices
Market notes list prices for poultry live beef and pork. Grain closes show No 2 yellow corn at 1.58 No 2 white oats and No 3 white oats listed with varying quotes. Beans and other commodities appear with scattered figures as of November 2.
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Toledo
St's
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Dean Harens
Gladys George
Gals Sondergaard
David Bruce
Tayetn
G 'Hind
Rales
Bing Crosby
Barry Fitzgerald
Frank Hdghogh
Porter Hall
Fortunda
RISE _STEVENS
Bing
Capitol
Charles Laughton
Margaret O'Brien
Robert Yeuing
Canterville
Capitol Theatre
William Gargan
Donna Adams
le Wate
Agity
Albert Moupe
Seane
Ameoran
Corbi End Melun
Eds
Breton
Brest
Itu
Umea
Oklahoma
Axis
Health Dept
Woodford Ave
Erie
Agua Noy
Pere
Niobe
Renee
Chatham
Chatham - Lester Reot
Caigrd
Berta
Bestur
Misshee
Antimed
Barta
Tito
Waynes
Bayee
E.hs
OPA News
Jaycee Penson
Pots Penson
Colling
Floyd Mobley
Katherine
Matthews Jett
Thea Horge
Soplas
Tropa
Sudro-Curtis Ambulance
Elyrian
Calif
Cpl. Huffman
Irene E. Maringer
Longfelow Street
Arnold
Josephine Martin
Griswold Rand
Nick
Faye Lawson
Victor
Frank Weavon
Mervyn
Plainiff
Tolay
Ray Po Horning
Justice of the Peace
C. C Lord
Oberlin Road
Elk’s Restaurant
H. J. Haller
Robinson Dry Cleaning
Robinson's
DRY Cleaners
Robinson the Dry Clegner
Middle Avenue
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