Elyria WWI Red Cross memory and civic effort recalled
A retrospective piece recalls Elyria in 1918 showing children knitting for Red Cross lap robes, wartime drives like Won Hour A Week, war savings stamps, and community support. It notes local figures, the Chamber of Commerce aid to soldiers, housing needs, wheatless days, and home service for families, ending with reflections on the era and local memories.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Gates School
Mildred Findlay
Bessy Gill
Evelyn Brillhart
Rhinelander
Wis
Evelyn Brillhart Brown
Elyria
Sammies
Sam
Evening Telegram
Chronicle-Telegram
Juliette Endly
Elyria High
Boston
Telegram
The
France
Belgium
Home Service
Elyrians
Savage Jewelry
Asaph Jones
City Service
Special athletes inspire seniors to start moving again
Readers meet two elderly fitness pioneers Julia Dolce age 78 and Dr Paul Spangler age 88 who defy age limits by winning medals and chasing new records. Dolce trained at a YMCA Masters program and aims for the 1989 Senior Olympics and International Masters Championships. Spangler began running at 67, now touring the world and aiming to run to 100, then 96, proving age does not define achievement. A second item blasts Medicaid fraud by New York podiatrists, with 67 defendants and $13 million in fines. readers urged to report suspected fraud to the Medicaid prosecutor’s office or via this column.
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Julia Dolce
Clearwater
Fla
Julia
YMCA
Women’s Swimming Association of
New York
Baltimore
Rio de Janeiro
St. Louis
Arizona
Paul Spangler
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Spangler
50 Plus Magazine
Edward J. Kuriansky
Iab
Jeffrey Simon
New City
Kuriansky
State Medicaid Fraud Centre
Simon
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