Local Grange Officers and Thanksgiving Social Notes
The piece lists election results for Grange officers including overseers and stewards, mentions retiring masters Carl Selzer and David Fletcher, and notes a December 12 farewell meeting. It then recounts Thanksgiving visits and gatherings in the New London area with multiple families hosting relatives from Hartland Ridge to Toledo and Clarksfield. It ends with a historic note on the first wire drawing mill built by Nathaniel Miles in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1775.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Clime
Clifford Krebs
Nancy de Lapp
Ruth Ann Rounds
Clarence Rounds
Ronnie Krebs
Forest Fletcher
Jimmy Fletcher
Ruth Clark
Judy Clark
Grace
Russell
Rita Gessner
Bonnie Rounds
Karen Clark
Elver Clark
LeRoy Stober
Ceres
Katherine Johnson
Margo Krebs
Pomonas
Ona Stober
Lois Gessner
Floras
Marjorie Selzer
Susan Burrows
Jeanne Fletcher
Sandra Stober
Lila Rose Garner
Oma Booth
Grange
Carl Selzer
Dick Dauch
Bully Johnson
Nathaniel Miles
Nor‘wich
Connecticut
Ore Ships Near Season Goal as Great Lakes Trade Winds Down
The Great Lakes ore fleet neared its 75 million ton target as the season winds down in 1952. By Monday the total reached 74,499,094 tons with 980,759 more tons added, despite bad weather. The M A Hanna freighter Joseph H Thompson headed to Sandusky for winter layup after a record ore load of 18,664 tons at Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Joseph H. Thompson
Sandusky
Thompson
Detroit
Lakes
Covered Bridges Survive In Ohio County
In Ashtabula County Ohio authorities report a remaining cluster of historic covered bridges. Twenty relics exist and eighteen remain in daily use though all have been braced repaired re-roofed and reinforced over time. Most date from 1820 to 1900 and plans call for replacement over years. Eleven were torn down between 1924 and 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashtabula
Ashtabula County
Researchers To Build Cabin In Clouds In Rockies
The Colorado Institute of Arctic and Alpine Ecology plans a 12,000 foot high project in the Rockies with 50 mile per hour gales and sub zero weather. Led by Dr. John W Marr the team will craft a steel panel cabin using carpentry and metal work to study forests and water supplies in the mountain states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder, Colo
Colorado Institute of Arctic and Alpine Ecology
Rockies
John W. Marr
Gingham Swing Dances At Grafton School Saturday
Grafton school hosts a Gingham Swing party with square and novelty dancing led by James Wagner of Lorain after a 6 oclock box social. Clayton Sooy auctions adult boxes for two with table service. children’s boxes include lunch for one. Proceeds fund school rental and director. church sponsors the event with a variable price for dancing separate from supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Grafton School
James Wagner
Lorain
Clayton Sooy
Wakeman Eastern Star honors retiring officer
Mrs Ben Booth, worthy matron of Wakeman chapter, received gifts from officers at the Tuesday meeting. Also recognized were Worthy Matron and Patron Mrs Virginia Neuburger and George Orfer of Halcyon chapter, and past Matron Mrs Hazel Welch of Wakeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksfield
Ben Booth
Wakeman
Order of Eastern Star
Virginia Neuberger
George Orfer
Halcyon
Collins
Hazel Welch
Local clubs hold meetings and plan Christmas events
Chapter members sat in East seats and held a memorial service including a retiring matron's farewell. Frances Byron sang Our Best To You as Mrs Welch accompanied. White Joe Garden Club met at Mrs Orpha Williams home on Chenango Road with Minnie Seiler opening as president. Members planned Christmas gifts to Clarksfield Merry Maids 4 H and service men. They scheduled an all day December 31 meeting at Mrs Kate Knapp home with pot luck dinner and a Christmas exchange. Floyd Garner and David Dauch were elected worthy masters at Community Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lirs Booth
Frances Byron
Welch
Kathleen Hurst
Byron
Katherine Winnen
Sharon Lucas
Becky McIntyre
White Joe Garden Club
Orpha Williams
Chenango Road
Minnie Seiler
Clarksfield Merry Maids
Service Men's
Kate Knapp
Knapp
Williams
Bertha Twaddle
Floyd Garner
David Dauch
Community Hall
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Norman Merrill
Merrill
Clarence Harris
LeRoy Harris
Jackie
Virginia Harris
Noreen
Loren
George Wargo Jr
Jean
Frank Kettel
Lincoln Hopkins
Greenwich
George Clark
Toledo
J. J. Krebs
Andrew Clark
Kipton
Linn Kelley
Emma Kelley
Laurence Kelley
Colleen
Wayne Garner
Leanna Springer
Route 60
Clinton Street
New London
Christine Jorgensen
George Jorgensen, Jr
Christine
Copenhagen
Denmark
New York
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Cleveland — Marine News
Ohio County
Marr
C-T
Tappan
Lyd
Dunham's
SAVE
Emc Linea Ls
BUY Direct
Elyria
R. Fling
MIAO
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H.p
Ford Dealer's
G.V.W
Ford
G.W.W
Pickering & Schwed Motor CO
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