Lorain County Women Begin Feet And Shoes Study
Lorain County women’s groups start the shoes and feet project as part of the 1937 38 extension program. Meetings in La Grange Lake Avenue Wellington Grafton and Brighton cover foot structure fitting shoe care and exercises, aiming to reduce fatigue headaches and improve appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
County Extension Service
Frances Eckert
Paul Sage
la Grange
Lake Avenue
Wellington
Grafton School
Brighton
Miss Eckert
Value Of Lime On Farm Cited
Ohio State University extension agronomist D R Dodd says lime on soils is the most profitable farm investment. Tests show lime improves yields across crops. in rotations corn oats and alfalfa with lime yield gains far exceed application costs. He urged farmers to start with lime to grow clovers or alfalfa and sustain income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
D. R. Dodd
Extension Agronomiat
Ohio State University
Dodd
Ohio Experiment Station
County Horse Group Wins Second Honors In State Contest
Wyandot County won first prize in the state draft horse program contest, Lorain County placed second, Seneca third, and Hancock fourth. Prizes totaling 240 dollars were awarded based on member numbers, past improvement work, horse shows in 1937, Four-H clubs, and local promotional activities. Judges included Dean John Cunningham, B. B. Spohn, and L. L. Rumelt. Wyandot County reported 6 340 horses, 144 members, with 110 animals exhibited and 875 attendees at the county banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyandot County
Lorain County
Seneca County
Hancock
B. B. Spohn
Ohio State University
L. L. Rummelt
Ohio Warmer
Horse Improvement Association
Animal County
van Wert
Krox
Williams
Habit Guides Many Farm Plows In Ohio
Ralph M Baxter of Zanesville with the Soil Conservation Service says habit guides farming on many Ohio farms. He notes old ideas resist modern methods and has worked in 20 Southeastern counties to reduce soil erosion. After three years, farmers report stopping soil wash by adopting strip cropping and contour farming and wonder why they delayed. A farmer at a meeting viewed erosion pictures shown by Baxter, illustrating the impact of these practices.
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Ohio
Ralph M. Baxter
Zanesville
Soil Conservation Service
Bazter
Bazler
Vermilion Team Wins In Potato Judging Contest
Vermilion team from Erie county won the potato judging contest during Farmers Week, with other winners in apple judging including Versailles and Suffield. Individual leaders named include Harold Cross, John Gasson, Marvin Brandt, and Thomas Miller among others from Savannah, Versailles, Suffield, and Ashland.
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Columbus
Uhio Suite University
Savannah
Ashland
Vermilion
Erie County
Versailles
Darke County
Suffield
Fortage
Fredericktown
Kunos
Liberty Center
Henry
Jackson Township
Darke
Sunbury Rural
Monroe
Newton Township
Miami
Rawson
Hancock
Austinbure
Ashtabula
Harold Cross
John Gasson
Marvin Brandt
Thomas Millar
Stanley Grey
Leo Lotz
Frederiktown
John Gravis
Jamey Crifse
Kenneth ‘Thomas
Joe Yingst
Victor Diller
Hal Township
Clark
John Brown
Franklin
Robert Opfer
Berlin Rural
Erie
Melvin Distelhorst
Norwich
Duane Kramer
Carey
Wyandot
Farmer Adopts Strip Cropping To Stop Erosion
A skeptical farmer, urged by Bazler at a meeting, redesigns his fields by moving fences and contouring rows to strip crop. The farm becomes a demonstration of strip cropping’s value and inspires others to follow, ending long uphill plowing habits that caused soil loss.
Bulletin Describes Hardships Of Early Farmers In Ohio
Ohio farmers unable to meet payments on their farms owe twenty million dollars for land northwest of the Ohio River. The bulletin notes substantial debts and financial strain among early agricultural settlers, highlighting economic distress and looming consequences for property holders in the region.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio River
Celery Harvesting and Other Farm Ideas From Indiana
Weekly Farm Paper Review highlights on farm methods and crops. Details on celery harvesting crews in northern Indiana muck farms, corn yields from A C Brown of Ripley County, soybean hay for horses per Illinois trials, oyster shell for eggs, folding nest doors to reduce breakage, bromegrass spread in the Corn Belt, new red clover from central Europe, superphosphate boosts on clover seed yields, and a scarecrow design using mirrored panels to deter crows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Illinois Experiment Station
Ohio farming in 1920s depicts debt and forest clearing
W A Lloyd's Ohio Experiment Station bulletin "The Agriculture of Ohio" portrays agriculture in 1920 as debt ridden for many north of the Ohio River. It details pioneer forest clearing, barter currency, and early whiskey production from corn, with 1820 census noting 552 distilleries and home consumption of most outputs.
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Ohio River
W. A. Lloyd
Ohio Experiment Station
Agriculture of Ohio
Lloyd
Ohionieneer
Ohio
New York
Connecticut Western Reserve
Western Reserve
Vegetable Growers To Hold Conference At Avon Next Week
Preparations are nearly complete for the 1938 county vegetable growers conference to be held February 10 and 11 at Avon. The event opens February 10 evening with afternoon and evening sessions on February 11. Scheduled speakers include H G C Young on disease control Robert Salter on fertilizers and placement T H Parks on insect control Harl Jones on plowed down crops for vegetable soil and Howard Rutnik a commercial grower from Orwell. The Ohio State University travel program is noted.
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Avon
H. G C. Young
Robert Salter
T. H. Parks
Harl Jones
Howard Rutenik
Orwell
Ohio State University
Tax Foreclosure File Adds Wide Range of Debtors
Additional tax foreclosure cases filed with the clerk of courts list numerous debtors across Elyria Lorain and nearby towns. Amounts shown include Edith Kiplinger 1080.67, Freder icka Puls 17.85, Anna Filcheck 32.91, Eliza fugenia Boyden 17.24, and many others with sums from under 2 to over one thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Nlershey
Elyvia
Willam T. Foss
Nelson Freeman
Elyria
Louise Brown Sawyer
Agnes B. Fay
Lawrence Benninger
Mike and Vizella Luczt
Lorain
John Chobrda
Sarah Cobb
George Arbutina
George and
Julia Dorogi
Elizabeth Faber
Foster Morrison
Winifred Barry
BP. McLaughlin
Sheffield Lake
Anna Filcheck
N. S. Buswell
John Ehrman
Edith Kiplinger
Avon Lake
Henry Skalak
Ridgeville
Mary Mahon
Fairview Building and Land Company
Fredericka Puls
Cercelia Sibel
Eliza Fugenia Boyden
Mike Sandor
John McNulty
Eilyria
Theodore G. Gehl
Rupert Paden
George L. Sweet
Ernest Wiltert
Clarissa M. Tait
Charlie Tracht
Ida A. Rosecrans
Clara Smith
Fred W. Jackson
May McAvoy Retires to Marry, Now Devoted to Family
In Hollywood May McAvoy, once a top screen star, now happily retired to marry Maurice Cleary and devote herself to her son. She has embraced life away from the spotlight, while Hollywood launches Annabelle with a 1 million dollar budget opposite William Powell. Also noted is Dave Webber, turning dialect coaching into a business for film stars, teaching 60 dialects.
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Hollywood
May McAvoy
Los Angeles
Maurice Cleary
May
Tirza
Annabelle
Annabell
William Powell
Dave Webber
Soil testing at Lorain County conference site
A soil testing laboratory will be present at the conference scene to take samples of Lorain County soils. Samples will be sent to the lab on opening night and tests are scheduled for the next day.
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Eling Soil Testing Laboratory
Lorain County
67 Students Win Places On Honor Roll At Wellington
Wellington, Ohio February 2 honor roll announced for elementary grades across six weeks and semester. Names include Miss Davis First grade students Janet Blakeley Wanda Moore Juan BeVier Norma Barber Russell Frazier Helen Hewes and others across multiple grades. The semester list adds Donald Madro David Andrews Marie Buck Neil Gibbins Latrh. Businessmen plan volleyball at school gym 7:30 pm backed by Kiwanis with P.M. in charge.
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Wellington
Ohio
Wellington School
Ag Flollows
Miss Davis
Janet Blakeley
Wanda Moore
Juan BeVier
Norma Dean Barber
Russell Frazier
Helen Hewes
Miss Phelps
Kenneth Avery
Max Boise
Mary Brandt
Eugene Dague
Helen
Florence
John Goetz
Lila Peabody
Lola Smith
Mary Temm
Richard Wynn
Miss Hopkins
Ralph
Paul Brandt
Maureen Me
Cormick
Donald Madro
David Andrews
Marie Buck
Neil Gibbins
Noted Stage Stars Stir in Hollywood Feuds and New Star Anthony Averin
In Hollywood, Franchot Tone faces criticism as actors debate his charisma while Anthony Averin, an English-descendant paperman born February 1 in St. Louis, emerges as a likely Rhett Butler candidate. Averin, 28, 6'2" 180 lbs, Loyola College alumnus, is single and dislikes giggling women. Gary Gooper recalls a virile outdoorsman with a gun cabinet yet never fired a shot.
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Anthony Averin
Anthony
Massachugells Colony
St. Louis
Loyola College
Chicago
Rhett Butler
Gary Gooper
McNaught Syndicate
Wellington Students to Enter Clearview Music Contest
Wellington school pupils listed for a music contest at Clearview including Anna Haswell Wilma Brewer Merle Baumgardner Beverly Baker Mary Mariette Ireta Page Edith Barnes Mary Ebersole Nancy Arnold Jean White side piano Donald Brenner Lois Breyley Betty Long violin Jean Gibbins Betty Wiles trombone Miriam Sanders Lila Eglin clarinet Kathryn Piper Verna Walters Violet Long Wilma Brewer cello Laura McConnell bass viol Richard Buswell Nettie Naegele Jack Bear vocal Marcy Powell will address the Kiwanis club on Understanding the French Their Life and Customs. Oberlin Men’s Glee Club concert at Herrick Auditorium Thursday 8 pm under Morgan-Dirlam Post. Other notices include church services at Church of Christ and various local club meetings and social events.
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Clearview
Wellington
Anna Haswell
Wilma Brewer
Merle Baumgardner
Beverly Baker
Mary Mariette
Lreta Page
Edith Barnes
Mary Ebersole
Nancy Arnold
Jean Whiteside
Donald Brenner
Lois Breyley
Betty Long
Jean Gibbins
Betty Wiles
Miriam Sanders
Lila Eglin
Kathryn Piper
Verna Walters
Violet Long
Wilma’ Brewer
Jacquelin Link
Mary Hines
Carl Linder
Laura McConnell
Richard Buswell
Nettle Naegele
Jack Bear
Marcy Powell
Kiwanis Club
Powell
Paris
Oberlin
Herrick Auditorium
Morgan-Dirlam Post
American Legion
Church of Christ
Weekend guests and local notes from Cleveland to Wellington
Weekend visitors include Caoarles Lam Peu and son Robert from Cleveland who escaped injuries after a truck collision. In local life Mrs W L Wadsworth plans on seeing Mrs Robert Andrews in Gibsonburg. Marjorie Young returned to Baldwin Wallace College after a week with her mother. Adelbert Knapp and Relpn Grey of Baldwin Wallace spent the weekend at home in Wellington. The Warner family, new tenants at 8 K Warner farm, work for M L Hopkins. George Warner and Aiden Palmer of Cleveland are in St. Petersburg for an open-ended stay. The Harmony Circle M E Aid Society meets at the church due to illness. Mr and Mrs S B Turner are indisposed. Helen Beam visited Huntington. Dorothy Leininger and daughter Annabelle visited Mrs Mabel Beam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caoarles Lampeu
Robert
Cleveland
Albert Melch
W. L. Wadsworth
Robert Andrews
Gibsonsburg
Marjorie Young
Baldwin-Wallace College
Adelbert Knapp
Relpn Grey
Wellington
Harry Wagner
Lakewood
Ted Lybrandt
Spencer
St. Petersburg
Fla
T. M. Warner
Sul Hay
South Main Street
Norman Griggs
Harmony Circle
M. E. Aid Society
B. Turner
Helen Beam
Huntington
Dorothy Leininger
Annabelle
Mabel Beam
New Locomotive May Revolutionize Transportation
A steam electric locomotive tested by General Electric engineers in Erie aims to revolutionize railroad travel. Built for Union Pacific, the unit uses steam to generate electricity to power the train, with a second unit planned for faster development. The design includes a high pressure boiler, a condenser, a steam turbine generator, and a compact control switch board, and is expected to haul about 1000 tons.
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Erie
General Electric
United Press
Union Pacific Railroad
Far West
General Eilectric
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