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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1942
Page
11
Amherst and Clearview contend for the Loop title as the season nears its end. The race features standout players from both sides, with strong performances shaping the outcome amid Northern Indiana play. Venable and Deaton noted among top performers as fans anticipate a decisive finish.
Local bowling scene features Service Team posting 2,727 to top the scoring charts. Fly ers Bowling Conte and Blue Sky Ton Paced teams claim multiple wins as Morticians Set Pace in club standings.
A garbled page describes multiple games and players across teams with scattered scores and events. Mentions include various surnames and partial team references, a wide range of oddities, and unclear outcomes. The readable content hints at a busy schedule but lacks coherent results or clear conclusions.
Alsab sails to the Bahamas for a debut in 140 yards, with bets and field weights noted. The field includes top rivals as Kentucky Derby connections and Ben F owned entries, shaping a crowded lineup and anticipated run at St. Petersburg turf course.
Last night bowling at local alleys is listed with social roundups from Medina County. Numerous residents including Mr and Mrs J Golladay, Mr and Mrs Avery Chipp, Mr and Mrs Archle Packard, and others hosted and visited family and friends. The Red Cross war fund drive is now on with a $10,000 goal. many local households and organizations are named as solicitors.
Detained notice lists mills rated for Lorain County for 1941. The document references tax rate figures and assessments. It appears to be an official public notice from county authorities regarding tax levies and property valuations.
The Sons of the American Legion are collecting old paper in Elyria this morning. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Red Cross.
County agent will speak on soils and best practices, presenting as part of a four week series from Cleveland. The program airs Saturdays at 1:01 pm, featuring northeastern Ohio counties and local growers.
A building permit was issued by Building Inspector Hart Dicea for a new home at 303 Foster Avenue. John and Julia Tak are the owners. The one story frame dwelling will sit on a 34 by 26 foot foundation and cost about 4500 dollars. Builder is F Monroe.
A garbled wartime account recounts Filipino leaders and a controversial figure labeled a traitor for aiding Japanese forces during the invasion. It notes that General Douglas MacArthur reported loyalty to his nation, while public figures involved faced shifting allegiances and subsequent capture or exile as U.S. and Allied troops moved to retake the Philippines.
Several minor traffic accidents were reported to police and sheriff departments in the past 26 hours. Vehicles sustained fenders and bodies damaged in collisions on East River Street Route 10 Elmpton Cedar Street and near Brown Hotel. Drivers named include Kenneth Crawford George H Bickel Robert Rudy Bernice Fowler Ernest Bassett and others with limited accompanying details.
Miss Esther Kaetvel of Novak spent the weekend with her sister Miss Miriam Kaetzel at the William Steck home. She attends Baldwin-Wallace College. The School Masters club of Medicine counted meals served by the Womens Guild. The Presidents Birthday balls drew a large crowd, with a birthday cake given to Mrs Fred Griesheimer. Nearly $200 was raised for the Infantile Paralysis fund.
Carlisle Mrs Burt Eddy is out again after illness confinement at Butternut Ridge. Fast Carlisle residents donate books to Victory Book Drive and can drop at East Carlisle School between February 11 and 25 for the traveling library wall pickup. Phoebe Bruhner of Painesville visits at son Paul Bruhner’s Chestnut Ridge home. Larthday Vern Lence and George Adis with their spouses in Wellington. Registration for civilian defense volunteer enrollment held at the school February 46 with county chairman R. E Snedden and members Stanle Long Ward Carr R W Grim Homer Kohli. First Aid classes to be announced soon.
Lorain County Board of Education voted to move its regular meeting to 8 pm from 1 30 pm on the hot Friday of each month but unchanged date. This year meetings start earlier in Winter months and now at 8 pm as clocks move ahead for wartime. Elyria and Lorain schools follow the policy. drivers certificate issued to Russell Searler for Camden Township. WPA book repair project reports 175 books repaired last month total 29293 to date.
Lorain County fruit growers will gather at 2 30 pm Wednesday at the Zlyca MCA for a meeting headlined by Leon Havis from the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station and Frank Beach from Ohio State University Extension. Havis will discuss stone and small fruits while Beach covers apples and related crops.
Joseph W Schaefer 78 owner of the Phoenix Hotel Findlay innkeeper since 1905 died in a To Jedy hospital. Mrs Elan Miller witnessed the Pearl Harbor attack and arrived in Chester W Va to visit family. Two Montgomery county men died from asphyxiation in separate accidents Vern Wegley and Carl Henze. Dr H W Arndt 70 cattle raiser and former Guernsey county commissioner died yesterday.
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