Grafton Teacher Miss Tran, Lorain Schools’ Dean
Miss Winifred Tran, first grade instructor and principal at Grafton Elementary, has a 40 year association with Lorain County schools. Since 1914 she guided 234 pupils, shaping careers of doctors and educators, while adapting teaching methods to changing times and technologies.
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Lorain County
Kurt Wachenheim
Winifred Tran
Grafton
Loram County
Baldwin University
Baldwin-Wallace
Edward Kubduski
Dorothy McG
Berniece Basinsky
Miss Tran
Belden School
BW Preparatory School
Ilness
Bruce B. Cox
Cox
Tran
EBW
County System
Yank Equipment Reclaims War Ravaged Land Near Giessen
Army engineers reclaim over 80 acres near Giessen transforming shell cratered fields into ready-to-farm plots. Bulldozers cleared holes and leveled terrain while distributing rich topsoil to aid refugees and local gardeners. Officers and soldiers from the 354th and 344th Battalions led off duty efforts and civic projects for a cooperative housing effort.
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Giessen
Germany
Army
354Th Engineer
1354Th
Vito D. Stipo
Brooklyn
Richard R. Johnson
Dickson, Mich
Bernard Fuller
Redwood
Fifth Engineer Combat Battalion
344Th
Meters Rewards Highlight City Traffic Standoff Echo
Elyria eyes a one day parking meter ban if it reaches a two year record without accidents mirroring Starkville Miss where Chief Josey plans the effort. The note also laments guarded crosswalks and praises Audubon centennial discoveries at Mill Grove near Norristown with bird banding origins.
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Elyria
J. E. Boggs
Starkville
Miss
Thomas Josey
Stariville
Boggs
New Key Lock Combination For Cars Foolproof
Hammond inventor George E St John has devised an automobile key lock that ejects the key when the engine stops. The system aims to prevent joy riding by removing the key from the ignition, potentially reducing car theft. He estimates a $1 added cost per car and cites past thefts as motivation.
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Hammond, Ind
Hammond Street
George E St. John
St. John
Taat Sr
Rermai
St Joan
Palmdale
Caché
Various 1950s headlines from Elyria news roundup
Foreign Minister Pyun opposes a Far East conference as neutrals criticize UN actions. McCarthy targets Army officials. Eisenhower briefed after California trip. Elyria sees roofed schools, a 152 dollar theft, and a five car crash. Lear Inc. earns safety trophy. zoning bids for TV station and protests over Turnpike routing surface.
Famed Cockermouth Home For Rent By National Trust
Ten room house in Cockermouth birthplace of poet William Wordsworth is for rent at 140 dollars yearly. The National Trust owns the property in Britain's Lake District and requires the tenant to keep it open to tourists during the summer season.
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Cockermouth
England
William Wadsworth
National Trust
Britain
Lake District
Australians Plan Antarctic Base Use Of Kista Dan Voyage
An Australian scientific party sailed from Melbourne aboard the Kista Dan to establish Australia's first permanent base in the Antarctic. External Affairs Minister Casey said the mission would assert claims and gather meteorological and scientific data, with 19 scientists to work through the winter using Weasel tracked vehicles and hickory sledges. The voyage began at Heard Island, with stops at Kerguelen Island to collect French observers, and a return plan to pick up Australian scientists already at Heard.
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Melbourne
Antarctic
Australia
Richard G. Casey
Heard
Macquarie Islands
Norway
Heard Island
Kergueler Island
Kista Dan
Ten Years Ago Highlights From February 27 1952 Chronicle
Henry Churchill King former Oberlin College president died at his home in Oberlin. President Roosevelt resisted liberalization of veterans compensation as budget pressures spread from the House to the Senate. Belgian cabinet resigned after deputies rejected a proposed commercial treaty with France. Charles M Schwab returned from Europe predicting Germany would recover and regain power.
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Henry Churchill King
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
France
Charlies M. Schwab
Europe
Germany
Cooperation Vital Library Here Sponsors Public School Program
The Elyria public library and 11 elementary schools operate a joint program funding and staffing school library facilities, catalogs, and materials. The school board covers facilities, reference books, and half the budget. the library supplies the other half and professional staff. Initiatives date back to 1938 when PTAs pushed to bring library access closer to students. Gates Edison Jefferson Allen Garford Hamilton Franklin Roosevelt McKinley and Eastern Heights joined between 1939 and 1952, with Rosenlee to join soon.
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Elyria
Elyria Library
Public Library
Board of Education
Ely School Pt.4
Elvria Library
Gates School
Edison
Jefferson
Allen
Garford
Hamilton
Franklin
Rosevelt
McKinley
Eastern Heights
Rosenlee
Martha S. Marble
Public Library Administration
Vivian Hackett
Leila Shultz
Ely
Nancy B. Warner
Roosevelt
Elizabeth Davis
Gates
Anne Mulholland
Allen and Garford
Winifred Emory
Page
P.T.A
Elyria Garden Club News and Spring Plant Notes
The Elyria Garden Club reports on library services in schools including book selection cataloging staffing and cooperation with administration and teachers. The Greater Cleveland Home and Garden Show runs March 6 to 14 with ticket deals and viewing tips. Hepatica crocuses and spring flowers are described with notes on their appearance, scarcity, and planting times. Maple sugar production data from 1887 to 1890 is cited along with a historical sugar bush memory and a sundial quote.
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John Rebenack
Library Department
American Library Association Bulletin
Greater Cleveland
Lorain County
Vermont
Ohio
Robson Farm
LaPorte
Elyria
Blind cave snail discovery at Meramec Caverns
Stanton Missouri reports a new blind cave snail species about 40 million years old found in an underground stream at Meramec Caverns. Discovered by Dr J P E Morrison of the National Museum Washington. Findings support shared geological history of Appalachians and Ozarks and their limestone cave systems.
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Stanton
Meramec Caverns
J. P. E. Morrison
United States National Museum
Washington, D. C
Appalachian
Jand Ozark
Amateur Builders Use Pattern to Erect Neighboring Guest Home
A Long Island couple built a second house on a small adjacent lot to house visiting parents or weekend guests. The one room structure serves as a summer cabin, guest space, or bachelor retreat and can expand into a larger home later. Pattern No. 84 provides full construction details and uses standard materials. Available from the Pattern Department, Chronicle Telegram, Pleasantville, N. Y. Read $1.
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Long Island
Pattern Department
Chronicle Telegram
Pleasantville
Test Rats Lead Lives Of Luxury
Minneapolis report says four rats hired by Minneapolis Honeywell to test a new plastic. Two rats get full meals plus plastic to gnaw, two get limited rations with unlimited plastic. One rat fed on plastic in la mode gnaws deeply, suggesting potential damage to the material.
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Broad Street
Minneapolis
Minnneapolis-Honeywell
Eeach Group
Igenus Rattus
Laboratory Technicans
Nightcaps Remain Popular at Paris-A Paris Store
The Paris-A Paris department store reports steady demand for nightcaps, selling about 1,000 annually. It notes two shoppers buy pajamas for every male nightgown request, reflecting seasonal apparel patterns and gifting trends.
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Paris
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Miss. Tran
America
John James Audubon
Audubon
Montgomery County
National Geographic Society
Mill Grove
Norristown
Perkioming Creek
Y. T. Pyun
South Korea
Far East
Big Four
Panmunjom
Earl Warren
Walter F. George
Congress
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Blue Sky Inn
Joseph McCarthy
Pakistan
U. S
India
Soviet Bloc
Korea
Clearview
FBI
Annie Lee Ross
McCarthy
Indochina
Laos
Mansfield
Ernest Sternbaum
Pius XII
Mildred Elbert
Walter P. Chisler
Eisenhower
California
Washington
GOP
Cleveland
Wilkes-Barre
Romeo
Lear Inc
Timbers
Common Pleas Court
W. A. Zaiss
Carlisle Township
Robert Stevens
Stevens
Egypt
Council
Mohammed Naguib
Syria
Adib Shishekly
Chronicle-Telegram
Library Here
Elyria Garden Club News
Elywood
Heman Ely
St. Patrick's Day
Franciscus Cupanii
Sicily
Doctor Overdale
Sheffield
Burnham
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