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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1942
Page
14
Four Elyria youths enlisted in the Navy on January 1, 1942, at Lorain Ohio’s Navy recruiting station. They include James Bernard Boyle of 146 Elk Street, John Frederick Rogers of 331 North Su, Arthur Alexander Wallace of 187 Bath, and Leonard James Monro of 210 furnace Street. Each is the son or relative of local residents and will undergo recruit training before serving in the U S Navy.
The Lorain County National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reorganized for the 1942 campaign. T Sartor becomes chapter chair, Dr L B Kerr is health commissioner and act chair, J G Roth treasurer, A H Waters secretary. executive committee includes Ben Weintraub and others. Postmasters and officials across Elyria Lorain Oberlin Amherst Wellington Grafton join as members to plan county efforts supervised by the county chapter. Campaign planned in January with emphasis around Roosevelt's birthday and a new service committee led by Dr Kerr and Miss Ruth Paddock. The reorganized charter lists 71 members including mayors, doctors, and local officials.
Fragmentary obituary style notice references a funeral, a misnamed name and a correction effort. The readable portion mentions Albert and a family name error, implying an intended correction in a funeral notice context. The text is incomplete but signals a naming correction in a memorial notice.
A fragmentary note describes a home on Turloopgil route shown with dewy sheets and a nearby river or route. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but imply a setting around a rural roadway and house. No full names or dates are recoverable from the readable text.
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