Bills Would Abolish County Coroners In Ohio Plan
Four bills proposed by the County Home Rule Association aim to restructure Ohio counties by consolidating welfare into a single county department, creating optional government forms, and replacing coroners with medical examiners. The proposal includes three flexible organizational plans with elected or appointed executives, centralized purchasing, and a modern budget system, with committees to study and sponsor the measures.
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Columbus
Qohto
General Assembly
County Home Rule Association
Ohio League of Women Voters
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
George Chandler
Coun
Board of Commissioners
Surveyor’s Office
Karl §. Dixon
R. E. Miles
The
Ohio Institute
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Local Purchasing Panel Announced in District
Atkinson of the social science Research council B F Downey of Springfield chairman of the centralized purchasing committee for this district of the National Purchasing Association and Mrs Arch Mandel Dayton identified as members in the briefing.
Lemon Sized Like Grapefruit Grown In New York
Medina New York amateur naturalist Frank Messino has grown a lemon the size of a grapefruit that can yield a full tumbler of juice. He produced a dozen such fruits weighing a pound or more by grafting a lemon shoot onto an orange tree. One specimen measured 15 inches in circumference.
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Medina
N. Y
Frank Messino
Messino
Eight Granges Meet At Columbia With 162 Members
Huntington Grange presented the program for the Acme Grange in a county wide contest at Columbia. Acme hosted the event with 69 members and Penfield, Ridgeville, Eaton, Old Glory, Ripton, and Belden contributed members. Juvenile Granges added 13 attendees. The program opened with a Huntington history read by Miss Rapking. Lunch followed. Next contest will feature Acme presenting for Wellington Grange next week.
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Huntington Grange
Rapking
A. H. Rapking
Maccabee Hall
Grange
Helen Easterdar
Nellie Nagele
Acme Grange
Wellington
Attorney General Names Stephen Young As Counsel
Attorney General Elect Herbert S. Duffy announced the appointment of Congressman at Large Stephen M. Young of Cleveland as special counsel. The post starts January 11. Young has run for governor and attorney general, served in the General Assembly 1913–17, was chief assistant prosecuting attorney of Cuyahoga County 1919–20, and served in the 73rd and 74th Congress after election in 1932.
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Columbus. C
Herberts. Duffy
Stephen M. Young
Cleveland
Rep. Young
General Assembly
Cuyahoga Country
New Oberlin Couples Spend New Year Visits
New Oberlin Mr and Mrs Alexander spent New Years Day at the Peltier home in Oberlin. Miss Jeanette Justin and Miss Marie Linden visited Miss Francis Mackett on Townline road. Mr and Mrs Matt Wohleber and two sons visited Mr and Mrs Urban Kinzel in Grafton. Mrs Lola Robertson and children spent New Years Day with Mr and Mrs Everett Hastings. Mr and Mrs Peter Meyers and their daughter and husband from Lorain spent New Years Eve with Mr and Mrs Frank Schmitz. Mr and Mrs Hastings spent one evening last Week at the Falkner home. Defects of character seem to attract disaster.
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Alexander
Peltier
Oberlin
Jeanette Justin
Marie Linden
Francis Mackett
Townline Road
Matt Wohleber
Urban Kinzel
Grafton
Lola Robertson
Lyle
Michigan
Everett Hastings
Peter Meyers
Lorain
Frank Schmitz
Hastings
Falkner
Farm Loan Group to Elect Five Directors
Lorain County National Farm Loan Association will elect five directors at its annual stockholders meeting in Elyria Savings and Trust Building at 1 15 P M next Wednesday. Current directors include Glenn Draper H T Breyley Diedrick Von Kamp J R Lees and Carl Webber. Officers Draper Breyley and Mat M Phillips serve as president vice president and secretary treasurer respectively. 1936 reports show 219 Federal Land Bank loans totaling 511 800 and 224 Land Bank Commissioner loans totaling 340 900 outstanding in Lorain County with loan demand down from the prior two years as emergency financing eased and farmers increased principal payments.
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Lorain County National Farm Loan Association
Elyria
Mat M. Phillips
Association
Federal Land Bank
Land Bank Commissioner
Lorain County
Social notes of Kipton area visitors and travelers
Kipton residents hosted and visited relatives during holidays and weekends. Mrs Minnie Bronson hosted New Year guests including Ray Baker and Dean Morgan, while Miss Margaret Geist of Oberlin visited her parents. Other locals welcomed visitors from Ashland Oberlin Euclid and Lorain, with travels to Canton Ridgeville Canton and Dayton for work and events.
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Rawson McCotter
Omaha
Nebraska
Minnie Bronson
George Miller
Ray Baker
Ashland
Dean Morgan
Richard Miller
Maxine
Margaret Geist
Oberlin
William Geist
Robert Waite
Ira Starkey
Thomas Short and
Euclid, Ohio
Mable Bronson
Dayton
F. E. Sharp
Madge
Gail
Darwin Sharp
Lorain
Kidnapped Boy’s Mother Near Collapse in Tacoma
Mrs. William W. Mattson, watching five home telephones, nears collapse as kidnapers hold her 10-year-old son nine days after the abduction. A crumpled note demanded 25,000 dollars for his return. Police fear the youth’s condition worsens in the Northwest winter. ransom money and winter clothes wait for delivery.
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Tacoma
Wash
William W. Mattson
Mattson
Charles
Dr. Mattson
Columbus Theatre Blaze Destroys Palace Stage Equipment
Fire officials say defective electrical equipment started a blaze at the Palace Theatre in Columbus downtown, destroying thousands of dollars worth of scenery and stage machinery. Eight engines and four ladders answered two alarms to battle the fire.
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Columbus, CO
President's Son To Be His Secretary
The White House announced that James Roosevelt will be installed as a full fledged secretary to President Roosevelt on July 1, 1937. The decision, disclosed in Washington, marks a notable role for the president's son within the administration.
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Washington
White House
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Oberlin Glee Club Ends Christmas Tour with Nine Concerts
Oberlin College Glee Club completed an eight day Christmas tour through eastern Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The group, wearing green neckties, gave nine concerts and one radio broadcast heard by over 3,000 listeners. Performances were in Canton, McKeesport, Grafton, Wellsville, Warren, Ravenna, and Bedford, with a Memorial Hospital appearance in Ravenna and a Charity Ball in Graf ton. Larry Gill and his band aided on several programs and dances. A home concert at Finney Chapel is set for February 6 under John Wickler, with Gill’s band again assisting.
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Glee Club
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Canton
McKeesport
Grafton
Wellsville
Warren
Ravenna
Bedford
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Memorial Hospital
Larry Gill
Finney Chapel
John Wickler
Cat Tommy to Celebrate 22nd Birthday in Seneca Falls
Dr. W. L. Clark’s pet cat Tommy near Seneca Falls will mark its 22nd birthday with a party. Born February 15, 1915, Tommy has undistinguished parentage but a long life noted by this annual celebration hosted by his owner.
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N. Y
Tommy
W. L. Clark
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