City Building Permits Hit 1948 High in Hart Dickason Report
A 1948 annual report by City Building Inspector Hart Dickason shows 1 075 permits issued, the year’s peak, with 464 building, 182 plumbing, 334 electric, 509 heating and 44 sign permits. Total valuation listed at 1 848 011 dollars. 185 permits for new homes. Collections totaled 2 265 85 dollars plus 635 for licenses, with overall receipts 2 900 85. Noted contrasts with 1946 and 1945 figures, and slow industrial and commercial activity.
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Hart Dickason
Dickason
Early American murder tale from Plymouth history
Jarterel Plymouth Mass notes a possibly first murder in America in 1630. John Billington allegedly ambushed John Newcomer with a blunderbuss after a quarrel. A public trial led to Billington being hanged, drawn and quartered.
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Plymouth
Mass
America
John Billington
John Newcomer
Billington
Enforce Bicycle Rules in Oberlin College Area
Oberlin Police issue tickets for improper bicycle parking and riding on sidewalks. Thirty nine people, mainly Oberlin College students, paid one dollar fines since December 10. Also notes a church event with Mrs. Albert Huckner Coe speaking on India Today and Tomorrow and various local notices including births and club meetings.
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Oberlin
Deepartment
Oberlin College
Fay Kafka
Tureeius Meine
Duane Gordon
James Dittes
R. T. McEwen
Audrey Nelson
Harry Kusselman
Eleanor Weissman
Mary Hoyt
Wanda Morgan
L. D. Gamble
Martyn Riley
Jance Reed
Mary Brennan
David Oren
Herbert Hawley
Martha Daniels
Elizabeth Geer
Irving Forbes
Thomas Hargrove
Peter Gettinger
John Gerlach
Gloria Clay
Martha Armstrong
Annabelle Flitcraft
Robert Calvert
Martha Redfield
Elaine Kingsley
Ellen Dorn
Jan Means
Alice Berle
Donald Austin
Helen Welbaum
Marilyn Jo Ross
Marilyn Brown
Margaret Davis
Thelir Krenzen
George Gagne
M. T. Tehou
Wedu
The
Women's Association of the
First Church
Janes Brand
Albert Huckner Coe
India
Coe
Wellesley ‘College
First Congregational Church
Oak Park
American Board
Palestine
Egypt
Greece
Syria
Turkey
Italy
France
England
Ghandi
Nehin
Ambedkar
Allen” Hospital
Saturd
Clarence Fuller
Emile Watson
William’ Harris
Robert Currier
Sonia Phipps
Olivia Morris
Clyde Newberger
Louis John May
Mary Humann
James Layfield
Calvin Davidson
Lloyd, Trigg
Oberlin Woman's Club
W. H. Phillips
West College Street
Dorothy Daub
Blue Ridge Country
J. B. Rosecrans
Robert D. Rose
Syracuse
New York
Legion Auxiliary
Oberlin American Legion
Christmas gatherings and visits in West Ridge community
East to West Ridge residents shared Christmas and New Year celebrations visiting relatives in Oberlin Cleveland Berlin Heights Lorain and Baltimore. Guests included Nash families Penfound Lauer Peters Eldred Sprague Markel and Crandall households with multiple dinner gatherings and a Golden Wedding observed.
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West Ridge
Charles’ Nash
Louis
Nelson
Merrill Nash
Ralph
Celia Spieth
Margaret
Raymond Simms
Sherman Mason
Caroline Sheldon
Grafton
J. H. Penfound
Harlan Penfound
Theodore Penfound
Charles Demos
Pamela
Oberlin
Peter Miller
Baltimore
Henry Hiedrich
Summer Lawrence
Josephine
Michael
J. C Heidrich
Harry Lauer
Soin
Milton Lauers
Mrs
Wesley Sanislaws
Richard Sanislaws
James Hillier
Clifford Harts
Cleveland
Fred Hopkins
Earl Rockwood
Freddie
Irwin Eldreds
Irwin Eldreds, Mr. and Mrs. C. Strickler
Harry Blocks
Lorain
John Warmuths
Berlin Heights
Newell
Reed
Long
Cameron
Milton Babcock Af
W. D. Huffman
W. C. Porter
Floyd Porter
H. Jackman
Navid
F. J. Porter
Bobbie
Jimmie
Tommy
Donald Tran
H. Jackmans
London
O. Nancy Richards
Blanche Richards
Roger Richards
Irwin Eldred
Chester Sprague
Baby
Alber
Milton Lamoreaux
Dean
Glen
Glen Markel
Pittsfield
Martin Huebner
Stavkar
Esther Gushman
Charles Schnetken
William Spencer
Marlon
Hazel Cr
Harlan Penfdund
Luella Hunness
Butternut Ridge
George Gibbs
Elyila
Fewer Job Placements and Openings in Elyria Area
Ohio State Employment Service figures show 192 people placed in Elyria in December, down from 242 in November. Openings dropped from 318 to 173 as plants cut year end operations. Veterans gains included 16 placed in on the job training, about double November.
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Elyria
Ohio
Dorothy Beaumont
Employment Service Office
Taxi Driving Ekes Out Teacher's $280 Pay
In Minneapolis Karl P B Hoerschgen an English teacher earns 280 a month during the school year. He drives a taxicab on weekends holidays and summers to cover expenses and add 50 monthly toward his 6800 home bought three years ago. He would rather spend summers improving teaching but living costs prevent it.
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Minneapolis
Karl PB. Hoerschgen
Hoerschgen
Cranberry bogs mechanized in Gearhart harvests
In Gearhart Oregon cranberry fields replace hand picking with mechanized gear using large brass combs and rotary sprinklers to strip berries from vines on peat bogs. Despite the shift, smaller bogs still yield bumper crops for the Christmas trade this year.
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Gearhart
Ore
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Dickacot
Sibley
Murbach
Nowsehold
Woolworth's
Kilyria
Sfticet
York
Bethlehem Steel Company
Lenge
BOB Champion College
Pollo Drive
Oberlin Exchange Club
Rotary Club
F. W. Vincent
C. McKee
M. A. Houghton
C. E. Wigton
D. W. Lecraft
Rotary
Qberlin
Lorain County
National Foundation For Infantile Patalysis
Mr. McKee
Oberlin Savings Bank
Baskets
Taylor Tats
Children's Toys
Day's Hardware & Music Store
Broad Street
Akense
Lodi St
H.F. Goedrich
Hi-Clear
Goodrich Farm Service
Chronicle-Telegram
Louis Gar
E. Bridge St
West Ave
North St
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