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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1944
Page
11
A Kiwanis luncheon meeting in Cleveland featured speakers from the Juvenile Education bureau discussing juvenile delinquency. Capt Burin urged police at stores to enforce laws and support youth programs, stressing enforcement and prevention.
A local official discusses treating juveniles as youths in need of rehabilitation rather than punishment. He notes gang influence and female delinquency rising, urging church involvement and community support to curb the issue. Sheriff Carl Fine is mentioned at a preparatory event.
Stankard and Chief Probation Officer Carl Curtis attended with guests including B Furner and Tmrey Wellington. An act of the club was to present Arch Kueninge who is leaving to join the armed forces. The Board announced its next five meeting times will be Monday February 1 at the Ebky elu.
The Birmingham High School hosts a mid winter dance with 175 dancers from nearby towns. Notable attendees include Pvt Richard Davidson and Levin Fleming on furlough. Guests enjoyed refreshments led by Mrs Wilk Gerrick and Mrs Albert ypore. A second dance at the Birmingham show building is set for April 28 with Johany Jackson's orchestra.
In Grafton a dinner followed a January 4 De Ridder marriage of Sergeant and Mrs. Frans tis Brulley. The honored guests included Mr and Mrs Jay Graber, Gene and David, Ola Thoim, PTLON and Mayer Spellae. A three tiered wedding cake topped the center table as the event celebrated the couple and their families.
Corporal Wysorski details his arduous trek across North Africa to locate his brother Leonard. He walked miles after landing, learned Leonard was at a convalescent camp, rode in jeeps, and finally reunited briefly before returning to his station. The narrative blends wartime movement with personal reunion amid rest of community notices and visits.
Oberlin graduate Mrs. Dunlop, long a world traveler, will give talks at the Congregational vihhivel at 2 p.m. Wednesday and again Thursday evening at 8 p.m. She has studied in England and France, served as home secretary of the Women's Board of Missions, and traveled across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia with extensive wartime and postwar experiences.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe an unofficial delve to a millennial celebration of the Icelandic Parliament and later visits to Norway, Sweden, and Mexico. The text mentions cultural research, work at the American Board, and summer activities, but many phrases are garbled and unnamed.
South Ridge Church notes report services led by Pastor Rev. County Nome Rev. Bo MeVey at the County Home. A Anglican League Christmas charity sale and social meet at Frederick’s home is planned for Thursday evening. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Mog in Elyria hospital Friday Jan 21. Attendants at a funeral in Albany include Mrs A E McVey and relatives.
Helen Von Coutren of Conway Arkansas, a WAC student at Arkansas State Teachers College, is the eldest in a large military family. Six brothers serve in the Navy, one in the Army, with two more expected to be inducted. Two sisters serve in the WACs, one stationed in North Africa.
Fragmentary OCR reads about the brothers in the one family aiding a case. Names appear as LM and Vain Coutren of Saint Louis Missouri. The text is incomplete, but references a legal matter involving a family or group.
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