Economic shifts and new agricultural offerings in 1940s markets
The First National Bank of Boston outlines how inflation has reshaped incomes in the United States with wage earners improving, fixed income groups suffering, and upper income groups losing relative share while overall living standards rise. Japan's zoysia japonica is introduced as a drought and cold tolerant turf for crab grass, mixed with bluegrass for winter resilience. The Old Stove Round-Up launches a nationwide ad push by gas firms and associations to promote ranges via a westward themed campaign set for September and October.
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First National
Japan
Department of Agriculture
American Gas Association
Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association
Avon Lake Reporter Ralph Platt Heads to Europe Monday
Ralph Platt of Coveland Drive Avon Lake will depart Monday for Greenville South Carolina to join the 433rd troop carrier wing of the Cleveland Reserve organization on its flight to Europe. A former World War II air force intelligence officer he will serve as accredited correspondent covering the unit. Platt has spent 25 years with the Cleveland News except for wartime service and is a longtime Avon Lake public affairs official and Kiwanis member.
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Avon Lake
Ralph Platt
Coveland Drive
Greenville
S.C
433Rd
Cleveland Reserve Organization
Europe
Platt
Air Force
Cleveland News
Avon Lake Board of Public Affairs
Avon Lake Kiwanis
Ingersoll Family Holds Reunion at Gore Estate
The Ingersoll family held its annual reunion last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ingersoll on Gore Orphanage road. A basket lunch was enjoyed at noon by 47 attendees. Guests came from Columbia Station LaGrange Wellington Elyria Oberlin and Kipton.
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Kipton
Ingersoll
Walter Ingersoll
Gore Orphanage Road
Columbia Station
LaGrange
Wellington
Elyria
Oberlin
Avon Lake Kiwanis to Hear Ashbolt Guest Speaker
Avon Lake will host William Ashbolt of Lorain as the guest speaker at the Kiwanis meeting at 6 15 this evening at The Saddle on Lake Road. Ashbolt, a marine combat correspondent in Korea, recently returned from the country.
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Avon Lake
William Ashbolt
Lorain
Raccoon and Hawks Parade Through Elyria Y Camp Museum
The Elyria Y Camp Iss-See-Kes hosts a growing wildlife display as a baby raccoon and two marsh hawks join recently arrived opossums and a skunk. Mrs. W. A. Sayles and Troop 28 girls delivered the animals from a Mulan farm, with Frank M. Johnson coordinating care and a new live-animal cage being built.
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Elyria “Y
Iss-See- Kes
Elyria
W. A. Sayles
Nature
Frank M. Johnson
Vermilion River
Fix It Yourself by Hubbard Cobb
Two crack types on plaster walls are explained. Patchable cracks result from local frame movement and can be repaired after movement stops. Unpatchable cracks occur where the wall and chimney move independently. they are unsightly but masked by plywood or molding. Readers are invited to submit better repair methods.
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Cobb
George Matthey d Adams
Avon Lake Soldier Weds Lorain Girl
Mary Helen Kundrat of Lorain married Pvt. Joseph B. Huber Jr. of Avon Lake in a Sunday ceremony at St. Nicholas Greek Catholic church in Lorain. Fr. Demetrius Darin officiated as guests filled the pews. reception followed for about 200.
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Avon Lake
Mary Helen Kundrat
John Kundrat
Elyria Avenue
Lorain
Illusion
Mary Ellen Huber
Patricia. Schmidt
Barbara Ann Vardos
Miss Huber
Steve Kundrat
Bernard Hubert
Donald Dobas
Castle-on-the-Lake
Huber
Aradu
Avon Lake and Lorain High School Graduates United in Service
The report notes a Lorain High School NHS member and an Avon Lake High School graduate Pvt. Huber, active in sports, formerly employed by CE and I Co. He is stationed at Fort Belvoir Virginia and will report to Washington state after his furlough.
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Ate
Lorain High School
St. Nicholas Church
Pvt
Hubert
Avon Lake High School
CE. and
I. Co
Fort Belvoir
Washington State
Bride wears mother’s cross replica and Scotty club garter
The bride’s wedding attire included a replica of her mother’s tiny gold cross and a blue garter worn by each Scotty club member at her marriage. Guests traveled from Cleveland Avon Lake Avon Lorain and Canada to attend.
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Scotty Club
Cleveland
Avon Lake
Avon
Lorain
Canada
Grape Growers Seek Market for Catawba in Ohio
Clarence Palstring of the Ozark Grape Growers Association spoke to the Co-op Association and the Ohio Fruit Growers Institute in Elyria about marketing Catawba grapes. He noted about 400 acres of Catawba in the Avon Lake area with no market in sight.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Ohio
Co-op Association
Ohio Fruit Growers Institute
Clarence Palstring
Ozark Grape Growers Association
Palstring
Avon Lake
A. J. Hunt
Ozark
Ohio Fruit Growers
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Avon Lake Club
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Edyth Thomas Wallace
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Mardemoiselle Magazine
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