Elyria Seeks Cannes Style Festival Plan for Ohio City
A reader pitches moving the glamour of Cannes to Elyria highlighting two screens at Midway Mall and new venues like LCCC and Avon Lake. The letter imagines film buffs, bumper stickers, and a Beverley Hills vibe, touting English speaking locals as an edge over Cannes and Venice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Prince Rainier
Elyria
Cannes
Dennis Hopper
Tropics
Francis Ford Coppola
Broad Street
Midway Mall
Avon Lake
LCCC
Westlake
Gov. Rhodes
Ohio
Woodstock II in Elyria would boost town profile and economy
A letter proposes a Woodstock II style festival at Cascade Park in Elyria with bear bouncer, camping plots, ticketed areas, and on-site amenities. It imagines acts like Pete Townshend and Grace Slick, buses at Midway Mall, and three days of music, big crowds, and local business gains.
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New York City
Elyria
Cascade Park
Black River
Pete Townshend
Depot Street Co
Grace Slick
Sly and the Family Stone
Uncle Vic
Arlo Guthrie
Johnny Dixon
Midway Mall
Senior Class of 1906 Lived Through Rivalry and Pranks
A 1906 Elyria High class photo survives with 49 members, only Mabel Moysey and Michael Metzger missing. The piece recounts pre graduation feuds between juniors and seniors from 1905 to 1906, including pole setups, flags, fuses, and a funeral rite, culminating in the 1905 banquet and 1906 graduation rituals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School
Mabel Moysey
Michael Metzger
Ralph Murbach
Washington Avenue
Vincent Walsh
Elyria
Mabel Endsley Griswold
Fairmont
W. Va
Daily Chronicle
EHS
the Chronicle
East Fifth Street
Faxon
Ralph
Elytia Republican
Ingh
Opera House
Old City Hall
Dawson
Comings
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George Sartwell
Louis Jackman
Arthur Robinson
Leonard Monroe
David Miller
Walter Proudfoot
Grace Carter
Arthur Smith
Sherman Wurst
Fred Cherry
Robert Rankin
Charles Frisbee
Will Adams
Cassie Hale
Cora Phelps
Gertrude Rockwood
Lawrence Fay
Hilda Mason
Bessie Schneurer
Anna Collins
Cora Giles
Bernardey
Lillian Sears
Ruth Harrison
Carlton Schultz
Isaac Faxon
Curtis Denny
Lee Buck
Julia Heiland
Carrie Stevenson
Adam Muller
Jennie Schneurer
Mabel Endsley
George Moon
Benjamin Salisbury
Chauncey Griswold
Fred Blaine
Carl Beebe
Hattie Vincent
Cora Grills
Phyllis Wanamaker
Ralph Cole
Carl Bennett
Frank Brown
Chauncey B. Smythe
Board of Education
Yesteryear
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