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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1957
Page
6
A guide describes speed, spray and sun as water skiing grows in popularity. It covers equipment advances, costs, and beginner steps from land starts to on water progression, plus safety tips like wearing life jackets and signaling the boat after a spill.
The Coast Guard in Cleveland requires all sinboard and inboard motorboats over 16 feet on the Great Lakes to be numbered for identification. Public vessels and certain documented boats are exempt. Owners must display the number on the boat and risk fines for noncompliance.
The writer heads from Toledo to Canada for a week in the North Woods with dreams of huge northerns bears and lake trout. He notes forthcoming separation of fact from fantasy and returns to Lake Erie for walleyes perch and fish. He mentions Herbert Eagon, Ohio natural resources chief, amid journalist criticism and a near unanimity among Outdoor Writers of Ohio on conservation issues before the governor.
New London hunters return with an eight week old black bear female cub from Canada. The cub belongs to Gordon Moore of 123 First St. Moore bought her from a French Canadian guide on a northern Canada hunting trip.
Ohio Boating debuts with heavy emphasis on Lake Erie activities. Executive editor Louis G. Farber oversees a roster of outdoor and boating contributors. Catawba is highlighted in the first issue with Marblehead to Vermilion featured in a subsequent edition.
Sunday events feature Black River Bow Benders with two York-American rounds for men and a National Columbia and American round for women in Scottwood. Wellington Bowhawks host a field shoot at Pitts Rd Wellington with 8 to 9 am registration. Erie hosts its annual target invitational this weekend in Erie Pennsylvania. Open house Friday June 1 at Black River Bowbenders in Scottwood starts 7 pm with tours, instruction, refreshments and a welcome to locals. Archery clubs across Northeast Ohio receive awards for Archer of Distinction based on sportsmanship and activity.
A trot liner on Mee kingum River angling for trout lines landed a 46 inch catfish weighing 48 pounds after 45 minutes. The catch came near Mohawk Archery and linked to a regional archery and bowhunting community with multiple clubs and ballots for members.
Seven year old Martin Morgan traded his roller skates for a more interesting look at a toy during a Ridgeville Sportsmen's Club session. The mother was less amused. Police halted the hectic exchange after a trench mortar shell was seized.
Roy LeMasters and Mer roan Weingates returned from a Lake Oneping camp with two black bears and a limit of northern pike plus lake trout up to eight pounds. The trip near Northwood Sportsman's Lodge yielded an eight-pound northern, a 400-pound bear, and a 200-pound two-year-old. They expect trolling to aid trout fishing as pike hit on Dardevies and red eye wobblers.
A quirky catalog of natural oddities and animal traits. Bighorn sheep retain heat in dense winter coats, hermit crabs move shells as homes fill, moles die in a day without food, road runners earn their name from fast roadside dashes, silverfish inhabit the airless niche not water, butterflies display iridescent wings from fine ridge patterns, and a peacock's tail fan comprises over 200 feathers.
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