Elyria Police Force Grows to Largest In City's History
The updated Elyria force now totals 27 members including a chief captain two lieutenants three sergeants and 20 patrolmen. The photograph lists Chief E Standard Captain Corbett Southam Lieutenant Crehan Lieutenant-Detective Lloyd Sweet and Sergeant-Detective Clare Parker among others with a long roster of patrolmen and ards.
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Elyria
Captam
Corbett & Southam
Patrick Crehan
Lloyd
Doorman Who Drove King Then Serves Cars in Mayfair
George Ladbrook, once the Duke of Windsor’s chauffeur and driver for Wallis Warfield across France before abdication, now earns 22 cents weekly plus 15 dollars in tips and ten dollars from the Treasury as a restaurant doorman. He recalls 18 years with the Duke and hopes to return to driving.
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London
George Ladbrook
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
France
Mayfair
Ladbrook
Buckingham Palace
Kennington
Treasury
Shadow Factory Scheme in Britain Lets Firms Earn Fees
Britain investigates a government program where five automobile firms receive management fees for airframe and engine production under a shadow factory scheme. The auditor general notes net costs, fixed fees of 1000 to 1125 dollars per airframe and 375 per engine, plus a bonus tied to cost savings.
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London
Gilbert Upcott
Air Ministry
Fire Fighters Build Own Truck Pumper in Louisville
Louisville firefighters designed and built a home made fire truck after budget constraints blocked a factory purchase. Fire Chief C C Shoemaker and 14 department members supervised the project with a final cost of 2600 dollars. The vehicle carries 480 gallons of water, a rotary gear pump at 350 gallons per minute, and 800 feet of hose.
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Louisville
C C. Shoemaker
Australian inventions cited by engineers include stove strippe r and stump jump plow
Sydney Australians claim a long list of world changing inventions valued by the Australian Institute of Engineering. They credit the stripper for harvesting grain heads the stump jump plow as essential to global farming along with the totalizator the sheep shearing machine the first ice factory Geelong 1850 the torpedo and the monorail.
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Sydney
Australian Institute of Engineering
Geelong
Junior League plans bake sale and events at Nativity Parish
South Amherst June 22 The Junior League of the Nativity Parish met at the church parlors for a regular meeting. A bake sale is planned at Edwards Food Store on Saturday July 2 at 11 AM. Other activities will be announced later. All members urged to attend.
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South Amherst
Junior League of the Nativity
Edwards Food Store
Mrs Holzhauer Hosts Circle No 2 at St Johns Union
Mrs Fred Holzhauer will open her home to Circle No 2 members of the St Johns Womans Union on Thursday afternoon.
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Fred Holzhauer
Circle No 2
The
St Johns Womans Union
Ladies Dime Society to Meet at Congregational Church Parlors
The regular meeting of the Ladies Dime Society will be held Thursday afternoon at the Congregational Church parlors with Mrs Waltz as hostess.
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The
Ladies Dime Society
Congregational Church
Mrs Waltz
Young People’s League Wiener Roast Planned
The Young People’s League of St Johns Evangelical Church invites attendees to a wiener roast at Bechstein Woods on Thursday evening. Persons are asked to meet at the church at 6 30 PM.
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Young People’s League of
Elyria Family Attends Sunday Supper
Mr and Mrs Leland Jones and daughter of Elyria were Sunday supper guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Jones. Sybil and Sandra Sharpe of Lakewood are the house guests of Mr and Mrs Clem Gratz this week.
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Leland Jones
Elyria
Raymond Jones
Sybil
Sandra Sharpe
Lakewood
Clem Gratz
Avon Lake Horwedel Picnic Highlights Community Event
The Valentine Horwedel family picnic was hosted by Mr and Mrs Frank Krebs in Avon Lake on Sunday. Attendees included multiple Horwedels from Avon Lake and Avon plus relatives from Grafton Elyria Dover Bay Cleveland and Elyria. A picnic dinner, races and games followed with bingo prizes awarded to Mrs Clarence Smith Mrs Ed Horwedel and Geraldine Krebs.
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Avon Lake
Valentine Horwedel
Frank Krebs
Charles Horwedel
Fred Horwedel
Lester
George Horwedel
Avon
Albert Traxler
Isabel
Grafton
Gerald Weber
Elyria
Ed Horwedel
Ben McAlister
Dorris Christ
Clarence Smith
Geraldine Krebs
Cleve land Woman Honored at Center Road Shower
Mrs Willard Paterson of Cleveland was honored at a shower hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs Perry Taylor on Center Road Sunday afternoon. She received a number of lovely gifts.
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Willard Paterson
Cleveland
Perry Taylor
Center Road
Townsend Club Card Party at Park Hall Stop 56
The Townsend Club sponsors a card party at Park Hall Stop 56 on Thursday evening June 23 at 8 o'clock. Proceeds support club activities and community projects in the area.
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Townsend Club
Park Hall
Community Notes Together at Local Homes and Travels
Mass Anitha Stauder underwent appendicitis surgery at St Josephs Hospital Lorain on Tuesday. Recent guests of Carl Pedersen included Herbert Waterfall of Cleveland and J Waterfall of Rhode Island with families. Mrs Charles Williams and Lauretta Barr visited uncle Robert Cowan in Sparrows Point Maryland. Miss Matilda Builtz attended Arthur Heckel's funeral in Cleveland. Wilbur Buswell, resting from Great Lakes work, stays at home. Mrs Herman Seefried of Parma visited Dave Horsfall. Joe Tomlin and two sons were guests of his husband in Toledo. W H Mulls and daughter visited E H Mills family in Norwalk. Mat Linden called on sister Lowie Westrick. Stella Johnson left for Columbus to attend school. Kenneth Gabel moved from Lakewood to Avon Lake. Marjorie Horn visiting her mother in Detroit.
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Carl Pedersen
Herbert Waterfall
Cleveland
J Waterfall
Rhode Island
Ed Gorth
Russell Gorth
Jackie
Charles Williams
Lauretta Barr
Avon
Robert Cowan
Sparrows Point
Matilda Builtz
Arthur Heckel
Wilbur Buswell
Great Lakes
Herman Seefried
Parma
Dave Horsfall
Joe Tomlin
Toledo
W. H. Mulls
E. H. Mills
Norwalk
Mat Linden
Lorain
Lowie Westrick
Stella Johnson
Center Road
Columbus
Kenneth Gabel
Lakewood
Avon Lake
Marjorie Horn
Detroit
Gunman Fires Near Theater. Officer Thwarts Attacker
In Hamilton Ohio Urban Leugers a police radio announcer witnesses a man fire two shots at a theater curbside. A bystander and a woman are struck before Leugers dives through a window, chases, and captures the shooter, delivering him to colleagues and resuming routine duties.
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Hamilton
Urban Leugers
Leagers
Island Sojourn of Hon. George Metcalf Autobiography
The narrator lands on a river island, meets a stray Alabama-born woodcutter, and navigates a rough skiff into Austin Mississippi. He recounts mud and muck on his clothes, a crusted riverbank, and a rough first impression of the Tunica County town during a postwar court session. The excerpt ends with “To Be Continued.”
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Alabama
Austin
Government Post Office
Sam
Jackson
Tunica County
Memphis
Avon Wedding Unites Two Couples At Holy Trinity Church
Miss Irene Detzel and Miss Albert Buer wed Norman Frey and Clarence Detzel in a Tuesday ceremony at Holy Trinity Church with Rev George Detzel and Rev Leo Worth officiating. Attendants included Marion Detzel, Rosemary Detzel, and Peggy Fitzgerald. The reception followed at Kate Kreuzers on Detroit Road and the couples plan to reside in Avon after their wedding trips.
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Holy Trinity Church
Irene Detzel
George Detzel
Norman Frey
John Frey
Albert Buer
Edward Buer
Clarence Detzel
Cleveland
Irene
Leo Worth
Miss Detzel
Marion Detzel
Miss Buer
Darlene Frey
Peggy Fitzgerald
Kate Kreuzers
Detroit Road
Avon
Avon Boy Scouts Return From Camporee Unit Report
Members of Boy Scouts of Troop No 124 Avon recount a fine Camporee. Attendees include Earl Menges Senor and Teddy Beidler patrol leaders Bill Beidler William Menges Jr assistant scout master and Scouts James Webb George Moore Robert Davis Walter Evenson and W. C Menges. The race between Britain and Germany in fast fighting planes is heating. American iron steel use for marine construction grows in Norway, Russia boosts football, Malaya to legislate pineapple grades, Ireland to start fortifying sports.
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Avon
Earl Menges
Senor
Teddy Beidler
Bill Beidler
William Menges, Jr
James Webb
George Moore
Robert Davis
Walter Evenson
W. C Menges
Britain
Germany
Norway
Russia
Malaya
Ireland
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Clare
Cirtis Hamlin
Seo Zeart Archit Hurd
Mivor
Joseph Q Petro
Dr Corbett
Southam
Joehoq Petro
J Stankat Lottis
Faxon
Patrick Crehan Seconary
Curtis Hamlin
Paul Pomer
Myron Gibson
Pwtolmer
H L Johnson
Corwin Burrer
Arvin Hurd
Lloyd Sweet
Melvin Olmstead
L D Brown
Carl Garrison
George Walton Pa
T Jolman
H J Indicott
Log Stathard, Jr
Clellan Andress
Russel
Amherst
Plan Bake Sale
Circle Two
Dime Society
Anitha Stauder
St Josephs Hospital
Champs
Lump
Murbach Coal
Pho
Hon
George Metcalf
Geo. Metcalf
BOY Scout News
Pape Preny
By Denys Wortman
Penne
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