Road To Battle Long March With Growing Security Pain
In May 1863 the Army of the Potomac moved on a long march from Virginia into Maryland as George F. Metcalf recalls his 136th New York experience. He describes guard rules, foraging fences, rail gathering for firewood, camp routines, and the distant looming battle of Gettysburg with battles at South Mountain Antietam and Boonesboro Gap lingering in memory.
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George F. Metcalf
Elyria
Don Miller
Army of the Potomac
136Th New York
Stafford Court House
Gettysburg
Potomac
South Mountain
Antietam
Boonesboro Gap
City Budget Passes Committee of the Whole
City Council members reviewed a 3.726 million dollar budget request, with final approval slated for next Monday. The plan includes a heating inspector debate, rubbish disposal options, and potential incinerator or landfill measures affecting the Garden Street site.
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Building Department
Kathleen Lygaght
Joseph E. Smith
Elys
Erator
Land St Ands
John
Clarence Poore
Amherst
Garden St
Henry Szewczyk
Fowl
The
Poores
Footes
Rt. 57
Rt 254
Elyria
Rubbish Disposal Problems Keep Committee In Quandry
Elyria City officials and Ben Edwards discuss a potential incinerator to handle garbage, hoping operation by November 15. Land zoning, costs, and comparisons to Parma and Youngstown burners spur broader study and consultations with township trustees and neighboring cities.
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Quandry
Jin
Ben Edwards
Amherst
Parma
Elyria
Safety Service
Dale C.1. Kellogg
Josepha JE. Smith
B. Newton
N. J
Ship Repair Progressing At Lorain
The 511 foot J. Ashley left American Ship Building Co docks after completing repairs on the internal starboard area. The Ashley had been brought in after colliding with the 525 foot Peter Robertson off Cleveland last week, injuring the Robertson’s rudder and stern. Commander William C. Foster is investigating the incident with no determination of fault or fog conditions yet.
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Lorain
Ashley
American Ship Building Co
Peter Robertson
Cleveland
Robertson
Baltimore and Ohio
ASB
William C. Foster
Cleveland Marine Inspection Office
ExPublisher Henry Doorly Dies in Omaha
Henry Doorly, 81, retired publisher of the Omaha World-Herald, died Monday night in Omaha Nebraska after a long illness. He led the paper for two decades and influenced midwestern journalism. He is survived by his widow and two children.
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Omaha, Neb
Henry Doorly
Omaha World-Herald
Newswoman Gretchen Putnam Dies In Canton
Canton Ohio reporter Gretchen Putnam known as one of the oldest in the field died at Aultman Hospital after a long illness. She joined the Canton Daily News in 1911 as society editor and served as general assignment reporter obituary writer and church page editor. Survived by husband and sister Miss Emma J Groetzinger.
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Canton
Ohio
UPI
George F. Putnam
Aultman Hospital
Putnam
Gretchen
Canton Daily News
Canton Repository
Emma J. Groetzinger
Jewish Leader Steenman Dies at 68 in New York
Frederick F. Steenman, 68, president of the American Jewish Committee, died Monday night after a brief illness in New York. He led the organization for years and was a prominent figure in Jewish civic life.
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New York
Frederick F. Steenman
The
American Jewish Committee
Reception for new county citizens hosted by Lorain GOP women
Newly naturalized women will attend a Lorain County Republican Women reception at 7 30 p m in Holly Hall. Katherine Kennedy Brown of Dayton Ohio will speak. a panel includes Nixon Goldwater Rockefeller philosophies. Brown is a longtime GOP official and civic leader.
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Toomorrow
Lorain County
Hollye Hall
Katherine Kennedy Brown
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Brown
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Ohio Federation of Republican Women
Dayton
Tmes
Association of Junior Leagues of America
Daughters of the American Revolution
Colonial Dames of America
Dayton Art Instute
Army-Navy Officers Club
Marguerite Bowman
Earl R. Henderson
Elyria
First Methodist Church
Lila Black
Harriet Bishop
al Parkdab
Bruce Alexander
John Newman
Roy Luck
Robert Jensen
Charles Hill
Bishop
Roy Trotter
Lorain
Judge's Wife Dies in Ohio Flower Garden
COSHOCTON Ohio Mrs Dorothy Heckman 57 wife of Municipal Judge Samuel Heckman died unexpectedly of a heart attack Monday night while working in a flower garden at their home They had moved here from Cleveland about five years ago.
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Coshocton
Ohio
Dorothy Heckman
Samuel Heckman
Cleveland
Founder William Sloan of Sloan Valve Co Dies
Funeral services for William Elvis Sloan founder and board chairman of the Sloan Valve Co will be held Wednesday in suburban Oak Park Sloan 41 a Kansas City Mo native died Sunday in Chicago area obituary notes his role at the company and his age
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Chicago
William Elvis Sloan
Sloan Valve Co
Oak Park
Sloan
Kansas City
Medical Memos Flashlight Test in Eye Examinations
The flashlight test checks pupil reaction to light to help diagnose eye and brain conditions. It was once seen as conclusive for syphilis but now points to multiple sclerosis diabetes infections arteriosclerosis brain trauma or concussion as possible causes during routine physical exams.
Avon Lake Public Charter Vote Registration Window
Registration for Avon Lake charter revision election runs through July 6 at Lorain and Elyria election offices. Elyria will stay open noon Saturday for residents away July 11, Lorain office closed Saturday. Ballot items include extending official terms from two to four years, creating staggered council terms, and clarifying executive and legislative functions.
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Avon Lake
Elyria
Lorain
Three Injured In Lodi Street Crash. One Charged
A two car crash at Lodi Street and West River Street sent two children ages five and twenty two to Elyria Memorial Hospital with non serious injuries and left a 70 year old bystander facing a traffic charge. Preston Hopewell 38 and Bertha Garthwaite 72 were involved and Garthwaite's husband George 70 was charged with failure to yield right of way. Police said witnesses favored Hopewell in the collision.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lodi St
West River St
Drake Hopewell
Raymonde
Preston T. Hopewell
Twelfth St
Bertha L. Garthwaite
North Plainfield
N. J
George
Hopewell
Garthwaite
West River
Lodi
Furnace St
Suffrage Leader Florence Graves Dies in Pasadena
Florence C. Enos Graves, 83, a pioneer in the U S women's suffrage movement and a New York City native, died Monday in Pasadena California.
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Pasadena
Calif
Florence C. Enos Graves
New York City
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