Brookside Forms Honor Society Inaugural Investiture
Brookside High held its first National Honor Society investiture as eight students, seniors Janean Caley John Patterson John Tipka Marilyn Hambly Thompson Canter and juniors Patricia Kowalczyk Donna Linsley Elaine Zicarelli were welcomed under the guidance of teachers Norma Garber and Jane Knorek and Principal John Verbanek. Bay Village High students assisted with robes while tenth graders prepared future members.
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Lorain County
Brookside High
John Verbanek
Brookside
Norma Garber
Jane Knorek
Washington, D. C
Janean Caley
John Patterson
John Tipka
Marilyn Hambly
Thompson Canter
Patricia Kowalczyk
Donna Linsley
Elaine Zicarelli
Bay Village High School
Alex Paracsi
Donald Minnick
Darryll Nore
Raymond Minsterman
Judith White
Mary Ann Toth
Louise Long
Myrna Lee Prewitt
Steven Bodnar
Brookside High School
Marilyn Hambley
Week in review statehood clash and tax debates
Week highlights Hawaii Alaska statehood move despite Eisenhower opposition. Excise tax cuts on jewelry furs cosmetics and travel face Senate action as House approves. Dulles proposes inter American anti Communism action. Guatemala resists counter proposal. Indo China war and Laniel armistice terms interest observers amid Vietminh resistance. McCarthy Army clash and media battles continue. Nixon picked for reply spurs equal time demand. Cohn threats probe ends week.
Days Gone By Ten Years Ago and Thirty Years Ago Headlines
Ten years ago Allied long range guns roared at German positions near Arzio beachhead but weather grounded air forces and limited Italian ground fighting to patrol clashes. A London official said Luftwaffe willingness to fight could push Lt Gen. Spaatz to pre announce bombing targets as a Nazi challenge. Middle Ave. work was to begin next day weather permitting per Service Director Underhill after a Highway Construction Co. contract award. War Secretary Dern appointed Lindberg Wright Chamberlain and Gen. Hugh Drum to study army airmail operations. Thirty years ago a scarlet fever outbreak in Elyria numbered about 17 cases as one case ended another began. The Reichstag was dissolved by Ebert after two weeks of debate. Ricarthy accused the Army of blackmailing him to halt Communist investigations. GOP leaders moved to quell public controversy as US and Japan signed a mutual defense pact rearming Japan. The death of former movie czar Will Hays was mourned. Saar dispute sought settlement between Germany and France while South Korea gave Geneva three months for agreement before unilateral action. Monarchy restoration progressed in Italy. Naguib in Egypt claimed supreme authority. Eisenhower warned US involvement in Indochina only if Congress declares war. Thomas named Navy secretary designate to replace Kyes, effective May. In local news Elyria to receive Ohio State Safety Council award. L L Porter reelected president of Ohio Sportsmen. water power needs study and bus fare raise approved. bank robbery near Milan unsolved. Darisek fatally shot daughter and hanged self. school transfers denied. Ray King of Amherst fatally hit by truck on Route 20. preliminary plans for a courthouse elevator approved.
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Arzio
Italy
London
Carl A. Spaatz
Middle Ave
Fred A. Underhill
Highway Constructions Company
George H. Dern
Charlies A. Lindberg
Orville Wright
Clarence Chamberlain
Hugh Drum
Army
United States
Japan
Will H. Hays
Germany
France
Saar
South Korea
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Supreme Authority
Eisenhower
Indochina
Congress
U. S
Navy
Defense
Charles S. Thomas
Roger M. Kyes
Elstia
Ohio State Safety Council
Ohio
L L. Porter
Oberlin
League of Ohio Sportsmen
Elyria
Milan ‘Bank
Andrew Darisek
Mary J
Lorain
Great Snow Impacts Elyria Club Notes and Local Lore
Elyria Garden Club News recalls the Great Snow of March 1 and 2 1951 with winter beauty and damage in trees and shrubs. It travels through city life from Philadelphia parking woes to Quaker founder George Fox land deeds, letters from Florida and Munich, and a 96th birthday tribute to Liberty Hyde Bailey. It highlights yucca plants and other garden notes, including the pick-a-back plant and sundial motto.
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Elyria
Philadelphia
George Fox
Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cornell University
New York State College of Agriculture
Urban Areas Expand as Farmland Converts yearly.
A U S Department of Agriculture study cited by the Institute of Life Insurance estimates about 1 million acres of rural and farm land are converted annually to residential commercial and industrial use. The report notes urban areas cover around 18 to 19 million acres in 1950 and cropland accounts for about 14.6 hundred million acres, with major urbanization most pronounced in New Jersey and Ohio remains highly urbanized.
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Rhode Island
Institute of Life Insurance
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
America
Department of Agriculture
New Jersey
New York State
Union
Empire State
Ohio
New York
Continental
Cupid's Aim True Surveys Show Army Marital Ties
Washington reports Army surveys find 36 percent of male personnel married, with 47 percent of married officers and 41 percent of enlisted men having children. Higher ranks show stronger marriage rates. 93 percent of warrant officers married, and 96 percent of colonels. Average children per married Army man is 1.8, above the national 1.6.
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Cupid
Washington
U. S. Army
Philippine Scouts
U. S. Census Bureau
Rising college costs hit Western Reserve totals
In Cleveland, Western Reserve University statistics show a year of study rising from 870 in 1943 to about 1640 now. Tuition jumped from 220 to 600 while room and board rose from 400 to 630. A coed survey notes more sewing and part time work. men cut dates to save money.
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Cleveland, C
Western Reserve University
Tuiton
Traffic crashes cost Ohio economy far more than road plan
L Walter Lundell of C LT Financial Corp notes 1952 traffic accidents in Ohio caused 151,235,000 in losses while road spending totaled 42,918,000. He cites the National Safety Council estimate of 35 injuries and 1,225 property damage accidents per death, valuing each death at 95,000 in overall losses.
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L. Walter Lundell
C. LT. Financial Corporation
Ohio
Lundell
National Safety Council
Milan bank hold up spurs escape hopes and fears
In The Chatter Box a Milan teller recalls a bank holdup and the vault escape drill amid the fear of a locked door. The column notes a growing DIY fixit trend as Gregory S. Coleman markets Telefixit, a pocket TV repair guide, with over a million copies sold.
Prison figures in Romania cited from Paris exile
Paris observers estimate 107,000 Romanians are imprisoned with thousands more in forced labor camps. They report that former royal army officers are kept in desk jobs away from troops and that no former non commissioned officers remain in the army.
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Paris
Romania
Royal Army
Legion Sponsors Ninth Annual Boys Nation At Maryland Campus
The American Legion will hold its ninth annual Boys Nation at the University of Maryland in College Park from July 28 to 30, 1955. Two delegates from each 1954 Boys States will attend based on citizenship and leadership. The program includes a mock U S Senate, a visit to the White House to meet President Eisenhower, tours of federal departments, the Supreme Court, and meetings with cabinet leaders.
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American Legion
University of Maryland At
College Park
Boys Nation
White House
Eisenhower
U. S. Senate
U. S
U. S. Supreme Court
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