Trembling Aspen Leaves Inspire Musing on Nature and Verse
The quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides, is the most distributed North American tree. Its long slender stem and flexible leaves create motion in breeze, inspiring poets from Homer to Tennyson. Delicate spring coloring appears on pale bark, pink catkins, and new leaves. a note about a special entertainment on May 3 closes the fragment.
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North America
Homer
Tennyson
Penelope
Zephyrt
Gerarde
Sir Walter Scott
Aspen Trees Shape Western Forests, Says Professor Sargent
Nature places an aspen at the wood edge where higher trees stand behind. Professor Sargent notes the tree's seeds drift far by wind and germinate in fire-cleared soil, helping soil retention and sheltering young trees on mountain slopes. The aspens near the Elywood drive offer a chance to study this charming tree up close.
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Inet
Nature
Professor Sargent
America
Elywood
Concerns Over School Payroll and Teacher Pay
A letter to the Chronicle Telegram argues that school overhead cuts should consider teacher salaries. It notes teachers are paid for the school term, face unpaid breaks, and must cover vacations, summer gaps, and ongoing education costs. Overcrowding and space limits strain operations, with demand for more teachers not matching enrollment growth.
Public Letter Highlights Teacher Struggles and Tax Burdens
An ex teacher warns that tax cuts should not hit teachers who face rising room and board, while costs and welfare demands grow. He argues non productive government waste raises taxes and teachers already shoulder long hours and high preparation costs. He urges balancing cuts without targeting teachers’ pay. The letter ends urging voters to engage, weighs primaries against public indifference.
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IMO
Teachers’ Relief Fund
Wellington Whiteside Dies At Home On Kelly Street
Local business leader Whiteside, known in the silage and gasette filing business, died at his Kelly street home after a period of critical illness. Survived by wife, a son, and a daughter Mrs Lynton White. Funeral details pending. Street Commissioner is noted on cleanup work. Wellington Eagles beat Nova in opening game 14 to 11 with Mroski pitching and Yoxtheimer managing.
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Whiteside
Wellington
Iis
Kelly Street
Midmid
Gon
Harold
Gasotte
Lynton White
Toney
Paul Carter
The
Methodist Bar
Ken Andrews
Mark Reymond
Vamparsh
Wellington Eagles Wien
Wellington Eagles
Nova
Wellington Boys
Mroski
Milo Yoxtheimer
Robinson
Kiplinger
Shakley
H Perkins
Rf Smith
Braun
Boone
Robertson
Stevenson
Amherst Aged Member Honored at Church
May 2 The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church honored Mrs. Mary Durand at the home of Mrs. John Thompson Thursday afternoon. On her ninety first birthday she is noted as the oldest member and has been active in the church for eighty years.
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Robert Daugherty
Shelby
Henry Daugherty
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
A. B. Southard
Hart Stewart
Spencer
Dale Allen
W. J. Powell
Elyria
William Farrar
Cleveland
William Rook
Earl Rook
Lorain
The
Methodist Church
South Amherst
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Mary Durand
John Thompson
Social event recap with hostesses and club games
A social afternoon featured flowers and readings with Mrs. Willan Allacy presenting a bouquet on behalf of the society. Mrs. Lodi Gibson led readings and group singing, followed by refreshments served by hostesses Mrs. John Thompson and Mrs. Lodi Gibson. The Four-K and Four-M Club, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Kolb, played eight bridge rounds with high scores claimed by Mrs. Paul Mori and Carl Gibson and consolation prizes to Mrs. Clarence Kern and Steve Colman. Guests included numerous Amherst Oberlin and local residents as well as Marilyn Wagoner and other listed attendees.
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Willan Allacy
Phor
Lodi Gibson
John Thompson
John Farey
William Holzhauer
David Hansford
Christ Nickel
Ben Nickel
Wiliam Emery
Harold Allsop
Henry Nickel
Carl Gibson
Henry Kolb
Robert Allsop
John Wagonjer
Marilyn
George Rice
William Meacham
Belle Brocksicked
Garfield Harris
Eva Bryant
William Allsop
Henry J. Kolb
Paul Mori
Carl &. Gibson
Clarence Kern
Steve Colman
Alva Brown
Clarente Kern
Amherst
William Fitzner
Oberlin
Paul Mor
Harmon Mathas
Brookside Girls Defeat Avon Lake In Baseball Tilt
Brookside Girls win 10 to A over Avon Lake, while local notes report moves on River Road, garden plots prepared at National Tube Company site, and Brookside School preparing an operetta Over the Garden Wall for May Day. Several students recover from illness and attend exams, with holiday for track meet and a bus trip to Oberlin. May Day festivities crown May Queen Virden Maddork as part of the school program.
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Sheffield
Hay
Brookside
Avon Lake
John Emerick
River Road
Charles McKinley
Emerick
William “Ollard
Lorain
Bef. Jackson
Ford Road
National Tube Company
Bhiss of
Wise Clyde McAllister
Laura Keniebel
Brookside School
E. Kishman
Gulf Road School
Warne
St. Joseph’s Hospital
George Fridenstine
Murray Ridge
Earl Johnson
Oberlinne
Osborne
Virden Maddork
Mildred Butther
Mary Aliss Jimmie
Raymond Scarborough
Joyce
Billy Johnson
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Etta
Etta Wheti
Paul Robinson
Chronicle-Telegran
HK. M. Metcalf
Soma
Spenser
Thomson
All Brothers
A. J. Lehman Realtor
Republican
Howard B. Somers
Chronicle Telegram
Ths
Suimmer
Tam
I al High School
Toac
C. Smith L. C. Smith Royal
Cleaners
Elyria Savings Building
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram
Naval
Victor C. Reesa
Mree Lemase Schawengerd
Flic
Achim
A. W. Shields
Fatlor - Sepror High School
Txabelle McConnell
Janet Chisles
Dona Dague
Hilda Maton
Harriett Willer
Victorre Miller
Warves Piflyvant
Mary] Wik
Ann Willard
Mina Wittenwrank
Wildy Abbott
Mildred Brenner
Elnore Griggs
Olise McConnell
Orwen Oleon
Jean Phalps
Janine Haieh
Philip Duff
Chris McDermott
Leah Martin
Wynonna Preston
Nienard Sooy
Nicheid Barber
Carmen Gallea
Ory Jean Page
Kbrt Avers
Lillie Naegie
I Yee Parks
Margery Youngs
Cunell
Board of Public Affairs
Maccabees
Penfield
AN Science Society
Christian Science Society of Wellington
Merrick Auditorium
Yukon
Alaska
May
John W. Bannon
West Ave
Rainbow Gardens
Ohio
Post Office
Old Man River
Waves OF Harmony
Floating Dance Palace
South Seas
Sacred Eye
Bruce Griggs
Chronicle-Telegram
James Cagny
Joan Blondell
Warner
Capitol
Warner’s
Capitol Theatre
Elyria Ford
Broad Street
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