Shortage in Appropriation for Vital Statistics Registrars
John T. Duff, Wellington Village clerk, denounces the county’s $250 appropriation for registrars of vital statistics, well short of the usual $750. Health departments in Elyria and Lorain along with township and village clerks handle payments. Duff has funded report forwarding for 16 months and will stop sending reports until paid.
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John T. Duff
Wellington Village
Elyria
Lorain
Duff
Soldiers Relief Commission Seeks Extra Funds From County
The Lorain County Soldiers' Relief Commission asked the county commissioners by letter for an additional $3,000 to continue relief into July due to WPA program curtailment. Commissioners have given $13,000 this year. $2,521 remains. No action was taken.
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Lorain County
Archery Classes Move Outdoors at County Fair Grounds
The YMCA archery program shifts to outdoor training at the county fair grounds this week. Cadets and Preps meet Tuesdays at 4 pm, Juniors Wednesdays at 4 pm, and high school members Thursdays at 6 30 pm, starting from the YMCA lobby before heading to the fair. Ranges from 40 to 100 yards will allow wind variation practice under director Herman Geyer.
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YMC
County Fair Grounds
YM Oca
Fair Grounds
Herman Geyer
Tombstone Found During Garden Spading Near Grafton
Peter Detour of the Machovina property on Main Street in Grafton unearthed a tombstone while digging his garden. The stone bore the inscription Mrs Mary Whiting Died January 6 1829 and was buried under several inches of soil. Local residents recall the Whiting name as an early Grafton family.
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Peter Detour
Main Street
Grafton
Mary Whiting
Detour
Whiting
Gratton
Motorist Fined 3 Dollars By Mayor For Reckless Driving
Charles Brooks of 246 Bath Street was fined 3 dollars and costs after arraignment before Mayor Merc Joseph Petro. Brooks was arrested after a 6 pm yesterday crash at Third and Chestnut streets involving a car owned by Hugh Cross and a vehicle driven by D Lister of 337 East River Street. Police said brakes on Brooks’s car were defective.
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Charles Brooks
Bath Street
Merc
Joseph Q Petro
Hugh Cross
Oberlin Road
Third
Chestnut Streets
D. Lister
East River Street
Brooks
Final Lorain County school meeting envigorated by softball game
Lorain county village and rural school superintendents and principals were told to come prepared for an active final monthly meeting of the 1938 39 school year to be held next Monday at Clearview school. A 5 p m softball game precedes a 6 30 p m dinner.
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Lorain County
Clearview
County school contest plaques shown at Clearview office
Six colorful plaques from the March 1 county school contest were on display at the county school office. Winners include Henrietta and Belden with class CCC honors LaGrange and Brownhelm as class CC winners Wellington and Clearview as class C recipients.
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Clearview
Henrietta
Belden
LaGrange
Brownhelm
Wellington
Buckeye Street Man Fined for Intoxication in City Court
Walter Root of Buckeye street was fined $3 and costs for intoxication after arraignment before Mayor Joseph Q. Petro. He was arrested on Broad street near Cedar at 7 40 p m yesterday. Charles Blunt has just completed his seventy third year as chorister in the church in Kilndown England.
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Walter Root
Buckeye Street
Joseph Q. Petro
Broad Street
Cedar
Charles Blunt
Kilndown
England
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