Edison Homestead Restored To Public View Since 1947
The Milan house where Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847, overlooking a canal basin that made Milan a major grain port, was restored by Mrs. Sloane and her mother the late Mrs. Edison and opened to the public in 1947. The exhibit includes Edison family heirlooms, models of early inventions, and items tied to the motion picture and phonograph, part of a collection reflecting some 1100 Edison patents. The article also notes changes in European economic group naming.
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Edison
Thomas A Edison
Milen
John E. Sloan
Thomas A. Edison
Eaton High crowns Helen Vitovitz Queen of the May
Helen Vitovitz, a Eaton High junior, was crowned Queen of the May at the Spring Festival. Bonnie Fishburn, the 1949 queen, presented the crown as attendants and flower girls joined the procession amid a music program by the chorus, quartets, and band. New Zealand distributing war medals was noted at the end.
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Eaton School
Helen Vitovitz
EATON
Eaton High School
Bonnie Fishburn
Ann Walker
Betty Nagy
Betty Carter
Beverly Thompson
Donna Johnson
Mary Fishburn
Pat Reynolds
Wanda Reisinger
Janet Weston
Helen Michalis
Helen Spitzer
Esther Reisinger
May Lou Moore
Joan Peak
Lillian Hornback
Sandy Keller
Ronnie Easterday
Miss Vitovitz
Miss Fishburn
Marian Buchard
Joanne Gessner
Molly Wargo
Norma Whitty
Joanne Kelly
Cecelia Vega
Mary Carol Osborn
Jane Tildes
Dorothy Lilly
Violet Mesnich
Carol Hicks
Margery Grills
Lois Weston
Nancy Filmer
Jean Tompkins
Betty Reisinger
Ruth Burgenheim
Carol Carpenter
Eva Rader
Dorthea Mack
Charles Siniff
Tom Wargo
Dan Deitrich
Old Man River
Rosalie Palick
Ralph Moore
Wellington PTA to Install Officers This Fall
Wellington notices cover the Wellington Parent-Teachers Association final meeting of the school year in the school auditorium at 8 p.m. Miss Warning's gym class will present a demo and librarian Lois Markey will discuss library facilities and books for parents. New officers will be installed in the fall. Also reported: Mara natha class party at 414 Prospect street with devotions by Floyd Moore s, donation to Charity Sherod fund, and an ice cream social planned for June 9 at 223 Prospect street. Community events include club meetings, a China talk by Rev Strobel, and cancer fund drive results totaling over 500 dollars for Lorain County.
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Wellington
Parent-Teachers' Association
Charles Yahnke
Prospect Street
Floyd Moores
Sherod
Bent Street Birthday Club
Russell Jordan
Woman's Benefit Association
Grange Hall
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Sey-More Club
Russell Shuster
Jones Street
California
Raymond Wright
Box
Elsinore
Calif
Wright
Adams Street
China
Strobel
Sandusky
Royal Arch
Masonic Temple
Laura Horner
Elyria
M. L. Carpenter
Carpenter
Lorain County
Camden Nifty-Fifty elects officers at first meeting
Camden Hi-Light reports the Camden 4-H girls club elected new officers for the year led by president Marilyn Vargo and vice president Shirley Earl. The group hosted Cousins J W Byars and wife from Ashville, NC, while Berea scholarship tests drew ten Camden High students. An athletic banquet marked a highlight of the school year.
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Kipton
Camden Nifty-Fifty
Robert Harr
Marilyn Vargo
Shirley Earl
Mary Scott
Irene Yakunovich
Marguerite Vargo
Cenore Reising
Ann Husted
J. W. Byars
Ashville
N. C
C. H. Davis
Byars
Chicago
United States
North Carolina
Hi-Light
Camden High School
Berea
Marian Laundon
Coralie Meilander
Phyllis Franklin
Gail Smith
Wanda Blackett
Mary Jones
Stanley Ingersoll
Lewis Hanes
Wanda Ingersoll
Camden High
Athletic Association
Camden High and Elyria High school events noted
The event in the gym on May 10 featured a baked ham dinner followed by a program with invocation by Harold Fratz, singing under Ruth Christian, and an address by A N Smith. W H Jones recognized guests and coaches presented varsity letters to seniors including Ian Laundon, Theresa Matus, and Joan Reising. Baccalaureate for Russell Hand set for May 21 at Kipton church with Rev Crowell and Rev Troup officiating. A Babe Ruth Sportsman award went to a standout senior athlete, and students voted for Eleaves and Lewis Hanes as recipients. Local visits by the Rev M O Welch land son Loren Findlay and Rev Thomas Short Cleveland noted.
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Harold Fratz
Ruth Christian
W.J. H. Jones
A. N. Smith
Elyria High School
W. H. Jones
Fred Matheny
Carolyn Allamong
Fred Lewis
Larry Green
Ronald
Brunger
Kenneth Pete
Wanda Ingersoll
Russell Hand
Camden High School
Ian Laundon
Theresa Matus
Joan
Kipton Com- Reising
Robert Pitts
Stanley
W. B. Crowell
Neil Whitney
James Ward
J. H. Troup
Caroline Braun
Elvin Waite
Baptist Church
Richard Trigg
Babe Ruth
Miles Riley
M. O. Welching
Loren
Findlay
Thomas Short
Mathetics
Elea Cleveland
Ives
Lewis Hanes
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