Fossils Found in City Hall Wall Base
Old fossils embedded in the base of City Hall walls reveal hundreds of specimens. The find highlights the building’s stonework and provides a window into the area’s ancient natural history.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1952
Page
15
Old fossils embedded in the base of City Hall walls reveal hundreds of specimens. The find highlights the building’s stonework and provides a window into the area’s ancient natural history.
Chicago Governor Adlai E. Stevenson, back from Arizona, said he would help strengthen weak spots in the Democratic Party over the next four years. He plans to speak on important issues and might return to his Chicago law firm while guiding party rehabilitation for 1954 and 1956 elections. A Los Angeles committee aims to provide him radio and TV time for national addresses.
The party was shown weak in several regions as Dwight D. Eisenhower won the presidency. He urged remedies for party weakness and declined to discuss a 1956 presidential bid.
Army officials say of about 18 000 men in the 37th Division some 3 195 are Ohio natives. The bulk joined when the division reactivated January 15 and remain there despite a heavy oversea draft. A few Ohioans were moved from Camp Polk for overseas duty, while 4 635 have shipped overseas overall, not all from Ohio.
Houghton Michigan fisherman John Koski believes he set a record by catching the same sturgeon 15 times in his nets. He notes a yellow growth over one eye that he thinks makes the fish swim in circles, always returning to his nets. Koski releases the 3 4 foot fish as it is underweight.
Frank Berson and wife leave Elyria for California to make a new home on medical advice. Albert Berson will operate the Gulf Street store founded in 1916. The J R Zeager Co reports sale of the Gulf Road home to Mrs A J Burnett and husband Mr Burnett now reside on Cornell Avenue.
Cub Pack 131 of Ely School held its November meeting in the school community room. Cubmaster Walter Gaeman led a Bobcat ceremony for members Larry Williams John A Nemeth Frederick Hill Roger Freeman Richard E Fell David C Burkhard Jr Richard Greene William W Baughman Jr Sidney Keith Theo F Struck I Robert Schieferstein Robert Cusick Robert Gillespie Dennis W Harcula Joseph T Smith and John Lawrence. Parents pinned the awards William Custar was program chairman. Den 6 performed a skit Den 1 presented a Thanks Chart in poems Den 4 presented United Nations Milk Fund skit and Den 8 led games. An American flag was presented to the group by Mrs Margaret Miller and Mrs Cora Terrell of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion.
Bertrand Russell, noted for his advocacy of free love and radical ideas, died at age eighty in London. The Nobel Prize winning philosopher influenced modern thought on ethics, politics, and science, leaving a lasting legacy in intellectual circles.
The Times of London reveals the engagement between the third Earl Russell, heir since 1931, and 52 year old Edith Finch of New York and Philadelphia. This marks Russell's fourth marriage after an early year divorce from his third wife who had served as his secretary.
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