Wartime Washington Secret Service Office Scene
Joel Carter works as secretary to Mathaniel Greenleaf at the Black Chamber where enemy codes are unraveled. The chapter shows espionage paranoia, tense office dynamics, and early hints of internal distrust among the staff while Allies fight Germany in World War II era Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Carter
Washington
Mathaniel Greenleap
Department of Chemical Supervision
Joel
Mary Burns
Lill
Jake
Harry
Mr. Greenhag
Mars Burns
Joe
Atlanta
Black Chamber
Xow
Mr. Greenleaf
Miss Carter
Andre
Shi
Carter
Martin
Independence University
Rochester church notes report local gatherings and resignations
Rochester Ohio church notes detail Epworth League meetings with Groton and Clarkfield attendees, a Baptist pastor resigning effective immediately, and a farewell supper. Miss Violet Upton spoke on missionary work in Belia South America, then a family of events announced the booster class elects officers and a class contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Ines
Pasuin
Tev
I. Ho Jones
Sevrcal
Epworth Teague
Groghton and
Clarks
Beliyia
South America
Valley City Mt. Al Ters Busy Session
The Valley City MT Al party held a busy meeting in the auditorium with new president Mrs. Ernest Gutkelman presiding. Discussions covered the three mill levy, school lunch prep, and relief work. A program featured local musicians and remarks, with a note on Meta Weldner’s medical return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. AL Ters
Elth
Ernest Gutkelman
Carl Schildt
Wm. Steck
Carl Hauck
Ed. Arabenstetter
Henry Wolf
George Schaefer
Geneva Kekter
Leona Hammon
Donald Mayer
Clifton Arick
Jack Snedden
Medina
Local Family News From Amherst and Surrounding Towns
A village social page lists visits and relatives from Amherst Huntington and Cleveland. Names include Koppenhafer Thompson Rowland Tripp Gill Jewett and others. Residents share celebrations, guests, and a stroke incident affecting Barlole Sullivan, with attendance at funerals and gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Koppenhafer
Allie Wes
Henry Koppemyat
and. Thompson
Tiestog Learoof Ray
Irs
Resenevans
Myr
Taree
J. Koppenhafer
Amherst
Homer Campball
Butler Road
Dean Thompson
Huntington
Ind
Perenis
Mer
Thompson
Barlole
Sullivan
Giles Reger
Austin Ewell
Brighton
Ian Thompson
Ralph Rowland
Carl Bradford
Iussell Murray
Robert Career
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Ruth Rowland
EB. A. Kliery
Shelby
Frank Rowland
Florence Rowland
Loudoenville
Stella Tripp
Phidelia
Detroit
Leslie Tripp
Emma Gill
Shirley Gill
Paul Jewett
Dlner
W. A. Scranton
Cleveland
Charlee Beardsley
Robert Sherrara
Elyria
Rachel Simonson
Paull
Elizabeth Barnes
Sheffield favors service changes for village areas
Village leaders discuss possible spring service extensions along Lake Breeze and Harris Road, about two miles along the lake. Ohio Fuel and Iron Co officials indicate rates may rise to match Avon Lake levels. Notices mention deaths, funerals, and local social visits among Sheffield and Lorain residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohta Fuck and Company of
Ihean
T. H. Kerr
Ohio Fuel Bras Company
Harris Road
Lake Road
Avon Lake
Cornelia Minard
Robinson
Florida
Fle
Georgia
Local News Collage From New Oberlin Area
New Oberlin notes list visits and family gatherings across Elyria Avon and Amherst. Citizens including Mr and Mrs Schmitz Justie Kinzel Nagel Wohleher and others host relatives attend dinners dances church events and weekend trips. Patricia Hackett noted as granddaughter in need of prayers. World’s Fair trips mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oberlin
J. Schmitz
Cherries Romla
Elyria
Joe Caseman
Avon
Chris Justie
Eagles
William Davis
Arlene Richards
Carl Schmitz
Matt Woblber
Katherine Nagel
Matt Wohleher
Cleveland
F.C. Brown
N. Surohmier
Harold Steinman
Toledo
W. H. Peaberry
Clarence
Town Line Road
J. Emerich
John Emerich
Camden
N. Webber
Loretta
Funeral Attendance From Area For Columbus Man
Columbia residents attend the Columbus funeral of William Longhon. Burial in Butternut Ridge Cemetery. Longhon survived by Stella Giles Longben and Lorena Longhon. Nearby families and community members are noted, with several social and civic events mentioned, including Grange programs and school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
John V. Longhon
Piter
Chas. Longhon
Elyria
F. D. Longhon
Jenne Cole
Eaton
Ernest Terrell
Cleveland
Walter Harwichel
Ridgeville
William Longhon
Columbus
Ohio
Elycia
Butternut Ridge
Longhon
Stella Giles Longben
Lorena Longhon
Amherst families host gatherings in local dinner scene
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Whiton and son of Amherst visited. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hecock and sisters Nellie and Edith Hecock were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Minard. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Dunfee of Lake Avenue were evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. L Chambera and family Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Taft
North Ridge
Lee King
Elyria
Cornelia Minard
Neva Carrick
Helen Frisbee
Brookside Tied School
Oberlin College
Henry Jackson
B. F. Jackson
Charles Jackson
Wakeman
W. E. Taft
Arthur Whiton
Amherst
Louis Hecock
Nellie
Edith Hecock
Edward Minard
LeRoy Dunfee
Lake Avenue
P. L Chambera
Mixed Year First Recital Scenes at Miss Dittaner’s Room
Pupils from Miss Dittaner’s class perform a year end program with items titled A Mixup and Teaching the Sweetheart How to Drive Occur. Dorothy Chelstenson Mira Lapp’s room presents a number. Margaret Martin leads Junior Glee Club with Mary Jane and the Cengus Man. Marjorie Chambers Arthur Crocker and Geraldine Parker present Mrs Cruma room items. Pauline Martin George Rasta present citations. Oliver King Raymond Johnson perform Country Life versus City Life. Elizabeth Churchward recites School Days. All pupils and audience sing School Days. Goodnight recitation by Allee Yarrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Dittaner
Ella Plath
Dorothy Chelstenson
Mira
Lapp
Margaret Martin
Glee Club
Miss Rice
Mary Jane
the Cengus Man
Marjorie Chambers
Arthur Crocker
Geraldine Parker
Mrs. Crum
Pauline
West Ridge PTA Meeting and Community News
The West Ridge Parent-Teacher Association met at the schoolhouse with good attendance. Committees were named for refreshments improvement membership and entertainment. An October 2 Halloween party at William Wagner’s home was planned. Engagement announced for Lillian Eldred to Robert Suyer with November wedding slated. Several local members attended events in Medina Elyria and Amherst amid club meetings and sports updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A
West Ridge
Parent-Teacher's Association
P. G. Miller
Freda Johnston
Fitzgerald
GC. N. Williams
Stanko
Carl Fowl
Mer, Fitzgerald
Ellis Briggs
Willian Wagner
Ollin Minnich
Thede Grills
Julius Totty
Marian Lauer
Marlon Patlas
Robert Mason
Hallowe'en
William Wagner
Styria Revue
Jails Hustlers
Margaret Pallas
Betty Miller
Camp Craiz
Mendina
LY Marguerite Streicher
Edna Lottman
Jane
Harriet Mason
Yielin
Lois
Eldred
Lucille Penfound
Clu
Leota Drusendahl
Beatrica Peabody
Lottman
Lois Eldred
Ota Drusendahl
Doris Minnich
Mildred Pallas
Jane Mason
Aret Tailas
Mua
Lotiman
Béatrics
Peabody
J. F. Eldred
Amherst area social notes and visits across families
Local Amherst residents share visits and family news. Mrs. Herbert Berhiel and daughter Mary Joan of Pittsburgh spend days with kin. Mrs. John Wingeley recovers at home after appendicitis surgery. Kenneth Brown welcomes a son, Richard Allen. Many calls, church group meetings, and weekend visits to relatives in Lorain Cleveland Elyria and Sugar Creek are noted along with a charm use in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Knapp
Richard Voy
Ashland
Bisia
Carlos Snvider
MM Juichards
W. Smailer
Carl Bradford
Ternie Redinalyn
Foner
Nadamuze
Arthur
Harry
Fugone Rirske
Painesville
Airs
Henry Choate
Elyria
Eva Winfield
Date
Charles Beardsley
Jay
Michigan
Geardsley
Wrank Difford
Clarence McNaniels
New London
Carl Ketchman
Butler Yood
Giles Seger
Lloyd Warner
Aon Richard
Ralph Taylor
Frank Zeigler
Cleveland
William Zingeer
F. H. Weldner
Ernest Wolff
George Bauer
Finley, Q
William Gyatenstetter
Helen Scharkey
Howard Arabenstetter
Ray
Pete Kaiser
Cieve and
Ueoorge Wolfe
Matt Arick
Herthas Schactfer
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Anne Schaeffer
Marie
Earl Arick
Ruth Reed
George Wolfe
Martel
Ohio
Dick Whitamore
Henry Reamsmyder
Marte
Fermin Erbart
Charles Derek Hene
Roy Grabenstetter
Miss Geneva Steingass
Baldwin- Wallace College
Arthur Mellert
Medina
EL Brunwaldt
Wisconsin
Emmanuel Evangelical Church
E. H. Wierth
Brunwaldt
Albert McHert
Rebecca Lodse
Zion
J.C. Harmon
Peace Lutheran Church of Cleveland
Helen Bower
Pat
Akren
Bis
Middle Tidgh, Ovt. Ltd
Herbert Berhiel
Mary Joan
Cinelanan
John Wingeley
Canva
Kenneth Brown
Richard Allen
Henry Kolbe
Thelma
Newton Rechtel
Kenneth
Ed. Berk
Howard Shooks
Allenton
Michiesao
N. W. Bechtel
Lucy Mawby
Clyde Aller
Mentor
Carlton Harrison
Pennsylvania
Bea Zachariason
St. Paul
Laynard Mitchell
Daisy Martin
Lee Walker
Myrtle Jascox
Claveland
Jeanne Ilerman
Art Heckel
Friends
Avon Lake Halloween Dance Promises Prizes And Fundraiser
Avon Lake activities note an Alumni Association Halloween dance on October 27 at the sellout auditorium with Bob Kamer's Revelers of Lorain providing music. Prizes will honor best dressed and most comically dressed participants and the most original costume. Proceeds aid the Roya basketball team equipment fund. Other local items include sewing society gathering, bridge club meeting, hospital admission for a child, and college enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
Bob Kamer
Lorain
Cliff
Cox
Roya
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Herbert,o. Yardley
Greenleaf
Dees Gerdes
Frome
Barge
Taats
Weil
Bul
Hell
Tydy
Ur &S
Letra
Woulin
Rata
Elizabeth Chamberlain
Carlos Snyder
Winnie Crittenden
Retta Richards
John Herman
Mesdaniel Carrie Conklin
Drusilla Snyder
Mrs. Chamberlain
Joe Jewetta
8Ue Jewth
Harris Maun
Jina Smalley
Apd
Masai Cowin Werg
Ton Mtomehuilde Claes
Methodist
Albert Parker
Shurtland
del Simmon
Wade Cowie
Akron
Eliya Cowie
George Cowie
Cowie
Herbert Tolk
Kenneth Miller
Commne Coe
Steubenville
James Murray
Coe
Stuart Coe
Stanley Storraw
Ruth Tran
The
Grange
Walter Cox
Bloomingville
George Rogers
Storrow
Raymond Klein
Minnesota
John Murray
Creston
Mra
Valley City
Meta Weldner
Ailyria Hospital
Stanahan
Miles T. Stranahan
Stranahan
Eiytis
Wallester
Mirtle Hi
Jas
N. Y
Mzio
Buffalo
Megs
Lillie Hauck
Eila Bauer
Sen Jay
Shack
Columons
On Pivatory
Stra
Dunkirk
Ant
Henry Watt
Frank Wewugeer
Aarae Athesp Muniz Farm
Mre Kane
Mr and Myre
Tran Remo
Eon
Calvin
Abhex
Fr. Thandore
Homer Anderson
Fay Long
Robert Swartz
Jana
Emmel Hone
Congress
Sheffield
John Elden
Carlisle Township
Immaculate Conception Churea
Grafton
Aupa Bacher
Margaret Dechant
Mary Eiden
Geo
Martha
Peter and
Sebastian
Welsh Funeral Home
H. C. Chambers
Hazel
Helen Smith
Gulf Road
Lorain County
Camp Craig
Medina County
Lorain- Cuyahoga County
J. Wagner
Kabe Raymond
Hinsdale, N.Y
A. D. Carpenter
Wilbur Carpenter
Trend
Ohio River
West Virginia
Roy Putt
Rover
Warry Stinch
Cranell
la Ftrange
Stinchcomb
John Sheer
George Wicks
Warren Selmnerer
Lake Wood
Tare Stinehecome
Delores Wellman
Louise Wuerthele
Fred Wuerthele
Mr. Wade
Fairview
Robert Churchward
Station Road
Mabel Rice
Strongsville
Jay Jasper
Bucyrus College
Tony Ross
la Porte Air Stretch
Booster Grange
A. P. Grills
Miss Akina
State Grange
Guy Findley
Elytia
Christopher Columbus
M. L. Roger
Ctrele
Fred Schramm
Circe No
St. Paul's Church
Ebyria
Mereana Quads
Pressideae
Women's Union
Mr. Tucker
Nox
Meriing
BR. W. Richards
Nancy
Penfound
Henry Pallas
Margaret
Mildred
Theodore Manns
Tuth
Marilyn
Eliza Manns
Charles Pallas
Harold Fisher
Mildred Haldeman
Wooster
Orville Longbrake
Johnny
Gloria
Orville
Clarence Longbrake
Leota Dru—sendah
Shaway Elyria
Etta Brown
Albert Ehike
D. C
Milton Eppley
Edison Highway
Tri-County
Marguerite Streicher
Dorothy Lottman
Dorothy Little
Janet Baus
Beatrice
Raymond Wensink
Robert
Loyal Workers
H. W. Schmitkens
Josetta Miller
Adam Northeim
Japan
H. H. Drusendahl
Clarence Cookant
I. F. Eldred
Lillian
Ardith
Will Eldred
Chester Sprague
Arthur Lamb
Sugar Creek
Duplicate
Ralph Morrison
Little Jack Wiliams
St. Joseph's Hospital
Doris Tincher
Virginia Buswell
June Snyder
Irma
Erwin Schaefer
Caroline Collem
Bob Smith
Burrell Jaycox
Bill Builer
Jack Stelmack
Adelbert Katz
Misa Morna Castle
Cleveland College
Aba
Holy Trinity College
Young Ladies’ Sodatty
Holy Trinity Hall
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