Wartime Junk Drives Pay Off For Vermilion Playgrounds
In 1943 Vermilion public school children conducted a scrap iron drive. Proceeds funded War Bonds, and now 12 years later the matured bonds will be used to buy playground equipment for the school.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1955
Page
13
In 1943 Vermilion public school children conducted a scrap iron drive. Proceeds funded War Bonds, and now 12 years later the matured bonds will be used to buy playground equipment for the school.
Clarksfield and Wakeman members attend Friendship Night hosted by Madelaine Chapter Vermilion. Officers present include Marton Jean Carnal Edna Dalton Mae Myers Esther Brechmacher and Grace Russell among 20 plus attendees. Grangers hold a ritual installation and note absences for state convention in Columbus.
Naegele Bros. dissolves and becomes Naegele's Miats and Grocery. Steve Minos of Huron sells his Main Street shoe repair shop to Joseph Turza of Vermilion for health reasons. Turza will run the shop at Tony's Shoe Store in Vermilion. Minos plans a trip to Greece after a test.
London reports Tallulah Bankhead plans to keep her little Maltese dog in quarantine in Britain. Deloras is sensitive and Tallulah said she couldn’t do without me.
Paris reports indicate Czechoslovakia suffers a sweeping shortage of labor with an estimated 500,000 workers needed across industry and agriculture. Exile circles in the French capital warn the deficit could hinder economic plans and reconstruction efforts.
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