30 Nov 1950
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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1950
Page
1
A blizzard hit Dalton Ohio on Saturday November 25 1950 bringing 21 inches of snow. Highways blocked bus service halted church and school activities and food stores ran out. Snow walls 3 to 4 feet rose on Main Street as crews plowed and opened roads through Monday.
The Buckeye Feed Mill reports a new grain storage silo ready for use in 20 days after the old silo collapsed on Oct 30. The structure rises 40 feet high and 21 feet in diameter, built of reinforced concrete staves with exterior steel bands.
Schools will open Monday. Alvin Singer and wife of Canton, at Oliver Homan's Thanksgiving. Supt George Eastman and wife arrived home from Union City Indiana. Raymond Brenner of E Greenville broke his left wrist Thanksgiving Day in a ladder fall. Mr and Mrs Russell Dague and Mrs Carl Dague were Thanksgiving guests of Mrs Charles E Gee Jr at New Castle Pennsylvania. Starley Mouvlas and Billy Wertz returned from a hunting trip to Petoskey Michigan with a deer. their wives traveled with them. The J B Gregory property on Main Street will be offered for sale at public auction Friday December 1 1950 on the premises. Appraised at $6000. Irene G Schaller Admx.
Wild mammals like foxes squirrels and skunks can transmit rabies when they bite. Even healthy seeming foxes may appear friendly to humans, masking a dangerous disease. Rabid animals pose a public health risk and should be avoided and reported to authorities.
Miss Agnes Douglas of Orrville and Lester E Graber of North Lawrence were married Tuesday afternoon November 21 at United Presbyterian Church Selsley and Leard Cleveland. Rev Reible officiated. The bride is a Lakeside Hospital nurse and the groom a Baughman township farmer. They will reside near Dalton after a West honeymoon.
The wedding of Norma Jean Conrad and Donald Steiner, initially set for Nov 26, is moved to Dec 3 at 2:00 p.m. at Oak Grove Mennonite Church in Smithville. Circle No. 4 meets Dec 5. The January Thaw play and Bethany S S class meeting are postponed. the Presbyterian Women’s Association will meet Dec 3 at 8 p.m. at the church.
Folk lore expert Bascom Lamar Lunsford completed a rapid recording effort for the National Library in Washington, capturing 700 folk lore tunes in seven days. The project highlights his prolific work preserving traditional songs and oral histories.
Brucellosis reduces owner net income by lowering milk production up to 23 percent in severely infected herds, shrinking calf crops by as much as 40 percent, causing infertility in some animals, and raising mastitis incidence.
The Douglas fir is named after David Douglas the Scottish botanist who introduced it to Europe in 1827. Archibald Menzies first reported the species in 1792 at Nootka Sound during Captain Vancouver's voyage and the tree was exported from the Columbia River region via the Hudson's Bay Trading Post at Vancouver Washington.
Zacharias Bents 85 died Monday night at 11 30 at the home of his daughter and son in law Mrs and Mr C M Jennings RD 2 Dalton He lived there ten years Survived by two daughters 13 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Funeral Thursday Nov 30 at 2 30 pm at Oak Ridge Evangelical U B church with Rev Gro ver Smith of Dover officiating Burial in church cemetery Desvoignes funeral home Mt Eaton in charge
Mrs Naomi Erwin 60 died at her home in Baughman township Saturday. She was born in Sugar Creek Two and widow of J Orrin Erwin. Survived by daughter Audra Erwin of the home brother Emmit Shifferly of Orrville and sister Mrs J Suttle of Orrville. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm from the Presbyterian church in Orrville with burial in Dalton cemetery.
Funeral services for Rev J B Hartzler age 100 were held Wednesday at Crown Hill Mennonite Church following his death Saturday evening at the home of his daughter Mrs Ida Beechy in Orrville.
Elmer the white mouse of a 12 year old Milwaukee boy slid into a pay phone coin slot while his owner called a friend. The mouse climbed the slot and was found tangled in wires inside the phone by a repairman. It was recovered unharmed and returned to the boy.
A British doctor on a radio program compared the brain to a massive telephone network with about ten billion cells and far more wiring than world population. He said daily activity keeps wires buzzing, and fatigue muddles signals, noting sleep recharges mental batteries by switching them off to prepare for rest.
A call to action urging citizens to back defense efforts by producing equipment, funding defense costs, and fighting inflation. It promotes buying U S Savings Bonds and enrolling in Payroll Savings Plans to secure personal finances while aiding the country. The message underscores collective responsibility.
FOR SALE for men gs toef rubbers clogs new size 9 150 inquiry Gazette office FOR SALE 1 ton used Dodge truck Price 200 9 2 Adams Lumber Co FOR SALE To be moved 3 room house Ground available nearby particulars see form Garrison Eckard CHICKENS for sale White Rock hens le dressed John Kick Rt 30 mile west of Dalton Ph No 5854 Dalton tf
Help wanted ad seeking a man or schoolboy to work for a firm mile south of Route 30 on the Wayne Stark county line road near Dalton. References required. Phone Dalton 6592.
Christmas sale advertised for wallpaper at Dick Zarle's on The Square Orrville Ohio. The notice also promotes gummed tape two inches wide in rolls of 1290 inches for packaging at the Gazette office.
Vague OCR snippet mentions route bore tests and tolls with unclear details. Readable elements reference rental routes and public work delays but lack concrete names, dates, or locations.
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