Seventy-two years ago this week, Vermilion High School students enjoyed the informal opening of their new high school. (The official opening would take place a few months later in mid-April.)
Above is the front page of the Feb. 21, 1953 Lorain Journal with the story, and a photo showing the kids parading into the new building.
Elsewhere on the page is a very dark photo of a historic marker that was located on Route 10 just west of Oberlin. Today the highway is designed State Route 511. If the monument was still there, I'd pass it every day on the way to work. Unfortunately it's long gone. Vandals removed the tablet in 1969; one local historian told me the boulder is still on the property, but was dumped in the woods at the rear of the lot.
Here's a better look at it (below). I also wrote about it back here and here.
There are several little articles of interest on the page.
An obituary for Frederick Conradt of Cleveland notes that he was owner and operator of a tavern at 4790 East Lake Road in Sheffield Lake. That was also the address for
Dorothy and ElmerBartel's tavern (which I wrote about
here). It turns out that before it was Dorothy and Elmer's, it was Conrad's for more than 20 years. The obituary below (from Jan. 11, 1939) explains that Elmer Bartel was Mrs. Conrad's nephew.
The Log of Lorain mentions that "The nephew of two Lorainites is the "cover man" of the Feb. 28 issue of Collier's magazine and is also pictured in an exclusive feature story about the development of a space suit by the navy and how and where it will be used.
Here's the cover, as well as the inside photo.
Lastly, under the heading "13 Films Available Through Library," we learn that the Lorain Public Library had a total of 43 16mm films available for borrowing. One of the brand new films was
Three Little Bruinsin a Canoe–a heartwarming and exciting Castle Films classic. Why not enjoy it right now, while you partake of a bowl of Sugar Crisp?
