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Journal Sign Gets a Paint Job – Oct. 10, 1970
The view this weekAlthough the Morning Journal is no longer printed at its former facility down at the Devil’s Elbow (or even in Lorain for that matter), its name still adorns one face of the clock...
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Harvest House Cafeteria Ads – October 1970
It’s been a couple of years since I featured the Harvest House Cafeteria at Midway Mall on the blog. My observation in the assortment of posts was that it seemed to be perpetually Thanksgiving at the...
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Grand Opening of Taco Kid on Oberlin Avenue – October 1970
Yes, the Taco Kid rides again on this blog. The building at 4300 Oberlin Ave. that was home to Taco KidIt seems that I keep coming up with more things to write about this forgotten Mexican fast food...
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Snoopy at Midway Mall – October 20, 1970
My last surviving Peanuts bookAlthough Charles Schulz passed away twenty years ago, his Peanuts comic strip remains in the public eye, with a big budget computer-animated movie back in 2015 and many...
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Get Your Lorain County I.D. Card at Midway Mall – October 1970
Ad from the Journal, Oct. 16, 1970(Don’t ask me who the pretty young woman is)Here’s a curious idea that was promoted in Journal ads beginning in August 1970: the offer of getting your own ‘personal...
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Dr. Silkini’s “Asylum of Horrors" Returns to Lorain
Halloween is coming up – so it’s a good idea to revisit Dr. Silkini and his traveling horror show. The good doctor made an appearance at the Lorain Drive-in back on September 16, 1959. Here’s the ad...
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Admiral King vs Lorain High – October 1970
Just like the Ohio State - Michigan game is still the biggest one each year for both teams, the Lorain - Admiral King game was the most important local game for many years. It was the original Lorain...
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Lorain Creamery Halloween Ads – October 1970
To start off Halloween week here on the blog, here’s a pair of Lorain Creamery ads from the pages of the Journal during the month of October 1970 – 50 years ago.The above ad appeared in the paper on...
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Midway Mall Halloween Ad – October 1970
Back in October 1970, Midway Mall was promoting the fifth year of its Halloween Costume judging event for boys and girls up two age twelve. The above ad ran in the Journal on October 28, 1970.It’s...
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Gray Drug Store Halloween Ad – October 1970
Gray Drug is one of those forgotten drug store chains, not unlike Leader Drug Store, Cunningham Drug, etc. Apparently it just wasn’t big enough to survive on its own, and was sold to Rite Aid (my least...
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Hills & Kmart Halloween Ads – October 1970
From the October 23, 1970 JournalTwo department stores which are no longer in Lorain County – Hills and Kmart– ran the expected Halloween-themed ads in the Journal back in October 1970, featuring...
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Cavs Debut – October 28, 1970
It was fifty years ago this month that the new Cleveland franchise in the NBA played its home opener in the Cleveland Arena. The coach was Bill Fitch.Unfortunately the Cavaliers lost to the San Diego...
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Shinrock Elevator Demolished – November 1970
From October 30, 1970 JournalPromotion ledger(Courtesy of eBay)Fifty years ago, Shinrock Elevator, a longtime Amherst landmark was demolished, and the city lost a link to its farming heritage.Almost...
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Election Day Choices – Nov. 3, 1970
Today is Election Day 2020. Here’s hoping that you found some way of voting (by mail, using a drop box for your ballot, or even voting in person) to your liking.Fifty years ago, we were still doing it...
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Election Day Results – Nov. 4, 1970
Well, it’s the day after Election Day 2020. Fifty years ago, the Journal was still an evening newspaper – and thus had time to collect election results and actually print who won.Above is the front...
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Golden Crescent Map – November 1970
Recently I happened to read a ‘letter to the editor’ in one of the two local newspapers, and noticed the writer’s reference to the days when the area was referred to as the Golden Crescent.It made me...
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Dodge Advertising Revisited
As a follow-up to my post a few weeks ago about Dodge advertising circa 1970, here’s an interesting article from the November 8, 1970 Journal about the Southern sheriff featured in Dodge commercials at...
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Mill Hollow Revisited
One of the nice things about living in Vermilion is being only a short drive away from the Vermilion River Reservation – that is, Mill Hollow & Bacon Woods. I spent a lot of time down there this...
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Lorain World War I Victory Medal
Did you know that the City of Lorain presented Victory medals to its returning veterans after World War I ended?I didn’t either, until longtime blog contributor Rick Kurish made me aware of it earlier...
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35 Lorain Men Gave Their All in World War I
Today is Veterans Day.It was originally known as Armistice Day, honoring only World War I veterans. That’s because November 11, 1918 was the day that an armistice was reached and World War I...
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