Did you know that there was a Brownhelm Fox Hunt back in February 1947?
Here's the article from the Feb. 21, 1947 Lorain Journal with the story.
"The starting point of the hunt will be the John Henning farm, at the corner of Foster park and Sunnyside-rds.
"The reported purpose of the hunt is to destroy the red foxes in this section which farmers in Brownhelm have blamed for killing their chickens."
A follow-up reminder appeared in the paper on Feb. 22.
"Strange game shaken out during the hunt was an old tom-cat who was allowed to quit the area."
A return match with the foxes was scheduled for March 8, 1947. This one turned out even worse for the hunters. The red fox made 'big dummies' out of them, as noted in this article from March 10, 1947.
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And for those of you who enjoy seeing the whole page of the paper, here's the Feb. 21, 1947 page with the initial report of the upcoming fox hunt. Hey, we even get a "There Oughta Be a Law..."
“The fox further confused hunters by removing all of the ‘Fox Season’ signs and replacing them with placards reading ‘Duck Season’. Frustrated hunter Elmer J. Fudd did not return the Journal’s calls for comment. Charlie Marko
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The foxes evaded 500 hunters twice? They were foxy indeed.
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Peters is page 386. Simmons, 387.
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