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it By anoMany Volunteers Help In Two-Year BuildingWciur— A ty-l Fhilip-at least eruptions n Cami-iore lava ere 1,200 week, ient Ro-avy eva-said the n rapid sending oke and like anOf Yule DecorationsOfMrs, nut st.the fori andCulminating two years of effort, j a nee of the Elyria s community Christmas dec- construction orations, completed over the weekend with the installation of the North Pole Express truly represent an expression of the community in action.The program was inaugurated last year under the leadership ofthe Elyria Chamber of Commerce; — u- me uiv:--‘ ■«to replace the stringers of coloredislreet department and installed byiWi1liar lights which the merchants had tra-jpark department employes under nutmaterial used in of the world and ihe other decorations in the parkjMayor was raised among the downtoivn,police merchants who were assessed their rrtniiv usual fee for street lighting and by ycontributions from other business and industrial sources.The canes weie built out of furnace pipe, painted by thewithprelumMrs. citv ;ihat sh ' Wilhan-al erup-but the :ue par- ......... mwuMius naa ira- ‘ employes unaerditionaUy for nearly two dengues' e supervision of Supt. John Ma-put up across Broad and otherldim;k sfter appioval had beendowntown streets each holiday'*sea-!Pn the P10iect by Chairmanson.I bardPa nay 'tds ex-WllcoxpaIV-Hub-she hac 27 StatePolictartel other members ChThe park em~:a.m. yeThe switch was made for several !°f the park board. ____ ,.....reasons. Among them was Ihe in- p^°- es als0 provided the laborall the other woik in the park-creasing cost which was gradually resuiting in *e merchants being able to do less and less with the and re- money available and the group was'divert-iamage to buy an entirelyers, which would have cost well up into thousands of dollars. Another reason was the growing •ity on conviction among a large numbert, the of Elynans that the decorationsshould be concentrated in Ely Park, where both public and private agencies and individuals could unite in helping create a truly' representative expression of the city's Christmas spirit, in keeping with a na-for ins? on soaked3VV.i Cebu 5 Jarg-Ncw Additions This Year 1 cut onThe reaction to the new decora-lAn a,T)i: .nult;icj c(vauaoic ana me group waslVor!s Was 50 favorable that it \vnsiuas 1lt;Jk faced with the necessity of havin* , .cided to rePC8t th« pattern 1 blia' w*to buy an entirely new set of string-! ~vear and add them. Again tn close ■’ • ,a design committee wns appointed 15 stitchwith George In nos bring named|*ion on chairman Assisting him were Mrs dition \ Dave Robertson of last year's lkl-v moiraked 11 fur-e voi-smokeNo, 2 Continued on Page 2Wide Hunt On Foishort)non-wide trend in this direction.Pafrofmsn [filerunutes uggest send-w hieh jht as b ex-vis]-lana-scv-arherugeesjayanl\Iin-•h.;condCommittee AppointedAfter it was decided to make the switch a committee comprised of George Irmes. artist in the catalogue department of the Bondix-Westinghousc Automotive Air Brake Co.: Mrs. Dave Robertson,Mrs ' Jthat she JSaluiday mg and her and get out obtained the hous Thomas ■CLEVELAND, 0—Police in all .........“■sections of the country were on the !'e as lookout today for a west coast buig-• who is believed to have shot and killed Cleveland patrolman iorney L Haas.Detectives here futilely sifted m charge of merchandise display at'15s_ on_the '’•'heieabouts of George the C. H. IVTecfhn fr. m u- |Ross. 2i. who is also wanted mthe C. H. Merthe Co., and W. H Stuntz of Oho Edison Co , was appointed by the Chamber of Commerce to design the original decorative scheme.Fred W. Lohnes, district manager of Ohio Edison Co , end then ■chairman of the Merchants Divi-soay5' s'nn' supervised the construction i?nd erection of the new decorations •Central theme of this decorative plan was a huge semisphere representing the top of the world surmounted by a candy-striped northhe wokf -Mrs Tht and she hP;Said He Mrs. 1 Chest nut aimed SevcAccmd. a' Thomasrole and the igloo home* of Santa Fetectlves believe Claus. Overhead there was a blan- aas because tht(ket of colored lights highlighted by 9 huCe North star- FJanking the cn- ~~ I trances to the park we re rcd-and-white-striped candy canes planted in evergreen.The Top of the World was engineered by the Bendix-Westinghousewasagoup-par-'ord.re-1company and built with labor fur-corni eel. ion v.uh cnmes in Seattle jina San Francisco. A u arrant has 131® heen issued here implicating Rnss ,, cc, m the Saturday in the Saturday r shooting of the 43-year-old patrol-man. [the hadAlso wanted by police here is befme Carl H i Whitey i Angel 1, 2P west coast nx-convjct. who is he- h„„ :l:eved with Ross Angell took part , n,r:» lh- s-'« m #»Sf* wi,h Rass’ po,,ce Sicase and Ross shot At th, , , • Patrolman had aarrested him on a traffic violatui.vand went with him to his room toestablish his identity, a landladyat the boarding house, Mrs. Char-tot to Cooper, said she saw Haasana Ross go up to Ross’ roomMrs. Cooper said shortly afler-mFouiTwore-rac-nished by that fnctmy and others throughout the city. Other plants fg a supplied the steel and some of the other materials. Money for the bahward, she heard three shotsandlorah child weisaw Ross floe fiorn the house. Of- l'r| ‘ bad01 s «!d he left behind an i TZpensive 10)1 auto that had been C fstolen during the San Francisco m,le
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The Chronicle Telegram
Elyria, Ohio, US
Mon, Dec 10, 1951
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