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Newspaper
Kent Stater
Location
Kent, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1949
Page
2
Kent city council reviews a draft ordinance regulating house trailers amid rising student housing, with concerns over single-trailer applicability. Investigators to present findings at a public hearing as universities explore a state land trailer park option to ease shortages for veterans and others.
Meade Letts, a sociology teacher and licensed minister, commuted daily from Cleveland to Drakesburg and later Kent while earning degrees at KSU Oberlin and John Wesley. He married in 1949, enjoys bowling golf and non fiction reading, and recalls many chicken dinners from Drakesburg.
Two university juniors from Akron start a small window washing and wall cleaning firm. Tom Elshaw and Fred Zusky handle promotions and contacts while saving for housing as orders pour in. Their first theater job nearly caused a disaster when scaffolding broke, holeing a screen, but the manager forgave the incident.
The Business Manager Kenneth Webb leads a staff list that includes Editorial Myron Abood Copy Editor Society Editor Feature Editor Al Foutts Sports Editor Kenny Hanna Story Editor Sylvester Nemes Advertising Asst Sig Thorsen Advertising Manager Bruce Walker Edition Manager Bernie Suhayda across the newspaper operation.
Johns B Nicholson reports ongoing book thefts at Rockwell library with Webster's dictionaries Rand McNally atlas and others missing. He notes daily attendance about 1,900 students and peak periods. he cites nine teen full time librarians and fifty part time workers as part of a broader campus statistics feature.
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