Rev M W Radcliffe longtime Elyria pastor dies at 68
The Rev Maurice W Radcliffe 68 of 118 Kentucky Ave Beulah Beach Vermilion died Saturday at home after a heart attack He pastored the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Elyria for five years retiring July 2 1977 He founded eight churches in Ohio and Texas and served in the Central District He held pastorates in Norwalk Dover Mansfield Ravenna and Longview Texas Born April 7 1909 in Clymer Pa he lived in Elyria prior to retirement Surviving wife Margaret a son Maurice Jr Norton and a daughter Mrs Jerry Ann Mann Fairfield four granddaughters four sisters and two half sisters Friends will call at Fisher Funeral Home Vermilion today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m Services Tuesday at 1 p m burial Maple Grove Cemetery Vermilion
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Maurice W. Radcliffe
Kentucky Ave
Beulah Beach
Vermilion
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Elyria
Ohio
Texas
Central District of Christian and Missionary Alliance
Norwalk
Dover
Mansfield
Ravenna
Longview
Tex
Radcliffe
Youngstown University
American Bible College
LeTourneau College
Kent State University
University of Pittsburgh
Clymer
Margaret
Maurice Jr
Norton
Jerry
Ann) Mann
Fairfield
Fisher
Funeral
Maple Grove Cemetery
Lorain Psychiatrist Dr William Feicks Dies at 58
Dr William J Feicks 58 a Lorain psychiatrist died at Lorain St Joseph Hospital at 7 am Sunday after an apparent heart attack at his home 3333 E Eire Ave Born Jan 15 1920 in Lorain he attended Lorain High School Oberlin College and the University of Michigan Medical School He served as a captain in the Army during World War II and the Korean War He is survived by his wife Pauline his mother Mrs Sophie Feicks a son William C a daughter Cary Chance of Rochester N Y a sister Mrs Marion Sutton and two grandchildren Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1 pm in Walter A Frey Funeral Home burial at Ridgehill Memorial Park Cemetery.
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William J. Feicks
Lorain
Lorain St. Joseph Hospital
E. Eire Avenue
Feicks
Lorain High School
Oberlin College
University of Michigan Medical School
American Medical Association
Lorain County
Walter A. Frey
Donald Mackle
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Ridgehill Memorial Park Cemetery
Amherst woman Mrs Zocchi dies after long illness
Mrs Bardo Zocchi 45 of 919 Wilshire Dr Amherst a former switchboard operator died in Lorain Community Hospital Saturday after a two year illness. She lived in Amherst 19 years born in Lorain worked in St Joseph School cafeteria and was a member of St Joseph Church. Her survivors include her husband Bardo a son John and daughter Gina both at home her father George Klein Lorain a sister Mrs Edward Massey Lorain and grandmother Mrs Anna Jarazmik Lorain. Wake and funeral services are at J J Gluvna and Son Funeral Chapel Lorain with burial to be in Calvary Cemetery.
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Bernice
Reinewald
East St
New London
Greenwich
Los Angeles
Allen Conway
First United Methodist Church
Greenlawn Cemetery
Lillian Ann Zocchi
Wilshire
Amherst
Lorain
St. Joseph School
Zocchi
St. Joseph Church
Bardo
John
Gina
George Klein
Edward
Loretta) Massey
Anna Jarazmik
Mildred Klein
J.J. Gluvna and Son
Funeral Home
Calvary Cemetery
Elmer W. Miller 69 Dies After Long Illness In Lorain
Elmer W. Miller 69 of 2901 Fulmer Ave Lorain died at Oak Hills Nursing Home after a long illness. A World War II military policeman and former Lorain-Cuyahoga Works and U S Steel carpenter, he retired in 1968 after 20 years with the company. Born in Bellaire, he lived in Lorain 36 years and belonged to the Polish Legion of American Veterans. Survived by wife Josephine 44 years daughters Patricia Childress Vermilion and Betty Jo Welch Athens seven grandchildren brothers Jack Bellaire Melvin Akron sisters Etta Hess Cleveland Doris Barlow Muskogee Okla and his mother Mrs John Fry Bellaire. Visitation at J J Gluvna and Sons today 7–9 pm and Tuesday 2–4 and 7–9 pm funeral Wednesday 2 pm at the funeral home with the Rev Joseph W Step officiating burial Calvary Cemetery.
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Elmer W. Miller
Fulmer Ave
Lorain
Oak Hills
Lorain-Cuyahoga
U.S. Steel Corp
Mr. Miller
Bellaire
Ohio
Polish Legion of American Veterans
Josephine
James
Patricia) Childress
Vermilion
Betty Jo Welch
Athens
Jack
Melvin
Akron
Etta Hess
Cleveland
Doris Barlow
Muskogee
Ala
John Fry
J.J. Gluvna and Son
Elyria Girl Earns Fourth Runner-Up In Medina Lorain Pageant
Deborah Ross, 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Ross of 193 Warden Ave, placed fourth runner-up in the Miss Medina Lorain County Pageant. She won a $50 scholarship while Dawn Meadows, 20, of 3435 Ridgewood Ave, Medina, won the pageant and a $150 scholarship. Meadows will compete for Miss Ohio in Mansfield in June. Holly Beth Currier, 19, and John P Currier of 945 Hartford Dr also competed. Pageant sponsored by the Medina Lorain County Pageant committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Ross
Fred Ross
Warden Ave
Medina-Lorain County
Dawn Meadows
Ridgewood Ave
Medina
Mansfield
Norbert Meadows
Holly Beth Currier
LCCC Coffeehouse Presents Jon Tesmer For Noon Show
Lorain County Community College plans a noontime coffeehouse in the Center Mall featuring Jon Lee Tesmer who performs country rock and folk. The free public event showcases Tesmer’s varied styles in a casual campus setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Lee Tesmer
Lorain County Community College Center
Tesmer
Careless smoking blamed in Lorain man's death
George Barlow 53 died from asphyxiation after a living room chair fire at his Lorain home on 842 IS St. Investigators say the blaze likely started from careless smoking and smoldered for hours before flames erupted. Barlow, an Army veteran and former Lake Terminal Railroad worker, lived with his wife Clara and three children. services set for the funeral home and St Anthony Church with Disabled American Veterans Post No. 20 to conduct military rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Barlow
Barlow
St. Joseph Hospital
William Kishman
Clara
Births reported in local notices
March births include a daughter to Larry MCCROSKEY and wife at 533 Georgetown Ave and a son to Van CULBERSON and wife at 449 West River St. Also a son to Rohn WHITMAN and wife at 323 Huron St with Mrs. Dan MAIDEN at 42796 Dellefield Ave. April 2 adds a son to William LAMB of 17166 Chaberlain Rd Grafton and a daughter to Ochis LOVEJOY at 126 Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry McCroskey
Georgetown Ave
Robert Maxwell
Denison Ave
Mrs. van Culberson
West River St
Mrs. Rohn Whitman
Huron St
Dan Maiden
Dellefield Ave
William Lamb
Chaberlain Rd
Grafton
Ochis Lovejoy
Lowell St
Elyria man held to grand jury in two burglaries
Martin Bowen 22 of 200 Longfellow Street pleaded innocent to two breaking and entering charges and was ordered held to the grand jury by Judge James P. Horn. Bowen is charged in burglaries at Gastown 590 Cleveland Street and Stewart Appliances 468 Cleveland Street. Officers recovered cigarettes from Gastown and about 1500 dollars in goods from the appliance store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
James P. Horn
Martin Bowen
Longfellow St
Gastown
Cleveland St
Stewart Appliances
Bowen
Bellfield Avenue
Travel plan on three state trip by adapted aquatics group
Twelve volunteers from Lorain County Adapted Aquatics Volunteers plan a three state trip to Washington DC Philadelphia and Charlottesville despite needing about 1000 dollars of the 1240 total. They will tour facilities for the handicapped meet Red Cross officials and attend a Charlottesville workshop while continuing to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Washington
Oberlin to suspend police captain post until July
Oberlin City Council will vote to temporarily abolish the captain’s position in the police department until all three sergeants are eligible to take a promotion exam. Capt. Larry Wickham’s February resignation prompted the move. Sgt. Robert Jones remains acting second in command.
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Oberlin — City Council
Larry Wickham
Lorain County Law Enforcement Group
MEG
Oberlin Civil Service
Marjorie McCreedy
Phil Verda
McCreedy
Verda
Jones
Police Department
Robber Scott Workman gets probation then new arrest
Scott S. Workman of Cleveland, 38, who used prison time to build a legal challenge craft, had probation granted Dec 8 1977 after a 10 to 25 year sentence for Amherst IGA Market holdup. His latest Strongsville arrest ends probation as his new felony terms extend past the original period. Authorities expect more appeals.
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Scott S.workman
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Strongsville
Common Pleas
Floyd D. Harris
Workman
Ohio Court of Appeals
Ohio Supreme Court
Federal Court
U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
D.harris
Moped Drivers Must Meet License Rules In Ohio
Ohio's new moped law requires operators aged 14 or older without a valid driver’s license to pass vision and written tests and obtain a motorized bicycle operator’s permit before riding. The Ohio Department of Highway Safety says tests are given at exam stations and deputy registrar offices issue permits after studying the Driver’s Handbook and the new Moped Law pamphlet.
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Ohio
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
State Highway Patrol
Exant
Highway Safety Department
Parsons Ave
Columbus
Burglary at Harry's Mens Wear Nets Coats and Suits
Elyria police report a burglary at Harry's Mens Wear 417 Broad St. early today after intruders smashed a front plate glass window and stole twenty leather coats and three suits valued at 3175 dollars. A nylon jacket left by the burglar was taken as evidence. The break in was discovered about 2 40 a.m. while officers patrolled Broad Street.
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Elyria
Harry's Mens Wear
Broad St
Broad Street
Valley City man guilty in tax case
Harold Moehle a 47 year old Valley City masonry contractor was sentenced to two months in jail and fined 10000 for evading federal income taxes from 1971 to 1974. He pleaded guilty to four charges after a January indictment and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leroy Contie.
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Akron
Valley City
U.S
James R. Williams
Harold Moehle
Moehle
Leroy Contie
Nautical Miles to Statute Miles Conversion
A note explains converting nautical miles to statute miles by multiplying by L1516. It presents a simple conversion rule and references the unspecified constant L1516 for the factor. The guidance implies a direct proportional relationship between nautical and statute miles.
Lorain County Nabs 726820 For Summer Youth Jobs
Lorain County receives 726820 in federal funds to offer about 900 disadvantaged youths summer work through CETA. Programs cover 400 county and 250 Elyria and 300 Lorain city positions. Applications go to the CETA office in City Hall or St. Agnes School Elyria. Jobs run June to late August. wage rate rises to 2.65 per hour. A year round CETA program is also planned later this month following a half million dollar grant announced last October.
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Lorain County
Vicki Marty
CETA
Lorain
Elyria
St. Agnes School
Lake Ave
Elyria man charged in traffic death on Main Avenue Bridge
Elyria resident John Nagy, 51, was charged with negligent vehicular homicide after a Wickliffe man, James Held, 43, died from a two-vehicle crash on the Main Avenue Bridge. Nagy, treated for minor injuries, is free on bond and to appear in municipal court later. Held died at Lutheran Medical Center.
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Cleveland
Elyria
Wickliffe
Main Avenue
John Nagy
Lake Ave
James Held
Lutheran Medical Center
Marathon dance for Muscular Dystrophy aid planned
A 12 hour dance marathon starts Saturday at 10 am at Midway Mall to raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Lorain County students may obtain sponsorship forms at schools while senior citizens perform 2 to 3 pm, with further info from county senior organizations. Contact Earl McMichael at Avon Lake High School for participation or donate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway Mall
West Elyria to Get Telegraph Road Skateboard Park
Local businessmen Frank Rybarcyk and Harold Hume will begin construction soon on a two acre Telegraph Road site near GM Fisher Body Plant for a west side skateboard park with a May opening and an owner contest to name the facility. Les Freeman also has an east side park under construction, highlighting rising interest in the sport and safety gear like helmets and pads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Frank Rybareyk
Harold Hume
Telegraph Rd
Les Freeman
Rybarcyk
General Motors
Fisher Body
Police name suspect in Lorain murder case
Police in Lorain say they have a suspect in the March 22 killing of Alberta Polk 88 of 1773 Resideve. Two men were given lie detector tests and the chief said one tester believes the man knows about the crime though not the principal actor. Polk was bound gagged and suffocated by a paper wad shoved into his mouth during a robbery at his home.
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Lorain
Alberta Polk
1773 Resideve
John Malinovsky
Malinovsky
Mulder
Polk
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M. W. Radcliffe
Charles Reinewald
Maurice Radcliffe
William Feicks
Mrs. Bardo Zocchi
Memoriam
Mary M Hal
Curtis Scheuffler
Greater Elyria and
Harvey C. Curtis Ernest W. Scheuffler
LCCC
By Frank Finegold
Lake Terminal Railroad
American Ship Building Co
Kingwood
W. Va
Lora
St. Anthony Church
Holy Name Society
Disabled American Veterans Post No
Dan
Sandy) Chapman
Diane
Denise
Ricky
Mathew
Bertha) Riggens
Howesville
Francis Barlow
Tunnelton
Dale Barlow
Reedsville
Randy
George
J.J. Gluvyna and Son
Lotain
Disabled American Veterans Post No. 20
Elyria Memorial
Swim Group
Coleman
Oberlin
Thomas Dalton
Robert Jones
IGA
City of
Elyrian
Nagy
Assn
West Side
Elyria Police and Fire Departments
Sanda
Goswold Road
Lorne A. Elbert Jr
Hamilton Circle
Clarence Williams Jr
Prospect St
Ang
West Avenue
van C. Culberson
W. Raver St
Bernard
Lewis Swan
Linwood St
West Ave
Firamen
Jeanne cClelland
Charles
Arnold Coleman
River SC
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