Barbershop Festival by Westinghouse Quartet at Elyria High
The Elyria Society presents the 11th Annual Parade of Quartets tomorrow at 8:15 p.m. in the Elyria High School auditorium featuring the renowned Westinghouse Quartet of Pittsburgh.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1957
Page
10
The Elyria Society presents the 11th Annual Parade of Quartets tomorrow at 8:15 p.m. in the Elyria High School auditorium featuring the renowned Westinghouse Quartet of Pittsburgh.
Sheffield police investigate vandalism at Garfield Cemetery where ten tombstones toppled and broken over three to four days. A highway worker flagged the damage. investigators target multiple suspects as Chief Fred Winter and Mayor Walter McAllister vow to find those responsible.
Obituaries report funeral services, graveside rites, and memorials across Elyria and neighboring towns. Entries note infant death, longtime residents, and public figures with funeral details, burial sites, and church affiliations. Family memorial gifts are requested to local churches.
The estate of Earl A. Charters was appraised at 3894.39 dollars. Joseph Pawlowski 70 died at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 9:20 am. The report notes custody arrangements for children and a Juvenile Court case charging parents with neglect. Sheriff's March activity included 133 writs issued and 23 arrests on warrants, with 230.83 dollars in fees. 61 prisoners were fed, 75 jurors summoned, four prisoners and four mental patients moved, 44 fox bounty certificates issued.
Three day Geauga county maple syrup festival opens in Chardon amid scarce supply. Funeral services set for Monday at 9 30 am in St Mary Church. Burial in St Mary Cemetery. The report notes production between 30 000 and 35 000 gallons with weather blamed for poor output and fresh price rise to six dollars per gallon.
A long list of birth notices records daughters and sons born to numerous local families across St Joseph area. Notable entries include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Andrew Noeley 1326 West 33rd Street and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Joseph Tarson 4651 Oberlin Avenue. Other families mentioned include Edwards Howard McCracken and Carmelo Admissions Pamela Smith among many with addresses in Vermilion Sheffield Wakeman and surrounding streets.
Forest L Easter of Shaker Heights was arrested on the Ohio Turnpike for speeding at 90 mph and cited to Elyria Municipal Court. Mrs. Clyde Barr reported her son James' bicycle stolen from St Jude's School valued around 40 dollars. David L Montgomery of LaGrange was arrested at 7 30 a.m. at Middle Ave and Eighth St for a traffic signal violation and cited to Municipal Court the next day.
Court actions include Dorothy G. Franklin suing Jane M. Renner for 100000 in a negligence suit. Divorce petitions proceed as Lorain filed against Robert by a railroad conductor. Alimony and property valuations noted for George Amherst estate and other related filings in Bellevue Avon Lake Elyria and Monroeville.
Licenses granted to Donald Davis 21 laborer of 1843 Elyria Ave Lorain Hattie Taylor 20 of 2708 Canton Ave Lorain Gordon Webster 19 salesman of 631 Well er Rd and Charlotte Taylor 18 of 608 Bell Ave in Lorain.
Expressions of gratitude to Rev Norris Crook pallbearers and neighbors for kindness during bereavement. Thanks for floral offerings and support from doctors nurses Fulton Funeral Home Rev Ackera and friends relatives.
Cole Jennie B aged 84 died at her daughter Mildred Terrell's home 4660 West 227th Street Fairview Park on Thursday. The daughter is the sole survivor. Friends may call Sudro Curtis Funeral Home after 1 pm Friday. Services at 2 pm Sunday at Sudro Curtis with Rev. David Beebe of Columbia Baptist Church officiating. Burial in Calumbia Cemetery.
County commissioners received an unofficial green light from Elyria for extending city water mains south of Route 10. A favorable council water committee report backed future sanitary water districts and the plan to lay lines under the new road before resurfacing. The committee emphasized maintaining policy, while noting current pressures may be insufficient until a 48 inch force main and branches are complete, with construction possible this year.
Kenneth R. Koepp 39 of 142 Courtland Street died at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 2 45 PM yesterday after three years of illness. He owned a West Avenue sporting goods store and was a member of St John Lutheran Church. Survived by wife Hazel M a son Kenneth John and a daughter Wanda Ann two brothers Henry A Milwaukee and Carl Z Koepp of the Elyria Police Department. Friends may call at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home until noon tomorrow with services at 2 PM tomorrow at St John Church officiated by Rev Norris Crook. Burial in Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Casket to remain closed at church.
Harold A. Zealley administrator of Elyria Memorial Hospital was chosen as one of four trustees representing Northeastern Ohio at the Ohio Hospital Association’s annual Cleveland convention. He has led Elyria Memorial since 1951 after moving from Salem City Hospital, with 16 years in hospital work and affiliationsincluding the American Hospital Administration and Rotary. He and his wife live at 901 Park Ave with three children.
The Rev Harry K Finley of Elyria killed in a Florida traffic crash on Feb 9 left an estate valued at 53123 per Probate Court estimate. Personal property listed 21473 annual rentals 31850 and real estate 301900. Widow Bessie is executor.
Sheriff’s deputies yesterday investigated two traffic crashes. A sideswipe on Rt 1 North Ridge Rd at 8 30 p m damaged a 1957 Sidney Motors car driven by Charles Schnerurer and a 1951 Veronica Moyes car. A second crash at Rt 20 and Butternut Ridge Rd involved Mary Reese’s car and a tractor trailer driven by Edward Inman, damaging fenders.
An estate estimated at 30000 all in personal property was settled by Maude Baird Coons of Oberlin who died March 23 according to Probate Court papers filed today. Her daughter Pauline Capps of Oberlin is executrix.
LaGrange Boy Scout Troop 118 plans miniature signal towers as their current project. The towers will be displayed at the Boy Scout Exposition on May 18 at the Oberlin College Field House.
Ridgeville Township trustees plan a public hearing in early May to re zone the Ray Pitts property They intend to charge for zoning hearing requests Representatives will attend the April 10 county commissioners meeting to discuss road specifications and other matters
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