Building Contracts Awarded for Grafton School Addition
The Midview Board of Education awarded contracts totaling 391052 for a 21 classroom and cafeteria addition to the Grafton School. T. J. Hume of Lorain won the general construction base bid of 223839 with alternates to 263209. Other bids followed for heating, electrical, and chalk board work as part of a 493000 bond issue approved last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Midview Board of Education
Glen R. Dennis
T. J. Hume
Lorain
Hume
Dennis
Plumb Construction Co
Amaherst
Roth Brothers
Norwalk
Elmer Hume
Amherst
Yates Construction Co
Elyria
Dob
Krebs-Calkins
Ryan Electric
Chalk Board
Slate Resurfacing Co
Canton Hardware
Burglary Listed and Attempted Burglary at Local Stations
Sheriff's deputies investigated a burglary last night at Johnson Grocery Store on Route 254 east of Gulf Road, where a glass front was broken and about $15 in cash from the register was taken. An attempted burglary at Dwyer Leimbach Gasoline Station on Route 3 and 254 failed at a broken window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Rt. 254
Gulf Rd
Dwyer Leimbach
Rites
Herbert Langthorp
Spell It Please. Police Question Man on Name Spelling
Rae england UP reports Dr Nanna yvakkara godekandegraach chehchige Don Julius Da Silva Wieschera, 40, sighed as police investigating a traffic violation asked him to spell his name slowly here Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae ‘England
Nanna Yvakkara Godekandegraach
Chehchige
Don Juliuus da Silva Wieschera
Postmaster Named Aide In SA Drive
Nick Smith Elyria postmaster will chair the public employees division of the Salvation Army building fund campaign. Harold Dicken leads as general chairman with Oscar Dunn and J Grant Keys on advisory roles. The drive aims to raise 69551 for building at 116 West Broad St and officer living quarters, continuing through April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Building Fund
Nick Smith
Elyria
Harold Dicken
Smith
Lorain County
Oscar Dunn
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Holly Hall
T16
West Broad St
Camden zoning dispute sparks changes amid stormy meeting
A stormy Camden Township zoning session debated five proposed changes to the zoning resolution. Local residents clashed with zoning inspector Jerry Coward over interpretations of alterations and maintenance and high certificate fees, including a $10 residential window fee. Democratic officials defended adding a third clerk to handle workload, arguing the county has funded it from project revenues while noting a 10 percent drop in bid quotations under a competitive program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoning Board
Dunn
Wil
Thuliard Rd
Attation
Boar Thompson
Paul Sandrock
Zoning Board of Appeals
Arthur Blackwell
Thompson
Anton
Haren Enone
Ce Hefers
Wong Ee Son
Baumhart Rd
Ex-Lanse
Blackwell
Rt. 254
Avon Lake Coach Gordon Splete Dies at 42
Gordon A. Splete, 42, athletic director and baseball coach at Avon Lake High School, and Lorain County coaching dean, died at 4 45 a.m. today in St Joseph Hospital Lorain after a cancer battle. He had been ill since January and was readmitted after a brief return to activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon A. Splete
Moore Rd
Avon Lake
Avon Lake High School
Lorain County
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Mr. Splete
St. Joseph
Teller Robert Cullin Dies After Illness at Elytia Memorial
Robert E. Cullin, a teller for the Savings Deposit and Trust Co., died about 12:50 a.m. today at Elytia Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He resided at 437 West Ninth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cullin
Robert E. Cullin
West Ninth St
Elytia Memorial Hospital
Cullin
Savings Deposit and Trust Co
Judge Denies New DWI Trial for Elyria Man
Stanley J. Ozminski 46 of 121 Cleveland St. had a new trial motion rejected by Municipal Court Judge Frank Wilcox. Ozminski was found guilty of driving while intoxicated last month and faces sentencing after the denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley J. Ozminski
Cleveland St
Frank Wilcox
Ozminski
David Hyman
Wilcox
Ozminsk
Splete Led Lorain County Sports As Coach And Mentor
William F Splete longtime Lorain County educator and basketball coach died at Avon Lake. He influenced South Amherst Avon Lake basketball guiding teams to county sectional and district honors. Survivors include wife Virginia and three children James and twins Ann Richard. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Mr. Splete
Eaton ‘Township
Eaton High
Eastern Heights
Baldwin-Wallace College
Charles Houghe
Heland
Hoagland
Yellow Jackets
Baldwin- Wallace
Splete
York
Medina County
Lorain County
South Amherst
Wellington High
Avon Lake
Virginia
James
Ann
Richard
William F. Splete
North Eaton
Ernest
Elyria
John
Cleveland
Howard
Carthage
N.Y
Keith Rice
Sprete
William
West Palm Beach
Fla
Burmeister
Armed Robbery Sends Youth 17 to Reformatory
Pat Sherrill 17 of Box 314 South Middle Ave arrested with brother and cousin for armed robbery and several burglaries in the area. Juvenile Judge Harold Ewing sentenced him to Mansfield Reformatory after a hearing. The two others, Olan Sherrill and Verlon Sherrill, were bound to the Lorain County grand jury. Raymond R. Blair 107 East Ave bound over to grand jury on charges after pleading guilty in Elyria Municipal Court. Blair was spotted at Isaly’s Dairy Store after hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Sherrill
South Middle Ave
Mansfield Reformatory
Harold Ewing
Sher
Elyria
Jill
Lorain
Olan Sherrill
Pat
Verlon Sherrill
Raymond R. Blair
Ave
Delores
Smith
Ridgeville
Blair
Isaly
Mansfield
Lorain County CIO Backs countywide AFL-CIO merger push
Lorain County CIO Council formalizes support for a countywide AFL-CIO merger with a substantial majority. The Elyria and Lorain city groups weigh city versus county organization as officials plan a special April meeting at the Steelworkers Hall to reconcile positions and set merger talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Lorain
Afl-Federation of Labor
Ion County
County Cio Council
Joseph R. Tomasic
County Council
Elyria
CIO
CIO Council
Tomasie
Steelworkers Union Hall
AFL
Tomasic
Senate
A. D. Baymhart Jr
Low Interest Seen in May 7 Absentee Balloting
Lorain County Election Board reports minimal turnout interest in the May 7 primary as only a few absentee ballot requests have been received from armed service members and civilians abroad. Deadlines run from May 2 at 4 p.m. for absent and disabled civilians to May 7 at noon for armed forces ballots. Armed forces voters may cast ballots without being registered if they meet age and other requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Fox
Lorain County Election Board
Armed Forces
Election Board
Learn-To-Swim Program Planned At Elyria YMCA
The Elyria YMCA will run the annual Learn-To-Swim campaign as a community service. Free swimming instruction will be offered to boys and girls, men and women for six sessions between May 13 and May 25, with Russell C. Gleason directing the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Glycerine Truck Driver Hurt In Crash
At Fremont a Illinois truck driver Frank Fotheringhame 30 Hazelcrest Ill is in poor condition at Fremont Memorial Hospital after his tractor trailer loaded with glycerine overturned hit a bridge abutment and caught fire a passing motorist pulled him from the burning vehicle The tractor owned by Midwest Emery Transfer Inc was a total loss and the glycerine tanker did not ignite according to the Turnpike Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Illinois
Fremont Memorial Hospital
Turnpike Patrol
Frank Fotheringhame
Halzelcrest
Dames
Fotheringhame
Midwest Emery Transfer, Inc
Lockout Urged by British Women Over Nuclear Testing
Mrs. Nora Hinks urged the National Conference of Labor Party Women in Torquay that British women should lock their husbands out of the bedroom until the government agrees to halt testing hydrogen bombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torquay
England
Nora Hinks
National Conference of Labor
Party
Street, Basement Water Gone But River Still High
Flood waters receded from city streets and basements but Black River remained high. Park Superintendent John Madhock said the river stood about 14 feet above normal around 10 30, two feet higher than yesterday, with a further foot rise potentially flooding Cascade Park roads and the baseball diamond. He urged parents to keep children away from the swollen waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Madock
Cascade Park
Madhock
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Camden
Trustees and Zoning Board of Appeals
Kipton Grange Hall
Forest Hill
A. Bowman
Lyle Greene
H. L. Whitney
C. H. Scott
Jerry Coward
C-T
Nick Bmith
By Ted Wood
Coward
Griff
Fin Groot
C. HM. Scott
Julius Soboslai
Paul
Vari
Robert J. Davidson
Sutton
Robert Morris
George Yasher
Errest Hil
Urbansky
Gyera Seer
Floyd Fraelich
Acre
Fraelich
Yasher
Jay Sharp
County Commission
Ludwig Pincura
J. _ Powell Jones
Pinneul
the Chronicle - Telegram
Eastern Heights Center
Elyrian
Afl-Cio
Okay
Steve Learuso
Political Action Committee
Frank Gall
Columbus
Caruso
Tomasio
Gall
Council
John Klein
United Auto Workers Local 101
Detroit
John Rennick Pac
Steelworkers Local
John Luca
Thew
Steelworkers
Charles Sime
Bert Kuhn
John Hacnik
Ben Futeh
National Tube
National Housing Association
Tony Larissa
Kaiina Lake
Larizsa
Elyria, Ohio
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