Scottish accordions brighten Little Echoes program
Eight young accordion players forming the Mello Tones entertained Saturday afternoon alongside Lorain and Cleveland Kiltie Band members in Scottish regalia. Alister and Robert Wright from Lorain and Robert's daughter Doreen performed dances and bagpipe pieces, sharing insights into their lands and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Allister
Robert Wright
Robert
Janes Harssema
Carolyn Ryan
Sherrie Sprague
Barbara Poling
Ardis Klein
Andrew Bazar
Jim Harssema
Fred All
Joe Salata
Larry Raidl
Sherrie
Barbara
Andrew
Mary Ann Havens
Steven Kochis
Stanley Rehm
Y-Maters
Little Echoes
Bus Crash Kills Nine in Tampico Mexico
Nine people died and ten were injured when a bus traveling from Monterrey to Tampico fell into a ravine north of Ciudad el Mante. Authorities reported the accident occurred Sunday with a large number of passengers affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampico
Mexico
UPI
Monterrey
Ciudad el Mante
Barnes elected sub-chief at Lake Erie Indian Guides
Elyria insurance adjuster Don Barnes elected sub-chief of the Lake Erie District at a conference in Euclid. He was one of three Elyria Indian Guides nominated for district longhouse chief and previously served as Sugar Ridge longhouse chief. Local Guides won two awards including the chief bonnet project and tribal meeting invitations display. Elyria attendees included Tom Robertson Les Browne Jack Readiner and John W Donathan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Barnes
Elyria Insurance
Lake Erie
Euclid
YMCA
Barnes
Elyrian Indian Guides
Longhouse
Sugar Ridge Jonghouse
Harvard Ave
Giades
Bill Tupper
Elyrias
Tom Robertson
Les Browne
Jack Readinger
John W. Donathan
Lorain Board Prepares Voter Transfers Amid Annexation
Lorain County Board of Elections works to transfer Black River and Brownhelm Township Ford Plant area to Lorain for voting. Some residents remain in Vermilion School District and may face a primary bond election in Vermilion while annexation fights continue and a restraining order could limit changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Annexaton
Election Board
New City Corporation
Ransfer
Vermilion
Brownhelm Township
Vermihongn-the-Lake
Lorain
Annexation
State Boards of Education
Vermilion Crossing Widened After Four Crashes
New York Central workers widen Adams Street grade crossing in Vermilion to curb four train auto crashes in six weeks. Council approves six foot widening, yellow reflective markings, and two added street heights to improve safety at the angled crossing where cars have slipped onto tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Adams St
Counal
Eiterade
Joseph Ryan
NWC
Eastern Heights dominates Elyria Tournament Day titles
Sue Biro of Ely and Terry Gates led a busy Elyria Recreation Department event as Eastern Heights swept team honors and multiple age groups. The day featured 1331 entries across 17 tournaments at junior centers with Febrile competition, highlighting Biro as top individual scorer in ping pong and doubles events with Gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Gates
Heights School
Miss Biro
Gales
Franklin School
Octavia Pearce
Franklin
Edison
Jefferson
Billy Ogle
Ely
Gates
Center
Allen Franklin
Sue Biro
Ghrt
John Snoble
Edison School
Dick Sipsier
Hopscotch
Carol Murray
Sandy Spence
Pogity
Jack Crowther
Eastern Heights
Ken Plato
Pegiy
Jennifer Jason
Ray Peltier
Jacks
Octavia Pierce
Monica Antonczak
Checkers
Clyde Rosenbaum
Ken Mitchell
Basket
Ralph Moyer
Tom Osborne
Tom Guignette
Ted Salata
Gary Taylor
Diane Ehlers
Jerry Osborne
Charles Nelson
Bill Ogle
Tim Flood
Karen Fischer
Karen Bohn
Carroms
Walter Moody
Bill Milchen
Barb Sparks
Pattie Mahi
Mary
Lou Lingerfelt
Billy” Opie
Ee Secomi
Sue' Biro
Watershed Survey Extends Toward Indiana Line In Ohio
The Lake Erie Watershed Conservation Foundation urged extending the Northern Ohio eight county survey west to the Indiana line. John Byrne said the plan mirrors the 1957 Northeast Ohio survey and would boost water resources flood control recreation and industrial growth along the Lake Erie shore. The foundation seeks federal state and local support for a comprehensive flood survey from the Huron River to Conneaut Creek with planning authorities already in Maumee and Saxon Watersheds. A May 23 recreation phase luncheon in Cleveland will kick off regional park development with officials from Cleveland Toledo Summit Lake and Lorain counties.
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Ohio
Indiana Line
Lake Erie Watershed Conservation Foundation
John
Ito
Byrne
Lake Erie Shore
Foundation
Huron River
Conneaut Creek
Maumee
Sarxusky
Ohio Conservancy Act
Procter Noyes
Regional Planning Commission
Cleveland
New York- New Jersey
Hudson River
William Stinchomb
Cleveland Metropolitan Park
Toledo
Summite
Lake and Lorain
Ben Korman
National Industrial Recreation Association
Byrme
Community Raises Funds for Eaton Girl Janet Sadders
Eaton residents organize Janet Sadders week to aid 12 year old Janet Lee Sadders a Grafton Junior High seventh grader in critical condition after brain surgery at Elyria Memorial Hospital. The Eaton Grange community service committee places donation containers in stores businesses and schools and asks private individuals and organizations to contribute. Janet is daughter of Mr and Mrs Noel Sodders Rt 74.
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EATON
Janet Lee
Grafton
Mar
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Community Service Committee
Eaton Grange
Lee
Allen J Schriner Named Assistant Street Department Superintendent
Allen J Schriner 40 of 311 Fairlawn Ave was named assistant street department superintendent by Mayor Victor F Stewart Jr effective tomorrow. He ranked top three in a 13 person civil service exam for a post paying 5433.60 annually. Schriner served 32 months in World War II and has four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen J. Schriner
Fairlawn Ave
Victor F. Stewart Jr
Civil Service
Lehriner
Sumner St
Eastern Heights Blvd
Third St
Porter Construction Co
Elyria High School
Miriam
Donald
Dawmd
Douglas
Dennis
Richard T. Laux
Laux
Protest Over Lorain County Stray Dog Shootings
A Lorain County protest plans to converge on commissioners to challenge dog warden shootings of stray dogs. The Lorain Animal Shelter and Placement Center urges legality and humane treatment, threatening a watchdog group to monitor policies.
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Animal Shelter Group
Lorain
Lorain County
Lorain Animal Shelter and Placement Center Inc
New Humane Society
Yarienc
Humane Society
William F. Green
36Th St
Wellington
Elyria, Area Students Earn Superior Ratings in Science Day
Eleven ALHS and 16 other students from Avon Lake, Oberlin, Lorain and Vermilion received superior ratings at the North Central Ohio District Science Day held at Heidelberg College Tiffin. Elyria’s Mary Thompson and Ronald Sprankle earned superior entries. Avon Lake led with 11 superior projects. state finalists compete April 17 at Capital University Columbus.
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Elyria High School
Avon Lake
Oberlin
Lorain
Vermilion
Ohio
Heidelberg College
Tiffin
Avon Lake High
Ohio Academy of Science
Capital University
Columbus
Elyria
Mary Thompson
Ronald Sprankle
al Abram
David L. Belt
Lynn Blakemore
Jeff Brausch
Maurice Daniel
Orrin Eldred
Gretchen Freiheit
Kathy Karnas
David Kettner
Andy MacQueen
Roberta Tomanek
Abrams
Brausch
Daniel
Karnas
Lorain High
Larry Ward
Ronald Barr
Bill Dickinson
Howard Jeacks
John Branton
Mary Thompeon
Mea
R. W. Thompeon
Edigon Ct
Ste Hex
Case Institute of Technology
Man Injured by Accidental Shot on Butler Road Farm
David K. Harrell aged 21 of Lorain was grazed on his right leg by a 38 calibre pistol that discharged while he was shooting at tin cans on a Huron County farm on Butler Road. He received treatment at St. Joseph Hospital Lorain for a superficial injury.
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David K. Harrell
Lorain
Butler Rd
Huron
Marrell
Sheriff's Deputies
Jie
St. Joseph Hospital
Injured Trucker Still Critical After Wreck
Nelson Yarbrough, 44, of 10400 North Blvd Cleveland, remains critical at Allen Hospital Oberlin after a tractor trailer overturned in the Constantine region during a weekend wreck. French military officials said he was pinned in the cab for about an hour.
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Nelson Yarbrough
North Blvd
Cleveland
Allen Hospital
Oberlin
Yarbrough
Algiers
UPI
Troopa
Constantine
Well Known Elyria Barber Dies at 42
Thomas Bud Oliver 42, Elyria barber and owner of Bud's Barbershop, died after being stricken at his home. Born May 5, 1916 in Ogden Utah, he lived in Elyria 25 years and is survived by wife Frieda daughter Linda son William and other relatives. Services Wednesday at 1 30 p m Sudro Curtis Funeral Home with burial at Ridge Lawn Cemetery.
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Thomas Bud? Oliver
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
East River St
Mr. Oliver
Ogden
Utah
Bud
Frank S. Harmon
Linda
William
Wiliam T. Oliver
St Louis
Jack Greer
South Amherst
Thomas O’brien
Raymond Greer
Willard
Jack Oliver
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
James Lumadue
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Uciating
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Hearing Set On Annexation of Elyria East
A public hearing will be held at 10 a.m. June 10 before the county commissioners on the annexation of eastern Elyna Township to Elyria. petitions filed showed 811 valid signatures from 1,144 residents and business owners. Objectors cited map and description inaccuracies and questioned Michael Lotko’s involvement as he runs for mayor.
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Elyna Township
Elyria
Nantes
James C. McAfee
Dowd Rd
N. G. Petroff
Gulf Rd
Black River
Fudgeville Township
Sheffield Township
City of
Michael Lotko
Omer Law Benthal
Wade Worcester
Central Township
Ely Tia
Paul J. Mbkus
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John Snobte
Tom
Berd Sparks
City Recreation Department
Las Biré
Walter Masty
Tom Guiguette
Octavia
Junior Achievement Center
Fierce
Terry Gales
Terry
Karen
Hill Ogre
Guides
Texas
Oxford
Miss
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Elyria Recreation Department
Indiana
Janet In
Mrs
Noel Sodders, Rt
ALHS
Sprankle
Richard Sprankle
West River St
Elyma High School
Elyrians
Fred Vochis
North Pasadena Ave
L. R Ashenbach
Omer Caer Eedward Gawlik
Vorhis
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