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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1957
Page
20
South Amherst will host a talk by Pastor Frederick Dietz to the Avon Lake Parent-Teacher League at their meeting. The theme is Building Better Moral and Spiritual Values, with officers for the new year to be elected and by-laws revised. The executive board meets at 7 in the economics department home.
Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well and offers living water that leads to eternal life. He reveals knowledge of her many past marriages, then declares himself the Messiah. She, moved by the encounter, leaves her waterpot and goes to tell the city.
Lorain County Civil Defense officials study expanding the CD organization to Elyria Wellington Oberlin and Avon within about three months. County CO director Sam Provenza aims for county wide operation with financial contributions from subdivisions. A radio control center at Amherst Pleasant View Sanatorium site is being prepared for July nationwide alert readiness. Equipment delivery in three weeks as Provenza seeks a tower and antenna. Clearview Local Board of Education donates a large emergency power generator for the control center. Elyria Dairies offers water in waxed containers for emergencies.
In Lucca Italy three young men left without paying after a wager with a restaurant owner. The sporting owner started them and they vanished after turning a corner, leaving the bill unpaid. Police were alerted to the mysterious disappearance that followed the bet.
A cash register found in three pieces on Banks Road near the railroad was identified as the one stolen from Johnson's Grocery on Route 254 last week. It was located by Clif ford C. Smith of Malcolm Court and turned over to the sheriff's department. About $150 was inside the register according to Sheffield Police Chief Fred Winter.
William V. Healy, 33, of Brooklyn, charged with bilking hotelkeepers in Chicago and Dayton Ohio, was arrested after police found four hotel room keys on him as he dozed on a Chicago sidewalk. Investigators say he skipped out on substantial bills in both cities.
In Princeton, Mrs. Heles Meyner, wife of Gov. Robert B Meyner, declined to take the honor seriously after being named part of the Perfect Face by the Caricaturists Society of America. Director Joseph Kallitt praised her ears as delicate and inviting whispered confidences.
Lorain Knights of Pythias Holman Lodge 699 plans to start spring initiatory ceremonies tomorrow at the Castle dal at 19th and Broadway. John Eski Jr director of membership says Deak Lodge of Cleveland will confer page rank to a sizable class. Deak Lodge’s page rank team is among top state teams. Ceremonies begin at 8 p.m with a second rank event planned two weeks after Wednesday’s ceremonies.
Spencer Township officials report state must acquire Raymond Lamp Paul Nichols and Frank Kuzub property to complete 500 acres for a park 15 miles west of Medina at River Corners. abstracts cleared in Columbus. other owners include Richard Leach Edgar Mantz Clair Miller. First completion targets a 100 acre lake. rest to be a game preserve. Construction start date pending. Lester Bailey heads land acquisition. plans revealed last August by Rep. Robert L. Johnson.
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