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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1976
Page
26
Ohio Edison heating expert Don Smith promotes The Electric Heating Decision Maker a free booklet to prevent heat loss and improve efficiency in electric heating. It covers insulation techniques, system operation tips, and considerations for new electrically heated homes. Available free at local Ohio Edison offices or by writing in.
More than 600 Farm Bureau volunteers will knock on Medina County doors urging tighter security. The project titled Hardening the Target aims to prevent crime by locking homes and outbuildings, labeling valuables, and improving lighting to deter potential thieves. Ned Musselman notes rural crime rose about 300 percent since 1967 per a 1974-75 OFB study, with a 27 percent annual rise in rural areas. Over 3000 homeowners to be contacted in April and May as part of broader efforts including youth education and neighborhood watch programs in other counties.
Thirty three members of the Sons of the American Revolution were inducted into the Firelands Bicentennial Chapter at a charter and installation dinner last Saturday at the Elyria Holiday Inn. The tri county chapter includes Lorain Erie and Huron counties with Richard E Willson as president. New officers named include Harold Fenton vice president Richard R Baldwin secretary treasurer Dale C Williams registrar genealogist Julian R Seip chaplain and Steven W Willson historian. Henry R Tumman presented a history program and Dr Charles A Anderson and Howard J Anderson conducted the induction.
Sheriff Vernon M Smith announced Captain James Mertz is certified as an expert polygraphist by the National Training Center of Polygraph Science in New York. Mertz joined the department in 1959, studied polygraph science for two months, and completed a fifteen month internship. He is a graduate of the Southern Police Institute at the University of Louisville, Lorain County Community College and is attending Heidelberg College majoring in psychology. The sheriff said the department's polygraph services are available to all county law enforcement agencies.
In 1974 Czechoslovakia introduced the new L0heller and 20-heller coins but despite millions minted, few entered circulation. A state bank official notes a fashion trend of placing coins into vases until full, signaling underuse of the coins in daily transactions.
The Amherst Royal Arch Masons meet at 7 44 pm, with events at the Jasonic Temple and VFW Post 4654 Club rooms. A Library Board of Trustees session is at 8 30 pm followed by Oberlin Kiwanis Club activities at 6 30 pm at the Oberlin Inn.
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