Memorial Day Rites Planned In Elyria
Memorial Day observance in Elyria will begin with a 10 a.m. ceremony on the courthouse lawn and a 11 a.m. parade, the largest of the year. The Memorial Day Committee, drafting the plans, includes veterans and civic groups. next meeting set for May 13 at 8 p.m. in American Legion Post 12 hall. Lawrence Krogman chairs. George Day handles donations.
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Elyria
American Legion Post 12
Lawrence Krogman
Thomas Haskins
William Walters
Jack Crowell
Elyria Council of Veterans
Richard Jacobs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Amvets
Crestwood
Elyria Police Department
Lorain Shipyard Hopes for Big Repair Job At Lorain Yard
An extensive ship repair project is due at American Ship Building Co in Lorain. The Canada Steamship Lines freighter Glenagles damaged in a stern collision will enter drydock there, with work likely recalling some workers. Keighley earns 4-H Meritorious Award for service to Lorain County 4-H.
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Lorain
American Ship, Building Co
Canada Steamstop Lines
Glenagles
Toledo, Lorain and Fairport Dock Co
Hollis Keighley
Oberlin
Lorain County
Firelands Junior High School
LST
Wood County
Lorain Yard
St. Lawrence Seaway
Grasse River
Westmount
Canada Steamship Lines
Lake Ewe
Welland Canal Entrance
Loper elected first full time business representative
Paul Loper, president of Local 1426 Elyma Carpenters Union, was elected the first full time business representative of the Lake Erie District Council of Carpenters. He will oversee about 1,800 carpenters across nine counties and base the office in Norwalk. He succeeds volunteer leaders who served part time while negotiating contracts with the Lorain County Home Builders Association.
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Paul Loper
Elyma Carpenters Union
Lake ‘Erie
Carpenters
Loper
Blanche Ave
Elyria
Lorain
Erie
Huron
Ashland
Richland
Ottawa
Sandusky
Seneca
Crawford Counties
Norwalk
Looper
Lour
Harold Vance
New Place
Lorain Local 705
John Koepp
Council
Lorain County Home Builders Association
LCHBA
Candidates To Address GOP Club Night Before Primary
Three GOP mayoral candidates Walter Decker Oscar Dunn and J D Ryan are slated to speak at the Young Republican Club of Greater Elyria pre primary meeting in Monteith Hall at 8 pm. Atty Harold A West, club chairman, said most opposition candidates plan to attend. The program will include a membership campaign progress report for the new Republican Club of Lorain County.
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Young Republican Club of
Greater Elyria
Monteith Hall
Walter Decker
Oscar Dunn
J. D. Ryan
GOP
Atty
Harold A. West
New Republican Club
Lorain County
Construction To Affect Play Plans At City Schools
The City Recreation Board announced that planned construction at Edison Cascade Alien and Roosevelt schools will cause the suppression of the usual summer recreation programs on the grounds this year.
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Edison
Cascade
Alien
Roosevelt
City Recreation Board
Local groups gather for community event invocation
The Rural Electric Co-Op Lorain County Wool Growers Association Dairy Herd Improvement Association Production Credit Association Beekeepers Association Ohio Fruit Growers Association Northern Ohio Breeders Association Lorain County Agricultural Society and Pomona Grange attended. The Rev. George Bender pastor of Henrietta Methodist Church gave the invocation.
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J Rural Electric Co-Op
Lorain County Wool Growers Association
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Production Credit Association
Beekeepers Association
Ohio Fruit Growers Association
Northern Ohio Breeders Association
Lorain County Agricultural Society
Pomona Grange
George Bender
Henrietta Methodist Church
Avon Lake Man Fined and License Suspended for DUI
James O. Kerley, 31, of 5267 French Creek Rd, Avon Lake, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Elyria Municipal Court. He was fined 350 dollars plus costs, sentenced to seven days in jail, and had his license suspended for nine months after police stopped his car on East Bridge Street near Cleveland Street following a slow, uncertain drive. a passenger in the vehicle showed signs of drinking but was not charged. Convicted previously on a similar charge in 1936.
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Avon Lake
Elyria
James O. Kerley
French Creek Rd
East Bridge St
Cleveland St
Up 142 Percent in New York Purchasing Power
A worker earning $5,000 in 189 must equal about $21,313 in 1869 purchasing power, the National Industrial Conference Board reported Tuesday.
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New York
UPN
National Industrial+ Conference Board
Educator Dies at Barnert College in New York
New York UPI reports Dr. Helen Hofe Parkhurst emeritus history professor at Barnert College died today. Born in Ti, she earned recognition for decades of teaching and research, shaping students and the local academic community.
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New York
UPI
Helen Hofe Parkhurst
Ameritus
Barnent Loege
Deed Towniay
Mediator Aids Talks In Steel A/C Union Dispute
Gil Seldin of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service entered negotiations between American Standard Co. Air Conditioning Division and Local 268 Molders and Foundry Workers. He held a meeting with labor and management at Hotel Graystone starting 10 am. The dispute centers on a job method change and low piecework rates. About 300 unionists and 60 fee workers joined picket lines last Thursday. The one year contract expires May 31.
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Gil Seldin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Cleveland
American Standard Co
Siniking
Hotel Graystone
Prekat
Blood donors urged to aid area resident
Mrs Elizabeth Feron of Murray Ridge Rd seeks blood donors for her brother Howard Dunfee 54 who has been in Elytia Memorial Hospital since last August. He has received 32 pints of blood so far including six since Friday and may need more to gain strength for surgery. Mrs Feron says donors must be repaid in blood or money and welcomes responses from potential donors.
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Elizabeth Feron
Murrray Ridge Rd
Howard Dunfee
Dunfee
Elytia Memorial Hospital
Feron
Death Toll in ’59 Reaches Nine in Lorain County
Lorain County traffic deaths total nine for 1959 after a January accident victim died in Cleveland. Cuyahoga County coroner reports Lawrence Skiba, 70, of 2859 East Mid St Cleveland, died April 5 from injuries on Rt 20 near Case Rd. Car of Blair G. Raarigh Fremont forced to guard rail and bridge abutment after quick move in front of Skiba’s vehicle. Skiba treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital, then moved to Cleveland.
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Lorain County
Elynn Post
State Highway Patrol
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Lawrence Skiba
East Mid St
Rt. 20
Case Rd
Skiba
Blair G. Raarigh
Fremont
Elyria Memoral Hospital
Clevelant
Ex Vermilion Restaurateur Cicco Dies At 57
Vermilion resident Lewis Cicco 37 formerly ran Cicca’s Tavern for about 20 years and died at 12:30 am in St. Joseph Hospital Lorain after a two week illness. He also worked 30 years at American Ship Building Co. and recently sold his restaurant to become a real estate salesman. He is survived by wife Edith a daughter Mrs Marino Salvetta a son Richard two grandchildren and four siblings. Funeral arrangements are set at Edward M Fisher Funeral Home with a Masome service Friday night and service Saturday at 2 pm burial Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Lorain
Keighley
Lorain County
Paul Fridenstine
Joe Rym
Conrad Zech
Paul Ary
Marcia Peniston
William Tedrick
Beatrice Cleveland
Ohio State Uni
Cleveland
Firelands High School
Donsald Braun
Fred Watson
Bill Klinger
Dave Odem
Frank Herrmann
Wee Pues
Farm Bureau Coop
Charleas
Wellington
William Barton
Elyria High Bureau Cooperative
Maduration T Araine
Thomas Webster
Red Cross Water Safety Comittee
Eastern Heights
Andu
Hoogland
West Recreation Field
Vermilion
Lewis Cicco
St. Joseph Hospital
Risden Rd
Cicco
Italy
Cicca
Edith
Marino Salvetta
Richard
U.S Army
Germany
Sam
Los Angeles
Calif
Charles
John Rosso §R
Willard
Joseph Piserchia
Westfield
N.J
August Gallo
Joseph Hoffman
Edward M. Fisher
Earl T. English
First Congregational Church
Maple Grove
Lorain County Fair plans take shape for 1959 edition
Directors of the Lorain County Agricultural Society outline a busy 1959 fair with a horse show, Western variety acts featuring 12-year-old Benda Lee, harness racing daily, a Junior Fair night pageant, and the annual auto show the Tournament of Thrills. Powelson Amusements will run rides including the Mad Matuse roller coaster, while the Lorain County Medical Society will staff a display and a physician on duty. The board authorized a 36 by 180 foot pole barn for the 4-H Horsemanship Council, with notes co-signed by the board and costs estimated at 650 dollars.
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Lorain County
Lowan County Agricultural Society
Benda Lee
Red Foley
Tore Tian
Frankie ¥Ankovich
Powelson Amusements
Lorain County Medical Society
Fair Board
Materals
Lews Jewett
Spencer
Bean Regal
Huntington
County Commissioners' Office
Dele Nell
Ridgeville Water Rates Keep Steady Through Fall
County commissioners announced no change in Ridgeville water rates through September after a Ridgeville water committee meeting. Officials, engineers, trustees and bond-holder representatives discussed the million-dollar system and future projections.
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Ridgeville
Area Bank Debits Show Continued Business Upswing
Area business strength reflected in Elyria bank debits totaling 39.652 million last month, up 10.8 percent from March 1958. Three-month debits reached 112.43 million, a 103 percent rise year over year, with Federal Reserve figures noting increases across centers despite incomplete data for Lorain and others. Officials weigh water rate hikes and enforcement against delinquents as a dreary picture of finances prompts review.
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Elyria
Lorain
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Greensburg and
Kittan
AJL
FRB
Wa- Akron
Canton
Warren
Middletown
Sharon
Ridgeville water system ponders charges and growth
Delaware County meeting reviews action to shut off water for nonpayers and consider rate hikes as last resort to cover bond costs. Delinquency about 20 percent since October with only two new customers. growth projected at 40 annually. Officials foresee September review and spring activities.
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J. Norman Thompson
Thompson
Ter
Fred Juergens
Brown, Bosworth and Co
Toledo
Juergens
Ludwig Pra‘cura
Michael J. Lotko
Eugene Roberts
Kenneth Shaffer l
George Cunttz
L. L. Lootman
Wo Myers
M. B. Diedrich
Ridgeville Water Committee
Raymond Tnedrich
Adrian Bedleski
H. O. Lilge
Ohio Citizens Trust Co
R. L. Shilling
Elyria den
List
Jaersens
Loramn County University Afet
Michigan Alurmni
J. William McCray
Elyria
Roderick MacLeod
Brentwood Lake Village
Gene Ross
Lorain
Lorain doctors weigh Blue Cross full payment plan poll
Lorain County Medical Society Insurance Committee proposes polling about 130 physicians on a Blue Cross style full payment surgical medical plan for families earning under $6,000 yearly. The poll aims to guide future action, with no verdict yet. The plan already operates with high physician participation in Cuyahoga and Seauga counties.
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Lorain County Medical Society
Blue Cross Surgical
Cleveland Metical Mutual
Blue Cross
John Wherry
Oberlin Inn
Cooperaton
Medical Mutual
Mereland
Cuyahoga
Seauga
Medical Society
Abraham Klar
Lorain
R. S VanDervort
Elyna
Marianne Lanner
Lorain County Child Welfare Agency
Ohio State Medical Association
Columbus
State Association
Deshler Hilton Hotel
Charles Chesner
Medicine Faculty of
Toronto University
Insurance Committee
Dre. Wherry
Hawthorne
HE McDonald
J. M. Strom
Jack P Mercer
Anthony Pirain
H. EB. Kleinhenz
N. E. Basinger
Peter J. Ferratoe
R. A
Subsidiaries of CGS Seek Gas Rate Hikes Nationwide
Six Columbia Gas System subsidiaries led by Ohio Fuel Gas Co applied to the FPC for annual natural gas rate increases totaling 7.844 million dollars. The request covers wholesale customers across Ohio Kentucky New York Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia. The filing notes higher gas costs from Tennessee Gas Transmission and Nope Natural Gas.
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Columbia Gas System
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Oho
Kentucky
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Ohio
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Houston
Tex
Aml Nope Natural Gas Co
Clarksburg
W. Va
George W. Bran
Elyna
Ohe Fuel
Ely Ila
Man Accused In Robbery To Face Jury
Theodore R Smith, 23, of 12 13th St. charged in the armed robbery of a Pletcher Gulf Station attendant at 661 Oberlin Rd. on Apr. 3, bound over to Lorain County Grand Jury in Elyria Municipal Court. Smith pleaded innocent. bond set at 3500. Elliot Lee Salter, 24, of 32 Riverside Homes, pleaded guilty and was bound over to the grand jury under 5000 bond.
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Theodore R Smith
13Th St
Pletcher Gulf Station
Oberlin Rd
Lorain
Salter
Safety Group Takes No Stand On Housing Credit Union Bill
Safety committee chair Paul Wainwright says no action will be taken on H R 252 until more information is available. The bill would let credit unions buy life insurance on members lives. Committee discussed auto dealers parking on curb lawns and noted it is becoming a problem. Further investigation planned.
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Paul Wainwright
Wainwright
House Passes Bill to Fund Welfare Benefits
WASHINGTON UP T The House has waived and sent to the Senate a bill to provide 40 million dollars for welfare benefits to needy citizens. Funds for the current program are nearly exhausted.
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Washington
UPT
iHouse
iSoray Canoony Reney Bil
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Laurence Burnett
Russ Smith
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CGS
Dr. Shilling
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