Avon High School Senior Dies in Girl Friend's Yard
An Avon 18 year old, Thomas F. Miller, adopted son of Mr and Mrs Cyril Miller, shot himself in the yard of his estranged girlfriend Wendy Lee Root. A three page suicide note to Root was found in her mailbox. The body was found near a lamp post in the yard of R H Albers in Avon. Autopsy planned. services set at St Mary Church.
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Avon
Thomas F. Miller
Cyril Miller
Stoney Ridge Ina
Millers
R. H. Albers
Detroit Rd
Cleveland
Wendy Lee Root
Frank Root
B. J. LaCrosse
Parker Miiller
Henry Zieba
Michael Ona
Reyco
Robert Gillis
St. Joseph Hospital
Miller
Funeral
St. Mary Church
Paul Seijkel
Avon’s
St. Mary Cemetery
Cerebral Palsy Society Launches Fund Drive South Rt 234
The Cerebral Palsy Society begins a fund drive to raise at least 12000 to support its Cerebral Palsy Center at 625 Middle Ave. A door to door push in the area south of Rt. 234 starts May 10 with no official goal set yet. The center, five years old, offers therapy and services five days weekly and serves new referrals from physicians.
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Cerebral Palsy Society
Rt. 234
William L. Newton
St. Mary Catholic Church
Middle Ave
Msgr
Newton
Man loses part of ear in early morning attack
Joseph A. Jarvis, 28, of North Eaton, reported six or seven young men attacked him on Route 37 near Route 234 around 4 am while he and Donald White were returning from the Hill-Billy Bar in Lorain. A two inch ear fragment was missing. White aided during the assault and Jarvis received treatment at Eisha Memorial Hospital.
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Joseph A. Jarvis
Alton Dr
North Eaton
Rt. 37
Rt. 234
Sheriff's Department
Jarvis
Donald White
Valley City
Hill-Billy Bar
Broadway
Lorain
White
Eisha: Memorial Hospital
Wool Payment Applications Due By May 2
Applications for payment on wool and lamb marketed between April 1 last year and March 31 must be submitted to the Lorain County ASCS office by May 2. Extension official Allen Ulrich notes wool and lamb growers received July payments after incentive pricing was completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Allen Ulrich
Lorain Counts
Wakeman Councilman Leland Kenyon Dies at 61
Wakeman LA veteran and longtime village councilman Leland R. Kenyon 61 died yesterday at 12 30 p m at his home of a heart attack He served on the Wakeman village council for years and was a central GOP figure in Huron County He formerly ran the Chrysler Plymouth agency in Wakeman Born Florence June 8 1898 he was a World War I veteran and led American Legion Post 689 He is survived by his wife Christine and a sister Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p m EST at Gerber and Son Funeral Home with burial in Wakeman Cemetery A Masonic and American Legion rites will be conducted memorials to the Heart Fund are requested.
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Wakeman
Leland R. Kenyon
Wakeman Village
Pleasant St
Kenyon
Huron County Republican Party
Chrysler Plymouth
Florence
Years
American Legion
Norwalk
Gibson Lodge
RAM
Christine
Earl Green
Kipton
Gerber and Son
F. E. Eastman
Amherst
Heart Fund
Elyria Board Advances Technical School and Airborne TV Plan
The Elyria Board of Education approved two innovation studies. A technical school for the city will be explored with potential state support and limited enrollment. An airborne educational TV plan from a Purdue University area flight aims to enrich instruction for a six state region starting demonstrations in February 1941.
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Airborne Educational TV
George Miraben
D. A. Morris
Miraben
F. J. Gottfried
Purdue University
Ford Foundation
Dr. Gottfrind
Tdv
Schesls Coud
Wisahead
Five Elyria Students Named for Buckeye Boys State
Five juniors from Elyria High School and Elyria District Catholic High School were chosen to attend Buckeye Boys State at Ohio University in Athens in June. Delegates include Ralph R. Conley Jr., William W. Baughman, Lee A. Kearse, John K. Lautenschieger, and Ward M. Peters. The two week program runs June 9 to 18 on Ohio University campus.
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Elyria
Buckeye Boys State
Ohio University
Athens
Ralph R. Conley Jr
Ralph R. Conley
Tenth St
William W. Baughman
North Pasadena Ave
Lee A. Kearse
Riverside Homes
John K. Lautenschieger
Earl Lautenschieger
MO Harwood St
Ward M. Peters
Wards Peters
Hawthorne St
Peters
Elyria High School
Elyria District
Elyrian Man Receives 20 Day Dual Sentences
An Frisha man, Harie J. Pugh, 24, of 154 Wooford Ave, is sentenced to 20 days in two jails after pleading no contest to assault and battery. The judge also fined 3108 and costs and granted a 10 day term in county jail to be served for a prior January conviction, contingent on good conduct.
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Thyria Municiaa
Harie J. Pugn
Wooford Ave
Pugh
Absentee Voting Light Before May 3 Primary
Absentee voting for the May 3 primary is light says Lorain County election board clerk Lila Black. Deadline is 4 p.m. Thursday with 212 ballots cast and 40 mailed but not returned. offices are in Elyria and Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila Black
Lorain County
Locals Back NAACP Boycott Support in Lorain County
Two Lorain County unions UAW Local 425 at Ford Lorain plant and UAW Local 101 at Western Automatic Machine Screw Co Elyria voted to back the NAACP and boycott stores with segregated hiring. Local 1104 of National Tube led the effort with other AFL CIO locals expected to follow as NAACP chapters urged action. George Meany and Walter Reuther urged labor to join Negroes in withholding trade from major chain stores.
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Lorain County
NAACP
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
W. T. Grant Co
F. W. Woolworth Co
S. S. Kresge Co
Kress
Confederate Memorial Day Observed Across Southern States
Confederate Memorial Day is observed as a legal holiday in Georgia Alabama Florida and Mississippi. Several other Southern states celebrate the day on May 10, marking the annual remembrance.
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Atlanta
UPI
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Southern States
Successor Named As Three Elyria Staff Members Retire
Elyria schools report three veteran staff members will retire. Dorothy A. Jones supervisor of elementary art Edna Jones Latin teacher and foreign language chair A N Chick Smith science teacher and visual education director. Replacements named for Jones and Smith. Edna Jones and Smith to be succeeded by Charles Rose. Two year leave approved for John Harold Fureron. several resignations listed.
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Elyria
Dorothy A. Jones
Edna Jones
Elyria High School
A. N
Chick) Smith
Dorothy Jones
Clyde
Ashtabula Harbor
Norwalk
Kent State University
Somerset
Miss Jones
Smith
Herb Meister
Charles Rose
Jefferson Junior High
Rose
John Harold Fureron
U. S. Army
Fureron
NORD
Carole Browand
Patricia Cerkvenik
Cornelia Ferguson
Shirley Pusbach
Sandra Lee Tate
B. Trendon Tharp
Nancy Warner
Seary
Expansion Project Date Set for Snow and Walters Center
Construction will start about July 1 on the Snow and Walters expansion at 1885 Lake Ave to create a 100000 square foot shopping center with 15 stores. The first phase A P Food Store opened last November and a 700 car parking area is planned. Leasing is handled by Snow and Walters with offices in Cleveland.
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Snow and Walters, Inc
Lake Ave
Market Basket
Charles Novak
National Drug Store
Elvira Bank
Snow and Walters
Schofield Bldg
Cleveland
Elyria Man Cited Twice In Two Hours
Ronald T. Koepke, 20, of 322 Louisiana Ave., received two traffic citations in Elyria within two hours. He was cited in Troxell Alley for driver license violations requiring special lenses and later charged with reckless driving after a collision on Oak Street. A parked car owned by George Paul was struck. Koepke and a passenger, Arlene Ives, were shaken but not hospitalized.
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Elyria
Ronald T. Koepke
Louisiana Ave
Troxel Alley
Oak St
Koepke
George Paul
Arlene Ives
Hobby Show Pronounced Successful
Elyria junior chamber of commerce reports its first annual Sports and Hobby Show a financial and community success. Edward A. Robinson cites over 2 000 paid attendees during a three day run at the Hartford Motor Building on Middle Ave. The event featured 10 exhibits with 21 non commercial groups and nine commercial organizations. David Hilland led non commercial exhibits and Lou Kaplan led commercial ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
David Hilland
Lou Kaplan
Plane Accident Unconfirmed Sparks Coast Guard Search
The Coast Guard said no proof of a plane crash has been found after a small plane was reported down in Lake Erie near Avon Lake. Search teams continued work Sunday night into Monday with no debris or bodies located.
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Lorain
United States Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Incal
Coast Guard
Lave
Avon Lake
State Aide To Advise On Reappraisal
County commissioners planned a meeting with Ford Becker of the State Board of Tax Appeals to discuss a general real estate reappraisal in Lorain County. The project is estimated to cost 305000 with bids from appraisal firms to be opened, part of a countywide effort to restore property values to the 1956 level.
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Ford Becker
State Board of Tax Appeals
Lorain County
Frank Ayres
Ae J. Becker
Levein
Jos Collyes
Shotgun Recoil Hurts Lorain Man
Nicholas Kromoff, 23, sustained cuts on his right thumb and forefinger when a shotgun recoiled and jammed back during a single handed firing. He received treatment at St. Joseph Hospital. The accident happened while he and Richard Danevich, 19, were shooting Danevich’s gun near the East 31st Street bridge.
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Nicholas Kromoff
St. Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Kromoff
Richard Danevich
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Floyd Gonzalez
Seymour Schlossman
Crebral Palsy Center
CP Fund
Elyria Board of Education
Elya
P. R. Smith
Inepifept
Mirahen
Adut
Elyrians
Elyria School
Dorothy Aa. Jones
A. N. Smith
Elyrian
Mills Brothers Circus
Aaputst
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