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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1972
Page
2
Leo to Pisces sections provide daily personality traits and practical cautions for August 1. The astrology page notes balance between work and play, resilience under pressure, and potential disappointments across signs. It ends with a credited feature syndicate and editor note.
Avon Lake High School Chorale plans a card party on August 9 from 7 30 p m to 5 30 p m in the community room of Elyria Savings and Trust on Lake Road. Proceeds fund 1972 73 school year expenses and a Canada tour. Admission is 1 50.
A North Olmsted youth, Edward Zerby age 19, was bound over to the Lorain County Grand Jury on a breaking and entering charge after a preliminary hearing in Elyria Municipal Court. He had pleaded innocent and his $1,000 bond was continued.
In Lorain County Common Pleas Court Timothy Lee Shave 19 was sentenced to indeterminate one to five years in Mansfield Reformatory for illegal possession of a hypodermic needle with potential release under shock treatment after a month. Barbara Sue Danchuk 20 and Jose R. Lopez 19 received three year probation for needle possession and malicious entry respectively. Thomas Lee Cummings 20 was referred for a pre sentence report after pleading guilty to burglary.
The list shows multiple divorce decrees granted to residents including Jose R. Velez of 728 W 13th St Lorain from Carmen Audrey J. King of 40916 Carli sle Ave from Emory Margaret Winchel 4217 Pearl Ave Lorain from Walton Gail Barrett 2436 N Reed Re Columbia Station from oe l James Bragg 4208 Camden Ave Lorain from William Ingrid Carpino 1232 W Fifth St Lorain from Danny Janet L Sanow 18600 Avon Belden Rd Grafton from Albert Mary Ann White 1812 Long Ave Lorain from Leonard Joyce Tomes 34001 Luanne Dr North Ridgeville from David James Harmen 1100 Oakwood Dr from Marilyn Doris Tressel 1609 W 11th St Lorain from Vernon Lorraine A Meyer 88 Rosewood Ave Avon Lake from Dean Dolores Muska 555 Elyria Ave Amherst from Ronald John A Hartsel 1580 Prospect St from Lila
Creston consignors sold 308 head with calves trading mostly softer by 1 to 3 dollars while choice heavy calves topped at 61 and Holstein calves at 7. Hogs showed strength with No 1s above 28 and a top of 30.80 on 12 Yorkshire hogs. Cattle saw better grades up to 38 for Charolais steers and 36 for choice Holstein steers, cows steady above 27, plus a Holstein springer cow top at 362.50 and feeder steers to 39.50.
Elyria police report a bicycle rider was injured when his bike struck a truck in the parking lot entrance of the Polish Club on 15th Street. The youth, later identified as Jeffery Shreve, was treated at Ely Tia Memorial Hospital and released. No citations were issued.
The Cleveland Orchestra plans an all Puccini program on August 6 at 7 30 p m at Blossom Music Center. Act I of La Boheme and Tosca will be performed with Michael Charry conducting. Soprano Noelle Rogers tenor John Alexander baritone Edward Pierson lead the soloists with the Pops Chorale and Children’s Chorus joining the concert.
The forecast calls for mostly sunny and warm conditions with highs in the mid 80s north and mid to upper 80s south. Tonight and tomorrow bring variable clouds and a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly north tonight and across the state tomorrow. Lows tonight range from 65 to 70 with tomorrow's highs in the lower to mid 80s.
Southwesterly winds 8 to 15 knots today and tonight shift to northerly 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon and evening. Mostly sunny with variable cloudiness and a chance of thundershowers tonight.
LaGrange village council postpones the August 12 meeting for one week. The council will meet August 10 at 8 p.m. at the fire station due to business commitments of two councilmen.
Francis X. Forrest of 9693 Fernwood Dr pleaded no contest to a driving while under the influence charge in Elyria Municipal Court. He received a $250 fine plus costs, three days in Lorain County Jail, and a six month license suspension.
Nation mostly fair with cooler north central winds bringing showers from the Rockies to the Great Lakes. Damp pockets include Merrill Wisconsin with a two inch downpour and an area southwest of Great Falls Montana hit by hail and heavy rain. Temperatures ranged 50 to 104 across cities.
LAGRANGE The Key Stone Marching band will perform at Cedar Point next Monday. Buses depart the school at 9 30 a.m. and return at about 10 30 p.m.
The junior class at New London High School will host a bake sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Bob's Village Restaurant. Proceeds fund class activities.
Mobil Oil Corp. filed an appeal in Lorain County Common Pleas Court from a Lorain Board of Zoning Appeals decision denying a permit for a service station at Foster Park Road and Broadway. The board had refused the permit on July 24.
Two men, Robert W. Bird and Kenneth J. Wheeler, pleaded guilty in Lorain Municipal Court to stealing auto parts from a car at the Sheffield Shopping Center. They received 60 days in Lorain County Jail with 57 suspended on good conduct for one year after officers chased them from the north parking lot into a wooded area at 3:40 a.m. Bird carried tin cutters and they were caught attempting to remove a car battery.
Burglars slashed a screen door to enter Henry Smiths home at 230 Wooster Street as the family slept Sunday morning. They took the car, $60 in cash, a portable television, and keys from Mrs. Smiths purse while a downstairs light stayed on. The incident followed four similar break ins reported by police in the past week.
Avon man Jerome G. Johnson, 25, pleaded innocent in Elyria Municipal Court to possession of marijuana and disorderly conduct. Trial date set for Aug. 22. bond $500. Arrest followed a report of Johnson knocking on doors on Middle Avenue. marijuana and marijuana-like cigarettes found in his car.
Lorain County Community College invites public enrollment in about 30 non credit courses starting September 18. Courses span design and home arts music personal studies secretarial trades and industrial sales and tech. Public interest is high and a community service booklet is available by phone or in person payment required before class.
A pilot program at Murray Ridge Center for physically handicapped children has ended. Easter Seals Teens joined the effort with Charlotte Grimm as director and swim instructor. The highly successful class used floats and water aids to reduce fear and teach coordinated arm and hand movements in pupils with cerebral palsy and post polio conditions.
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz says farm departures have fallen from 106,000 in the last year of Johnson to about 45,000 this year but notes the number is still too high. He spoke at a news conference on expanding foreign markets and described Soviet livestock plans needing U.S. feed grains while stating China cannot yet afford American feed grains.
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