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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1947
Page
1
Kentucky voters go to the polls under clear skies and warm temperatures to choose nominees for governor and lieutenant governor. Forecasts predicted 300000 to 400000 voters, with polls open 6 am to 6 pm local time.
City officials today refused to approve a Chestnut Street trailer camp for a license. The trio of inspectors including Health Commissioner Dr H A Robinson Fire Chief W N Bates and Building Inspector Hart Dickason found the camp failed to meet sanitation planning and electrical standards and were concerned about close proximity of trailers and inflammable materials. Mayor A R Agate issued an order that the camp must improve facilities within ten days or have the license denied.
Loralis County dairy judging teams chosen to represent at Dairy Day in Wooster on August 8. Teams listed include Allen Jowett, Kent Btraw, Alvin Faw of Elyria and Raymond McQuire, Michael Fehlan, Walter Jowett of Brighton with alternates Dale Matcham, Bob Nestor, Harck McClafflin. Teams must arrive in Wooster by 10 a.m. on August 8.
Lee rain County farmers are surveyed for labor needs in Columbus, says Henry Leimbach, manager of the county Farm Labor Office. Farmers requiring apple pickers and other imported labor urged to submit requests promptly before help is needed, Leimbach warned. Lorain County was promised 40 additional laborers besides those already here or private, Leimbach said.
Death records and obituaries report the passing of Elgin Mae Moffett aged 71 in Lorain related to Jar GC Storrout, with survivors including daughter Hazel Cox and granddaughter Marilyn Metieke. Services planned at Sudra Curtis Funeral Home with Reverend Wood B Cundiff officiating. Other notices detail William McKinley Johnson’s death in Elyria at 87, survivor list extensive, and multiple services and burials in Garfield Cemetery. Further items include Freda Treaster, Mary J Hall, Adaline Holly Rainbow, and other local deaths with funeral arrangements and church affiliations noted.
Nominating petitions for the November election were filed with the Lorain County Board of Elections. In Elyria Township Cart Turner and Charles M Holtzmann seek board of trustees seats with Holtzmann a current member and Turner not a trustee. In Carlisle Township Edmund J Witbeck and Charing C Smith run for constable. Jesse H Portman aims for trustee in Henrietta Township with Frank F Berg seeking clerk and Osley F Zurcher for justice of the peace. Berg currently holds his post. In Grafton petitions list multiple candidates for village and township posts including Mervin Bechemer Noads and Margaret Bumrick for village clerk, Andrew Papp Paul L Tempking Kenneth Youtgy Chester Rozg William Jakelsky for village council, and Chester Markus Joseph Fillpiat and Thue McDonald for board of trustees of public affairs. Markus currently holds a seat.
Henry Leimbach of the Lorain County Farm Labor Office issued a call for 10 children to pick berries and beans on Monday morning. He said workers will be needed only three days a week, Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.
Police reports show Steve Bonsley 32 was fined 10 dollars for disorderly conduct after an ar ringment by Mayor ALR Agate for disturbances on Us 50 near Mth street and West avenue. Lan Wilson Jr 25 received 25 dollars and costs plus a suspended 40 day jail term for a wife’s complaint of being beaten. Jack Bailey of Station Road was fined 50 dollars and suspended driving privileges for six months after a liquor related crash at Broad and Winckles streets. A separate truck collision at Bron and East avenues damaged Welch’s truck. no stop reported. John Lacey was fined 15 dollars for disorderly conduct and jailed for nonpayment after a craps game dispute on Woodford and Yukon streets.
The piece reports on absenteeism and timing shifts affecting coal output. The United Mine Workers union questions whether shorter work time raises production and cites a weekly bulletin. The union also notes freight car supply as a potential constraint on maintaining a 32.5 million ton weekly rate.
Fragmentary obituary notes an active civic figure linked to religious education and interracial work, with a list of surviving relatives. It mentions a funeral service planned for a June date at Rust Methodist church, with other details garbled but indicating a community figure of Mary Bethune Civic Club associations.
Miss Belly Wise, Elyria girl and 1947 Elyria High School graduate, will compete in the Miss Ohio bathing beauty contest at Summit Beach Park Akron tomorrow. She placed second in a Miss C I O event in Lorain County tied to the CIO anniversary. judges had difficulty selecting Miss Jean Fior of Lorain as C I O winner. Miss Wise is daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth K Wise of St Cornell avenue and was a former Elyria High cheerleader.
Monsignor William L. Newton pastor of St Marys Church will speak to the Lions Club in the Elks Marine room Monday night on Religion in Education. This marks his second appearance before the club following a speaking engagement about a year ago.
A flute quartet from Elyria led a nine act program titled Young Artists on Parade at Lakeside-on-Lake Erie Central Auditorium. The Elyria quartet Donna Vibber La Verne Schimt kous Marianne Franke and Jane Smith opened with Par Ayion and The French Clock. Pianist William Cundiff of Lorain and other soloists from Maumee Crestline Lakeside Findlay Huron and Medina also performed before an audience of over three thousand.
Avon Charm Club was entertained at the home of Mrs. Vern Frey with bridge and prizes for Mrs. Harold Smith Mrs. W E Blake and Mrs. Louis De Chant Light refreshments followed The next meeting will be at Mrs Walter Rauscher’s home Lido Club enjoyed a dinner at Hreuzer’s Cavalry Place Detroit Rond Mrs Walter McAllister to entertain in three weeks Senior Young People of the Baptist church had a fellowship evening and dance Thursday scattered items include travel notes and misreadings with a final line mentioning relatives in Mapeelona Mich and San Francisco Cal
Pvt Socorro Villagran, 17, was sentenced to 140 years in prison with parole eligibility after 30 years after a two day trial in Champaign County Circuit Court Judge Charles E Keller heard the case without a jury. She was convicted of stabbing Edha Kietzmann last May 13 and strangling her with a clothesline.
A Lorain court roundup reports Waller Jackson fined for a safety stop violation. the estate of the late Mrs Beatrice Louise Held is appraised at 12 946 with details of securities and cash. Debtors, divorce actions, and custody fights intermix with crimes and non support cases. Probate, divorce, and welfare board notes frame a broad local docket with Benton and Blitch proceedings.
Monthly report from Sheriff Carl R. Finegan reveals fines and costs totaling 1257 from arrests last month, up from 481 in June. Deputies handled 248 calls, 40 traffic arrests costing 844, plus 14 burglaries with five arrests and 10 car thefts with three arrests and seven recoveries. The unit logged 97 miscellaneous calls. Deputy Joseph Guzik led arrests with 14, followed by Deputy Chalmer Davidson with 11.
COPENHAGEN Dr CC Oscar Johnson of St Louis was elected president of the World Baptist Alliance at the closing plenary of the Congress. He succeeds Dr H Rushbrooke, who died in England last January. Johnson outlined a threefold program to unite northern and southern Baptists, Baptists worldwide, and Baptists with other denominations. He stressed world cooperation in service to God amid global tensions.
Elyria Garden Club reports from New London meeting on July 23 with Mrs. Hoimer Johnson presenting Ohio Trees and leaf varieties. Mainly horse chestnut and buckeye discussed. estate donation for a New London recreation center noted. Also anecdotes on local farming, wildflowers, and nature observations around Elyria and routes 20 and 58.
Beckley West Virginia two day old premature son of Delbert and Dollie Warden of Coal City was pronounced dead today for the second time in 24 hours after briefly breathing. A Goodyear Ranger airship will visit the Wellington light plane air show Sunday with a Wingfoot Lake base and a brief lighter‑than‑air demonstration. The program opens at 1 pm with ceremonies, Army Air Corps bombers, acrobatic flying, and a bomb dropping contest led by Norman Walton and Kenneth Hendrickson.
John J. Schmidt, nominated in Sheffield Village for a village council seat, submitted a withdrawal request to Lorain County Board of Elections officials. He is an employee of the postal service and cites ineligibility to hold public office.
Avon residents will attend a Knights of St. John event Sunday August 9 at Avon Isle. The Knights, Ladies Auxiliary, and their families invite all members and relatives to join the picnic.
Oberlin announces the engagement of Meigs Martel to Arthur Youngless, daughter of Oberlin residents. marriage planned for next month. Local notes include August plans, a family birthday celebration, a hay baler accident with non fatal injury, and hospital discharges and births.
Rufus Marsh and Joseph McKissack denied charges after a Woodford avenue fight outside Bie Casino at 12 48 p m left two knife wound victims. Robert Harle and LeRoy McNear were hospitalized for abdominal and back wounds. MecNear said McKissack held him while Marsh cut in. Also a grass fire at 277 Abbes burned six city lots. First Station No 1 crew extinguished the blaze.
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