This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1959
Page
4
Glenhural Drive storm ditch ownership remains unresolved as City Council referred the query to City Manager Richard J. Dunn. Citizens debate plowing and clearing the ditch while speculation on jurisdiction centers on whether property owners or the city hold the responsibility.
Members of the Brownhelm Club prepare a mothers day fete with a cream social and entertainment by local members including Mr Alex More and Mrs Eugene Griffith. Plans include a room arrangement, a judging session, and a 1960 budget discussion.
Civic Leaanua t ge Meets In VOL LaGrange Festival attendance 'Good' Methoist Youth Camp. Sponsors include Mr and en ke sae ES ATI MITDECK ANCL IT. Ann and Mrs Ted Haydn. Vets fish fry Friday 3:30 to 7.90 at Vets Hall public invited. Miss Phyliss Sooy visiting Madeira Beach with family. Cub Pack 123 committee meeting held at the home of Mr and Mrs A W Binkerr' on Tuesday evening.
Demeter Club of Lorain County reports a summer pause with no pack meeting in August. Granges hold midsummer events while scouts swim at Hickory Tree, and the Civic League plans a gathering at Indian Hollow Lake. Members meet at 6 pm at the home of Mr and Mrs Hawes, with a regular monthly meeting to Bil Cooke and family.
More than 20 children and their pets paraded down Park Ave as Amherst celebrated Frontier Week. Queen Pat Kopronica led in a pony cart with Billy Brandt winning first prize in the judging.
Village officials meet to discuss a school board proposal to drain a new paved playground area toward a central catch basin and village storm sewer. Council notes existing drainage lines are overloaded and approves forming a committee to study the issue.
Police report multiple traffic mishaps at intersections along Main Street and Memorial Drive. A scooter front end damaged, a car struck a scooter, and a motorcyclist was fined after an assault incident. No charges against others were recorded pending further drainage and traffic reviews.
Henrietta Grange will meet this evening at 8:30 at the Junior High School. Picnic planned by the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the local Methodist Church at Rondade Park near Oberlin. Dinner at noon, attendees bring covered dish and table service. If rain, group moves to church parlors.
North Eaton Rural Women’s Club plans a picnic and pot luck dinner at 72,230 pam with meat prepared by the club. The first post‑summer meeting is scheduled for Sept 2 at an announced location.
Six members of the LaGrange Chapter FFA and their advisor George Hyatt attended the FFA Camp Muskingum on Leesville Lake for five days. Dick Wilson Jim Armocky Paul McFadden Marty Pasadyn Joel McRoberts and Ron Hart joined. McFadden, winning a Ford Camp Scholarship, placed coach in the public speaking contest with the topic What the FFA Chapter Could Do To Promote Farm Safety.
Committees of the local Methodist Church meet to finalize the 12th annual August dinners. Attendances planned for August 5 August 12 and August 19 at the church beginning at 6 30 pm. Ticket committee members are Howard Radcliffe and Doris Prinne. Hostess for the first dinner is Miss Helen Johansson.
Mrs Augusta Mann Ailiney co owned and directed Scientific American from 1924 to 19 IMB. She died Sunday at her home in Shavellyn Park West Orange New Jersey.
Wellington awards paving contract to Wooster firm for block concrete paving with storm sewers and street lighting after resident petition. Union Street gas line work and fire plug renewal discussed. council deferred actions, weed abatement ordered, and a police gas purchase plan considered. Local Legion drive and community meetings noted with farm women and bowling league notices.
Vermilion council hired Joseph C. Zieba as village solicitor to fill a vacancy left by Richard Martinek. Harold Brumback questioned Zieba’s legality due to his work for ousted police chief Robert Harvey and urged review by the Lorain County Bar Association. The council rejected removal calls and approved related budget items including street work by Hart Construction for 4,692.50 and a 75 grant to send a fireman to a Cincinnati conference.
Sixty nine relatives from Barberton Parma Columbia Station Elyria Lorain Vermilion Amherst and South Amherst attended the ninth annual Martin Schroeder reunion at Tulk Field Sunday afternoon and evening. Mrs Catherine Bailey of South Amherst was the oldest member and Sheryl Ann Sinclair daughter of Mr and Mrs James Sinclair of Lorain was the youngest. Mrs Robert Johnson of Columbia Station was elected president for next year with Charles Gribbens Elyria as vice president and Mrs Arland Haber Vermilion as secretary treasurer. Frank Reis Parma and Andrew Gainok South Amherst were chosen to organize recreation for next year. Ted Rudy Elyria was president this year. A basket lunch was served and activities included games contests prizes horseshoes baseball and bingo.
Nightly schedules show trustees in North Eaton Town Hall at 8 p.m. and numerous church groups across Eaton County including North Ridgeville Auxiliary at St Peter Church, South Amherst groups at Nativity Church and St John Church, Grafton fire department, Carlisle Grange and West Ridge Ladies Aid, Birmingham WSCS chicken dinner, and Valley City VFW joint meeting.
Carlisle Township trustees last night named Andrew Ted Nagay a township constable. One of his main duties will be to enforce traffic regulations, especially in Brentwood Lake Village where hot rodders have plagued residents. Nagay, a former Lakewood policeman, lives at 36 Edgewood Dr. His duties will complement patrols in Brentwood Lake Village by the Lorain County Sheriff's Department.
Henrietta plans show the MYF of the Methodist church hosting an ice cream festival on Thursday August 13 starting at 8 30. Ice cream pops and hot dogs will be sold by the group.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.