Frontier Week Opened By Parade In Amherst
Amherst villagers lined a six street parade route for Frontier Week kickoff sponsored by the Retail Merchants Division. Pet entries at Town Hall judged by Richard Martinek, Dr. Thomas Giglietti, and Richard Winemiller. Gloria Jean Balmer’s cocker spaniel won. Five fire departments and local clubs joined the hour-long march through Amherst area neighborhoods. The event precedes Aug. 1 horse show with ice cream social and Thursday Main Street dance by Baney Freeman Orchestra.
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Amherst
Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Town Hall
Richard Martinek
Thomas Giglietti
Richard Winemiller
Gloria Jean Balmer
Joyce Rippeth
Jerry
Terry Edwards
Locain County 4H Club
Erie County Riding and Driving Club
South Amherst
Blacks River
Sheffield Township
Vermilion
Cleveland Ave
Rt. 58
Cleveland
Jackson St
Park Ave
Main St
Tenney Ave
Church St
Lions Club
Park Rvve
Beaver Ct
Baney Freeman Orchestra
Alice Flowers
Bonds Forfeited By Drivers In Amherst Court
Amherst village officials reported no local defendants at the mayor's court session on Saturday but 23 bond forfeitures were recorded. Names include William DeMarco of Detroit and Alexander Coffey of Akron among others with fines for speeding and traffic violations. last week's note mentions shoplifting fine for Joan Targett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst-Village
Jack Koontz
William DeMarco
Detroit
Mich
Alexander Coffey
Akron
Neil Valentine
East 28Th St. Lorain
Firmer King
Cannon
Gerald Kipperle
Ida
Lodovich Tapponie
Elyria Ave
James Canhill
Steubenville
Richard Mills
D'Alene
Idaho
David C. Wade
Huntington Woods
Kathleen Ryan
Flore Park
Doris Danner
Elkhart
Ind
George Polaretzky
Chicago
Nicholas Gedo
Ontario
Canada
Gordon L. Johansen
Elmwood
Conn
Otto Search
Ruther Ruth
Reading
Henry Kwacz
Greenwich St
Cleveland
Julis G. Kish
Clark Ave
Joan Target
St Peter Church Picnic Draws Seventy Attendees
About 70 members of St Peter United Church of Christ attended a church school family picnic Sunday at Wagner Farm on Middle Ridge Road. Rev Edward Foster led the all day affair with vesper services after a supper. Picnic committee members included Mrs Richard Thutt and Mr and Mrs Thomas Taylor, with Janet Goldthorpe as church secretary reporting games and contests.
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Amherst
St. Peter United, Church of Christ
Wagner Farm
Middle Ridge Rd
Edward Foster
Richard Thutt
Thomas Taylor
Janet Goldthorpe
Foster
Motherhood Course Starts Tomorrow at Springvale Course
RIDGEVILLE The six week motherhood course at St John golf league matches. sessions run 2 to 4 pm every Wednesday at Springvale course. The program covers prenatal care, health and nutrition, confinement preparation, and child development. Open to expectant and new mothers. free of charge.
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Ridgeville
Knights of Amherst
St. John Golf League
Springvale
Motherhood
Cording
B. A. Jenne
Clifford Fortune
Richard Noll
G. Simkovich
James Ber
Mer Weiss
D. Behm
al Kummerlen
Paul Rothgery
James Padley
Cletus Losh
Hank Jalowere
George Pedant
Noll
Dartball League Forms Nine-Team Local Loop
Amherst hosts initial planning meeting for a nine team dartball league with F O E and auxiliary members. Clarence Kelly presides over the men's group with Paul Frederick as secretary treasurer. Wilma Miller heads the women's division with Ann Kelly and Lucille Karbler as officers. Ten teams listed include Amherst Lorain Bellevue Huron Fremont Norwalk Sandusky Tiffin Clyde with Port Clinton tentatively joining. next meeting set August 30 to organize schedule. play hoped by late September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Order of Eagles
FOE
Grace
Ralph) Baker
Clarence Kelly
Lorain
Paul Frederick
Norwalk
Wilma Miller
Sandusky
Ann Kelly
Lucille Karbler
Fremont
Bellevue Foe Lodge
Darrell Feakins
Edward Waek
Elmer Reichert Sr
Mrs. Baker
Bernice Waek
Ann Reichert
Turnpike Patrol Arrests Three Michigan Drivers
Amherst reports three Michigan motorists were arrested by the turnpike patrol and posted bonds totaling 90 dollars. Grady Tanner, 37, of Plymouth, posted 50 dollars for unsafe operation. Suetta Moore, 41, of Detroit, and Mrs. Herbert Sulens, 33, of Adrian, were cited for speeding and posted 20 dollars each after being jailed yesterday.
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Amherst
Michigan
Turnpike Patrol
Grady Tanner
Plymouth
Mich
Suetta Moore
Detroit
Herbert Sulens
Adrian
Kipton Notes Free Evening Honors and Club News
Kipton reports a surprise party at the Baptist parsonage for Rev. and Mrs. Morgan and Elaine Edwards with gifts from the Sunday School group. The Camden Garden Club met at Findley Park with 16 attendees as officers were appointed for programs, membership, civic duties, and other committees for the coming year. A Findley Park family dinner celebrated the birthdays of Mr. and Mrs. Guy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipton
Morgan
Elaine Edwards
Oth Earle Harriman
the Baptists
Homer Edwards
Ronnie
Elmer Morgan
Ken
Neth Beam and Family School
Harriman
Velma Campbell
North
the Olmsted
Harrimans
God Speed
Milton Perkins
Johnson City
N.Y
Baptist Bible Seminary
Camden Garden Club
Findley Park
W. D. Davidson
William Rooney
Kemp Whitney
Curtis Haines
Mabel Bronson
Lawrence Leadbetter
Burdette Schmidt
Albert Arnnold
Dean Morgan
Civic
Stanley Pitts
Roy Radcliffe
Harlan Schramm
June Davidson
Arthur Blackwell
C. H. Scott
Hugh Whitney
Frances Davidson
Darwin Sharp
William Jackson
Donald Davidson
Flower Shoir
Frank Davidson
Jay Sharp
Griffin Groot
Albert Prosser
Guy
Jaycees Plan Move to New Club House Site
AMHERST The Junior Chamber of Commerce moved meetings to the Meesig residence to escape the crowded town hall passage. The group seeks land for a permanent clubhouse though no site is set. Evan Pennington joined as a member and Aug 14 picnic is planned at Greenwood Park. The Little League Jaycees team won its league title.
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Amherst
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Meesig
Central Dr
Town Hall
Golden Age Club
Jaycees
Meesig
Robert Walker
Arthur Engle
Evan Pennington
Richard Ehrman
Donald Lessiter
Greenwood Park
Engle
Ler
BPA Employee Suffers Burns in Sewage Pump Incident
Amherst Board of Public Affairs worker George Gordon recuperating at home after a safety plate blew from a sewer lift pump on South Main Street at about 4 15 p m. Pressure from steam caused burns to Gordon s arm side and face while superintendent Henry Gordon and another BPA employee John Healy escaped steam burns.
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Amherst
Board of Public Affairs
George Gordon
Burns
South Main St
Henry Gordon
BPA
John Healy
Elyma Ave
Gordon
Healy
Local Family News Highlights Visits and Gatherings
Barbara Brumby visits relatives in Killbuck with the Whitneys Leadbetters and Browns. Attendees at First Baptist Lima include Rosalyn Hooker Pennie Buczek Wakeman Phyllis Drought Debbie Bruner Elaine Edwards and Joanne Whitney. Flossie Losey stays with sister G A Brumby in Elyria. Harold Brumby of Canton recovering after major surgery at Altman Hospital. Sunday visitors include Carl Thompson family from rural New London and others from Elyria and Weitzel family. Bradley reunion hosts guests from Huron Detroit Kipton. Officers named for Wakeman Wyden group and annual meeting planned with program committee. wiener roast ends day. Sunday supper guests include Walter Greene and Fern S. from Sheffield Lake. Additional visits and dinners noted among Bruner Hines and Bruner families.
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Barbara Brumby
Stanley Brumby
Cuyahoga Falls
Hugh ‘Whitney
Lawrence
Larry
Bobby
Killbuck
Rosalyn Hooker
Pennie Buczek
Carl Thompson
New London
Earle Harriman
Willard Weitzel
Bernice Richards
Jimmy
Elyria
Jim Lewis
Weitzel
Gladys Berg
Leon
Russell Bryden
Bradley
Rowell Rd
Huron
Detroit
Michigan
Kipton
George Bryden
Maynard Clark
Wakeman
Carl Gebhardt
Vermilion
George Kush
Clarence Hines
Raymond
Judy
Paul Bruner
Henrietta
Bernadette Schmidt
Judy Soens
Disabled Workers To Get Social Security Checks
More than 100000 disabled American workers will receive their first social security disability insurance benefit checks during August, according to O A Shelley district manager at the Lorain SS office. He pointed out that all of the applications received during the first months of 1957 have not yet been acted upon, but applicants need take no further action. They will receive notification within a few weeks.
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O. A. Shelley
Lorain SS
He Sax
Knobby Knees Noted at Scout Jubilee
The Evening Standard reported impressions from the Scout jubilee at Sutton Coldfield England noting a crowd of 70 000 with a mix of knee appearances described as white brown black knob bly hairy and frankly grotesque in a early report dated August 32.
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London
The
Evening Standard
Sutton Coldfield
England
Infant Christened In Amherst At St Joseph Church
About 150 relatives and friends attended the christening of six week old Julie Jean Kerekes at St Joseph church in Amherst. The infant’s parents are Mr and Mrs Eugene Kerekes. God parents were Miss Audrey Zvosec and Richard Catalano. Julie Jean is the 35th grandchild of maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Michael Zvosec of Elyria. Paternal grandfather Joseph Kerekes resides at Lorain.
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Amherst
Julie Jean Kerekes
Lincoln St
St. Joseph Church
Eugene Kerekes Aro
Audrey Zvosec
Richard Catalano
Jule Jean
Michael Zvosec
Lake Ave
Elyma. Joseph
Kerekes
Park Dr
Lorain
FOE Plans Remodeling Of Home
Amherst meeting outlines remodeling and redecorating plans for the Fraternal Order of Eagles Home. FOE building committee, led by Donald Fleck, meets at the lodge hall to discuss additions, painting by Louis R. Klier Co. and interior work. New member Gerald Fiock joined. others include Herman Essig and Dorothy Hellinger. A golf match against Elyria FCE and a members only dance to follow.
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Amherst
Order of Eagles
FOE
Donald Fleck
Howard Nalley
Gerald Fiock
Herman Essig
Donald Fullmer
Dorothy
Edward) Hellinger
Milan Ave
South Main St
Louis R. Klier and Co
Ernest B. Witte
Philip Bollino
William Blair
Michael J
Legion Auxiliary Hosts Girls State Delegates at Oberlin Meeting
American Legion Auxiliary Karl Wilson Locke Post 102 meets at 6 30 PM for a 3 supper then a regular business session. Sandra Humphrey reports on her week at Girls State. Avon Lake music supervisor Mrs Wane Clack and her daughter attend with 957 Lorain County Girl Staters and Oberlin past staters. August meeting includes an Americanism program.
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Oberlin
American Legion Auxiliary
Karl Wilson Locke
Sandra Humphrey
Wane Clack
Avon Lake
Lorain County
Kiwanis Club To Hear C T Outdoor Editor
The Kiwanis Club of East Elyria will hear outdoor editor Don Miller discuss conservation Thursday evening after the 6:30 p.m. dinner at the YWCA Holly Hall. The club’s family picnic is planned for 1 p.m. Sunday at Linwood Park.
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Kiwanis Club
East Elyria
Ywca Holly
Czech racer Turek jailed nine months for insulting regime
Ladislav Turek, former Czech car racer, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment for insulting the Communist regime. The Prague daily Vecerni Praha said he made derogatory remarks about President Antonin Zapotocky and other leaders in a Prague tavern and vowed not to race again until the regime fell.
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Vienna
Ladislav Turek
Prague
Vecerni Praha
Turek
Antonin Zapotocky
Vecernia Praha
Stock Market Summary Amid Manufacturing and Retail Names
An eclectic stock list shows major names like Anaconda Copper Bendix Aviation Chrysler Ford General Motors and U S Steel alongside retailers Montgomery Ward Roebuck Woolworth and Penna. The data reflects varied sectors with noted percentages and prices for industrials and consumer goods, including Western raw materials and farm commodities.
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Pierre R. Smith and Co
Elyriay
Aromizan Fwalator
Ieee
Ametican Tod
Ayieeane
Bendix Aviation
Chrysler Reeoey
Columbia Cima Cece Sass
Ford
Qenere Motora
Glidden Ce
BAM Kennecott Coppers
Brower
Lear
Montgomery Ward
Central
Ohla Ediwan
Westinghouse
Eleceric
S33
Woolworth
Coan
Wearby Product on the Terminal Market ASPIRE Market Prices
A chaotic OCR list details assorted vegetables and produce with prices and qualities. Items include beans, cabbage, celery, Chinese cabbage, corn, cucumbers, kale, onions, parsley, radishes, greens, and dressings. Prices range from under 1.00 to about 3.50 per unit, with varying fair to good quality notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greerousebkts
Toledo Cash Grain Report Announces Mixed No 2 Grades
Toledo cash grain report lists bids on track Tate basis with wheat No 2 bolt red around 2.04 to 2.06, white 2.07 to 2.10, corn No 2 yellow about 2.12 to 2.16, oats No 2 white 1.66 to 1.85, soybeans No 1 yellow 2.58 to 2.30, reflecting price ranges for nearby commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo Cash Grain
Toledo
Toledo Cash Grain Report Srain
Tate Basis
Lost Poodle Missing Near Stearns Road Area
Petite French poodle named Pierre missing in the Stearns Road area. Description notes trim and reward. contact TR 1-4004 or SP 71-0734. A green and yellow parakeet is found at 119 Edgewood Street near Cleveland Street, owner to claim.
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Stearns Rd
Pierre Ph
Edgewood St
Clevland St
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Northern Institute of Cosmetology
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Lerain County
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Carl Hroner
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