Avon Lake Schools Adopt Budget for 1952
Avon Lake Board of Education adopted a tentative 1952 budget of 388 615 with 282 625 in general fund 87 990 in bond retirement and 18 000 for cafeteria. Two new school contracts total about 102 000 beyond the 750 000 bond issue. 61 000 moved from general fund with the rest to be paid in two years. Reynolds Co. to waterproof exterior walls and buses insured for 1951 52. Books adopted include Gregg shorthand U S History chemistry and arithmetic for early grades. Milk providers are Mackerts Dairy and East Side Dairy. Dean Kelly reports 275 children registered during the play period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
Avon Lake Board of Education
Reynolds Co
Cleveland
Gregg
U. S
Mackert’s Dairy
East Side
Dean Kelly
Liquor Agents Granted Expanded Power To Enforce Slot Laws
State Liquor Enforcement Chief Anthony A. Rutkowski announced that field agents will gain broader authority to arrest for displaying and transporting slot machines. The change stems from a law taking effect September 18 making display possession or transport of slot machines a felony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Anthony A. Rut- Sowski
Hoover on honesty and foreign policy dangers in free government
Hoover warns that political dishonesty is deadly and cannot be tolerated even as a minor flaw. He criticizes secret Tehran and Yalta commitments as selling freedom for half a billion people and says disclosure to Congress and the public would have blocked those moves. He also denounces calling Chinese Communists agrarian liberals as a perversion of truth leading to a defeat for freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Tehran
Yalta
Congress
China
First Woman Moderator Miss Rich Returns as Archivist
Miss Rich, longtime Medina Association leader and first woman moderator, resigns as church official to become archivist at her longtime church. Trustees honor her service and appoint Mrs. George W. Lyons as secretary pro tem while seeking a successor, with Mrs. A. J. Robson continuing part time records work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trar
Medina Association
Miss Rich
State Organization
Special Gift Project
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
General Council of Congregational Christian Churches
Burham
N.H
Oberlin summer music program draws about 150 youths
Richard Weldon announced about 150 youngsters joined the Summer recreation program in Oberlin to study instrumental music at the high school from 9 am to 3 pm. The program offers woodwind brass string classes in three levels with a four Friday night Summer band concerts and a variety show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Richard Weldon
Weldon
Onemajorette
Bonnie Br 1
Louise Situpaun
Nancy Alter
Caroline McDole
Joan Young
Beverly Berg
Doris Heilman
Benjamin E. Fitzpatric
s.Pleasant Street
Robert L. McNeil
Huntington Road
R. D
Howard Jones
Metcalf
West Lorain Street
Hospital
Leon Wacker
Robert Gibb
Herman Norton
Harry Pratt
North Main Street
Merle Hamner
Gertrude Bryant
W. Lorain Street
Michigan
Charles Mosher
Walloon Lake
Mich
Holy Name Society of the Sacred Heart Church
Pleasant Street
Long al
Prospect Street
Prospect School
C. E. Wigton
D. J. Simpson
Rachel Hannon
W. c. Bohrer
Doris Merthe
C. A. Bedell
Juanita Schramm
T. B. Walter
Marian Simpson
S. H., Fairchild
Winiifred Upton
Dorothy Hungate
Marguerite Grills
Girly
Stella Koenitzer
B. W. Robinson
Fox Furniture
Special Bus For Ely School Pupils
A special Elyria Coach Company bus will transport pupils from Gulf and Abbe Road areas to Ely school each school day. Route starts at Beebe court, passes through Poplar and Abbe roads to Gulf road, ending at Ely school with return trips around 11:30 am and 3:20 pm. Allen sixth graders may use it. four tickets cost 20 cents. Service funded by the company at parents’ request, not by Elyria schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf and
Abbe Road
Elyria Coach Company
Ely
L. N. Nicholas
Elsha Board of Education
Cleveland Street
Beebe Court
Poplar Street
Hilliard
Pullerton
Gulf Road
Ely School
Crawford Named LMRE Office Manager in Wellington
Carl B Crawford of Falls Church Virginia will become the LMRE office manager in Wellington on September 10. He replaces Howard Reichenbach who resigned. Crawford has served as power manager for the Rural Electric Administration in Washington DC. His wife and two children will move to Wellington soon. Reichenbach was assistant manager under Harry Bovard who became manager in May after Bovard suffered heart attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Carl B. Crawford
Falls Church
Howard Reichenbach
Crawford
Rural Electric Administration
Washington, D D. C
Reichenbach
Harry Bovard
Harry Bo
Allied forces push back in Korea and air units hit rail hubs
North Korean units were repulsed after a counter attack near Yangeu while a UN tank force northwest of Yangeu intercepted and killed sixty enemy troops. Allied air power struck Communist railway yards across North Korea as B 29s led a 450 ton raid on Yongmi yards. Two Allied planes were lost in Wednesday raids including a Meteor and an Shooting Star jet. a dogfight with MiG 15s involved eight Australian pilots and twenty American Sabrejets. Ground reports note Korean troops capturing hills near Kansong then losing one to a heavy counter attack. total Communist casualties estimated at about 232.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yangeu
North Korea
Yongmi
Sinauju
Korea
Kansong
Truman Poised to Invoke Taft Hartley in Copper Strike
President Truman prepared to use the Taft Hartley Act to force striking copper workers back to production as Kennecott talks with unions linger. Officials noted a fast fact finding panel may be seated if the act is used, with potential court injunctions possible to hold strikes for 80 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Ind
Kennecott Copper Corp
Kennecott
Wage Stabilization Board
Ralph Seward
Joseph Miller
G. Allan Cash Jr
Philadelphia
Girl Says She Went Willingly With Ex-Convict
Nancy Kinney 15 disappeared Aug. 14 from Zanesville and told grandmother she left willingly with ex convict Chester Risen from somewhere in Ohio. Risen faces parole investigation in California. Nancy said he would return her if charges against him were withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Nancy Kinney
Ohio
Chester Risen
Henry Risen
Pilgrim Fellowship Retreat For Medina Youth
Young people from Medina Association Pilgrim Fellowship plan a weekend retreat at Camp Isssee Kes. Registration starts 4:30 p m Friday and ends after Sunday noon meal. Miss Margaret Ewing and several pastors will lead activities and worship with Robert Dewey coordinating program planning.
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Medina Association
Camp Iss
Kes
Margaret Ewing
First Congregational Church
Lorain
Richard Lehman
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Ralph Chapman
North Ridgeville
B. Kenneth Anthony
Elyria
Lehman
Robert Dewey
Ohio Conference
U S Officials Pressure Czechs Over Oatis Case
Senators Douglas and Mundt call for firm actions as Czech ambassador may be expelled and economic ties could be cut until Oatis is freed. In Prague and Washington, diplomats pursue a new approach with undisclosed details and unclear progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Douglas
Karl E. Mundt
S. D
Czechoslovakia
Oatis
Prochazka
Washington
U.S
Prague
Spy Case Linked to Foreign Office Officials
The Foreign Office publicly linked MacLean and Burgess to fleeing the country with Western secrets. Some friends mocked the reports, saying the two were merely on a "lark." Messages to families bore signatures but not handwriting. Burgess spoke of a Mediterranean holiday and MacLean asked his wife not to worry as he left unexpectedly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacLean
Foreign Office
Bur-gess
Burgess
MacLean's
Ruth Fox Named Vice President of Ohio Republican Women
Mrs. Ruth Fox, Lorain County chairwoman for Republican women and deputy clerk at the local Board of Elections, was named vice president of the Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Organizations. She will fill the unexpired term of Mrs. John Rigby of Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Fox
Ohio Federation
Lorain County Board of Elections
Ohio Federation of Republican Women
Fox
Katherine Kennedy Brown
John Rigby
Cambridge
Local Teacher Serves as Chairman at Distributive Education Conference
John Taylor of Elyria high school is one of three chairmen presiding over the annual Distributive Education Conference at Ohio State University in Columbus. The session covers store employee teaching methods, pre employment training for high school students, and available distributive education materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Taylor
East Fourth Street
Ohio State University
Columbus
Taylor
Elyria High School
Music Teachers Move Forward at Oberlin Field Day
Rapids Michigan reports a wave of new music instructors for the coming school year led by Thomas Cunningham and Gayl Ford among others. Ruth Christman leaves Lorain County to join Kent State University. Uniformed bands form across multiple districts and will perform at the Oberlin field day exercises in May 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Parfitt
Oliver Shubert
Marguerite Salisbury
Harold Thorley
Henry Zabanski
Ruth Christman
Lorain County
Department of Music Education
Kent State University
Frank
Penfield
Belden
Grafton
Avon Lake
Ridgeville
East Carlisle
Clearview
Camden
Eaton
Brighton
LaGrange
Brownhelm
Columbia
Brookside
South Amherst
Oberlin
Rubber Shortage Reported Beaten in First Round
Washington officials claimed victory today in the first round of their fight against material shortages. Rubber shortage beaten, but many rounds remain as other needed materials for rearmament are produced or imported in sufficient quantities. Copper scarcity bites as government taps stockpiles and may take more amid a wide copper workers strike and Communist China’s tungsten cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
Federal Civilian Payroll Near Ten Billion Dollars
Senator Byrd estimates the national civilian federal payroll for the current fiscal year will approach ten point nine billion dollars, surpassing the World War I peak by about one point seven billion. He cites a seven point seven billion payroll for the prior year and a July increase bringing total federal employees to two point five million eight hundred eighty nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry F.byrd
Joint Congressional Committee
Byrd
IMS
Lausche Urges County Groups For Drugs Fight
Gov. Frank J. Lausche urged county organizations of school and police officials to combat narcotics traffic among children. He spoke with sheriffs prosecutors school officials Parent-Teacher groups and parents to organize. A desk electric razor valued at 30 was reported stolen from a hotel desk during a narcotics conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Joseph Tucker
Brown Ho
Lausche
Warns Motorists Of Hazards Of Holiday Driving
Corporal W. H. Vinning of the Lorain Post urges Ohio drivers to start trips early, travel at reasonable speeds, observe signals, avoid crowding, and drive as if life depends on it during Labor Day weekend. He cites last year’s 17 deaths and 380 injuries in 474 patrol cases and emphasizes safety slogans and driver responsibility to prevent accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Vinning
Lorain
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Perllea
Corporal Vinning
Bicycle Collision Report Near West Avenue
Mrs. Jack Stacy reported a bicycle collision at 1020 West Avenue as she turned into a drive. The rider Paul Duto of 325 Eleventh Street was brought to Elyria Memorial Hospital and released after examination with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stacy
Lodi Street
West Avenue
Paul Duto
Eleventh Street
Stacy
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Krebs-Calkins Plans New Plumbing Shop in Bellcourt
Krebs-Calkins Inc. of Bellcourt has secured a permit for a new 36 by 80 foot one story masonry plumbing shop at 144 Kenwood Street. TL H. Popp is the contractor and the project cost is estimated at 14000 dollars according to the City Building Inspector’s records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krebs-Calkins, Inc
Bellcourt
Kenwood Street
TL. H
Popp
Boys Band To Rehearse Tonight At Court House
Walter T. Adcox 23 of Elyria was sentenced to 20 days in county jail on a resisting arrest charge after his arrest by Lorain police. Two Ridgeville youths cited for reckless operation of motor scooters on Routes 20 and 76 will appear in juvenile court. A 19-year-old Lorain youth was placed in county jail for juvenile investigation. The El Rey Grotto boys band will rehearse at 7 p.m. at the Masonic Temple dining room under guest conductor Kurl Kolinski. a concert is planned in Ely Park on Friday September 7.
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IRS
Emma Blaser
North Ridgeville
Emma Fassinger Blaser
Chestnut Ridge Road
North Olmsted
R.D
Berea Hospital
Cleveland
Ridgeville Township
Martin
Herman Dietz
Willoughby
Charlotte Hamilton
Lawrence
Pauline Myer
Newton Falls
Susie Whalen
Elizabeth Dunn
Charles
Pease Funeral Bey
Dever Center Road
Westlake
John Kuyper
North Olmsted Congregational Church
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
Walter T. Adcox
Antrim Road
Elyria
Lorain
Ridgeville
Joseph Brunda
Route 303
Camden Township
el Rey Grotto
Brenda
Masonic Temple
Kurl Kolinski
Ely Park
Three More Streets To Be Resurfaced
City Street Department announces three streets will be resurfaced tomorrow. Abbe road from the North corporation line to south of Poplar street and from Cleveland street to south of Taylor street will be treated. West street from Huron street to the corporation line and West River street from Furnace street north of the corporation line will also be resurfaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Carrick
City Street Department
Abbe Road
Corporation
Poplar Street
Train fire and district damages prompt several legal notices
The report details a warehouse fire at the Schumar building causing major damage and destruction of equipment and papers. A deputy-led investigation notes minor vehicle damage from a Route 82 collision near 252. Multiple divorces in Lorain were granted for neglect and cruelty with custody rulings. Civil actions include a $3,399.26 loan non payment suit against Joseph E. Smith and unemployment compensation proceedings involving James R West and Frank Mi. Grott & Home Mfg. & Supply. End of month sale at Fox Furniture teased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Smith
East Avenue
Bert M. Apple
Cleveland and
LaSalle, Finance Company
Unemployment Compensation Act of
Ohio
Frank Mi.Grott
Home Mfg, & Supply
Grafton
Birmingham School Opens Wednesday
Birmingham school will start on Wednesday September 5 at 9 a.m. EST. Students should bring lunches as cafeteria serves as a second grade room. Teaching staff includes Carl Robert principal Nelson Howe coach and math science instructor Wilford Johnston social studies English Miss Mary E Wilson English Ruth Rosekelly Berlin Heights home economics Paul Tuttle voc. ag Curtis Crews vocal music Edward Smith instrumental music first grade Doris Kropf Vermilion second Kaye Leach Berlinville third Virginia Houchin fourth Lois Foster fifth Joan Shaffer sixth Doris Prince.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Carl Robert
Nelson Howe
Wilford Johnston
Mary E. Wilson
Ruth Rosekelly
Berlin Heights
Paul, Tuttle
Curtis Crews
Edward Smith
Doris Kropf
Vermilion
Kaye Leach
Berlinville
Virginia Houchin
Lois Foster
Joan Shaffer
Doris Prince
Cadet Flaherty Arrives at Ellington AFB for Navigation Training
Aviation Cadet William A. Flaherty has arrived at Ellington Air Force Base near Houston Texas to begin an extensive navigation course. He aims to become a navigator and a second lieutenant in the U S Air Force Reserve Corps. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Andrew C Flaherty of Elyria Ohio and attended Elyria High School Wittenberg College and Baldwin Wallace College in Ohio.
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Ellington Afb
Texas
William A. Flaherty
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
U. S. Air Force Reserve Corps
Flaherty
Andrew C. Flaherty
Beverly Court
Elyria
Ohio
Elyria High School
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Baldwin» Wallace College
Beres
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Sudro-Curtis Ambulance
Death Records
Albert Knowles Tower
Louise Adams
Lake Avenue
Mr. Tower
Charlotte
Masonic Lodge
Max L. Tower
Middleport
N.Y
Kenneth W. Tower
Robert G. Tower
Wilmeth
Charles Grier
Abigail Tower
Wainwright Funeral Home
Pray Funeral Home
Hunter
Maple Hill Cemetery
Gullett
Amherst
Marsha Ann Gullett
Donald E. Gullett
Jackson Street
J. H. Bollens
St. Peters Evangelical and Reformed Church
Evergreen Cemetery
William Youngless
Here
LMRE
Ion
Mary Actor
Nancy Schultz
Carrie Pease
Donald Campbell
Margaret Martin
Walter Carpenter
R. E. Weldon
Beulah May
Rose Moore
Mary Jo Smith
Margaret Scheid
Esther Fraser
Eva Mae. Crosby
Kathryn Witbeck
Donald Mellroy
Charlotte Fails
Marian Spencer
Cassie Payne
Idafave Berner
Miriam Benoy
Kathleen Craig
Thelma Harris
Gladys V. Simpson
Virginia Scott
Elizabeth Thomas
Winifred Lair
Girl
Police Dept. ‘News
Thomas Dunlap
Schumar
Ohio Edison Company
Laws Schumar
Temple
Route 82
Sheriff's Deputies
Glenn Crowner
Columbia Station
Crowner
Viola Ray
Marseilles Avenue
Sterling Ray, Jr
Case Road
Helen Peterson
Howard
Josephine Riley
Calvin
Michael Cherney
Esther
Galilee Mae Fayson
Lamont
Alice Pawlaski
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
James R West
J. R. West & Co
15Th Street
Toledo
V. Am
Werlihys
Cortlands
Wolf Rivers
Maiden
Blush
Chienangoa
Marin
Kentucky Wonders
California
Birmingham School
United Press
American Radial American T. & T
Anaconda Coppe
Aveo Mfg
Bendix Aviation
Chrysler
Cleveland Elec
Columbia Gas
General Motors Glidden Co
Industrial Rayon
Kennecott Copper
Montgomery Ware
N.Y. Central
Ohio Edison Ohio Oil
Penna, R. RB
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum Standard of
Standard of
N. J. Standard of Ohio Texas Company
U. S. Steel
iWestinghouse Airbrake Woolworth Co
Aty
P.R. Smith & CO
Righs Ravings Bank Bldg
Midwest Stock Exchange
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