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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1981
Page
2
The notice list covers deaths of Mrs. Florence B. Finkel 66 Elyria Mrs. Ruth D. Rieth 68 Sheffield Lake William Snowdon 71 Amherst Okey Wilson Jr 31 Elyria Ralph Wahl 69 Lorain Ruth Geist 65 Wakeman Calvin Searles pastor officiating. services planned for William Dietrich. Michael Misita 66 Lorain obituary details and funeral arrangements.
Douglas Clemmons 57 of New London died Thursday at the Veteran's Administration in Cleveland after a year long illness. Born in Fitchville he lived in the New London area all his life and worked for Ohio Body Manufacturing Co. A World War II Air Force veteran he belonged to VFW Post 4654 and the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church. He is survived by his mother Bess Clemmons and five sisters. Visitation is Saturday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. at Eastman Funeral Home with a 2 p.m. service in the funeral home. Rev Don Anderson will officiate and military rites will be held at Fitchville Cemetery by the VFW.
NORTH RIDGEVILLE announces the annual Christmas Parade sponsored by the Corn Festival Committee. It starts 3 p.m. Sunday from the Fisher Big Wheel lot at Center Ridge and Jaycox roads, travels west to Olde Towne Hall, with a tree lighting and carol sing-along finale. Teleprompter Cable TV channel 7 will air the events on December 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 at listed times.
The East 21st Street Bridge in Lorain will close at night for structural repairs starting Monday at 6 p.m. and continue daily until about 6 a.m. for two weeks, with January closure for three days and a project finish around February 15 1982. The $132,900 project is funded by the county and state fees, with National Engineering and Contracting Co. as contractor.
Elyria Merchants Association held a downtown Party in the Park event last Saturday for a coloring contest with 22 winners across age groups. Winners include Charles Willis Rose Crigger Rachel Brooker Laura Dillon and Cecil ia Chobody in 6 and under as well as Sloane Farkas Anne Jezewski Danny Phillips Kristen Bozman Julie Paulist in 7 to 12. Other top finishers include Lisa Krischer Grant Lundberg Terri Rein Scott Plas and Diana Carroll in 13 to 16 plus Karen Walker Marcia Heffernan Mary Farkas Dyan Morena and Carol George 17 and up and Bernadine Bogdan M. Henke in 50 and over.
Charles Scoffit Jr. 18 of 315 Erieview Sheffield Lake was driver in a two car Lake Road accident Tuesday night. He is listed in fair condition at Lorain St Joseph Hospital. Dwayne Pace 16 of 291 Erieview remains in IC U in critical condition. Sheffield Lake police urge witnesses to contact the department as the investigation continues.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Perkins of 511 Berkshire. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Randy Yost of 1044 Wellfleet, Grafton. The birth of Peter Thomas at 124 Roosevelt Avenue is recorded.
One person remained hospitalized in fair condition with a head injury after a four car crash on Butternut Ridge Road. Brenda Baker 27 of 7 E Cadet headed east left of center causing a collision with Joseph Martin 37 of 1565 Roycroft Lakewood. Martin and a passenger John Ferretti and Mrs. Bakers two children were treated and released. No charges filed.
Bendix Heavy Vehicle Systems Group provides 1900 toward scholarships for two Lorain County Community College accounting students. The awards honor Walter G Warriner and will be given in May or June 1982. Becky Warriner Finnegan presented the gift on his behalf.
The 39th annual Cleveland Home and Flower Show runs March 5 to 14 at the Convention Center Complex. Two more acres boost space to 12 acres, touted as the nation’s largest home show. Highlights include a carousel by the American Institute of Kitchen Dealers with kitchen displays from Breit's Custom Maid Cabinets East Ohio Gas Higbee's and others. Chefs from local restaurants will present samples at the carousel center. The event also features a Home Entertainment Center with videogames computers and other electronics and a Sports Center with exercise equipment and physiological testing.
Berea police expanded the search for one of two men who robbed Gastown Service Station at 825 N Rocky River Dr of 7742 dollars. A Cleveland West Side man in his 20s, about 6 ft 4 in tall and 250 to 300 pounds, was identified by three female employees from photos. Police also seek the same man for another armed robbery. No injuries were reported.
Albert Mongeau poured six tons of concrete through an open car window in Phillipsburg after dispute over his wife’s comments. Police said the cement filled the vehicle to about six inches below the dome light while it was parked in a residential area.
Elyria Township will hold a five day trash pickup from Monday to Friday weather permitting. Appliances and large items not covered by regular collection will be gathered. Residents should box and bag all trash for disposal.
The Elyria Public Library hosts a Deck the Halls event Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. featuring tree decorating hand-bell music Christmas movies and refreshments. The Friends of the Library sponsor the event and accept donations for new children's books for the Chronicle Telegram’s Not Forgotten Box. The event is free and open to the public.
Lorain MEG agents and Elyria police arrested 21 year old Michael McMullen of 205 Lake Ave on a secret indictment charging three counts of drug trafficking for allegedly selling marijuana to an undercover MEG agent. He was taken into custody at 2:30 p.m. at his home. Suspected drugs were seized and more charges possible. He is jailed in Lorain County on a 5000 bond.
Elyria Telephone Co. restored service for about 2,500 of 3,000 customers in the 324 exchange after a cable fault caused a widespread outage. Officials said by mid morning most of the remaining 500 would be back online, with crews to continue repairs into the week.
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