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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1986
Page
2
A string of obituary notices across Elyria Oberlin and surrounding towns notes deaths of Charles A Butsey 68 Jannette Kambholtz Donald R Cook Roscoe Glover Lucy Miltner John R Wolfs and Harold J Keiper plus non obituary items on local public notices and meetings including a property offer in LaGrange Township and a year end trustees meeting date. Surviving relatives and funeral arrangements are listed for each.
Obituary notices list Wayne Jameson 70 of Avon wife Josephine four sons four brothers and a sister with visitations and services at Burmeister County Line Funeral Home Avon and burial at Resthaven Memory Gardens Elyria. Harold J 83 of Elyria wife Hazel three sons a daughter with visitation at Reichlin Robberts Funeral Home Syria and burial at St Marys Cemetery. Barry L 40 of Flynn with wife Donsia children two parents listed and visitation and funeral details. Ann Olive Elliott 2 of Avon husband Robert J with daughter Fathea Adam visitation and service details at Burmeister County Line Funeral Home. internment Smithville Cemetery Smithville Ohio.
In Vermilion, Harry Kirkwood Jr. and his son Harry James Kirkwood admitted felony drug trafficking charges after an October MEG Vermilion raid. Kirkwood Sr. faced a trafficking count for possessing three times the bulk amount of marijuana. James Kirkwood pleaded guilty to marijuana trafficking. Sentencing will follow a pre sentence report before Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Floyd D. Harris.
The Wellington License Bureau will be closed during the Christmas weekend from December 24 to December 28 and will reopen on December 29.
The Elyria area Boy Scout district reports a total enrollment of 1,690 after a fall recruitment drive adding 488 members. The district includes 204 Tiger Cubs 948 Cub Scouts 395 Boy Scouts 25 Explorers and 139 Career Awareness members. Rod Nixon was elected district chairman at the Dec 3 awards banquet. Teresa Jancura will remain acting district executive through March. Awards of Merit were given to Tom Meyers and William Spencer.
Goforth says youth groups women’s groups and service clubs like Rotary and Kiwanis volunteer year after year to man Christmas kettles. He notes December generosity warms bell ringers and urges groups to call the Salvation Army to volunteer and remember who they are representing.
SPENCER The Black River School District operating levy committee urges volunteers. A levy committee meeting is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the high school library.
Three Christmas programs are planned in the Black River School District this month. At the high school on December 11, students in grades K through 4 from Homer Primary and Sullivan Intermediate will sing under teacher Millie Fram-baugh. Spencer Middle School hosts a Homey Christmas Evening on December 16 at 6 30 p m with a pot luck dinner followed by singing by grades 5 6 and community caroling.
Lorain's Finance and Claims Committee recommended constructing two Broadway parking lots totaling up to 101 spaces at 707 Broadway and across the street on the Tivoli site if land is acquired. The plan includes a restored traffic light at 8th Street, with about 500000 in costs offset by federal funds property assessments and land sales with a net city cost of 1665 over 20 years.
Avon City Council approved an ordinance establishing a fee procedure for responding to emergencies involving hazardous materials and accidents. It makes the material owner responsible for cleanup costs and any alarm responses, and assigns costs for out of town cleanups to the requesting community. The measure follows a chemical spill in Avon several months ago.
Florence Township Trustees announce a special meeting for December 31 at 1 p.m. to handle year end business. The session will be held at the township office on Chapel Street with Marilyn Schmidt as clerk.
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