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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1953
Page
12
Dolores Donlon, a rising starlet likened to Marilyn Monroe, argues fame and a curvy image no longer guarantee lasting success in Hollywood. She notes many seek fame to the point of extreme measures, citing psychiatrists' thriving practice as evidence of the industry’s vanity.
The National Tube Manufacturing Club at Lorain High School auditorium announced 1954 officers led by Dale Livingston as president. Attendees numbered over 1,200 with 575 children. James McCartney retired as president. The event featured a Christmas play, carol sing, Santa, and a toy distribution, with decorations by Don Hick and Clarence Meinke.
Vermilion junior high and fourth grade pupils present One Christmas for the P T A in the elementary auditorium Thursday at 7 30 p m. The show features Santa’s visit to nations of the free world with songs and dramatizations. An 80 voice choir from sixth and seventh grades leads the singing.
A barroom fight at the New Bar on Broad Street landed Grady Sexton and Mike Klozek in Mayor Henry W. Ault's court on disorderly conduct charges. Klozek was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for a left cheek cut from a glass, needing eight stitches. Neal faced intoxication fines. In a second incident, Allen Wimpeny and Robert D. Phillips were arrested for disorderly conduct at Stone's Grill. Phillips fined $10 and costs, Wimpeny to appear later.
A rear end collision on Route 76 at Route 82 at 7 46 p m injured three members of a Brunswick family and left the other driver with a fractured nose and two rib fractures. Leland Fraelich will be charged with reckless driving.
A city worker recovered nine letters from a trash box at East Avenue and Broad Street. The letters were misrouted mail placed by residents who use city trash boxes as mailboxes. The letters are being routed to their correct destinations, while overall losses in other boxes remain unknown.
Police report a right vent window broken on Richard Loydall’s car in the Stone’s Grill lot on Broad street Sunday night. James M. Murry of Oberlin was arrested on Broad street for intoxication. Cleophos Noble, age 23, was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a self described friendly scuffle with Rachel Williams on Tremont street left him with a six stitch wound. he declined to file a warrant. Paul Sweda of Oberlin was fined $10 and costs for failing to control his car in mayor’s court. Charles Crawford of Cincinnati paid $5 extra for lacking a proper license after not appearing in court. mayor Ault fined him $15 and costs. Melvin Sellers of Sederis Hotel was charged with driving while intoxicated after not appearing. mayor fined $125 and suspended his driving for six months.
Westlake police report four people injured in a two car collision at the Hilliard Road and Dover Road intersection at 5 04 p m. The injured are Dowin Sprague 18 and Sarah Hamion 17 of Westlake and Donald Brewster 40 and Rose Daen 66 of Bay Village. Both drivers were not able to be questioned. Sprague had the right of way as he traveled west on Hilliard. Front corners of both vehicles sustained heavy damage.
Lorain County members of the Northern Ohio Truck Farmers Association will attend the annual banquet at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the Avon Methodist Church. A prominent local humorist is named as guest speaker pending final program. Seventeen Lorain County 4 H youths who attended Tulsa vegetable growers convention last week will join guests. Marvin Gunderson of Avon won top individual honors. one team tied for first nationally. An educational meeting will be held Tuesday January 19 to discuss marketing fertilizers variety tests and possible new insecticides.
Arrested yesterday morning on a charge of intoxication James S White 117 Quincy street was removed from the city jail to Elyria Memorial Hospital by Sudro Curtis ambulance for treatment of a ruptured ulcer He was violently ill in jail last evening and admitted for observation He told police he had just returned from West Virginia where he had been in a veterans hospital for ulcer treatment He also said he had been drinking for about four days His wife is visiting in West Virginia.
John H. Gibson of Ver milion exonerated of blame after his westbound car struck 71 year old Henry H. Stonehouse of Avon Lake while walking along Route 6 west of Route 611 around 10 55 p m Saturday. Stonehouse treated at St Josephs Hospital for abrasions and contusions to left hip and shoulder.
At the Court House Hal Hubbell was jailed ten days for contempt of court for alimony noncompliance. Lorain filed suit to seize property for a sanitary sewer project naming Walter Gordon and David Klein. The Hardware Mutual Casualty Co. sued Captain Shelby Robinson for 981 dollars after a Route 2 collision, while Otto Rea reported theft of two fender skirts and two hubcaps from a parked car on Russia road. Frank Kerley and Emil Stitak face DUI charges awaiting arraignment. Carnegie Body Co. seeks a $1,032 lien entered against Robert Trockley. James Gallagher fined for DUI after Route 20 crash. A white leather jacket valued at 25 dollars was stolen from Julia Andrews’ car near Route 254. Leslie Stone granted a divorce from Pauline.
Maplewood P T A plans a Christmas music program led by Rev. Thomas Curtis, First Congregational Church Elyria, and Mrs. Curtis at 8 p m Tuesday. Open house at 7 30 precedes the meeting in the new Maplewood building. Walter Hinkle will accompany. group carols follow. Earl Jolly will discuss the Elyria Township school bond issue on December 29. Executive board meets 7 to 8.
Auto driven by John F. Cusick 29 of 114 Dillworth Street caused 20 dollars damage to a parked car on the South side of Broad Street near West Avenue owned by William E. Brown. No charge filed. Luke Boone 45 of 1828 West Avenue fined 10 dollars costs for failure to yield. his car hit a car driven by Bernice D. Johns 32 of 661 Hall Road on Middle Avenue near Fifth Street. Craig Horstman 24 of 329 Ninth Street charged with failure to have car under control after collision on Cleveland Street at Olive Street. his car struck rear of another driven by Charles W. Wallace 25 of Wellington who had stopped for a light. Horstman to appear in police court Saturday. Harlen C. Grimm of Lorain, driving about 50 mph, cited for reckless driving for failing to make a safety stop at Foster Avenue and Route 57.
John J. Melbar of Lorain escaped a DWI charge but paid a 20 fine for running a red light at West River and Lodi Streets after a chemical test showed 0.19 percent alcohol. Gilbert S. Barnwell of Grafton faced DWI, failure to halt at a safety stop, and driving the wrong way on a one way street on West avenue between Third and Lodi Streets. Adam D. Beckett of Woodford Avenue was charged with DWI on Irondale Street yesterday.
Lorain County commissioners received a request from Lorain Municipal Court Prosecutor Ray Miraldi for a $75 monthly boost in the county contribution to his salary. The letter notes the county has supported $100 monthly since the 1930s. cases rose from 74 monthly in 1945 to about 374 now. If approved, county support would rise from $1,200 to $2,100 yearly. No action was taken today.
The report details shifting positions on the Jan. 22 custodian force withdrawal as troops brace for possible action. General Thimayya says prisoner fate remains an UN and Communist arbitration issue. Dean threatens to withdraw unless the Communists apologize for insulting remarks about the United States. Judge Cook grants a divorce for cruelty in the Depner vs. Depner suit.
Miss Bessie M Birdseye died Saturday at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Graveside services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Westwood Cemetery. Rev. Joseph King to officiate. Born October 21 1883 in Syracuse New York, long time Oberlin resident and Congregational Church member. Survived by brother Sidney of Arlington VA. one brother and one sister preceded her in death.
Kathleen Susan Schneider age three years nine months daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer F. Schneider of Avon Belden road died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Survived by parents a brother and sister, grandparents, and St. Peter's Church burial planned. Zilda Mael Twaddell 78 of Clarksfield Township died at home after two years illness. Survived by grandson great grandson two sisters and two sons. funeral at Clarksfield Methodist Church conducted by Rev. J B Heininger. Burial in Clarksfield Cemetery.
Wellington and Windermere honors for F Dale Walthour 70 a longtime Wellington resident who died in Orlando. He partnered with Col James C MacDermott in Wellington’s auto trade post World War I and later held plant engineering roles for Ohio Bell in Cleveland. Surviving are Loretta his widow two daughters four grandchildren and a brother. He and family spent summers at Hotel Alcazar Cleveland and winters in Florida. He belonged to the Cleveland Engineering Society Union Club and Wellington Masonic Lodge.
County commissioners created a garage problem after buying a seventh sheriff’s department car. Sheriff Carl R. Finegan said seven cars require all six stalls at the county jail garage and asked removal of the commissioners’ car. Commissioners Jones and Thompson approved, arranging to keep the car at the county garage on Oberlin road despite Dunn’s objection.
George G Berg 49 of 1T Phillip Court pleads innocent to reckless driving after a Route 57 Foster Avenue crash that damaged Al Gardinsky’s car $200 and John D Elliott’s $300. Theodore Brown 35 of Cleveland pays a $10 fine for failing to yield the right of way in a Winckles Clark streets collision involving Milton L Polsher and William A Henes. Curtis Allen Jr 25 of 1842 Middle Avenue charged with failing to keep his auto under control after losing a Woodford Fox Furnace Road path and ripping 15 feet of shrubbery from American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corp property.
Two Lorain men Leslie Owens and Victor Carson were burned when a chemical mixture exploded in the B F Goodrich Avon Lake lab last Sunday night. Both men, now at St Joseph's Hospital, sustained second and third degree burns to face and neck. Carson, an employee for a year, may have been mixing the formula when the blast occurred. Owens, once feared to lose sight, reportedly retains full vision. Carson and Owens have families. services are planned for Wednesday at St Mary's Church.
William Owen Seger 50 a World War I veteran died suddenly at 9 am at his 1607 Middle Avenue home. Born January 12, 1903 in Shamokin Pa he lived in Elyria about 10 years and was a Salvation Army member. Survived by wife Marian a son William R. Seger Shamokin four daughters Beverly Kopp Weatherbee Houer and Jacqueline. father William Seger Shamokin. Body at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home pending arrangements.
County commissioners stated they would not bind the county to covering costs for mental patients aged over 70 referred from Apple Creek state hospital. Probate Judge Thomson raised the issue after a letter warned the facility cannot take more such patients, and the board pressed that this is a state responsibility. Commissioners Dunn Jones and Thompson urged consulting the judge and county prosecutor before a firm decision.
Early yesterday a car owned by Mrs. Margaret McKay on Samuel street caught fire in the Gates Hospital driveway. Damage covered the hood, glove box, upholstery, windshield, and wiring due to a short ignition. A faulty gas range pilot light at Forrest B Swart’s Bell avenue home caused extensive range damage and spoiled stored food. Firefighters extinguished the stove fire after turning off the gas. A separate blaze from hot ashes at Jefferson apartments on Third street was extinguished before causing damage.
Markets report steady to mixed changes across poultry eggs and butter with wholesale and retail deliveries noted. Livestock prices show slow to active trading with cattle calves hogs and lambs quoted in varied ranges, demand steady and supplies moderate.
A list of prominent companies including American Radiator American T and T Anaconda Copper Avco Mfg Bendix Chrysler Cities Service Columbia Gas Fruehauf General Motors Glidden Industrial Rayon Kennecott Montgomery Ward New York Central Ohio Edison Ohio Oil Penna Railroad Republic Steel Richman Sears Socony Vacuum Standard of Indiana Standard of New Jersey Standard of Ohio Texas Company Toledo Edison United States Steel Warner Brothers Woolworth Co.
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