Keighley Heads Fair Board Seeks Improvements
The 1954 fair reported income from per capita tax and county funds with $3,334 in membership tickets and a $23,500 loan for improvements. Rain insurance brought in $3,000. total premiums paid reached $72,581.08 while payments totaled $18,008.64. Expenditures covered salaries, premium books, special attractions, loan repayment, and new restroom and sewer work. The board plans more buildings and reports 122 acres with several structures. Attendance and entries across livestock, poultry, and farm products showed broad participation. rain reduced grandstand receipts by $900 vs 1943. A single complaint cited rain.
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Ing
Huw
Treasury
Oscar G. Dunn
Lorain YMCA Receives 22000 From Chest Fund
Lorain The Lorain Community Chest executive board approved an additional 22000 to the Lorain YMCA for plumbing and maintenance repairs. Six thousand will remodel the gymnasium, with the rest repairing stucco walls heating lines and old plumbing fixtures. An extra 3600 was allocated to the Lorain Salvation Army for repair and operating costs and a garage for automobiles.
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Lorain
Lorain Community Chest
Lorain Iymca
Lorain Salvation Army
Salvation Army
Lorain Dock Line Area Extension Suggested
Lorain Sand and Dock Co asks the City Port Commission to extend the dock line area on Black River. The proposal follows a Monday night meeting and remarks by Service Director Wallace Chapla.
Driver Of Bus Cited After Local Accident
A collision between an Employees Transit Co. bus driven by Harry Allen Cromwell and a car driven by Grace A. Ryan on Broadway north of Sixth Street led to Cromwell receiving a police citation for failure to have his vehicle under control. The car’s driver, Grace Ryan, reported minor damage. Also scheduled to appear in Municipal Court were James Bowens for speeding and Harry Helfenbein for improper parking, with Harold Basil Kiedrowski facing a red light crash charge.
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Lorain
Harry Allen Cromawell
Leavitt Rd
Mallure
Employees Transit Co
Cromwell
Grace A. Ryan
Fifth St
Broadway
Sixth St
Frank McCowan
East Lake Rd
Sheffield Lake
Municipal
Court
James Bowens
Riverside
Elyria
Harry Helfenbein
Euclid
Harold Basil Kiedrowski
West 37Th St
Boy Struck By Car In Lorain Leaves With Minor Injuries
A five year old boy escaped with slight lacerations to both wrists after being struck by a car driven by Andrew Schullick at the Elyria Avenue intersection and 28th Street alley. Norman Demvan, 3066 Clifton Avenue, was treated at St Joseph Hospital and released. Police report Schullick chased the boy after a hay incident caused the vehicle to slow for a stop sign. Schullick accompanied the boy and his father to the hospital. Police filed charges against John E. O’Hara Jr. for driving without a license and loss of vehicle control after a separate collision at 28th Street and The Shovel Co. entrance involving Bill Wasas.
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Lorain
Andrew Schullick
21St St
Elyria ‘Ave
28Th St
Norman Demvan
Clifton Ave
St. Joseph Hospital
Schullick
John Eorward O'Hara Jr
West 1Uth St
Thew Shovel ‘Co
Billl Wasas
Cleveland
Darling Co
Oil and brake fluid stolen from Keisler and Connell store
Police reported nearly $18 worth of oil and brake fluid stolen from the Keisler and Connell display window on 2200 Broadway between closing time Monday and yesterday morning. A broken window pane was found but no entry appeared made as thieves reached through the hole to take the merchandise.
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Lorain
Keisler
Connell
Broadway
Heves
Fence damage report at two Ohio addresses
A minor fence damage incident was reported at 124 East 23rd Street and 2327 Apple A venue. The rear end of a trailer attached to a vehicle driven by Fritz Wenzel of Cleveland contributed to the damage.
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Lorain
Homer
Furrell
East 23Rd St
Apple ' S Ave
Fritz Wenzel
Cleveland
Police Department News and Local Court Notices
Police describe a theft of two rear fender skirts from a parked auto on Oberlin Street. The report names transgressors and fines including 30 and 5 dollars for speeding and intoxication. Several cases are listed for Mayor Keys court with continuances and pleas of innocence.
New painless relief cream InfraRUB debuts for arthritis
A greaseless underarm cream InfraRUB claims to relieve arthritis rheumatism and muscular pains without pills. It penetrates deeply, speeds blood circulation, and provides hours of comfort with a money back guarantee. Doctors in Britain and France report success and US clinicians confirm findings. available without prescription at drugstores.
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America
United States
Courthouse Notes on Divorces and County Purchases
Courthouse items record marriages and divorces approved by Judge John and others including Marlene Kinsley and Lois Branscum. Purchases from Baker Office Equipment Co and other vendors totaled 1 354.23 while a cognovit note yielded 200 for Lehman Johnson Co. A juvenile case sent three Lorain youths to the Boy's Industrial School for thefts.
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George
John
Pincura
Loday
Baker Office Equipment Co
Jeane Williams
Paul
James Tatum
Hattielng
Lois Branscum
Gilbert
D. A. Cook
S. Barkers
Dayton Blank Book
Graphic Craft
Mer
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Lehman-Johnson Co
Waschants Industries
Buckeye
Leo
Bast
Elsie Chandler
Bond/fer Office Equipment Co
Ave
Johnson Watson
Remington Rand
Wilmot Printing
Nine Cities Back Port District Plan Across Lake Erie Shore
Officials from nine cities including Lorain met in Columbus to back a proposed act creating port districts along Lake Erie. The gathering, part of Gov Lausche's Navigation and Harbors Committee, saw Lorain's Service Director Wallace Chapin pledge regional cooperation. A Toledo port authority bill was introduced, and drafts for the legislative committee were prepared by Annett Moyer and Barney Kugel.
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Lorain
Columbus
Lake Erie
LausSche
Navigation and Harbors Committee
Wallace Chapin
Great Lakes
Toledo
Annett Moyer
Barney Kugel
Health Head Reports November Disease Treatment Text
Health Commissioner Riggin told the Lorain Board of Health that 114 cases of communicable diseases were treated in November. Health workers made 309 patient visits. Recorded in November were 186 births and 4 deaths in the city. The new building is expected to be completed before year’s end.
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Lorain
Br. LC. Riggin
Board of Health
Ihealth Office
Vermilion Man Injures Finger In Auto Jack Accident
Floyd Vachman aged 23 of Sperry Road Vermilion was treated at St Joseph Hospital yesterday afternoon for a finger laceration after an auto jack slipped and fell on his hand.
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Lorain
Floyd Vachman
Sperry Rd
Vermilion
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