Car Truck Collision Blocks Rt 6 Near Elberta Beach
A rear end collision on Rt 6 near Elberta Beach left a steel pipe scattered across the highway tying up traffic for over an hour. Maynard Grant of Warren Michigan drove a tractor trailer involved when Salmann of Vermilion turned left in front.
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Rt. 6
Elberta Beach
Maynard Grant
Warren
Mich
Stephan
Salmann
Nakomis Park
Vermilion
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Fisher Ambu- Janice
Grant
Woman Of Eight Faces Wounding Charge In Slashing
A 27 year old mother of eight, Hope Bruton of 246 Bath Street, is charged with cutting Clara Jones, 39, with a broken wine bottle at 28 Chestnut Street. Mayor J Grant Keys granted a continuance and set bond at SX to allow Bruton to care for her children. The alleged slashing required 10 stitches to Jones with Elvira Marshall present. The case was continued to next Wednesday.
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J. Grant Keys
Hope Bruton
Bath St
Eax
Justice of the Peace Charley Lord Turns 100 Dream
Elyria township justice of the peace Charley Lord, aged 93 approaching 100, hosts birthday party on his floor in the Masonic Temple Building. He notes his court handled over 400 civil cases, 108 marriages, and $7,852 in county fines plus $996 sheriff costs and $93 state patrol costs in 1953. he expects yearly totals to rise and rejects a municipal court for Elyria.
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C. C
Meech
Chronicle
Stall Phulo
Charles C. Lord
Elyna Township
Charley
Masonic Temple Bldg
Deathless Days Signs Removed From Police Cars
City police remove signs reading Deathless Days from all squad cars by order of Safety Service Director Michael J. Lotkon. The banners highlighted the city’s string of days without a traffic fatality after a record over a year was surpassed.
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Michael J. Lotkon
Court Actions Report Mixed outcomes in local cases
Judge Pincura grants Marian Snell a divorce from Raymond and awards Erma Beck custody with $30 weekly support. Marion Davis’s suit ends in dismissal with an order for $20 weekly support from 1953 decree. Sheriff's logs note two snow tire thefts and a license plate theft. Gloria Billman sues Phillip for divorce. case remains unresolved. Mary Coursey’s suit against Delman is dismissed.
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Marian Snell
West Virginia
Erma Beck
Joseph
Maple Ave
Loley
Raymond
Grant Pleas Court
I Orain
Marion Davis
Wailer
Nerlect
Gloria Billman
Herrick Ave
Wellington
Phillip
Elyria Youth Faces Two Charges In Police Probe
Breckenridge 20 of 234 West Bridge St is held for investigation on two charges false police report and operating a vehicle with fictitious license plates. The case began after his stepfather reported theft of plates, later revealed that Breckenridge admitted taking the plates and using them on a car he had purchased.
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George W. Breckenridge
West Bridge St
J. Grant Keys
Breckenridge
J. W W. Steigner
Robson Rd
R. J. Grafton
Steigner
Bridgeleran
Rochester
General Fund
Lane Accident Report Near Broad Street
Police logs list a single minor crash late yesterday on Broad Street. A car driven by Jerry Murresh, 20, of 367 Tenney Avenue Amherst, brushed a parked vehicle whose owner was not named.
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Broad St
Jerry Murresh
Tenney Ave
Amherst
Elyria High School Singers Offer Concert Tomorrow
The Elyria High School Senior Choir will perform tomorrow at 3 in the school auditorium under J. Martin Beck. The program features three groups and solo by Mies Joan Kritzell plus a reunion chorus with new carols Carol of the Sheep Bell and Hasten Swiftly Hasten Softly. Broadcast by WEOL from the auditorium at seven.
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Elyria High School
Mies Joan Kritzell
J. Martin Beck
Kourts
Tedto
WEOL
Awitorium
Siete Me
Justice Lord Fines 2 Drivers
Two motorists were arraigned before Justice Co. C. Lord and fined for reckless driving. Albert Schwizer of 340 Griswold Rd. was fined 20 dollars and costs for a Dec. 12 collision at Elyria Ave and Rt. 2H. Thompson Taylor of 143 Pasadena Ave. was fined 15 dollars and costs for a Dec. 15 collision at Burs Rd and Rt. 301.
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Justice Co. C. Lord
Albert Schwizer
Griswold Rd
Elyria Ave
Thompson Taylor
Pasadena Ave
Burs Rd
Rt. 301
Officials To Attend CD Parley In Columbus Meeting
Gov Lausche calls leaders including Mayor J Grant Keys County Commissioner J Powell Jones and Civil Defense Director Sam Provenza to a Columbus Civil Defense meeting Monday. Eisenhower briefing stressed Civil Defense as frontline in war plans and Ohio officials aim to review and stimulate the program.
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J. Grant Keys
J. Powell Jones
Sam Provenza
Frank J. Lausche
Columbus
Elyria
Lausche
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ohio
Toy Drive Nears Close in Four Cities This Christmas
The Toys for Toys campaign, run by the Marine Corps Reserve and Veterans of Foreign Wars, ends tonight in Elyria Oberlin Amherst and Wellington. 725 toys have been collected so far with poor weather hampering last night’s collection. Four collection barrels on Broad St. accept toys and Bazley's Market offers a pound of wieners for donations.
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Marine Corps Reserve
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Elyria
Oberlin
Amherst
Wellington
Marvin Reising
Elyvans
Broad St
Bazley
Tax distribution totals announced for 1954 in Lorain County
County Auditor Frank Ayres reports 1954 tangible and intangible personal taxes totaling 2,789,994 distributed to municipalities townships and schools. Tangible taxes 2,605,581 and intangible taxes 12,263 with increases and decreases vs last year. Municipal shares include Elyria and Lorain cities and schools, plus numerous towns such as Amherst Avon Lake Vermilion Grafton La Grange Rochester Oberlin Sheffield Wellington.
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Frank Ayres
Pahanla
Elyria City
Elyria
Lorain
Amherst
South Amherst
Avon
Avon Lake
Vermilion-on-the- Lake
Grafton
la Grange
Rochester
Oberlin
Sheffield Lake
Sheffield
Wellington
Midview
Police Seek Sandy-Haired Suspect After Car Set Ablaze
City police seek a sandy-haired man who set a coal oil road flare in a car on Lake Avenue near Dewey and fled after torching the vehicle. The owner was Ered H. Saluga of 635 Dewey Avenue. the front of the car burned and interior damage followed.
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Lake Ave
Dewey Ave
St. Agnes School
Addams
Foster Sts
Ots
Deway Ave
Maters
Pollice
Ered HH
Vas
Holiday Season Arrives as Lorain County Schools Break
Lorain County announces holiday recess with most districts ending after yesterday’s full day. Avon Lake Lorain Obertin and Amherst keep some classes next week while Elyria Wellington Exempted Villages and other Lorain schools finish before the break. All schools resume Monday January 3, 1955.
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Lorain County
Elyca
Wellington
Avon Lake
Lorain
Obertin
Amherst
School Bids Too High
The Elyria Township Board of Education, after opening four bids for each phase of the proposed district elementary school, finds all bids too high to fit the bond issue. Board members will meet the architect to adjust plans and another meeting is set for Wednesday night. If no compromise is found, bids may be rejected and the project redesigned.
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Elyria Township
Struck
Police Department News: Reckless Driving and Arrests Reported
Police reports show Morrow charged with reckless driving after a noon incident. Theo was arrested Sunday after previous shoring. Eddy on East Rover Rd warned and disobeyed traffic signals. Lerain to appear in Mayors Court. Grobe pleaded innocent before Mayor Keys after Dec arrest for reckless driving. fined 10 plus costs with fines suspended. Livingston Jr. fined 10 and costs after pleading guilty for improper racking on Broad St. Several individuals were fined 10 and costs for disorderly conduct.
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Theo
Eddy
East Rover Rd
Lerain
Luesday
Columbus
Gulf Rd
Second St
East Ave
Lewis H. Grobe
Lifth St
J. Grant Keys
Broad St
John T Livingston Jr
Rosewood Ave
I'we Met
Johnson Morrow
Steelton St
Charles Ivan Morris
East Broad St
Morris
Nora Morris
Laurin
Marjone L. Myers
East Ninth St
Ninth St
Middle Ave
Marshal Lewis
East College St
Oberlin
Keys
Lewis
Buckley Freeman
Freeman
James A. Wearsch
Colorado Ave
Avon
Cleveland St
John Hunter
New York Central
Robert Corts
Chronicle-Telegram
Hunter
M E S A Group Heads to Detroit for Union Event
A delegation from Elyria Locals 15 and 18 of the Mechanics Educational Society of America travels by train to Detroit for a union tribute party honoring top officers and to attend the MFSA quarterly session. Delegates include Gus Tapper Ed Martin Vernon Stevens and many spouses.
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Mechanics Educational Society of America
Detroit
Unen
MFSA
National
Western Automatic Machines Screw Co
General Industry Co
Local
Gus Tapper
Ed Martin
Vernon Stevens
NAC
George White
Emil’ Petitto
Roy Tarpley
William Moran
Somorrow
N.alc
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