Elyria Churches Plan Joyous Christmas Eve Services
Elyria churches across denominations prepare Christmas Eve worship with carols, specials, and Holy Communion. St Mary Catholic, St Agnes, St Andrew's, Pilgrim Congregational, St Pauls ER, and others host midnight Masses, carol singalongs, and Nativity pageants for families.
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Elyria
ST. Mary Catholic
ST. Andrew's Episcopal
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Arthur Scrivens
George Tulk
D. Eugene Russell
Aaron W.W. Downs
Officer Pays Return Call at Pool Hall Raid
Officer John Demyan and Officer Fred Biltz roamed a pool hall at 51 West Ave where a dice game was under way. They arrested three men, collected $35, and seized a pair of dice and a deck of cards no longer in use. The November raid had prompted a stampede. this time the pair spied gamblers through a window and moved in.
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John Demyan
West Ave
Demyan
Fred Biltz
Biltz
Alan
Guardrail Saves Car From Fall Into Ditch
A wooden guardrail prevented a car from dropping ten feet into a ditch at an unlighted New York Central crossing on Abbe Road near Sheffield. Mrs Lena Woolsey and her 7 year old daughter Barbara were involved. Mrs Woolsey was taken to St Joseph Hospital Lorain but not treated. Police cite lack of crossing signals and lights as factors in the incident.
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Woolsey
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Barbara
Sheffield
New York Central
Abbe Rd
French Creek Rd
Lena Woolsey
Grant St
Elyria
Abbe
Fruehauf
Ely Village apartment badly damaged in fire
Early morning blaze at 1172 Melvyn Lane gutted an Ely Village unit housing Mr and Mrs Joe Bukowski and four children. Fire started in a utility room, damaged roof and interior, with no injuries reported. Police charged several residents in a related gambling incident observed during the disturbance. The fire forced the Bukowskis to seek new housing as investigators probe origin.
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Ely Village
Melvyn Lane
Joe Bukowski
Mayor's Court fines for multiple defendants
Jack Cole 17 Woodford Ave pleaded guilty to reckless operation and was fined 23 with 33 suspended after Dec 21 arrest on Woodford Ave. James Wilton 519 West River 31 was fined 5 on intoxication charge after plea at trial, arrested last night on Broad St. Dave L Carter 6 Weed St admitted red light crash and was fined 5 with costs. Arthur & Jarrett 224 East Le ran St Oberin pled guilty to crashing a red Tot at Middle Ave and Fourth St Dec 10, fined 5 and costs. Edward Lacey 774 West Raver St stated its Interx xs operation and was fined 1 amid crime. James A Cure 28 Chestnut Ave staged guarity AM cation and fined 5 with costs after Dec 17 arrest. Vance WoPhee 5 Oberun Ad enean Go carty in catastrophe drew 3 and costs. arrested Dec 17.
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Biltz
Demyan
Cecil Nelson
Middle Ave
Sanford
Smith
Eugene Betler
Dem
Van
Nelsor No Oe
Mitchell
Bukowski
General Motors
Jack Cole
Woodford Ave
James Wilton
West River 31
Broad St
Dave L Carter
Weed St
Imh St
West Ave
Arthur & Jarrett
East
le Ran
Oberin
Fourth St
Vance WoPhee
Oberun
Adenean
Go Carty
Alu
He Aso
Youth Held In Grocery Robbery Try
Deputies questioned a 11 year old Elyria area youth after a failed break in at Grafton Food Center at 2 15 am. Officers James Howard and John Stefan found the youth asleep in a car in the H B Body Shop lot with a jacket belonging to a friend. The youth has burglary and theft records.
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Elyria Area
Grafton Food Center
James Howard
John Stefan
Food Center
Elsvna
Elyria Jaycees Christmas Project Benefits Local Boys
The Elyria Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a Christmas project delivering gifts to residents linked to the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster and other local youths. Ed Robinson and David Stokley weigh who receives the gifts, with about a dozen Lorain County boys implicated in the effort.
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David Stokley
Loram ‘County
Boys Industrial School
Lancaster
Elyria Junior Chamber of Commerce
Phumediau
Yersuaiie
Stokley
Robinson
Jaycees
Lorain County
Boys Industrial Home
Dolan
Ray Warren
Deaths in Lorain Joseph Stefek
Joseph Stefek 76 of 2167 East 30th Street Lorain died at Riverside Rest Home after a yearlong illness. Born in Yugoslavia he moved from Brownsville Pennsylvania to Lorain three years ago. He was a retired coal miner and belonged to the Croatian Fraternal Union and St John Church Lorain. He is survived by five sons Joseph Jr George Mike and John plus a daughter and many grandchildren.
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Natonal Tube Co
Lorain
Joseph Stefek
East 30Th St
Riverside Rest
Yugoslavia
Brownsville
Mr. Stefek
Branch 140
St. John's Church
Robinson
Jaycees
Victivities
Stokley
Joseph Jr
Jaycee
Yiile
George
Mike
New York City
John
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Elyria Area
Anthony Whitman 74 of 143 South Logan Elyria died at 9 50 a m in Elyria Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness He was born in Hungary June 13 1881 and lived in Elyria 44 years formerly a grinder at Electro Alloys He is survived by wife Julia three daughters Mary Canfeld Helen Tomasek Rosella Griffith and a son Anthony Jr and William 18 grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Burial planned at St Mary Cemetery Brownsville. The body is at Bittner DeCarlo Funeral Home. Also listed are Charles Smith 36 of Lorain and Rose E Deering 72 of Lorain with deaths and funeral details from Lorain Sheffield Lake and nearby areas.
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South Logan St
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mr. Whitman
Hungary
Elyria
Lorain
Julia
Mary Canfeld
Helen Tomasek
Rosella Griffiths
Schenectady
Anthony Je
William
Bry
Graracmmaren
Bittner-De Carlo
Friends
Charles Smith
Lexington Ave
St. Joseph
Reichlin-Cool
Rose E. Deerng
East 2Th St
Apple Creek Hospital
Reichlin-Cooley Funeral Home
Tallapoosa
Sheffield Lake
Reidy-Scanlan
Mole
Lone R
Lafayette
St. Joseph Hospital
Linda
Robert
Rey
Dale
Gale
Leonard Helmick
Weston, W. Va
Elmwood Cemetery
Santa May Visit Homes Of Busmen
A Christmas fund appeal asks residents to donate at City Hall or the police desk to aid bus drivers’ families. Funeral arrangements are set for Mrs. Smith of Elyria with services tomorrow. donations from Daughters of America and others support the relief effort.
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Willard Rovers
Eight Transit Co
Sudro
Curtis Funeral Home
Aaron
W. Downs
LaPorte
Daughters of
White Way Lighting To Continue After Contract Expiry
The White Way street lighting on Broad Street may stay on past December 31 as Ohio Edison and the city negotiate a new power contract. City officials pursue a temporary bridge if no full agreement is reached. the term length remains the main dispute with Ohio Edison preferring one year and the city seeking two.
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Ohio Edison Co. Expres
Eo. Burger
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Mars Normaly
Civ
Ohio Edison
Public Utilities Committee
Cornell Uphities
Victor Stewart
PUC
Columbus
Burger
Councl
Stewart
J. Grant Keys
Comne
White Way
Gountown
Elyria Township Tax Rate Explained
Elyria Township trustees seek explanation from the county budget commission over a new rate. Tax bills cannot be prepared until the rate is approved, with the 1956 total rate set at 22.4 mills up from 21.16 last year due to a higher school levy. City taxpayers in Elyria pay most of the general fund levy of 0.07 mills.
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Elyria
County Budget Commission
John Hecock
Frank Ayres
Elyrma Towmishp
Elyria Township
Elyria City
Warmer Weather Ruins Local Skating Ponds
Warm temperatures melt city ice causing skating ponds to become thin and unsafe. Residents report reduced activity as crowds drop and officials warn of continued deterioration through the thaw.
Crash Injuries Fatal In Cleveland Traffic Death
Albert H. Lant died Thursday from injuries after his car struck a utility pole last weekend in Cleveland. The death is Cleveland’s 88th traffic fatality of the year.
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Cleveland
Albert If
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