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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
12
A Atlanta widow recounts a fatal 1951 Christmas Eve crash to urge safer driving. She lost her husband Jim in a curve skid near a Christmas party and, while pregnant, faced grief and a warning about highway danger during the holiday period.
A candle lighting ceremony precedes the Christmas Eve service at St Peter's Evangelical and Reformed church Amherst. The service begins at 11:30 p.m with carols scripture readings and special music led by Rev J A Wenner and directed by Charles Meek. Creche figures from the Youth Fellowship and guest soloists Miss Lydia Heller and Miss Audrey Williams add to the observance.
Noble Grand Paul Kauffman led the LOOF lodge last night in the temple assisted by acting vice grand Peter Sprenger. Oberlin guest Ralph Edgar spoke briefly and his father Roland Edgar thanked Elyria attendees. Initiatory degree team from Elyria will confer the degree in Oberlin January 21. Upcoming events include Northwest Encampment this Friday and the junior order meeting on January 15. the next regular session was canceled due to New Year’s Day.
Trading closes with mixed gains and losses for major names including American Radiator up 14 percent American T and T at 157.55 Anaconda Copper up 40 plus percent Avco Manufacturing 61 Chrysler 89 45 General Motors 67 55 Sears Roebuck 60 14 U S Steel 46 33 and Woolworth Co 44 3 among others.
Lee M. Toner of the Cleveland FHA announces higher maximum insurable mortgage amounts for Lorain-Elyria defense housing area. Two bedroom homes rise to 9000, with 1050 per extra bedroom. two family dwellings to 16000. apartments up to 9000 per unit if four rooms or more, or 8100 per unit if fewer than four. Action targets high-cost defense housing started after December 12 1952 to spur new construction for defense workers.
Special services are set across Avon Lake churches with St. Barnabas Episcopal holding choral communion and an address at 11 pm and 10 30 am on Christmas Day. The Lutheran church hosts an eight o'clock candlelight service with carols. St Joseph’s offers a midnight mass and multiple Christmas masses from 6 to 11 am. Congregational church features an 11 pm candlelight service with readings and organ preludes as well as choir performances.
Fifty members of St. Andrew's parish gathered to deck the church for Christmas with evergreen garlands poinsettias and white altar accents. The 11 o'clock service tonight features carols and hymns directed by J Martin Beck with organist Mrs. Robert Fountain. A second holy communion service is set for Christmas morning at 10 30.
Walter M. Byars 82 died after a lingering illness at Wessell's Rest Home in Wellington He was born in Marion Virginia Feb 12 1870 and lived in Elyria 34 years He leaves three sons a daughter a sister nine grandchildren and ten great grandchildren His funeral will be held Friday at 2 30 p m from the Harold Dicken Funeral Home with burial in Brookdale cemetery Homer H Vincent 91 died at his Elyria home after illness since April He was a farmer and school teacher earlier and a member of the Norwalk Methodist church He leaves a daughter and a son a brother and multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Brighton Methodist Church with burial in Brighton cemetery.
Masons will conduct services Friday at 2 30 p m at Burmeister Funeral Home Avon Belden road for Clare Rudgers 83 of Burton street who died Monday at 4 p m in In gleside Hospital Cleveland after a long illness Burial will be in New Bremen Ohio Rudgers had lived in Avon Lake 50 years and was a stationary engineer He belonged to the Dover Masonic lodge F and A M Surviving are a daughter Mrs Tiehma Phipps of Shaker Heights three sons Grant of Lorain Clare Jr of Avon Lake Wayne of Rocky River and two grandchildren His wife died in 1945.
Roger Dale Sweeney four month old son of Mr and Mrs James Sweeney R D No g Elyria died at 853 p m yesterday Born in Portsmouth on August 3 1952 The body shipped from Sud ro Curtis Funeral Home to Robinson Funeral Home in Fullerton Ky for services and burial
J Frederick Morton aged 88 of 1940 Grafton Road died at Shields Rest Home. Born May 11 1864 in Fairview Ohio he was a salesman and member of Cambridge Masonic bodies. Survived by son Frederick H Morton Elyria and two daughters Annie Peters Fostoria and Jane Morton Summit City. Curtis Funeral Home to handle services Friday 8 p.m. with King Solomon Masonic Lodge. burial in Cambridge Cemetery Cambridge Ohio Saturday.
Frank talk marks county politics as Democrat J Norman Thompson accuses Republicans of patronage over service after Elvin C. Hadsell, World War II double amputee and current clerk, is told he will not be reappointed when the new three man board convenes January. The board shifts from Democratic control to Republican inclinations with J Powell Jones and Oscar G Dunn joining Thompson and Fortney’s successors. Hadsell said he planned to build his private accounting business and expected no renewal.
J. J Hengelsbaugh of Elco Chevrolet Sales describes an upcoming Chevrolet model as an entirely new concept in automotive beauty and performance. He spoke after a Cleveland meeting where 1953 plans were revealed to area dealers, signaling strong backing and a large sales year ahead. He expects a local display and record crowds at his showroom.
Winners of Christmas week games at the YMCA were announced for table tennis, table bowling, chess, checkers, and archery. Notable champions include Nicky Landis, Richard Spicer, Jim Spicer in chess. multiple grade levels in checkers. Bob Roose and Christopher Barbato in table bowling. Gordon Webster and Ace Atkinson in table tennis. and archery winners led by Bob Foss and Dale Prunty with a 20 yard triumph by Tom Stanko.
Lorain residents facing charges include Edward Chudzinski who pled innocent to DWI with a hearing set for January 8 and $200 bond. Stanley Volk pled not guilty to attempted assault after impound and threats at Elyria Auto Service. Several others were fined for intoxication or reckless driving in police court.
In North Eaton on Cowley road, a pick up truck overturned after the driver William Skasky swerved to avoid a dog. His wife Leona Skasky was hospitalized at Berea Community Hospital with fractures of the collarbone.
Frank Sniegowski of Mansfield received a suspended ten dollar fine after arraignment for operating a vehicle without the owner's consent. Harry Wagner was granted a divorce from Bella on cruelty grounds. An injunction by dairyman R J Bauer against the Lorain County Health Department over a milk ordinance was dismissed. Stanley Bourgoin of Minneapolis, detained since July 15 for assault with intent to rob in Lorain, was granted probation and released from jail.
Toledo cash grain on track with No 2 wheat, soft red and soft white around 2.21 to 2.24. No 2 corn about 1.61 to 1.62. No 2 oats 0.93 to 0.94. No 2 soybeans 2.88 to 2.90. Cleveland livestock markets show cattle slow with prime 33 to 34.50 and hogs higher, with varied prices for calves, sheep and poultry. demand weak to moderate across live poultry and dressed products.
Continued reports from page one describe near impossible air passage out of New York with travelers forced to seek bus transport amid heavy rail traffic. Temperatures are mild nationwide, but storms leave highways hazardous, prompting Safety Council warnings to avoid driving and to travel prepared.
Dr. George Washington Rightmire, OSU president from 1926 to 1938, died after a month of illness at age 84. He joined OSU in 1902, became acting president in 1925, and led during the Depression. He expanded Freshman Orientation and opened stadium dorms to aid students who could not afford college.
The first Arts and Crafts Club gathering will be at the YMCA from 12 30 to 2 p m Saturday. Albert Werden, YMCA arts and crafts instructor and Bowling Green State University student, will lead the session. He says designs before starting will improve the boys work, which includes pottery leather and wood items sold to fund materials.
In Beirut 113 passengers of the French liner Champollion begin returning from hospitals to continue their Holy Land pilgrimage. The ship grounded Monday with 27 deaths among 318 aboard and nearly 70 injured. Captain Radwan Balpayj and his brother Sarah helped evacuate many as a small boat capsized and a 12 year old drowned. Fifteen passengers died in a mass jump for shore.
The weather bureau said the odds of a White Christmas in Ohio are slim with only a trace of snow likely in scattered parts of the state Thursday night and Friday. The forecaster was unsure about even that.
A fire yesterday at 3 50 p m caused minor damage to a four family home owned by Mrs Roxie Carter at 253 Oberlin road. Firemen prevented the blaze from spreading beyond the kitchen wall where the oven heat started the fire.
The state prison and parole commission granted paroles to Sellers Grier for unlawful possession of narcotics and Ellsworth W. Jones for grand larceny. Both are at London prison farm and parole takes effect January 29.
George Hronee of Wellington faced a larceny by trick charge after cashing what was believed to be his own $61.30 paycheck from Bendix Westinghouse but turned out to be an earnings record. He pleaded innocent. bond was set at $500 and his case is scheduled for December 26.
George Carrick reports that Alex Yuhas of the street department found a beagle in an abandoned well at 523 Bond Street and helped lift the dog to safety before police and fire units arrived.
Representatives from the Elyria Youth Center took toys and treats to Gates Hospital for Crippled Children Monday evening. The gifts were raised at the Toy Twirl held the previous Saturday. Phyllis Tomashekski and Martha Glosser, co chairmen, presented stories during the program.
In Lorain at 6 45 a m two cars sustained minor damage three miles south of the city on Route 58. Donald L Denger of Amherst driving north struck the left rear of a car driven by Gene vieve O Dell of Amherst. Mrs O Dell said she was attempting a turn and had backed up when the crash occurred.
State Highway Patrol investigates an early today crash on Route 20 four-tenths of a mile east of Carlisle Drive-In involving Ray Firestone and Joseph H. Peoples, both of Oberlin. Peoples' car traveled east while Firestone's car came from the west.
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