Mother Of Elyria Merchant Dies In Miami
Betty Ostrov 73 mother of Elyria businessman Aston Ostrov died at Aston Road Hospital Miami after a brief illness following a stroke. Wife of Joseph Ostrov she lived at 1008 Sixth Street Lorain and had resided in Lorain since 1926 coming from Akron. Survivors include her husband son and two daughters Mrs Louis Garfield and Miss Cele Ostrow both of Lorain. Body to Billows Funeral Home Akron. Burial in Akron family plot. Funeral set for Wednesday afternoon.
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Betty Ostrov
Aston Ostrov
Elyria
Aston Road Hospital
Miami
Fla
Ostrov
Joseph Ostrov
Sixth Street
Lorain
Akron
Louis Garfield
Cele Ostrow
Billows
Declarations: Five Candidacies Filed for Elyria Offices
Five candidates for the Democratic party nomination for city positions in Elyria filed declarations with the Lorain County Board of Elections. W. C. Walters entered the mayoral race. James P. Horn seeks solicitor. Alfred A. Alten aims for treasurer. Bernadette Stultz runs for Jarga council. Floyd A. Helfrich seeks council from the 1st ward. All face May primary, then November general if nominated.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Death notices for Scrivens Wilbert Gam mons and Gam mons
Harold T. Scrivens aged 52 dies after long illness at his home 509 East Broad Street Elyria born September 2 1898 in Coalville England lived 28 years in Elyria worked as a roller for American Steel and Wire. Surviving wife a son a daughter a brother and several siblings abroad. Service Thursday 2 pm Pilgrim Congregational Church. Burial Brookdale Cemetery. Adam Wilbert 74 retired carpenter of Dover Road Westlake dies at St Josephs Hospital. Survived by wife a daughter a son and sister. Body at Cliff Pease Funeral Home. Holy Trinity Church Avon to conduct rites Thursday 9 am burial church cemetery. Emma T Gam mons 60 of 183 Jackson Street Amherst dies 10 am Monday at Huron Road Hospital East Cleveland former matron Pleasantview Sanatorium. Survived by three children and four grandchildren two brothers five sisters. Body at Zilch Funeral Home. Services Thursday 4 pm St Josephs Church Calvary Cemetery burial. Further details note: the obituary lists multiple local dignitaries and organizations.
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Harold T. Scrivens
East Broad Street
Mr. Scrivens
Coalville
England
Elyria
American Steel and Wire Company
Cleveland
Pilgrim Congregational Church
King Solomon Lodge
Marshall
Knights of
Richard Lehman
Brookdale Cemetery
Adam Wilbert
Avon
Dover Road
Westlake
St. Joseph's Hospital
Delores Thieson
Edmund
Elizabeth Nagel
Lakewood
Cliff Pease
Holy Trinity Church
Emma T. Gammons
Amherst
Jackson Street
Huron Road Hospital
East Cleveland
Pleasantview Sanatorium
New Brunswick
Canada
United States
St. Joseph’s Church
Altar and Rosary Society
Qirele
Wellington GOP Women to Replace People’s Caucus with Primaries
In Wellington the Southern Lorain County Republican Women met at the VFW home and heard Col James C MacDermott announce that the 45 year old people’s caucus tradition will be replaced by legal primaries on May 3. Democratic and Republican nominees will be chosen for November elections. The club also noted the VFW ball as a permanent meeting place.
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Wellington
Lorain County
Republican Women’s Club
James C. MacDermott
Orville Knupp
Penfield
Harry Wagner
Blake Stevick
M. L. Carpenter
Delbert Vendure
Pittsfield
VF. W
Elyrian to Speak at Detroit Safety Council Tonight
Elyria executive Q. J. Winsor, assistant general sales manager of The Thew Shovel Company, Lorain, will address Detroit’s Steel Erector's Division on safe crane use from the manufacturer’s view. He will trace crane design advances and explain engineering bases to aid user operations for safer steel erection. The Detroit Industrial Safety Council, now in its 22nd year, promotes industry safety.
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Detroit
Michigan
Q. J. Winsor
Elyria
Thew Shovel Company
Lorain
Detroit Industrial Safety Council
Winsor
Cromling Seeks At Large Council Seat in May Primary
Elyria resident William E. Cromling 26 a World War II veteran filed as a Democratic candidate for one of three at large city council seats in the May primary. A Marine Corps platoon sergeant who guarded Admiral King and attended major Allied conferences he works as a bank teller and plans to run in November if he wins the primary. Cromling is married with two children and belongs to the Elks Club and American Legion.
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William E. Cromling
Democratic Party
Cromling
Oie
Elyria
Belfield Avenue
iMarine Corps
Europe
South Pacific
Admiral King
Teheran
Cairo
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Company
Elks Club
The
American Legion
Lundberg Seeks City Council Nomination in May Primary
Walter Lundberg, of 12040 Foster Avenue, filed for the Democratic nomination for councilman at large in the May primary. If nominated, he aims to run again in November. A former independent candidate two years ago, Lundberg will appear on the party slate this time. He has 12 years at Bendix Westinghouse Automotive Airbrake and has Union affairs ties with CIO Unionaire and UA W Local 971. Lundberg attended the University of Pittsburgh after high school, is a church member, active in Red Cross and Community Chest drives, and has a wife and son.
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Walter Lundberg
Foster Avenue
Democratic Party
Att Ierge
Counceil
Lundberg
Lorain
The
Community Chest
Lorain County Bank Board Elects Officers
The Lorain County Savings and Trust Company announced at the annual board meeting the election of officers including Alvin J. Plecher as president and W. L. Walsh as vice president. New and returning officers encompass Earl J. Fauger as vice president and trust officer, Claude F. Wagner as treasurer, and Paul S. Hager among assistant secretaries, with S. I. Hubbard named manager of the Amherst branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Savings and Trust Company
Alvin J. Plecher
Arthur B. Taylor
Alvin J. Plocher
W. L. Walsh
Earl J. Fauger
Claude F. Wagner
A. M. Thome
R. V. Hancock
T. W. Carskaddon
Earl J. Pauver
Paul 5. Eagar
Thomas W. Carskaddon
Fauvyer
Thhe Bank
School of Banking
University of Wisconsin
Eager
U. S. Naval
Carskaddon
Bank
Elyria Knights of Columbus honor Richard Teasdale
About 150 Knights of Columbus from Elyria and Lorain paid tribute to Richard Teasdale of Elyria at Holy Trinity church Avon. The event featured a full dress procession, communion service, and a Brock sermon on the Golden Rule. Teasdale praised Catholic action against communism as a program of the order. Boyce Goldcamp announced a spring class in Teasdale’s honor.
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Knights of Columbus
Elyria
Lorain
Richard Teasdale
Holy Trinity Church
Avon
Father McManus
Holy Name Society
L. A. Worth
Holy Trinity
Recreation Hall
Holy Trinity Guild
James Resar
Knight of Columbus
Teasdale
Job Evaluation Study Awaited
Mayor Henry W. Ault indicated that police and fire pay hike requests of 50 dollars monthly plus uniform allowance, and raises for other city employees, likely await a city wide job evaluation. At a council committee meeting, police and fire reps pressed for increases while a job evaluation firm outlined its work. the study is funded in the 1949 appropriation. D. A. V. TO MEET TOMORROW The Disabled American Veterans plan a 7 30 p m meeting at the V F W home on East Bridge Street with a brief business session to report on a recent dance.
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Henry W. Ault
Police
Council
Mayor Ault
D. A.V
East Bridge Street
Markets Produce Market Apples and Vegetables Prices
Prices for apples pears and other produce listed with weights and box figures. Celery cabbage chives lettuce mushrooms parsnips potatoes radishes turnips watercress and eggs show varied per peck basket and per 100 pounds. Live poultry and livestock sections give rates for cattle calves sheep hogs and hog products with grade 84 90 scores and price ranges.
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Zane Athun
Radishen
Peck
Visniski Enters Race For Council
Walter W. Visniski, 38, announces his candidacy for Elyria City Council from the second ward as a Democratic primary hopeful. A longtime Western Automatic Machine Screw Co. employee and UAW-CIO Local 101 recreation chairman, he lives with his wife and two children at 517 Foster Avenue and seeks the November general election if he wins the May primary.
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Walter W. Visniski
Councl
Democratic Party
Wisniski
Elyria
Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
Uaw.c.i.o
Elyria Eagles Lodge
United Parish Club
St. Agnes Church
St. Mary's
Elvrna High School
Foster Avenue
Peter Kidd Enters Race For Elyria City Council
Peter Kidd 47 filed for the Democratic nomination for Elyria Second Ward city council. Born in Scotland, he has lived in Elyria 23 years, worked 22 years at Colson Corp as assistant foreman, and holds lodge, church, and union memberships. He and his wife have two children. this is his first run for public office.
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Peter Kidd
Louisiana Avenue
Elyria
Lorain
Second Congregational Church
American, Federation of Labor
Colson
Kidd
Warrant Issued In Brown Reckless Driving Case
Police court issued a warrant charging William B. Brown 140 Huron Street with reckless driving after a complaint by Carl Bieske 443 Louisiana Avenue whose car was damaged in a January 28 collision on Cleveland Street. Other cases include Johnson Morrow Riverside Homes fined 25 for disorderly conduct. Dannie Beverley Lorain fined 5 for intoxication. Henry J. Smith Jr bound to grand jury on two counts of issuing worthless checks. Bud Taylor South Bend fined 10 for intoxication second offense and linked railroad arrest at the New York Central station.
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Johnson Morrow
Riverside Homes
Henry W. Ault
Needham Hunter
16Th Street
Morrow
Woodford Avenue
Dannie Beverley
Lorain
Broad Street
Henry J. Smith, Jr
Grand Jury
William McClellan
Smith
Yesterns
Bud Taylor
South Bend
New York Central Railroad
Elyria Real Estate Board Banquet Plans Announced
Plans were nearly complete for the Elyria Real Estate Board annual banquet to be held Thursday evening at the Spring Valley Country Club. James V. Funaro, executive director of the Home Builders Association of Greater Cleveland since 1945, will be the principal speaker. He will discuss trends in laws affecting private enterprise and public housing. Leroy Parsons of Columbus, secretary of the State Real Estate Board, will also attend.
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Elyria Real Estate Board
Spring Valley Country Club
James V. Funaro
Home Builders Association of
Greater Cleveland
Leroy Parsons
Columbus
State Real Estate Board
Fifty Elyrians to Entertain at Crile Hospital
A troupe of over 50 Elyria entertainers will visit Crile Veterans Hospital Thursday evening to entertain patients. Led by Frank Wyszynski of Post 1079, the group departs the VFW Home on East Bridge Street at 6 p.m. The act includes the El Rey Grotto band conducted by Carl Turner, Four Knights in Jail, a barber shop quartet, Eleanore Chomi, Betty Knapp, the Queen Majorettes, Peter Smith, Mrs. Theodore Penfound, Dale Muche, the Little King Ray Dewey, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilkins. A dinner will follow their Crile visit.
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Elyria
Crile Veterans Hospital
Thomas Mihalis
Foal 1079
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frank Wyszynski
Post 1079
V.F.W
East Bridge Street
el Rey Grotto Band
Carl Turner
Four Knights In Jail
Verdict Favors Holland Furnace Co in $1,100 Case
A jury returned a verdict for The Holland Furnace Co. for $1,100 against Les ter Phelps in Judge Guy B. Findley’s court. Several other suits were dismissed including Songer versus Koker Pavlish and Lilac for $25,000 land and $5,000 against county commissioners. A separate collision case and a driving while intoxicated charge were also reported with minor penalties. students observed a court trial but the Hewes v Beckett case settled after jury impanelment.
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Holland Furnace Co
Lester Phelps
Guy B. Findley
James Songer
Pete Koker
Peter Jelse
Joe Pavlish
Songer
Koker
Lilac
Pavlish
Maple Leaf Tavern
West River Road
Route 254
East Carlisle
Common Pleas Court
Alden Hewes
R. W. Beckett Engineering Co
Mrs Stultz Seeks At Large Elyria City Council Seat
Mrs Bernadette R Stultz current president of the Elyria Democratic Women's Club seeks the Democratic party nomination in the May primary for an at large Elyria City Council seat. A Shawnee native, she moved to Elyria over six years ago and has worked as a doctor's assistant since then. She is active in St Agnes Church and St Jude's Church, leads the Study Club No 7 and chairs the council of study clubs. She and her husband Walter reside at 939 Walnut Street.
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Bernadette R. Stultz
Elyria
Democratic Woman's Club
Stultz
Democratic Party
St. Mary’s
Shawnee
Ohio
Good Samarian Hospital
Zanesville
St. Agnes Church
St. Jude's Church
St. Therese’s
Council of Study Clubs
Democratic
Perry County
Thew Directors Declare Dividends At Meeting
Thew Shovel Co directors declared a 25 cent per share dividend for common stock as of March. The dividend will be paid to holders of record February 15. A regular quarterly dividend of 1.75 dollars per share on the seven percent preferred is to be paid March 15 to shareholders of record March 1. Chauncey B. Smythe reported 1948 sales of 34 million dollars versus 25.8 million the prior year.
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Thew Shovel Co
Chauncey B. Smythe
Marriage licenses issued in local year total 1305
The probate court license bureau issued 1305 marriage applications last year with 22 voided. This compares with 1392 in 1947 with 16 voided. June was the peak month with 184 licenses. December and February tied for lowest at 62 each.
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Marriage License Bureau Fy Probate Court
Candidacies Filed For Amherst Village Offices
Four Amherst residents filed declarations of candidacy with Lorain County elections for May GOP posts. Walter Scholz and C L Goodspeed seek village board of trustees posts, Lawrence Zuspan runs for village council, and Robert Drennen seeks village clerk. Zuspan currently holds village office.
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Amherst
Republican Party
Lorain
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Elyria Merchant
Death Records
People’s Caucus
Elyrian
Roy West
Jerry Given
Don, Andress
Don Morris
Louisiana Preserve
W. J. Henry
Ray Brouse
Ray Morris
Richard Elliott
Florida Preserve
Mark Abbe
Harold Dicken
Richard Gehl
Harold Rorick
Ralph Tibball
Charles Husted
Maryland Preserve
Alan Davies
David Hogan
Ralph Yost
Robert Stevenson
John Hartsel
John Murbach
Virginia Preserve
Carl Niemeyer
Qq. J. Winsor
Ostrov’s
William E. Cromung
Lorain County Bank Board
K. of C
Dale Carnegie
M. Colson Corporation
Institute Gas the Arcade
Visniski
Walter Visniski
Bud Monroe
Lake Avenue
Lodi Street
Police Dept
Real Estate Board
ITO
Crile
Gilbert Maatthews
Gulf Road
Robert Fricker
Avon Lake
Betty Beall
Grafton
Durkee Road
Louis Farkas, Jr
la Grange
Sheriff Department
William B. Weaver
James Horn
Chamberlain Road
Mrs. Beenadefte Stultz
Northern Savings & Loan CO
Masoole Temple
Schwind’s Picture Store
West Second St
Thew
Central
Penna
American Racist
Glidden Co
Montgomery Way
Sears Roebuck
Warner Brothers Woolworth Co
Bendix Aviation
Chrysler
General Motors Westinghouse
Republic Steel
U.S. Steel
Anaconda
Coppe
Kennecott
Copps Standard
N. J
Ohio Oil
Standard of
Ind
Ohi
Socony Vacuum
Texas Oil
Col. Gas & Elec
American T. & Cities Service
Cleveland Elec
Rte
Ake
Sudro-Curtis
Federal Reserve System
Peu Elyria
Savings 2 Trust CO
Ota
Lok Ed Et Corporation
Acker
Miata Sd Sahat
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