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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1957
Page
6
Brown-Lipe-Chapin Division of General Motors disbursed 10772.75 dollars in 1956 for 236 employee ideas accepted at the Elyria plant. One award hit 2500 dollars with two others over 1000. GM reports over 3 billion for employee suggestions since 1942, with 13 etc.
Fruehauf Tissler Co has received a government contract exceeding 13 million dollars to bind 1 200 gallon gasoline truck tanks for the armed services. The order covers more than 600 tanks via a subcontract from Utica Bend Corp of South Bend Indiana and will be produced at Fruehauf's Omaha plant. Jo Bohmrich heads government contracts for the firm. Fruehauf also operates a large plant at Avon Lake.
Albert W. Hardesty of Elyria was named a member of the Presidents Club for a new national organization within Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. He led the field among recent entrants while competing with contractors and heads the Wilam Jo Nenner Agency in Cleveland with local offices in the Elisa Savings and Trust Building. A three day company conference in Philadelphia honored him with a ceremony led by President Malcolm Adam.
Multiple silver firms announce they will take orders to reproduce discontinued patterns. Reed and Barton, Gorham, Whiting, Lunt, and Wallace plan to manufacture selected old patterns as replacements for damaged or worn pieces. Orders must be placed by March 1 at Oscar Haserodt and Associates in Broad Street for delivery next summer.
Fire extinguishers are standard gear in many workplaces and homes to improve insurance rates and fight small fires quickly. Local service is now available in Levan County through Fire Bs, offering periodic checks and servicing for readiness.
Elyria Automobie Club plans a new headquarters at 116 West Ave after 40th anniversary Feb 15, moving from 303 Middle Ave to a remodeled space. Hankamer, operator of Fuelatinguisher Sales and Service, offers extinguisher inspection and use instruction locally, with 5-6069 contact.
Glenn J. Snyder, manager of the Thom McAn store at Sheffield j O'Neil Shopping Center, won a company contest and will join 35 regional winners in New York. The group will fly to Miami then Havana to stay at the Hotel Nacional as a prize for excellence in customer service techniques. Snyder, a Lorain resident, is married with three children and a World War I Navy veteran. He previously worked as a city engineering aide and is active in the Knights of Columbus and Holy Name Society.
The Kurz Realty Co Avon Lake branch hires Mrs Betty Goldbach a noted local real estate salesman formerly with E. J. Hoke Co joining William Roberts Jr Avon Lake branch manager announces the three member staff. Lyons Truck Sales owner Charles Lyons discusses diesel maintenance and regular tuneups stressing 10 000 mile service to maximize mileage and avoid breakdowns.
The Morgan Engineering Co of Alliance will orient a massive tadie crane at the steel plant on Tuesday February 12. Described as powerful enough to lift automotive components at once, the crane can carry substantial molten steel for manufacturing.
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