Deaths in Elyria area include Mrs Paul Prorok
Obituary notices list Mrs Catherine Prorok nee Gidycz of 1601 Main Ave Lorain who died after a long illness at St Joseph Hospital. Surviving husband Paul, daughter Emily Costin, six great grandchildren, four brothers and a sister. Funeral plans at Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home with rosary and services at Nativity Church. Burial at Calvary Cemetery Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Prorok
Gidycz
Main Ave
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Prorok
Plains
Nativity Church
Blessed Virgin Mary
Paul
Michael
Emily) Costin
Michael Boback
Wilkes-Barre
Anna Gidycz
Reidy-Scanlan
Stepped Age 81 Mike Passes With Funeral Details
Friends will be received at Harold Dicken Funeral Home Elyria Friday from 4 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM. Graveside service Saturday at 11 AM at La Porte Cemetery. Henry James 80 of 4117 West 51st Los Angeles California survived by wife Agnes and sister Bess Kelling Elyria. Visitation Bilmer-DeCadlo Funeral Home Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM with rosary recited at 8 PM. Services Saturday 9 AM in funeral home and 9 30 AM in St Mary Church. Burial in St Mary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stepid
Mike
Harold Dicken
Elyna
la Porte
Henry James
West
Los Angeles
Calif
Agnes
Bess Kelling
Elyria
Bilmer-DeCadlo Funeral Home
St Mary Church
St Mary Cemetery
In Memoriam for Anna Makara James Dallas and Woallan Sqoy
In loving memory of our dear mother Anna Makara who passed away February 2. Remembrance is a golden chain that binds our hearts beyond parting. To have to love and then to part is the greatest sorrow to our family. Also memory of husband and father James Dallas who passed February 2. and beloved Woallan Sqoy who died February 18. The world sees only smiling faces but loved ones remain in our hearts and memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Makara
Janes
Dallas
Mrs Davis of New London Held In Funeral Services
Mrs. Katie Lee Davis 52 longtime New London resident died at New London Hospital after a heart attack at her home 178 Newkirk Street. Survivors include sons Richard Allen Weathington Carl Davis in Washington DC and Larry Davis aboard ship in Southeast Asia and daughters Helen Davis and Susan Barnett. her mother Mrs Birdie Evege. three brothers Harold Clarence Norman Evege. three sisters Virginia Mae Randleman and Sarah Walker. services at Eastman Funeral Home conducted by Rev Robert Jackson Tuesday at 2 pm with burial in Grove Street Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Robert
Virginia) Matthews
Mae) Randleman
New London
George
Sarah) Walker
Lansing
Mich
Eastman Funeral Home
Robert Jackson
Grove Street Cemetery
Post office sets deadline for Viet mail
The U S Postal Service instructs receiving offices on ending postal delivery to Vietnam military post offices. All second and third class mail and surface parcels to Vietnam mil posts will not be accepted after February 5. First class personal letter mail must be mailed before March to ensure delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Postal Service
Vietnam
Postal Service
Election offices open tomorrow for May 8 filing
Lorain County Board of Elections offices in Elyria and Lorain will accept nominating petitions tomorrow from 8 30 a m to noon for the May 8 primary. Director Joan Leyshon notes filings may be made at 115 Cedar St Elyria or 1205 Broadway Lorain. deadline is 4 p m Wednesday. Offices are normally closed Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Norwalk Author James Martin Signs First Novel
Norwalk author and police sergeant James E Martin will sign all copies of his mystery The File at an autograph party tonight 7 to 9 at the Gift Gallery 14 W Main St Norwalk Eight copies of the Simon and Schuster release will be given to city dignitaries during the event The File follows two detectives pursuing three policemen killers It marks Martin's first published work The Hartford skyline features the Trinity College Chapel tower at 163 feet as a notable local landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Main St
James E. Martin
Martin
Simon and Schuster
Local Residents Listed in Lorain Area Addresses
A dense listing of residents and addresses across Lorain County includes Amherst Vermilion Sheffield Lake and Wake man with multiple households named such as Mrs Edward Brandon 918 Dodge Dr Amherst and Marcella Casada 158 Amherst Mobile. Other names include James Fowler 4207 Willow Ave Mrs Darrell Long 1444 W Zath St and Robert Owens 1035 W 18th St plus Bennette Payne 816 W 20th St and Ray Snodgrass RD Darrow Rd Vermilion. The compilation spans numerous streets such as 749 W Shore Bivd Sheffield Lake 26% Shadylake Dr in Vermilion and 302 Claremont Vermilion with many additional listed individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Brandon
Dodge
Amherst
Marcella Casada
Amherst Mobile
James Fowler
Willow Ave
Michael Leuszler
Erie
Henry Ligman
Lynne
Sheffield Lake
Darrell Long
W. Zath
Conrad Neiding
Ohio St
Vermilion
Robert Owens
18Th St
Bennette Payne
20Th St
SCOTT
Ray Snodgrass
Darrow
Vermlion
Frances Tansey
Wakeman
Floyd Barnett
Russell
Mark Blackburn
Wyman Crosley
Guill
Elvira
Herman de Shetler
Willow Lane
Henry Fischer
Darrow Ra
Jason Hall
Daniel Hardwick
Cleveland Ave
Thomas Hite
New Jersey Ave
Ronald Huggins
Pennsylvania Ave
David Jarus
Wellington Community Discharges List Details
A Wednesday discharge record for Wellington lists residents and addresses including Karen Stackpole RD 2 Wake Ma Weekday Mark Anselm RD 7 Jason Miller 1a E Herrot Ave. Neal 271 Grand Ave. Marty 164 Chestnat St. Grafton Katherine Faulkner 8D3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Anselm
Jason Miller
Herrot
Doen Neal
Grand
Ultra modern Vienna hospital opens with heli pad
A new emergency hospital in Vienna features its own helicopter landing pad for accident victims and critical patients. The Lorenz Bohm Clinic uses prefabricated walls that can be reconfigured to fit space needs and provides all patients with individual no-way radios for instant contact with their nurses and doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Traffic Death Watch Stay Safe On the Roads
A brief notice urges drivers to avoid danger on the roads and drive safely, highlighting a public safety message about traffic fatalities and cautions for all road users to stay off and stay alert.
Children and matches blamed for Lorain house fire
Lorain report says children at 3226 Dayton Ave started a blaze that heavily damaged an upstairs bedroom and roof of Eldon Pitts home. Firefighters arrived at 11 44 a m and spent about 45 minutes extinguishing the fire. The house valued at 20000 with contents at 5000 suffered extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Dayton Avenue
Eldon Pitts
Dayton Ave
Agencies offer help in child abuse cases
Oberlin AAUW reports child abuse persists due to low recognition and action. The Oberlin branch launches an outreach campaign with a flyer listing what child abuse is and local agencies and phone numbers for help, distributed with February Food Stamps and in clinics and child care centers across the area. Contact Mrs. Sidney Comings for copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Comings
Oberlin Aauw
Frankchild
Lin Small
Lexington
Aauways Ave
Lorain
Pices
Local births listed for Amherst Lorain families
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Arthur BROWN at 1048 Adams Street Ver milion. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Ralph COLON of Riverview Lane Lorain. A son was born to Mr and Mrs James WHALEY at 3861 West Erie Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brown
Adams St
Vermilion
Ralph Colon
Riverview Lane
Lorain
James Whaley
W. Erie Ave
Lorain aviation group accepts hangar donation
The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 225 of Elyria accepts Clarkins hangar at the former Long Airport for dismantling and reassembly at a new site. The city had considered moving it to park land near Clarkins, but costs rose to about 25000 and the plan was dropped. The group, led by president George Garretson, will search Lorain CountyRegional Airport on Russia Road for a new site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Long Airport
Clarkins Department
Experimental Aircraft Association
Chapter 225
Elyria
Clarkins
Joseph Zahorec
Griffith Blacktop
Wallhead
Murray Ridge Road
George Garretson
Northfield
Lorain County
Russia Road
Stamps boom for U S Post Office with home delivery
Elyria post office offers free home or business stamp delivery. Postmaster Michael Lotko cites 30 to 35 daily orders and 50 000 of each commemorative issue received, while noting 22 to 26 new issues each year and starter stamp albums to spark interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Elyria
Michael Lotko
Lotko
Postal Service
Birth Announcement for son to Lowery family and Winkler child
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowery of 41289 Hurd Drive. Frank Winkler of 4663 Main Avenue North Ridgeville and Roger Thornsberry of 314 Roosevelt Avenue are listed as related individuals in the notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lowery
Hurd Dr
Frank Winkler
Main Ave
North Ridgeville
Roger Thornsberry
Roosevelt Ave
Police talk armed man into surrender in Lorain
Lorain officers were summoned to a Second Street home after a report of domestic violence. Patrolman Nicholas Breno Jr disarmed the man, Steve Sklarek, who initially pointed a .22 revolver at him but complied after Breno and other officers urged surrender. The suspect handed over the weapons and agreed to talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Ptl
Nicholas Breno Jr
Steve Sklarek
Second St
Breno
Sklarek
Shlarek
Bretta
Loraiite held to grand jury on homicide charge
Lorain Ohio James Ransburg 49 of 3550 Dallas Ave ordered held to grand jury after waiving preliminary hearing on first degree homicide by vehicle through reckless operation. He is charged in connection with a fatal auto crash at 2 21 p m at 5th Street and Elyria Ave that killed one person and injured three others. The victim Paul Weaver 42 of 1010 caret faces driving while under open flash reckless operation and failure to control charges arising from the same crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
James Ransburg
Dallas Ave
Ransburg
Paul Weaver
Two plead guilty in Lorain court
Two defendants pleaded guilty before Lorain County Common Pleas Judge LeRoy F. Kelly. Bruce E Grant 20 Avon Lake pleaded guilty to assault with intent to rob Edward Washburn Bay Village result of Sept. 5. Jean Anderson 34 Vermilion admitted forging a physician’s prescription to obtain narcotics and forging a Lorain doctor’s signature to obtain narcotics from Shoemaker Pharmacy Lorain on Sept. 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Probation Department
Lorain County Common Pleas
LeRoy F. Kelly
Bruce E Grant
Moore Rd
Avon Lake
Edward Washburn
Bay Village
Jean Anderson
Edgewater
Vermilion
Lorain
Shoemaker
Oberlin Allen born to Otis and spouse Kelly
A son named Oberlin Allen was born to Mr. and Mrs. Otis Kelly at 5520 Beavercrest Drive. The new arrival adds to the family’s joy as relatives congratulate the couple on the birth in this local notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Kelly
Beavercrest
Lorain
Woman Sues for Injury Damages in Fall at Recreation Center
A woman from North Ridgeville filed suit in Lorain County Common Pleas Court seeking $10,000 in damages for injuries from a Feb 1 1971 fall on ice at the entrance to North Ridgeville Recreation. She names Kitchel Inc. operator of the recreation center as defendant. The plaintiff is Noa Munger of 7190 Root Rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noa, Munger
Root Rd
North Ridgeville
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Kitchel Inc
North Ridgeville Recreation
Center Ridge Rd
Woman Sues Dentist Over Injuries From Tooth Extraction
A Lorain County Common Pleas filing alleges negligence in a tooth extraction performed by Dr. Melvin Haag at Elyria Memorial Hospital on February 2, 1972. Plaintiff 220 Second Lt. Bessie Marie Speigle of 556 Stafford Dr. seeks 25,000. husband Theodore Speigle seeks 5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Eloria cuts late dispatch mail boxes to meet rule
Elyria officials plan to eliminate one star mail boxes to reduce to 20 percent of total, moving pickups from 5 6 p.m. to 2 15 p.m. Elyria Postmaster Michael Lotko and Superintendent Bernard Giedlinski say the change, prompted by a Washington directive, will not affect delivery but will speed dispatch. 48 boxes will revert to 2 15 p.m. pickups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Mails
Bernard Giedlinski
Giedlinski
Elyria
Michael Lotko
Lotko
Giedlins
Statewide Christmas tree mulching proves successful
The plan to convert used Christmas trees into mulch succeeds in Elyria and across Ohio. Dr. Ira L. Whitman of the EPA says rising recycling programs hint the burning of trees will end. Elyria’s Tonkin F. Beuck cites mulch used by city departments, parks, and schools as 125000 trees saved from burning or landfill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Ira L. Whitman
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Tonkin F. Beuck
Elyria Realtors install new president at banquet
Lester Spike was installed as president of the Elyria Board of Realtors at the annual banquet held at Crystal Springs Beach Club in North Ridgeville. He succeeds John Sarnovsk y as board chair. officers named include Norm Rahrig Elwin Gaines William Bates Sr John Hines Don Grief with directors Charles Husted Walter Lundberg Owego N Y and Robert Tarry Eleanora Terrill also listed. A separate item from Oswego, New York reports a man entered a bank demanded money. a young teller laughed and he fled with police investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Spike
Elyria
Elyria Board of Realtors
Crystal Springs Beach Club
North Ridgeville
Spike
John Sarnovsky
Norm Rahrig
Elwin Gaines
William Bates Sr
John Hines
Don Grief
Woman Struck by Car in Westlake. Driver Charged
Westlake woman Patricia Schitens, 22, remains in fair condition at Fairview General Hospital after being hit by a car on Westwood Avenue near Walter Road at 5 39 PM. The driver, John S Culbertson 65 of Avon, is charged with driving while intoxicated and released on bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westlake
Fairview General Hospital
Patricia Schitens
Westwood Ave
Westwood
Walter Road
John S. Culbert
Son
Jaycox Ave
Avon
Culbert
Rocky River
Fewer Midway Mall trips sought by Oberlin taxi
Oberlin’s Oberlin Taxi Co. petitions the State Public Utilities Commission to cut seven daily Midway Mall trips to four. Owner Tom Hambly says fewer than 10 riders per day used the $1 one way service since last December. He hoped elderly riders would boost use but that did not occur. sale of the cab was considered but abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Oberlin Taxi Co
State Public Utilities Commission
Midway Mall
Hambly
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Paul Prorok
Peter A. Zeitz
Bay View Hospital
Chevrolet
Norman
Pat
John
Donna Slaughter
Berea
Barbara Johnston
Wooster
Albert
Leonard
Joseph
Agnes Zeitz
Mary Brickman
Cleveland
Bogner
St. Peter Church
Richard J. Ziegler
St. Peter Cemetery
John M. Karp
John Michael Karp
Andrews
Memoriam
Curtis-Scheeffler
Feneral Remebec
Greater Elyria
Harvey C. Curtis
Ernest W. Scheeffier
Katie Lee Davis
New London Hospital
Newkirk St
Trinity Tower
Trinity College Chapel
Hartford Conn
Lorain County Cooperative Extension Service
Howard Baggs
James Keller
LaGrange
C-T
Dave Jones
St. Joseph
Leon Bruell
Vertnnion
Mike Calabrese
23Rd St
Ethel Carver
Erie Avenue
David Davis
Belle Ave
James Divney
Erie Ave
Thomas Fontanez
Eagle Ave
Elizabeth Gonzalez
Mervyn Gray
Thelma
William Grue
Colorado Ave
Lloyd Hauck
Atlas
David Izquierdo JR
E. 32Nd St. Louis Kayatin
Estelle Ave
Donald Lammers
E. 31St St
Arthur Mastin
Industrial Ave
Norman Moir
8Th
Richard Raeburn
Seneca Ave
Randolph Rimar
Berkshire
Michael Sage
W. 26Th St
Dominic Surace
Roland Thomas and
Jefferson St
Stefan Ashlinow
E. 37Th St
Richard Vrabel and Son
Kansas Ave
George Blazina
W.nd St
Carlos Crespo
E. 33Rd Street
Jose Cruz
E. 34Th St
Donald Domazet and Son
Norfolk Ave
Dennis Fabian
E. Skyline
Floyd Ferner
French Creek Rd
Vincent J. Glorioso
William Gorman
Homewood Dr
Everett Johnson
W. 2Th St
Otto Kuehn and Son
Cedar Dr
Mary Martin
W. River Rd
Bessie Nelson
Steve Oros
Lear Rd
James Phillips
Bohannon Ct
Salvatore Presutto
Lexington Ave
Robert Pulcer
Washington Ave
Renee Reed
W. 20Th St
Dale Biece
Christian Shepard
Gregus
Wellington
Karen Stackpole
Wakema
Pitts
Stairs
The
American Association of University Women
Lorain Aviation Group
Zahorec
Elyria Memorial
Brena
Loraiite
Sth Street
Elyria Ave
Oberlin Allen
Whitman
Northern
Ohio
Huron
Madison
Mentor
Shaker Heights
Toledo
Ashtabula
Cuyahoga Falls
Charles Husted
Walter Lundberg
Robert Tarry
Eleanora Terrill
Robber
Owego, N.Y
Thomas Hambly
Crae Ae
Spacius
Wallarad
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