Former Elyria principal to pursue law in Ohio State program
Severs, longtime Elyria High School administrator, plans to graduate from Ohio State University with a law degree and enter practice in Elyria. He studied law in Tucson and at OSU while serving as assistant principal and later principal, with support from family and his son Larry Severs who also entered law.
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EHS
Ohio State University
Severs
Mansfield
Columbus
Elyria
Grover “Larry” Severs
Tuscon
Arizona
University of Arizona
OSU
Ohio State
Tony Curctillo
Grid
Vic Janowicz
Elyria High
J. D
Larry
Sabrejets Down 2 MIGs In Wing Tip Duel
In northwest Korea a force of eight Sabrejets engaged 14 Red MiGs in a wing tip to wing tip duel. The Sabres shot down two MIG-15s and nearly collided with a U S F-86. Fifth Air Force noted no Sabres lost in air combat this week. Allied raids destroyed 439 trucks 23 locomotives 110 rail cars and eight bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
U.S
Fifth Air Force
Four Killed By Storms In South
Weather unleashed high winds across Louisiana Wisconsin and the Southeast with tornadoes and lightning. Three people died in Louisiana as tornado winds damaged buildings lines and trees on Friday. Another person died in Alabama from lightning linked to the same front. The system moved east bringing rain from Florida to Maine and inland to eastern Tennessee.
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United Press
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Louisana
Alabama
Atlantic Seaboard
Florida
Maine
East
Tennessee
Cleveland Lawyer Griswold Dies at 66 in Cleveland
Hal H. Griswold 66 a member of the firm Griswold Leeper Miller and Corry died at his home in Cleveland. He served as president of the Cleveland Welfare Federation for five years.
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Cleveland
Hal H. Griswold
Griswold, Leeper, Miller and Corry
Cleveland Welfare Federation
Lorain council backs juvenile home plan and new members
At a council meeting Eaton retires from the presidency and shifts to volunteer counseling for students and families. The group reaffirms support for a juvenile detention home at Lorain County Children's Home to keep delinquents out of the jail. New member Mrs Rudolph Farkas joins, and Don Rebenack is introduced as Elyria Library’s new librarian.
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Eaton
Kiwanis Club
Lorain
Lorain County
Jar
Rudolph Farkas
Elyria
Don Rebenack
Amherst Residents Discuss Buying Electric Power
Amherst residents debated buying power from Ohio Edison to supplement the village plant. The discussion noted a peak load of 950 to 1050 kilowatts, a spare generator shortage, and a 40 hour week request with a 7 percent pay raise for seven plant employees.
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Amherst
Board of Public Affairs
Ohio Edison Co
Amherst iVillage
Makiuski ‘Brothers
South Amherst
C. L. Goodspeed
Counvenl
Goodspeed
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Grafton Man Named Employment Manager
Thomas E. Rafter of Grafton has been named employment manager for Iron Fireman Manufacturing Company two Cleveland plants. He previously led Local 515 of the U A W C I O as bargaining agent and has 18 years with Iron Fireman, with experience in sheet metal welding and machine shops after a tenure at American Steel and Wire.
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Thomas E. Rafter
Grafton
Cleveland
Iron Fireman Manufacturing Company
Lewis J. Cox
Rafter
U.A.W.C.I.0
Iron Fireman
American Steel & Wire Company
Engineer E R Fitch to Speak to Knights of Columbus
Bendix Westinghouse engineering director E R Fitch will address Knights of Columbus members Monday evening. Grand Knight Jack R Kurek says the meeting starts at eight with the talk around nine. Fitch, NYU graduate and member of engineering societies, brings pneumatic airbrake expertise and will show a related film. A social hour with refreshments follows.
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E. R. Fitch
Bendix-Westinghouse
Knights of Columbus
Grand
Two Youths Injured in Route 18 Collision Near Wellington
Two young men suffered minor injuries in a late night crash on Route 18 half a mile west of Wellington. James Markwood and passenger F L Thompson rode in a car that was collided with by Earl Montgomery who was attempting to pass. Markwood had a head laceration while Thompson a concussion. both drivers were not held.
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Wellington Corporation
James L. Markwood
Sullivan RD
F. L. Thompson
Earl Montgomery
Johns Street
Wellington
Markwood
Montgomery
Lynn Knapp
Sullivan R. C
State Highway Patrol
Thompson
Jury To Study Charges Against Cleveland Police
A Cleveland grand jury will begin February 18 to review graft charges against the Cleveland Police Department. Chief Frank Story requested the probe amid reports of false reports and protection of lawbreakers in the city. The case centers on the Euclid Bridge and Whist Club in the 1010 Euclid Building, alleged as a large gambling venue with heavy losses and policy activity. Fire inspectors found major and minor violations at the club and ordered it closed as a fire trap pending corrections.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Police Department
Frank Story
Euclid Bridge
Euclid Building
1010
Senate Democrats Seek Clarification of Asian Policy
Senate Democrats pressed for explicit details on Eisenhower’s Asian policy as they opened their first major sessions of the new administration. Senator Sparkman urged Dulles to testify and outlined hopes for a clear understanding of moves in Asia to avoid widening conflict. Other notes covered government reorganization, nominations, military brass concerns, Alaska statehood funding, and combat pay inequities for service members.
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Senate
Democrats
Eisenhower
Alexander Smith
R-N.j
John Foster Dukes
John J. Sparkman
Ala
Sith
Dulles
Armed Services Committee
Delicate E L. Bartlett
James E van Zandt
Congress
Mission Program at South Amherst Church This Sunday
A mission program will be offered at the Congregational Church on Sunday evening February 8 at 5 o'clock with a tureen supper to follow at 5 30. Members bring a covered dish and dessert or salad and their own table service. Baptismal services will be held during the 11 am service. The Rev. Henry Stick is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Amherst
Congregational Church
Henry Stick
Sixth Grade Pupils Enjoy Field Trip
Pupils of Edison School sixth grade visited Elyra City Hall the police and fire stations and the Lorain County Courthouse. Twenty two students accompanied by their teacher Miss Doorthy Hueter engaged in hands on government study during the outing.
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Edison School
Elyra City Hall
Lorain County
Missi Doorthy Hueter
Police Court Fines for Traffic Violations in Local Sessions
Local motorists appeared in police court with fines of 10 dollars and costs for violations including failure to stop safely, improper left turn, lack of vehicle control, speeding, and improper lane usage. Several cases continued to February 13 or 14, with one driver pleading innocent to speeding and another to leaving the scene of an accident.
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James M. Ross
West Broad Street
Lico Boone
Elyria Avenue
Lorain
Helen J. Snyder
Jefferson Road
North Olmsted
Logal Cowan
Hawthorne Street
James Reynolds
Roosevelt Avenue
Richard D. Williams
Second
Sidneyr K. Sheldon
South Logan Street
Walter J. Loescher
Center Ridge Road
Cleveland Street
Sheldon
Loescher
Henry W. Ault
Robert E. Roberts
Oberlin Dean Of Women To Speak At Ridgeville Banquet
Ridgeville Junior Women’s Club hosted a February 15 husband guest night in the high school cafeteria. Oberlin College dean of women Miss Mary Dolliver will be the speaker, followed by a flower-arrangement program and fund-raising auction. The club approved committees, planned a April 24 fish fry, Holland Relief donation, and a Kindergarten Mothers card party on February 17.
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Cleveland
Treasury
Noli
Jack Stroud
Dean Winsper
Ways and Means
Ridge‘ville Grange Hall
Richard Hines
Robert Hares
Clifford Currier
Miss Walsh
Robert Beremand
Robert Elliott
Alfred Kreeger
Ira Bainbridge
Robert Grun‘dy
Ralph Dessem
Ed Ratusz
Andy Prososky
Fund For Holland Relief
Russell Morris
Paul Kruegers
Youth Killed as Motorcyclists Hurt in High Speed Crash
In Strongsville at Route 42 near Middlebury Heights, Howard Whitehead 18 was killed and Robert G. Stanton 28 and William Kies 22 were seriously injured when their motorcycles crashed during a 90 mph attempt to flee police. The crash occurred as the trio tried to escape arrest, with police chase details noted. Separately in Naples Italy, actor Bogart sustained mouth injuries after a car struck a stone mile post on the Appian Way between Naples and Rome, director John Huston unhurt.
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Strongsville
Middlebore Heights
Howard Whitehead
Middlebury Heights
Robert G. Stanton
Cleveland
William Kies
Parma
Naples
Italy
Actnor Pumparer
Bogart
John Huston
Appian Way
Here
Rome
North Olmsted Group To Hear Religion Editor
North Olmsted Women’s Club meets at Warnerhall at 1 pm in February with Frank Stewart, The Cleveland Press religion editor, as speaker on where in the world is religion. Stewart is noted for Stranger Goes to Church and has visited 700 churches. he covered the World Council in Amsterdam in 1968 and has won a 1940 Cleveland Newspaper Guild citation. Hostess is Mrs. Elroy M. Christman with committee members listed. The club’s music group will gather February 12 at 11:30 am at Mrs. W. J. Rees’s home.
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North Olmsted
Frank Stewart
Cleveland Press
North Olmsted Women's Club
Warnerhall
Porter and Lorain
Amsterdam
France
England
Holland
Italy
Cleveland Newspaper Guild
Stewart
University of Pittsburgh
National Religious Newspapers Association
Elroy M. Christman
Vance Chamberlin
Carl Dearing
W. Brexter
Court Hears Patrol Case and Civil Filings in County
Richard Powell, 25, of 514 Second Street, fined $5 and costs for intoxication and bound to the grand jury under $500 for carrying a concealed weapon after deputies nabbed him near Bowl-O-Crome. Investigations include a car break-in at Gartner's Inn with items taken, alimony suit from Sophia White, and multiple divorce and neglect cases, plus a dog-caused car accident near LaPorte.
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Richard Powell
Second Street
C. C. Lord
Powell
Bowl-O-Crome
Stoney’s
Rainbow Lanes
Death notices for Nellie B. Shoemaker and Etin May Gilmore
Nellie B. Shoemaker 77 died at 7 a m at 175 Warren avenue after 18 months of illness. Born June 16 1875 in Elmira New York she lived in Elyria five years and taught 16 years in New York. Survived by three daughters two sisters a brother three grandchildren and husband Knapp Shoemaker who died in 1941. Funeral arrangements at Harold Dicken and W Bi Arnold in Van Etten New York with burial in Scotchtown Cemetery Erin. Etin May Gilmore died at 4 15 this morning at 1520 East River road after one year of illness born May 2 1874 in Buyers Ohio and married 60 years to Oliver Gilmore. Survivors include two sons Claude and Robert two daughters Mildred and Ethel a sister Ida Smith and two grandchildren. Services set for Monday 3 30 p m at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Ralph Chapman officiating. burial in Ridgeville Cemetery.
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Nellie B. Shoemaker
Warren Avenue
Elmira
N. Y
Elyria
The
Baptist Church
Starkey Seminary
New York State
Etin May Gilmore
East River Road
Buyers
Ohio
Oliver
North Ridgeville
Claude
Ellyria
Robert
Ridgeville
Mildred L
Found Guilty By Jury After Two-Day Trial
A 12 member jury in Judge John D Pincura's court found Frederick A Williams of West River street to be the father of twins born to Jeanne Ryan of 127 Harwood street. Williams, who is married with one child, denied paternity during a two day trial. Judge Pincura will set child birth expenses and support payments, with twins kept in incubators costing about 15 dollars a day each.
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John D Pincura
Frederick A. Williams
West River Street
Jeanne Ryan
Harwood Street
Williams
Miss Ryan
Pineura
Harry Bogart
AFL Plans Fund To Honor Green
The American Federation of Labor announced a plan to raise $1,000,000 in the coming year to establish a memorial fund for Willem Green, former AFL president. George Meany said the fund aims to award $100,000 annually to charities and community groups excelling in their field.
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Miami Beach
Fla
American Federation of Labor
Willem Green
Coshocton
AFL
Federation
George Meany
Charitior
Chiropody Association Installs Lorain County Officers
At a board meeting in the Y M C A Elvira officers were installed for the Lorain County Chiropody Association. President Wayne Wise Vice President Nita Webb Secretary William Richard and Treasurer Jay Lyon received the DS C credentials.
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Y.M.C.A
Elvrra
Tr Lorain County Chiropody Association
Wayne Wise
Ds.c
Nita V. Webb
D.S.C
William Richard
Treasury
Jay Lyon
D S.C
Market report shows fresh produce and grain quotes
Home growers market lists carrots lettuce onions and cress with prices per basket and bag. Toledo cash grain quotes No 2 soft red wheat No 2 white corn oats soybeans with bids on track. Cleveland Livestock Market notes cattle and sheep prices with steer and heifer ranges and market tone nearby.
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Toledo Cash Grain
Toledo—Cash Sraim
Fale Oasis
Rominai
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Jacob D. Severs
South
Eagles Hall
Broad St
Elyria High School
Chuck Clark
K. of
E. B. Fitch
White House
Whit House
Mar Shew
Exsenhowers
Io Dimomeric
Walter Becel Smith
James B Conani
U. S Hich
Germany
Elyria, Ohio
Pierre R. Smith & Company
Elyria Savings & Trust Bldg
Police Dept. News
Jack Flowers
Mark Hill
Maple Street
Washington Avenue
Troxel Alley
Huton Street
Andrew Spisak
Arthur Henderson
Lodi Street
Ault
Jankcey Fitzpatrick
Oberlin Road
Fitzpatrick
Frederick Britz
Court
Broad Streets
Court and
West Averce
Ths Automooble Et Breed
Statler Malick
Mavror Tire
Réinski
West Street
Edweré Malik
Huron Street
Fred Noel Clary
Wakeman
Frank E. Dalley
College Place
Oberlin
Sudro-Curtis
Noll
Jack Mills
Beremand
Ratusz
Jr. Warren
Cied
Mies
Mary Delliver
Pierre R. Smith & CO
Widwest Stock Exchange
Colson Corp
Lorain Co. Sav
Tr. North
Sav. & Loan
Perry-Fay Pfaudler Law
Screw Traxel Mfg
A Western Res. Inc
O.W
Ow.o.w
North Olmsted Group
Judson Lynch
Prospect Street
Sheriff's Department
Gartner's Inn
William Lefever
Michael O'Leary
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Co
Jane Masira
Sophia White
Butternut Ridge Road
Carlisle
Thomas
Maplewood Tavern
Chestnnut Ridge Road
Route 76
Sheriff's,department
Klatick
Edward Gawlik
John Wircenskey
Sheriff’s Department
Dorothy Robinson
Frank
Curtis Steele
Grace
Cleveland Trust Co
Blaz Tomica, Et al
Clarence Crum
Sheffield Lake
Loretta
Leon Deane
West Road
Deane
LaPorte
Tost
Earl Shawver
Donald Gorr
Jefferson Street
Ruth
Foster Avenue
Virginia Brown
General Brown
Weedford Avenue
Margaret Fitzpatrick
Middle Avenue
Carlton
Death Records
Mes
Etta May Gilmore
Chiropody Association
Bell
Fata Sri Tae
Mber
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