Two youths admit Burglaries at Elyria Lumber Co
A 13 and a 15 year old confessed to a string of Elyria burglaries after being caught by Detectives William Davis and C. S. Burrer during a routine check at the Elyria Lumber Co. property. They were jailed for Juvenile Court action as funds totaling 104.51 were noted in the drive, far above their expected mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Lumber Co
Elyria
William Davis
C. S. Burrer
Chestnut and Elm Sis
Davis
Burrer
Burglaries by youths reach police scene report
Police say two boys admitted a lumber company burglary and earlier thefts at Sohio Oil Bulk plant on Elm Street. They described taking pencils, pens and a slide rule, then tossing some items into a catch basin. They also broke into Loop Lunch on Lodi Street for $600 and cigarettes, and robbed Elyria Public Library area for about $3, plus other small thefts. Authorities noted hacksaw blades used to break locks at the library. A later event covered a Lorain County Builders and Contractors dinner at Spring Valley Country Club with a display from National Sash and Door Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sohio
Elm St
Lumber Company
Third St
West Ave
Davis
Burrer
Lodi St
Durling
Lorain County
Lractors Association, Inc
iSpring Valley Country Club
National Sash 23.4
Door Co
Legion Announces Results in Elyria High Essay Contest
Elyria High School senior Carol Von Kamp won the top award in the American Legion essay contest on The Effect of Spiritual Guidance in the World Today. Prizes include 5 dollars for first place with other seniors and juniors earning additional prizes. winners proceed to county, district, state, and national levels with a chance at a Washington trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School
Carol von Kamp
American Legion
Ford Refenning
Post 12
Carol
Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Refensing
Michael Moss
Bob Lewis
Alice Green
Harvey Ardman
Barbara Pelton
Bill Soens
Nancy Klinger
Fritz Morton
Jenny Fuller
Dick Kemble
Sue Spies
Dennis Manns
Mary Sampson
Bob Davis
Linda Oliver
Gary Marcus
Mary Ellen Rose
George Strom
Tash
Miss von Camp
Washington, D.C
Hngh
The
Oil
Elsha
Igh
Refenning
Rocky River Plans $10 Million Community Development
Builder Peter D. Kleist outlines a $10 million Rocky River project near Westgate, including 100 ranch homes 20 garden apartment buildings and a shopping district on 40 acres east of Clague Road. Rentals will run $125 to $175 monthly with plans awaiting city approval before sewer and water work begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky River
Westgate
Peter D. Kleist
Kleist
Clague Rd
Lorain County Line
Huliaré Rd
Center Ridge Rd
Sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary
Planned luxury ranch homes and shopping district plan
Plans cover about 50 acres with 25 acres for luxury ranch style homes priced from 30000 to 59600 and 25 acres for a multi building shopping district and offices. Mayor J Frank Gibson of Rocky River praised the plan citing rising tax revenue. Homes by Westwood Estates Inc with Kleist leading, commercial units by Center Ridge Development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Gibson
Rocky River
Westwood Estates, Inc
Kleist
Center Ridge Development
Deaths In Elyria Area
Obituaries from Elyria area list multiple deaths in Lorain Wellington Medina and surrounding towns. Notables include Larl L Williams of Wellington Route 4 a Nelnational Tube Co. employee died at Lutheran Hospital Cleveland after 43 days as a patient. Other notices: Kasmer C Stupak Lorain 78 died after a year illness at home. Emma Wirkner Valley City. Samuel Via Milan 69. Elva G Bark former Lorain resident. Boris Yonovitz Lorain. Howard A Lorain and Minnie Olga Brown 88. Ralph B Steiert Bridger Mont longtime Milan theater manager. Anna L Pasko 65 Lorain. Funeral details and service times pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Larl L. Williams
Peck-Wadsworth Rd
R.D
Lutheran Hospital
Cleveland
Williams
Nelational Tube Co
Lorain
Wellington Furst Methodist Church
Kansas City
Wellingston High School
Isabeh
Mary Ann
Tommy
Dicky
Teddy
Forrest Wiliams
B.D
Marcia Willams
Helen Kovacesick
Cheriin
Floris Brouse
Wilbur
Aletha Doane
California
Howard Wooster
Otis Wooster
Oberlin
Norton- Andrews
Paul Brown
Lonzo Green
Mt. Vernon
iFirst Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Nasmer C. Stupak
Kazmer C. Stupak
West 17Th St
Mr. Stupak
Poland
National Tube Co. Dock
Wee Mh
Valley City
Emma, Wirkner
John Wirkner
Medina Community Hospital
Hileen Friche
Columbia Station
Lucille Vassel
Agnes Zaremba
Grafton
Olive Hinkle
Frances Walter
Medina
Hilda Murthy
John
Victor Walter
Baues
St. Marin’s Catholic Church
John Shaefer
Church
Nativity Church
Sacremb Vla Star of Victory Lodge
Milan
Samuel Via
Stefania
Elva G. Bark
Lorain Ave
City Hospital
Elyine-Lorain
Bark
Pearl Keyser Bark
Glenn E
Clayton
Corrigan
West 148Th St
Funeral
Elmwood Cemetery
Boris Yonovitz
East 30Th St
Ami
Apple Creek Hospital
Yonovitz
Russia
South Lorain
Yanovits
Agudath Bnat Israel Temple
Ziwist
Belle
Sam
Joseph
Portsmouth
Sanford
Birmingham
Ala
Edward
Toledo
Alien
Carlo Gamble
Howard A. Lorain
Minnie Olga
Brown
Yester
West Palm Beach
Fla
Wainwright
Brookton
Mome
Earl Henderson
Fiora Vega
Stes
Kmt
Aaron Nemiark
Brooklyn
Walter A. Frey
Rabb Sammel Meyer
Salem Cemetery
Ralph B. Steiert
Bridger
Mont
Star Theatre
Mafige
Mary
James
Montana
Raymond
Henry Steifert
Huron
Anna L. Pasho
Michael Simko
Glendora
Calif
Edward Paske
Pawson
Med
Demetrius Darin
Burton Nesbitt
Nicholas Dziama
Ralph Walker
Sam Porziello
Amherst
Andrew Reber
Gary
Ind
Edward Campbell
Alexantria
John Lengyel
Morgantown
Michael Understile
Helen Sprousz
McKeesport
Reidy Scanlan
Servces
St. Peter and Paul Church
Sergei Glagoled
Elmigood Cemetery
Penfield School Closed Amid Widespread Illness
Penfield Elementary will close for two days as 40 of 120 pupils are absent with colds. Lorain County Schools Superintendent C A Gibbens cited high absenteeism, while Principal Richard Wainwright secured approval from the Board of Education. Other county schools report above normal absenteeism but will remain open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penfield
C. A. Gibbens
Lorain County
Gibbens
Richard Wainwright
Wainwright
Board of Education
Chapman Fund Sees $118 From Callers In Tragedy Aid
Mrs. David J. Gaede reports $118 collected for the Kenneth Chapman Fund from callers and volunteers. Cards detailing the project and collector identity are being distributed as new solicitors join the effort to aid Patricia Ruth Chapman and son Kenneth after a fatal fire. Mrs Chapman remains in satisfactory condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital with third degree burns.
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Gaede
Patricia Ruth Chapman
Kenneth DeWitte
Kenneth H. Chapman
Sharon Lee
Harry Kight
Rt. 301
la Grange
Thomas Hutchings
Fields Corners
Root Rd
S. L. Adams
Avon-Belden
E. L. Draper
Barton Rd
Harry Stroud
Center Ridge Rd
Joseph Jones
North Eaton
BE. C. Hershey
Robert Haehl
W. R. Englehart
Charles Burrows
Robert Lyons
Chas. Winter
Gariier’s Inn
Rt. 76
Chapman
Clean Up Week in Elyria Set For May 9 13
Elyria designates May 9 to 13 as Clean-up Week led by Safety Service Director Michael J. Lotko. The annual spring cleanup targets lawns sidewalks and gutters citywide with rubbish trucks making daily pickups from street frontages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Safety Service
Michael J. Lotko
Students On Bus Escape Uninjured In Rt. 6 Accident
A school bus collision with two follow trucks on Rt 3 two miles west of Lorain at 3 15 p m left bus occupants unharmed. One truck driver suffered minor bruises and the other was cited for following too closely. Driver Drainy of Cleveland injured. Dlesky of Erie Pa arrested. A second minor crash occurred at Rs 254 and Antrim Rd Vincent with no injuries or arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rt. 3
Lorain
Paull F. Beetler
James A. Dranny
Cleveland
Alfred F. Olesky
Erie
Drainy
Dlesky
Antrim Rd
Vincent
Ernest Shelton
Milo Cornish
Westlake
Shelton
Antrim
Cornish
Columbia School Burglarized But Little Is Taken
Thieves broke a window of Columbia Elementary last night and ransacked offices. They forced open a filing cabinet and searched the principal’s and secretary’s desks, wheeling the safe down the hall and toward the boys’ locker room before leaving without the money already banked. Deputy Earl Avins is investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Columbia School
E. F. Litzenberg
John C. Evanoff
Lydia Fritz
Litzenberg
Grant Rundle
Earl Avins
Courthouse and City Hall Closed for Lincoln Birthday
Elyria City Hall and Lorain County Courthouse will close all day Saturday in observance of Lincoln's Birthday. City parking lots will be open for free. The festival, sponsored by the Elyria Council of Churches, invites all city singers to participate at First Baptist Church on February 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lorain County
Lincoln
Safety Service
Michael J. Lotko
Kentucky Officers Take Man in Armed Robbery Warrant
Kentucky State police and local deputies surrounded an Olive Street residence near Lorain Tuesday night and arrested Charles Worthington, 29, on two armed robbery warrants. Worthington and his wife Opha, 35, surrendered after two snub-nosed pistols were found in a portable radio. Charges stem from alleged robberies in Harlan County, including $1,000 taken at gunpoint at the 66 Cheb Chevrolet, with conflicting accounts about whether the incident followed a gambling game. Mrs. Worthington is not charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Charles Worthington
Olive St
Lorain
Worthington
Opha
Merle Middleton
Jet Mills
Harlan County
Middleton
Mills
Chevrolet
Festival Choirs To Meet Tonight For Rehearsal
Robert M. Stoler will guest conduct Elyria festival choir rehearsals at First Methodist Church at 8 pm for three mass sessions. Attending choirs include First Methodist Second Methodist St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Emmanuel Lutheran Washington Avenue Church of Christ St Andrews Episcopal First Congregational Lake Avenue Congregational Ridgeville Congregational Pilgrim Congregational with listed directors. Three organists will share duties Jean Meng Lenore Stevens Louise Squire to accompany and lead prelude and later parts of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Stoler
Cleveland
Elyria
First Methodist
Russell Dunford
Daniel Harris
Second Methodist
E. T. Collins
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed
Jean Meng
Washington Avenue
State offices, post office, banks set Saturday hours
The state employment service office will close, the Post Office and three banks will keep regular Saturday hours. Motorists needing licenses should revise plans as the driver’s license post in South Amherst will be closed all day. The patrol says the office will reopen for business Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Employment Service
State Highway Patrol
South Amherst
Parma Heights man fined in mayor's court for failure to control
Arthur Wentz of Parma Heights pleaded guilty to failing to keep his car under control. He was fined $10 plus costs in mayor's court for the Jan 13 violation at the intersection of Cleveland Street and Perry Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wentz
Parma Heights
Cleveland St
Perry Ct
Norbert R. Fahey
Cleveland
Fahey
Filbert SL
Courthouse News Briefs From Lorain County Courts
A stream of local court notes covers speeding pleas, divorces, and civil actions. Russell D. Henry of Grafton pled guilty in Mayor's Court and paid fines and costs after radar speeding. Julia Huber of Norwalk was granted a divorce from Mel Y. Court actions include a $245 judgment against Robert Freeland by Zolnay Company of Lorain, a $25 fine for Claude A. Kelly for leaving the scene of an accident, and traffic school condition. Probate filings list an estate of about $30,700 for George A. Brumby of Camden. Additional notes cover bank suits, a church loan request, and custody support arrangements in Lorain and Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell D. Henry
Grafton
Julia Huber
Norwalk
Mel
Ohio State Highway Patrol
West 31St St. Lorain
T Men
D. A. Cook
Indian Hollow Rd
J. Birk
Court St
Hayes
George A. Brumby
Camden
Claude A. Kelly
North Ridgeville
Keys
Kelly
Lodi St
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Metus
Ee En Jane William Engelland
Chamber of Commerce
Federated Plan
McHenry Memorial
American Radiator
American T. & T
Anaconda Copper
Aveo Mig
Bendix Aviation
Chrysler Cities Service
Cleveland Cliffs
Elec
Rum
Columbia Gas Fruehautraver
General Motors
Glidden Co
Industrial Rayon
Kennecott Copper
Montgomery Ward
N. XY
Central Ohio Edison Ohio of
Penna
R. R. Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Secony Vacuum Jandard
Ind. Standard of
N. J. Standard of
Ohio Texas Company
Toledo Edison A. &. Steel
Warner Brothers
Westinghouse
Airbrak
Woolworth Co
Elyria Public Library
Sion
Sohia
Masih Yael Dastoaiae
Naib
Legion
Elyria High
For All
Mt Ras
Charles Slauter
Chuck
Foster Eliott
EMS
Norm Eldridge
Olfe Fuel Gas Co
Bilott
EHS
Chronicle-Kelegram
Rocky River Project
Karl 1. Williams
Boris Yonovite
Krozmarynownz Funeral
Foe of
Oberlin — Funeral Services
Vawnenen Te Sak Binet
Lud Sttua Gwwemeryuunys
Ivan Rozmatynowyz
Calvary Cemetery
Amo, Glupa
Was & Memger
Emma Wirkner
Sunset Memorial Park
North Olmsted
Rawie Funeral Home
Nenene Pe Sean
Old Mission Cemetery
Upper Sandusky
David J. Gaede
Kenneth Chapman
Police Dept. News
Courthouse News
Lewis
Florence Zolnay
Zolnay
Robert Freeland
East Lake Rd
Sheffield Lake
Sephie
Richard G. Phelps
Blanche
Josephine
Esterday
East 28Th St
Oper-Lobeying
Ator
Grill
Mayor's Court
James B. Brown
Lakewood
Sheriff's Department
A. Milchen
Rt. 20
Tenth St
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Paul Mikus
Lorains
Lawrence White County Savings and Trust Co
Atworth
Trenton
Lucretia Scivley
Clinton Ave
Federal Savings and c
Uoan Association
Nancy McCamphell
Locain
Gaymode
Capitol — Virginia
Mayo
CinemaScope
Rivole
Mark Stevens
Sudro-Curtis Ambulance
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