School Bids Open for New Elyria Township Elementary
Low bids totaling 321952 were received for a Griswold Road elementary school near Murray Ridge. C A Gibbons says 336000 is available, with funds from a 366000 bond issue. The project includes gymnasium and cafeteria for western Elyria Township students. site and architect fees paid from construction money. Contracts awarded at the board’s next meeting. completion planned one year after groundbreaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griswold Rd
Murray Ridge
Elyria Township
C. A. Gibbons
Gibbons
Keplinger Heads Children's Home Superintendents
Denver M Keplinger director of Green Acres Oberlin Lorain County Children's Home elected president of the Ohio State Superintendents and Matrons of Children's Home Association. The group, about 74 homes and 2500 children, meets quarterly to study child care needs. Keplinger also serves on the Steering Committee updating the Child Welfare Manual. Victor Anderson Akron and two department members serve with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver M. Keplinger
Green Acres
Lorain County
Oberlin
Ohio State
Children's Home Association
Kkephinger
Ohio
Eid
Keplinger
Victor Anderson
Akron
Elyria Committee Weighs Unified Fund Drive Solicitation
Elyria’s United Solicitations Committee met at the Graystone Hotel to study a plan for one annual, unified solicitation to support Community Chest Red Cross March of Dimes Heart Fund and other drives. A survey subcommittee was formed with Dexter S. Kimball and M. F. Whitman as co chairs and William Camp as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
United Solicitations Committee
Graystone Hotel
Community Chest
Red Cross
March of Dimes
Heart Fund
Semenlathan
Inehidine
Tae
Dexter S. Kimball
M. FE. Whitman
William Camp
Ben Golechen
CIO
Tlartey- Beese
AFL
al Rosenan
Western Automatic Machine Screw, Co
Richard A. Stith
Lorain County Industrial Council
Earl Bell
the Belt Co
Alvin Plocher
Lorain County Savings and Trust Co
Wiliam Camp
Chamber of Commerce
Jack ‘Lannaford
The
Relati Merchants
Citations Issued After West Ave Collision In Lorain
Two drivers face citations after a collision on West Ave in Lorain. Brenton Gilby 37 of 62 Riverside Homes and Gordon L. Egbert 38 of Olmsted Falls were charged, Gilby with driving without a license and Egbert with failing to keep his car under control. Police say Gibbs northbound on West Ave attempted to avoid a stopped car, resulting in a rear impact near Poormytama Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary
Brenton Gilby
Riverside Homes
Gordon L. Egbert
Olmsted Falls
Gibbs
West Ave
Shuttledt
Egbert
Robert Jackson
Poomytama Ave
Lorain
Jinto
Asamet Aldeon Hough
Pearl Ave
Noel Jearr
Washington Ave
Lake Ave
Carr
West Bridge St
Divorce actions and a contempt charge in Oberlin and Cleveland
A batch of divorce suits is on file including Harry Freed against Maron in Oberlin, Alma Hronee from Andrew in Oberlin, Joan Hocker against Edsel in Cleveland, and a cruelty neglect case. A county jail hold is reported for Tony Frost awaiting arraignment on contempt of court charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nerlect
Dsorce
Harry Freed
North Cedar St
Oberlin
Maron
R.D
D. A. Cook
Alma Hronee
East Ave
Andrew
Joan Hocker
West River St
Edsel
East 6Th St
Cleveland
Tony Frost
Broadway
Lora
John Pincura
LOCAL STOCKS PIERRE R. SMITH & CO. FRIDAY
Local stock names and prices appear in a fragmentary Friday list from Pierre R. Smith & Co. including entries such as First Savings & Loan, Lorain Telephone, Harshaw Chemical, Ohio Match, and Standard Screw. Prices are partially legible with many OCR errors but indicate a mixed portfolio across savings banks, telephones, chemical firms, and manufacturing firms with bid and offer figures and bond data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SIU Ada Fistia Savings & Tr
Kia Telephone
O.w.y First Sav. & Loan
Geneva Industries
Harshaw Chem
Harshbaw Cher
Lorain Co
Lorain Telephone
North. Sav. & Loan
Ohio
Olsen Cevecreees
Berry Fay
Bank & Tr
W. O.W
Westen
Avon Water Board to appoint James Alwin as superintendent
James Alwin, a plumber by trade with World War II Marine service, will be recommended for a six month appointment as Avon water works superintendent. He will start Monday and resides on Carlene Ave in Northgate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
James Alwin
Alwin
J Board of Public Affairs
Carlene Ave
Northgate
Guam i
Marines
Ffield
Man Defends Self in $10,000 Injury Suit
Guy W. Carpenter, acting as his own attorney, filed an answer on a tablet noting he cannot pay costs. The case, a $10,000 trash injury suit by Caroline Striegel of Cleveland, stems from a collision on July 26, 1954. Judge Cook advised hiring a lawyer and delaying an amended answer until March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
Dutipe
AL Cook
Guy W. Carpenter
Caroline Striegel
Cleveland
Carpenter
Cook
Driver Charged After Accident With Drinking
Scott J. Barker, 32, of Grafton, charged with driving while intoxicated after a traffic collision. His car struck the rear of Albert Novak, 38, at a Broad Street Cedar Street light, Barker reportedly admitted drinking three beers. Barker jailed after breath test. passenger Charles Bagby, 46, arrested for intoxication. Barker to appear in Mayor's Court Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott J. Barker
Grafton
Barker
Albert 4. Novak
Cam Didge Ave
Broad’ Ant Cedar Sts
Alcometer
Charles L. Bagby
Northrup St
Barby
Fle
Ken Chapman Fund reaches 615 in Ridgeville drive
Ridgeville collectors report the Ken Chapman Fund for fire survivors has risen to 615 dollars. Donations include house-to-house canvassing and gifts given directly to Mrs. Chapman. Fundraisers continue through Tuesday, with checks payable to the Ken Chapman Fund and mailed to Mrs. Gaede in Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeville
Ken Chapman
David J. Gaede
WEOL
Gaede
Station Rd
R. D
Elyria
Zoning board to meet on LaGrange airfield permit
D M Nichols seeks zoning approval to build Meadowlark Farms airfield on his old farm at Rt 01 and Webster Rd LaGrange Township. The plan calls for a 2090 ft east west runway, hangars, radio signals, flight training and later pony rides and a driving range. The board will meet March 12 at 2 p.m. to consider amending zoning to allow airports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagrange
LaGrange Township
D. M. Nichols
R.D. 1
Nichols Farm
Webster Rd
Township Zoning Board
LaGrange Village Hall
Nichols
C. E. Noble
Common Pleas Court
John ‘Db. Pincura
Columbia
Pincure
Fairfields
Skating Tease Amid Park Repairs In May Report
May report from Chscade Park superintendent John Madhock notes sad condition of the Wit and pond and Hamilton School area being cleared this morning. He said no one uses points or the hill yet but the area is ready for those who prize sport over comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uurt Park
John Madhock
Chscade Park Wit and Pond
Hamilton School
Machoecki
Telecast Tuesday on Milk Production Story on WXEL
Dr E A Robinson announced The United States Steel Hour will feature a milk production segment from a Lake Geneva Wisconsin dairy farm. The program shows sanitary methods from milking to milk house, promoting bulk milk handling as safer and more efficient for consumers. WXEL Channel 8 will air the telecast at 9 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Hour
E. A. Robinson
Elyria
Dr. Robinson
WXEL
Channel 8
Two Marion Franklin Students Admit Bomb Hoax
Two teen boys at Marion Franklin High School confessed to making a bomb hoax that prompted the evacuation of 875 pupils and brought police and school officials to the scene. Leonard Leininger of Grafton and another 14 year old were questioned after the incident. Both admitted the act and faced charges. one student was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital after fainting during the response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Marion Franklin
Leonard Leininger
Grafton
Mayor's Court
Ely
E. Giles
Thay
Alteritia
Wile
Broad St
West Ave
Second St
Elycia Memorial Hospital
Chestnut St
Water St
West Bridge St
Leininger
Elyria Man Missing Since Wednesday Police Seek 50-year-old Malcolm Edwards
Malcolm M. Edwards, 50, of 234 Hayes Ave., is reported missing since last Wednesday. He was last seen leaving his home at 8:30 a.m. to register at the Ohio State Employment Service. Edwards is described as 5'9" tall, 140 pounds, brown hair turning gray, brown eyes, small mustache, wearing dungarees, a gray jacket, a black and white checkered flannel shirt, and a blue cap. He has been unemployed since November 1954 and last worked at Elyria Foundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm M. Edwards
Hayes Ave
Edwards
Elyria
Ohio State Employment Service Office
Steering Group Forms County Wide Regional Planning Body
County officials and Lorain Elyria planning representatives ordered drafting a framework for a county wide regional planning commission. A committee of Mikus Patterson Thompson Chapla and Lotko will draft the plan with one more member to be named from other municipalities. The group aims to complete work by early March and urging each city council to pass resolutions of intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning Commission
Lorain
Elyria
Paul Mikus
Don Patterson
J. Norman Thompson
Wallace Chapla
Michael Lotke
Elyria Safety-Service
Mikus
Latko
Chapla
Cony
Thompson
Oscar G. Dunn
J. Powell Jones
Patterson
Lotko
Louis Goodell
Three motorists fined in justice court arraignments
Three motorists were fined yesterday in US justice courts by sheriff deputies. Robert Conrad of Durkee Road was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Justice C. C. Lord on a reckless driving charge on Route 57 near LaParte. Edmund Jocke of Osborne Road was fined the same amount for reckless driving on Route 82. Charles Maurer of Liovia, Mich was fined 10 dollars with 5 dollars suspended for failing to stop for a school bus on Route 82 before Justice John Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Conrad
Durkee
Justice C. C. Lord
LaParte
Edmund Jocke
Osborne Rd
Justice Lord
Charles Maurer
Liovia. Mich
Paul Spindler Departs Chronicle Telegram for Akron Journal
Paul Spindler, a Chronicle-Telegram reporter since July 1954, leaves to join the Akron Beacor-Journal Ravenna bureau. He covered labor and industry and authored Briefly About Business Along Avro Row and The Labor Scene. Spindler, a Temple University graduate, served as a public information specialist in the Army and previously worked for the Philadelphia Bulletin and Easton Daily Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Spindler
Chronicle-Telegram
Akron Beacor-Journal
Ravenna
Spindler
Chronicle- Telegram
Avro Row
Temple University
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Bulletin
Easton
Daily Express
90 year old N E Sherrill improving after January 24 crash
N Emerson Sherrill, age 90, has been hospitalized in Elyria Memorial after being struck by a car at Chestnut and Second Streets on January 24. After 20 days in hospital his condition has improved from poor to fair with a fair night reported by hospital authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Emerson Sherrill
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Chestnut and
Second Sts
Ebta High School Orchestra Shines In Winter Concert
Ebta High School orchestra directed by Sidney Davis draws strong audience applause with precise strings and melodic woodwinds. The program features Chavez Tamboo, Anderson Bugler’s Holiday, Bizet overture The Pearl Fishers, and Standin in the Need of Prayer as the choir and band also perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebta High School
Sidney Davis
Trudi Mei
Kathleen Wilcox
Chavez
Chuck Thompson
Jim Parsch
Darwin Carstensen
Anderson
Cain
Christ
Greichaninoff
Boutelle
Holiday
Hughes
Two Cleveland youths injured in Rt 20 crash near Elyria
George Bongiorno 17 of University Heights and Alan Acocella 16 of Lakewood were admitted to Elyria Memorial Hospital at 2:39 a.m. after a 1952 car crashed into a tree on Route 20, the driver saying he dozed. The car was demolished. Another 1948 car driven by William McDaniel skidded and hit a tree on Route 10 near Route 37 at 10:27 p.m., also demolished. Luther Arnold of Lorain knocked down three mailboxes on Route 254 near Clinton Road at 3:40 p.m. yesterday when his car skidded out of control, front and left side damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Area
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Rt. 20
Elyria
Sheriff's Department
George Bongiorno
Canterbury ‘Ro
University Heighs
Alan Acocella
Lake Ave
Lakewood
Lloyd Seckt
Edmvin Mitchell
William McDaniel
Dover Rd
West Lake
Rt. 10
Rt. 37
Luther Arnold
West Erie Ave
Lorain
Rt. 254
Clinton Rd
Deaths and survivors from Lorain listings in obituary column
Lorain death notices report Mrs Szoli Szilagyi of 1555 East 3rd died at home after a heart ailment. Survivors include husband Frank and daughter Betty Ferr of Jacksonville. Services Sunday and burial at Elmrwood Cemetery with Rev Valentine A. Toth officiating. Additional notices cover Gerald W. Johnson of Ruggles Township, Join F. Zimmer of Murray Ridge, and Andrew Lovas of Lorain with funeral details and church affiliations. Other items list Samuel Bender of East 21st Street, Rev L A Crawford officiating for B Palmer, and various parish and cemetery schedules. A series of remainders chronicles deaths across New London, LaGrange, Grafton, and McKeesport regions with related survivors and burial plans.
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Lorain
Szoli Szilagyi
East
Szilagyi
Hungary
Hungarian Evangelical Reformed Church
Ladies Society of the Church
Frank
Betty
jRerr
Jacksonville
Fla
Mathews
Valentine A. Toth
Elrlwood Cemetery
New London
Gerald W. Johnson
Ruggles Township
Huron Road Hospital
Cleveland
Hinckley
Johnson
Akron
Shelby
Air Depot
Vida
Cecil
Donald
Maynard
Niwo
Margaret Benear
Fitchville
Kathryn Riddle
L. A. Crawford
iNew
London First
Andrew Lovas
Denver Ave
Dpm
Lovas
Elco
National Tube Co
Rlt
Holy Trinity Church
Joe
William Bohach
Jain Yubos
Alberta
John R. Devin
Itnday
Joseph
Ungarsky
Calvary Cemetery
Samuel Bender
Ludwig Udovich
East 21St St. Hel
Bender
Yugoslavia
Benton Harbor
Mich
Chicago
L. A.crawford
First Methodist Church
B. Palmer
Eastman Funeral
Palmer
Fitchville Township
Lagrange
Michael Snyder
R. Devin
Lorain County
Rev. Pawl
Austria
Buser
Snyder
Anna Schulhof
Anna C. Wells
Finley Mortuary
Pruitt and Hickey Funeral Home
Lebanon
Weiss
Factory St
St. Joseph Hospital
Birh
Lora
St. Mary Church
Jesse
Mary Catherine
Louis
George Edwards
John Edwards
Marcella Edwards
Aline Brannon
Indianapolis
Frances Edwards
Theresa Downs
Arsley Lyons
Agnes
Ann Elizabeth Edwards
Lebanan
Train Derailment Injures Forty Near Sauk Centre
A Western Star Great Northern train derailed near Sauk Centre Minnesota after a rail failure in 14 below zero weather. Forty people were injured none seriously. The Seattle to Chicago train derailed Friday night ten miles northwest of Sauk Centre. All 12 passenger cars were derailed four overturned most jackknifed. two mail cars were tossed.
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Sauk Centre
Minn
Western Star
Great Northern
Seattle
Chicago
Sinclair Lewis
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Children’s Home
Elyria Committee
Ethel Chambers
Jloward
Securitica Nomina
Pierre R. Smith & CO
Coley
Fiveia Savings Bing
Mad Ee Lg Sa
Pat
Avon Water Board
Sudro-Curtis Ambulance
Chapman
Marx
Joseph Tresten
Daycay
Mama
Luoto
LaGrange Airfield
Police Dept. News
Earl McMunn
Girls Farmer Magazine
Akron Paper
N. E. Sherrill
By Grace i. Tulk
William Walters
Moore
Simeone
Elyria Hospital
Death Records
Frank Szilagyi
F. Zimmer
Murray Ridge Rd
Mr. Zimmer
Seventh St
Palmer Services
Ruggies Township
Anna Schulnof
Russell Lp
Fulton Funeral Home
Fred Stroebel
Grafton Methodist Church
Imrs
Jesse Wells
Capitol
Jack Palance
Disney
Rivoli
Africa
Paris
Black
Newspap
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