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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1959
Page
9
Fremont with 15 000 residents began cleanup as Sandusky River receded from 18 to about 14 feet. A 13 man National Guard demolition team from Elyria, Co D, 112th Engineers blasted an ice jam with 600 pounds of dynamite, aiming to clear before weekend rains and prevent renewed flooding.
Local 1104 United Steel Workers opposed renaming Lakeview Park to Adm Exest J. King Park. The union supported naming the new high school Admiring School. Safety committee members Michael Byar, Charles Kapkic and Aniceto Melendes were authorized to attend the Ohio Safety Congress April 28-30 in Columbus.
Officials say no protest or injunction will be filed against incorporation of the proposed Clearview village until a transcript of the proceedings is filed with the county recorder by the Sheffield Township clerk. The controversy is unlikely to see action for several weeks as the filing process proceeds.
Elyria sewers and trains panel reaffirmed no paving without storm sewers for Boston Ave section between Clark and Taylor. Engineer Kleinoeder urged retention of the policy amid drainage concerns as attorneys weigh legal action over incorporation.
City officials withdrew their $4.30 tax claim on a house owned by John B. Leonard in Jackson Mississippi. Leonard reminded authorities that he had let firemen burn the structure for a training exercise.
Local 1104 leader Hank Busich of United Steel Workers in Lorain blames Sen. Charles Mosher for splitting support on the supplemental unemployment benefits bill. Mosher backed SUB payments but opposed the emergency clause, a move that impacted the bill’s passage in the Senate and drew union criticism.
The Black River Trail Blazers, Lo rain County chapter of the National Campers and Hikers Association, elected officers at a Lorain gathering at 4112 Riverside Dr. George H. Clark heads the group as field director. A Memorial Day campout planning committee was named and a future site and facilities were discussed.
Sally Hewitt, Elyria High School sophomore, won first in the American Legion Americanism essay contest at EHS with a prize of 5 and advancement to county and possibly district state and national levels. The event honored top placers across grades with cash prizes and announced winners including Grace Fogle and Valerie Burk among girls and George Mira within juniors.
Lorain County Regional Planning Commission executive committee places a county wide survey of sewer needs and locations and capacities of potential treatment plants at the top of work priorities. Funding concerns delay progress as local sources state and federal aid are uncertain while Avon Avon Lake Sheffield Lorain Elyria Oberlin work to raise funds. Former Wakeman mayor Charles H Todd dies at 92. services Sunday in Wakeman with burial in Wakeman Cemetery.
The Elyria and Lorain Salvation Army units seek restore county reimbursement for aid to indigent transients after Welfare Director Gerard Prinz ended payments citing limited funds. Councils represented urge reconsideration as Majors Burrell and Knickerbocker note ongoing care including three hungry homeless men housed for $2.65, stressing community value.
Dr Emory C Unnewehr former head of Baldwin Wallace physics dept and Berea city councilman died in Athens Alabama from a heart attack at 73 His survivors include his wife Ivy and a daughter Mrs Harold Putnam and a son Lewis Services set for Berea with burial at Woodvale and memorials to Emory Annewehr Fund. The Berea community mourns the longtime church and college figure.
Abel Bishop and Clark Realty Co. affirms agreement to pay paving assessments for Willow Park Rd and Ironwood Ct in Cancaus Colony subdivision as part of lot sale terms. Twin Oaks Construction Co. parent company executive Arthur Ornean states the city’s assessments are due from the property owner. Residents received city bills and notice of assessment under applicable law.
The Fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry revived Civil War memories and offers to repair Lorain's Civil War statue in Washington Park after vandal damage. The unit will restore the statue and replace its musket, with a new musket piece possibly cast. Rewards of 25 dollars from Councilman Scanland and Amvets Post 47 are offered for information leading to arrests.
Wellington Township zoning board approved a 300 foot frontage on Rt. 58 parcels from residential to commercial at a public hearing. Trustees will hold final hearing before making the change official.
Mrs. Pamela Lee, 30, died when her car failed to negotiate a curve and struck a tree, becoming the city’s first traffic fatality of the year.
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