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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1960
Page
9
Science moved into Elyria High School as gymnasium auditorium and corridor filled with apparatus. Students replaced athletes in a turning point science fair showcasing projects and experiments across the school.
Mary Schmidt 67 of 124 North Murray Ridge Rd died after a lengthy illness. A Czech native who came to the U S in 1903 she lived in Lorain 54 years where she and husband Gustav ran a grocery and meat market. Survived by five daughters three sons 18 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements and calls at Emil Dovala Funeral Home.
Payrolls approved by Judge Henry Webber show salary increases from $3 to $5 per month for domestic relations and juvenile courts for the first half February pay period. Exhibits on science days are shown by high schools and the Chamber of Commerce with public displays today 6 to 10 PM and tomorrow 2 to 4 PM. Judging occurred today 8 AM to 3 PM with awards to be presented tonight at 8 in the auditorium.
Melvin A. Hawley, 24, of 408 West Herrick Ave., Wellington, suffered possible fractured ribs and facial cuts in a two car collision at Route 58 and 89 south of Sullivan around 11:30 p.m. He reportedly failed to yield to oncoming traffic. His car hit a truck driven by Alvin A. Schiatach, 77. Both drivers were treated at Ast and Finstal.
Mrs Ann Welsh sustained a broken lip after a fall at St Marys Hospital Watertown Wisconsin and was taken there Wednesday night following a visit to St Colletta’s School near the area. Her daughter Marjcella accompanied by Theodore Welsh later drove to Wisconsin to fetch him back to the school.
Sanitation Superintendent Cliff Corder told the city council health and sanitation committee the fleet of eight trucks is breaking down too often. One special district collection truck, bought in 1955, is out of action with a faulty automatic packer, requiring repairs estimated at 1500 to 2000 dollars. Council will seek emergency legislation to fund repairs and maintenance, after Corder urged a preventive program as five trucks are eight years old, two are four, and one bought last year. Labor and parts last year topped 7500 dollars with most repairs by private firms.
New York Central System yesterday closed its private hearing into the Wellington wreck of January 10 and said a public statement will follow in about ten days. NYC officials said management will review the record to determine causes and any rule violations. Transcripts will be filed with the PUCO and the Interstate Commerce Commission. County officials may push for a public hearing with sworn witnesses.
Charles P. Taft spoke to Oberlin students on Lincoln Day about ethics and politics as a single discipline. He cited a double moral standard in politics and warned that people apply different ethics to public life and private actions. He noted his brother Robert A. Taft and his support for Nixon as examples.
Arthur H. Kruse of the Family Service Association of Cleveland urged Elyria welfare groups to shift from custodial care to preventive treatment, improve staff quality, and apply a more scientific approach to social problems affecting the whole community. He noted six percent of the population has social problems and called for tighter oversight of services and subsidies.
LORAIN National The plant will be seen nation wide on TV's U. S. Steel Hour Feb 24 in recognition of the plant's world record for safety. A crew will shoot scenes Monday and film the banquet Tuesday at the old Homewood Shopping Center now owned by Nafemal Trabe Drosen. Leche Ro Worthar tan, president of U. S Steel Corp, will speak.
Prof Francis Denoeu of Dartmouth College completed a French American dictionary after years of work. The project comprises 14500 typed images stacked into a five foot tall pile.
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