Deaths in Elyria area leave multiple families grieving
Obituaries note Louis Kommersmith 59 of 36859 Butternut Ridge Rd died unexpectedly in Berea. Cuyahoga County coroner to rule on cause. He belonged to Sixth Church of Christ Scientist Rocky River and Mother Church Boston. Survived by wife Roberta and three children, plus siblings. Memorial service Sunday at 2:30 pm at Wainwright Funeral Home with Louise Runyan officiating. Donations suggested to Sixth Church of Christ Scientist Cleveland.
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Louis Kommersmith
Butternut Ridge Rd
Berea
Cuyahoga County
Kommersmith
Sixth Church of Christ Scientist
Rocky River
Mother Church
Boston
Mass
Roberta
Deborah
Robert
Douglas
Wainwright Funeral Home
Louise Runyan
Church of Christ Scientist
Rocky River Dr
Cleveland
New London Fire Lands Art League Announces Fine Art Show
The New London Fire Lands Art League plans a Fine Art Show from March 25 to 28 at EHOVE Joint Vocational School. Artists may submit works in oil, watercolor, casein, acrylics, photography, drawings, inks, charcoals, pastels, sculpture, pottery, enamels and textiles. Entry blanks available from Mrs Suzanne Cooke at 6 S Main St.
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New London
Firelands Art League
Ehove Joint Vocational School
Suzanne Cooke
S Main St
Oberlin Student Stages Mark Twain Portrait
OC student Scott Brown of Oberlin College presents a two act Mark Twain portrayal on the Little Theater stage in Hall Auditorium annex this weekend. Brown, a veteran performer, uses costume, voice and makeup to evoke the 74 year old author in his late life lecture style. He studied with Bramwell Fletcher and corresponded with Hal Holbrook while researching the role and consulted three people who knew Twain as a child. Performances run Saturday and Sunday at 8 and 9 30 p.m. Tickets are at Wilder Hall main desk and at the door.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Scott Brown
Mark Twain
Little Theater
Hall Auditorium
Brown
Twain
Hal Holbrook
Jim
Holbrook
Bramwell Fletcher
George Bernard Shaw
Wilders Hall
James P. Born Sudge Tabulation Record
Unclear OCR text shows a tabulation by Ronald Gossett. Mentions Lorain on Hamilton Avenue and an itemized sale or vehicle note with figures £23 and 1275 Barbara. Details are fragmentary and names may be misread.
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Ronald Gossett
Barbara Si
Slattery Gertreds Beverly DuHsdway and others
Visitations at Fassel D Folin Funeral Home for Mrs Gertreds Beverly Slattery and related family members. Funeral details listed with times and locations including Canadian Cemetery and Garland Funeral Home Amherst with services planned Friday and Saturday.
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Gertreds
Beverly DuHsdway
Des Ea Blanco
Fassel D. Folin Funeral Home
Weekend theatre calendar at Lorain County College and area venues
Open Door Theatre and Theatre Now present In the Shadow of the Glen at 8 p.m. at Lorain County College. Elyria West High School Sunset Theatre shows Sound of Music at 8:15 p.m. at 42101 Griswold Rd. Cleveland Play House Drary Theatre presents Got Rich Quick Wallingford at 8:15 p.m. at Hanna Theatre. Together Tonight! Jefferson Hamilton and Burr stars Dana Andrews Howard Duff and Monte Markham at 8:30 p.m. Chef Henri Dinner Theatre at Avon Lake Shopping Center Jake Road offers Relatively Speaking with dinner at 7 p.m. show at 8 p.m. Elyria West High School and Hanna Theatre repeats 2 and 8:30 p.m. Cleveland Play House and Chef Henri again. Firelands Friends of Music present Donizetti Daughter of the Regiment performed by Bowling Green State University opera department at Vermilion High School 7:30 p.m. Elyria West High School has 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. Convocation of Church Choirs sponsored by Elyria Musical Art Society bicentennial program of American choral music at First Congregational United Church of Christ at 3 p.m.
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Lorain County Community College
Shadow of the Glen
Elyria West High School
Sunset Theatre
Sound of Music
Griswold Rd
Cleveland Play House
Drary Theatre
Dana Andrews
Howard Duff
Monte Markham
Chef Henri
Avon Lake
Jake Road
Firelands Friends of Music
Donizetti
Bowling Green State University Opera Department
Vermilion High School
Elyria Musical Art Society
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Deaths in Miami Boston Van Nuys Two notable figures die
Reports from UPI note James Clifton Williams longtime University of Miami music theory chair dies in South Tarn Hospital He founded the Young American Musicians Abroad and conducted tours to Colombia and Ecuador He received an honorary doctorate from Lima Peru Dr Avert C Beeler MIT Medical Department head dies at home in Massachusetts He led health care innovations and is survived by his wife and five children Farad Hadded in Van Nuys California dies after a long illness The obituary notes his years in the sat Vay Pentiristin and a private ceremony was held with family awaiting services
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Regina A Donohue
Florida Ave
Lorain
St Joseph Hospital
Kline's
Fairhome School
Donohue
Pata
Athony Church
Marian Guild
Leat Ehove School
Gion of
Funeral
St. Anthony Church
Gerard Herman Wil
Calvary Cemetery
Miami
UPI
James Clifton Williams
University of Miami
South Tarn Hospital
Colombia
Ecuador
Conservatorio Nacional Dé Musica
Lima
Peru
South America
Boston
Avert C. Beeler
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mamachewatts General
Seeler
MIT
Heig
Edwina
van Nuys
Calif
Farad Madded
Sendaman
Sai Sween Rons
Hadded
Oberlin council weighs ending library and daycare subsidies
Oberlin officials consider phasing out city subsidies for the library and Early Childhood Center as operating costs rise while income remains steady. City Manager Dalton proposes funding shifts or a tax levy to support city services, with long range planning urged and a Feb. 28 budget session set to discuss utilities and development.
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Oberlin
Dalton
Datton
United Fund, Welfare
Oberlin College
Lorain County Seniors Object to Golden Buckeye Cards
Lorain County Senior Citizens Association opposes 8 and over eligibility for the Ohio Golden Buckeye program and argues local seniors in a county discount plan should be automatically eligible. The group directs seniors to apply to the state, while noting the local program already offers 10 percent plus discounts at about 460 businesses.
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Lorain County
Earl Lautenschleger
The
Senior Citizens Association
State Commission On Aging
Commission
N. High St
Columbus
James Rhodes
State Department of Natural Resources
Ohio Commission
Lorain
Ohio
Mrs Ramos battles to save mislaid property
Lorain report on Gloria Padilla Ramos a divorced greenhouse worker living at 2833 Canton Ave since 1954 disputing ownership after a lot swap confusion led to state sale. Attorney Larry Coey seeks adverse possession and to set aside a foreclosure claiming lack of notice and long occupancy.
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Lorain
Gloria Padilla Ramos
Larry Coey
Elyria
Barnes
Coey
Rare
Norwalk area sees bids for 72nd Ohio House seat
Norwalk real estate broker Richard Rench announced his candidacy for the 72nd District seat vacated by Ethel Swanbeck. Huron County Prosecutor William Owens circles petitions for the post while other candidates including Vermilion unionist Jack Jewell and Norwalk attorney Michael Fegen also weigh bids. Republican leaders will not endorse. Swanbeck is not seeking reelection after 11 terms.
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Norwalk
Richard Reach
Ohio
Ethel Swanbeck
Huron County
William Owens
Rench
Owens
Swanbeck
House
Lorain County
Joseph Ujhelyi
Ujhelyi
Vermilion Union
Jack Jewell
Richard Hauser
House of Representatives
Michael Fegen
Republican Party
Bench
Vermilion
Jack Armstrong
John Borgia
Oberlin board seeks to sway acting supt. from resignation
Oberlin School Board President Dennis Flood said he will press acting Superintendent W. W. Zinser to reconsider his immediate resignation. Zinser agreed to remain acting through Sunday and may sign papers. Flood plans further talks in Columbus and a Monday community meeting for a final update.
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Oberlin
Dennis Flood
W. W. Zinger
Zinger
Flood
Columbus
Heinser
Zinser
Oberlin Board
Ohio Department of Education
David Messier
Kessler
Ernestine Schmitz
Vending Operator Finds Car Trunk Pried Open
A Woodford Avenue tavern visit ends with a stolen $300 from a vending operator. Edward Brandies of Lorain told Elyria police he stored the money in the trunk for safekeeping before entering the Players Lounge. He returned about 2 17 p.m. to discover the trunk damaged and the cash missing from his Ohio Vending Co. vehicle.
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Woodford Avenue
Edward Brandies
Middle Ridge Rd
Lorain
Elyria
Bate
Medford
Beauties
Ait Ohio Vending Co
Center Bridge Rt
Local All Star Band Draws 10 Area Students
Ten area students were selected to the Northern Ohio All Star Band performing at 7:30 p.m. in the University Auditorium at Berea Western State University. Guest conductor Willard S. Musser led the Kent State University Symphonic Band and the ensemble included members from Amherst Fairview Medina North Ridgeville Elyria Strongsville and Strongsville High Schools. Names and hometowns of the selected musicians include Monica Mas Amy, Keith Davis, Carol Kerns, Lori Koenig, John Kostein, Tom Read, Linda Bresnber, and Mark Barats among others.
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Ojo
meRern State University
Bereeks Comtacion
Ws Ge
Rakion Acad My Band
Japan
Aed
Canadian Armed Forces
Sliatar
Monica Mas
Lincoln St
Amherst
Au Pain i
Wilshire Dr
Brookfield
Avon Lae Lake
Avon Lake
Livermors
Eiri
Michiel Tar
Elyria High School
Keith Davis
Tnabeth
Fairview Park
Parkdale Ave
Carol Ki
Eaton Rd
Fairview High
Medina
Tom Read
Ramaon Rd
Medine
Medina High School
Linda Bresbreber
Center Ridge
North Ridgeville
North Ridgeviste
Mark Barats
Shermer
Strongsville High School
Man given prison term in liquor theft
A Brook Park arrest by the FBI and Middleburg Heights police led to William D. Harman of West Virginia being sentenced in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. He received concurrent one to five-year and four to ten-year terms for receiving stolen property after a scheme stealing 79 cases of liquor from a Newark store.
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Cleveland
Brook Park
FBI
Middleburg Heights
Cuyahoga County
Common Pleas Court
William D. Harman
West Virginia
Lloyd D. Brown
Ohio State Penitentiary
Harman
Newark
Middlebury Heights
Strongsville
LCCC Wins Approval for College Center Expansion
Ohio officials from the Division of Public Works and the Board of Regents approved a $200,000 remodeling plan at Lorain County Community College to expand student services. Bids are sought this week, with work to start in March after library space moved to the new Learning Resources Center. The project may add a security office and could include child care and student health centers.
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Orain County Community College Business Office
Ohio Division of Public Works
Ohio Board of Regents
College Center
Carter supporters organize in Ohio 13th District meeting set
Jim Carter supporters in Ohio 13th District plan a March 12 meeting at 8 p.m. at Oberlin First Church to choose state delegates for the June 8 primary pledged to Carter for the July Democratic National Convention. Contacts in Elyria Lorain Oberlin Amherst Brunswick Medina Sandusky Wadsworth list volunteers and addresses.
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Jimmy Carter
Ohio
Georgia
Oberlin
First Church
Main Street
Carter
Elyria
Dan Talarek
Roosevelt St
Lorain
Dennis Jones
Tower Blvd
John Elder
Amherst
Juanita Brooks
N. Main St
Brunswick
Doug de Lisle
Concord Dran Medina
Sandusky
Ron Parthemore
Dietrick St
Wadsworth
David Jamison
Reimer Rd
Pair Arrested On Drug Charges In Lorain County
An Avon Lake woman Debbie Friend aged 20 of Moore Road and Elyria man Jeffrey Shoemaker aged 21 of Furnace Street were arrested by Lorain County Deputies yesterday on grand jury indictments for illegal sale of hallucinogens. Shoemaker faces an additional charge of illegal use of a motor vehicle. Both were placed in the county jail.
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Avon Lake
Elyria
Lorain County
Debbie Friend
Moore Rd
Apt. D
Jeffrey J. Shoemaker
Furnace St
Shoemaker
Drug charges dismissed in Elyria case mix up
A man from 401 Olive St. Ari, Me roars Isla J Lew, 20, faced charges after police found plastic bags with marijuana in his car. He was sentenced to 25 months at Marafield Reformatory and fined $1,000 after pleading guilty to a Sept. 12 holdup at Saks's Sunoco Station in Sheffield Township.
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Elyria
Isla Ie
J. Lew
Olive St
Carter Elyria
Marafield Reformatory
Saks
Sunoco
Ri Rd
Sheffield Township
Education event at North Ridgeville middle school
North Ridgeville parents attend a special education meeting at the middle school gym at 8 in the morning. Speakers address services and answer questions while coffee is served.
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North Ridgeville
Perens
Wackers
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Colorado Springs
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Willard S. Musser
Kent State University Symplery
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