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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1960
Page
13
Oberlin College will host about 430 parents on campus for a three day weekend starting Friday. Faculty and administration have spent a year preparing to show how students spend time and money on campus.
Julius Nyerere founder of the Tanganyika African National Union will speak at Oberlin College in Finney Chapel Monday at 7 30 p.m. on Tanganyika's march toward freedom. He heads TANU since 1953 and is linked to Tanganyika’s independence plans, UN work, and education in Uganda Scotland and the United States.
Oberlin police captain Myron Brill reports January showing few juvenile investigations and overall good behavior. Dogs caused 13 complaints with 10 dogs seized. adults largely set the pace with five family disputes and one missing person found. Larceny totaled 26 with 21 bicycle thefts solved and 16 bicycles returned. eight accidents and 48 parking tickets. Local police handled 76 arrests for other departments, releasing 24 and transporting six to the county hospital.
Oberlin College Conservatory presents six students in a recital at Warner Concert Hall at 7:30. Delbert Saman plays Bach Prelude and Fugue in C minor. Fred Charley and Bruce Lenno perform Martelli Trombone Sonata. Ann Conkling plays Schubert works. Eurema Slezak features in Saini Sarns Concerto in A minor. The recital is free to the public.
Fragmentary note recalls a vow tied to a purchase and debt while a figure named Mot e is remembered but not present. The text reflects unease about promises kept and the weight of past actions on current memory.
Wilbur A. Price assistant professor of pianoforte at Oberlin College Conservatory will give a recital Monday at 8 20 p m in Warner Concert Hall. He will perform Brahms Piano Pieces Opus 7h Copland Fantasy for Piano and Ravels Gustave de la Nut. Price studied with Edward Steuermann and Richard Hausser. He won the Faustina Hurlbutt Award and shared the Pi Kappa Lambda Award while at Oberlin. He previously taught at the University of Nebraska.
Oberlin Municipal Light and Power System contributed 32 040 to the city in 1959. A committee of PUC members and the utility manager prepared the report detailing street lighting inspections Christmas lighting softball field lighting and other city services funded by the utility. The note says without these contributions property taxes would have risen about three mills.
Oberlin reports Rev. Russell T. Loesch a 32nd year Oberlin College graduate will preach at First Church Sunday at 21 n. He is minister to armed forces and institutional chaplain of the General Council of Congregational Churches Ministry Department.
Oberlin emeritus athletics director and physical education professor Dr Nichols will speak in Oberlin and San Francisco areas during a month long West Coast tour. The trip includes stops at meetings and church groups with appearances in Denver, Squaw Valley, and other locations.
The Oberlin College French Department presents its fourth annual production of Moliere’s Le Tartuffe with two Obelin and two Cleveland shows. Performances run at Hall Auditorium Friday and Saturday at 8 pm during Parents Week End. Cleveland shows follow Sundays Feb 21 and 28 as part of the International Cultural Art Series. Cast includes Myron Newman Tartuffe Ronald Chastain Org on Deborah Gayl Elmire and Vicky Kahn Dorine.
Oberlin College Opera Laboratory presents Puccini's La Boheme in Hall Auditorium on Friday February 26 and Saturday February 27 at 8 p m. The English production features Karla Nelson and Jan Thompson in lead roles with a 12 member cast a 35 member student chorus and 15 member children's chorus. Oberlin Orchestra conducts under Ross Reimueller with tickets available at the Conservatory office.
Three motorists pleaded guilty to speeding in Municipal Court. Clarence Provomik was fined 50 plus costs and suspended for 90 days, Bobbie New fined 4 and costs and ordered to driver improvement school, both cited for 70 mph in a 50 mph zone. Walter Bergstrom fined 20 and costs for 65 mph in a 30 mph zone.
The Oberlin Junior Women's Club will view a film from an Alaska trip in the Peoples Bank community room this afternoon. Henri Annabie will host. assistants include Mrs. Annabie and Mrs. Jack Wood. Mrs. Robert Smith and Mr. Richard Warrenhltz were elected president and vice president at the last meeting. The club resumes sponsoring a toy giveaway at Allen Hospital for children and parents, allowing kids to keep their chosen toys.
A youth in Oberlin was fined $15 after a traffic case from the local court. The defendant, identified in partial form as Emmet Crears, appeared to answer the charge and was ordered to appear for sentencing on February 25.
In Mumepai Court an individual pleaded no contest to a charge of lack of keeping or as sunnd crazed cevence and was fined 12 dollars plus costs. The case involved arrest cooperation and involved highway patrol, with references to a Firelands school and a local orphanage road. The defendant expressed remorse and received a total fine of 15 dollars with costs.
A motion to quash a complaint charging Robert L. Walker with a Russia Township zoning violation is set for Thursday at 9 a.m. Judge David R. Goldthorpe presided as Attorney Richard R. Huber argued Walker at 185 Quarry Rd displayed cars and auto parts for sale. The complaint was signed by Russia Township trustee Glenn Hobbs. Huber sought dismissal since Walker allegedly had no service, hearing the news from friends.
Scottish born poet Alastair Reid will open Oberlin College's second semester Assembly calendar with a 7:30 p.m. reading in Finney Chapel. Reid, a long time contributor to magazines like The New Yorker and The Atlantic, studied at St Andrews and has published several books including Fache Poems and To Lighten My House. The public reading is free.
In Oberlin, seven year old Diane Ow ens describes council elections and duties with peers Gary Douglas Tena Campbell and Kay Broadnax. She explains rules about behavior, snowballs, and playtime safety, and notes the process of reporting rule breaking to teachers.
Oberlin New London youth Oral W Hartley 19 of Walnut Street pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to running a stop sign but testified he was not driving to protect his younger brother 17 year old David who he said was behind the wheel. Judge Goldthorpe postponed the case two weeks for further investigation.
Three Oberlin College debate squads earned top honors last weekend. One team tied for first in the Buckeye Debate Tournament at Kent State University, another tied for second, and a third team won second in a split-team event at Case Institute of Technology with three speakers in the top ten.
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