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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1929
Page
7
Elyria council agrees to draft a general building code and establish a building inspection department. An ordinance, passed unanimously under suspension of rules, directs the safety-service director to hire competent personnel to prepare the code and a plan for a 32 person inspection operation for city council review.
Councilman Roy Moulton criticized the warning signals at the Bath Erie and West Street Yellow Line crossings. He urged better signs or electric flashers and slower car speeds to ten miles per hour. The Yellow Line said installing flashers would cost 5090 dollars and that danger is minimal due to slow speeds.
The Elyria Foremen's Club will nominate officers Wednesday night at the Y M C A with a nominating committee chosen from industrial plants. Officers will be elected at the next meeting on February 28 at the Y M C A, as announced by William O. McClellan.
City council last night authorized a street light on West Eleventh Street. The Lighting and Waterworks committees recommended the action.
The city council last night passed a resolution to secure estimates and prepare plans for grading draining and paving Tremont Street from Lodi to West Avenue. The move initiates the process for the street project with cost estimates and design work to follow.
National Protective Insurance Association markets a policy at one cent daily costing $5.65 yearly. Benefits pay $100 monthly for 12 months totaling $1,900, or $1.59 at death. No medical exam required and no money to send for 19 days free inspection. Send name age address beneficiary to National Protective Insurance Association Kansas City Mo.
Lawrence Efaw of Fourth Street Elyria pleaded guilty in Justice S J George's court to intoxication. He was fined $26 and costs after an auto accident on Stop 12 Lake Avenue where his car struck Diedrick Mam and others, causing three cars to suffer heavy damage.
Police Chief E J Stankard announced a strict curfew enforcement complaint backed by a warning to parents. Officers will remove children under sixteen found on the streets after curfew and notify guardians, with prosecution for uninvolved parents.
The Lorain County Automobile Club, via secretary Henry Miller, reported a Tuesday morning survey showing uniform eighteen cent prices for average gasoline and twenty one cents for high test at Elyria stations, except one firm selling blended gasoline at twenty three cents. The American Automobile Association plans two annual nationwide surveys to map high and low price spots, with one survey in summer and one in winter.
Services for the late Mrs Gladys Fearn Holmes will be held Wednesday afternoon February 54th at 2 o'clock at Nichols Funeral Home. The Reverend Harry Muhily will officiate and interment made in Ridgelawn.
Testimony named Scibley and many witnesses opposing parole. Bank directors and bankers including Lorain and Amherst figures warned parole would be a bad example for the public and the bank. Judge dismissed the suspension motion and called the sentence dreadful in court as Mrs Schutles sat beside her husband with stoic restraint.
Attorney Dan Simone raised concerns about fire protection for Spring Walls residents. The issue was discussed and referred back to the committee for further review and action.
Joan R Stekkinen YMCA boys division director reports progress on a harmonica orchestra for the spring circus. The harmonica club led by Fred Culp will meet tonight at the YMCA with Leo Meyers Jr as club president.
T G Walker of 252 Harrison street claims damages from the city after his wife was injured by an ice coated flag ging on Ridge street sidewalk in a recent fall. He did not specify the amount sought.
The Columbia Refining Company asked the city council for permission to erect a gasoline station on the southeast corner of Sixteenth street and Middle avenue. The request was referred to the Fire and Police committees with power to act.
The City Council authorized the city's share of the cost for improving Second Street from Middle to East Avenue. The ordinance authorizing payment was passed under suspension of rules.
Judge A R Webber grants Thomas Eskridge a divorce from Azalia Eskridge after a contested claim of gross neglect. Eskridge testified a star boarder caused marital strain and left owing a large board bill. The couple, who resided at the same address, remained apart as the case proceeded uncontested.
John Shinrak of Stop 7 on the yellow line was fined five dollars and costs by Justice S J George for petit larceny. Testimony showed Shinrak took an old wagon from two neighbors.
Police say H B Helrizel of 609 Park Avenue reported a burglary in which thieves ransacked his home on nearby Eastern Heights Boulevard. Entry was gained through a back window with a small flat bar. A sum of 35 or 6 dollars was taken before the thief fled.
County commissioners today awarded a contract for building a drainage ditch in Sheffield and Avon townships at a cost of 700 dollars. The estimate had been about 1 pound aye.
Appointment of H. K. King Roy Miller and Karl Plocher as majors in the general soliciting division of the Ebrla Board of Jade's reorganization and expansion campaign was announced today at campaign headquarters. They will meet with Max Goldstein to choose assistants and plan their work for the drive.
Chicago reports a sharp cooldown ending a brief warm spell. Forecasters warn temperatures will drop up to fifty degrees in some areas with snow and wind. The Midwest sees subzero temps in Dakota cities and Minneapolis while Missouri Oklahoma Kansas and Arkansas are also forecast to fall.
The city council advanced plans for a new pumper at the West Side fire station. An ordinance authorized the Service Director to advertise for bids, with the project valued at 211,000 dollars, and passed by a session of rules.
Safety Service Director John N. Eldt was given authority to dispose of old revolvers and purchase new police special revolvers. Recent revolver shooting contests highlighted the inferiority of aging weapons, noting the new models offer a clear advantage.
Markets list butter extras and prices for tubs and firsts, eggs, poultry, potatoes, and Ohio Columbus produce. Includes butter and egg grades, poultry items with varied prices, potato bag prices, and Columbus crates for cauliflower celery grapefruit lettuce onions tomatoes. Contains many regionally sourced produce items and price ranges.
Receipts and price ranges for livestock in Cleveland show hogs with $9.50 receipts and market up to 250 higher. Hogs by weight 169 to 350 pounds priced from about $10.75 to $11.90. Cattle receipts noted and market steady with beef cows $37.50 to $8.50, veal and cutters listed. Sheep receipts noted with market about 50 cents lower. fat lambs $16.75 to $17.00, culled lambs $13.50 to $14.50, fat ewes $6.59 to $9.59.
Chicago cash quotations show butter eggs poultry and potatoes with receipts and regional variations. Wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds listed with prices. Toledo hogs calves sheep and lambs noted as higher or steady. overall weather influence described as trading slow to steady.
Grain prices listed include No. 1 reg wheat at 1.50 and No. 5 yellow corn at 9.25, with oats soybeans and clover seed values noted. Cash, domestic and imported prices for February and March are shown, including Timothy and alikes, reflecting market quotes and adjustments.
Grain market report from Minneapolis presents mixed values for flour, corn, oats, wheat and flax. Prices shown include No 1 northern wheat at 1.24, No 1 red durum 91.05 to 106, corn No 3 yellow near 90 1 2, oats No 3 white 47 3 4 to 45, flax No 1 around 84.648, with miscellaneous bag and shipment figures noted.
In Oberlin on Sunday an automobile driven by Henry Wilson with five other high school pupils crashed into a telephone pole after a car in front braked suddenly. Josephine Gibson was knocked unconscious. Prudentce Rowe and Bruce Stenger escaped uninjured. others suffered minor injuries. Five other students were identified with addresses on East College, West College, Morgan and Professor streets.
The Society of Ancient Instruments founded by Henri Casadesus in 1901 presents a second concert on the artist recital course tonight at 7 30. Five ensemble members perform on Elizabethan era instruments including viola d amore viola da gamba harpsichord and bass viol. Participants are Henri Casadesus Marius Casadesus Lucette Casadesus Regina Casadesus and Maurice De Villiers. Tickets available with single admissions at £1 59 and 1.
Fridtjof Nasen the famed Arctic explorer will speak at Finner Chapel at 7 50 p m next Tuesday on Why the North Pole Calls Me Again He may attempt another expedition using the Graf Zeppelin Nasen who has served Norway in the League of Nations England and Oslo University roles has long sought the Pole and now plans a new voyage Admission is 50 cents downstairs 35 cents balcony The Nineteenth Century Club holds an anniversary party at the Oberlin Inn tonight at 6 30 and society meetings follow elsewhere local events list.
During several months of the year some of Siberia's great rivers freeze solid to the dot, blocking navigation and affecting local transport and trade. The severe cold persists across regions, altering schedules and daily life for residents and crews reliant on river routes.
A preacher urges regeneration by faith in Jesus Christ and reflects on the agony of the crucifixion. He recounts a mother guiding two wayward daughters to Christ, emphasizes prayer’s power, condemns indifference, and argues that true knowledge of God comes through Jesus, lamenting Israel’s spiritual blindness.
The committee reports a full day of inquiry and endorses Imperial Properties Company to develop a modern hotel and theater in Elyria. They praise the group’s reputation and expect successful completion, noting visits to Chicago theaters by architect John Eberson and talks with Col. C. G. Holden about hotel operations.
Mr. Drake describes a modern atmospheric theater for the Roth Hotel in Charles City. The design features a blue sky ceiling with clouds stars and moon, Spanish architecture, a large stage, and a 60 foot proscenium opening. It will be used for talking pictures in the most modern manner.
The legal dispute over 12,500 in attorney fees in the Redington case against James and Clara Robgon continues. Harry Redington testifies while defense counsel L. J. Fauver also testifies as the case, tied to protecting a fortune left by Commodore John Huntington, drags through days of testimony and delays court business due to Judge Thompson's illness.
Mrs. Marie S. Gilman president of the Lorain County Humane Society and Otto K. Mischka attended a Columbus committee hearing on a proposed bill to indemnify poultry raisers for destruction by dogs the same as sheep and cattle. The Humane Society will oppose it citing other agencies that can destroy poultry.
A model home will be open by appointment this week with contact via phone number 2915 to arrange visits.
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