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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1957
Page
7
A two-chair barber shop is set to open mid March at 1 East Ave in the Livermore Fish Market Building. Owner Abert Durisek of Lorain will be assisted by Louie DeCredico. Durisek, a Lorain High School and Cleveland Barber College graduate, specializes in flat-top hairstyles and has about four years of experience.
Thomas F. Shoup of Amherst and Roger W. Sholle of Lorain, formerly of Elyria, received patents for a compact portable stud welding tool at the Lorain plant of Nelson Stud Welding. The device, assigned to Gregory Industries, is designed for single power source operation and welding multiple stud sizes without plunging into molten metal. Alexander K. Moses Jr. of Rocky River, with John W. Dunning of Lakewood and Michael J. Toth of Cleveland, was granted a patent for a high velocity film heat exchanger assigned to International Basic Economy in New York City. Moses, formerly with The Pleudler Co., now works for W. D. Anderson Co. in Cleveland.
The 14th annual machine design conference sponsored by the Cleveland Engineering Society on March 7 will attract about 350 engineers and technicians, including many from Lorain County. Theme Progress Through Design with ten national speakers. Registration $15 covers lunch dinner sessions and proceedings. copies available at $1 each. Registration forms from Derald H. Cormish at the society headquarters.
Bob Heacox of Elyria has been named sales representative for Ohio Machinery Co. in Lorain and Medina counties, replacing Bud Mattison who moves to Cleveland branch management. Heacox, a Oberlin native and former Thew Shovel Co. employee, brings extensive Lorain area experience and a background with the 69th Engineers Corps and Miami University.
More than 90 Lorain County industries competed in 1956 for safety honors to be announced at the annual Lorain County Industrial Safety Council banquet next Tuesday evening at the Palladium Ballroom in Elyria. About 356 tickets were reserved. the trophy goes to the plant with the most manhours worked without disabling injuries. Elyria’s American Standard Air Conditioning Division won in 1955, with Lear Romeo Division of Lear Inc holding the previous trophy. Presenters will include James H. Fluker of the Industrial Commission of Ohio and Charles H. Herzer of American Crucible Products Co. Dr. Murray Banks will give a talk titled What To Do Till the Psychiatrist Comes.
Carl Manzo, a 30 year area wholesaler, supplies grocers hotels restaurants and institutions with fresh fruits vegetables and canned goods. He operates a warehouse on Third Street with two cold storage sections and a fleet of three trucks delivering daily from national and local sources.
More than 60 Legionnaires from Norwalk Mansfield Elyria Amherst and South Amherst attended the annual coon roast at the Legion Home on Thursday evening. The event was arranged by the housing committee led by Frank Mitch of Mansfield with Commander E M Hyatt presiding over a brief business meeting attended by 18 members. The next meeting is slated for March 7 at the Legion Home.
General Industries Co. labor union Local 18 CIO Mechanics Educational Society of America elects Donald Wolcott to fill Dunlap’s term as secretary treasurer and Stanley Tobicash to join the metal division shop committee. Melvin Barber becomes delegate to the MESA administration committee. Dunlap plans to move to Tucson with his family for health reasons.
The 750 member Local 383 AFL Molders and Foundry Workers Union votes March 15 to set officers for 1957-58 with only one contest for corresponding representative between Claudel Welch and Norman Kendall. Incumbent Elmer Zoltai leads Elyria Foundry. Several incumbents and officers from Elyria Foundry and Blake Shoe are named along with nominees for delegates to the Cleveland area boards and the Elyria Central Labor Union. Local 383 also nominates Carl Sherman for re election as district representative and delegates to Cleveland Metal Trades Association.
Labor's outlook on the 1957 Ohio legislative prospectus will begin to take form in March after the deadline for submitting bills passes. Late in March, the Lorain County chair plans to announce specifics and key topics likely to shape the session.
David A. Morse director general at the International Labour Organization in Geneva says 1956 shows modest but general gains. He notes higher employment in most companies, low unemployment, slightly higher productivity and real wages, and broader, more liberal social security protection.
Four young artists win $3.00 scholarships and savings bonds in a Fisher Bros coloring contest at the Second St store. Winners include Ronnie Fitzpatrick and Pam Krause among boys and girls, with prizes of pens, sets, skates, and cameras. Judges praised neatness and accuracy of color renderings using store colors and products.
News and Views reports Ohio Legislation Wins CIO Approval backing a Rowe Lancione Lynch bill. The measure would let unemployed workers receive supplemental benefits alongside state unemployment, arguing the state should not limit what employers and unions negotiate.
In Qingham Massachusetts a seashore town marks Liberty Pole Hill as a site born from a hunter’s death. Legend says Jacob Hunter’s friends learned Indians killed him swiftly without torture, a note preserved in local lore.
O Connor joins the county staff as part of a firm transfer. The article notes his education at ATUM and service in the Thied Acmiared. It mentions past work at Cadillac tank plant and later roles with WHRA and WHBO. It also cites his sports background in Jot baseball and bowling and his membership in local groups. He is married to Armius Jones with one child.
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