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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1954
Page
6
A captioned photo shows nightshift workmen in the Fabrication Building at Cleveland Quarries Company in South Amherst piling sandstone blocks after cutting in the stonebreaking machines.
Friendship Circle members declare Tuesday March 9 an all day work period to continue their reed project. Meeting at 4 00 a m with dinner at noon prepared by Mrs. Lewis Merchant and Mrs. Fred Berger.
Sandra Lynn Ruth and Reginald Cameron are engaged after a Sunday dinner at the Ruth home. Twenty four guests from Cleveland Berea Burton South Amherst and Grandville Mich attended. No wedding date set. Ruth is a South Amherst High School graduate class of 1953 and a stenographer at Western Automatic Machine Screw Company in Elyria. Cameron is a Grandville High School graduate and works at the Cadillac Tank Plant in Cleveland.
South Amherst court records reveal eight defendants fined for traffic offenses. Robert W. Knipper of Oberlin paid ten dollars plus costs for speeding in a school zone. Bruce Roberts of Vermilion faced 3200 plus costs for DUI with a three day suspended jail term and six month driving privileges suspension. Harry Vandervort of Plymouth forfeited a 20 dollar bond for driving left of center. Robert Heyman of Norwalk forfeited 20 dollars for reckless driving. Louie Scheetz of Norwalk paid 20 dollars for speeding in a school zone. Michael Capella of Euclid forfeited 20 dollars and Laurence Baisel of Norwalk forfeited 25 dollars for speeding.
In St Louis Howard F. Dugan of Statler Hotels told hotel sales managers that the old fashioned convention with big fun and few inhibitions is ending. The trend favors return on investment, with conventions becoming more businesslike as profit charts replace carefree revelry.
At South Amherst, the Cleveland Quarries Company showcases a 1947 Fabrication Building housing four large stone breaking machines and a 480 foot conveyor system. Day and night crews under Louis Sares and Frank Gronsky rapidly process Amherst Sandstone into refractory and architectural products, vastly reducing hammer and chisel work and increasing production.
Amherst Xi Beta Chi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met February 22 in Elyria where Betty Hogan presented Fun With Flowers. Guests and members received arrangements. Pamela Decker announced an out of town move and open house for February 28. Members plan a March 13 Cleveland Barons game at the Arena.
A free six week course for expectant mothers begins Wednesday March 3 at Amherst Hospital. Nurse from Lorain County Board of Health will teach personal hygiene and prenatal care with topics on confinement preparation diet baby care and child development. Attendance at 2 p.m. in the hospital nurses dining room is invited for interested mothers in Amherst and vicinity.
About 200 guests attended an open house at Congregational Church in South Amherst on Sunday February 21 honoring the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Moser and the twenty second anniversary of their daughter and son in law Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wissler. Attendees came from numerous nearby towns and states, with gifts from several churches and relatives. Mrs. Moser wore a dark blue silk dress with a WW corsage, and the family attended morning worship together. A post event gathering continued at the Moser home.
Zeta Zeta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at Violet Winters home in Elyria to plan the Ritual of Jewels dinner set for April 30 at Castle-on-the-Lake and a mother daughter banquet in May. Perfect attendance pins will be awarded. An invitation to attend the Cleveland City Council style show in May at Higbee Company was extended. A St Patrick s party was planned for March 20 with husbands and boyfriends invited. The next meeting will be at Betty Dusky s home with Diane Henry co host. Barbara Raesler will present the program.
The Lorain County Grange Youth plan a dance at Powers Elementary School in Amherst on Friday March 12 from 9 to 12. Tickets are sold by county youth chairmen including Mrs Clement Reinders Old Glory George Gulgin Carlisle George Walker Jr Hickory Tree Mrs den James Hershey Ridgeville Jack Rollin Huntington Mrs Helen Pierce Penfield and Hubert Marty of Amherst serves as general chairman.
AMHERST W H Vinning Kolbe road will be sworn in as chief of police Sunday at 4 p m at the town hall Also to be sworn in is the new captain of the police force Arthur Koppenhafer and Howard Werner are patrolmen New uniforms will be worn by these officers They will consist of dark brown trousers dark blue coat with brown trim shoulder patches and piping around butt ons The shoulder patches will have a sandstone motif Grey shirts and dark brown caps will complete the outfit Mr Vinning has served in the state highway patrol for almost 15 years the last three in Lorain
Amherst production director Jack Koontz announces Bell Book and Candle try outs Sunday at 2 PM at the playhouse. Five roles are open: a young enchantress, her jaunt, a brother, an author, and a plain but attractive young man. This is the season finale production.
Amherst notes list a Sunday choir rehearsal at 4 p m at the Congregational Church for the World Day of Prayer service on March 5 directed by R H Hearn. The Mary Marthas class meets Monday at p m at the Kenneth Mather residence with co hostesses Mrs Earl Hanlon, Mrs Ben Rozzes, and Mrs Bert Packard. Slides of Neil Bruce's Mediterranean trip will be shown.
South Amherst Boy Scouts will hold an overnight camping trip at Camp Firelands on Saturday with a court of honor planned soon. At Monday's Scout cabin meeting at Tulk Field 17 Scouts and leader Arthur Flower viewed trail sign plaques by the Eagle patrol. Jack Thompson spoke on Tracking and Stalking and the leader discussed Poisonous Snakes.
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