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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1955

Page

12

Elyria Fluoridation Ordinance Questioned by City

Chronicle-Telegram reports a dispute over Elyria water fluoridation. Assistant City Solicitor cites a 1962 ordinance authorizing fluoridation equipment. a 1954 repeal recommendation was defeated. City Council will reconvene as a committee of the whole to rehash the issue at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Elyria Robert J. Corts Corts John P. Lugus Victor F. Stewart Jr Max A. Woolley Harry F. Claycomb

No City Fluoridation Ordinance Found

A local controversy over fluoridation in Elyria heats up as antifluoride leaders circulate a petition to place the issue on the November ballot. Council and safety officials spar over authority to add fluorides, with claims of missing ordinances and a dispute over a water sample analysis and authorization to fluoridate. The fight involves A B Cashner, Mayor Keys, Councilman Kellogg, and President Lord amid conflicting accounts of attendance and information disclosure.

Corts A. B. Cashner Cushner Keys Kenneth Lord Safety Service Michael J. Lotko Cashner State Health Health Department Columbus Elyrix City Harrides Lotko Elyria Lotke

Lord Lecture Highlights Drunk Driving Fines in Elyria Court

Justice of the peace C C Lord presided in Elyria Maynor's Court, fining two men for driving while intoxicated. Leland M. Steinhoff, 35, of 124 Rush St, received 200 fine and costs, plus 10 days in jail and a 12 month driving ban. Franklin B. Peters, 20, 310 Sumner St, got 125 and costs, three days in jail, and six months driving suspension after a separate incident on Huron and West Streets.

Justice of the Peace C. C. Lord Elyria Maynor’s Lord Leland M. Steinhoff Rush St Steinhoff Huron St Fed Maye Secon Vine Franklin B. Peters Sumner St Slyria Peters West St Richard W. Lane Cleveland Lane

City Aides Consider Three-Week Vacation Plan Favorable

The Finance and Claims Committee endorsed a three week vacation for city workers with 15 years service excluding police and fire. A resolution of intent to cut policemen hours from 44 to 40 weekly may follow if finances allow. Councilman Romoser opposed the vacation and warned future demands. Firefighters pressed to maintain 63 hour weeks and seek raises, but no action was taken.

Lorain Finance and Claims Committee Council James Romeoser Edward Novak Sam J. Rosso David Morris Earl Frank Romoser Morris

Five Gamblers Fined After Lorain Raid

Police raided a Lorain apartment at 1612 East 28th Street just after midnight arresting nine men. Three pairs of dice were seized. Johnnie Johnson faced a charge of permitting gambling and was released on bond. Several others pleaded guilty to gambling with fines and costs. others were charged with visiting a gambling house and ordered to pay only costs.

Lorain East 28Th St Johnnie Johnson Wailie Blake East Ave Ira Gordon Robert Wesley East 29Th St Sylvester Brown Vine Avex Willie Evans Calvin Blanton James Tucker Ezell

Checkers Club Plans Tourney in Elyria YMCA

Lorain County Checkers Club will sponsor its annual county checker tournament March 5, 12 and 19 at the Elyria YMCA. Sessions begin at 7 30 p m. A sparkling trophy cup is awarded to the winner each year. Arthur Piaf of Elyria holds the trophy after last year’s meet. Any Lorain County resident is eligible to participate.

Lorain County

Man Bitten In Leg by Gog Near Colorado Ave

John Oberg, 51, of 2736 Colorado Ave, was treated for a bite wound in his left leg yesterday morning. Health Department was notified and police reported the incident.

Lorass John Oberg Colorado Ave

Man fined for display of tip card at Cigar Store

Lorain police charged 38 year old Zoltan V. Sostyn with exhibiting a gambling device known as The Square Deal. He pleaded guilty and was fined 50 dollars plus costs for displaying the card at 1800 East 28th Street City Cigar Store. Police arrested him last night.

Lorain Zoltan

Lorain Police Describe Ideal Auto Mishap Incident

Lorain police filed a report describing an ideal auto mishap with no traffic violation and $1000 in damage. Officers Jim Chastar and Bill Kretovics reported two vehicles driven by Andy E. Cleg horn and Tendacobs at 4870 Totede Rd and East Lake Rd.

Lorain Jim Chastar Bill Kretovics Weer Andy E. Cleghorn Totede Ra Tendacobs East Lake Rd

Mayor's Court Old Building To Be Razed

Junior Fitzpatrick of 2311 Lorain Dayton Oberlin Road was arrested for speeding. The Buildings and Lands Committee recommended razing the condemned structure near Middle Avenue and Fifth Street. An ordinance will be prepared for the March council meeting authorizing Safety Director Pete Goods to oversee the demolition.

Junior Fitzpatrick Lorain Oberlin Pray Ave 25Th SE Salvation Army Middle Ave Fifth St Pete Goods

Lorain Bus Service Cut Requested by Company

John W Schmauch head of Employer Transit Lines Inc asks Lorain city council to abandon Sunday and after 6 pm weekday service under the franchise. He cites stockholder fairness and the firm’s dire finances including an $8500 March 31 license plate investment. The letters go to the Utilities Committee for study before council action.

Lorain Council John W. Schmauch Transit Lines Inc Utilities Committee Schmauch Schmauch J

Courthouse News and Local Court Actions

Courthouse News lists civil suits and court actions including Hubbard Ellington and Lake Shore Insurance Co suing Nathaniel Nolan for 424 damages from an Oct. 28 1954 collision at West Ave and Broad St. A juvenile court sentenced a 11 year-old Elyvia girl’s delinquency case to 30 days in county jail, with prior pleas noted. A Wellington defendant was fined on a reckless driving case, while a probate estate valued at 66 500 with 14 000 personal property and 50 000 real estate is detailed, with executors named.

Hubbard Ellington Lodi St Lake Shore Insurance Co Nathaniel Nolan South Maple St West Ave Broad St South West River St Harold Ewing Elyvia Philip Gerhart Avon Rosette Takacs Bernadette McAllister

Child Bride Convicted Of Killing In Maryland

A Montgomery County jury found a frail 11 year old child bride guilty of second degree murder for strangling her sister. The case details include a divorce suit over cruelty and neglect, with sentencing deferred by Judge Charles W. Woodward. The alleged killer faces up to 18 years in prison.

Washington Montgomery County Matlie Jones Lowell Ave Lorain Marion Janice Moseley Luther Isaac Lo Trwel Charles W. Woodward Moseley Leonard Kardy T Pawnetitest

Marine Reserve Dress-Up Transfer Ends in Death

Mrs. Moseley testified she dressed a child in a gown to stop crying after an argument with the mother. She claimed the next moment a Marine Corps Reserve training officer lay dead on the floor, with officials noting vacancies for a reserve medical officer and two corpsmen.

U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Cleveland Schild W. L. Howetson

Savings Deposit Bank plans 10 for 1 stock split and 500 new shares swap

Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Co of Elyria announced a March 14 stockholders meeting to approve a plan to split its current 2,500 share par value stock into ten new shares for each held and issue 500 additional shares at 22.50 each. If approved, capital rises to 300,000 and surplus to 512,000, with rights to purchase the extra shares issued, and a 12 percent annual dividend expected on the new stock.

Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Co Elyria Elyria Savings and Trust Co Savings Deposit E. H. Tompkins Exchange of Stock L. Regney Rockwood

Auto Crash Fatal To 4 At Oberlin

Four people died in an Oberlin auto crash. Wheeler, a 2nd Oberlin native and Korean War veteran, and the Ciupaska family members were among the victims. Funeral plans and interment at Westwood Cemetery were noted, with further details pending at the Cowling-Stang Funeral Home.

Oberlin Wheeler Oberlin High U.S. Army Korea Marian Wheeler Ray Adkins Walter Jungeberg Brighton Walton Lorain Robert Santa Monica Calif Cowling-Siang Harold Ewing Westwood Virginia Ciupaska Ruth Daisy Ciipaska Saster ling-Stang Funeral Elyria Ave Rutter Ed Say Harbor Mason Contractor Obertin Vey Hansman

Youth, 11, Hit By Car on West Lake Road

Gerald A Brown, 11, at Stop 110 West Lake Road, suffered a broken left leg and a forehead cut after stepping from behind a parked car into a car driven by Andrew J Valechek, 42, of 9325 least 29th St Lorain. He was taken to St Joseph Hospital. Driver not held.

Gerald A. Brown West Lake Rd Rts Andrew J. Valechek St. Lorain Young Brown St. Joseph Hospital

Five men fined in separate Ohio charges

Two men, Raymond Goldsmith and John Harris, each fined 1 dollar and costs after pleading guilty to crashing a red car at East Broad and East River streets in Melvin Losinger was fined 10 dollars and costs for pleading guilty to a crash at West Wth Street. He was arrested last Tuesday. Fritz Schmiegelter forfeited bond after failing to appear on a speeding charge following a Sunday arrest by Ohio Highway Patrol on Route 20. Joseph Waryn Jr was fined 24 dollars and costs after an arrest last Wednesday for an incident on Broad Street.

Raymond Fe. Goldsmith Ashland John Harris Oberlin East Broad East River Sts Melvin A. Losinger Fritz Schmiegelter Morton Grove Ohio Rt. 20 Joseph Waryn Jr Ninth St Broad St

Manager's Life Sentence Upheld in Fla Supreme Court

The Florida State Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction and life sentence of Eddie Coco, former co manager of ex middleweight boxing champion Rocky Graziano. Coco was found guilty for the second time in 1952 of the killing ten years earlier of a Miami Beach car washer after the high court reversed the first conviction on a technicality.

Tallahasse Fla Eddie Coco Rocky Graziano Florida State Supreme Court Coco Miami Beach

Mysterious parachute-like object stuck in tree on North Pasadena Ave

Residents of North Pasadena Ave report an unidentified parachute shaped object perched for over a week in a backyard tree at 1067 North Pasadena. Deputies and observers have tried to identify it, but no explanation or house-attachment is confirmed. Curiosity remains high among neighbors.

Pasadena Ave Albert Hay North Pasaden Haag Sheriff's Department Ely Fey Spoffers Canton Ground Observers Corps Elyria

Death notices for Schultz and Daugherty stillborn infant

Death records report John H. Schultz 78 dying at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Surviving spouse, daughter, stepson, six grandchildren and a brother listed. funeral Monday at Sudro- Curtis Funeral Home with burial at Crownhill Cemetery. Stillborn son of Harold Daugherty and spouse buried at Alger Cemetery after services at Harold Dicken Funeral Home. Parents, grandparents and great grandparents named. locations include Elyria Elyvia Am sherst Grafton Newark New Jersey Cleveland and Ohio.

Amherst Schultz Elyvia St. Sohn Lutheran Church Helen Franks Schultz Helen Peabody Elyria Alvin Franks Detroit William Schultz Sudro- Curtis Funeral Home Henry Lieske Crownhill Cemetery Amsherst Harold Daugherty Durkee Ra R. D Harold Dicken William Kopiczinski Grafton Assumption Church Alger Cemetery Edward Comer Grafton Rome D. Daugherty Glenford Lester Berry New Jersey Jane Waner Newark Am Jeliah M. Coiner Cleveland Elyvia Memorial Hospital

Keys Names Committee On Aviation In Elyria area

Mayor J Grant Keys appointed an aviation committee to study airport needs for Elyria. Members include Robert Williamson as chairman and H G Borchers James Haas William Foster William Couch Jack Knight Jack Retenning and William Tattersall. The panel will report to the city planning commission and regional planning group. A Monday meeting at Coca Cola Bottling Co features Mark Savtrage of the Ohio Aviation Board with a film Aviation in Business.

Elyria J. Grant Keys Robert Williamson H. G. Borchers James Haas William Foster William Couch Jack Knight Jack Retenning William Tattersall City Planning Commission Coca-Cola Bottling Co Mark Savtrage Ohio Aviation Board Columbus Aviations Keys

Escapee Buongiovanni Shot While Escaping Police

New York Brooklyn police hunt for John Buongiovanni known as The Rabbit a 22 year old escapee shot last Monday while resisting arrest for gun theft. He fled a hospital scene in bathrobe and pajamas and was wounded during a chase as officers surrounded the Kings County Hospital area with searchlights.

New York Brooklyn Kings County Hospital John Rabbit Buongiovanni Jank Owed Janikowsti Jankowski

IOOF Members Hold Regular Northwest Encampment Meeting

The Northwest Encampment of the Odd Fellows met at the IOOF temple with Chief Patriarch A C Miller presiding assisted by Senior Warden Fred Aebe and Junior Warden K J Lehmann. An upcoming subordinate lodge meeting Tuesday will confer the initiatory degree. The next trampment gathering is set for March 11 at the temple for the patriarchal degree.

Odd Fellows A. C. Miller Fred Aebe K. J. Lehmann

Ohio Auto License Sale Near Lorain County Registrars

The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles announced 14 Deputy Registrars in Lorain County will sell 1935 license plates starting March 1. Elyria listed registrars Alfred A. Alten and Allvan M. Gebl amid a roster including Mary Wolfe, Hildred E. Warmon, Corvin H. Swan, Helene M. Smith, Edward J. Buskey, Helen C. Baker, Margaret Curran, Mary Princehorn, Henry F. Makiuski, and Paulvena Bayliss. Other towns cited are Amherst, Avon, Grafton, LaGrange, Lorain, Oberlin, South Amherst, Wellington, and Worthington. Deadline for using 1954 plates is midnight March 31, per the Bureau.

Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles Lorain County Elyria Alfred A. Alten Second St Allvan M. Gebl Automobile Club Mary Wolfe Maple Ave Ambherst Hildred E. Warmon Kenzil Rd Avon Corvin H. Swan Durkee Rd Grafton Helene M. Smith Masonic Bidg LaGrange Edward J. Buskey 19Th Broadway Helen C. Baker Auto Club Amelia Sanarel East Erie Ave Bernard Skodney Pearl Ave Lorain Margaret Curran Center Ridge Rd Worth Ridgeville Mary Princehorn Oberlin Henry F. Makiuski East Main St South Amherst Paulvena Bayliss Public Square Wellington

Two Men Treated After Cafe Altercation in Lorain

Bert F. Faragher 61 of 1925 Colorado Ave was treated at St Joseph Hospital for chin and eyebrow cuts after an unidentified man struck him at Urban's Cafe Pearl Ave and 28th Street. Dominic Giffore 30 of 720 Broadway was treated for a cut above the eye after being struck by a friend during an argument.

Lorain Bert F. Faragher Colorado Ave St. Joseph Hospital Urban Pearl Ave Dominic Giffore Broadway

Two Killed and Driver Injured in Route 4 Crash near Oakwood

In Montgomery County a car left Route 4 three miles south of Oakwood killing Roy V. Turner 20 near Waynesville and Bromleigh Jones 20 of Dayton YMCA. The driver injured was John W. Kearns 25 of Marysville. State patrol cites speed and drinking as causes.

Dayton (S Oakwood Montgomery County Roy V. Turner Waynesville Bromleigh Jones Dayton

Local Stocks Bid and Ask Snapshot

Elyria savings and loan and Lorain area institutions show mixed quotes with bids and asks across banks, utilities, and manufacturers. Notable items include Harshaw Chemical and Lorain Tel stock movements, Ohio bonds, and small cap names with varied price indicators.

Elyria Sav O.W. Elyria Telephone O.W. Elyria Tel O.W. Gen. Indus Harshaw Chem. Com Harshaw Chem Lorain Co. Sav Lorain Tel O.W. North. Sav Ohio C. A. Olsen ITA Perry Fay Pfancher West Res O.W

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