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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1959
Page
7
Mr and Mrs Wesley Johnson of LaGrange mark their 50th wedding anniversary. They have lived their married life on LaGrange Rd and will host an open house at their home in LaGrange. The couple were married March 2 1908 by the late Rev Hart at the LaGrange Baptist parsonage.
The BPW club featured My Recent Trip to Russia with Mrs. Frank Downs recounting a seven week stay. She screened films taken in Russia and offered a running commentary on American visitors reception and lifestyle. The group discussed National Security with a Washington Birthday setting and a luncheon followed for 30 guests. Alfred Pochon a renowned Swiss violinist and composer died in Lutry at 80.
In Brattleboro Vermont four boys received Tenderfoot Scout pins at a Court of Honor for Troop 14. Kenneth R Anderson became new Scoutmaster, succeeding a retiree with four years of service. Invested were Ralph Stepp Michael Wilburn James Seese and others attended with families and refreshments provided by the troop committee.
Seven more signatures withdrawn led to a ruling that the petition to force a November referendum on a 1.7 million water system is invalid. City Solicitor Grover L. Severs voided the petition. City Auditor Wallace Smith noted Severs’s ruling. The plan would build a dam on the Black River near the city, a reservoir, a treatment plant, and repair the distribution system, with doubts about cost and rate impact on consumers.
Three motorists pled guilty to traffic violations in Oberlin Municipal Court. William Priebe of Cleveland paid 25 dollars plus costs for improper registration, Carl R. Nortz of Norwalk 25 dollars plus costs for following too close, and Ronald L. Leach of Mansfield 50 dollars plus costs for passing on a railroad crossing. Total fines listed amount to 150 dollars plus costs.
An eight-man Austrian expedition led by Fritz Moravec heads to Nepal to attempt Mt Ghanlagiri, one of the Himalaya's last unconquered peaks. They plan to begin climbing toward the end of March after traveling from Vienna.
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