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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1979
Page
9
Fred D. Leimbach of Berkshire Senior Village Lorain dies at Lorain Community Hospital after a stroke last Tuesday. The Amherst politics figure was 50 and active in local civic affairs.
A long list of Lorain area obituaries and funeral notices recounts deaths and services for many residents. Entries include Fred Leimbach of Desich Bosko, 87, with visitation at Emil Davai Funeral Home and a Wednesday 10 am service, and George Benjamin Harrison Sr., 71, of Litchfield, with family survivors and a memorial donation to the Litchfield Rescue Squad. Other notices list Andrew Toth, Stephen Mihok, Olle Linda Smith, Mamie Brown, Andrew Toth, Anna Woods, Donald Ashley, and Anna Thompson Woods, detailing visitations, funeral services, church ceremonies, and burial plans across Lorain, Wellington, Amherst, Elyria, and Wellston.
A village ordinance would raise salaries for Amherst village employees by an average $260 yearly with some boosts over 7 percent. Most raises apply to positions not increased since 1976 and would take effect April 1, 1980 for salaried staff, with water board raises starting Jan. 1, 1980.
Rose Barbara Lubitsky 85 of 120 Oak St Elyria died Monday at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Retired General Industries employee and St Agnes Church member. John Taryan 90 of Jennie Road Avon died Sunday at Tri City Hospital Ocean Side after brief illness. Burial in Ridge Hill Memorial Park.
Mabel N. Pierce 47 of Grafton is in serious condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a Monday 1 10 a.m. crash on Rt 47 at Grafton Road. Her daughter Nellie Pierce 23 sustained minor injuries as two other motorists Michael Koniarski 21 and Terry Karlie 19 lost control in heavy snowfall.
Amherst officials expect 40 mph speed limit signs to be installed from the corporation limit to Cooper Foster Park Road within a week after Ohio Department of Transportation approval. Mayor DePaola cautioned the area could be viewed as a speed trap by northbound drivers.
Ohio state representative Marie Tansey Republican Vermilion proposes raising the passenger car license fee to 25 dollars to finance highway and bridge maintenance. She cites a County Engineers Association report showing two thirds of county roads in 70 of 88 counties below standard and a 37.2 percent traffic rise over ten years with repair costs estimated at 753.8 million dollars.
Jeffry Armbruster, 31, utilities committee chair, announces bid for re election in Ward 2 in the June primary. A Shell Oil Co. territory manager, he cites progress on the 1 480 sewer project and ongoing work on city finance and administration. He has lived in North Ridgeville seven years at 5659 Creekside La with wife Susan and two children.
Mrs. Robert Strathenke of New Paltz New York, a daughter of Mamie Starkey, was incorrectly named as a sister in Starkey obituary Monday.
An eight inch snowfall disrupted Chronicle-Telegram delivery in Elyria and surrounding rural routes. About 2,500 copies could not be distributed Monday as drivers could not reach pickups or boxes. undelivered papers will be included with today’s edition.
Vermilion hosts a maintenance free landscaping class series sponsored by the Friends of Harbourtown. Held Wednesdays in March from 7 to 9 p m at Old Jibs Corner 6741 Liberty Ave the program raises funds for the Historic District with a five dollar fee. Contact Phyllis Petrovich at Old Josh s Corner for details.
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