Lorain County Officials Report 41 Unqualified Elected Officials
Lorain County Board of Elections announced that many officials elected in November may not qualify without notarized campaign expense affidavits. Forty-one elected individuals face potential vacancy as appointments will be made by local governments after year’s start. Elected candidates with filed accounts include Oscar F. Zureher, Ernest Toghill, Joseph E. Eyring, Frank AlcIntire, and others across townships and villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Election Board
Lee B. Terrell
Eaton Township
Oscar F. Zureher
Henrietta Township
Ernest C. Toghill
Grafton Village
Joseph E. Eyring
Frank AlcIntire
Grafton Township
Kenneth S. Jackson
LaGrange Village
Willmot Long
Charles Opfer
Clarence Smith
Herman Smith
Wellington
Keith W. Thornton
Webber H. BeVier
C. D. Setterfield
Russia Township
Percy C. Crittenden
Clearview
Ray M. Jewett
George W. Walker
Amherst Village
A. E. Engle
Amherst Township
Isaac J Thompson
South Amherst Village
Ernest A. Linden
Avon Lake Township
R. E. Blackwell
Camden Township
Harry Perkins
Penfield
C. A. Allison
Edmund Witbeck
Carlisle Township
Wesley Carpenter
Board of Education
Andrew Papp
Michael Pustay
Ridgeville Township
Ralph L. Hubert
LaVerme Buswell
Ad R. Wilson
Paul Sprencz
Council
Avon Lake Village
John A. Brumm
Board of Trustees of Public Affairs
Freezing Rain Knocks Out Power Across NY NJ Area
Widespread freezing rain causes snapped cables and loss of electricity in suburban New York and New Jersey towns. Oil heated homes go cold as power fails, drivers told to avoid travel. Ice weighs down antennas at Press Wireless and Mackay Radio facilities, with fire alarms disrupted and trains delayed two hours. Several towns including Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Port Washington, Freeport, Hempstead, Newark lose light and power as trees fall and ice coats highways and parkways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Press Wireless
Hicksville
Mackay Radi
Brentwood
New York City
Frank J. Quayle
Pennylvania Railroad
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Tatten Island
New Rochelle
N_ Y
Port Washington
Freeport
N.Y
Hempstead
Newark
N. J
Death Notices from Elyria and Oberlin Area
Obituaries report Dora J. Schuller 65 of Amherst, survived by husband Peter and children, with funeral at Zilch Funeral Home. Cornelious Whitehead WWI veteran of Elyria area, service details and survivors. Luella Sayles widow of Claire Sayles dies after heart attack, services at Sudro Curtis. Robert Spotts Oberlin plasterer dies, funeral at Rust Methodist with Masonic rites. Mary Marie Pershing 44 of Elyria dies, survived by siblings. John Edward Shilts five, Oberlin, dies, services set. William Crapo 78, Charlotte MI, ex Wellington police chief, survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Robert Samuel Spotts
South Park Street
Blanche
Ronceverte
W. Va
F. W. Hartman Co
Elyria
Rust Methodist Church
Central Star Masonic Lodge No
Robert Andrew
Ralph Eugene
Helen Spotts Miller
Cleveland
Nora Lee Spotts
Azeal Cooley
Neva Watson
Louisburg
Cowling-Sedgeman Funeral Home
G. G. Morgan
Masonic Lodge
Westwood Cemetery
Mary Marie Pershing
Rush Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Henry D. Pershing
Lorain County
Leroy Gunder
Rodger Gunder
Robert Gunder
Lawrence Gunoder
Theodore Gunder
Olive Genbart
Galipolis
Ohio
Harriett Krotchavis
Chagrin Falls
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
Femmes
Storm disrupts rail, power and roads across regions
Widespread storm crippled utilities and transport. Trees toppled onto power and signal lines along the Delaware and Lackawanna in New Jersey. New York Central trains ran late into New York due to unsafe loading. Chicago area communications suffered over $1,000,000 in damage. Michigan towns Milen Flat Rock and Carleton lost communications as highways faced daylong blockage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad
New Jersey
New York Central Railroad
New York
Ichnes Bell Telephone Company
Chicago
Illinois
Michigan
Milen
Flat Rock
Carleton
Automobile Club of
Miichigan
Burgner Oberlin businessman dies at 90 in New Year
Louis E. Burgner of Oberlin aged 66 or 90? dies at Lakeside Hospital at 9 30 p m New Year’s day. A Fremont native born Nov 15 1874 he lived in Oberlin 62 years. Founder and secretary director of Peoples Banking Co he also led the Oberlin Missionary Association and Lorain County Insurance Agents. Survived by wife Harriett two daughters a sister and eight grandchildren. Services set for 3 00 p m Sunday at First Church with Rev Joseph King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella M. Sayles
Claire B. Sayles
Eighth Street
Sayles
Ceredo
W. Ve
Elyria
First Christian Church
Ethel M. Krugman
Gladys Crowns
Mable L. Smith
van Dyke, Mich
Clifford W. Sayles
LaGrange
Smythe C. Sayles
James Crawford
Cincinnati
Sudro- Curtis
Henry K. Shaw
Butternut Ridge Cemetery
Oberlin
John Edward Shilts
Orlando Shilts
Forest Street
Allen Hospital
Lorain County
Ellen
Fred
Alis
Emma Shilts
Paulding
Fred Simms
RFD
Cowling-Sedgeman
Joseph King
First Church
Murray Ridge
Louis E. Burgner
East College Street
Lakeside Hospital
Cleveland
Fremont
Peoples Banking Co
Oberlin Missionary Association
Oberlin Hospital
Lorain County Insurance Agents’ Association
First Church of
Oberlin Chamber of Commerce
Harriett
Douglas Deckerd
Tripoli
Lebanon
Frank Huntley
Ann Arbor
Mich
Katherine Burgmer
California
Cowling- Sedgeman Funeral Home
Pauley Ordered To Turn Over Records
Edwin W. Pauley special assistant to the Army secretary must hand over personal commodity speculation records to Senate investigators by Monday. The Senate Appropriations Committee had requested them on December 12 after he testified to significant profits from grain and other commodities. A subcommittee headed by Senator Homer Ferguson set the deadline, while Pauley said no specific date was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edwin W. Pauler
Secretary of Army
Senate
California
Senate Appropriations Committee
Pauier
Homer Ferguson
R. Mich
Appropriations
Pauley
Army Department
Los Angeles
Paulex
Elyria Fire Record Shows 1947 Losses Below 1946
Elyria’s 1947 fire activity and losses were reviewed by Assistant Fire Chief Archie L. Phipps. Two city fatalities matched 1946 figures while 15 others were injured. The major outside-area blazes, including the Adrian Road Oakwood Street house fire and the Elyria Country Club disaster, were not counted in city tallies. Alarms totaled 231, down 72 from 313 in 1946, with April the busiest month and July the lightest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Flyria
Steader
Adrian Road
Oakwood Street
Elyria Country Club
Carlisle Volunteer Fire Department
Elyria Department
Archie L. Phipps
Margaret Pierce
West River Street
Cleveland Street
Bates
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Second Street
Chemical Recovery Service
Capacity Crowd at Legion Party in Elyria
Officials of Elyria Fost 12 of the American Legion announced a capacity crowd attended the Post New Year’s Eve party at the post home on Ohio Street. The post has met its membership quota of 1240 and leads all Fifth District posts in Ohio in meeting quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Fost 12
The
American Legion Today
Post
Ohio Street
Legion
Ohio
Jury call and trials at the Lorain court house
A 65 person special jury venue is summoned for the trial of Thomas White Jr for first degree murder in the Rocky River Cafe shooting of Willie Butler. The case opens January 22 before Judge D A Cook. Also noted are divorce actions, a paternity settlement, juvenile welfare placements, and a county road equipment purchase approved at $2 766.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas White, Jr
Lorain
Willie Butler
Rocky River Cafe
D. A. Cook
Oberlin Man Is First Fined By New Elyria Mayor
Charles Martin, 62, of Oberlin, becomes the first offender fined by Elyria mayor Henry W. Ault after assuming office. Martin was fined 50 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated and suspended from driving for six months. Police Chief E. J. Stankard said the mayor handled the case like a veteran, though the police court magistrate role is new to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Martin
Oberlin
Elyria
Henry W. Ault
A. R Agate
Martin
E. J. Stankard
Ault
Council Police Court
Council
Former Elyria Resident Harold Esgar Dies in Pittsburgh
Harold C. Esgar, former Elyria resident and chief engineer at the Pfaudler Co. plant here until 1937, died in Pittsburgh on Wednesday December 31. During his six years in Elyria his family lived on Stanford Avenue. He later joined the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co. in Pittsburgh. He leaves a wife and two children. Funeral services were held in Cleveland this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehead Cornealious Whitehead
Chestnut Street
Brecksville Veterans Hospital
U. S. Army
France
Henry County
Virginia
Elyria
General Motors Corporation
John W. Whitehead
Harold C. Esgar
Pittsburgh
Esgar
Pfaudler Co
Stanford Avenue
Mr. Elgar
Carnegie-Ilinois Sites Co
Cleveland
Litchfield Christmas Visit and Parish Service Notice
Litchfield hosts excerpts of holiday visits. Alvin Round and son from St. Louis travel, followed by the Rounds visiting Portsmouth for Christmas. Detroit’s Stockinger family visits George Round. Congregational parish to observe Holy Communion on Sunday January 4 at 1 o'clock as a faith remembrance service. Donates Tree event led by Norris Leach with helpers Dan Lloyd Ruben Falconer Robert Loyd and others. Village residents express gratitude. Additional notes include Wellington visitors Ethel Morrison Hatt Blanchard and Mrs Mollie Canfield, and local family gatherings on Christmas Day. Charles Hart and Joanne Jenne travel to Florida to visit Richard Hart in Tampa. Family gathering at Whitehead home includes George Fratz Harold Kipton family and Akron guests. Lenore Sears hosts Magalene Mailers and Alice Herbert of Cleveland as Christmas guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Alvin Round
St. Louis
George Round
Alvin Rounds
Portsmouth
Co. R. Stockinger
Detroit
Mich
George Rounds
Norris Leach
Litchfield Park
Dan Lloyd
Ruben Falconer
Robert L. Loyd
Ethel Morrison
Hatt Blanchard
Wellington
Moliie Canfield
Frank Burrer
Arthur Kessler
Don
Cleveland
Circle Bennett
Barbara
Willoughby
Judd Hoff
Paul Kruggel
Hom
Lakeside Hospital
Charles Hart
Joanne Jenne
Chatham
Florida
Richard Hart
Tampa
Ror Whitehead
George Fratz
Harold
Kipton
Mir
H. J. Bittner
Lois
Henry Bittner
Althea Traiz
Akron
Cary Traiz
Donald
John Fratz
Lenore Sears
Magalene Mailers
Alice Herbert
Bellaire Physician Dr Philip Lee King Dies at 72
Dr Philip Lee King 72 longtime Bellaire physician and First National Bank vice president died after four years of illness. The obituary notes his standing in the community and his long medical career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Philip Lee King
First National Bank
Churchill Indisposed Again in North Africa Visit
Mrs Winster Churchill with Lord Moran flew to Afar Mirocco to join her husband Churchill who was reported again indisposed after a cold. Sources viewed the trip as a precautionary holiday to keep his physician nearby. Sara Churchill, wife of Vic Oliver, is hospitalized in Marrakech with bronchitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winster Churchill
Lord Moran
Vakech
Bmirocco
Lady Moran
Churchill
Tangier
Marrakech
Taraydant
Agadir
Elyria's Last Fire of 1947 Came On Christmas Eve
Elyria closed 1947 with a false alarm at 9 32 p m on Christmas Eve after a report of an overheated furnace at 120 Floral Court proved invalid when 123 Floral Court residents were away and no such address existed. The first 1948 alarm, at 2 55 p m, cited a fire at the Ohio Public Service Company substation on Oberlin road where high voltage lines burned and transformers were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Floral Court
Ohio Public Service Company
Oberlin Road
Battered Body Of Girl Found On Neighbor's Porch
The eight year old girl Shelia Ann Tuley was found dead on a neighbor's porch in Cleveland night after being sent to buy cigarets. Coroner reports stab wounds possible murder. father Edward Tuley searched for her as police investigated the scene and the neighbor C James Endicott recounted finding the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Shelia Ann Tuley
Edward J. Tuley
C. James Endicott
Jerome L. Slusser
Wellington Car Crash Injures Mrs Atkins
Mrs Esther Atkins of Oberlin sustained slight head injuries when her car was hit by Ford Jewett’s vehicle south of Wellington on Route 58. Both cars damaged. Atkins returned to her mother’s home in Wellington, then to Oberlin after first aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Esther Atkins
Oberlin
Ford Jewett
Man Builds His Own Church as Gratitude Token
Comstock Michigan resident Hermen Meints, a melon grower, built the Comstock Bible Church to thank God for the safe return of his four sons from military service a year earlier. With no prior building experience he constructed a cement block church, preached the first sermon, serves as elder, and conducts four services weekly using his company trucks to transport children to Sunday scroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comstock
Mich
Hermen Meints
Meints
Beez About Bees And Pollen Promise
Be e note explains that a bee’s pollination work is more critical than making honey. Without pollen transfer between flowers, over 100000 plant species could fail to seed and fade. The World Book Encyclopedia backs this view. Chile authorizes cultivation and export of the opium poppy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chile
Junior C. Of C. To Move Into New Quarters
Elyria Junior Chamber moves to new offices at 110 Buddle Avenue with members urged to report at 2 pm Sunday to ready the rooms. State meeting plans in Columbus January 18, and safety sign relocations on Lake Avenue and Cleveland Street discussed. March of Dimes chair Myron Averbook aims to double Elyria’s $3,000 prior year and the board meets next Tuesday ahead of the first general meeting in the new rooms Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Junior Chamber of Commerce
Buddle Avenue
Jack Burkhard
Jaycees
Harry Dey
Herbert Meister
Columbus
Thomas McCarty
Champer
Lake Avenue
Cleveland Street
McCerty
Myron Averbook
Elyria
March of Dimes
Sheriff Moves In On Amish Church Bishop Tomorrow
MILLERSBURG Tomorrow the sheriff moves in on Bishop John W Helmuth of the Amish church. Helmuth was ordered to pay 5000 damages to Andy Yoder for being shunned after breaking church rules. Sheriff Wayne Starner said he would auction the bishop’s chattels to satisfy the judgment, listing assets like nine hogs a buggy and eight bushels of wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millersburg
John W. Helmuth
Helmuth
Andy Yoder
United
Wayne D. Starner
Yoder
Starner
Yeder
Charles Jones
Two Cars Damaged In Wellington Vehicle Crash
A two door sedan driven by Elmer Pratt of Prospect Street collided with a parked car owned by F. S. Matcham of Brighton one mile west of Wellington on New Year’s Eve. Dense fog hindered visibility and the impact pushed the Matcham car 45 feet into a field. Pratt suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Elmer Pratt
Prospect Street
F. S. Matcham
Brighton
Matcham
Pratt
Matchams
Hitch-Hiker Is Murder Suspect in Colorado Case
Denver police nabbed Don Tucker 25 Peru Ireland after mistaking him for James B. Sherbondy, a murderer who escaped from Colorado State Prison with 11 others. Tucker admitted killing Robert Hutchins and harming Hutchins’ wife Shirley, who lay critically wounded. Tucker claimed self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Here
Don Tucker
Peru
James B. Sherbondy
Colorado State Prison
Tucker
Robert Hutchins
Hutchins
Shirley
Larry
Union Station
Sherbandy
Granby
Cole
Hot Sulphur Springs
Truck Rolls Over Near Wellington With Tools
A one and one half ton truck loaded with excavating tools skidded on a wet road south of Wellington at about seven pm. It struck a cement abutment, broke a telephone pole, and overturned, scattering the tool contents. Further details were not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Two Trainmen Killed in Ontario North Collision
A head on crash between a passenger train and a freight train near Cobalt Ontario killed the engineer and fireman and injured three other passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobalt
Ont
Ontario Northland Railway
Poultry and Egg Market Notes From Cleveland
Market update from Cleveland shows lite poultry activity with steady to unchanged prices. Egg market remains easy with wholesale prices FOB Cleveland at about 60 percent quality extra and listed white and brown egg ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fpoclirey
Cleveland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Telegram
Income Tax Service
Death Records
Dora J. Schuller
Amherst
Amherst Hospital
Schuller
Green Springs
Peter
Albert
Voaughters
Peter Schandersky
Robert Lawhead
William Crapo
Charlotte
Velma Hilliker
Leola Smith
Bloomfield
LD Shoe Store
Sudro-Curtis
Lawrence Erb
Pauline
Harold Mitchell
Jeannette Corey
George Ailey
Helen
Jella Thomas
Ralph
Arthur Schroeder
Middle Avenue
Grafton
James Horn
Virginia Schroeder
H. H. Nye
Lorain County Child Welfare Board
Bors
West Side
Curtis
Child Welfare Board
Liord Urig
Brooxside
Abbe Road
Theneri
Milier
Sheffield Lake
County Engineers Department
Elyria Truck and Implement Co
Murbach Coal CO
West Bridge St
Junior C
United Press
N. Y. Central
Montgomery Ward
National Dairy
Woolworth Co
Ae. D's
General Motors
UG. S. Steel
Fire Penna
American Carn
Sears Roebuck
Westinghouse Electric
Republic Steel
Standard of Ohio
Eacr
Marsh & Son
Cities Service Station
West Ave. and
Second St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!