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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1959
Page
4
County agricultural extension activity highlights a banner year with nearly 3,000 families aided and 2,000 projects completed. Dairy projects remain the most popular. 264 articles and thousands of communications from Ohio State University agents disseminated farming information. Yields for corn, wheat, soybeans, oats, and hay show general gains.
The year featured demonstrations in livestock, gardening, and home economics. Dairy cattle production testing rose to 25.5 percent, with sheep and crop efforts also noted. Enrollment reached 1,292 members across 14 new clubs, and projects grew by 15 percent.
Fragmentary report indicates a gun discharged causing a woman to be wounded Saturday afternoon. Readable items mention Mrs Alfred Etling and a 306 Barker address with names linked to local groups and individuals in Lorain County.
Pangburn 30 and Mrs Desda Leadenham 73 among those linked to a fatal shooting at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a revolver discharge. Police report Mrs Evansi died at the hospital. Pangburn and others face court appearances next week. Also noted is Emma Mitchell 58 passing at her Elyria home and Bertha Carrier 82 obituary details. Local authorities describe the incident as accidental and outline forthcoming services.
Spitzer Hardware & Supply Co received a building permit for a one story 42 by 161 foot masonry and steel addition to its Kroger Store on Second Street. The project valued at $70 000 covers the total square footage for the B 2 district addition with a $10 permit fee and 1/4 of 1 percent of costs. Funeral services for Edward Swietyniowski listed in St Joseph Church.
A report lists Jesse Neubauer as missing after a trip from LaGrange School cafeteria. Authorities say the 23 year old left his home at 114 Hazell Mr. Neubauer’s family linked his disappearance to a domestic dispute, with police issuing a state bulletin and coordinating search efforts.
Area hospital news reports births and residents’ notices. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Beely Nevoc of North Ridgeville and a son to Mr and Mrs Juliah Kerres of 3514 Elyria Ave. Additional births listed for Mr and Mrs Frank McHale and Mr and Mrs Eugene at damaged addresses.
Wellington mourns Mrs Myra Keeling 80 at Wellington Rest Home with church ties and family survivors. Also listed are the death of Mrs Dorothy Ingels, a Vermilion native and hospital patient, plus extensive local obituaries and a vehicle assault incident in Elyria area with two suspects sought.
A list of newborns from St Joseph area families and their addresses follows. The notice also reports funeral services at St Andrew Church tomorrow at 2 p.m. with burial at Ridgelawn Cemetery and names several honorary pallbearers.
A dense clipping lists names and addresses of residents with social notices. It mentions funerals at Harold Bendix Aviation Dicken Funeral Home and memorial contributions to cancer society and various local institutions. Names include Mrs. Ted Goodson, Mrs. J. A. Cherrella, Mrs. Richard Griffith, Mrs. William Pawlikowski, Mrs. Walter Forman, Mrs. Willard Kling, Mrs. Ray Sotranko, Joseph A. Mihalik, and others across Lorain and surrounds.
The family of the late Isa bleckee Bleckee thanks friends for sympathy expressed after their bereavement. They appreciate pallbearers from St. John’s Aux and the Elyria police, and all who sent offerings and condolences through John Black and family.
In loving memory of Evvie Haas who died one year ago January 5. May she be welcomed by loved ones in heaven and rest without worry until we join her. Husband and Family.
Washington reports the Episcopal Church warns of a clergy shortage as baptized members rise 3.5 percent in 1968 to 3,274,867 while active clergy increase only 2 percent to 8,234 with 1,073 on the retired list.
Allen Edward Randle and families associated with two Riverside Homes are named alongside Lawrence Moder and son R D Weltington. Other listed residents include Alice Magyar St Wellington and Mrs Ei mita Lapp at 100 John St. Weilling.
Principal business will be completion of plans for the district annual meeting to be held Jan 14 at 10 am at Firelands High School. The all day session includes Dr ae J Mederski on fertilizer and liming for Lorain County soils and Sam Studebaker of the Ohio Federation of Soil Conservation Districts. A ladies program cooking demonstration at 10 30 am and a hair styling cosmetics lecture at 2 15 pm.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Theo dore Lengyel at Amherst Hospital. The couple reside on Owk Point Road.
Oberlin resident Herman Worcester, 72, escaped injury in a two vehicle crash at the Route 2 and 4 intersection near Bellevue. He forfeited a $15 bond in Bellevue Mayor's Court after failing to appear on a charge of failure to yield the right of way. Leo Pitts, 28, Elyria, was fined $10 and costs for driving left of center in a separate incident on Route 20.
Thomas B Nantz named vice president manufacturing of B F Goodrich Chemical Co in Cleveland succeeding Robert D Scott who moved to vice president development Nantz joined the company as a chemist in 1937 and has led plants in Akron Texarkana Louisville and Calvert City prior to his August 1995 assignment in Cleveland. He resides in Hudson.
Livestock sections show hogs steady to 50 cents higher with various weight ranges and prices. Cattle move 1100 head with primes at 28.50 to 29.25 and other grades from 16 to 27. calves 300 head steady with primes around 30. Lambs and sheep prices listed with ranges for common and choice categories.
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