Steeline Co. Expands Machine Service For Industry And Individuals
Steeline Co offers machine services for industry and private customers. The Ridge Road shop handles large items up to 36 inches diameter, with sand fixtures for special work, jigs, and custom fabrication. Louis Davidson, a veteran machinist, runs a shop with lathes, welding, and power mower servicing, aided by his father Vern Mitchell, a noted narbinist. Davidson urges spring readiness for mower owners and broadens capabilities to serve garages and individuals.
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Steeline Co
Jigs Center Ridge
Louis Davidson
Davidson
Vern Mitchell
3 Per Cent Drop Seen In Sales
Ohio retail sales for the first 71 months of 2954 were down three percent from 1953, according to the Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research. November sales averaged one percent lower than November 1933, with October to November decline slightly better than the usual four percent. Largest decreases were in music equipment, florists, jewelry, and furniture. City-by-city comparisons show Akron up 3 percent, Canton down 6 and 7, Cincinnati up 2 and down 1, Cleveland up 2 and down 4, Columbus slightly up, Dayton down 1 and down 2, Toledo down 1 3 and down 4, and Youngstown down 5 and 13.
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Colimibls
Ohio
Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research
Siles
Florisis
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown
1654 Cases Filed In 1954 In Jordin County Court
Report by Clerk H. E. Agate reveals 1654 cases filed in Jordin County Common Pleas Court in 1954 including 1357 civil and 248 criminal. office handled 527,948.89 dollars and paid 30.69. clerk’s fees to Lorain county totaled 44,129.72. 5,827 car titles and 196 trucks issued. 90 naturalization certificates and 247 passports granted.
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Jordin County
Look Twice Before You Fix That Flat
In Portland Maine a man named Bob Llewellyn questioned Waldo Pray as Pray changed a tire on a downtown street. Pray doubted the tire’s flat status, then realized he had used the wrong car’s jack by mistake, discovering the error upon returning with a borrowed jack.
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Portland, Me
Bob Llewellyn
Waldo Pray
Pray
Llawellyn
25 Years Later The Elyria Business Shift Examined
A survey contrasts the 1930s and 1955 industrial business scenes as Elyria and the nation move toward peacetime prosperity. It notes rising production, higher living standards, and widespread changes in ownership, firm formation, and credit. The report highlights Dun and Bradstreet billing activity and previews local Elyria business shifts including new firms and ongoing retail and manufacturing developments.
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Elyria
United States
Mre Dan
U. S
Dun and Bradstreet
Taqal
TL Tun
Bradstreet
Elyria Business Enterpn
Fires Have Light Side Sometimes
In 1954 fires, a few lighter outcomes emerged. A Washington showsboy admitted starting fires to retaliate against tenants who failed to pay. In Woonsocket, a soda truck crew doused a blaze by pouring pop over the flames. United Press notes NFPA records of such cases.
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Boston
Washington
Howsboy
Woonsocket
United Press
National Fire Protection Association
Women Needed For Carlisle Mother's Nareh
Carlisle campaign to aid local firemen runs Jan 19 with volunteers sought for Grafton Road East River and Brentwood areas. Organizers Evelyn Smith and Helen Marquis urge two volunteers per night, quoting contact numbers 32704 and 3879 for sign ups.
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Grafton Rd
East Rivers
Brentwood
Evelyn Smith
Helen Marquis
London stores shift Britain’s shopping habits grow with supermarkets
London’s retail scene evolves as self service stores redefine shopping in Britain. Since the American style supermarkets arrived in 1917, expansion has accelerated and today more than 2,500 service stores operate nationwide.
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London
ITH Selfi
Britain
Sales Tax Take Tops '53 Level
Lorain County sales tax receipts reached $76,833.10 for the week ending Dec 26, with yearly totals for the period showing gains over 1953. Statewide collections for the week ending Dec 26 totaled $4,994,916, up $616,452 from the prior week and marking the largest weekly increase of the fiscal year. Major industries posted gains, automotive led growth while apparel declined.
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Lorain
tGarage
Fus West St
Roger W. Tracy
Josdlan
Tracy
Indus Uyy
Apparel
Sullivan Garden Club To Hear Talk On Plants
Sullivan Garden Club plans a January 3 meeting at 2 pm featuring Olga Hyle on plant propagation with notes on district-7 presidents’ meeting at Kingwood Center Mansfield and other garden club gatherings in Ashland County. Local visits include Martinsville and Greenwich social exchanges, plus car service updates from a local garage highlighting painting and towing offerings.
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Student Princes
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Arrow
Queen of
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Elvrra Furniture Co
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Carlisle
Oklahoma City
Okla
Carlisle Township
Germany
Tin Ely
Stur
New Britain
Conn
Lubbock
Tex
Haverhill
Mass
Brunswick
Commercial Electric Equipment Corp
Bill
East Broad
Park Ave
Bile McClalland
Columbia
Dering Sale
Brown Jewelers
George Bu Wner
Earl Thudium
Fi Ashland
Florida
Heine B. ‘Fast
Barres
van Linds
Ing
Coast To Coast Service
Elyria Moving & Cartage CO
Searles
Cleveland Rd
C-T
Bob Schumar
Tog
Schumar's Body Shop
Cleveland Street
Bendix- Westinghouse
DIAL
GEO. R.altlen & Son
General Insurance
Lorain County Bank
Lake Avenue
4Th
East River
Cleveland St
West Ava
Erse
Libbey
Owens
Ford
Lorain Glass CO
4Th St. Alley — East of
Midets
the Bally Co
Elyria, Ohio
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Chrysler Corp. Parts — Service
Dunlap Tire Distributors
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