Esherick to die May 15
Fifteen-year-old Fred Esherick Jr was sentenced to die in the electric chair May 15 for the bayonet slaying of his father at the Esherick home in Lake County. Judge John Clair Jr imposed the mandatory death penalty after a jury found him guilty of stabbing his father and assaulting his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painesville
Fred Esherick Jr
John Clair Jr
Lake County Common Pleas Court
Esherick
John Nelson
Dee
Sheffield Lake
Edwin A. Hasa Sr
East Lake Rd
Cleveland
Hass
H & H Grinding Co
Doris Hendricks
Oberlin
Edwin Jr
Avon
Clara Brune
Parma Heights
Erma Bannickee
In Memoriam Notes to Quincy Mudge Kathryn Denny and Elvin Hadsell
In memoriam notices recall Quincy Mudge who died January 8 1965 with family grief and memories from wife and children. Kathryn Denny who died January 3 1984 remembered with verse of living in hearts. Elvin Pete Hadsell husband and father honored on January 9 1964 with message from children Judy Gary Carol Pam Dill and Gregg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Mudge
Ottes
Kathryn Denny
Japuery
Elvin
Pete’ Hadsell
Wite Sutie
Judy
Gary
Carol
Pam
Dill
Gregg
Card of Thanks for Expressions of Sympathy in Sorrow
Multiple families express sincere thanks for sympathy flowers services and condolences after bereavements. Grateful notes extend appreciation to doctors nursing homes funeral homes and military and community members who offered support to families including Cathey Davis Fertig Demirsien Gaydos and Gaydos families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford C Cathey
William H. Davis
Dr. Hamilton
Harold Dicken Funeré
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
James
Alvin B. Fertig
Robert Hall
Fisk East Haven
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Oak Hills
Oak Hills Nursing Home
Sudro- Curtis Funeral Home
Uawcio
John Demirsien
Don Nichols
Harold Dicken
Mrs Hastings
Fast Haven Nursing Home
Dan Nixon
Lorain blaze toll set at 21 000
Seven residents left homeless after a Sunday morning fire in a converted three family Lorain dwelling caused $21 000 in damages including $5 000 in furnishings and personal property. Fire Chief Walters cited unknown exact cause while Red Cross provided lodging and clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Llewelyn Walters
Eileen Danielson
William Tippie
Derailment Triggered by Equalizer Bar On Mail Train
A New York Central mail train derailed in Wellington after an equalizer bar broke loose from a railway express car and jammed the tracks. Fourteen of seventeen cars left the rails, with over ten thousand dollars in track and car damage. All twenty passengers escaped injury as the westbound train from Cleveland to Indianapolis derailed at 4 15 a m. ballast replacement and track repairs followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New York Central
Dusty Rhodes
Indianapolis
Ind
Rhodes
Cleveland
Elyria council committees set sewer and street plans
Two Elyria City Council committees meet tomorrow in council chambers. The rules panel at 7 p.m. will discuss naming an equity board to hear complaints about assessments in the southeast storm sewer district and consider compensation for board members. Utilities committee at 7:20 p.m. will review Elm Street paving, extending 13th Street to East Avenue, and High Point Road construction. Assessments total 300 dollars per acre plus 8.30 dollars per front foot, with the city covering most sewer costs. The project cost is 270,000 dollars with property owners paying the remaining 100,000 dollars. an equity board was prompted by protests from two property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elm Street
13Th Street
East Avenue
Middle Avenue
High Point Road
Equalization Board
Richard Seward
D-1
Robert Kleinoeder
Gem Society Meeting Tonight in Oberlin
The Lake Erie Gem and Geological Society meets at 8 p.m. in the Oberlin Peoples Bank community room. On the agenda is installing 1968 officers. Dr. Charles Rich of Bowling Green University will give an illustrated lecture on geology and living conditions in the Antarctic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem Society
Oberlin
Lake Erie Gem and Geological Society
Oberlin Peoples Bank
Charles Rich
Bowing Green University
Antarctic
Missing tools from heli copter plant shed on Rt 82
A Harbour departure: An acetylene torch and two staple guns valued at 165 dollars were stolen from a helicopter plant construction site on Rt 82 in Columbia Station over the weekend. Foreman Anthony Mirgliotta told Lorain County deputies the items vanished between 5:30 p.m. Friday and 7:45 a.m. Access was gained by removing a padlock from the shed door. Two footprint patterns led east from the shed across a field to the highway and disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Anthony Mirgliotta
Lorain County
County tax map center moves to Sears building new home
Lorain County Tax Map Department will move Monday from the courthouse basement to the Sears building on Broad Street, now the County Administration Building. It will join other county offices relocating there, with phased moves through February. total space expands from 560 to 1490 square feet. Commissioners leased the building Nov 1 for five years at 115000 a year with 70000 in improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Tax Map Department
Sears
Broad Street
Tion
Recorder’s
Avon Lake Firemen Seek Shorter Week Unrecognized by Council
Avon Lake officials did not act on a letter from the fire department negotiating committee requesting a 56 hour work week. Mayor Picken said no action until February when the city budget is known. Council members questioned recognizing a separate committee. clerk advised requests go through the department head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
Fire Department
Finance — Safety Committee
John Picken
Edward Mitchell
John Moran
Mitchell
G. Des Bates
Man in shooting gets 1 20 years
Three men received sentences or probation referrals after guilty pleas before Lorain County Common Pleas Judge LeRoy F. Kelly. Earnest E. King, 30, of Washington, PA, drew one to 20 years for intentional shooting at two Lorain police officers. James Howard, 21, of West Wellington Avenue, was fined for carrying a concealed hunting knife. William Hill, 67, of Elm Street, had a suspended 90 day jail term for relief fraud after receiving two $111 welfare checks. Proba tion stints were ordered for Gary Bell, Denzil Fender, Sherman Davidson, and Larry Cool for burglary, aggravated assault and weapons offenses, forgery, and burglary respectively. TREC .
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Probation Department
Lorain County Common Pleas
LeRoy F. Kelly
Earnest E. King
Washington
King
Lorain
Richard McCormack
Michael Bozoski
James Howard
Herrick Ave
West
Wellington
William Hill
Elm St
Gary Bell
Harmon Ct
LaGrange
Denzil Fender
Colorado Ave
Sherman P. Davidson
West Eighth St
Larry Cool
Hastings Rd
Gasco News note from Ohio gas employers quarterly
Acknowledgments to the Columbia Gas System and Gasco News, published quarterly for active and retired employees of Columbia Gas of Ohio, The Ohio Fuel Gas Company, and The Ohio Valley Gas Company. Editor Bob Clinger, editorial office in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Gas System
Gasco News
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Ohio Valley Gas Company
Columbus
Bob Clinger
Man in hospital after car crash near bridge
A 29-year-old Elyria man, Robert Vandersommen of 535 Broad St., was listed in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a single vehicle crash on West Third Street. Police said the car went out of control while narrowing a curve west of the bridge over the Black River and struck a utility pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
West Third Street
Robert Vandersommen
Broad St
West Branch
Black River
Vandersommen
Australian to Speak Tomorrow at Sheffield Lake Club
Brian Jackson, an American Field Service student from Australia, will guest speak at the Sheffield Lake Women’s Club meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Domonkas Public Library. He will present slides on his homeland and its notable features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield Lake
Russell Brian Jackson
Australia
Domonkas Public Library
Jackson
United States
Adelaide
South Australia
University of Adelaide
Brookside High School
Brookside
Fire call log from local incidents at multiple sites
Fire crews shut off water at Graystone Hotel after a third floor pipe failure caused extensive water damage. A washing machine motor overheated at 117 Lowell St with light smoke. A pot of overheated grease at 149 Samuel St was extinguished by residents before the fire dept. arrival. An overheated furnace blower at 325 Ninth St produced light smoke. firemen switched it off. Klein's Laundry at 938 Lake Ave emitted light smoke from an overheated furnace blower. A small dolly burned at Harshaw Chemical Co. 580 Center St, scorching paint on a dust collection booth. Gas flushed from a filling station driveway at 300 Lodi St due to a broken pump fitting and a gas leak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Firelands Retirement Center
West Erie Ave
Graystone Hotel
Lowell St
Samuel St
Ninth St
Klein’s
Lake Ave
Harshaw Chemical Co
Center St
Lodi St
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Lorain Highrise
Memoriam
P Dielee
Sudro-Curtis
Fairfax
Elyria Area
June M. Gripper
Bond St
Cascade School
First Methodist Church
Walter E. Grippe
Barbara
Frank
Marie) Anderson
Mannington
W. Va
Reichlin
Charles W. Hamilton
Brookdale Cemetery
Lyle W. Burrows
12Th St
Burrows
Navy Seabees
Vermilion
First Church of Christ, Scientist
American Legion Post 12
Ruth B
John W
J. W. Burrows
Dudley French
Maple Grove
Anna K. Stough
Amherst
Park Ave
Amherst Hospital
Stough
Brownhelm Township
Mary Emerson
Elmer
Dale Wilker
William Stough
Garland Funeral Home
Paul Balliett
Lorain First Methodist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Andrew C. Addison
Autumn House
East Ave
Union Township
Til
Couch - Athe Co
Mary Blystone
Lewis E
Wakeman
Richard
la Puente
Calif
Elsie Huber
Anna
Ludroy Curtis
Edwin A. Hass SR
Huron
Muriel Reddick
Cleveland Ave
Norwalk
Toledo State Hospital
Reddick
Toledo
Pearl Doll
Eugene
Kubach - Smith
Paul Bailey
Restlawn Cemetery
Bittner-DeCarlo Funeral Home
Russell G. Mantz
Detroit St
Spencer
Fremont Oil Co
Standard Oil
Mantz
Congregational Church
Gibson Masonic Lodge
Maumee Valley Petroleum Club
Standard Oil Quarter
Gerber Funeral Home
Elwyn Owen
Darmos Service
Mary Darmos
Beech St
Sacred Heart Church
Julius Viglas
St. Mary Cemetery
Darmos
Carl Griffith SR
Crazy Ave
Mr. Griffith
Kentucky
Lorain Works
United States Steel Corp
Mildred Griffith
Carl Jr
Weymore Air Base
Goldsboro
N.C
Leonard
Arthur H. Stoos
Hazel Stoos
Yingling
Sarasota
Fla
Burmeister
Samuel Stein
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Stoos
Florida
Vernon Yingling
US Air Force
Catherine Vaughn
Willoughby
Mary Mutchmore
Anna K. Koury
West 29Th St
St. Joseph Hospital
Koury
St. George Orthodox Church
Isaac
George of
George
Julia) Karam
Louisville
Reichlin-Cooley Funeral
St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
Gabran Ranlaoui
John Papadopoulos
Dale Sheridan
Red Cross
Max Conrad
St. Louis
North Poles
Lambert - St. Louis Municipal
County Tax Map Center
TREC
ZAR Rand
Man
Waters - Archer Insurance Agency
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