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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1959
Page
3
The Labor Scene by Bill Antill notes that the Pfaudler Co United Auto Workers contract closes 1958 negotiations in Elyria. The three-year agreement provides industrial peace through 1961 amid a rough year for labor relations.
Lorain County Teamsters will elect officers tomorrow from 10 am to 4 pm at Teamster Hall Rt 254. Incumbent Charles Schaffer faces Pete Stelmack and Ed Cunningham for Local 571 presidency. other nominations include Raleigh Green, Robert Lewis, Phil Reier, George Schaffer, Sy Ordway, John Sinegar, Royal Bruce, Harold Trockley, Dan Tenney and more. Election judges are Joseph Dargan Roy Diederich and Robert Kuhen. A three year trustee will be elected later and officers for 1960 named.
Lorain resident Charles Repko was elected president of Local 1539 of the International Association of Machinists at Nelson Stud Welding Co. Other officers include Robert Gannon as vice president and Bill Brown as recording secretary. Ed Kobasic renamed financial secretary, Ralph Eichelberger treasurer, with Henry Kraemer as trustee for a one year term. The shop committee includes Repko Gannon Naso Konsevick Szabo Kobasic Beko and others. the unit totals about 130 members.
Frank Kenya and William S cotch presidents of Lorain County CIO Council will attend the Governor's Inaugural Ball in Columbus Monday. Council delegates authorized the trip. Frank Gall and John Romick of the Political Action Committee also will attend.
Merlin Shively of Shively Auto Service stresses preventive maintenance to motorists on East Ave and Fourth St. Delayed brake linings, scored drums, worn generator parts, and late spark plug changes lead to higher repair costs. His shop offers exhaust, shocks, and hydramatic transmission work with specialized tools and experience.
George Crowther, operator of Vacooler bulk tanks in Elyria, Ohio, expects sales to rise in 1959 as farmers switch to vacuum bulk tanks for on farm storage. Ohio has become the top market, with several hundred gallon models and 300 gallon among best sellers, and the company leverages local assembly and near central locations for distribution.
Contributions totaling 790269 by 1032 Ohio firms supported the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges OFIC in the previous year a state and national record for private college funding. Ohio Screw Products Elyria joined donors while Baldwin Wallace and Oberlin College are among the 29 beneficiary independents.
Local 371 Teamsters Election listings show unions across Ohio equivalents including Local 129 County Electricians Ew Tuesday, Lake Exie District Carpenters Local 1104 USW National Tube Local 1024 TAM American Ship Local 996 UAW M and F Unit Local 971 UAW Bendix Westinghouse Local 425 NAW Lorain Ford Local 64 Elyna Bricklayers Local 1282 IAM Perry Fay Local 1426 Elvria Carpenters County Building Trades Business Agents Local 4849 USW Thew White Collar Local 171 County Lathers Local 240 Lorain Painters Local 383 Molders Foundry Workers Local 780 UAW Brown Lippe Chapin Local 3224 USW Republic Steel
Ohio businessmen may meet Joseph L. Dougherty, consul and commercial officer at the American consulate in Sidney, Australia, to discuss trade and investment. He will be in Cleveland Thursday, Jan. 22, with appointments arranged through Charles Stebbins, Department of Commerce office, Cleveland. Dougherty also plans a stop in Toledo on Jan. 22.
Six Lorain Assembly Plant Ford workers were honored for 30 years of service. Recipients: Walter C Brown Amherst William H Carlson Lorain A B Church Lorain Markin Gallagher Lorain George S Servitelli Lorain Leslie W Hopper Vermilion. All are transfer workers from Buffalo Memphis or Somerville Massachusetts.
Russia led the Iron Curtain with 59.52 million tons in 1958 up 3.31 million from 1957 while the nine communist nations produced 983.99 million tons, 4.46 million more than 1957. The Free World output fell to 710.44 million tons as the United States produced 84.75 million tons. China and North Korea showed mixed shifts in a year of fluctuating production.
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