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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1955
Page
12
Grace H. Tulk reports Lorain County PTA Council hosts a second parent education meeting at Elyria WCA. Forty attendees from nearby associations heard a parent panel demonstrate effective program use and lead a discussion on personality development in children despite slippery roads delaying some distant delegates.
An automobile truck collision on Route 10 near Durkee Road injured 17 year old Joseph Oppman of Cooley Road RD Grafton and demolished his 1941 car. Oppman, taken to Elyria Group Hospital, suffered facial and arm cuts. The crash involved a Gary Indiana bound truck trailer and two other vehicles on a slippery highway.
Wellington police detain four suspects tied to a New Philadelphia arrest for a New Philadelphia stop after an armed robbery at Miller's I. G. A. Market in Wellington. They allegedly took nine hundred dollars in cash and other checks, then wired three employees before fleeing. one Canton man, one Magnolia man, and two from Louisville, all held on bond to face grand jury.
Oberlin firemen answered a general alarm for a house on Summer Street outside the city. Flames broke out at about 6 10 p m yesterday and gutted the cement block home of Mr and Mrs Charles Wheeler. Two children Rita Mae 14 and Charles Jr 15 were home alone but escaped unharmed. The fire started behind a heating stove and there was no insurance on the house. The Wheelers had lost a previous home to fire about three years ago.
Mrs. John Mori of Amherst reported to police that her 1947 Buick four door sedan was stolen from in front of Lyra Ven OMS and later recovered in a nearby parking lot yesterday. The case involves a single vehicle and no injuries were reported.
Fred G. Reiter, former Elyria Chamber of Commerce president, will lead a liaison group for Education-Business-Industry Day on Feb 10 when city public and parochial schools host business and industry representatives. The day aims to give students and teachers firsthand knowledge of local business and industry, with community leaders touring schools and programs. The event follows a 1954 program’s first phase where school personnel visited plants. this phase brings citizens into classrooms with Dr. D. E. R. Seyone Franklin Gottfried cited as superintendent, and Joseph B. Lehane as Elyria Catholic High School’s director. Assisting Reiter are the Chamber’s American Opportunity Program Committee with Dexter Kimball as chairman. other members include Harry Reynolds, Richard Stith, Roy Ammel, Dwight Overcash, A. J. Plocher, A. W. Writsche, C. A. Olson, R. Co Pranek, Richard Tillims, and George Calvert.
William Steck will speak at the Lorain County Farm Bureau membership drive kick-off dinner Monday at 7 30 p m in Oberlin Grange Hall announced Dean Simeral The former Bluffton College history professor has worked in his current Ohio Farm Bureau role for over a year Previously he was in the bureau sales department The kick-off gathers captains and workers to prepare for the drive Chester C Carpenter president said over 60 percent of the membership goal will be reached before the drive begins.
Mayor J Grant Keys announced that 87 percent of city workers signed up for the Blue Cross hospitalization group plan. Payroll deductions will be used. administration encouraged the move for the new benefits.
No injuries were reported as a car veered onto the sidewalk on the Middle Avenue side of the courthouse. It struck a truck driven by Elbert L. Powell, 37, of Griffin, Georgia, before the car operator Charles Wilson, 27, of 849 Bond Street, was identified.
A Parma man, 51, Arthur F. Wentz, was admitted to Elyria Memorial Hospital with chest injuries, a lip laceration needing nine stitches, and a shoulder abrasion after a three-car accordion collision on Cleveland Street. He said he braked to avoid others and cannot recall the sequence. Marcus Moser, 37, of Mt. Corey, Q, and Samuel W. Cerra, 25, of 154 Cleveland Street, were the other drivers.
Arthur E. Nilson aged 66 father of Broadway columnist Earl Wilson died in Defiance after a lingering illness following a severe heart attack in February 1952. The funeral arrangements were not detailed in the brief notice.
Gloria S. Rodriguez of Lorain filed for divorce from Juan Rodriguez alleging neglect and cruelty. The couple married in 1948 and have one child. The suit seeks support and custody arrangements as part of the divorce proceedings.
An estate appraised at 70 783 left by Jessie B Wilcox Loe Kain who died Nov 21 neglect alleged in probate. inventory lists securities at 851 accounts receivable 20 631 real estate 10 000 personal property 300. Several divorces and lawsuits cited include Elmer Evencourt and Ellene Engel and a taxi collision claim on Island Rd. County commissioners authorized a culvert project on Island Rd at 1 400, with hearings set.
Walter J. Decker, present councilman at large, filed his reelection petition with the Lorain County Board of Elections for the Republican primary in May. A veteran council member and Elyria Trading Post owner, he has lived in Elyria for about 17 years with wife Jeanette and children Larry and Mary Ann. Decker participates in Civic groups including the Community Chest Red Cross Chamber of Commerce and Elyria Booster Club.
Snow slowed Gulf Road traffic as about 20 cars stalled on two hills. A group led by Charles Hammer of North Abbe Road plowed a path with cinders to help an Elyria family reach Elyria Memorial Hospital where a sick child with tonsillitis received treatment and was released later that day. The child was in a Valley View Housing Project family. Hammer was among the last to depart after clearing Spring Valley Hill.
Lorain County Ohio State Highway Patrol assisted by Medina post in arresting tractor-trailer operator Claude Love 28 of Dallas PA on a charge of passing without an assured clear distance after a two car crash on Route 18 near Wellington. His truck owned by Eastern Auto Forwarding Co. Inc. of Buffalo failed to stop. Heidenreich 29 Wellington and Young 27 Wellington collided after evasive maneuvers. County Prosecutor Paul Mikus will confer with Lorain police and sheriff deputies to determine charges against Dorothy Shipe 22 who admits keeping a newborn baby in a suitcase for over a year. Police say the baby’s body was found with extensive damage in the suitcase.
Mayor J Grant Keys pushes closer cooperation between Council and administration. He will require city boards to invite a Council member or committee chair to attend meetings to clarify duties and jurisdiction. Bell and Keys plan a joint Rec Board and Park Commission meeting to define roles and jurisdiction and park lands under the Park Commission. Keys, Bell, and Schneider will visit Sandusky Jan 20 to inspect its park system.
A new strong earthquake hit Orleansville in Algeria causing panic and collapse of temporary shelters. No casualties were reported in the latest tremor, but authorities compare it to the deadly September quake that killed 1,500 people and left 25,000 injured while 195,000 lost property. Residents fled into streets and transportation flowed from the town as walls weakened and shelters fell.
Ella A Love 44 died at home after a lingering illness at 2022 East Erie Ave Lorain wife of Charles J died 1930 born December 1569 in Lacrance resident of Lorain 35 years from Willoughby survived by two sons three daughters eight grandchildren three great grandchildren and a sister. Funeral services Saturday 2 pm Walter Frey Funeral Home pastor Dr John J Green burial Elmwood Cemetery. Also Mrs Mary Gerlach funeral Saturday 1 30 from Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home burial Ridgelawn Cemetery. Rev William L Seith 88 former pastor died in East Liberty Ohio survived by wife three sons one daughter a brother three sisters body at Lang Funeral Home funeral Saturday 1 30 at Cleveland Ebenezer Church burial Woodland Cemetery.
The county welfare budget faces scrutiny as a state welfare auditor prepares detailed figures on last year’s aid to dependent children. Commissioners rejected a cushion request, approving only part of the proposed 1955 hike and shifting 14,000 into a contingency fund pending final budget decisions. Waterhouse cites a 25 percent rise in cases and a 10 percent last-year spend, with January 1956 salaries for Elizabeth Pandy also requested.
A 15 year old North Eaton resident and his 14 year old Cincinnati boyfriend, who ran away Sunday, were brought home by police yesterday. The youths were later found dead near Middle Ridge Road in Amherst Township. The elder, Joseph Sipos Sr., 77, of Columbia Station, died at 7 30 p m. He immigrated from Austria Hungary in 1907 and spent 45 years in Amherst. He worked for American Shipbuilding Co in Lorain until 1946 and belonged to St Joseph Catholic Church Amherst.
Police investigate burglary at West Point Service Station at Huron and West Streets. James Bellamy of Seneca Street reported $14 in change and several bills stolen. Officers found a broken door pane and damaged jamb, with the cash register drawer removed and on a desk.
William G Bucuzzo of 56 Indora St Haverhill Massachusetts was injured when his car ran into a tree on Route 20 near Case Road east of Elyria. He was hospitalized with head cuts and possible internal injuries after the vehicle wedged between a pole and the tree. Deputy Rosso noted no skid marks suggesting a possible fall prior to impact.
Free Up ke Up Maragy. They were returned yesterday by Juvenile Officer Ray Warren and Constable Earl Aven of Columbia township.
Police report a rash of hubcap thefts in the county stores and streets. Theresa Kristoff reports hubcaps were stolen from her car in the Kroger parking lot. details list family and suspects. Also noted are Mayor's Court actions: Steven Shaffer dismissed in crash case. Jane Gingery fined for failure to yield. Local obituaries and funeral notices for residents referenced.
Huron County Game Protector Tom Hennessy led a statewide search for a motorist who took a deer killed on Rt. 4 near Norwalk. The carcass, later found in an Oberlin meat market, was turned over by Paul Fritzsche of Lima to county authorities after an accident claim. No prosecution planned as the deer was surrendered.
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