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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1970
Page
9
Eaton Township trustees resumed discussion with firemen about a planned 2800 square foot fire station north of the present building at Routes 82 and 76. Original cost estimates rose from 37000 to over 50000, prompting a restart at the drawing board.
NORTH EATON Leland Durkee was elected chairman and Elton Hill vice chairman of Eaton Township trustees for 1970 at the organizational meeting last week. William Sable, elected to the office in November, is the third member of the board. Attorney Roy West will be retained as legal counsel. Warren Reisinger was rehired as road superintendent for the year. Ernest Hawke was reappointed to the zoning board for a five year term, and Sterling Tite was reappointed to the township appeals board. Hill will be the township representative to the Lorain County solid waste disposal committee. Regular board meetings will continue to be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
City Council approved resurfacing and widening Moore Road from Lake Road to the Norfolk and Western tracks. City engineer Jack R. Schafer was authorized to prepare preliminary specs and costs. A recreation department recommendation to purchase land south of Walker Road for parks and a future golf course, trails, pool, courts, ball fields, and a lake was referred to the public service committee. The Miller Road property may be used for recreation pending detailed plans. Council defeated an ordinance changing civil service appointment rules. Jan 18 to 24 was proclaimed Jaycee Week. Richard Hausrod named liaison to the board of municipal utilities and two banks designated as city depositories.
Debra Muffin Mattingly 14 held on 50000 bond in Arlington Virginia for the murder of Richard L. Mattingly Sr. 63. Also charged are Eugene Comeau 19 and Kenneth Hitner 21. They lived in a hippie colony with several others. Debra adopted at 9 months faced long-running family troubles and runaway behavior.
Dewey Lee Acord of Vermilion reported his car behind the Broadway Building was entered after 8 30 p m. The thief shattered a vent window and took a tape player and tapes valued at 146 a camera at 390 a tire tool set and barber equipment totaling 150 were stolen from the trunk. Acord said his car was locked.
An 11-year-old Elyria girl was hospitalized in fair condition at Elyria Memorial after being struck by a westbound car on Oberlin Road. She suffered a broken left arm and head and eye injuries. Driver Albert R. Plas, 39, stated to be unable to avoid the ice slicked road and was not held.
Elyria police report a New York youth Wayne Bleyle 18 with a cut forehead was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a two car crash on KE 113 near the city limits. Dennis Meyer 17 and Duane Lugaski 20 were involved. Meyer received a reckless operation citation and both cars suffered moderate damage. The Hamburg youths were en route to Michigan college visits.
A youth snatched a 62 year old woman's purse as she walked in the 400 block of Third Street. Ella Stewart of 150 River Drive reported the theft to Elyria police. The suspect fled west on Turner Street and the purse was later found in a restroom at a service station at Third and West River Streets. $3 was missing.
Larry A. Calloway aged 18 of Lorain was given an indeterminate term in Mansfield Reformatory by Judge Paul J. Mikus after pleading guilty to taking a car owned by R. B. Griffith on November 26. The court sent Angel Gutierrez for probation department investigation on a receiving stolen property indictment.
Property transfers show numerous parcels in Elyria and surrounding towns. Transfers involve buyers including Schneider, Pelfrey, Knecht, Roiz, Herrmann, Schemar, Stejnicki, Fish, Hammond, Dalgleish, and others with parcels in Leona Heights Avon Lake Belden Park Swan Sub Morningside Wellington and Columbia Two. Values range from fractional to 1.35 acres in various subdivisions including Shaddon Allot and Farms Allot.
Local ads list several positions including waitress, licensed practical nurse, secretary, file clerk, insurance clerk and general office help. Employers note flexible hours, earlier shifts, and opportunities in nursing homes and legal offices with contact numbers for in person applications. Positions seek typing, shorthand, light office tasks, and basic math skills.
An advertisement for a 1970 needlecraft catalog offering 200 designs across books and patterns. It lists items such as Afghan books, instant gifts, and various crafts like knit crochet quilt sew weave and toys. Prices range from 50 cents to a dollar with orders directed to Alice Brooks at The Elyria Chronicle Telegram.
A brief notice announces RIDDYLAND SCHOOL or the best of childcare offering daily hours and weekly rates with open air facilities.
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