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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1929

Page

7

Bernard ODonnell Real Estate Leader of Elyria Firms

Bernard M. O Donnell, a top Elyria real estate man, rents out Devon Courts and owns the O Donnell apartments. He built and sold numerous Elyria homes, owns the Paradise Soda Grill block, part owns Turner Block, and partners in O Donnell Paint and Wall Paper and a Court Street cigar and news stand. A WWI veteran, he is a bachelor and active in Knights of Columbus, Elks, Eagles, American Legion, and VFW, with nine months in France and eight in the U S He enjoys amateur athletics as a hobby.

Devon Courts Elyria Bernard M. O’donell O’donn Seventh Street Middle Avenue O’donnell Th Paradise Soda Grill Turner O'Donnell Paint and Wall Paper John O’donnell News Stan Court Street O'Donnell Knights of Columbus The Elks, Eagles American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Elyria Memorial Hospital Elyria Country Club France America St. Mary’s School Elyria Public St. Gregory’s Seminary Cincinnati

Amherst man helped build Devon Courts roofing chapter

August Nabakowski of Amherst is highlighted for his roofing and ornamental sheet metal work on the Devon Courts project. The article traces his career from 1902 training at Amherst with Wes bak Hardware to founding Amherst Hardware, expanding to 28 workers in 1928, and employing ten currently while completing projects across Ohio including Oberlin College, Oberlin Hospital, Warner Gymnasium, Grace Lutheran Church at Fremont, and Elyria homes. It notes his tendency to win contracts even when bidding higher than rivals and ends with a note on superstition about ladders and the number thirteen.

Devon Courts August Nabakowski Amherst Nabakowski Wesbach Hardware Company Standard Hardware Company Lorain Amherst Hardware Company Oberlin College Oberlin Hospital Warner Gymnasium New Grace Lutheran Church Fremont Elyria John Pekras Alex Hyman David Hyman Nabakotski

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Halpin Krenz Toledo Rickenbaugh Sales Co the Builders Exchange Cleveland, Ohio Devon Roosevelt Ave Elyria, Ohio Inter-City Coal @ Supply Co Ohio Bernard M. O'Donnell Amherst Mian Calvary R. S. Silsbee Don T. O. Murphy Company Hoffman Heater CO Thomas McGeachie Supur Lorain, Ohio Ater GAS Service Logan Gas Co Devon Court 3Rd Street John Halpin Murbach Coal and Supply Company West Bridge St
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