City Faces 1955 Budget Crunch After 1954 Lean Year
City fiscal review shows 1954 ends with a modest balance but warns of a large 1955 deficit, unless a two mill levy returns. General fund cuts hit parks and service severely, while safety increases. Health, sanitation, and street maintenance show modest shifts, with total general fund appropriations totaling 753 635 against prior year 827 797.
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General Fund
Health Department
Parks
Service Department
Elyrians
Lquor
Sanitation Fund
Water Works
Special Recreation
Firemen’s
Elyria patent history honors Mrs Fay inventor of Fay stocking
In Elyria at turn of century an woman, Mrs Winslow Lamartine Fay, received a patent for a stocking design with a gusset and buttonholes to secure stockings on children. The Fay Stocking Co. later became Fay Hosiery Mills Inc, and Fay died in 1941.
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Elyria
Winslow Lamartine Fay
Clarksfield
Huron County
Elyma
Fay Stocking Company
Fay Hosiery Mills, Inc
Fay
the Union
Winslow Lamarthe Fay
Lorain County
United Sates
Elvria
Dressed Turkey Show Set For February 6
Ohio State University hosts the annual winter turkey meeting and dressed turkey show on February 6 at Plumb Halls in Columbus. Classes include entries from growers and breeders with trophies awarded for top birds in each class. Principal speaker is Dr L H Wilhelm assistant head poultry department Purdue University.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
L. H. Wilhelm
Purdue University
New Officers Installed At Berlin Heights Kiwanis Club
Berlin Heights Kiwanis members installed 1954 officers led by Clarence M. Krueger as president and Stanley L. Fox as vice president. Dr. Richard L. Blackann became secretary treasurer with other directors named. Ellis Carson received a past president’s pin. Jeannette Russell shared an illustrated talk on her Mexico and Cuba trip. A district governor banquet at Castalia High School on January 2 will feature Willis H. Edmund as speaker and the Sandusky Singer's Club under William Albert Hughes providing entertainment, replacing the weekly Kiwanis meeting.
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Berlin Heights
Byron P Merrick
Kiwanis
I Gal Kiwanis
Avon Junior Club Seeks Funds for Year Budget
Avon Junior Women's Club votes to undertake another project to finish its annual budget. A report on the Christmas visit to Westlake County Home for the Aged was given, with plans to contribute to polio and tuberculosis drives, Memorial Forest Park in Loudonville, Ethel Swanbeck Nursing Scholarship, and Independence Hall restoration in Philadelphia.
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AVON
Gene Clevey
Avon Junior Women’s ‘Club
Westlake County Home For
Raymond Riegelsberger
Ro Inert Plas
Memorial Forest Park
Loudonville
Ethel Swanbeck
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Linus Tomlin
Walliam Wingate
New Mexico
Return from Florida Highlight at Berlin Heights
Mr and Mrs Ray Ponow returned recently from a trip to Florida. They were welcomed back by family and neighbors with smiles and well wishes as they shared stories of sunny days and warm hospitality.
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Berlin Heights
Ray Ponow
Florida
Local Socials and Hospital Appointments in Ohio Area
Accompanied by Mr and Mrs Mel lem of Huron Mr and Mrs Tom Hinman and daughter Pam were dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs James Wolf and family in Port Clinton last Sunday. The meeting of Young People's Literary Society was held Friday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Elton Green instead of with Dr and Mrs Richard Blackann as previously scheduled. Paul Heckelman was taken to Memorial Hospital in Sandusky last Monday for treatment of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Dr Ralph Greene was taken to Norwalk Memorial Hospital Sunday for observation and treatment.
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Mel‘lem
Huron
Tom Hinman
Pam
James Wolf
Port Clinton
Young People’s ‘Literary Society
Elton Green
Richard Blackannas
Paul Heckelman
Memorial Hospital
Sandusky
Service Personnel Assignments and Training Notices
Private Carle E. McGrew son of Mr and Mrs Samuel McGrew 238 Third Street has been assigned to Company C of the 131st Airborne Infantry Regiment Lith Airborne Division Fort Campbell Ky. McGrew was inducted May 21 in Cleveland. He then trained as a rifleman at Fort Campbell. Ronald Carstensen 18 son of Mr and Mrs Henry Carstensen 38449th Street is completing AF basic airman indoctrination at Lackland AFB Texas.
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Carle E. McGrew
Samuel McGrew
Third Street
13Lth Airborne Infantry Regiment
Lith Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
McGrew
Cleveland
Ronald Carstensen
Henry Carstensen
49Th Street
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Ohio Voters Approve 111 Million in School Bonds
Ohio voters approved school bond issues totaling 111,177,500 at last year’s elections. The Ohio State University Bureau of Educational Research reports 1953 saw more bond dollars approved than 1952 despite a smaller share of measures passing. Districts statewide submitted bond issues totaling over 76 million more than 1952, with 151 issues approved of 641 levies proposed. Local districts led with 27,000 in bond totals, while city and exempted village districts added notable amounts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University Bureau of Educational Research
Bureau
John H. Hernek
Guy W. Buddemeyer
Evert C. Strickland
Demand Light At Fitchville Intersection
New London reports a drive to install a traffic light at the Fitchville intersection of routes 13 250 and 152 after a string of crashes since 1928 damaged the Palmer Manse building. The PTA meeting highlighted safety concerns with the bulding now vacant and repeated repair attempts by owner Paul White.
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New London
Fitchville
P.T.A
Nisi‘ay
Palmer Manse
Firemille Grange
Paul White
Corres Ss Sulla
Committee Set To Study Department Business Methods
Former President Hoover announced formation of a committee to study the business organization of the Defense Department. The group operates under Hoover’s commission on executive branch organization, with members from industry and finance including Hox, Binns, Stannard, De Bakes Baxter, Hall, Kelly, King, Mead, Neely, Robertson, Senneuler, Wolcott and others. The Eaton PTA will meet at 8 o'clock tonight at the York School with a Tot Talent Review.
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Washington
Hoover
Defense Department
Charles R. Hox
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Joseph P. Binns
Waldorf Astoria
And
Meads Corp
Darton, O
Frank H. Neely
Rich’s, Inc
Atlanta
Reuben B. Robertson Jr
Champion Paper and Flore Co
Hamilton
Franz Senneider
Press- Eaton
Eaton Pta
Will Dent
Newmont Mining Co
The
York
Robert W. Wolcott
Boardschool
Jcharman
Lukens Steel Co
Coatesville
Robert E. Ievering
Wood
Sears, Roeiview
Buck and Co
Chicago
New Lincoln 1954 Redefines Style and Demand
The 1954 Lincoln stays in step with changing tastes as buyers flock to a sleeker, low profile design. Analysts note sales more than doubled in two years, driven by refined styling, practical elegance, and color coordination that reflect modern living.
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Lincoln
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John Fay
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John Lawrence
St. Johnsbury
Vermont
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Maine
Wisset
England
Watertown
Massachusetts
Nancy Temple Wakefield
Reading
Winslow Lamartine
Ohpelia Goss Lawrence Ray
Lamartine Brooks
Lawrence Temple
Rachel
Florence
Josephine
Ethel
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Washington Avenue
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Drew Pearson
WEOL
Berlin Heights Club
Avon Club
India
Antono Pigafetta
Sma Bop
Reei Kerr
Ralph Greene
Norwalk Memorial Hospital
Bigelow
FOX Furniture
Elyria, Ohio
LDA
Ed Sullivan
WEWS
Kimbel-Terry
Lincoln-Mercury, Inc
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