Gas furnace conversion pioneers forge Lorain business
Two former US Steel workers Claude Geisel and Floyd Schlitt started in a Elyria basement to convert coal furnaces to gas in 1935. The Geisel Heating business expanded, moving to Broad Street, adding manufacturing and offices, then grew through postwar demand, innovations, and a Carrier Distinguished Dealer Award.
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US Steel Company
Lorain
Claude Geisel
Floyd Schlitt
Lorain County
Geisel Manufacturing
Luxaire
Elyria
Geisel
Cleveland
Carrier Furnace Company
Andy Culberson
Baldwin-Wallace College
Chuck Culberson
Carrier
General Motors
General Industries
Bendix
Thomasson
Hale
Middle Avenue
Brandau Jewelry
Dear Abby and Family Struggle With Loss and New Relationships
A reader describes a family facing grief after their mother’s death and a father who moves a new partner into their home. The son found the mother, pictures were removed, and the father contemplates marriage to the girlfriend. Absent mother photos and a new motorcycle symbolize shifting loyalties as counseling continues.
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Abby
Dear Abby Letter: Advice Column Request
A reader seeks guidance for a personal dilemma and signs with a lighthearted greeting. The note references mailing address details for future correspondence to the Los Angeles area.
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Abby
Los Angeles Calif
Reisinger Williams Engagement Banquet Set
Mr and Mrs Wayne Reisinger of Elyria announce the engagement of their daughter Christina L to Jeffrey A Williams son of Mr and Mrs Robert Williams of Dayton. Christina a 1991 Keystone High School graduate and 1994 Lorain County Community College allied science graduate RN at Golden Acres Nursing Home. Jeffrey a 1991 West Carrollton High School and 1996 Wright State University BS in education graduate, purchasing director for Kinko Inc Goshen Division. Wedding set for April 28 in Goshen Indiana officiated by Rev John Delaney.
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Wayne Reisinger
Elyrma
Christina L
Jeffrey A. Williams
Robert Williams
Dayton
Reisinger
Keystone High School
Lorain County Community College
Golden Acres Nursing Home
West Carrollton High School
Wright State University
Kinko Inc
Goshen
Indiana
John Delaney
Engagements and weddings announced in Vermilion and Fairview Park
Gleason Dudziak engagement links Vermilion couple Bonnie Gleason and Dan Dudziak as they plan a September wedding. Jennifer Lynn Hamilton and Benjamin Arthur Besel announce their June 30 ceremony at Messiah Lutheran Church in Fairview Park.
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Dennis Hamilton
Marlene Hamilton
Elyria
Jennifer Lynn
Benjaminn
Arthur Besel
Fred Besel
Witchita Kansas
Carol Preston
North Royalton
Miss Hamilton
Elyria High School
National City Bank
Cleveland
Portage High School
Portage
Indiana
EDS
Westlake
Messiah Lutheran Church
Fairview Park
Ironworker Henry Magaziner Publishes First Book at 89
Philadelphia author Henry J. Magaziner, 89, released The Golden Age of Ironwork after eight years of research with photographer Robert D. Golding. The memoir style coffee-table study highlights iron gates and bridges in Philadelphia and New Orleans, with a signing at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia drawing 300 attendees.
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Philadelphia
Henry J. Magaziner
Iron Magaziner
Skipjack Press
Ellen Witliss
Iowa
Magaziner
Robert D Golding
Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Orleans
Logan Square East
California
New York
Berkeley
Ben Witliss
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Howard Hughes
Dear Abby
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the Chronicle
Nick
Family Restaurant
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Jeffrey Williams, Christina Reisinger
Dan Dudziak, Bonnie Gieason
Reisinger- Williams
Joel
Mary Jane Gleason
Vermilion
Bonnie
Dan Dudziak
Ray
Georgeann Dudziak
Miss Gleason
Bowling Green State University
Sprenger Retirement Centers
Ohio University
Invacare Corporation
Villain Vermilion
Hamilton
Benjamin Besel, Jennifer Hamilton
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Knight Ridder Newspapers
Campbell Thomas & Co
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