Elyria Mayor Urged to Plan Rigid Traffic Safety Campaign
Ohio highway safety director urged 96 officials and safety groups in Lorain Cuyahoga Portage and Lake counties to prepare an enforceable traffic safety program for 1959. Elyria earned an honorable mention for its 1958 pedestrian program. no pedestrian deaths in Elyria last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Highway Safety
J. Grant Keys
Lorain
Cuyahoga
Portage
Lake Counties
Cleveland Automobile Club
Cleveland
Frederick T. McGuire Jr
Club
American Automobile Association
Elyria
Victor F. Stewart
Safety Service
Richard T. Laux
Maurice C. Flood
Cyril Cordrey
East Cleveland
Keys
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Americam Automobile Association
Victor F. Stewart Jr
Four Men Hurt When Car Ditches On Elyria Avenue
Four men were treated at St. Joseph Hospital Lorain after a car went into a ditch on Elyria Ave near O'Neil Blvd. Max A. Berke of Chesterland 42 was the driver. Passengers William Berkowitz 46 Jack Gordon 62 and Richard Heiman 2 were injured. Zatkowski 16 faced Juvenile Court for failure to yield. Abernathy 47 Westlake also cited for a separate Rt 20 crash. He was not injured in that collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Elyria Ave
O'Neil Blvd
State Highway Patrol
Max A. Berke
Chesterland
Thomas Zatkowski
West 14Th St
Berke
William E. Berkowitz
Jack Gordon
South Euclid
Richard Heiman
Cleveland Heights
Zatkowski
Westlake
Elyria Municipal Court
Gilbert Abermathy
Cente Ridge Westlake
Abernathy
Jennings
Starkey
Center Ridge Rd
North Ridgeville
Leon Ephraim Jr
Lincoln Ave
Cleveland
Rt. 76
Medina County
Elyria Court Records Report Several Guilty Pleas
Darral J. Gray 18 of 322 Lodi Street pleads guilty to failing to stop in an assured clear distance fined 15 dollars plus costs Martin Jones 50 of 985 Oakwood Drive pleads guilty to disobeying flashing red railroad signals fined 15 dollars plus costs Herman W. Lappin 47 of 209 Erie Street pleads guilty to making an improper left turn fined 10 dollars plus costs Jefferson Murray 787 Main Street Grafton pleads guilty to possessing fictitious license plates on Durkee Road when deputies found him asleep in his car fined 50 dollars plus costs Francis Huskins 681 West Road Eaton charged with harboring a...
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Darral J. Gray
Lodi St
Martin Jones
Oakwood
Herman W. Lappin
Erie St
Jefferson Murray
Main St
Grafton
Durkee Rd
Sheriff's
Obituary notices list several Lorain area deaths
Multiple death notices span SULLIVAN Dakin aged 98 in Sullivan, Oretta Gove 65 in Milan, Laura Tillack Grubbs 86 Lorain, baby Maracic stillborn in Lorain, Louise Voelkert 74 Lorain, Robert Bradley 49 Kipton, Nell Shingleton 37 Elyria. Each includes birthplaces, survivors, and funeral arrangements with local churches, funeral homes, and burial sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipton
Robert Bradley
Allen Hospital
Oberlin
Bradley
Thew Shovel Co
Camden Volunteer Fire Department
Oberlin Lodge
AM and
Union
Lorain
Evelyn
George
Mary) Kushner
Elvira
William
U.S. Amy Engineers
Alaska
Robert George Kushner
J. H. Baxter
Willoughby
George Bryden
Beatrice Bryden
Wellington
Herbert
Gerber
Wakeman
Finnish Prison Fire Kills 17, Several Missing
A large fire at Koevoiloimnsod prison in southwest Finland killed at least 17 inmates with eight reported missing. The blaze swept through the facility housing about 200 convicts and lasted two hours before containment. Most inmates were released as flames spread through the building.
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Helsinet
Finland
Koevioomson
Por
Discriminating thieves raid Mayfair fur shop in $45,000 heist
London report says robbers struck a Mayfair shop on Wednesday and stole furs valued at about $45,000. The heist appears planned with careful targeting of high value items. Police investigate leads and review security footage.
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London
Mayfair
Courtroom Docket Highlights Local Divorces and Filings
A Northern Savings suit against William H. Kaylor for 5908 was dismissed. Tuesday saw multiple divorce filings including Warner vs Cora Malone and Knight vs Robert, with several alimony and injury suits noted. Judge Henry P. Webber granted divorces for Given, Leonard, Wallace, Groves, Lyons, and Reese, while various divorce suits were dismissed, including Mediavilla, Cintron Maranca, Powers, Crosby, and Young.
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The
Northern Savings and Loan Co
William H. Kaylor
Chase St
John H. Warner
Broad St
Cora
Wilma Malone
Westwood
North Ridgeville
Omer
Lee Ave
Maria Mediavilla
Lorain
Rogue
Antonio Cintron Maranca
Vine Ave
Maria
Donald E. Powers
Wallace Bivd
Mildred
Leatha Crosby
South Park St
Oberlin
Emmett
Ebcenia Young
West River IS
Moncic
Kozlov Near End Of Visit At Capital
Soviet First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov nears the end of a two week U.S. tour in Washington. Despite a genial public persona he offers no path to easing Berlin tensions and presses for trade on Russian terms. He will meet today with President Eisenhower and Secretary Herter at the White House.
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Washington
UPI
Frol R. ‘Kozlov
Berlin
Tron
Kozlov
Eisenhower
White House
Christian A. Herter
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Nikita Khrushchev
Agriculture Department
Maryland
West Coast
U.S
West Berlin
Red
Herter
United States
Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Area Hospital News Names Local Residents
A list of area residents appears under hospital news including Mrs. Clarence Bryner of 1115 Park Ave Mrs. Elmer Halle of 212 Elyria Ave Farrell Finnegan 702 Milan Ave Mrs. George Ebeling RD 1 LaGrange Mrs. Thomas Stade 3107 Grant St Lorain Mrs. Charles Hugo and daughter on North Ridge Rd Mrs. Robert Prince 4006 Elyria Ave Lorain and Mrs. Sylvia Lach 138 West Martin Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bryner
Park Ave
Elmer Halle
Elyria Ave
Farrell Finnegan
Milan Ave
George Ebeling
R.D
LaGrange
Thomas Stade
Grant St
Lorain
Charles Hugo
North Ridge Rd
Robert Prince
Sylvia Lach
West Martin Ave
John Keisler
R. D
Grafton
Fred Ketchum
Lewis Ct
Larry Kime
Oberlin Rd
Mary Krugman
Tenth St
Arthur Puntney
Howard Rinehart
Jackson St
Gerald Six
Monroe St
Joe Sklenar
Emerson Ct
Chauncy Smythe
Washington Ave
Clarence Summers
Lake Ave
Charles Teets
West Erie Ave
Lane Edward Trent
Lear Nagle
North Ridgeville
John Walsh
Center Ridge Rd
Minnie Warmee
Lincoln St
Litton Webb
David Wilams
Dyke Rd
North
Ridgeville
Birth Announcements From Wellington and Nearby Towns
A list of birth notices with names of parents and newborns, including addresses in Wellington Grafton Lorain and North Ridgeville. Multiple entries show parents such as Mr and Mrs Richard Carruthers Donald Burt Mrs Keith Aldrich and son and others with street addresses and towns.
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Richard Carruthers
Magyar St
Wellington
Warren Wirth
Elm St
South
Ambherst
Amendment Approved in Evangelical and Reformed Church Presidency
The Rev. James E. Wagner of Philadelphia was re elected president of the Evangelical and Reformed Church at the 11th general synod meeting on Oberlin College campus. Charles H. Lockyear of St Louis was chosen treasurer and six officers named to the general council. The body approved a constitutional amendment shifting general synod meetings from every three years to two to align with the United Churches of Christ schedule.
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Oberlin
James E. Wagner
Philadelphia
Evangelical and Reformed Church
General Synod
Oberlin College
Finney Chapel
Charles H. Lockyear
St. Louis
General Council
Christian Congregational Churches
United Churches of Christ
Congregational Christian Church Council
General Synod of the United Churches of Christ
Congregational Christian
Cleveland
Congregationalists
United Church
Committee On
Carpenters Resume Picketing After Court Ruling
Judge LeRoy Kelly dissolved the temporary injunction against Elyria Local 1426 carpenters and other unions permitting one picket per Cusick project. Lorain County Laborers’ Union picketing ended as Carpenters resumed on May 18 with three Cusick jobs protested over use of hot unions. Cusick’s attorney Harry Bogart appeals the ruling.
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Common Pleas Court
LeRoy Kelly
Elyria Union Carpenters
Carpenters’ Union
Jack Cusick
Cusick
Harry Bogart
Lorain County
Laborers’ Union
Tdrew
Carpenters
Kelly
Hastings Charged With Selling Vehicles Without License
Richard L Hastings of 422 North Center and LaGrange was charged in Ellyria Municipal Court with selling motor vehicles without a dealer's license. The warrant was issued by Charles Blair, Deputy State Motor Vehicle Bureau inspector, and served yesterday.
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Richard L Hastings
North Center & LaGrange
Ellyria
Charles Blair
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Area Families Welcomes Newborns Across Local Addresses
A series of birth notices report newborn sons to families including Spencer at Stop 126 East Lake Road Vermilion and Ferris at 2447 Jaycox Road Avon Lake. Other births list parents Mr. and Mrs. French Spencer, David Ferris, Frank Pribanic, Herman Wren, and Raymond Cross with respective Vermilion and Avon Lake addresses.
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W. W. Milligan
Reid Ave
French Spencer
East Lake Rd
Vermilion
David Ferris
Jaycox Rd
Avon Lake
Walter Godles
Manor Dr
Elvira
Frank Pribanic
Lehigh Ave
Raymond Cross
Decatur St
Herman Wren
Albany Ave
Discharges and Residents Listed in Broad Way Area
A dated notice lists individuals and families connected to discharge entries at 3900 Broad Way and surrounding streets. Names include Mary J. Marko, Mrs. Robert Masulin, Mrs. William Hamilton and daughter, Mrs. Louis Shlarek, Mrs. Victoria Arce and son, James F. Strenick, Mrs. Dorothy Petrosky, Mrs. John Poltrone and son, Candace Cala urese, Mrs. Thomas Pande and daughter, Joseph Arex Toth, Pucharda Remere, Mrs. James Gadiev and Jeuchier, Francis S. Moses, David Komadina, Mrs. Samuel Morales and son, Mrs. Andrew Brown, Mrs. Sarah Hambhill, Donald R. Kibbe, Sylvester Gallagher, Henry Dickmeyer, and others in the Avon Lake and Sheffield Lake areas.
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Howard A. Nore
Mary J. Marko
East Joard St
Robert Masulin
33Rd St
William ‘Iamilton
Arizona Ave
Louis Shlareklana
39Th St
Victoria Arce and
Vane Ave
James F. Strenick
West
Ninth St
Dorothy Petrosky
Washington Ave
John Poltrone
West 33Rd
Candace Calaurese
Thomas Pande
Aad Alexander Sr
Joseph Arex Toth
Seneca Ave
Pucharda Remere
Caroline Fave
James Gadiev
Jeuchier
Leavitt
Francis S. Moses
Lorain
David Komadina
Samuel Morales and Son
East 28Th St
Audrew Brown
Sarah Hambhill
Donald R. Kibbe
Oberlin i
Sylvester Gallagher
Kenilworth Dr
Sheffield Lake
Henry Dickmeyer
First Of Its Kind Leidheiser Wins Tour Scholarship
Paul C. Leidheiser Lorain County Agricultural Extension Service agent is Ohio’s study tour scholarship winner. He joins 11 north central region agents touring East Lansing Benton Harbor and multiple states and Canada. The Dow Chemical Co sponsored program emphasizes professional improvement and regional impact.
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Paul C. Leidheiser
Lorain County Agricultural Extension Service
Ohio
Leidheiser
North Central
East Lansing
Mich
Benton Harbor
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Washington D.C
Pennsylvania
New York
Canada
Northern Ohio Growers Association
Lorzin County
Sandusky
Agricultural Chemicals Department
Dow Chemical Co
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
Police Reports Highlight Local Violations and Damages
Katherine E. Kimball of Cornell Avenue faced a stop sign violation charge after an incident at Prospect and Clark Streets and will appear in Municipal Court tomorrow. A West Side man is held for investigation as a possible mental case after a telephoned obscene message to a complainant’s wife. A round object damaged a rear screen at Elyria Savings & Trust Co branch on Cleveland Street with $15 damage and no entry found.
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Katherine E. Kimball
Cornell Ave
Prospect and
Clark Sts
Morrow
West Side
Elyria Savings & Trust Co
Cleveland St
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Municipal Court News
Francis Huskins
West Rd
Eaton
Memoriam
Laing
Mary
Sudro-Curtis Ambulance
Sarah Philena Dakin
Louise Voelkert
Sullivan
Sarah Philena
Dakin
Harry
Mrs
Harity
Katilla Fucherer
Mitchell, Neb
Roger Oster
Mansfield
Ada McDowel
West Salem
Norton Funeral Home
Sullivan Cemetery
Oretta Gove
Milan
Leon Gove
Midwest Seed Grain Co
Toledo
Rawle Funeral Home
George van Doren
Laura T. Grubbs
Loraix
Laura Tillack
Grubbs
Washington’Ave
First Congregational Church
Sewing Circle and Circle Ie
St. John Evangelical Land Reformed Church
DAR
DAC
Sorosis
Order of Eastern
John Huston
Elmwood Cemetery
Maracice
Bor Maracich
Johm Mareach
S. Joseph Hospital
Reidy -Scanian Funeral Home
Origen
West 21St St
Bor
Louis Voelkert
Amd
Miss Voelkert
Old Model Troy Laundry
St. John, United Church of Christ and Women’s Benefit Association
Mrs. Wallace Shingleton
Nell Shingleton
West River St
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Conneaut
Robert Johnson
Pineville
W. Va
Hazel Blankenship
Bilesville
Sudie Curtis
Courthouse News
Elizabeth Knight
Fredenck Rd
Columbia Sation
Robert
Ellen M. Bodei
Milas
Laura Harisel
Colorado Ave
Scott
Arthur Galley
Hirsh
Annabell
Donald M. Holmes
Center i Rd
Catherine
Broadway
Ann Szroboda
North Durkee Rd
R. D. Grafton
Norman R. Kendall
Novak Rd
Rt. 37
Henry P. Webber
Francis Given
YA Georgie
Ruth
Betty Leonard
Sixth St
Charles
Albert Wallace
West River Rd
Barbara
Janet Groves
Livingston Ave
Buster
George Lyons
Joyce
Barbara Reese
Erie W Ave
Paul
Area Hospital News
Amherst Hospital
Allen
Charles Oughton
North’ Pleasant St
Jerry Tuber
Mans‘field
Richard Dunn
Morgan St
James Baker
Grand Aves
Ella Davis
North Pleasant St
Frederick Emerich
Lyle Green
Richard Forney
South Main St
Elyria Memorial
Donald
Burt, Grafton
William Smith
Keith Aldrich
Park Pl
Orville Applegate
Edgewood Dr
Julius Aros
Day Dr
LeRoy Barr
Denison Ave
Stanley Blake and Son
Isaac Brooks and Son
West St
Fred Brumby
Smoky Rd
Berlin Heights
Homer Bullock
Olivet Dr
Archibald Cadman
Wallace Bl
Philadelphian
E-R Church
Thomas D. Garner
Nazareth
Albert Gonser
Milwauke
Wis
Arthur D. Newell
Richmond
V. J. Bartell
Detroit
Roy Corman
Pittsburgh
Louis H. Goebel
Chicago
Donald Helffer
Collegeville
United Church of Christ
St. Joseph
DeCarlo
Funeral Home
Therd St Elyria
Tour
Satis
Edwin
Grant
W. T. Grant CO
Broad Street
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