New Chronicle Telegram Building Contract Earns by East Avenue
General contract awarded to the T. J. Hume Co. for a modern cream brick and steel Elyria Chronicle Telegram building on East Ave between Temple Court and Third Street. Construction to start soon, with occupancy expected late next year and plans including off street parking and a public press observation window. A mobile gambling raid confiscated a truck of slot machines at Avon Isle after a tip from Mayor Adams. owner unidentified.
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New Chronicle
Incorpo Paper Publishing
Telegram
East Avenue
Temple Court
Third Street
Chronicle- Telegram
Carl R. Finegan
Sheriff's Department
Adams
Avon
Avon Isle
Stoney Ridge Road
Route 254
Finegan
James Howard
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram
T. J. Hume
East Ave
Robert W. Dickerson
Cleveland
Fleer
Bulding
Auto Safety Check Totals 2814 Inspections and 1047 Defects
Police in Ohio conducted 2814 auto inspections as part of the Safe Driving Program. Lt J E Boggs reported 1047 defects found and 17 arrests, including 9 for unsafe vehicles and 8 for licenses violations. Four cars were junked. common defects included 101 brakes and 149 tail lights. The Chronicle Telegram notes a July 4 holiday.
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Ohio Police Chiefs Association
State Highway Patrol
J. E. Boggs
Weather Forecast for Northeastern Ohio
Partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Mild with a low around 63 tonight and a high near 75 Tuesday.
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Ohio
Plug Horse Derby at Wellington Fair Grounds
July 4 event at Wellington Fair Grounds features a plug horse derby. Ad highlights racing novelty and local fair atmosphere with expected crowd turnout and holiday planning.
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Wellington Fair Grounds
Adv
Convention Of Young People To Be Held Here
Jones Chapel hosts a three district AME youth convention July 6 7 with religious classes sermons and current events talks. Bishop A J Allen and wife will speak honored guest. Mayor Henry Auit John Jasper Walter Cross greet delegates. Douglas Mitchell chairs. Rev A H Baxter pastor.
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A. J. Allen
Young Peoples Choir
Jones Chapel
Douglass M. Mitchell
Delphinia Thomas
Geraldine Parker
Bessy Jones
Robert Rhymes
Julia Cross
Douglas Mitchell
Louise Williams
Jas. Mitchell
Stores Open All Day Wednesday in July 4 Observance
Most stores in Eistia will be closed tomorrow for the July 4 holiday. Secretary manager Norris Ryder of the Chamber of Commerce said stores closed will reopen and remain open all day Wednesday. Hardware Pipe Glass Roper Gas Ranges Minn Paints Colson Wheel Goods Elyria Howe Co adv.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Eistia
Norris Ryder
Chamber of Commerce
Ryder
Roper
Minn
Colson
Elyria Howe. Co. Adv
C W Scheide To Observe 80th Birthday Tomorrow
C W Scheide marks his 80th birthday with plans to observe the milestone tomorrow. The feature recalls Elyria history from Independence Day 1870 when young Charlie Scheide helped ignite town celebrations before a neighbor asked the noisy group to move on for his ailing wife.
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C. W. Scheide
Horatio Alger
America
Elyria
East River Street
Fourth
Dr. Stork
Charlie Scheide
Ely- No
Parks Succeeded By Meyfarth As Head Of Plant
J R Republic Steel Elyria Plant announces retirement of J J Parks after 13 years as master mechanic and long service since 1917. Herbert J Meyfarth succeeds Parks as head of the Elyria plant. Meyfarth has been assistant plant superintendent since 1946 and lives in Willoughby.
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Meyfarth
Parks
J. J. Parks
Herbert J. Meyfarth
Mr. Parks
Elyria
Republic Steel Corporation
Steel and Tubes
Cleveland
Hopedale
Ohio
Hopedale High School
Ohio University
American Steel and Wire Company
Cleveland State Hospital
Denison Avenue
Meyforth
Willoughby
Fred
Nancy
Services Set Thursday for Plane Crash Victims
Funeral services for Russell Rich his wife Joy and daughter Sally Ann are scheduled Thursday at 2 p.m. from Wainwright Funeral Home after a Piper Cub crash near Ellizabethton Tennessee last Friday. The bodies will reach Elyria Tuesday evening and may be viewed after 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Surviving relatives include Mrs Nellie O Farrell of Akron three brothers William Edward and Robert two sisters Isabelle Tipton and Mary Elizabeth O Farrell. The Rich family will be buried at Brookdale Cemetery while Sally Ann will be buried beside her mother at Ridge Hill Cemetery with Dr J H Sivard of the First Methodist Church officiating.
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Russell Rich
Joy
Sally Ann
Wainwright
Rich
Elizabethton
Tenn
Elyria
Nellie O'Farrell
Akron
William
Waco
Tex
Edward
Burbank
Calif
Robert
Isabelle Tipton
Mary Elizabeth O'Farrell
Ich
Thomas N. Cook
Edward L. Barnes
Lakewood
A. J. Girard
Kankakee
Ill
Earl O. Morris
Rock Island, Il
Wellington Youths Die in Auto Crash with Semi
Donald Clifford Taylor 19 of Wellington and David R Taylor 23 of Huron were killed early today when their car collided with a semi trailer near Wellington. Donald Taylor’s Route 1 Wellington address was learned but family not reached.
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Bucyrus
Donald Clifford Taylor
Wellington
David R Taylor
Huron
Donald Taylor
Chiang brands Russia aggressor in Korea from Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek during a 10 minute Kuomintang speech from Formosa accused Soviet Russia of instigating the war in Korea and urged the United Nations to declare Russia the aggressor to force a cease of aggression. He offered support to UN sanctions and warned of global war if unchecked.
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Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
North Korea
Korea
Kuomintang
United Nations
Chiang
Soviet Russia
Bible School Opens Wednesday Across Five Centers
The Elyria Council of Churches sponsors a two week vacation Bible School from 9 to 11 30 a m daily except Saturdays and Sundays for kindergarten through sixth grade. Centers include First Congregational Lake Ave Congregational Pilgrim Congregational Jones Chapel Second Methodist and midtown at the First Congregational with staff and supervisors guiding Christian education crafts projects recreation and worship under Rev William A Leath. Parents should enroll children at the nearest center.
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Elyria Council of Churches
First Congregational Church
Lake Avenue
Pilgrim Congregational
Jones Chapel
Second Methodist Church
William A. Leath
Fall Down Stairs Fatal To Vincent Man
Vincent Charvet, 61, of Ridgewood Street, Vincent, died at St. Joseph's Hospital Lorain after falling down basement stairs at Mapie Inn North Ridge and West River roads. He suffered a fractured skull and right shoulder while assisting the bartender carrying wine bottles. Charvet was found at 11 30 am by Charles Mills the bartender. His nearest relative is nephew Edward Sable of Oberlin.
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Joseph Charvet
Ridgewood Street
Vincent
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lorain
Mapie Inn
North Ridge
West River Roads
Sheriff Department
Dan Rotarri
Charvet
Charles Mills
Mills
Edward Sable
Oberlin
Award Contract for Resurfacing Elyria Streets
Elyria awards a street resurfacing contract to H. J. Hart the sole bidder. The city council appropriated 14000 dollars and the bid includes MC4 asphalt MC5 asphalt and slag materials with prices per gallon and ton noted, reflecting slight reductions from last year.
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D. W. Kothe
H. J. Hart
Elyria
Kothe
Purse Snatching Reported By Mrs. King
Mrs. Jack King of 111 Fourth Street told police a dark haired youth grabbed her purse containing $13 and glasses as she walked east on Second Street near Castle Wall Paper Co at 11 44 p.m Saturday. He fled west in an old model car turning south at Middie.
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Jack King
Fourth Street
Second Street
Castle Wall Paper Co
Middie
County awards driveway contract to H Hart at Oberhin
County commissioners awarded a $2,998 contract for driveway improvements at the Children's Home in Oberhin. Hart was the sole bidder.
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H . Hart
Oberhin
Lorain Woman to Receive 1000 Dollar Reward for Slavery Case
Thelma Evans of Lorain will receive the county reward of 1000 dollars for apprehending and convicting Alan Feeley. County commissioners approved the payment on the recommendation of County Prosecutor Paul Makus and Torrain police who solved the case six months earlier.
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Thelma Evans
Lorain
Alan Feeley
Toran
Miss Paars
James Wandon
William Banks
Torrain
Umber
Mics Frans
Paul Makus
Lotarm
Koreans Abandon River Line in Seoul Region
North Korean radio claimed U S bombers hit Pyongyang twice with 50 planes and 800 bombs while North Korean fighters downed two. South Korea abandoned the Han river defense line below Seoul and retreated toward Suwon as U S forces moved north to bolster defenses around Suwon.
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Tokyo
Pyongyang
North Korea
Han River
Seoul
Suwon
United Press
Jack James
Kumyangjangni
U. S
Taejon
Korea
Han
Eroul
Chronicle Telegram Want Ad Offer
A brief notice promotes using the Chronicle Telegram Want Ad service to rent a summer cottage or sell a boat by calling 4752 or 4753 for ad placement. The tone encourages quick cash via a polite ad taker.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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