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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1928
Page
20
A 1928 Elyria ordinance proposed reduced fares for city streetcar riders under eighteen and allowed arbitration over fare adjustments. fare for school children, transfer policies, and protest procedures were outlined. Separately, bids were invited for a public restroom building with plans and specs to be obtained, a $500 bid bond and 5 percent deposit required, with the city reserving the right to reject bids.
A large crowd attended the Sunday afternoon funeral for Arthur Portman and his son Arthur Jr at the M E church, with a quartet from the Church of the Cross performing. Rev E L Meisenbach officiated and burial followed in the church cemetery, with many relatives from Elyria, Cleveland, Detroit, Oberlin, and elsewhere in attendance.
Ordinance No. 5807 authorizes The Cleveland Southwestern Rail and Light Company to extend operate and maintain an electric street and interurban railway within the city. It notes prior ordinances 2992-A and 2142 and their renewals, veto by the mayor, and current ownership by the Cleveland Southwestern Rail and Light Company with a 25 year term and governing conditions.
City council considers amending Section 4 of Ordinance 2182-A to raise max fares for street railway and motor bus service within Elyria. Proposes seven cent cash fare, eight tickets for fifty cents, with transfers free, ticket sales at company office and by conductors on each vehicle.
LaGrange Lagrale JJy Vn and Mrs C R Rawson and Mr and Mrs P left Saturday on a motor trip to Michigan for a week visiting relatives in Lansing Woodbury and Vermont to Miss Maxine Gott of Lakewood Was a recent guest of her grandparents Mr and Mrs Gott Mrs Bessie Rumpe3 returned Sunday from a several weeks visit at the home of her nephew
A roundup of local gatherings includes Deen Hibbard and wife, entertaining Captain and Mrs. Johnson of Cleveland. Visits span Elyria, Hinckley, and Lorain with tales of Fourth of July events, Lynden Chapter OES dinners, and family reunions. Also notes Ruth Rader leaving Circleville and dog racing plans near Rome and Italian trivia.
Miss Margaret Lee Kipton reports on local gatherings and visits across Elyria Oberlin and Wakeman as families and friends spent Fourth of July weekend. Notable names include Mr. and Mrs. J J Bro, Parker funeral attendees Thom Lee and Myrile Hurd, and several Brumby and Bryden households.
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