Amish Ditch Everyday Tensions To Build Neighbor Miller's Barn
Spencer residents witnessed a strong sense of community as over 200 Amish volunteers from Medina Wayne and Holmes counties helped Abe Miller raise a barn on Rt 162. They arrived by horse and buggy and worked all day without pay, finishing the framework with simple tools and communal effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Spencer
Abe
Rt. 162
Medina County
Wayne County
Holmes County
11 Year Old Girl Seeks Adoptive Family
An 11-year-old girl in Lorain County seeks a permanent home and parents who will belong to her. Readiness to adopt is urged by the Lorain County Child Welfare Board as school aged children are hard to place and this girl has faced instability but shows potential with supportive, loving foster care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
County Child Welfare Board
Finn
Child Welfare Board
Green Acres
Welfare Board
Farewell Dinner Set For Dr Windt In Lorain
Dr. Arnold Windt and his wife Oberlin will be honored at a farewell dinner in Lorain Inn hosted by the Lorain County Child Welfare Department Family Service Association Catholic Social Service Bureau Lorain Nursing Department. Mrs Marianne Sanner praised Windt for aiding staff and guiding special cases as he resigns as Director of the Lorain County Guidance Center to head the outpatient division of Dayton Children's Psychiatric Hospital effective July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Windt
Oberlin
Oberlin Inn
Windt
Lorain County
Marianne Sanner
Child Welfare Department
Dr. Windt
Elyria Chamber Plans Ford Plant Tour on July 15
About 1 percent of Elyria Chamber members and guests have signed up for a tour of Ford Motor Co. Lorain Assembly Plant. Buses depart Lodi Street at 5:22 p.m. July 15 for a two hour factory visit ending with a buffet luncheon. Tickets cost $3. Reservations through the Chamber office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Ely Park to Host First of Six Summer Concerts
The Elyria area kicks off six summer concerts in Ely Park to mark the citys 125th anniversary. A 40 member Lorain Ely Local 146 band will perform from 8 to 9 30 p m with show tunes from Swan Lake My Fair Lady and The Music Man among others soprano Nancy Pelander will sing several numbers. Five more concerts will follow funded by a union revenue grant and donations. local schools loaned band risers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely Park
Lorain-Elylria
American Federation of Musicians
Nancy Pelander
Lotain
King Cotton
Marth
Ichio
Bombasto
Gigi
Manfred
Carmelita
Miss Pelander
Fair Lady
Music Man
Samay
Chamber of Commerce
Recordiing Industries Tract Fund
Oral Union
Street Aide’s Appointment Now Permanent
Arlen J. Schriner of 311 Fairlawn Ave appointed assistant street department superintendent on April 7 on a three month probationary basis and today named permanent. Schriner, an Elvrian and bricklayer by trade, was among the top three scorers of 13 in the Civil Service exam. annual pay listed at 3433.90 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlen J. Schriner
Fairlawn Ave
Richard T. Laux
Schriner
Elyria Judge Assigned as Visiting Jurist in Port Clinton
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Carl V Weygamut assigned Elyria Municipal Court Judge Frank M Wilcox to sit as visiting judge in Port Clinton Municipal Court. He tried a case involving a boat operator violating bathing areas marked by buoys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank ‘M. Wilcox
Port Clinton
Ohio Supreme Court
Carl V. Weygamit
Wilcox
Donald & Wargowsky
Kathy Dean Satisfactory At Hospital
Kathy Dean remains in satisfactory condition at Cleveland Clinic Hospital after heart surgery to repair an under developed blood vessel. The four year old daughter of Clyde and Mrs. Dean underwent a three hour operation yesterday morning as the first of two heart procedures. A second open heart surgery is planned and four pints of blood are needed to complete the transfusion for her daughter Joyce who died in the same hospital on June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Dean
Cleveland Clinic
Clyde Dean
Chestnut St
Avon man posed as deputy in DWI case
Eugene Tesmer twenty of Avon allegedly claimed deputy status to a newsboy on a motor scooter. Deputy Henry Zieba stopped Tesmer on Daycox Road and noted liquor involvement. Tesmer was jailed awaiting bond for July 23 court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Tesmer
Daycox Rd
Avon
Henry Zieba
Tesmer
Avon Lake
Sheriff Department
Tester
Sheriff's Department
Zieba
Commty
Plan to unify church approved by Connecticut delegates
At Oberlin General Council delegates vote to study the United Church of Christ constitution with a two year timeline shortened by Helen Kenyon. Miss Kenyon's plan calls for adjournment and reconvening next summer to vote on ratification at the 1961 synod, with ongoing committee study in the interim.
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The
United Church of Christ
Oberlin
Evangelical and
Reformed
General Council
Cleveland
Miss Kenyon
General Synod of the United Church of Christ
Ashby E. Bladen
Dame
Bladen
Executive ‘Council
General Synod
Kenyon Rose
Executive Council
Kenyon
Ray E. Phillips
New England
Ami
Man Given Conditional Release in Avon Brother Death
Justice Barnett, 40, released from custody after Saturday questioning in the shooting death of his brother Carl, 42, at 2144 Center Rd Avon. He may attend the funeral in Ashland Ky before returning to jail. case remains open with Cleveland Crime Laboratory tests to determine if death was suicide, accident, or homicide.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Justice Barnett
Carl
Center Rd
Avon
George Rozic
Sheriff’s Department
Ashland
Rozic
Michael Ondreyco
Cleveland Crime Laboratory
Aides Named to Lead UF Campaign Group
Mrs. Robert Rothel will head the Geographical Group for the 1960 United Fund drive Oct 19 to 29. She selected Mrs Milan Bendik as Residential Division head and names C Val Spicer and Dr Franklin Gottfried among others as division co chairs. Rothel, active in community service, cites UF value and neighborhood responsibility. she and husband Robert B. reside at 1122 East Avenue with daughter Mary Lee.
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United Fund
Robert
Joyce) Rothel
John B. Findling
Rothel
Milan Bendik
C. Val Spicer
Franklin Gottfried
C. A. Gibbons
John E. Nagy
Community Chest
American Red Cross
United Health Foundation
St. Mary’s Church
Joyce
Altar and Rosary Society
National Council of Catholic Women
Beta Sigma Phi
Elyria
Chile
Junior Woman's Club
Ohio Federation al” Women’s Clubs
Plowing Matches Entries Open for Lorain County Event
Entries are being taken for the 1959 Lorain County Plowing Matches set for July 29 at the Robert Eglin Farm in Penfield. Junior contests start 10 am with seniors at 1 pm. demonstrations, judges from Columbus, and area officials will preside. trophies, prizes, and a soil conservation stamp promotion are planned.
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Lorain County
Robert Eglin
Penfield
Lorain Soil ‘Conservation District
William Gill
Extension Agricultural Engineer
Columbus
Richard Keep
SCC
Vaughn Finkel
Sam Bone
Loren [Brertumer
Erie County
Floren James
Erie County Extension
James Rollin
Keep
Robert Laborie
Ezin
County Vocational Agriculture Teachers
jRenneth Park
Charles Hawley
Lorain Comp, Jry Agricultural Extension Service
SCD
Junior Fair Night Director Selected
Mrs Mildred Booker named director of the Lorain County Fair Junior Fair Night to be presented August 2. The four scene program features 4H Band 4H and FFA members, a polka pre and post parade, and a grand finale crowning the Junior Fair king and queen with scholarships awarded. Agricultural Extension agents Marcia Peniston and William Tedrick oversee planning while county clubs are invited to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Booker
Lorain County
Farmers of America
FFA
Marcia Peniston
William Tedrick
Agricultural Extension Service
EDCHS Grad Will Teach In Urbana
Vincent J. Feck, son of Mr and Mrs E H Feck of Oberlin will teach vocational agriculture at Grahms High School Urbana next fall He is a June graduate of Ohio State University and has previous teaching experience at Anna High School near Wapakoneta and New Carlisle High School near Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent J. Feck
E. H. Feck
Oberlin
Ohio State University
Grahms High School
Urbana
Falk Feck
Elyria District Catholic
Anna High School
Wapake ‘Neta
New Carlisle High School
Springfield
Suit Filed To Enjoin Land Sale In Avon Parcel Transfer
Eaton Holding Co. Cleveland seeks to halt a county tax sale of a 2 percent macre parcel in Avon sold for 5200 dollars. Judge Henry P. Webber issued a temporary order stopping the transfer against County Auditor Frank Ayres County Treasurer Carl Schmitkens County Recorder Levia Mitchell and buyer te L Mayne of Columbus. Taxes due 783.62 dollars plus penalties interest and costs. The petition says Eaton offered to pay July 6 but was refused amid the July 2 forfeiture sale to Mayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
Eaton Holding Co
Cleveland
Henry P. Webber
Frank Ayres
Carl Schmitkens
Levia Mitchell
Te L. Mayne
Columbus
Mayne
Four Motorists Receive One Year Driving Suspensions
Judge Harold S. Ewing ordered one year suspensions for James Burks of 7490 South Prospect St Carricks Fred Jukas of Ripton and Robert Reif of Highland Ave Avon Lake and granted conditional suspensions for Robert A. Wilson of 21 Oberlin Rd and Vincent Gill of 146 Fay Ave Avon Lake allowing them to drive to work under Ohio point system action yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold S. Ewing
Ohio
James Burks
South Prospect St
Carricks
Harmony Dr
Grafton
Fred Jukas
Ripton
Robert Reif
Qvihighland
Avon Lake
Robert A. Wilson
Oberlin Rd
Vincent Gill
Fay Ave
Mayor Speaks on Government Finances and Annexation
The mayor outlines city government composition financing and annexation plans in a morning press briefing. A question and answer session highlighted the proposals and the improvement program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor View
Voda
Fiyria Hick Sea
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CTP
Walt’ Glendenning
Lake Erie
Bob Cusick
Ford
Connecticut
Synod
By Grace H. Talk
Evangelical Church of the Union
Germany
R. C. Haas
E and R Church
My ‘Church
Mrs
Joyce Rothel
Mrs. Rothel
Soil Conservation
Rapid City
S.D
SoilConservation Society of America
America
Lo- Tain County
Lorene Born
Jerny Walker
Ohio +H Club
Licking County
Anqur
Ohio Soil Conservation
Auc
Rochester
James Kucinski
Columbia
Charlies Parkhurst
Henrietta
Paul Goodman
Frank Daudha
Howard Hart
Frank Menel
Eaton
Leon Ives
J. Cl Warren
Andrew J. Wallace
Pittsfield
Ralph Justin
Edchs Grad
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