New London Acts to Solve Creeks Drainage Problems
Action to address Bonney and Skellenger Creeks flooding after the July 4 storm. Engineers Floyd G. Browne and Associates will survey drainage and plan a concrete apron where the storm sewer meets the creek. Trustees seek guidance for farmer-led creek cleaning and officials will request county aid for Shellonger Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Bonney
Skellenger
Floyd G. Browne and Associates
Marion
Bonney Creek
Death notices span Vermilion Lorain Amherst Griffin era
Vermilion and Lorain obituary notices list EL Creel Sr age 86 of 6070 West Liberty Ave died at Lorain Community Hospital after a short illness. Survivors include wife Leila, daughter Hilda Liljegren, sons Robert and EL Creel Jr., and extended relatives. Services Friday at Morgantown funeral home. burial East Oak Grove Cemetery. Additional notices cover Frank C. Darin of Lorain and Alice S. Martin of Elyria, with details on birthplaces, spouses, children, and funeral arrangements. Other Amherst and Vernon entries cite George J J Frederick and related family memorials with service details and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.L. Creel
West Liberty Ave
Lorain Community Hospital
Mr. Creel
Middleburg
Gary
Ind
Gary Steel Manufacturing
U.S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Morgantown
W. Va
Creel
First Methodist
Leila
Robert
Hilda) Liljegren
Robert B. Morgantown
EL. Creel Jr
Maude Creel
Raymond
Dering
John Doane
First Presbyterian Church
East Oak Grove
Fisher Funeral Home
Vermilion
Card of Thanks for Marie Friend Donna Shelley and William Hansen
We express sincere thanks to all who offered sympathy during our loss and deepest bereavement. Gratitude to those who sent flowers, assistance, services and kind words that brought light and comfort from Clifford Friend and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Friend
Donna Shelley
William Hansen
Clifford
Eaton man rescues woman from burning wagon crash
Mrs. Vary Ertl, 45, of 31 Gijes Rd., was saved by Robert Cooper, 2301 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Eaton Twp, after her station wagon crashed into two trees on Chestnut Ridge Road near the Rt 57 bypass and caught fire. She was reported in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Cooper awakened by his wife, rushed to free her as flames engulfed the car before firemen arrived. Deputy investigators say she was traveling about 60 mph, lost control after swerving to avoid a driveway, then struck a tree twice and traveled along the road before the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AO Novitt
Eaton
Chestnut Ridge Road
Rt. 57
Vary Erdl
Gijes Rd
Elyria Memoral Hospital
Robert Cooper
Eaton Township
Carlisle Township
Ertl
Lorain
Area births reported in Grafton notices
A list of birth announcements from Grafton residents including a son born to Charles and E Fene at 84 South Island Road and daughters born to Collins 932 Walnut Street Slone 364 Bon Air Avenue Brown 414 Wesley Avenue Schmidt 11 Meadows Mer and Richard Heber 266 Dewhurst Road Adkins 465 Avalon Drive Grogan 2110 West River Road and Lamdin 424 Lodi Street.
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Charles E Fene
South Island Rd
Grafton
Robert Collins
Walnut St
Roger Slone
Bon Air Ave
Melvin Brown
Wesley Ave
James Schmidt
Meadows
En Fa Mer
Rhired Heber
Dewhurst Rd
Dorsey Adkins
Avalon Dr . Grafton
Timothy Grogan
West River Rd
Earnest Lambdin
Lodi St
Local Birth Announcements From Lorain St Joseph
A son born to Mr and Mrs Vargel Langovsky at 2105 East 30th Street. A son born to Mr and Mrs Carroll Hunkley at 3982 Palm. A son born to Mr and Mrs Robert Kapalin at 197 East 42nd Street. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Herbert Shroyer at 215 East 4th Street.
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Vargel Langovsky
East 30Th St
Carroll Hunkley
Palm Ave
Robert Kapalin
East 42Nd St
Herbert Shroyer
East 4St St
Death of Lorain Resident Mike A. Staller
Mike A. Staller 80 a Lorain resident for most of his life died at home after a long illness He was born in Baltimore Md a retired foreman at American Crucible Co He belonged to St Johns United Church of Christ He is survived by his wife Anna daughters June Moes Vermilion Shirley Bungart Grove City sons Harlan Amherst Calvert Lorain 15 grandchildren five great grandchildren a brother William Lorain a sister Mrs Paul Bungart Elyria Friends may visit Reichlin Cooley Funeral Home 7 to 9 p m today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m tomorrow Funeral Thursday at 1 p m with Rev Donald M Yackle officiating Elmwood Cemetery burial.
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Lorain
Frank C. Darin
East 41St St
St. Joseph Hospital
Mr. Dorio
Austin
Ford Motor Co
Torain
St. John Roman Catholic Church
Leta
Frank Jr
Laura
Anthony
California
Laura Dorio
Buffalo
Frank Perna
Hertle Ave
Reidy-Scanlan Funeral Home
Alice S. Martin
Pinewood Dr
Daniel O
Carmichaels
Elyria
Oberlin
Oberlin First Baptist Church
Harry
Marian) L. McKnight
Washington, Pa
Barbara Vance
Kenneth C
Olmsted Falls
Carl C
Donald D
Henrietta
Harold Dicken
John Green
Mary Mate Koehle
West Ave
Rebel
Koehle
Cheraw
S. C
Phillip G. Koehle
Amherst
George JJ. Frederick
North Main St
Amhherst
Frederick Hardware Co
Amherst Cemetery
Frederick
Faith Baptist Church
Edward Frederick
Pomona
Calif
Melvin
Raymond
Gerald Mead
Robert Berk
Willard Whittemore
Pompton Plains
N.J
Ralph Werner
Columbus Falls
Mont
Chester Stevenson
Westlake
Florence Ebbs
Verna Blanche
Garland Funeral Home
Robert Barrett
Crownhill Cemetery
Mike A. Staller
West 25Th St
Baltimore
Staller
American Crucible Co
St. John's United Church of Christ
Anna
Julius
June) Moes
Vermilion
Lyle
Shirley) Bungart
Grove City
Harlan
Calvert
William
Paul Bungart
Reichlin-Cooley
Donald M. Yackle
Elmwood Cemetery
Higbee Co. Executive John P. Murphy Dies at 2
John P. Murphy longtime Cleveland Higbee Co. executive died at his Pepper Pike home. Murphy led the chain as director elected 1937, president 1944, chairman 1962, and honorary chair 1968. Higbee’s operated six department stores including at Midway Mall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Murphy
Higbee Co
Pepper Pike
Mr. Murphy
Higsbee
Boar
Shebee's
Midway Mall
Amherst Hospital Addresses and Contacts Noted
Amherst Hospital lists Thomas Bray at 409 Telegraph Road and Roy Ratliff at 2123 McKinley Street Elyria in an internal directory update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bray
Telegraph Rd
Roy Ratliff
McKinley St. Elyria
Ex-principal Johns to Stand Trial in August
Columbus officials say former Brookside High School principal Frank A. Johns will face a jury trial in mid to late August. Johns, 36, of Avon Lake, was arrested May 16 on a suspicious persons charge during a vice crackdown. He resigned as Brookside principal at a Sheffield-Sheffield Lake Board of Education meeting Monday.
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Columbus
Frank A. Johns
Brookside High School
Johns
Duff Dr
Avon Lake
Brookside
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake
Toledo Soldier Among 22 Killed in Vietnam
The Defense Department released the names of 22 casualties from Vietnam duty. Among them is Ohio native Sgt. Bobby I. McCoy, son of Mr and Mrs John J McNally of Toledo.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Ohio
Vietnam
Bobby I. McCoy
John J. McNally
Toledo
North Ridgeville woman injured in car crash
A 27 year old North Ridgeville woman, Mrs. Franklin Conley of 5357 Barton Rd, suffered minor injuries when her auto struck a parked car on Foster Avenue. She was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital and released. The other car, a 1969 model owned by Andrew Gehann, 606 Keys Dr, was demolished. Conley was charged with reckless operation.
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North Ridgeville
Franklin Conley
Barton Rd
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Foster Avenue
Andrew M. Gehann
Keys Dr
Oberlin Storm Damage Totals $225 000
City Manager Edward C. Smith reported total storm and flood damage in Oberlin reached 225000 dollars. Most losses were to homes, with Oberlin College also hit hard by flooding and street and park damage. Cleanup time by city workers contributed to the figure, prepared for county engineers and Civil Defense officials.
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Oberlin
Edward C. Smith
Smith
Oberlin College
Lorain County
Civil Defense
Army Corps of Engineers
Graduation at Webb AFB honors 69-H pilot class
Forty eight officers received silver wings and aeronautical rating certificates at Webb Air Force Base Big Spring Texas June 21 for pilot training class 69 H. 2nd Lt Thomas R Coneyheer won the Air Training Command Commander’s Trophy and was named one of five outstanding officer graduates Col W L McGlothlin presided over the trophy presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Air Force Base
Big Spring
Texas
Thomas R. Coneyheer
Air Training Command Commander
W. L McGlothlin
Coneyheer
Donna Strong
John 2D. Strong
Strongaville
Strong
Jean Howk
Vir
Leon
Frances) Howkh
Elyria High School
Hawks
Blaine St
Pete Daniels
Longford Ave
Canada
Ila
Pete
Ida
Ontario Provincial Police
Elliott Lake Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Club
Building Trades official resigns over health in Cleveland
Thomas Fe. McDonald executive secretary of the Building Trades Council since 1952 resigned yesterday due to poor health in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Thomas FE. McDonald
The
Building Trades Council
Ex Sullivan Resident Receives Liver Transplant
An 11 year old Los Angeles boy formerly of Sullivan is in satisfactory condition after a liver transplant at Colorado General Hospital in Denver. Martin Cox, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Cox, was flown to Denver Monday night and received the liver yesterday. The donor was not identified. The operation is the 20th in a University of Colorado Medical Center series. five patients are living. The boy had a liver malfunction with no further diagnosis available.
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Los Angeles
Hay
Sullivan
Colorado General Hospital
Denver
Martin Cox
Robert Cox
Angeles
University of Colorado Medical Center
Lorain Teen Cheerleaders Vie For Miss Twat Title In Mall Show
A teen cheerleader contest features captains from county high schools in a one hour fashion show set for August 11 at downtown Lorain Ted Jacobs store lot and Midway Mall. Contestants model teen fashions with pop bands and ballots issued to voters over 10. Prizes include engraved trophy, part time Ted Jacobs job, and an all expenses paid New York fashion trip.
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New York
Ted Jacobs
Lorain
Midway Mall
Queen
Parkersburg teens indicted for murder
Two teenagers Susie Bailey and her 13 year old brother Roger were indicted by the Wood County grand jury on 12 counts of murder each for a deadly June house fire in Parkersburg. Police say they confessed to starting the blaze by spilling gasoline in the Bailey home and Susie claimed a lit paper touched off the fire. The couple were killed along with the family’s other children.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Wood County
Susie Bailey
Roger
Charles Bailey
Susie
Bailey
West Side
Drug abuse case continued in Rocky River court
Three Elyrians Dora Ann Smith Patricia Loraine Phillips and John Vincent faced drug abuse charges after allegedly purchasing more than one house of a non-exempt narcode preparation containing more than one grain of codeine within 48 hours. The municipal court granted a continuation until Tuesday at the preliminary hearing. A fourth member was not arrested due to the pharmacist not signing the pharmacy register. The State Board of Pharmacy was notified that the pharmacist also violated state law by failing to have the fourth member sign the register.
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Rocky River
Dora Ann Smith
Garden St
Patricia Loraine Phillips
John Vincent
Morgan St
State Board of Pharmacy
Damaged Parsons Road Reopens After July Storm
GRAFTON Parsons Road from Indian Hollow State Route 57 is open again. The section near the bridge was washed away by a July 4 storm and closed until the east approach was filled in and traffic restored late Monday night. After settlement, the road surface will be paved. Acting Mayor Richard Smith credited the Lorain County Engineer’s office for 10 days of work during the closure.
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Grafton
Parsons Road
Indian Hollow
Richard Smith
Smith
Lorain
Professor to Attend Seventh Annual Creative Conference
John W. Leeson, assistant professor of English at Lorain County Community College, will attend the seventh annual creative conference at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, Monday through next Friday. Speakers include Professor XJ Kennedy of Tufts University, a nationally known poet, and Professor Edward Stephens of Northwestern University, Evanston, a novelist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Leeson
Lorain County
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N. London
Robert Kirkpatrick
Willard Barnes
Jack Hall
Preston Golding
Kenneth Griffin
J. W. Stewart
Edward Farnsworth
Huron County Commissioners
Shellonger Crea
Harald Cooke
Uist
Eugene Funk
Boad
West Main Street
Cooke
Renair
Board of Public Affairs
North Railroad Street
Columbia Gas of
George Parks
al Walters
E. L. Creel Sr
Frank C. Dorio
Mary Keehle
George J. Frederick
Chronicle - Telegram
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home, Inc
Greater Elyria and
Cooper
Mrs. Ertl
Brickenan
Elyria Memorial
Lorain St. Joseph
Higbee Co. Executive Cief
Amherst Hospital
Toledoes
N. Ridgeville
Banville
Building Trades
Pennsylvania
Wendy
London
Milway Mall
Din Stevenson
Becky Morse
Midview
Mary Low Porthofen
Martha Klame
Marion L. Steele
Chris Gentile
South Amherst
Terri Cowan
Oberlin High School
Bev Handman
Norwalk High School
Sherryl Goss
Wellingon Iigh Schond
Linda Hector
Vermilion High School
Tammy Moosbrugger
Sandusky High School
Ruthie Res
Rhonda Tominin
Admiral King High School
Vicki Marsico
St. Mary’s
Barb Carney
Lorain High School
Sally Cleaver
Avon Lake High School
Pam Chapin
Linda Klasic
Avon High School
Laurie Bemis
Clearview High School
Becky Grunick
Whittier
Danla Wilker
Irving Junior
Eleanor Chatman
Hawthorne
Cathy Cardasis
Masson Junior
Margie Garbo
Longfellow Junior
Fulton
Puffers Floral Shoppe
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