Lorain Votes for Two Bond Issues to Fund Paving and Sewer
Lorain City Council approved placing two bond issues totaling 2.5 million dollars on the November 4 ballot. An 1.8 million street paving bond and a 700 thousand sewer project bond would fund city paying and storm sewer work, with estimated millage around 1.215 mills.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Frank Ayres
Joseph Mitock
Earl R. Frank
James Romoser
John C. Jaworski
Wihe
Board of Elections
Lewis Goodell
Goodell
Mitock
Council
Girl Scouts Extend South Amherst Day Camp Two Days
South Amherst Day Camp for Girl Scouts extends two days through tomorrow due to rain and high water at Emmerich's Woods on North Lake Street. Visiting Day for parents and friends features unit site tours and songs. Forty nine registered Scouts and counselors will receive a closing day treat on Wednesday. Camp director is Mrs. Richard Dickinson with registered nurse Mrs. Thomas Gigliotti on duty. Counsellors include Mrs. Almon Brocksicker and others.
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South Amherst
Emmerich
Richard Dickinson
Lorain
Birmingham
Thomas Gigliotti
Almon Brocksicker
Edward Dotzief
Lawrence Linden
Walter Currier
Ervin Wragg
Richard Ziotek
George Innes
Alex Phillips
Crossing plan would remove manual protection at two Lorain crossings
Lorain city council heard Lt. George Maiden warn that removing manual protection at Washington and Oberlin Avenues and relying on full time automatic signals would risk safety. The utilities committee had approved Nickel Plate Railroad move to eliminate tower operators citing adequate flashers, prompting a 4 4 vote on concurrence and a return of the proposal to committee.
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Lorain
George Maiden
Battle Department
Nickel Plate Railroad
Washington
Oberlin Aves
Maiden
Joseph Godleski
William Scanland
Woodrow Mathna
James Parobek
John A. Kish
Alex M. Olejko
Edward Novack
James Smith
Earl R. Frank
James Kompser
Residents Protest Jail Move in Old Library Site
About 69 Streat or Park area residents presented petitions to Lorain city council protesting moving a jail to the old library building in the park. The petitions argue the deed restricts use to park and city hall and would be violated by a jail.
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Lorain
Streator Park Area
Nisi Prius Club
Building and Lands Committee
Edward Conley
Area Girl Near End Of European Tour
Nancy Lamvermeyer, a Firelands High School and Ohio Wesleyan alumna, finishes a European glee club tour with stops in Rome Pisa and the Netherlands. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lamvermeyer accompany her Homebound from New York after repairs delayed a prior Gander stopover.
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Doris Jaycox
Glee Club
Henrietta
Nancy Lani
Brussels
New York
Newfoundland
Gander
Nancy
Treland
Rome
Pisa
Firelands High School
Ohio Wesleyan
Firelands
Marjorie Howe
Lamvermeyer
Merchant's Unit Elects Mrs Gehl as President
Mrs Richard Gehl was elected president of the Retail Merchants Association at a St Paul Lutheran Church meeting in Amherst. Sanford Slutzker and Otis Riggs were named first and second vice presidents. Officers begin duties in August. The group also approved monthly dues. Frontier Week events include queen selection August 4 and corral specials August 6 by local merchants.
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Amherst
Richard Gehl
Retail Merchants Association
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Sanford Slutzker
Otis. Riggs
Albert Schuller
Mary Bevi
Schuller
Clarkson Brown
Amherst nursing service names 58 59 committees
The Sandstone Area Nursing Service executive board appointed the 1959 committees and officers at a meeting led by Mrs. Elza New. The group discussed program and personnel policies, approved a proposed 1959 budget, and set terms to serve until the next election. Included are lists of names for committees such as Medical Advisory, Public Relations, Personnel, Finance, Membership, Nominating, and Auditioning. The article also notes local DWI fines: Elza New fined $250, passenger James Bollin $15, and Frank Higgins $15 for related offenses.
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Amherst
Allen Camp
John Ludwig
Christine Gram
Brill
Robert Bechtel
Nancy McMur
Kay
Oberlin
Sand-Jine Hall
Robert Herbst
Stone Area Nursing Service
Frank Bielowski
Steve Ae Vilagi Jr
Walter Bar
Frank Higgins
Leavitt Rd
Park Ave
City lands offered 11.5 acres by Westfield Co.
Westfield Co. offered four parcels totaling about 11.5 acres for city use. The largest plot on Fairless Ave. would be about 8.47 acres as a park, with the city paying roughly 7,000 dollars in special assessments. Two smaller parcels near a park and at Meadow Lane with East 42nd St. are offered free of obligation.
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Lorain
Homewood
Westfield Co
George Galbreath
Finance and Claims and Building and Lands Committee
Fairless Ave
Tacoma
Andover Aves
Galbreath
Brm
Tacoma Ave
Meadow Lane
East 42Nd St
John Galbreath
Amherst Budget Hearing Draws No Public Observer
Amherst officials outline the exemted school district budget of 665000 at a public hearing. Only school staff and press attended the reading at the administrative offices with Supt Richard Gousha Board Clerk Grayce Purcell and board members Fred Hogrefe and Mrs Jack Koontz present.
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Amherst
Board of Education
Richard Gousha
Grayce Purcell
Fred Hogrefe
Jack Koontz
Dog Chooses Wrong Target in Lorain Bite Case
In Lorain, Vera Matyas, 44, faces a dog ordinance charge after her mongrel bit Policeman Emil Haponek, 31, while he investigated a dog complaint. Haponek treated at St Joseph Hospital. Matyas ordered to appear in Municipal Court.
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Lorain
Vera Matyas
East 29Th St
Emil Haponek
West Mrn St
Haponek
Picnic marks final summer event for Fire Mrs group
About 30 persons attended the tureen menu at Tulk Field for the Fire Mrs and their families this week. A watermelon treat was provided by the organization. A social time followed with the playing of horseshoes. The outing is the last until the September meeting.
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South Amsterst
Tulk Field
Amherst Township approves rezoning for Bauer property
Bauer's land on Milan Avenue and Quarry Road is rezoned from residential to commercial for a gas service station. The township will hold another public hearing within 30 days and charges a $35 fee to cover advertising and contingencies for land rezoning. The 26 acre parcel owned by William Bauer faces changes as the property is set for commercial use.
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Amherst
Bauer
I .Land
Thucralus
Milan Ave
Quarry Rd
Parker Mill
Liam Bauer
Erty
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