Death summons Little Lord Fauntleroy dies at 61
Vivian Burnett son of Frances Hodgson Burnett died at 61 after rescuing four people from a drowning sailboat accident near Manhasset New York. He collapsed from a heart attack aboard the yawl Delight II while ferrying victims to shore. Burnett had pursued athletics and journalism, later editing children's and art magazines, while his mother’s classic tale remains widely read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhasset
N. Y
Lord Fauntleroy
Jay
Vivian Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Burnett
Delight
Earl of
Dorincourt
Harvard
Denver
Cleveland Man Found Slain In Unfinished Home
Jacob Roszkowski, 41, was found murdered in his unfinished Cleveland residence. Police say he feared vandal attacks and had slept there for three weeks. His battered body was discovered on a cot in a bare room, with investigators noting possible baseball bat assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Jacob Roszkowski
Roszkowski
Felion
Walter McGlaskey
Dogs in Pound Climb to 65 After Week of Confiscations
Dog Warden Lee Minkler told commissioners he confiscated 45 dogs last week, increasing the pound total to 65. Four dogs were sold for $5.50 while a claim of $24 was paid to R. C. Jackson of New London for three ewes killed by dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Minkler
R. C. Jackson
New London
13000 Parcels Of Property To Be Forfeited
County Auditor C. W. Kolser reported the Board of Revision will finish this week on 27000 delinquent parcels. About 13000 parcels may be forfeited to the state and offered for sale next March if not sold. Owners may redeem before final sale by paying charges. delinquent totals reach about 2.5 million dollars dating back to 1925, under the Wittimore plan five year redemption with penalties remitted if current taxes paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kolser
County Board of Revision
Lst
Board of Revision
Kelser
Farley Dedicates Oberlin Post Office During Ohio Tour
Postmaster General Farley visited Oberlin on a multi town tour, dedicating the $92,000 Oberlin post office with a brief ceremony. The event included local officials, a high school band, and a street parade. Farley later spoke in Toledo before continuing to Kipton, marking the Kipton post office's first visit by a sitting Postmaster General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Post
James Elemes
Louis W. Beaumont
Legion
E. J. Stankard
Farley
Lorain
Oberlin
Akron
Wadsworth
Litchfield
Elyria
M. A. Houghton
Houghton
Oberlin High School
Karl Wilson Locke
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Lorain County
Toledo
Kipton
Nella Obitts
Kipton Post Office
United States
Ponoulise
North
Camden
Camden Station
Smith W. Purdum
William J. Bray
Depositors Mortgage Lents Sues for Foreclosure in Elyria
The Depositors Mortgage Lents Company filed suit today against Fred H. Todd et al for 6249 and sought foreclosure of property in Elyria. County commissioners authorized escrow of 5250 for dissolution of Herr property damage claim at North Ridge and Oberlin avenue.
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Depositors Mortgage Lents Company
Fred H. Todd Et al
Elyria
Joan
Camille Herr
North Ridge Round
Oberlin Avenue
Ohio Public Service Co authorized to issue new securities
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission approved Ohio Public Service Co to issue 1 500 909 in securities for a 1 927 564 program of plant extensions. Funds include 900 000 mortgage bonds at par up to 4 interest and 20 30 year maturity and 604 000 unsecured notes up to 4 10 percent maturing in 16 years. Proceeds held by trustee and released as certified by the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus. O
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Public Service Co
Elyrian Describes Area Searched for Earhart and Noonan
Alma Miller recalls the Howland Island search as conducted by the U S Navy for Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick Noonan missing since July 2. Her son, Donald Miller Jr., coxswain on the S 5 Colorado, calls the equatorial crossing region among the most desolate, noting many islands show on half century old maps are now gone, possibly swallowed by the Pacific.
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Dego- Iate
U.S
Amelia Earhart
Frederick Noonan
Alma Miller
Harrison Street
Donald Miller, Jr
S. 5
Colorado
U. S
Howland Island
Miller
Elyria Engineer In Training At Fort Knox Ky
Capt John Powell Elyria city engineer drafts highways bridges and public works and now serves in the army Engineers Fort Knox with the th Engineers U S Army Reserve undergoing a two week active duty training The program includes river crossing drill and a war game Powell will return to civilian duties after the training ends July 31
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Powell
Elyria
Fort Knox
Powell
U. S. Army
Burley Fined for Driving While Intoxicated
Charles Burley, 30, of R D No 1 South Amherst, was fined $50 and costs and had driving rights revoked for six months after arraignment before Mayor Leonard Smith on a DWI charge. Burley was arrested by Officer Earl Boggs at about 6 56 p m Saturday on Broad Street.
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P. Broadnax
Gratton Street
Oberlin
Leonard Smith
Broadnax
Cleveland Street
Charles Burley
South Amherst
Burley
Earl Boggs
Broad Street
Western Automatic Picnic Contest Winners Announced
Winners across contests at the annual Western Automatic Machine Screw Company picnic at Crystal Beach Park include Lewis Yorkie in the blindfolded race for boys, Bertha Doman in the girls balloon kicking, Bernard Monske in the tunnel race, Helen Polacsak in the balloon fan contest, Carroll Woods in the men’s 100 yard dash, Julia Nagy in the girls hopping, Victoria Butkowsky and Frank Butkowsky winning the shoe race, Hazel Ray in the married ladies dash, Christian Davis in the ladies 50 yard dash, and the Schneider team winning the wheelbarrow race. Additional victors span egg throwing, baseball throws, tug of war, and various awards to listed participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weaterup Automatic Machine Screw Company
Crystal Beach Park
Lewis Yorkie
Wicz
Thomas Warner
Bertha Doman
Frances Pawlikowsky
Bernard Monske
Joseph Sroka
Suudies’ Ballon
Helen Polacsak
Mary Polaesek
Anna Salva
William Schneider
Mary Evansco
John Radick
Lowell Thomas
Maurice Bilby
James Lyons
Albert LaCross
Julius Tisza
Nick Ignatz
Henry
Ed Pomeroy
Edmund Kihwm
R. E. McDermott
Joseph Novak
Bessie Wiech
Screw Plant
John Tokas
Henry Pomeroy
Gert I Henke
Adrian B. Jenkins
Lowell Burton
Clyde Englebach
M. BE. Calvird
Jessie Ellis
Frederick William Ehrke
Steve Satey
Sheldon $. Katz
Anne M. Sorok
Clara Janosky
Frank Polen
Frank Vajda
Ed Godfrey
Chester Schlaegeter
Mayor Fines Drunkards In Police Court Cases
Mayor Leonard Smith presides over drunks brought before police court. First offenders usually pay a $1 fine plus costs, but habitual offenders face harsher penalties. Today Walter Root and Charles Flood, both 41, were fined $196 plus costs for drunkenness, with no street addresses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Smith
Smith
Walter Root
Charles Flood
Root
Flood
Oberlin Club Activities Highlight Local Meetings
Oberlin O O July 26 News outlines Vine Rebekah lodge regular meeting at 7 39 pm and Martes club gathering with Mrs E W Spaulding. Men’s Civic club to meet July 27 at LeRoy Fields home 165 South Maine street. Regular Oberlin Odd Fellows lodge meeting Wednesday. Pythian Sister Temple picnic Wednesday supper at 6 30 with families invited. Brief notes cover visitors and multi-family travels across Ohio and Michigan.
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Oberlin. O
Vine Rebekah Lodge
Martes Club
E. W. Spaulding
North Pleasant Street
Men's Civic Club
LeRoy Fields
South Maine Street
Oberlin Odd Fellows Lodge
Pythian Sister Temple
Wil H
Elyrians Vacation in Pleyna Ontario Patrolmen Travel Pair
Elyria Police Patrolmen Melvin Olmstead and Clellan Andress vacationing in Pleyna Ontario explain they brought a radio for recreation though colleagues joke it could charm mermaids or help hide and seek with loons. The trip includes newlyweds Mr and Mrs Walter Maloney who wed in Ripley July 11 with Mrs Maloney formerly Shirley Tile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Olmstead
Clellan Andress
Elyria Police Department
Pleyna
Ontario
Olmstead
Andress
Walter Maloney
Maloneys
Ripley
Deaths in Elyria Area MRS HELEN MIKO FRANK ESKER YOUNG CARVER FATE
Death notices recall Mrs Helen Miko of 217 West River Street dying Sunday at Elyria Memorial Hospital after two months illness born in Hungary April 2 1896. Survived by husband five sons two daughters and other relatives. Also Cornelius M Esker died in Fremont Memorial Hospital aged 76 with children and grandchildren. Harold Lee Carver fourteen of Chestnut Ridge Rd died at City Hospital Cleveland. Anthony Gedrige a LaGrange farmer died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after one week illness. obituary lists church and fraternal affiliations. Burial and service details noted for several.
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Helen Miko
Alexander Miko
West River Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Hungary
Elyria
Hungarian Reformed Church
Ladies Aid Society of the Church
Roosevelt Parent-Teacher Association
Alexander
Balint
William
Stephen Bake
Helen
City
Frank
Stephen Mike
Detroit
Frank Kostyo
Lorain
Alex Meszaros
Flint
Michigan
Elizabeth Abahazi
Esther Yager
Cornelius M. Esker
Fremont Memorial Hospital
C. P
C. P. Esker
Ellis Higgins
Arnold Schneider
Fremont
William Esker
Gibsonburg
Ohio
Higgins
Bond Street
St. Mary's Church
Elsrna
St. Mary's Cemetery
Harold Lee Carver
F. O. Carver
Chestnut Ridge Road
City Hospital
Cleveland
Io Fields Cemetery
Anthony Gedridge
LaGrange
Poland
Church of the Assumption of Grafton
Alliance of Poles of America
Obituary notes for Gedridge and Klingshirn families
Two obituaries note the deaths of Frances Gedridge and Maton Klingshirn. Frances Gedridge of LaGrange and Grafton area is survived by a large family including spouse, children and many Polish relatives, with services at Assumption Church in Grafton led by Reverend John Foster. Maton Klingshirn of Avon Lake aged 79, a lifelong farmer and St Mary’s parishioner, is survived by wife Anna, daughters Catherine Pauline, and son Roman, plus sons Michael, Albert, Arthur, a daughter-in-law, and grandchildren. services at St Mary’s Avon led by Reverend Father George Stauber, with burial at an area cemetery.
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Old Glory Grange
Frances Gedridge
Frank Gedridge
LaGrange
Joseph Godridge
Charles Brown Wid
George Barrall
Elyseria
Mea
John Kant
Cleveland
Misa Marian
Joseph
Veronica Wasclewska
Mia
Louiya Koszowska
Mary Godridge
Poland
Maton Klngshirn
Walker Road
Avon Lake
Ohio
Klingshirn
St. Mary's
Avon
George Stauber
Anna
Catherine
Pauline
Roman
Michael J
Albert
Arthur
Fred Winsink
North Ridgeville
Joseph A. Kilngshirn
Reichlin-Cooley
Lorain
Stolen 1956 Dodge Coupe Reported From Local Lot
A 1956 green Dodge coupe owned by Leo Meyer Motor Co. was reported stolen Saturday from its lot on East Avenue. The vehicle bears Ohio license DS 2341.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Meyer Motor Company
East Avenue
Ohio
Petitions Signed By Hundreds In Lorain County
Lorain County moves toward a statewide vote on a proposed constitutional amendment for appointing Ohio Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges. 78 signatures collected with more expected before the deadline under county chair A H Weat. The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation backed the amendment, urging support in the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
A. H. Weat
Ohio Supreme Court
Courts of Appeals
Common Pleas
Teens Fined For Intoxication In Vermilion Case
Two Lakewood youths faced Justice Preston Coon Saturday and were fined $10 plus costs for intoxication. They and two others were charged with entering a Vermilion-on-the-Lake cottage, smashing windows and destroying furniture early Friday. The four agreed to cover damages. two youths faced no charges. Fined were Jack McGinty, 19, of 10609 Clifton Blvd and Walter Jacobs, 20, of 1409 Alameda Ave. Total fines and costs: $20.10 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Justice of the Peace
Preston
Alameda Avenue
Cleveland Produce and Livestock Market Report Clippings
Market notes cover fruits vegetables and meats with prices for apples currants radishes raspberries tomatoes potatoes butter eggs poultry and livestock. Entries include price ranges for hogs cattle calves sheep and lambs and market movements in Cleveland plus regional grain notes.
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Cleveland Livestock Ee
Hi Ff
TINO
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
The
Bluebird
Western Reserve Finance
Turner Block
Court Street
Wittemore
Agenta
O'Donnell Paint & Wall Paper Co
John Gawkowski
Kasmuir Gawkowski
Mary Barba
John Burba
Maude G. Frey
Sit
Edward Richard Frey
Raymond McCleary
Mansfield
Joseph Q. Petro
McCleary
Emma Dewey
Ralph Minnich
Erie Avenue
Princeton University
Rodman Douglas
Preston Coon
Minnich
Wilson Little
Island Road
Eaton
Sheriff's Department
Little
Common Pleas Court
Frank J. Zutla
Joseph Homola, Jr
William Seher
Clara B. Redington
Eau Gallie
Florida
Arthur Folsom
Laconia
New Hampshire
Clara Redington
Zanesville, O
Lewis Tracey
WPA
Fuskingam River
Tracy
Sederis
Farm Bureau Co-Op. Assn
Wellington
Elyrian
Amelia
Fort Knox, Ky
Esther Wood
Richard Clevenger
Fred Hall
Winter Park
C. D. Peabody
North Professor Street
G. Miles
New York City
Mabel Gibson
East College Street
C. A. Stanfield
Clyde Snavell
Piqua
William Finley
South Pleasant Street
William Whitney
Nellie Fobes
WE. Hutchinson
Beverley Finley
Nalso
Emmet ¢. Thompson
Harold Archer
Elbert Frey
William Beal
Youngstown
George Holgate
Clyde
Earl Davis
Margaret Mason
Columbus
Dager
Doren Lyon
North Cedar Avenue
Oberlin Beach
Floyd Gore
Donald
Buffalo
Gore
Mr. Gore
Gown
Walloon Lake
Canada
Lood Automobile Insurance — Superior Claim Service
H.R. Roxich Sealers
the Travelers
Hartford
Pleyna, Ontario
Maton Klingshirn
Justice Coon
Marlettin
Virginia
Calif
Louisiana
Pocahontas
Schroli Coai
Sudro - Curtis Ambulance
Stone’s Grill
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