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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1986
Page
4
Three people pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to driving with no valid license, totaling fines and costs at $350. William J. Mike received $250 and 60 days in the Toledo workhouse. others paid smaller sums and received short jail terms or suspensions for various license and plate violations.
Zoology assistant professor Edward J. Kormondy of Oberlin College receives a Joseph Henry Fund grant to study aquatic insects around Pymatuning Lake Pennsylvania. Graduate assistant Jennett L. Gower will join the project, with Kormondy also teaching at the Pittsburgh Biological Station.
An 18 year old Oberlin Conservatory freshman was sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty in Municipal Court to entering upon land with intent to steal. Judge Goldthorpe fined him $20 and costs, suspended 60 days, with 30 days in county jail and his parents to seek help. He was arrested after tampering with a back door at the Kratz residence. He claimed to seek revenge and was found with a knife. his home is Williamsville, New York.
In Oberlin Municipal Court one man admitted guilt to driving while intoxicated and another pleaded innocent. Ray N. Westfall of Elyria faced a one year license suspension a $250 fine and three days in jail. Hubert B. Anderson of New London pleaded innocent to DWI and speeding and must show for trial Friday at 9 am. Harold M. Siron of South Amherst also must appear for trial Friday morning and pleaded innocent to speeding.
Oberlin College receives a $1500 Ford Fund educational grant split into three $500 awards for Roy E. Bock Jo Ann Jones and Dennis L. Sweetenham. Oberlin is among 78 private colleges with $67,500 in 1959 60 grants. since 1951 grants to 131 schools total $485,750.
Christ Church Episcopal outlines summer service times beginning June 19 with 8 am and 10 am services for the season. During July the rector Rev. Edward W. Jones is on vacation and Rev. Richard Fenn leads services with assistance from Jay Teaders.
Oberlin College Cine-Club presents two French films Carnival in Flanders and Mr Wonderbird in Hall Auditorium. Mr Wonderbird screens next Wednesday at 1 pm and 9 43 pm with English subtitles. A report on a Milwaukee convention follows at 8 15 pm.
Oberlin pastor Wayne Saffen of Grace Lutheran Church has accepted a challenge to lead a pilot project at the University of Chicago after seven years serving in Oberlin.
Oberlin High School seniors hear Dr Richard C Wolf present The Success Story as the baccalaureate theme at First Church. The ceremony, led by Robert W Duncan, features music by the a capella choir and the Lord's Prayer. Commencement June 11 at 8 pm in Finney Chapel with Philip E Auer as speaker.
The case against Arthur Anderson of 289 East Lorain Street for assault and battery was dismissed by Municipal Judge David R. Goldthorpe. His wife Margaret declined to file the complaint but stated a church remains in the wrong place. The church loft was renovated for an expanding program and property across Lorain Street was purchased. The father of six, Mr Saften, emphasizes work with children and youth. vacation Bible school enrollment rises. a nursery and Saturday day school exist. a student group meets during the academic year. The Grace Lutheran Christmas Eve program in Hall Auditorium is a yearly event.
A fragmentary column humorously references returning to work after a vacation and a medical checkup. The piece mentions the Society of Silent Sniveling Sinus Sufferers and a bid to become its top officer.
Oberlin Conservatory presents the annual Commencement Recital in two parts during Commencement weekend. Ten Class of 1960 students perform in Part I Friday 8 pm Warner Concert Hall and Part II Saturday 8 pm Finney Memorial Chapel. Part I features Prokofiev Mozart Handel Aschaffenburg Wieniawski. Part II includes Widor Schumann Chopin Verdi Barber. Performers include Side roputos Aseford Yount Chamberlain Hanawalt and others.
A rambling, satirical column mocks local life with jumbled notes on cations, child helpers, a newspaper recycling trip for Boy Scouts, teen mischief, and a public figure’s legal past. The voice blends brusque humor with stray references to police, neighborhoods, and media leaks.
Oberlin hosts Safety Day honoring the school patrol on June 10 with a parade from Vine and Main at 3 am led by the High School band. The event includes 12 games at 9 30 am with prizes, talks by local officials, and awards to patrol members funded by PTAs and local merchants.
Municipal Judge David R. Goldthorpe released a 42 year old Lewiston Maine man into the city jail and offered a night in custody after fining him five dollars and costs. The hitch hiker, a Canadian pensioner and war veteran, was found loitering on the turnpike plaza seeking a ride.
John C Avery of 260 West Hamilton Street pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to three charges including one felony. He is to appear for trial on June 10 at 9 a.m. and faces additional arraignment on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with counter- plates.
Oberlin article notes a rummage sale sponsored by Rust Church to start at 10 a.m. Saturday featuring clothing for babies children and women with proceeds to support church activities.
Frederick Graff was installed as the new Student Senate president by Principal Paul Newell at Oberlin High School during honors day. Scholarship winners include Ralph Coe, Andrew Comings, Sally Conway, Sharon Fairchild, Joe Harris, Maida McIlroy, Julia Newell, Robert Oliphant, Anne Wiggins, and others with multiple renewable awards and state-placed recognitions.
Dr. Henry P. Van Dusen president of Union Theological Seminary will address Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology degree candidates at a Recognition Service next Wednesday at 8 p.m. in First Church. He will be honored for scholarship field work and preaching with awards during a day of commencement events including Alumni Association meetings and a senior alumni banquet. Van Dusen a longtime educator and author has held multiple church and academic posts and holds degrees from Union Edinburgh and Princeton among others.
Oberlin The Rev Richard Gelwick director of religious activities at Oberlin College and YMCA executive secretary will preach at 11 am Sunday in First Methodist Church The junior and senior choirs will sing A combined meeting of junior and senior high fellowship members their parents and church members is set for 7 pm The Rev Escrivae Zunguze South Africa conference delegate will speak
The Choraliers of Nocal perform at First Baptist Church Lorain on Sunday June 12 at 8 pm in a final program under Rev James Willis who graduates from Oberlin school of theology.
An urgent notice encourages timely payment for a loved one’s monument or memorial marker. It urges readers to fulfill their memorial obligations now, stressing the importance of honoring those who have passed.
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