RAND JURY TO CONVENE ON TUESDAY
A list of individuals from Elyria Berlin Heights Collins and nearby areas includes Jeanne Brown Virginia Kuhl Shirley Bursley Catherine McConville Margaret Wysogorski Netta Ray Hilda Root Vivian Sherman Marie Feihl and Virginia Volk noted as a graduating class member not present for the photo. Local names span Elyria Cuyahoga Falls Spencer and Cleveland regions with the jury gathering next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Jeanne Brown
Berlin Heights
Virginia Kuhl
Collins
Shirley Bursley
Catherine McConville
Margaret Wysogorski
Netta Ray
Hilda Root
Spencer
Vivian Sherman
Marie Feihl
Cuyahoga Falls
Virginia Volk
Cleveland
Flood Crest Threatens Upper Valley and Columbia River
Widespread flood danger spread across the Pacific Northwest as cresting rivers threaten Portland and Astoria. The Columbia and Snake Rivers, swollen by warm weather and heavy snowmelt, prompted evacuations and warnings while engineers caution about dangerous currents and renewed rises over the next two to three days. 100000 people displaced, 30 dead, and crops and property valued at about 100 million dollars affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valie Columbia River
Pondetrard
Pacific Ocean
Bortland
Astoria
Lumbia
Columbia
Portland
Vancouver
Pacific Northwest
Elyria Opens Summer School Programs for 1948
Elyria schools announced sessions for elementary and high school level summer programs under principal George Miralant. High school plans include English algebra geometry and history with courses six weeks long from 8 am to noon, fees set at $8 with $4 for extra subjects. Memorial Hospital patient Mrs Melisson Pepple injured in a pedestrian accident.
Weather forecast for astern Ohio ski winds this afternoon
Framed as a brief weather update the notice forecasts fair conditions this afternoon with light winds in eastern Ohio. Temperatures are expected to be mild with lows tonight around the 85 degree range. The fragment mentions an advertisement found on page two referencing furs and a Crystal Clear Dry at 132 Broad Street.
Truce talks loom as Bernadotte presses plan in Palestine
Secretary of State Truman nominates William Henry Jenne Elyria postmaster after long service as acting postmaster since 1947. In Palestine Bernadotte pushes cease fire talks with Egyptian premier and Arab leaders, arranging international observer teams as fighting rages near Jenin and Tulkarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Truman
William Henry Jenne
Elyria
Jenne
Charles J. Sartor
Detroit
Mich
Amherst
Garford
Adams Street
Foster Avenue
Matthew Fortman
Helen
Nicholas Marsho
Grace
George
Walter
William
Euclid
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
Bernadotte
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Cairo
Amman
Beirut
Specifil United Nations
Security Council
Haifa
Jenin
Tulkarm
Burj
Kfar Yona-Tulkarm
Nabulsi Orange Groves
Yesteray
Predict Railroaders Will Picket The President's Train
Railroad union leaders predicted that President Truman’s cross country trip would be marked by picketing at every stop. They warned picketing could begin when the president boards the special train at Union Station, linking to a three union effort that threatened a nationwide strike previously halted by a federal court order. The unions, representing about 190,000 engineers and other rail workers, demand nationalization and new contract terms, while the White House has not acted on their requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
Last Party Of School Year At Gym Tonight
The 1947-48 school year wrap party will be at Elyria High School gym from 8 30 to 11 30 tonight under Student Cabinet sponsorship. All students and recent graduates are invited. Shirley Mackin reports Gene Sharick and his band will provide square and modern dancing music. Crystal Clear Dry Cleaners advertises Double Eagle stamps for Monday and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
George Miralant
Miner
Miraben
Elyria High School
Shirley Mackin
Gene Sharick
Dog Keeps Vigil At Death Bed
NEWARK Deputies report a dog kept watch by the bedside of William T. Davis 74 who was found dead in his home after neighbors saw neither man nor dog for days. The pair lived alone and the dog stayed by Davis’s side for five days, deputies said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Licky — County
William T. Davis
Dave
Davis
Taft Bricker Back Bill Admit 200000 Displaced Persons
Senators Taft and Bricker voted for the bill to admit 200000 displaced persons to the United States as the Senate passed it 63 to 13. The immigrants would be admitted over two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
United States
Senate
Contract Awarded for LeRoi Compressor at $1435
Service Director D W Kothe said H B Fuller Equipment Co Cleveland won the bid for a LeRoi compressor for the cemetery department at 1 435. The unit is a 100 cubic foot per minute machine. Auction ad encourages readers to attend Elyria Community Auction Sale Friday night hosted by Muerle G Karns Auct Ph 46 481.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Kothe
H. B. Fuller Equipment Co
Cleveland
Elyria
Muerle G. Karns
Auct
Adv
Diplomas To Be Presented To 17 Nurses
Seventeen student nurses will graduate from the M. B. Johnson School of Nursing at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Commencement is at 8 p m Friday at the First Congregational church. J T Griffin Cleveland civic leader will speak on The Spirit of Service. Roy F Vande Mark will present diplomas. Naomi Beery will present pins. Music includes a Student Nurses Choir, a string quartet, and remarks by C R Cook hospital administrator. A reception follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Johnson School of Nursing
Elyria Memorial Hospital
First Congregational Church
J. T. Griffin
Cleveland
Roy F. Vandemark
Naomi Beery
School of Nursing
J. Martin Beck
Franz Gruen
Sidney Davis
Alvin Bemis
C. R. Cook
Body Of Lt. Bates To Be Laid To Rest In Arlington
The body of 1st Lt. Melvin L. Bates will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery Virginia on Tuesday June 8 at 2 pm. Bates 23 was killed in service in India on October 5 1943. He was a photographer pilot in the Army Air Corps. His parents Mr and Mrs Duane H Bates of 1035 East River street with siblings Erwin Elva Helen West expect to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin L. Bates
Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
Bates
Duane H. Bates
East River Street
India
Army Air Corps
Erwin
Elva
Helen West
Coshocton
Arlington
Bodies Recovered in Lake Erie Near Kellys Island
Police report one body recovered by Coast Guard near Kellys Island with a vague sighting of a second by a freighter. Theories include air cadets from Grosse Ile Mich on a training flight. City installs two hour parking meters on Court Street between Second and Third, nickel for one hour, two nickels for two hours, to be in service Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Lake Erie
Kelly's Island
Coast Guard
Grosse Ile
Mich
City Street Department
Court Street
Second
D. W. Kothe
Tells Graduates Most Important Job Is To Create Good One World
Elyria High School added 329 names to its alumni rolls last night and awarded diplomas to its 100th graduating class at the Ely Stadium. The ceremony featured a blue and white procession, the flag raising, and a keynote by Dr. John H. Furbay of Trans World Airline. He urged graduates to build a good One World, stressing language learning and overcoming American superiority to live with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School
Ely Stadium
John H. Furbay
Air World Education
Trans World Airline
Kansas City
Missouri
Dr. Furbay
Severs
California
Elyria High honors 27 graduates of centennial class
Twenty seven students at Elyria High School were named honor graduates for maintaining a 90 combined average over four years. Valedictorian Conrada Bernice Bednarz led a list that also includes Effaline Allen and many peers from local streets and avenues across Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School
Conrada Bernice Bednarz
Effaline Allen
Princeton Avenue
Nicholas Csonka, Jr
Woodford Avenue
Theodore Ward Daykin
Columbus Street
Joan G. Demetral
West Avenue
Anna Margaret Dreier
Middle Avenue
Greta Marie Ericson
Caroline Streect
Marjorie Fell
South
Maple Street
Nancy Joan Gallen
Baustern Heights Boulevard
Gerald Wilbur Gaston
Oxford Avenue
Robert Wesley Hancock
Columbus — Street
Dianne Marcia Haury
Columbia Avenue
Marguerite Mary Hoin
Denison Avenue
Dolores Mae Kamver
Woodland Avenue
Beverly Anne Kreepach
Grafton Road
Alice Leona Rothgery
Janice Helen Schreiber
Roosevelt Avenue
Rita Mary Shifkoski
James Gordon Siward
East Avenue
Eleanor Lucille Lugaski
Eastern Heights
Dorothy Susan Tkacs
Pasadena Avenas
Mary Louise Tomski
Violet Ujlaki
North Abbe Road
E H S Alumni Will Meet Tomorrow
Elyria High School alumni association officers invite all graduates to the 69th annual meeting at the high school gym tomorrow at eight. The group issued a public invitation due to the scale of outreach and notes that several graduates have parents or grandparents who also attended EHS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School Alumni Association
High School
Gymnau
Ail
Mary Cathryn Ursem
Marseilles Avenue
Wie
Elyria High School
J. Stacks
Katherine Knechtges
Lorain County
F. E. Baker
Edison Court
William Nielsen
Peer D. Nielsen
Elizabeth Hawk Niel
Elyria High School 1948 Graduation Private Diploma
Patricia Jean Clark of 843 West Broad Street received her Elyria High School 1948 diploma in a private ceremony at Elyria Memorial Hospital after an appendectomy last Saturday. Principal J. D. Severs and School Board President Burton I. Ohlemacher presented the diploma, with others in the class listed as still in service or finishing early. Dr. John H. Furbay, the commencement speaker, flew from Kansas City to Cleveland in 3 hours 40 minutes. A long-haired dog briefly drew attention near the speaker as the program began, and the high-school band members received applause as diplomas were handed out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Patricia Jean Clark
West Broad Street
Burton I. Ohlemacher
J. D. Severs
Ely Stadium
John H. Furbay
Kansas City
Missouri
Cleveland
Congregationalists To Hold Council At Oberlin College
More than 2000 members of Congregational Christian churches will attend a week long council at Oberlin College June 17 24 The general council, organized at Oberlin in 1871, will seek action on a proposed merger with the Evangelical and Reformed church Speakers include Dr Franz Kloijn Byron Price and Miss Katharine Lenroot. Plymouth Club Coupe to be sold Friday at Elyria community auction Merle G Karns Auctioneer Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Congregational Christian Churches of America
Oberlin College
General Council of
Congregational Christian Churches
Oberlin
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Franz Kleijn
the Hague
Netherlands
Byron Price
The
United Nations
Katharine F. Lenroot
Children’s Bureau
Washington
Plymouth
Elyria
Fuller Road
Merle G. Karns
Adv
Murder Is Charge In Two Cases In Lorain County
Lorain County grand jury, meeting Tuesday, will consider about 20 cases including two first degree murder charges. James Bohach, 39, faces murder for his wife’s death after claiming she shot herself. Neal Rhodes, 36, is charged with murder for a fatal stabbing. Additional cases include multiple stabbings, robberies, and auto takings from Elyria and Lorain, with names such as Davie Haynes, Willie Brown, Frank De Fazio, Henry Russell, Lewis Huber, Ken Alkorn, Joseph Warner, and Albert Haynes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
James D. Bohach
Clifton Avenue
Lorain
Margaret
Bohach
Lonely Hearts Club
Othege
Neal Rhodes
14Th Street
Salmor Dixon
Broadway
Rhodes
Dixon
Davie Haynes
Foster Avenue
Elyria
Earl
Gee and Jury
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Willie Brown
South Second Street
Viola
West River
West Bridge
Freddie Price
Arthur Lescher
Robert Hyde
Charles McGuire
Eddie Shannon
George Allen
Dessie Edwards
Thomas Grego
Benito Cisneros
Albert Haynes
Amherst
Voting Machines Placed At Lorain County Polling Places
Nineteen voting machines ordered for use in Lorain County were being delivered today to permanent polling place locations in Elyria and other points throughout the county. In Elyria, two at Ely School for precincts 1-A and 1-B, two at Franklin School for precincts 4-A and 5-B, two at McKinley School for precincts 3-A and 3-B, two at Hamilton School for precincts 4-D and 5-B, one at Roosevelt School for precinct 6-A, and one at Gates School for precinct 6-B. Additional machines delivered to Markley School for Elyria Township, Vincent School for the East precinct in Sheffield Township, the Meister and Leavitt Roads fire station for Black River Township, and the Sheffield Lake Village fire station and town hall for voters of that village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Elyria
Ruth Cummings
Roosevelt School
Gates School
Markley
Elyria Township
Vincent School
Sheffield Township
Meister and
Leavitt Roads
Black River Township
Sheffield Lake Village
Wedding vows amid rice and shoes in Chronicle aisle
A brief item notes Rice and old shoes thrown at the couple as they walk down the aisle. It mentions the Chronicle Telegraph Want Ad columns seeking buyers for household goods and urges readers to place a want ad by calling 44-121 or 44-131.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle-Telegram
Immediate Guaranteed Auto Service Ad
Deelz Inc. Chrys ler Plymouth advertises immediate automotive service from a shop at 728 W Broad. The compact ad markets fast turnaround and guaranteed work for Chrysler Plymouth vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deelz, Inc
Chrysler-Plymouth
W. Broad
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Monk School
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Way
Melisson Pepple
Ynesfield
Critiion
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Crystal Clear Dry Cleaners
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Lt. Bates
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