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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1957
Page
6
Lorain County election officials report most May primary candidates have filed expense accounts but several still must submit lists or affidavits by tomorrow at 4 p.m. The law requires filing for eligibility. changes in 1957 will tighten deadlines for 1958 entrants. Only Elyria Lorain Wellington and Amherst held primaries.
Various filings list divorce actions and civil suits across Wellington Lorain and surrounding towns. Cases include dismissals and settlements for neglect and cruelty grounds as well as debt claims and land contract disputes with parties such as Hayes Sponagle Keisler Hall Rancher Moran and firms like Naegele Advertising Co.
Mrs Sophia Schultz 55 of 838 West 18th Street Lorain died today at 1 25 am in St Joseph Hospital after a heart attack at home. She is survived by husband Valentine William daughters Veronica Cibroski Lottie Burkiewicz Teresa Warner all of Lorain ten grandchildren three sisters and five brothers. Friends will be received at DomBrwski Funeral Home after 7 pm today with funeral Friday at 8 am from the home, then Solemn Requiem High Mass at Nativity Church at 8 30 am. Burial in Calvary Cemetery.
Lorain County 4H leaders prepare for a training camp event with counseling staff and senior 4H members. Sessions run Thursday through Sunday at the Senior 4H Center with camps July 12-16 and July 20-24 joining crews from Erie Ottawa counties. Funeral notices follow for Elmira Hartman and Joseph J. Leshnak, with Lorain and Huron obituaries and several local deaths and fetes noted.
Municipal Court actions include Robert Repas twenty three fined two dollars and costs for storage sign violation Samuel Bryant forty fined ten dollars and costs for failing to stop in an assured clear distance Robert Ault thirty fined fifty dollars and lasts for disturbing the peace. Funeral services for Clarence Sears fifty seven were held in New London with burial in New London Cemetery. He dies after a lingering illness on Saturday in Sandusky. Lorain Medina 4 H Dairy Tour visits farms on Rt 301 and Rt 18 with Holsteins and Ayrshires. George Markou and C D McGrew to lead dairy judging sessions. Richard Rittinger’s highway use tax charge dismissed on prosecutor’s recommendation. Fines listed include George Holtzman fifty, Gauvereau thirty four, Leivacher one hundred seven, Zimmerman thirty five, Fabrney twenty one, Messenger twenty one, Demaria twenty three, and Whitticar Westlake driver with bond forfeited.
Among filings in Huron County courts are divorce actions. Wilbur C. Gleason of Willard sues Laura W. for divorce. Bonnie Straziuso of Bellevue sues Rocuo for divorce in Sandusky.
The notice lists multiple births to families in Elyria and Avon Lake, with names and addresses such as William Jansheski 2240 North Jefferson Blvd and Hipo Krall Bauerdale Dr Avon. It also notes estates appraised at 17 and 6250 dollars, letters testamentary issued to Harold Heyman, and mentions many residents and addresses including Edith M. Hoy Bellevue and Frank Whitman Willard.
The family of Newton L. Burnworth and Mary Burnworth express gratitude for mesarzes cattle flowers and offers of help. Also thanks to friends and neighbors for tribute to husband and father Robert Petter who died May 26 and to May Petter and Children for support and sympathy.
The first county wide 4 H beekeeping club is formed and seeks members. A meeting is set for Monday at Adelbert Schuster’s Stoney Ridge Road home. Elyria YMCA hosted a session with project talks and the area’s first honey of the year. Advisors include Alvin Roser Harry Vandenberg and Schuster of Lorain County Beekeepers Association.
Three nominees seek the Local 101 CIO UAW presidency for a two year term. Election runs 6 am to 6 pm at Terrell's Garage Foster Ave with six officers seven shop area committeemen and two four year trustees to be named. Candidates include Folley Calderato Klein for president and Diederick Phillips and Yourkiewicz for vice president.
Amvets Post 47 based in Lorain endorses George J. Demchik of Sheffield Lake for Ohio Amvets state commander. Delegates from Lorain depart for the Dayton convention led by Post 47 commander Vincent Glorioso. Demchik, born June 12 1907, helped found Lorain Amvets Post 47 and chaired athletic committees in Lorain and state groups.
Allen Hospital lists Brian Gothot of 105 Elm St Mrs Jessie Lugaski of Wellington Mrs Harold Woodmansee and daughter of 40 Shipherd Circle Mrs Kenneth Pete and son R D 2 Mrs Regis Yasher and son Kipton Mrs Rob ert Gray and daughter Elyria in a community notice regarding patients and contacts.
The Lorain County Soil Conservation District board will meet at 8:30 tonight at the U.S. Soil Conservation Service office in Elyria Block. They will finalize plans for the Lorain County Queen of the Furrow Contest and the second twilight farm tours series.
The Lorain County Senior 4H Club will finalize plans for its June 23 homecoming at an 8:15 p.m. meeting tonight at the Senior 4H Center on Rt. 113 and Bechtel Rd. Members active in the club during its 20 year history are invited to participate.
Jackie Cornell 33 of 651 Bell Ave charged with violating a traffic signal at East Ave and Fourth St and cited to court Friday. Donald Ockasik 25 of 1971 at 29th St Lorain charged with driving wrong way on Second St and cited to court Thursday. John DeMaria 23 of 1805 West Ave charged with speeding 40 mph in 20 mph zone on Middle Ave and cited to court Saturday. Robert Decker reported theft of two hub caps valued at $16 from his car Friday or Saturday. Glenn Clark 27 of Westlake arrested by state patrol on Rt 37 and charged with speeding, cited to Elyria Municipal Court.
A list of names and addresses from Lorain and nearby towns appears as part of a report on the county dairy herd improvement association. The names cover workers students and residents from Lorain Wellington Oberlin and Willard along with locations and ages. The item notes a committee meeting at 8 30 to plan the annual county dairy tour and cites several people involved.
Avon Lake attorney Glenn J. Seeley announced the opening of law offices in the Lorain County Bank Building in Elyria while continuing his Avon Lake practice since 1955. He is active in bar associations and local civic groups, a World War II Army Air Corps veteran, graduate of Western Reserve University and Cleveland Marshall Law School, and resides at 151 Belmar Blvd with his wife and son.
LORAIN area residents, two Lorain residents and a Vermilion man were injured in two minor explosions and a gasoline fire yesterday. Clifford Dorsey, 4, of 1115 Washington Ave, treated at St Joseph Hospital for a scalp wound from a gas stove explosion in his home. Richard Brestovansky, 18, of 3129 Denver Ave, in good condition after a severed tendon in his left index finger from a fly spray bottle blast. James Heffer, in good condition with second and third degree burns on his right hand and left arm. City Manager Fredsman, 43, of Lake Rd Vermilion, injured while birds died after using gasoline to burn trash amid Elm disease spraying at Oberlin and the college. Residents urge delaying spraying to protect birds.
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