City approves new street light assessments and ditch plan
Elyria property owners face a 1956 street lighting assessment to fund White Way lamps with payments due 30 days after enactment. County plans for Eaton Township drainage upgrade estimate $50,000 with property assessments around $550 each, developers contributing $6,000 toward the allocation.
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Elyyia
Jo. Grant Keys
Rissman Eaton
Eaton Township
Carpenter Ditch
County Sanitary Engineers
Richard Baird
Drosd
Rissman
Eaton Homes
Federal Housing Authority
Sanitary Engineering Department
EDCHS Girl Receives Zahars Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Marilyn Stang of Elyria District 1 Catholic High School has been awarded one of two Geraldine Zahars Memorial Scholarships in nursing at M B Johnson School of Nursing, Elyria Memorial Hospital. The three-year, $200 annual award requires maintaining grades. Marilyn, active in choir and girls athletics, is the daughter of Harold and Mrs. Stang.
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Marilyn Stang
Elyria District 1 Catholic High School
Joseph B. Lehane
Geraldine Zahars
M. B. Johnson
Marilyn
EDCHS
Harold M. Stang
East River Sb
Lorain Man Pleads Guilty In Municipal Court
Steve Harkey Jr. 44 of 142 Iz Oak St pleaded guilty to reckless driving in Lorain Municipal Court and was fined 35 dollars plus costs after initially resisting tests and vowing to fight the case to the Supreme Court. He was arrested on Broad St when an officer stopped his car. Court actions occurred as city officials discussed railroad crossing safety and road maintenance with a day allotment project. The village mayor and council debated crossing improvements and road resurfacing led by a committee.
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Broad St
Horkey
Alcometer
Supreme Court
Sheffield
Paul Poor
Tol
Village Council Safety Committee
Key
Nickel Plate Railroad
Abbe Rd
Poor
Edward Kalassy
Sumner St
Elyria and Lorain Seek Water For Sheffield Village
Elyria officials, Lorain City Council and county commissioners spent a full day negotiating water supply to Sheffield Village. After study and planning, Lorain Council sent a second request for water, reversing a prior fall rejection. Lester H. Weinberg of Cuyahoga Falls to prepare the proposal.
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Sheffield
Elyria
Lorain City
Elysia City
Elysia
Lorain
Sheffield Village
Lester H. Weinberg
Cuyahoga Falls
Water plan discussed with Elyria for Sheffield system
Ex Elyria Fireman Succumbs. Sheffield officials and Lorain County sanitary officers meet in Sheffield to discuss Elyria water extension via a master meter. Elyria would supply about 100000 gallons daily rising to 200000, with Sheffield handling distribution. Lorain renewed water sale requests follow city council actions. Meanwhile, ex Elyria Fire Department member Roy Benton dies in Florida. funeral set for Deland.
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Flyra
Sheffield
County Sanitary Engineering Department
Commissioners
Elyma
Weinberg
Elyria
J. Grant Keys
Michael Lotko
Eugene Smith
Water Committee
Paul Poor
Lester Mackert
John Traxler
Ruth Potter
Walter McAllister
John Getz
Vincent
Lorain
John Cidaworski
Poor
New Pact For 350 Hikes Pay
About 350 employees of Air Conditioning Division. American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Co. announce hourly pay hikes from 5 42 to 19 12 cents under a new one year agreement. Local 268 AFL-International Molders and Foundry Workers Union and the company completed talks in two meetings. Wages rise 3 to 19½ cents hourly with shifts up and piecework raises 31 to 15 cents. Vacations and holiday pay enhanced. other provisions revised. Agreement effective yesterday.
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Standard Sanitary
Afl-International Molders and Foundry Workers Union
Fred Maddock
Iplant
W. J. Henry
Workshops Head PTA Aides Plan Lorain County Sessions
Lorain County Council of Parent Teacher Associations schedules two workshops for new officer and committee chair plans. Avon Lake High School hosts 1:30 to 4:00 PM and Midview High School hosts 7:30 to 10:00 PM. Six groups cover presidents, secretaries, treasurers, magazine and hospitality, parent education, and program chairs. Representatives from units across the county may attend either session.
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Lorain County
LaGrange Driver Fined and Jailed on DWI Charge
Wendel T Ratcil aged 29 of Diagonal Road LaGrange was found guilty on a DWI charge this morning after pleading not guilty. He was fined $200 and costs and sentenced to four days in City Jail. Ratcil was arrested February 17 after officers observed him driving in a reckless manner on Cleveland Street and his license was suspended until compliance with the state financial responsibility act.
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Wendel T. Ratcil
Diagonal’ Rd
LaGrange
Ratcil
Cleveland St
Sewer Trouble Shuts Down New County Dog Kennel
The Lora County Dog Kennel opened Friday but operations were halted yesterday after the sewer clogged during kennel evacuation. Dog Warden Raymond Krugman and staff work to minimize the population with about ten dogs confined. Dogs will be kept only if essential until repairs finish at the $24,000 facility near Oberlin Road by the county garage.
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Lora County
Raymond Krugman
Oberlin Ra
Accident Victim Dies in Akron Auto Crash
Barbert on Akron resident C. K-John Collins aged 36 died in a hospital here Monday from injuries sustained in an auto accident Sunday.
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Barberton
C. K
John Collins
Akron
Industrialist Arthur Bowman Dies at 61
Arthur Bowman, 61, general manager of Milford River and Machine Co. Ohio Division, died at 10:45 today in Elv. Funeral arrangements are pending as authorities release few details about the Milford River industrialist’s death.
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Arthur Bowman
Ohio
Milford River and Machine Co
Elv
Dispute Over Codes Triggers Charges at Lake Breeze Manor
In Sheffield Lake a fight over sewer and water codes led to disorderly conduct and assault and battery charges. Helen Erb of Elyria and Ted Paige Sr. face charges filed by Board of Public Affairs President Otho J. Buckley, with Buckley also charged in the incident. A stop work order halted construction at the Rt. 301 Lake Breeze Manor development, halted by village inspector William J. Hoiley Jr. The clashes began after a family moved into an unfinished house and Paige attached temporary lines to another home’s services, prompting the stop order and code violations. The mayor and inspector warned further court action if work does not stop.
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6&Home
James C. Markley
Helen Erb
Elyria
Ted Paige Sr
Huron
Board of Public Affairs
Otho J. Buckley
Buckley
Erb
Page
Lake Breeze Manor
Rt. 301
Ferndale Ave
Wiliam J. Hoiley Jr
Paige
Halley
Markley
Contract Provides Pay Hikes For Homewood Center Workers
A two year contract effective June 1 provides about 26 cents per hour pay raises for roughly 36 Homewood Shopping Center employees. The deal was approved by Retail Clerks Local 880 and Union Supply Stores, a Ken S. Steel subsidiary. Cecil B. Dunlap, secretary treasurer of the Retail Clerks Union Cleveland Council, said the Homewood workers organized about six months ago. Local 880 includes about 1,000 Grocery, drug, and bakery store employees with headquarters in Cleveland.
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Homewood
Rettail Clerks Local 880
Union Supply Stores
Ken S. Steel
Cecil B. Dunlap
Retail Clerks Unions
Cleveland Council
Local 880
Cleveland
Guide-O Tractor Demonstration Tracks Through Plant
A radio controlled Guide-O tractor from Morrison Co covers a half mile circuit inside the C A Olsen Co plant. Operated by radio or manual control, the 6,000 dollar unit hauls loads up to 20,000 pounds and travels at 3 to 6 mph with beacon stop safety to avoid obstacles.
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Brera
C. A. Olsen Co
Morrison Co
Cleveland
Guide-O
Olsen
Barrett-Cravens Co
Northbrook
Guideo
Charles M. Albrecht
Crafton
Recreation survey on Elyria facilities delivered to committee
Dr. W C Batchelor of Ohio State turned over a 200 page recreational study to the Elyria Recreation Study Committee. The report outlines current facilities, expansion needs, and future playgrounds with recommendations and proposed committees to implement the plan. It calls for public finance review, neighborhood recreation study, and possible use of school buildings for community centers. The steering committee plans to decide on publication and widely publicize the survey.
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W. C. Batchelor
Ohio State University
Elyria
Eady
Pease A
Ean
Batchelor
Columbus
Community Chest
University Needs Will Be Explained at Wilberforce Fund Lunch
Lorain County Wilberforce University Foundation committee and area representatives will hear Dr. Charles L. Hill, Wilberforce president, at a midday lunch at the Graystone Hotel. The drive aims to raise 310,000 to fund a gymnasium essential for accreditation, with two per session to reach a 10,000 target.
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Lorain County
Wilberforce Unversity Foundation
Charles L. Hii
Graystone
Gary of
Lorain
Hill
Wilberforce University
Xenia
Incollege
Pitting Of Pipe Revealed Near Elyria Underpass
Elyria officials disclosed deterioration of several feet of the force main near the New York Central underpass due to electrolytic action. Service Director Lotko proposed a $1,500 fix and asked council to consider the plan, as a larger cathodic protection project costing $12,275 is underway. He urged repairing the section now to coincide with electrode installation.
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Elyria Force Main
New York Central Railroad
Michael J. Lotke
Water and Fiances
Lotko
16 Year Old Committed To Lancaster By Juvenile Court
A 16 year old Elyria High School student refused to follow school orders over money and other violations. The youth was committed to Lancaster Boys Industrial School by Juvenile Judge Harold Ewing. He had accumulated detention periods and refused to make them up, according to Judge Ewing.
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Elyria High School
Lancaster Boys Industrial School
Juvenie Mudge
Harold Ewing
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