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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1955

Page

12

Scholarships Awarded At Elyria High Senior Chapel

Elyria High School seniors Ea Wingard Thelma Line Barry Fawkes and John Fred Jesse received four scholarships during senior chapel. Wingard won a $100 year for four years at a college of his choice from Elyria Service League, Line received $150 from Senior YW-Teens, Fawkes got $150 Student Council award, Jesse earned $200 tuition from Fenn College.

Elyria High School Ea Wingard Thelma Line Barry Fawkes John Fred Jesse Jong Elyria Service League Wingard Y.W.C.A Josephine Daugherty Yteen Fawkes Sue Shilling Ellsworth Albert Fenn College Jesse Lloyd Hennings Atheits S. C. Smith James Rob 1Enson Carol Sayles Kent Juni Jor Glen Waldron Frances Miller Jacquelyn Moran David Fauver James Demas Margaret Edwards Larry Nelson Glenda Cheesman Robbie Hill Ann Shilling Andrew Michelka Harvey Wilcox Marilyn King Nancy Fitch Gary Smith John Beckett Charles Sprenkole Alice Storer the Herald Margaret Mahaffey George Dellinger Karla Koehn Carol Snoble William Paonessa Quill and Scroll Harvey Ardman Larry Oldenburg National Thespian Society Ronald Roughton Carol Brown Fay Demopoulos Sondra Henning Mike Moss Jim Parks Marcia Prinde Terry Woodings Kathleen Wilcox Jack Knight Andrea Stolzenburg Barbara Bauer Robert Daniels William Broadwell Robert Wisser William Gebhardt Josephine Wilcox J. Martin Beck Sidney Davis

Fire Causes $3,500 Loss At Wakeman

Fire destroyed a barn and outbuildings near a Wakeman farm after being discovered by Ormon Thompson who called in the alarm. The dwelling remained unharmed. Sheriff Carl Finegan requests $16,000 more for the 1956 budget than last year, with salaries rising and new equipment planned. The incident occurred on Route 60, and a contractor’s cultivator and old tractor were involved in the scene.

Wakeman Carmen Sheriff's Department Rt. 60 Carl Finegan Ormon Thompson Birmingham Thompson Bonse

Mayor's Court Investigates Barn Blaze Fire origin theories raised

Wakeman Fire Chief H J Millhouse says the blaze investigation continues. Firemen speculate the fire may have started from spontaneous combustion in a pile of wet straw in a corner of the barn. William H Duryea pleaded guilty to improper backing charges and was fined ten dollars plus costs for building project violations. Wincel D Manning, cited for improper right turn, was fined ten dollars and costs. County budget notes discuss a 20 000 building fund while two 30 by 180 foot structures rise with an additional 26 by 9 foot addition.

Wakeman H. J. Millhouse Milhouse William H. Duryea Ioad Wednes B Board C. L. Hill Wincel D Manning Cleveland Vee Lui

Vote on School Plan Stirs Penfield Controversy In Lorain County

Lorain County Board faced a challenge to put to public vote a disputed school plan affecting Penfield Township. Penfield board member Tom West filed a by-mail remonstrance seeking a vote on consolidation with Carlisle LaGrange, citing a new district created by county action and Wellington options. The move prompts legal questions about how a majority vote would be executed and whether Penfield remains within the county system or joins a separate district.

Lorain County W. A. Schmittgen Ridgeville Yauss Fred W. Lott Penfield Township Avon Lake Brush Field Township Wellington Penfield New School District Carlisle la Grange West Clarence Brush Eaton Carlisle - LaGrange - Penfield Accants Grange I West Quest Better Lagroup LaGrange Carlisle-LaGrange Bairfield Lenge State Department of Education

Stock listings and a fall injury report from Elyria

The list of securities includes American Telephone and Telegraph Anaconda Copper and many others such as Cleveland Electric and U S Steel. A girl, 13, injured after a fall from a horse at her home, is in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital with back injuries. Col Wallace of Glasgow born 1896 in Saginaw served in WWI and WWII, later in auto retail in Saginaw and Midland, with surviving wife June and daughter, plus several siblings.

Henoretta Komzak Root Elyria Memorial Hospital Saginaw Col Wallace Army Signal Corps Calvary Replacement Center Ft. Riley Kan Ife Midland Mich June Robert L. Clark Flint Ben Andrew Horace California D. R. Goff C. E. Standen Elyria

Week-End Deaths In Elyria Area Reported

In Elyria area obituaries list Mrs. Marie J. Petril Ber ia Nina Bowman Thomp so of Olmsted Falls died at 12 10 a.m. while returning from a 50th anniversary at Berea Community Hospital. Survives include husband Frank and several children. funeral plans pending. Also noted are Anthony Savinelli and Estela Ted tow among others with multiple survivors and services scheduled in Lorain Vermilion and surrounding towns.

Lorain Marie J. Petril Berea Nina Bowman Thompso Son Olmsted Falls Haling Zel Crosby Margaret Booth Brit Walter Spensil Tiemart Black Rosary Third Order of St. Francis Sacred Heart Lodge Angela Louise Medaglia Orlando Cambridge Michael John Fior Loe Rain John R. Devin St. Peter Church Vincent O'Dea Calvary Cemetery

Factions Agree On Wage Pact For The Couch-Uthe Co

A 4 percent pay hike for 130 employees was announced by union and management at The Couch-Uthe Co. The pact includes vacation and seniority gains, improved grievance procedures, and equity adjustments. Retroactive to June 1, it lasts one year with a wage reopen on December 1. Members of the negotiating committee included Eugene Williams and Walter Turke.

iCouch-Uthe Co Richfare Stith Albert Mertz International Association of Machinists AFL Mertz Eugene Wiliams Walter Turke Lester Lattig Clay Crace Howard Hyer Ervin Bowers

Oberlin Schauffler Graduates Hear Unfinished World Talk

Dr Harald Cooke Phillips, pastor of First Baptist Cleveland, delivered the commencement address as 21 seniors in the Schauffler division of Oberlin College graduate school received degrees in Fairchild Chapel. The speaker urged continued striving for perfection under the topic Living in any Unfinished World. It marked Oberlin’s first merger era ceremony after combining with the former Cleveland social and religious work institution a year ago.

Oberlin Harald Cooke, Phillips First Baptist, Church of Cleveland Schauffler Oberlin College Graduate School Fairchild Chapel Cleveland Institution of Oberlin College George P. Mich

Oberlin Schauffler merger commended by president

Police Dept Courthouse News on page 19 notes the Schauffler division head remains president as commencement for the Schauffler division occurs separately until 1957. After the merger, degrees will be awarded at Oberlin College commencement. President William E Stevenson commends the merger as beneficial to both institutions.

Aesides Schauffler Oberlin College William E. Stevenson

Penny Per Ton Separates Bids On County Coal

County commissioners revealed bids for county coal supply with Murbach Coal and Supply as low bidder at 99.48 per ton, one cent under Elyria Lumber and Coal Co. Holton Coal and Oil Co. submitted 9.75 per ton.

Murbach Coal and Supply Elyria Lumber and Coal Co Holton Coal An Oil Co

Hemorrhage Fatal for W I Eglin of Penfield

William I Eglin 34 of Penfield R D 2 Wellington died at 5 30 a m in Lodi Hospital one day after a cerebral hemorrhage He was born Sept 4 1920 in Lodi and graduated Penfield High School He worked with his father at the Penfield farm He belonged to Penfield United Church Survivors include his parents two brothers and a maternal grandmother Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p m from Neriton Andrews Funeral Home Rev John Bruce will officiate Burial will be in Penfield Cemetery

Richard F. Thompson Chestnut Grove Cemetery Olmsted Falls Sullivan Estela Tedtow Samaritan Hosipital Ashland Nova Ashland County Woerner Huron Ian Bends Vian Pacey Fair Daten Choursk Peecere Bes Clon Cole Elyria Vincent O'Dea Cal Heyl Funeralivary Broad St Huffman Unted Brethren Church Nova Cemetery Wwlueklaw St. Peter. and Paul Russian Orthodox Church Burt Betty Johan Suarto Middlebury Heights Norton- Andrews Funeral Greenwood Cemetery Spencer John A. Lebkisher Cuyahoga Falls Parker and Son Lodi Lebkisher Spencer Cemetery Lorain Ernest Pihiblad Oberlin Rd St. Joseph Hospital Jamestown N. Y Phlblad Mt. Pleasant Sears, Roebuck Co St. Joseph Church Lorain Ellis Pihiblad Victoria Domibrowski Jerome Rohner Calvary Cemetery Wellington William I. Eglin Penfield R. D Mr. Eglin Penfield High School Penfield United Church Robert J. Eglin Robert Eglin Jr Harold T Paul Mary L. Channon Neriton-Andrews John Bruce United Church Penfirid Russell D Fulton Immaculate Conception Church George Manning

Mother Of 2 EDCHS Grads Dies At Home

Eleanor Knechtges 53 of 1121 Willow St died of a heart attack at 7 p m. She was to attend EDCHS commencement with her twin daughters Nancy and Joan. Survived by husband Myles three daughters Ellen Jane two sons James and Michael, three sisters. Funeral at Immaculate Conception Church with Requiem High Mass.

Grafton Eleanor Nechiges Willow St Elyria District Catholic High School Knechtges Dayton Immaculate Conception Church Altar and Rosary Society Myles Ellen Jane Los Angeles Nancy Joan EDCHS James Michael U. S. Army Ft. Eustis Charlotte Weis Detta Huart Leona Hatch Akron

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