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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
1
The Elyria District Catholic High School holds its first scholastic year closing with a Friday morning High Mass celebrated by Rev. Joseph B. Lehane. Seventeen graduates in caps and gowns will process in, followed by a breakfast and an honors convocation.
A 23 year old Oberlin conservatory student from New Rochelle New York Salvatore Sonny Martiano is held on a charge of possessing and selling marijuana to Oberlin students. He pleaded guilty when arraigned before Justice James P Horn and is jailed under $1000 bond awaiting grand jury action. Police also arrested Carlos Officer in Lorain as Martianos source. Officer, on parole for a prior violation, is held under $2500 bond. The Oberlin case is described as an isolated incident with cooperation from college authorities. Martiano is a war veteran and previously performed with dance bands nationwide before coming to Oberlin to study music.
David Eugene Smith son of Mr and Mrs Eugene B Smith 109 Princeton avenue is the only current Chronicle Telegram carrier in Elyria High School’s graduating class with 87 papers on Route 22 delivering daily. He began in August 1944 at age 12 and has been continuously active while in high school contributing to marching band Spanish Club and other activities.
The forecast for northeastern Ohio calls for sunny skies and continued warmth this afternoon. Tonight will be fair and warmer than last night with Thursday partly cloudy, warm, and humid. Markets found today on page two.
About 266 Elyria High School seniors are due to receive diplomas at Ely Stadium tonight. The ceremony will feature a husband and wife, twin sisters, two brother sister pairs, and two sisters graduating together. Betty Lou Fulton and Richard Lyle Fulton, Jean Carl and Jean Marie Reisinger, Colett May Lesher and Patricia Ann Lesher, Nancy and James Clifford, and Janice and Kenneth Huskinson are among the couples and siblings listed. Paul V Barrett of Wooster College will give the commencement address. rain would move the event to the high school auditorium.
An American army veteran John Mahovlie Jr and his English wife Margaret England of Nottingham say they will leave Cleveland to live in England because life in the United States is too nerve wracking They will sail on the Nieuw Amsterdam Friday June 9 from Hoboken with their year old son Craig Mahovlie served in the Army Medical Corps in World War II and they married in 1946 in England They plan to enter the retail tobacco and confection business in Mansfield
Elyria High School senior Richard H. Lyndes, 18, will lead the class as 1950 valedictorian at Commencement at Ely Stadium tonight. He graduates with a perfect four year A average and active service in National Honor Society, Speakers' Bureau, Youth Council, and more. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Lyndes of Indian Hollow Road R D 1.
Common Pleas Judge D A Cook announced the murder trial of O B Jordan 25 of Lorain for first degree murder over the stabbing of his uncle James Knight. The judge ordered 100 more names added to the jury wheel and a special venue of 65 names drawn for the trial. Jordan killed his uncle with a butcher knife on April 19 after a card playing dispute in the uncle’s home. Jordan had come to Lorain earlier this year from Tennessee.
Secretary of State Dean Acheson condemned Soviet walkouts in the United Nations over China's representation as unwarranted coercion. He said the U S accepts majority UN decisions on China or Chinese representation and will not veto, noting Russia’s refusal to follow parliamentary majorities amounts to a boycott.
Thomas F. Veach a leading authority on labor law died at his Cleveland home last night at age 56. In Massillon Ohio John Nussbaum 16 drowned while swimming in the Massillon Refactories Clay pool near the city.
General Douglas MacArthur bans 17 Akahata editors from all party activities in retaliation for a nationwide general strike call protesting the purge of 24 Communist leaders. He warns he may shutter or censor the newspaper while stressing press freedom. Russian delegates again boycott Allied Council meetings as observers consider withdrawal.
Lorain County Bar Association plans a mailed ballot among members to select a single candidate for a Common Pleas judge to succeed Judge Guy G. Findley who retires October 15. Ballots go out June 26 with returns by July 6 as members consider Republican and Democratic contenders. The governor will make the appointment regardless of the bar’s recommendation.
Elyria to hold the first annual citywide school safety rally at Ely Stadium with 16 000 pupils attending. Nine schools will receive Green Pennants for zero accidents in 1949 50 and a trophy was to be presented by W Gibson Moore. Other schools with under three accidents receive merit certificates. Also notes Lt Earl Boggs and Capt Arthur Roth to speak with Msgr William Newton delivering the invocation.
City Health Officer Gordon Bell warned buyers who purchase lots with no sewer or water improvements may not obtain building permits. He noted minimum septic lot sizes of 50 by 135 feet with water but no sewer and 80 by 135 feet with neither service. He urged property buyers to verify utilities before purchasing.
The Elyria Council of Churches announces its Daily Vacation Bible School will open on July 3 and run two weeks, closing July 19. Rev. William A. Leath cites staff and denomination meetings away as reason, with centers planned across the city including possible at First Congregational and St Andrew's Episcopal.
A U S Saufley carried 37 survivors off the Atlantic after a charter plane crash 270 miles off Florida. Nine Puerto Ricans died and 18 more were missing. Seaman Taylor dove to save Pedro Gugman as sharks attacked. Gugman died after safe retrieval. Survivors include Capt Joe Halsey of Loveland Colorado and crew. public notice of ship’s plan to dock at Charleston. An airline official claimed the plane was in good condition. Separate Elyria fire scene reports a car blaze blamed on a discarded cigarette near 543 Broad Street.
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie aims to present his 10 point peace plan to the Security Council next month, seeking action to end East West deadlock and ease the cold war. He warned that settlement of the Chinese issue is essential and may influence changes at the council under July president Arne Sunde. The plan, outlined in memoranda to Truman Stalin and leaders of Britain and France, calls for reconciliation over a 20 year timeline.
James Roosevelt led in the California Democratic gubernatorial race with about 7,100 precincts reporting giving him 267,454 votes to Warren’s 234,858. Warren topped Roosevelt 313,337 to 34,799 for the Republican nomination as Sen. Chad Gurney was unseated in South Dakota. Sigurd Anderson led a field of five in the Republican gubernatorial race in the state. Nationwide interest focused on California primaries and candidates filing in both parties.
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce announces a 36 member traffic and parking committee to study downtown parking and propose immediate steps and a long range plan. Dexter S. Kimball Jr. chairs with Earl W. Bell as vice chair and several local business and professional figures named as members. A five-member subcommittee will liaison with the City Council special traffic and parking committee. first meeting set for this evening at 7 30.
A safety rally at Ely Stadium is scheduled for tomorrow evening as part of the Green Pennant program. The Elyria Junior Chamber and local business leaders will join in hosting the event to support school safety and community cooperation.
More than 300 farm youths and adults leave Amherst at 9 40 AM for a special excursion to Dearborn Michigan. They will tour Greenfield Village and the Ford Museum and are expected back in Amherst shortly after 8 PM. Sponsored by local Lorain County agricultural groups. Large potted tomato plants advertised by Resar Florist.
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