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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1948
Page
1
Elyria boards heard a proposed reorganization of the city school system by Superintendent Harold H. Eibling. The plan consolidates under four directors, centralizes pupil personnel and primary education, and emphasizes advisory council input with a gradual, long term implementation. Continued on page 2.
Mary Edith Kenney 93, last living member of Oberlin College’s 1875 class, died at 7:50 am at Allen Hospital after 15 weeks of illness. Born Aug 2, 1854 near Brighton, she lived in Oberlin since age ten, was active in First Church and Women’s Club, taught art and handicrafts, ran a boarding school, and is survived by sister Carrie, a niece, nephews, and great nieces/nephews. Funeral at Cowline Sedgeman Funeral Home Thursday at 3 pm, burial in Camden Cemetery.
Cloudy with moderate temperatures this afternoon. Partly cloudy tonight with little temperature change and winds from the west to southwest diminishing tonight. Wednesday will be fair with a high near 72 and a low of 32. Also a sale on women s cotton dresses at WT Grant Co with regular prices around 3 98 and 3 50 now reduced to 3 67 and 2 97.
A crowd of 74 residents gathered at North Elyria Grange hall for the township’s first public discussion of the new zoning plan. Most attendees approved the plan, with few dissenters noted, and another meeting was announced for about three weeks at Mark Mey School.
The Elyria Board of Education rejected a council petition to build a quonset type youth recreation center on the Franklin School playground area citing the space is needed for playground use. Board discussions also covered finding another suitable site, while a Lake Avenue resident seeking sewer connections to the Edison School area was denied. A note on fur storage services appears at the end.
Harry A Crandall sells the Crandall Drug Store on Mid dle avenue at Second street to Arthur Hess owner of Hess and Hess Drug Store East Broad street effective July 1 Crandall to remain as pharmacist with a lighter schedule Hess reorganizes the downtown and Broad street locations Hess will move to manage Broad street store with his brother coming from Warren to assist and expand service to physicians and hospitals
President Truman's Western trip creates party rifts as Montana chair Lester H. Leble protests travel plans that exclude local leaders. Nebraska also storms, while Idaho remains solidly pro Truman. Truman plans a major Montana address in Butte as Dewey and Stassen push foreign aid cuts and GOP platform moves unfold. Wallace supporters vow ballot fight in Ohio.
Lorain city busmen and Empl oyes Transit Lines Inc remained apart over wage differences after a morning negotiation. City council last night raised token prices to 50 cents while cash fares stayed at ten cents and child fares at five cents. Bus drivers sought a 30 cent hourly rise. no settlement announced.
At the annual meeting of the Council of Youth Serving Agencies in the YWCA last night George W. McCausland urged that a youth canteen is not a cure all and that parent training remains essential. He said youth centers should be player created with limited rules and ongoing adult supervision, and that a permanent building is not required as ideas evolve from the youth themselves. The council outlined officers Denis Ryan, Gerald Leonard, Ralph Tibball, and others, and noted interim use of the YMCA gym for a summer program as they seek a suitable center site.
Washington report on the House Appropriations Committee slashing the Atomic Energy Commission by 48.15 million dollars while chairman David Lilienthal warned reductions could be catastrophic. The panel kept 400 million for contracts expanding research and fissionable materials, and redirected slack to non-weapon areas. It also sliced veteran affairs funding, ordered elimination of some training courses, and planned broader transfers of War Assets Administration duties.
Birmingham reports a bolt hit the home of Mr and Mrs John Fritz on Florence Wakeman road at 8 30 pm last night. It struck through a telephone into a davenport where their nine year old Andrew had just died of mumps minutes earlier. The 18 month old David was knocked down as the furniture caught fire. Fritz cut the davenport apart and put out the blaze before neighbors could be harmed. A neighbor, Mrs Trevah Gerrick, washing dishes, was struck by a spark but unharmed.
Police Chief F Dr Stankard defends keeping a bum cell in the city jail proposing no supply for transients and arguing the space should host a radio and parking meter repair room. He cites up to 60 stayed there and says without housing they would roam the city frightening residents. Council debate notes some favor charging vagrancy and workhouses in other towns.
City council approved a safety committee report by Councilman Ralph Terry proposing mutual fire aid contracts with Lorain and Oberlin and a $300 per call basis for county contracts. They also moved to appeal taxi operators to station at the railroad for incoming trains and reviewed a 1949 firemen pension fund budget request.
A cheeky ad urges readers to sell their used kodak through the Chronicle Telegram to fund vacations. It invites callers to Dial 44-121 or 44-131 for inexpensive listings and mentions faked pictures as a humorous aside.
Local cleaners advertise immediate guaranteed automobile service from Deetz Inc at 728 West Broad. Crystal Clean Dry Cleaners promotes moth proofing on all garments at no extra charge, highlighting ongoing advertising and automotive service mention.
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