Housing Survey Report Formally Presented in Elyria
The Elyria Citizens' Fact-Finding Committee On Housing presented its 1950 housing survey findings at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. Volunteers contacted 7,748 homes, with 5,805 owner occupied and 1,943 tenant occupied. The report lists down payments from none to 12,000 dollars and notes 233 doubles, 238 families doubled up, and 670 veteran renter families.
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Citizens
Elyria
Frank 2. Weil
Harley Beese
A. F. Beesing
Albert E. Brown
C. Franklin Carr
Harold Dellefield
George J. Diederick
Ebba Fosselius
Charles A. Gray
Edward Gaillard
James P Horn
L. D. Huffman
J. B. Johnson
Dale C. Kellogg
John B. Kinter
A. J. Lehman
J. C. Linville
Edgar C. Martin
C. F. Mikoy
W. Gibson Moore
Arthur J. Nemes
Burton I. Ohlemacher
Rodney G. Rockwood
Robert Roskoski
Denis J. Ryan, Jr
James C. Scott
Richard A. Stith
W. L. Walsh
A. H. West
M. E. Whitman
Dorothy Wilson
Norris Ryder
Chamber of Commerce
Supply of Homes Catching Up with Demand in Elyria
A. H. West reported to the Citizens' Fact-Finding Committee on Housing that Elyria's building permits for single houses total 1495 from 1940 through June 9 1950. He forecasts that within a year the housing supply will be fully adequate barring unforeseen factors, citing a 1940 census population of 25 120 and 200 unoccupied homes. Lola Reeves was bitten by an unknown dog on West 19th Street while riding a bicycle.
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A. H. West
Ciizens
West
Elyria
Lola Reeves
R. D
West River Street
West 19Th Street
Former Schools Head Acquitted of Embezzlement Charges
Carrollton Ohio D W Roberts former Columbiana county school superintendent was acquitted yesterday of embezzlement and larceny involving 781 dollars worth of the school cafeteria equipment.
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Carrollton
W. E. Roberts
Columbiana County
Northeastern Ohio Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy with showers and thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Warm then cooler tonight. Sunday remains partly cloudy and cooler. Tonight’s low around 56 with Sunday high near 78. Markets noted on page two.
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Ohio
Reunion Dinner Marks Fifty Years Of Elyria Class Of 1900
A Woman's Club reunion dinner celebrated the 50th anniversary of Elyria High School’s Class of 1900. Twenty four attendees sat among lavender and white decorations with carnation details. Carlton A. Squire led as master of ceremonies, reading letters from absentees and sharing memories alongside several speakers.
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E. H
Elyria High School
Woman's Club
Agnes Simmons
Margaret Morfoot
Lillian Saunders Nicholas
Edith Whiton
Feny Paulson
Mamie Willard Wherry
Minerva Clark Middleton
Emma Woodworth Refenning
Cora Carter Taylor
Isaac Metcalf
Mattie Eastman Tennant
Carlton A. Squire
Carrie Hanks
Robert Griswold
Cleveland
Theresa
N. Y
Elyria
Arington
San Francisco
Lillian Saunders Nichoolas
Mattie
Lillian V. Sears
Rollin Griswold
Fred Becker
Mayo Roe
Alfred Knapp
Albert Grills
Earl Farr
Edna Stearns
Lucile McCollum
Jane Abbe
C. A. Squire
Bairman
Mame Wherry
Cora Taylor
Boy With Meningitis Hunted Across Two States
An eight year old Gypsy boy, Stanley Mitchell, feared to have meningitis, fled from doctors twice with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mitchell of Battle Creek Michigan. Police in Ohio and Michigan, aided by Lucas County deputies, seek the child and his parents after a Riverside Hospital admission and a second visit to Dr Donald Mebane. Health officials warn the illness could spread if the child remains at large. A local Gypsy leader named Miller, rumored to know their whereabouts, has not been located.
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Woledu
US Utiy
Michigan State Police
Toledo Police
Lucas County Sheriff's Deputies
Stanley Mitchell
Riverside Hospital
Claypool
Mark Mitchell
Battle Creek
Mich
Donald ©. Mebane
Walter H. Hartung
Toledo
Miller
King of
Elyria High names Orrville’s Coyer head football coach
William Coyer of Orrville was named Elyria High School’s new head football coach for a two year term. He will also teach biology and serve as track head coach and basketball reserves coach. The selection followed a four member committee and board approval pending Tuesday’s monthly meeting.
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William Coyer
Orrville
Elyria High School
Lynn Nicholas
Coyer
Elyria Board of Education
Nicholas
Robert E. Wilson
Ralph F. Bauer
George Miraben
Johnny Cabas
Board For Education
Cabas
Wayne County
Ohio State University
Navy
Armed Guard
Pacific
Wainwright Elected President of EHS Alumni
The Elyria High School Alumni Association elected officers for the coming year at its 71st annual reunion at the Elks club. President David Wainwright. vice president Thelma Kelly Meyer. secretary Ann McClellan. treasurer Neil Dunstan. The event featured prayers, a memorial, a one‑act Playmakers production, songs, and dancing, with refreshments afterward. Additional officers serving previously were vice-president David Wainwright, secretary Hazel Foster, and treasurer Robert Ohlemacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School
Elks Club
David Wainwright
Thelma Kelly Meyer
Ann McClellan
Neil Dunstan
Singing of America
Ernst Irion
St. Paul's Church
Eleanore Brandau
David Sigel
Lynn Nicholas
Elyria
Nicholas
Robert E. Wilson
Norman Schofield
the Green Grotto
Lenore
Sid Wasserman
Margaret Ware
Herses
Jay Ross
Brandan
Hazel Foster
Robert Ohlemacher
50 Strawberry Pickers Needed for Lorain County Farms
Fifty strawberry pickers are needed on Lorain County farms. F. P. Dirlam, manager of the local U S Employment Service, announced today that pickers aged 14 or older should assemble at the south end of the city park opposite the Courthouse at 7 30 a.m. Transportation will be provided.
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Lorain County
F. P. Dirlam
U. S. Employment Service
College Manager Named at Mt. Union College
Wilbur Couchie of Cleveland was named business manager of Mt. Union College by President Charles B. Ketcham. Couchie, an accountant, will succeed Ronald G. Weber who becomes vice president in charge of financial affairs at the college.
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Alliance
Wilbur Couchie
Cleveland
Mt. Union College
Charles B. Ketcham
Couchie
Ronald G. Weber
Open House at Elyria Country Club Tomorrow
The Elyria Country Club invites members and guests to inspect the new clubhouse tomorrow from 4 to 8 PM. Tours will cover locker rooms for 280 men and 80 women, the pro shop, storage, stag bar, grill room, kitchen, main dining room, lounge, private dining room, offices, and the gas heated basement and manager suite as part of the open house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Country Club
F. G. Heller
Birmingham Barn Struck by Lightning Burns Down
A Raymond Taylor farm barn on West road, 32 by 42 feet, was destroyed by fire after a lightning strike at 6:15 p m. The blaze killed 300 bales of straw 500 bales of hay and damaged farm tools and a new corn planter. Some items were saved including the tractor and wagon. the cattle were in the pasture. Insurance partly covers the loss. This is the second barn on the site to burn. the first burned in 1906 and rebuilt in 1908.
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Birmingham
Raymond Taylor
West Road
Trevah Gerrick
Florence-Wakeman Road
Taylor
Swimming Prohibited at Cascade Park River
The river in Cascade Park is now absolutely off limits for swimming. The park pool is expected to reopen shortly after June 15. Seven boys were caught swimming in the river yesterday and ordered to leave.
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Cascade Park
Father Rescues Five Children From Fire at West Street Home
Elyria father Carl Huber, 25, pulled four children to safety and his wife Joyce, 22, saved another as flames from a partition fire trapped them in a one and a half story dwelling at 159 West Street. Huber saved Helen, four, before collapse from blood loss. He and wife were admitted for treatment. firemen fought the blaze for over an hour. cause undetermined. damage extensive.
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Elyria
West Street
Carl Huber
Joyce
Huber
Karen
Carla
Carl Jr
Queinda
Helen
Glenn
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Quad Co
Engine Co
Maynard Hintz
Y M C A Campaign Kick Off Dinner Set For Tuesday
Elyria Y M C A prepares for an $110000 building fund drive with a 6 o clock dinner next Tuesday. Richard Gollmar as general chairman and Harold Rorick head the campaign, naming 31 captains and their teams expected to contact over 4000 prospects during the 19 day drive.
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Richard Gollmar
Elyria Y. M. C
E. J. Kises
R. L. Shilling
Gerald Halp
John Spitzer
Charles N. Terry
F. J. Brenneman
Charles Bliss Norman Matthews
W. A. Gerber
Robert Greene
Ralph Nichols
R. L. Pope
W. B. Timms, Jr
Marion H. Crowder
Pat Sniezek
Jack Knight
Gordon Smith
Oscar Krugman
D. M. Elliott
Fred Snoble
Leo Meyer
D. M Elliott
F. J. Greenich
Byron Morris
Malan Bendik
William, Letty
Thomas F. Griswold
Robert S. Davies
George DeFazio
Richard J. Lehman
Wilbur J. Henry
Carl § Miller
T. W. Sehmitt
van Spicer
C. Franklin Carr
G Russel Hargate
Louis Novak
Graduation Exercises At Catholic H S To Be Held Sunday Evening
The first commencement at Elyria District Catholic High School will honor 17 graduates Sunday at 8 pm in the school gym. Rev Albert Murphy will give the address, Msgr Clarence Elwell will present diplomas, and the a cappella choir will perform Schubert Ave Maria and other works.
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Elyria District
Francis W. Carney
St. John College
Cleveland
Joseph B. Lehane
S. T D
John A. Carrabine
St. Jude Church
Catholic H. S
Elyria
Catholc High School
Albert J. Murphy
St. Ignatius Church
Diocese of
Clarence E. Elwell
Patricia Mary Elbert
Mary Ann Gilles
Jean Eleanor Gilles
James Edward Gilles
Leona Blanche Harrington
Virginia Ann Huber
Regis Louis Kohl
John Richard Kurek
Richard Joseph Lester
Howard James Looks
Sally Marie Piazza
Nancy Jane Radican
Jerry Patrick Rodgers
Ronald Fredrick Schilie
Joseph Patrick van Oss
Robert Edward White
Pz Elyna District
New
Gulf Road School
Carney
Non-Strikers Stoned At Tennessee Plant
In Morristown Tennessee roving bands stoned non-strikers at the American Enka Corporation rayon plant burned a car and beat two men. Gov Gordon Browning refused to recall national guardsmen and comment on reports of a roadblock ambush after guardsmen evacuated Morristown. A tip led to the arrest of Edward Petersimes and Clayton Hampton, fugitives from the Osborne prison farm near Sandusky.
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Tennessee
Morristown
Tenn
Enka Corp. Rayon
Gordon Browning
Browning
Ambrose Kissel
Edward Petersimes
Piqua, O
Clayton Hampton
Dayton
Osborne
Sandusky
Doctors Fight To Save Life Of Jungle Beast
CHICAGO Bushman the famed Lincoln Park Zoo gorilla fights for life as two veterinarians watch over his cage during a thunderstorm. The 6 foot 2 inch, 550 pound animal suffers heart disease arthritis and old age. visitors rally around him as staff monitor his condition and administer digitalis through his food. Bushman was captured in Cameroon and purchased by the zoo in 1930 for 3500 dollars.
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Chicago
Bushman
Lincoln Park Zoo
Eddie Robinson
Lester Fisher
Wesley
Young
Cameroon
French West Africa
America
Partial Home Struck by Lightning in Beebe Court
A bolt of lightning during last night’s storm damaged a partially finished house at 178 Beebe Court. Roof, chimney and roof area were heavily damaged, with rain contributing to the destruction. The structure, built by Fire Captain W. S. McVetta, suffered extensive roof and chimney loss. Other storm effects included downed tree limbs citywide. Ad insert mentions hot dogs and sandwiches at Johnson's Cubby Hole on Detroit Road.
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Beebe Court
W. S. McVetta
Johnson's
Detroit Rd
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Donald H. Fora
Norwalk
Clyde P. Barnes
Akron
Barberton
Willoughby
William Cover
Wainwright
E.H.S. Alumni
Y.M.C.A. Campaign
East River
Bowker Electric Service
W. Broad
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