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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1960
Page
5
Vermilion-on-the-Lake petitions with double the required signatures for annexation to Vermilion were set for Lorain County elections certification. Village leaders, business association, and residents argue annexation is needed for survival amid limited local utilities and industry.
Custer Snyder longtime Lorain lawyer and former city official died Saturday at 1475 Foster Park Rd He served as Lorain city auditor and city solicitor and was the first Democrat elected to that post He also led the Democratic executive committee and the county board of elections Survivors include a daughter and three sons Funeral services scheduled Wednesday morning at Walter A Feey chapel in Lorain
Sixty seven graduates of St Mary Catholic School in Lorain were commended at commencement in St Mary Church on Reid Ave. Rev Francis O Linn urged graduates to pursue education for happiness in this life and the life hereafter. Valedictorian Virgil LaFleur and salutatorian Veleta Stitak led top honors with nine others earning diplomas of distinction. About 1300 people attended as Archbishop Edward Hoban distributed diplomas assisted by Rev James Duffy. LarFleur presented the class to dignitaries while Veleta Mariotto offered a bouquet to the Archbishop.
Five-year-old Beth Ann Nelson died at Cleveland Clinic after being unconscious since last Monday when struck by a semi. Her sister Mary Kay, six, was killed instantly on Rt. 250 in front of a gas station owned by their grandfather Harry Nelson. Parents Neil and (Mrs.) Nelson said the girls were en route to Bible School when they dashed into the road into the path of a tig driven by Leonard D. Goodman, 54, of Wilmont. Goodman was not charged.
A 30-year-old Norwalk driver Guadalupe Tallegas lost control after being blinded by oncoming lights and crashed into a trestle on Nickel Plate Railroad near Milan. The impact damaged ties and beams, halting train service for hours. Tallegas was cited for driving while intoxicated and reckless operation.
Miss Lucille Lamkin executive director of Elyna YWCA since 1958 has accepted the post of assistant metropolitan executive director of the YWCA of Los Angeles. The LA agency oversees adult activities with four branches 13 centers and 32 full-time staff. Lamkin begins Sept 1 and plans to visit Pennsylvania before remaining on the West Coast.
American Brake Shoe Co. Electro Alloys Division received a city building permit for a foundry addition at the east end of its Taylor Street plant. The brick and steel project costs $60,000 and measures 220 by 95 feet. L. H. Popp will serve as general contractor. Details of plans to be announced later today.
Port Clinton Ohio UPI reports nine hour winds and heavy rain shut roads as 22 cars derailed near El Rey Grotto Park. Elephants towed stranded vehicles to Rt 58 and the show resumed, one car with a flat tire noted. No injuries reported. Officials blamed gusts up to 50 mph and warnings for the cleanup effort.
Elephants and wind driven rain created an unplanned finale at El Rey Grotto Park during Cristiani Brothers second and last performance. Attendance fell from past years as 1,196 attended the matinee and 1,008 the night show.
A 4 year old Lorain man died Saturday night from injuries after a crash on Rt 58 three miles north of Sullie van. Nick Yambrisak Waldron of 1624 New Jersey Ave suffered severe facial head and arm lacerations and multiple fractures when his car failed to negotiate a curve and flipped. Waldron, a Navy veteran and member of several Lorain organizations, died six hours after the 12:30 p.m. crash in Good Samaritan Hospital.
Three people were injured in a Rt. Yambrisak collision near Lorain when a car driven by George W. Frey started to pass a pickup and struck a left turning truck driven by Britton G. Benmorrow. Injured were Mrs. Marjory Arnold and Mrs. Marjorie Lanning plus Robert ea, all treated at Allen Hospital Oberlin. Arnold faces Oberlin Municipal Court for failure to maintain an assured clear distance.
In Elyria, Lee Kearse won the attorney general post for the Nationalist ticket while William W. Baughman failed as secretary of state. August Dampier Jr. carried the top office for the Federalists after a silent campaign from Ohio University Hospital Athens as the state elected five of six top offices.
Ralph Morris 23 faces probation violation after his wife reported a Saturday night assault. Elyria High seniors Baughman and Kearse were among five Elyria youths sponsored to the Buckeye Boys State by Post 32 American Legion and Lodge 465 Elks. The 23rd annual program drew 1171 Ohio youths to Ohio University, with James E. White of Mifflin High elected governor. Elyria delegates include Ralph R. Conley Jr., John K. Lautenschleger, Ward M. Peters, and others.
Mrs Jerry Gilbert crowned Mrs NAACP of Elyria after a program that featured a style review and remarks by a southern sit-in demonstrator. Samuel Jones, student at Tennessee A and I College, spoke on strategies against heckling to integrated lunch counter protests in Nashville. The event drew about 138 attendees at Mount Ridgewood Avenue location. other items note local traffic crashes and court appearances.
Jones reported that store staff would seat only white customers at lunch counter stools, with Negro demonstrators facing exclusion. White students helped by taking seats then passing them to Black peers. Teen white boys jeered by assaulting demonstrators, while A and I college punished fewer sit‑in participants than Southern University. Mrs. Gilbert leads the NAACP queen role, daughter of Isaac C. Chapman, residing at 1918 West Ave, amid a Fay To fashion show with Lucille Daniels and others.
United Auto Workers Local 1250 and Ford Motor Co reached a late night agreement on grievances ending a threat of a strike at Brook Park plants. Union members will meet Sunday at 10 a.m. at 16820 Brook Park Rd to ratify the deal, which covers health and safety and work standards. About 8,500 workers are employed at Engine Plants One and Two and the Foundry in Brook Park.
About a dozen candidates have not filed statements of primary election campaign expenses with the Loral County Board of Elections. Reports are due within 45 days of the election, by 4 p.m. Friday. Edward DeChant was the most recent filer, unopposed for Democratic state representative nomination, listing no expenses.
Sylvia Tippens, 30, of Apt. 6, Wurst Block at 535 Broad 5th, was revived by Memorial Hospital staff after nearly succumbing to smoke in an early morning fire. Firefighters arrived around 6:50 a.m. and found her not breathing, revived at the scene before transport. The blaze started from a discarded cigarette in a living room Davenport, destroying the Davenport and rug and heavily damaging a wall and remaining apartment. Crews spent about 15 minutes controlling embers and clearing smoke and odor.
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