Deaths in Elyria area include Christy family trio
Combined funeral services set for Friday at 11 a.m. in Norton Funeral Home Well ington for James R Christy 49 and his wife Lois and granddaughter Patty Christy all killed in a Sunday night traffic accident at Routes 162 and 58 Huntington Township. Survivors listed include daughters Mrs David A Price Lorain and son David Jr. dead at birth. Services for other local residents are noted with visitations and burial plans across Lorain Avon and Wellington area. The English botanist John Martyn, born in 1699, wrote several books on systematic botany, notably Historia Plantarum Rariorum.
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James R. Christy
Lois
Patty Christy
Norton Funeral Home
Wellington
Darrel Rowd
Rts
Huntington Township
Spencerville Road
Spencer
Floyd Lock Manufacturing Co
Lodi
David A. Price
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
David Jr
Lorain Catholic High School
Price
Sacred Heart Chapel
David A
Tony Delgado
Tony
Asuncion Prieto
John R. Devin
Sacred Heart Church
Robert Ward
Calvary Cemetery
McDonald A
Abe
Avon
Rath
Shirley It
James Facemire
Burmeister County Line Funeral Home
Resthaven Memory Gardens
Norma Christy
Dean McKinney
Wellinton
Cecil
Robert
William
Raymond
U.S. Marine Corps
Frank
Cuyahoga Falls
Virginia Wade
Spencer Grade School
John
John Martyn
Suspension hearings formalized by Sheffield school board
The Sheffield-Sheffield Lake board of education formalized procedures for suspension and expulsion hearings on Monday night designating Supt. Ted Greener to conduct hearings. The district will not hold hearings unless requested by an expelled student or the parents, and the procedure had been followed informally prior to adoption.
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Sheffield
Sheffield-Sheffield
City man wins 1st prize in art exhibit
Dale Leadenham of Elyria won $500 and the Howard Hansen Memorial Award for Still Life of Plastic Sheets at the Amherst Rotary Art Exhibition. Reid Wood of Oberlin took second prize $250 and district governor's award. Laurene Strother of Elyria earned third prize $100 for a tempera painting. Mrs Hansen pictured as winner in error. policy noted. In other action, the board reassigned 19 kindergarten students to Barr Elementary for 1978-79 due to overcrowding, bused them as before. They accepted principal Joe Malick's resignation to return to teaching with a $14,388 salary and set a budget hearing for July 10 at 7 p.m.
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Dale Leadenham
Elyria
Rotary
Amherst
Leadenham
Howard Hansen
Lorain Rotary
Reid Wood
Oberlin
Laurene Strother
Hansen
Chronicle-Telegram
Brockley and
Belle Avenues
Tennyson Elementary
Barr Elementary
Tennyson
Greener
Barr
Sheffield Middle School
Joe Malick
Malick
Judy Rose
Margaret Beard
Jane Powers
Michelle Pringle
Kathy Newcomb
Stanley Searing
Black River Teachers Association
BRTA
Lois Nixon
Martha Holden Jennings
Kent State University
In Memoriam for Lizzie D Smith Obituary Note
In memory of Lizzie D Smith who passed away June 13. This brief notice records the loss and honors her life, noting family members and community ties while preserving a respectful, non-graphic tone.
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Lizzie D. Smith
Jone
Norma Christy Improves After Fatal Crash
A 15 year old Spencer girl Norma Christy improved to serious but stable in the intensive care unit at Blythe Memorial Hospital after a Sunday crash near Huntington Township that killed her father James 49 mother Lois 44 and niece Patricia 5. The car struck a tractor trailer on Routes 162 and 8 as the family traveled home from New London. Head injuries were cited for Norma and multiple injuries for the others.
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Spencer
Blythe Memorial Hospital
Norma Christy
Spencer Road
Christy
Rts
Huntington
Wellington
James
Lois
Patricia
New London
Oberlin’s
Allen Memorial Hospital
William Kishman
Lorain County
Loci’s Manufacturing Co
Lodi
Amherst High principal resigns to take Jasper County post
Renna D. Stull Jr., principal of South Amherst High School, resigns from the Amherst school system effective June 30 to become middle school principal with the Jasper County Board of Education in Ridgeland, S.C. He starts July 3. A replacement is not yet chosen. Stull previously taught in Attica and Willard city schools and was elementary principal in Moorville.
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Renna D. Stull Jr
South Amherst
Stull
Jasper County Board of Education
Ridgeland
S.C
Bruce Boehler
Attica
Willard
Mooroeville
South Amherst High
Huron County loses its only psychiatrist
Dr Yong W Kim, 36, Norwalks only county psychiatrist, resigns effective June 30 citing county mental health dispute. He plans to move from Norwalk, questioning the future of the Norwalk mental health center. The 648 Board oversees funds and contracts. a rival agency seeks the Society contract ending June 30.
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Phil Hicks
Norwalk
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Huron County
Yong W. Kim
Huron County Mental Health Society
Kim
Mental Health Society
County Board of Mental Health and Retardation
648
848
Korea
Elyria man hospitalized after Detroit Road crash
Avon police say Harold Valkenburg, 57, of 410 Lorain Blvd crossed a westbound lane on Detroit Road and hit a utility pole a speed limit sign and a tree. He is in fair condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital with chest injuries.
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AVON
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Harold Valkenburg
Lorain Blvd
Detroit Road
Valkenburg
Avon Lake considers higher pay for mayor and council
Avon Lake city council introduced first reading of ordinances raising the mayor’s pay from 7500 to 10000 and council members’ pay from 2400 to 4500 with 600 for the council president, effective January 1, 1980 after the 1979 election.
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Avon Lake
Vermilion schools face more cuts after levy defeat
Vermilion Ohio schools will consider further spending reductions after a 6 mill operating levy and a 4 mill capital levy were defeated in a recent primary. Superintendent Jack Hook plans July cuts, focusing on personnel and limited contracts, with attrition emphasized. The district faces impasse with the Vermilion Teachers Association but will subscribe to a county education center and review books per state auditor.
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Vermilion
Vermilion Schools
Board of Education
Supt
Jack Hook
Hook
Vermilion Teachers Association
Lorain County
June rainstorm sets record for rainfall in North Ridgeville
A Monday storm dumped 1.3 inches, breaking the 1960 record of .88 inch per Ray Diederich. Heavy rain caused minor flooding on Columbia Township roads, with widespread outages affecting about 2,000 to 300 customers across several areas. Forecast calls for 60s highs and 40s lows, with clearing by Wednesday.
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North Ridgeville
Ray Diederich
Diederich
Lorain County
Columbia Township
Ohio Edison Co
West River Road
Rt. 67
Pikewood Manor
Rt. 57
Washington Village
Fowl Road
Columbia Station
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Avon
Lake Erie
Kent State coed missing. police offer no new leads
Kent State police report no new leads in the disappearance of Avon Lake coed Judy Martins since May 24. One part time investigator remains on the case as authorities urge anyone with information to call the Kent State police, while campus activity nears summer break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent State
Avon Lake
Colonial Craftsman Day at Harbourtown Vermilion
Friends of Harbourtown 1837 host a Colonial Craftsman Day on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Demonstrating and selling wares will take place on the lawn at Old dJib's Corner 5741 Liberty Ave on U.S. Rt. 6 three blocks west of downtown Vermilion.
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Vermilion
Friends of
Harbourtown
OlddJib's Corner
Liberty Ave
U.S. Rt. 6
Black River rehires teaching principals
Black River rehires three elementary principals whose jobs were cut to save money. Phillip Linerode receives 17400 annually as teaching principal at Black River Junior High, Brenda Wiseman 16200 at Sullivan Elementary, and Amanda Welch 18700 at Homerville Elementary. Additional staff changes and budget notes follow including remedial reading funding and salary schedule adjustments.
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Neysa Stroup Spencer
Black River
Phillip Linerode
Brenda Wiseman
Sullivan
Amanda Welch
Homerville
State Foundation
County Board of Education
Trustees, trailer park expansion clash with Olmsted trustees
The Olmsted Township suit targets the Columbia Road Trailer Park expansion from 520 to 820 units on 75 more acres owned by Gerald Brookins. Theodore TeGrotenhus asserts residents were denied referendum and want the issue before voters, while trustees argue no referendum was required and zoning lacked a mobile home category, with Assistant County Prosecutor Hoenigman seeking dismissal.
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Judy Johnson
Olmsted Township
Theodore TeGrotenhus
Columbia Road
Cuyahoga County
Common Pleas Court
Gerald Brookins
Brookins
Terrotethus
Terrotenhus
Richard Hoenigman
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Renna D. Stull, Jr
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Richard Hausrod
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Hausrod
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Walker Road
Miller Road
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Avon Lake League of Women Voters
Council
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