County Awards Road Emulsion Bid To Second Low Bidder
County Commissioners John E Davidson and Edward DeChant awarded the Summer road emulsion contract to Everlyte Corp of Cleveland at 8.15 cents per gallon after the McCoy Sales Co withdrew its bid. The board ordered immediate shipment of 30,000 gallons, part of about 20,000 dollars in county engineering supplies for the year. Four companies bid. Winter emulsion bids were also considered with Central Oil Emulsion Co offering 9.15 cents per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E Davidson
Edward DeChant
Everlyte Corp
Cleveland
McCoy Sales Co
H. C. McCoy
Everlyte
County Road Department
Central Oil
Fred Co. Ruth
County Engineering Department
New Store Manager Praises Elyria Welcome
Ralph W. Greenlee starts as Goodrich Silver town store manager in Elyria two weeks ago. A resident, he praises the city’s beauty and hospitality while noting strong business prospects. He previously worked with Goodrich stores in Newark and Marion and studied retail merchandising in Akron. He takes over for Carl V. Serfass, who moved to Norwalk, and plans to move his wife and son to 239 Princeton avenue by July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Ralph W. Greenlee
Goodrich
Silvertown
Greenlee
Cascade Park
Newark
Marion
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Akron
Carl V. Serfass
Norwalk
Princeton Avenue
Wrestling incident leaves Donald Rivercomb with head injuries
Donald Rivercomb aged 19 of 315 Park Place was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for a forehead laceration and contusions after wrestling with an acquaintance. Police report notes the incident occurred last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Rivercomb
Park Place
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Noted Across Several Homes in Michigan
A list records multiple hospital admissions and discharges across Michigan and nearby towns. Names include Willoughby Bruce and Joan Henry with addresses in St Clair and Grafton, along with others such as Mrs Herbert Farrand, Helen Zechman, Barbara Burke, and William Sutcliff. Discharges note Mrs William Peabody, Mrs Ray Rogers, and others, with entries from La Grange and nearby locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willoughby Bruce
Perry Court
Joan Henry
North Olive Street
Herbert Farrand
Huron Street
Helen Zechman
East Second Street
Barbara Burke
Twelfth Street
William Sutcliff
Broad Street
Allen Lyndon
East River Street
Anna Keepp
Ninth Street
Ralph Stanislawski
Grafton
Edward McLaughlin
Lorain
William Bell
Princeton
Roger Thompson
St Clair
Michigan
Joseph Urpschot
Hamilton Avenue
William Peabody
Hayes Avenue
Ray Rogers
Winckles Street
Wayne Jaycox
Malcolm Court
John Madhock
West River Street
Randall Deso
West Street
Hazel Amsberr
la Grange
Turkey Lays Three Eggs in One Day on Oberlin Farm
A Starley Garrett turkey near Oberlin allegedly laid three eggs in a single day sparking labor protest signs in the barnyard. The farmer reports one soft shell egg outside the hen house, a hard shell in the nest, and another soft shell on the floor, with a second turkey setting nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starley Garrett
Oberlin
Turkeydom
Mr. Garrett
Motorists Fined and Licenses Suspended by City Court
James Lockard of Cleveland fined 65 dollars and costs and lost driving rights in Elyria for nine months after a DUI arraignment before Mayor Joseph Q Petro. Harker of 353 Vulcan Street, arrested May 18 for the same offense, fined 50 dollars and costs and forbidden to drive in the city for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lockard
Cleveland
Elyria
Meyor
Joseph Q. Petro
Were Harker
Vulcan Street
Meyer Petro
Suburban Calendar Highlights Tonight and Sunday Notices
Avon Lake Legion Post 21 hosts a hard times parity at the chateau at 8 p m. North Olmsted Dover Lodge 0 F meets at 8 30 p m at the L O O F Hall Dover Center. West Ridge District 7 reunion at Carlisle Grange hall on Oberlin road Sunday afternoon bring tureen and table service. Henrietta Children Day programs at 10 a m Sunday at Evangelical and Reformed churches. Grafton memorial service for Oddfellows and Rebekahs at Methodist church 9 30 a m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
T Legion Post
Chateau
North Olmsted
Dover Lodge
Dover Center
West Ridge
Carlisle Grange
Oberlin Road
Henrietta
Evangelical Church
Reformed Church
Grafton
the Oddfellows and Rebekahs
Methodist Church
British Aid Society
William Stein
Ridgeville
Kiwanis Round Table
Robert Karch
North Porter Road
At & P. mm
Community notices and court actions from Avon Lake area
Local fragment accounts list club meetings in N Ridgeville Elyria Grafton and North Olmsted plus a string of court actions. Cases include dog bite payments speeding fines manslaughter charges and divorce grants with mentions of Pettit Morris Frampton Lumber Co. and the Black River boundary issue.
New Zealand Considers Producer Gas as Gasoline Substitute
New Zealand weighs using producer gas as an alternative to gasoline. Officials study feasibility, fuel costs, and impact on vehicles and energy supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Forty Boys Register For Camp Period At Iss See Kes Elyria
Forty Lorain County boys will spend ten days at Camp Iss See Kes on the Vermilion river for the first period of the 1940 Y M C A camp season beginning next Tuesday. Camp director Carl Wagner reports more registrations may come before opening. A prior group of forty boys under juvenile court supervision are at the camp as a reward for good behavior, though not part of the regular season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iss-See-Kes
Elyria
Vermilion River
Carl Wagner
Lorain County
Planning panel urges against Taylor Street zoning switch
The city planning commission yesterday recommended not adopting an ordinance to alter Taylor street zoning from residential to commercial. Kenneth Barclay, clerk of the planning board, noted that the recommendation means a three fourths council vote would be required to approve the change if pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Planning Commission
Taylor Street
Kenneth Barclay
Planning Board
Legion corps and Elyria student win Cleveland music festival
The Elyria American Legion drum and bugle corps won first in the drum corps division at the Cleveland Plain Dealer music festival held at Cleveland Stadium. Elyria High School student Oliver Shubert earned second honors for clarinet, while Norine Wines of East Cleveland took first and Harvey Todd of Mansfield was third in the clarinet category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria American Legion
Elyria High School
Cleveland Stadium
Cleveland Plain Dealer
American Legion
Cleveland Heights Legion
Lake Erie
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Oliver Shubert
Elyria
Norine Wines
East Cleveland
Harvey Todd
Mansfield
Youth Sentenced One To Twenty Years For Manslaughter
Nineteen year old Donald Slater received a one to twenty year term in Ohio Reformatory for manslaughter in the death of Huntsville telegrapher Fred Jenkins. Judge Lawrence Zupp ordered Mansfield reform school confinement after confirming Slater’s age and waiving a new trial. Indicted with Slater were Minnie Jenkins, 47, widow of the victim, and her son Merlin, 16, with trial date set for June 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefontaine
Donald Slater
Ohio Reformatory
Fred Jenkins
Huntsville
Slater
Common Pleas
Lawrence Zupp
Mansfield Reformatory
Abs
Minnie Jenkins
Zupp
Merlin
Naturalization ceremony honors 50 new citizens in Elyria
Members of Morgan-Dirlam Post No. 8 American Legion guarded by the National Guard and Boy Scouts ushered a naturalization ceremony for 50 new citizens who received flags. Forty-four more will receive flags later as Elyria High School's band played and the pledge to the flag closed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EH. B. McClaughlin
C. L Smith
True Fortman
Morgan- Dirlam
American Legion
Wellington
National Guard
John J. Keiopos
J. D. Severs
Gerald C. Nau
Elks
Elyria High School
America
J. Martin Beck
Elks’ Lodge
American Legion Post No. 12
the Eagles
Women’s Relief Corps
Daughters of the American Revolution
Elyria Kiwanis
Jurors Adjourn After Three Day Session In County Court
Grand jurors examined 92 witnesses, considered 16 cases, and returned ten indictments while filling six cases. Illness of Luther Castelberry postponed a Lake road traffic manslaughter case involving Frank Bennyhoff of Cleveland slated for Judge Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Castelberry
Mansfeld
Lake Road
Frank Bennyhoff
Cleveland
Howard R. Butler
Cook Morniday
Guiseppe Pinelli
Louis Maras
Canton
Phillip Russo
Lorain
Anna Martos
Albert Sandoval
Maltos
John Metz
Joseph Repas
Maver
John Kelowski
Charles E. Moore
Axtel
Bender Body Co
E. R. Shibley
Amherst
Steve Slaszak
Cook
Grain and mill feed price report from Toledo market
Grain and mill feeds quotations show Wheat No 1 red No 2 red and flour prices, Corn yellow varieties, Oats white and yellow, Rye prices, plus hay straw and alfalfa values. Prices include track quotations and jobbing flour ranges from Montana Milling Co and Sheets Elevator Co with varied lot sizes and 3rd party estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aisuie
Sheets Elevator Co
Montana Millings Co
COHN
Market Prices For Fresh Produce By The Baskets
A list of wholesale prices for asparagus beets cucumbers lettuce onions peas radishes rhubarb spinach strawberries tomatoes and watercress. Entries show baskets dozens pecks and per quart prices with varying pack sizes and housegrown notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Boston
Peecks
Curry
Chicago Cash Quotations Cheese and Eggs
Butter receipts show 2 209 923 pounds at steady 90 score 23 percent or 3 scere. other prices unchanged. Eggs receipts 76 954 pounds steady with prices unchanged.
Cleveland Market Report Freezer Goods Steady
Market notes show butter and eggs steady with slight price readings. Live poultry and potatoes appear mechanised and receipts noted, while general market standards stay unchanged for the period.
Local Produce Prices From Market Ledger
Prices for asparagus carrots cucumbers and more listed with per basket per dozen quantities. Items include lettuce radishes spinach mushrooms onions strawberries tomatoes and peppers with notes on weights packaging and quality levels.
New Home Open For Public Inspection At Foster Avenue
The new home of Mr and Mrs Louis Kostyo at 238 Foster avenue will be open for public inspection tomorrow 2 to 8 pm The home sponsored by Elyria Lumber and Coal Co was built by Mosher and Popp and features unusual small home features The Kostyo couple invite the public to see what is possible in a 3000 class dwelling
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Kostyo
Foster Avenue
Elyria Lumber and Coal Co
Mosher and Popp
Findlay Man Dies of Heart Attack While Driving
Floyd E. Taylor, 41, of Findlay, was found dead at the wheel of his truck in La Porte Ind. He apparently suffered a fatal heart attack while driving and stopped his vehicle before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Porte
Ind
Floyd E. Taylor
Findlay
American League Film Touching All Bases to Be Shown
Local baseball players and fans can view the 1940 American League film Touching All Bases at Elyria’s Y M C A. The showing, arranged by Summer Playground Director Ralph Bauer, aims to teach proper play and base running. post-film meetings will plan Twilight League rescheduling and youth league expansions. The film returns Tuesday at the American Legion home for Legion members and team players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillerich and Bradley Co
Louisville
Elyria
Summer Playground
Ralph Bauer
Bauer
American Legion
Union Services Planned Across Local Churches This Summer
In Oberlin Ohio on June 15 the First Methodist First Baptist and First Church announce a summer union service schedule starting Sunday June 16 at First Church with Rev James A Richards preaching Contemporary Salvation at eleven. Services rotate among First Church First Church Methodist and Baptist through September with 945 am church school union meetings at the James Brand House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin, O
First Methodist
First Baptist
First Church
James A. Richards
Methodist Church
The
Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
James Brand House
Rust Church Marks 68th Anniversary
The Rust Methodist church founded in 1872 and Lorain countys oldest Negro church will celebrate its sixty eighth anniversary on Sunday June 16 Rev Harold B Williams pastor of the First Methodist church of Oberlin will be guest speaker Music will be provided by the senior choir of fifteen voices and the Young Peoples choir of thirty five The church is conducting a 1000 debt clearance drive to end all debts and will close Sunday June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Rust Methodist Church
Lorain County
Harold B. Williams
First Methodist Church
Oberlin
Young Peoples
Wine Cheerful Stitchers Elect Officers at Oberlin Home
The Wine Cheerful Stitchers met with adviser Mrs. Bryant and Margaret Glider at Oberlin Children's Home on Wednesday June 12 at 3 pm. They chose Mary Ann Zito as president and Frances Zito as vice president. Kathleen Sadie became treasurer and Evelyn Kestler secretary with Anne Mae Sadie as recreation leader. The group will decorate sewing boxes and plan bean bags at the next meeting on June 19 at 2 pm.
Oberlin School of Commerce closes term and plans redecorations
The Oberlin School of Commerce finished its regular year on Friday June 7 and is continuing with a eleven months summer session. Seventy one new typewriters have been installed and all rooms will be redecorated before fall term. Mr Eton of the faculty is touring southeastern Ohio inviting prospective students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin School of Commerce
Eton
Ohio
Augusta Cowley to wed George Stofan in July ceremony
Announcement states Miss Augusta Ann Cowley of 306 South Professor Street will marry George Stofan of Cleveland on July 1. Cowley has worked for years at the Stofan studio here. Mrs Stofan is sister to Andrew Stefan of Oberlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Ann Cowley
South Professor Street
George Stofan
Cleveland
Miss Cowley
Stofan
Mrs. Stofan
Andrew Stefan
Oberlin
Doctor Hindman Named Acting Director of Student Affairs
Dr. Darwin A. Hindman son of Mrs. Martha B. Hindman of East College street has been appointed Acting Director of Student Affairs for Men at the University of Missouri. Hindman is an Oberlin College graduate with a master’s from Illinois and a doctorate from Ohio State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin A. Hindman
Martha B. Hindman
East College Street
University of Missouri
Hindman
Oberlin College
University of Illinois
Ohio State University
Summer plans and hospital visit news brief
Mr. and Mrs. David Moyer and family and John Haylor left this week for The Music Box at Vinal Haven Maine where they will spend the Summer. Mrs. Frank Foster and Mrs. Harry Hovey of North Pleasant street were in Ashland Friday to visit a cousin Mrs. Bert Hawk who has been very ill in the Ashland hospital. Professor and Mrs. A P Lothrop of Elm street left Friday for their
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Moyer
John Haylor
Music Box
Vinalhaven
Maine
Frank Foster
Harry Hovey
North Pleasant Street
Ashland
Bert Hawk
Ashland Hospital
Summer plans and professional visits span several states
A Leominster family will spend the summer in their home and send son Richard to Camp Dudley in Westport New York. Royal Arcanum delegates J N Stone C R Comings and H H Stone attended a Columbus convention. Donald N Simpson of Oberlin High plans to study toward an AM at the University of Wisconsin Madison this summer. Dr Edna Schrick and Dr R W Bradshaw attend the American Medical Association convention in New York City with Dr Schrick staying for a six week course in summer school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leominster
Mass
Richard
Camp Dudley
Westport
New York
J. N. Stone
C. R. Comings
H. H. Stone
Royal Arcanum
Columbus
Donald N. Simpson
Oberlin High School
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Edna Schrick
R. W. Bradshaw
American Medical Association
New York City
Schrick
The
American Medical Society
Lorain County Represented At Ohio Rural Institute
Lorain County will be represented at an Institute of Rural Affairs in Mansfield along with seven other counties. Attendees include representatives from the agricultural extension service Farm Security Administration and Soil Conservation Service plus officials from agricultural programs and rural churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Institute of Rural Affairs
Mansfield
Ohio
Lorain
Huron
Erie
Crawford
Morris
Richland
Ashland
Knox
Holmes
Wayne
Wryandot
Agricultural Extension Service
Farm Security Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Farm Credit Administration
Lorain Countians Attend Poultry Day at Wooster
Lorain Countians joined poultrymen from across Ohio at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in Wooster for Ohio Poultry Day. The program, sponsored by the station with Ohio State University, featured tours of the plant and talks on feeding nutrition research poultry disease control parasites and egg and poultry marketing in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Ohio
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Ohio State University
Elyria Man Hurt When Car Rolls Over At Curve
Elyria man Bruce 27 of 113 Perry court received facial hand and leg cuts when his car rolled at a curve on Diagonal road tearing down 50 feet of fence at the Laisey property. Ruth Ringer 30 of R D Spencer sprained back and bruises in a collision on New London Eastern road near Route 58. Two other minor accidents reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willoughby Bruce
Perry Court
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Laisey
Ruth Ringer
R. D. Spencer
Merlyn Votaro
Medina
Charles Horvath
New London
Virginia Sheffield
Wellington
Elyria Legion Drum and Bugle Corps Shines At Flag Day Events
The Elyria American Legion drum and bugle corps competed in Cleveland Flag Day program at Cleveland Stadium, then in Elyria, returning to Cleveland to learn it won first honors. Final scores had Elyria at 932, Cleveland Heights American Legion 923, and Lake Erie Veterans of Foreign Wars 83.4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Cleveland Heights American Legion
Lake Erie Veterans of Foreign Wars
British Cruiser Sunk By Italians
The British cruiser Calypso, 4 180 tons, was sunk in the Mediterranean by an Italian submarine. Built in 1917 and refitted in 1929, it carried over 400 officers and men. One officer and 38 sailors were feared lost. The Admiralty reported two naval trawlers Myrtle and Ocean Sunlight sunk in home waters after mines, with no survivors from Myrtle and eight sailors presumed lost from Ocean Sunlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Taday
Myrtle
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Turkey
Lake Avenue
Christian Endeavor
N. Ridgeville
Garden Club
P. Morgan
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Bob Schmitt- Zen
Floral Lodge
Masonic Temple
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Harry Bemis
Parsch
Eugene Green
Leslie Nichols
Lodi
West Streets
D. A. Cook
Herry Mancini
Albert Kovacs
Marcini
Frank Kerekes
Raymond Cronin
East Avenue
Viola L. Morris
Paul R. Morris
Guy B. Fincher
J. W. McHenry
Penfield Township
McHenry
J. H. Frampton Lumber Co
Findley
Sheriffs Department
Shirley Philips 14
Kipton
Clayton Philips
Eorge NL Eratrd
Justice “of the Peace
H. C. Cummings
Paul Johnson
Hales Hill
Marko
Davidson Schmidt
Peter Auerbach
Fiains
Guy B. Findley
Auverbach
Inah Averr
West Avenue
Third Street
Elizabeth Oleska
John
Sophie Sheetz
Uriah
Independent Savings and Loan Co
Lorein
Gur B. Findley
Charlotte Bellis
Clem T. Knechtges
Toledo Grain Close
Chicago
Cleveland Produce
Homegrowers’ Harket
Boston
American League
Lichty
Joe
Mac
Esther Wood
N. Professor St
Rust Church
School OF Commerce
A. P. Lothrop
Elm Street
Institute
Bulletin
E. 13Th St
G. J. O'Connor
Elyria Savings Trust
Invalid Car Service
Second Street
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