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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1948
Page
3
At a Lorain County Historical Society meeting last night, president Mrs. James Thomas was urged to appoint four special committees to appraise the society’s material in pictures books manuscripts maps and general museum items. Harriet Root and Edna Metcalf already listed the society’s holdings, with outreach to older county families for loan possibilities at future exhibits.
Carroll Booth of 14 Fuller Road sustained abrasions to both legs when his bicycle struck the rear of a parked car on Middle Avenue near 13th Street. He received treatment at Elyria Memorial Hospital.
Federal labor experts said the government may step in to break the deadlock in coal contract talks between United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis and operators. Another round of talks was planned as federal mediation could call special bargaining conferences later in the week to trigger Taft Hartley emergency provisions.
The Ohio aviation clinic at Bowling Green State University endorsed a $40,000 program to mark the state's aerial highways. State aeronautics director E. A. Brown urged marking 500 communities on Ohio's aerial map to be identifiable from the air. He suggested the state cover the marker costs for uniformity. The two day clinic is sponsored by the Ohio Postwar Planning Commission and the Ohio Aviation Board.
Bellevue Ohio report states Carmen Angel One, 22, of Gibsonburg died after a stone truck he drove crashed into a tree 10 miles southwest of Bellevue on Route 101. State highway patrol release notes the fatal injury occurred yesterday.
Directory listing shows Violet E Barson at Quarry Road with office and delivery contact numbers and Betty Heisman at 128 North Pleasant with a separate phone number. Includes service delivery note and two local telephone contacts.
Oberlin Fuirchild Chapel hosted two ceremonies on Saturday with Anne Fasset and James Sunshine wed in a double ring service at 2 pm officiated by Rev Joseph King and Helen Taylor tied with Harold Frazier in a 3 pm ceremony by Dean Graham. The Sunshine-Fasset celebration featured palm decor and white florals. the couple plans near term residence at 221 North Professor Street after a trip to New Hampshire and Canada.
Valley City notes record a Pinochle club gathering at Mrs. Vida Kline’s home in Kingsley’s Corners. Seniors and families from Sparta to Cleveland visit relatives and attend a variety of events including a Medina brunch and a pink and blue shower held at the Arick home. A VFW Auxiliary party is reported along with a joint piano recital hosted by Mrs. Parfitt and Mrs. Boyer featuring multiple local pupils. A Springfield fatality is noted and a trumpeter swan is cited as the largest flying bird.
The Magyar Evangelical and Reformed church begins its annual Bible school with five weeks of daily sessions from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Supervisor Rev. Louis G. Novak plans weekly activities and a closing program with a July 18 picnic at Schuster grove. Assistants include Mrs. L. G. Novak and Miss Shirley Nagy. Children may enroll each morning. juniors will attend St Andrews Episcopal church worship and a fire house visit. The school theme is The Christian Way of Life. Children will sing at the Father's Day social at the Grange hall.
The Goodrich Co dedicated a three story research complex dubbed the most complete industrial workshop of science. The 260 acre site houses six buildings with 81 laboratories in the main hall, a 10,000 volume library, cafeteria and 250 seat assembly hall. Research spans rubber chemistry plastics agriculture horticulture and nuclear energy applications to rubber manufacturing.
Elyria Chronicle Telegram item dated June 15 1948 notes local happenings with brief, readable event details and names present in the page fragment. The short summary preserves the sourced entities and period voice without fabrication.
San Francisco novelist Gertrude Atherton died in Stanford Hospital after a cerebral stroke at age 90. A prolific author of about 60 books, she earned the nickname Grand Duchess of American Literature and kept writing until shortly before her death. Her career included The Doomswoman, Rezannev, Tower of Ivory, and Black Oxen, which sparked debate in 1993. She left San Francisco for New York and Europe for decades and is survived by a daughter, two grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild.
Miami Beach authorities announced the death of Powel Crosley Ill president of Crosley Marine Corp at Coral Gables. He died yesterday at his home from a heart ailment at age 36. The son of Powel Crosley Jr he had been pursuing aviation research including a lightweight jet propelled unit for small airplanes.
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