Modernistic Upgrade Adds Stone Facing and Wing to Building
Coping will be removed and replaced with white stucco. The structure will receive a stone facing and a small triangular wing added to the west end to carry out the modernistic style.
16 Jun 1953
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1953
Page
1
Coping will be removed and replaced with white stucco. The structure will receive a stone facing and a small triangular wing added to the west end to carry out the modernistic style.
At a City Council meeting Mayor Henry W. Ault warned the two mill operating tax levy expires December 31 and urged renewal be placed on the November ballot. The issue was referred to the finance committee for study and recommendation along with several other items including hydrant rental with Black River Township and a street extension deed on Bell avenue.
Weather outlook for Northeastern Ohio calls for a warm, fair afternoon and evening with partly cloudy skies and a continued warm night into Wednesday. Expect a chance of a thundershower or two each afternoon with a high around 85 and a low near 63. Lake winds from the south at 15 mph this afternoon and evening, shifting to southwest 20 mph by Wednesday. Temperature range Monday from 53 to 80, no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 p.m. Monday. Humidity at 8 a.m. Monday was 81 percent and 8 p.m. 57 percent. Sunrise Tuesday at 5:50 a.m., sunset 9:06 p.m., moonrise 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, moonset 12:22 a.m. Wednesday.
Temperatures will run three to five degrees above normal from Wednesday through Sunday with highs 85 to 88 and lows 60 to 62. Cooler Thursday, then warmer again over the weekend. Showers and thunderstorms are likely Wednesday and Saturday producing about half an inch of rain.
United Press reports Chinese infantry seized Finger Ridge from South Korean troops as the Korean War bulge expanded east central front. American Sabrejet pilots claimed four Communist MiGs down with three more damaged amid a Red air alert over Seoul.
Sophia White 32 of Oberlin suffered a knee contusion and internal injuries with shoulder pain after a two car crash on a one lane bridge on Butefnut Ridge road three miles east of Route 58. Clair W. Ely 36 of Oberlin was the other driver. Police could not determine fault as both cars were removed before investigation. Mrs White was cited for no operator's license.
The Elyna draft board plans 11 men to be inducted on July 8, per Catherine McKee clerk of Draft Board No. 72. A preinduction physical on July 21 will send ten men to Cleveland for examination.
The Kilroy Structural Steel Co of Cleveland submitted the lowest bid of 140000 dollars for 894 tons of steel for Ohio Turnpike bridges in Erie County, as announced today.
Elyria officials commended residents for rapid, energetic action after last week's tornado. City leaders John Hovis Henry W. Ault and J EB Boggs praised cleanup efforts, traffic control, and highway department help in reopening debris blocked streets.
Demolition began today on a Broad Street building owned by Ingwer Realty near Chapel Street as plans move forward for a new commercial structure. Realtor J N Rassle says negotiations with a national store chain are progressing toward a lease, bringing a new firm to the city. Yates Construction Co handles demolition of the site next to Sears Roebuck and near the Elyria Business College block.
An historic brick building at Broad street and East River, formerly Walton Ice Company, will be remodeled into a five unit medical office block. Elyria group led by Walter F Decker and engineer Robert Edwards plan stone facing with white stucco trim, private street entrances, a lighted canopy, and off street parking.
Elyria hosts the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Ohio for a three day convention Thursday through Saturday. About 75 to 80 officials from major Ohio chambers will attend. Principal speaker is S. O. Linzell state highway director who will speak on The Ohio Highway Situation.
At least nine of the fifteen aboard survived a Monday night crash of a Costa Rican air liner near San Isidro, north of San Jose. No further details on the survivors or cause are provided.
Truce delegates from PANMUNJOM will hold a full session Wednesday at 11 a.m. local time, resuming high level talks after turning negotiations over to staff. UN command notes cease-fire signing likely by June 25, the war’s third anniversary.
The Ohio Turnpike Commission faces a $26 000 printing bill after ordering the record in the asphalt versus concrete dispute before the Ohio Supreme Court. The printing costs, normally borne by the loser, are challenged by attorney Robert Dow Hamilton who argues the printing was unnecessary.
Elyria becomes the manufacturing hub for Sunbeam, the American Radiator and Standard Sanitary unit, with the new Sunbeam Air Conditioner Division handling all warm air and eventual house cooling equipment. Thomas W. McNeill will lead as president, and offices start in Pittsburgh with Elyria production.
Thieves pried open rear doors at the Old Stone Villa on Oberlin avenue and North Ridge 10ad, stealing from three amusement machines a music box and 14 fifths of liquor, per deputy sheriffs and owner Sam Ross. A second break in occurred at George Garnell’s fishing establishment on West Lake road, with several rods and reels, a lantern, and $3 in cash reported missing.
Paris cabled President Truman a plea for a pardon of convicted atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg from Edouard Herriot head of the French National Assembly.
Two emergency ordinances approved salary adjustments for the Water and Sewage departments as a new sewer plant superintendent nears appointment to replace the late James Collier. The changes raise the sewage superintendent to 543,320 with plant residence, chief operator to 54,080, assistants to 53,480, while waterworks pay shifts include foremen to 53,480 and boiler operators down to 53,696. total departmental costs unchanged.
A Common Pleas Court jury heard a damage case arising from a highway collision on Route 57 near Belden Sent. involving an automobile and two steers. Edwin Beriswill seeks 2000 dollars from Charles and Julia Kozar, who cross-claim 400 dollars for loss and injury to their steer. Judge ID A Cook presided.
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