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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1956
Page
4
A fragmented OCR item from the Chronicle Telegram dated Wednesday June 20 19XX. readable text is limited, with fragments likely referencing local Ohio news.
Miss Nancy Yarrington of Lorain promoted to district home service director for Ohio Fuel Gas Company. She succeeds Patricia Huff as general director of home service in Columbus and will oversee five Betty Newtons in Elyria district. Huff leads 30 Betty Newtons across 30 counties.
Elyria Lions Club heard E. H. Hartley of Halle Co. discuss customer relations stating the store policy in contrast with customers rights. The talk noted distressing results and outlined upcoming plans including two summer outings and a final meeting of the year next Monday with ladies night.
One hundred nine children are enrolled in the two week summer Bible school at Black River Church of the Brethren. Sessions run 9 p m Monday through Friday with a closing program June 29 where the kids show what they learned. Parents assist with transportation and teachers donate evenings.
Ridgeville correspondent reports Edris Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs E C Brown Maddock Road has a busy summer schedule. She counselors at John Owens camp near Marion attends a Pilgrim Fellowship conference at Doane College Crete Nebraska with delegates from 48 states Alaska and Hawaii and leads ninth grade conference at Pi Chi camp near Chardon July 8 15. She then attends City Mission Camp Cleveland and Pilgrim Fellowship planning conference late August. In September she enters Antioch College with a 200 scholarship. Also Miss Lucy Wilford Center Ridge Road discharged from Lakewood Hospital and invites visitors. History notes on striped bracer jackets return for spring and summer. Tibet
Ridgeville schools announced a new music instructor to lead the band. Wilbur J. Aldridge of Chillicothe, a Murray State College graduate, will direct the band while working on a master’s degree at Idaho State College. He taught in Rainier Oregon for five years and in Huntington West Virginia this past year.
Three Elyria Fire Department officers took oaths today for higher posts creating a vacancy at the bottom. Henry Stolzenburg becomes assistant chief, Lyle Scott is captain, Floyd Rumph is lieutenant. Mayor Keys administers the oaths. all three had high Civil Service ranks and their appointments take effect June 1.
Mrs John Irwin was elected president of the Women's League of the Avon Lake Congregational Church. New officers include Mrs Herbert Marquad as vice president, Mrs Emery Kaswell as treasurer, and Mrs Kenneth Davis as secretary. The group exceeded its $4500 annual goal by over $500, with Friday luncheons contributing $560. Installation is planned for September. no meetings will occur until then.
Lorain County spent 558000 in highway and other capital improvements last year per state auditor James A. Rhodes. He said Ohio counties totaled over 40 million for capital projects, with 23 million for highways, marking a historic peak and a rise of about 16 million from the prior year.
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