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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1957
Page
7
Oberlin forms a disaster relief organization with ten committees each led by two co chairmen. The system can be activated within minutes if a natural disaster strikes, ensuring rapid citywide emergency response.
Altar and Rosary Society met at 8:00 p.m. in the parish hall with 27 members and two guests. A Sandusky Deanery Day of Recollection set for June 27 at Marywood Shrine was announced, with Mass and two sermons, stations of the cross, and a noon luncheon. Also noted was a Fish Fry Friday 3 to 8:20 p.m. The Disaster Relief Organization DRCO, organized by the Oberlin Red Cross, held a meeting led by Mills G. Clark to outline disaster response duties and emergency HQs at James Brand House and Christ Episcopal Church parish house.
Town and Gown notes Charles Douglass, newly arrived Oberlin recreation director and world history civics teacher, will supervise visual education. He and his wife Joan Douglass, formerly secretary to Koss, plan to move into the David Anderson home on Morgan Street with their 1 year old son Wayne by today. They expect to begin weekly Friday night dances amid square dancing.
The Joel Isaacsons plan to leave their permanent quarters at 39 College Pl after_art school and move to San Francisco. They seek a two wheel seven by four foot trailer with tarpaulin and hitch, but face high costs and unsuitable options during their trailer search. They rejected renting coast-to-coast and even a free ad in the paper.
Florence Grange 1844 will sponsor a family style fish supper at Grange Hall on Friday evening starting 5 p.m. EST. The committee includes Mrs Burl Call as general chairman and several members handling dining room, frying, kitchen, and tickets.
Oberlin Rev. Charles Mayle president of the Oberlin NAACP will represent the chapter at the national convention in Detroit from today through Sunday. Also attending are Mrs. Margaret Baker and Kermit Dobbins for the Sunday sessions.
Local items report family moves to California and Marietta, farm sales near Kipton, visits to relatives in Maple Heights and Oberlin, and church and club activities. The Camden Farm Woman's Club meets at 10:30 a.m. DST with a project on ternary maintenance. The Oberlin parsonage welcomes Rev Roland Larsen as new Community Church pastor after a disorderly conduct case in police court.
Mr and Mrs John Kodysz of Joppa Road Florence announce plans to move to Alaska next month to homestead and open a hunting camp. They will travel the Alaska Highway in a former army ambulance converted to a station wagon with their five children Gary David Joan Iharon and Jean. They aim for the area between Fairbanks and Anchorage and will be joined by two older children John and Barbara. Kodysz has worked five years for Harrison Manufacturing and was honored at a company supper.
In Henrietta 4H Clovers meeting with 14 members Mrs Lawrence Baumann chaired demonstrations including a zipper by Lorene Born handmade buttonholes by Onalee Mayer and sewing on a button by Hazel Steiple Dawn Bucks led the game This Is My Nose Reeshments were served by Mary Ann Keressi Club members plan to entertain mothers at a regular meeting and start an accident and safety scrapbook as a new project.
Mr. and Mrs. H G Lembeck and son Jackie of St Louis Missouri are visiting Oberlin city manager Fred E Weisbrod and his wife at 205 Morgan Street They will stay about two weeks Mrs Lembeck is the city manager's sister and the group shares family ties during the visit.
Mrs. Philip Thomas, elected president of the Oberlin Ohio Educational Association, will lead the local teachers at the National Education Association centennial in Philadelphia from June 30 to July 5. She departs this weekend as a life member of the Oberlin group. Other officers are Agnes McAfadden vice president Gloria Hawk secretary and Juanita Schramm treasurer. Committee chairs include J Don McIlroy welfare Kathryn Witbeck Ruth Princehorn Walter Carpenter and Florene Worcester.
In Oberlin Police Court Judge Andrew Stefan fined several defendants for license lapses. Newcomer Malcolm Wechsler received costs after pleading guilty to driving a truck with improper license. Harry Vauls and others faced fines for U turns, improper plates, or unlicensed driving. Several fines were suspended pending license compliance.
Mrs Gladys Williams the missionary who has just returned from China will speak at Rust Methodist Church Sunday at 3 30 p m on a program sponsored by the commission on missions.
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