Avon Developer Says He'd Build School To Aid Village
Cleveland attorney David Kiris chenbaum, head of Eaton General Contractors, said he would gladly build a school for Avon on a long-term basis to help the village as plans advance for a 3.26 million home and shopping center project. The proposal accompanies news of about 1,500 new homes on 1,000 acres bordering Lorain and Cuyahoga counties and a $2 million shopping center, with financing arranged through local and out-of-town banks including a 30-year veteran mortgage.
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Avon
David Kirischenbaum
Cleveland
Eaton General Contractors
Eaton
Stunn
Gumina
Gumia
Recruiting Kickoff Planned By Ohio Guard Company B
The Lorain Ohio National Guard unit Company B 145th Infantry announces a Monday night recruitment kickoff at the Armory Grove Ave and East 36th St with an open house. Mayor Jaworski will swear in six new members. Warrant Officer Esposito says ages 17 to 35 are eligible and emphasizes pay, benefits, and no civilian disruption. The unit recently returned from Korea and is part of Buckeye Division. Armory hours 9 to 5 daily except weekends. Monday evenings 7 to 9 30.
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Lorain
145Th Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Grove Ave
East 36Th St
Donald E. Thompson
John C. Jaworsi
Dominic J. Esposito
C Esposito
Lorain County
National Guard
W’o Esposito
Ohio
Buckeye
Charge Made After 2 Car Accident
Robert R. Mele, 20, was cited for failure to have his car under control after a collision with Laverne W. McNichols at Plant Street and Eagle Avenue. Mele's court date is March 12. McNichols complained of back pain and was taken to St Joseph Hospital for observation. Damage to both cars was sighted.
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Lorain
Robert R. Mele
East Leake Rd
Laverne W. McNichols
4Th St
Plant St
Eagle Ave
Mele
McNichols
Mole
St Joseph Hospital
Too Many Plates Brings Fine In Lorain Court
Lorain man Earl Hulle Barnett 27 appeared in Municipal Court on a charge of driving an automobile with fictitious license plates. He pled guilty and was fined 50 dollars with 235 dollars suspended by Judge LeRoy Kelly. Police say he used the same plates on three cars and displayed only one plate amid a raid that found marijuana cigarettes illegal liquor and policy slips. two others were fined but Barnett was freed for lack of evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Lorain County
Earl Hulle Barnett
LeRoy Kelly
Barnett
Albrecht Rd
Nine more dog owners cited at Lorain
Lorain authorities cited nine more dog owners for letting pets run loose as dog warden Charles Thomas began a third day of rounding up strays. The cited include Eleanor Novello and William Dobras at Hawthorne Avenue, Josephine Olson on Tait Street, Pauline Charman on Tait Street, Thomas Rath on West Erie Avenue, John Mathison on Madison Avenue, Shirley Smith on Hillsdale Avenue, and Jesse Sandaval on Colorado Avenue. Sandaval to appear Tuesday. the rest to appear tomorrow. Thomas fined Charles Otto $15 and costs on speeding today, with court appearances set for northern central and southern sections. other arraignments listed for tomorrow. Additional speeding, driving without license, and stop-sign violations involve Barbara Smith, Vilas Kibbe, Joseph Franta, and George Girelach, with hearings scheduled Thursday or tomorrow.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Charlies Thomas
Eleanor jNovello
Hawthorne Ave
William Dobras
Josephine Olson
Tait St
Pauline Charman
Tait, St
Thomas Rath
West Erie Ave
John Mathison
Barbara Smith
Sunnyside
Dr. Vermilion
Vilas W. Kibbe
Bradley Rd
Westlake
Joseph Franta
iTenney Ave
Ambherst
George Girelach
Kings Ave
Curfew Law Advocacy Highlighted by Squad Head
LORAIN—Joe Gethin head of the Juvenile Department Police Squad urged a curfew ordinance with teeth and a hard line on liquor in his annual report. He warned parents often don’t know their children's whereabouts and called for enforcement and stricter penalties. He also proposed fines for auto owners who leave keys in cars or fail to lock ignitions after four youths fled Lancaster in a vehicle that could be started without a key.
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Lorain
Joe Gethin
Juvenile Department
Chronicle Telegram
Gethin
Lancaster
Lorain Man Denies Guilt In Felonious Assault Charge
A 34 year old Lorain man Merle Hunker denied guilt to a felonious assault charge at arraignment before Municipal Judge LeRoy Kelly. Police allege Hunker committed indecent liberties with a 12 year old girl on Sept 22 1954. Bond set at $2000 with a preliminary hearing Tuesday scheduled.
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Lorain
LeRoy Kelly
Merlet Hunker
Homewood Dr
Hunker
Kelly
Harvard Group Elects Elyrian Society Officer
Scribner L Fauver a second year student at Harvard Law School was elected vice president of the Lincoln s Inn Society for 1953 56. The Inn is a law student social group with a ten member board and hosts luncheons dances and hospitality for foreign students. Fauver holds A B magna cum laude from Dartmouth College class of 1953.
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Scribner L
Dartmouth College
Milwaukee Boy Reports Brother With Water Pistol
Benny Parker, a student council member in Milwaukee, reported his brother Danny for carrying a water pistol to grammar school. Benny says he did his duty as Judge Hansen advised, despite family ties, and returned to school without lunch to report the incident. The Parker brothers are sons of United Press bureau manager Fred Parker.
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Milwalkee
Benny Parker
Danny
Benny
Pearl Factory Opens in Hongkong Producing 29 000 Dozen Annually
A new artificial pearls factory in Hongkong began in early 1954, learning from Japan and relying on cheap labor. It produces about 29 000 dozen pearls yearly. Local output is mainly exported to Indonesia, the Philippines and South Africa due to competition and local taste for stylish foreign jewelry.
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Hongkong
Far Eastern Economic Review
Japan
Indonesia
Philippines
South Africa
Vermilion Elyria births and residents listed in hospital notes
A hospital notices page lists numerous residents and their addresses in Vermilion Elyria and surrounding areas along with several birth announcements. Names include Mrs Ruby Cirell Sheryl Fandrich James McQueen Mrs Leonides Figuiroa and others with addresses on Washington Avenue East 31st Street Ridgewood Aven Vermilion and Elyria. Yesterday and today births are noted for families including Simko Dean Beach Stokowski Haller and Marshall.
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Ruby Cirell
Washington Ave
Sheryl Fandrich
State Rd
Vermilion
James McQueen
King Ave
Leonides Figuiroa
E. 31St St
Lawrence Lucas
Caroline Ave
Neil Fronzek
Thomas Hall
Roxboro Rd
William Johnson
Gary Ave
Thomas Callahan
Delaware Ave
James Woodson
Sunset Dr
Sheffield Lake
Sammie Stinson
E. Mth
Curt Koch
Ridge
Francis Judge
W. 13Th
Kathy Riegel
8Th St
Gerald Carney
W. 19Th St
John Santo
Ridgewood J Aves
Elyria
Jerome Paysor
Pickett Rd
Walter Graber
N. Ridge
John Claus
R. D
William Fazekas
7Th Ct
Charles Horton
Ohio St
William Tarborne
Elyria Ave
Richard Beck
Erie Ave
Vincent Wilson
Central
Loraine Swett
22Nd St
George Simko
Ridgeland Ave
Norman Dean
Devonshire Rd
Vermilon-On the Lake
James Beach
Hawthorne Ave
Frank Stokowski
George Haller
Amherst Ave
Robert Marshall
E.dist St
Auto Proves No Bargain At University
GALXESVILLE. Fia-'P-it used to be a mark of distinction for Joe College to have an auto mobile on campus. But girls at the University of Florida now go for the lads with bicycles. The university has ruled that cars cannot move between classes, and if a student lives on campus he is not allowed to dive to class. If he lives off campus he may drive to class, but he must have a parking decal on his windshield Even then. 7 he parks anywhere but in a designated spot his car wall be towed away and at will cost time 5 to get it back. Now the car-drving students are complaining that by the time they find a parking place their dates have lost interest and gone away with someone else.
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Galxesville
Joe College
University of Florida
Lorain Municipal Court News Highlights Fines and Pleas
Lorain Municipal Court records show Herbert Becker charged with loitering and speeding, bond set. Ben Schaeffer facing speeding charges with $250 bond. Robert Stefarck cited for reckless driving with $15 fine and costs. Gunnell Smith pleads innocent to driving without license with $250 bond. trial date March 23.
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Herbert Steve Becker
Ben W. Schaeffer
Beaver Park
Robert John Stefarck
Dewnhurst Rd
Elyria
Gunnell Smith
Twelfth St
Robber Seeks Alibi From Baltimore Residents
Harry E Wardley, 23, convicted of robbing Baltimore’s Union Trust Bank of $12,000, appeals for Denver residents to provide an alibi claiming he robbed a Denver home during a bath. He told the Baltimore Evening Sun he was a telephone repairman and begged the homeowner to remember the incident.
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Denver
Maryland
Baltimore
Harry E Wardley
Baltimore Evening Sun
Wardies
Union Trust Bank of
Wardley
Army private takes part in atomic war exercise at Ft Hood
Pfc Eugene J Smith son of Mr and Mrs Carl Smith Centen ial Ave Avon recently participated in a special Army test exercise at Ft Hood Tex Purpose of the exercise was to test combat command experimental formations organized by the 1st Armored Division for use in atomic age ground warfare Smith, a Lorain St Mary High School graduate in 1950, is a tank gunner in Company D of the division s 1st tank battalion He has been in the Army since November 1953.
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Eugene J. Smith
Carl Smith
Centenial Ave
Avon
Ft. Hood
Tex
Combat Command
1St Armored Division
Smith
Lorain St. Mary High School
Montgomery Ward Farm Book omits work harnesses for farm horses
The 1955 Farm Book from Montgomery Ward & Co. omits work harnesses for farm horses for the first time in about 70 years of publication. The company cites dwindling demand as the reason for the missing entries and notes changes in horse use.
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Times
Dobbin
Montgomery Ward & Co
Glaxo floor coating promises easy clean for kitchens
An Elyria Hardware Co advertisement touts Glaxo as a water clear floor coating that seals dirt and eliminates waxing. It claims the product lets you clean floors in a flash and only needs application about twice a year. Aimed at housewives, the copy contrasts old hard labor on hands and knees with modern maintenance.
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Elyria Hardware Co
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Irphee
Chroak
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Broad St
Monthru
Huron
Harvard Group
Elyrian Society
St. Joseph Hospital
West Side
ML Co
Hawaii
Lorain Municipal Court News
Usrek
The
Bally Co
OL _ GULF
Sheffield Oil Co
Gulf Service
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