Officials Admit Interest in Possible Elyria Annexation Areas
City officials acknowledge interest in annexing two fringe areas totaling over one square mile if a study shows benefit to both sides. No formal proposals or petitions exist. The sites lie in Elyria Township east and west of the present city limits near Abbe Road Ridgeville Township and Route 113.
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Elyria
Abbe Rd
Abbe
Ridgeville
Clark St
Rt. 113
Elyria Township
Table Looms Purchased For Schools
Seventeen students at Elyria School for Mentally Retarded Children received seven looms to aid craft work. Five large looms will make table mats while smaller ones are not for belts. Donations from women and civic groups funded the purchase. Annexation talks involve land near the city limits to ease a storm sewer project and future development.
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Elyria
Ebria Council For
Elyria School
Sixth St
West Avge
Elyria Council For
C-T
Bricklayers Eye Early Lorain County Contract Settlement
Lorain County bricklayers and contractors near a two year pact expiring May 1 continue talks led by Robert Woodward with Local 64 and Local 29 representing about 225 workers. Wages and contract wording top the agenda as progress appears likely before the deadline. Mayor Keys and local officials plan an annexation discussion April 3 at Spring Valley School amid talks of local development.
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Lorain County
Lorain County Masons and General Contractors Organization
Russell Reisinger
Elyria
AFL Bricklayers Union
Robert Woodward
T. J. Hume Co
Lorain
Reisinger
Driver Keeps Mind On Road
Mrs Ruth Imbesi testified about ongoing tension with estranged husband Anthony at Wise Shoe Store. She described an incident on Tuesday in which he caused stress during a drive, mentioning a heart attack and a hospitalization at Elyria Memorial Hosp. She recalled a long silence before a car cut in, and his remark that she would be confined to the hospital.
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Mineola
N.Y
INS
Ruth Imbesi
Anthony
Wayne C. Wise
LaGrange
Wise Shoe
Cleveland St
Elyria Memorial Hosp
Amherst Hospital expansion eyed to 75 beds
Trustees discussed enlarging Amherst Hospital from 30 to 75 beds at an election meeting. Plans hinge on site expansion, fireproofing limits, and potential financing via community drives with committees to be named. Current costs estimate 115000 to 125000 per bed. expansion could repurpose existing spaces.
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Air Amherst Hospital
Amherst
Amherst Hospital
Board of Trustees
Conrad Zilch
Zilch
American Hospital Association
Salvation Army Solicitations Planned for Elyria Citadel
The Elyria Salvation Army announces a capital funds campaign to complete the citadel building. Harold Dicken, vice chairman, says business firms and individuals will be solicited in April with house to house visits late month. The 1951 goal was 95000 but raised 61443. bequest from Jacob E. and Lowie Murbach aided partial completion.
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Elyria Salvation Arts Citadel
Harold Dicken
Fee Anqim
Quacualiuie UL QI Amlihd Gul
Jacob E
Lowie Murbach
Adam B. Cochrane
Dicken
United Fund
Salvation Army
Elyria
Army
Middle East viewed as Western-leaning by educators talk
Dr. Alfred B. Bonds Jr. told the Elyria Education Association that Middle East people favor the West over remaining traditional, citing oil wealth and political dynamics. He described Egypt under Nasser as oriented toward the United States and urged patience over arms in confronting Russia.
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Alfred B. Bonds Jr
Baldwin-Wallace College
Elyria Education Association
Holly Hall
Middle East
Bonds
West
Thelj
Egypt
Richard Wainwright
Israel
Coun
Roscoe Godlby
Bondsby
Iself
United States
Russia
Nasser
Lorain Hero's Name On Destroyer Fails but Berry Sought
Lorain officials learned Major Majo Lofton Henderson will not have a destroyer named for him after a ship already bears his name. Mayor John C. Jaworski confirms Henderson’s mother reported a destroyer honoring him exists. The city will push to name a destroyer escort for Corporal Charles Berry, another World War II hero who died, on Lorain ships.
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Lorain
Majo Lofton Henderson
Marine Corps
John C. Jaworski
Corp
Charles Berry
Henderson
Maj. Henderson
Fred Henderson
Washington, D. C
Berry
Jaworski
Recreation Center To Be Closed For One Day
Jefferson recreation center will be shut tomorrow due to prior commitments. Eastern Heights Ely St. Mary St. Jude and Franklin Centers remain open. Over 700 children attended last Saturday with St. Mary and St. Jude hosting most dancing classes.
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Jefferson Recreation Center
Charles Hoagland
Eastern Heights
Ely
St. Mary
St. Jude
Franklin
Jefferson
Hoagland
75 Cent Theft Costs Elyria Youth 10 Dollar Fine
Venus A Ferguson 18 of 847 Walnut St. pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to petit larceny after a 75 cent coin box was broken at Riverside Trailer Park laundry. He received a $10 fine plus court costs. Companion Paul A Pack 18 of 895 Longson Ave. faces a similar charge.
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Elyria
Venus A. Ferguson
Walnut St
Ferguson
Riverside Trailer Park
West Third St
Paul A. Pack
Longson Ave
Plans Set for Armed Forces Day Observance in Elyria Lorain
Initial plans for observing Armed Forces Day include a joint Elyria Lorain celebration with a banquet a military ball and open houses at county installations. A six member coordinating committee led by E J Burger and including local mayors and naval reserve leaders will organize events with more committees to be named. The banquet may be at Hotel Antlers and the ball at Lorain Arena with a committee meeting set for Thursday at 8 p m at the ONC armory.
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Elyria
Loraine
Lorain National
Naval Reserve Advisory Council
Howard Somers
William Zimmerman
Lorain
Advisory Council
E. C. Keyes
U. S. Naval Reserve
John Stone
Ohio National Guard
Albert Wallach
T3rd Special Infantry
U. S&s. Marine Corps Reserve
C. Orr
Avon Zoning Question Delays Telephone Exchange Permit
Avon officials, Lorain Telephone Co, and T. J. Hume Construction face a zoning dispute over building a telephone exchange on Jaycox Road. Residential B zoning lacks utility building provisions, and no permit has been filed. The issue may be addressed at the next Avon council meeting Wednesday evening.
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AVON
Avon Village
Lorain Telephone Co
T. J. Hume Construction Co
Telephone Exchange
Jaycox Rd
Detroit Rd
William Gates
Stephen Alten
Alten
Hume
Avora Council
Second Shots Set Tomorrow At 2 Centers
Inoculation stations for the second round of vaccine shots at Oberlin and Wellington High Schools are scheduled for tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The stations will aid those unable to obtain vaccines from their physicians.
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Oberlin
Wellington
Union Trial Committee To Be Named
Local 780 CIO United Auto Workers will elect a trial committee at a meeting tomorrow at 10 am in the UAW Hall on East Bridge Street. President Carl Cross says the case involves one member charging another with conduct unbecoming a union member. no officers are involved and no financial issues are at stake. The exact offense remains undisclosed until the committee is formed and reviews the case.
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Cio-United Auto Workers
UAW
East Bridge St
Carl Cross
Cross
Robert Thompson
Auto Train Collision In Elyria Near Lake and Foster
A 20 year old Elyria man escaped injury when his 1947 coupe struck a moving freight engine at the Baltimore and Ohio grade crossing at Lake and Foster Aves. Robert J Hagerman 135 West Bridge St was cited for reckless operation after witnesses said he moved on green signals. Conductor Leonard Maddox 122 East 22nd St Lorain listed. A second crash at Middle Ave and Seventh St involved Don K Hagy 23 and Robert H Vance 18 with minor damage. Hagy charged with failing to yield and to Municipal Court. The local union framed next steps for a single meeting to elect a seven member jury. bylaws and grievances to be discussed.
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Elyria
Baltimore and Ohio
Lake and Foster Aves
Robert J. Hagerman
West Bridge St
Hagerman
Lake Aye
Leonard Maddox
East 22Nd SL
Lorain
Middle Ave
Seventh St
Don K. Hagy
Glover Ct
Robert H. Vance
East Broad St
Hagy
Seventh
Middle
Vance
Shopping Center Planned Near Eaton Estates
Frank Menci presented plans for a $500,000 shopping center on Rt. 82 and Island Rd adjacent to Eaton Estates. He and undisclosed associates aim to incorporate soon to build 14 units facing Rt. 82 with block and brick construction. Financing and leasing delays push start date. project may include a supermarket drug store variety store and small services with a hoped for summer initiation.
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EATON
Eaton Estates
Rt. 82
Island Rd
Frank Menci
Eaton Township
Mencl
Youth Accused In Auto Thefts
Jerry Arnett aged 20 was scheduled for municipal court in Columbus on auto theft charges. Police say he stole two cars in Columbus and four in Indianapolis while commuting between the two cities.
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Columbus
INS
Jerry Arnett
Indianapolis
Arnett
Das Clowed
C T Employee Hurt In Fall Loses Finger
Walter Delp aged 56 of 155 Caroline Street suffered the loss of the left ring finger and a fracture to the middle finger after a fall at home while carrying a car battery down basement stairs. He was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Delp has worked more than 20 years as a linotype operator for the Chronicle Telegram.
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Walter Delp
Caroline St
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Delp
The
Chronicle
Telegram
Grand Opening At Robert Hall Clothes Draws Thousands
Thousands of area residents crowded the Rt 57 grand opening of Robert Hall Clothes 250th store as 5 000 registration slips disappeared by 6 P M and free gifts were exhausted by mid afternoon. Autos lined Bell Ave and Brace St with 600 700 shoppers inside by evening while about 750 items were placed on layaway.
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Robert Hall Clothes
Pene
Jerry Kromberg
Bell Ave
Brace St
Kromberg
Ballast Driving Rule Stated in London Court
Mrs Pat Wilkins told a London traffic court that her 15 pounds of ballast caused her small British car to overturn on a curve. She announced she would henceforth drive only with a friend of her husband as ballast.
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London
INS
Pat Wilkins
Londor
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Cirigliano
W. W. Wise
the Chronicle - Telegram
Donald Bechtel
Jerome A Wenner
Robert Hubbard
Arthur J. Pelander
Vera Lauver
Amy
Dr. Bonds
Gertrude Rose
Charman
Godby
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Wainwright
Carol Roser
Margery Chetister
Union Trial Committee
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