Pittsburgh The Story of An American City by Stefan Lorant
Elyria Library presents ten years of Stefan Lorant’s work on the monumental book Pittsburgh The Story of An American City. The volume features chapters by Henry Steele Commager Oscar Handlin J Cutler Andrews Henry David John Morton Blum Gerald Johnson and David Lawrence among others with over a thousand pictures recreating Pittsburgh’s two hundred year history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stefan Lorant
Pitttsburgh
Henry Steele Commager
Amherst
Oscar Handlin
Harvard
Pittsburgh
J Cutler Andrews
Chatham College
Henry David
New School For Social Research
John Morton Blum
Yale
Gerald W Johnson
Sylvester K Stevens
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
David JL. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Girl Scout Dinner Highlights Neighborhood Event at St Vincent de Paul
The third annual Girl Scout dinner by five St Vincent de Paul School troops drew about 300 scouts, parents and mothers. Cadet Troop 685 presented colors, Brownies Troop 736 led by Mrs Hodhery performed songs, and Junior Troop 493 enacted a school room scene. Skits included A Midwinter Lights Dream by Troop 608, with aprons and bags made by girls. Five year service pins honored longtime leader Mrs Reiman as contributions to the Jewel Lowe fund were collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Vincent de Paul School
Parish Hall
George Dobrin
Jack Blake
Troup
H Hans Reiman
Richard Stricklers
Charles Severn
Dante
Junio Troop 608
Charles Salter
Edward Noonan
Brownie
Ray Hodhery
Charles Bowice
Reiman
Julett Lowe Fund
Springtime rise in Ohio traffic deaths alarms officials
Columbus Ohio motorists face a springtime spike in fatalities as warmer weather brings more driving. Highway Safety Director Warren C Nelson cites increased numbers, higher speeds, and driver attitude as key factors, noting 37 deaths over two weekends and the larger driving pool this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Highway Safety
Warren C Nelson
Nelson
Ohig
Building code gets new teeth
Elyria officials approved a building code update that imposes fines from 29 to 50 dollars for first offenses and 10 dollars to 90 days in jail for repeated violations. The ordinance treats each day of ongoing offense as a separate violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Charman Harold A West
Ballarge
Columbia school calendar set for 180 days 1965 66
The Columbia Local Board of Education adopted a 180 day school year. Classes start September A and finish June 8 for students. Christmas break runs December 22 to January 3% with spring vacation April 6 to April 12. Teachers’ 185 days include a pre school meeting three days for records and reports and an in service day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Columbia Local Board of Education
Home Stolen From Trento Businessman Recovered Details
Benito Antonioli, a Trento businessman, returned to his summer house after winter to find the home emptied. Thieves took walls, doors, water pipes, and furniture in the burglary, leaving the property stripped. Investigators described the break in as a thorough looting job with substantial material losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trento Italy
UPI
Benito Antonioli
What IA is Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share experience strength and hope to solve common problems and help others recover from alcoholism The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking AA has no dues or fees It is not allied with any sect denomination political organization or institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholics Anonymous
Flynn Oho
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pittsburghs
America
Coler
David G Blythe
William C Wall
Russell Smith
John Kane
Samuel Rosenberg
William Libby
Roy Hilton
Edwin Anderson
Marty Cornelus
Idabelle Kleinhans
Gwen Bristow
John Dickson Carr
Theodora McCormick du Bois
Feter Field
Arthur Hailey
Alaska
Grace Muirhead Hendren
Andromeda
Fred Hoyle Cnich Mattson
Norman Kathey
Jamaica
Susan Lennon
Elizabeth Linnington
Hawaii
Jack London
Ruth “Voore
Money
Robert Leigh
Universal Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Hegel
Karl Lowith
Wandah
Exline Walters
Theodore William Schultz
John Eldridge Drew
Hans Kalmus
Geoffrey Wilson Morey
Nancy Kennedy
Nick “Macks
Sheila Ostrander
Jerry Coker
Peter Yates
Fiie Hatch
Fred Russell
Carl Lamson
Carmer
Arthur M Eastman
Ruth Frieman
Shakespeare
Jan Kott
Charles Child
Helen Gay Pratt
John Keats
Walter Jackson Bate
John Upton Terrell
Stanley Weintraub
Children & Books
James S Ayars
Hetty B Beatty
Angelo Cohn
Leonard de Vnes
France
Darlene Geis
Donald J Sabai
Irvin Jackson
By Bob Frederick
Giant
Dynes’ Hair
Ray
Heub Net
Woolworth’s
Ruigeview
Set Ao Ke
Piciurf
Elyria Arts CO
West End
Federal Store
Broad Street
Atlantic 18
Atlantic Red
the Atlantic Reflay Company
Beacon Street
Akron
UE IG
Archive
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!