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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1977
Page
11
Obituary notices list Flossie Conklin of Wellington as a lifelong doll collector painter and ceramic artist active in local clubs and church circles. Other notices honor Kenneth Wasem a Bendix payroll accountant and Alfred Ensign a longtime Lorain County official and veteran, with details on families services and burial plans.
Walter E Brock Sr a retired construction superintendent aged 78 of 1015 East Ave Elyria died yesterday at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a long illness Born in Bealsville he lived in Wheeling and moved to Elyria in 1948 He was survived by Walter E Jr Betty Reinke Dorothy Klein six grandchildren 12 great grandchildren a brother Erman and was preceded in death by his wife Ethel Funeral arrangements at Harold Dicken Funeral Home with services Wednesday at 11 am Burial in Brookdale Cemetery Also Doris Crago 62 of Dayton died at St Elizabeths Hospital after a three week illness She was born Sept 4 1914 in Nellie Ohio Survived by mother Pearl Crago three brothers Ernest Noel Clarence and sister Florence Graveside services at 1 30 pm Wednesday 2 Darling Run Cemetery Nellie Ohio
Multiple Lorain and Elyria area obituaries and funeral notices detail Mrs. Nicobina, Mrs. Marcelia tee Arebs, James Mathias Curtis, Mrs. Florence Bickley, George Limerick, J. George Limerick, and Elva K. Scott among others. Visitation and service times, funeral homes Reidy-Scanlan and Bittner-DeCario, St Agnes and St Cyril and Methodius churches, and Burwood Calvary Elmwood cemeteries are listed along with survivors and memorials. The notices reference Elyria Board of Education and local churches, with dates and locations for services and burials.
A temporary restraining order issued by Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Paul J. Mikus halts a teacher pay raise in the Sheffield-Sheffield Lake district and questions employment of Middle School Principal James Muzzy. A hearing was set for Thursday on a preliminary injunction, with a possible later date for a permanent restraining order. The suit, filed by four residents, seeks to block the raise until funds are certified and requires 48-hour notice of special meetings under Ohio law.
Fragmented memorial note speaks of a son killed Piatt on a date in April with unclear details. It expresses sorrow and questions about purpose and fate. Strong names or places are not clearly identifiable due to garbled text. The overall tone is mournful and personal.
A nine member health team from Elyria City Schools will join physicians and public health personnel at the Ohio Conference on Physicians and Schools at Lake Hope State Park in Zaleski from tomorrow through Thursday. The meeting, held at Lake Hope since 1954, aims to discuss focal health problems with input from national health authorities and state university consultants.
An Elyria woman suffered cuts to her left hand and forearm when she smashed a window at about 3 30 this morning to escape smoke from a freezer fire in a utility room. Doris Nelson of 654 Bell Ave was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Firemen estimated $1,000 in damage to the home with moderate heat in the utility room and heavy smoke throughout.
A panel of shatterproof glass in the Lorain County Commissioners office shattered on Saturday afternoon. Officials blamed fluctuating pressure in the administration building for the breakage. No damage estimate or injuries were reported as the building was closed for the weekend.
The second annual run-a-thon to aid the Lorain County Easter Seal Society will take place Sunday May 29 starting at dawn from Central School Amherst. Sponsored by the Lorain County Runners Club, the three mile course runs along Pyle South Amherst Road with half mile marks, runners may complete from one to 12 miles and pledge 25 cents per mile. Proceeds go to Easter Seal Society. co chairs are Jack Wilhelm and Bill Penton.
A fragmentary birth notice list from Lorain includes several entries for daughters and sons to parents with addresses in Elyria and Lorain. Names mentioned include Catherine Tillman Richard Vietzen David Schroeder Joseph Schwartz Kathleen Lapan and couples SAPP FIELDS Schwartz Lyons and Lyons, with addresses on Tattersall Court Eighth Street West Ridge Road Oxford Avenue 42nd Street Seventh Street.
Elyria officer Michael Medders 31 was released from Elyria Memorial Hospital after overnight observation for head, ear, and leg cuts. Medders stepped into the path of an eastbound car on Depot Street around 1130 p.m. Saturday while trying to flag down a speeding motorist. the vehicle fled. Driver Robert E. King was questioned. no charges filed.
Governor Rhodes schedule shifts to 9:00 a.m. at Elyria City Hall with a public session lasting until 10 a.m. Council members and department heads will attend. He will visit Lorain County Administration Building to meet commissioners, then attend a luncheon at Elyria Country Club hosted by local chambers. Later, he plans talks with Lorain officials on construction projects and planning personnel.
Amherst man David Brock, 21, was shot in the chest and listed in fair condition at St Joseph Hospital after an incident near the Cave Bar on Riverfront Place around 2 39 AM. His companion is being held for investigation as police seek differing accounts of what happened.
Oberlin Ohio teachers urge hearings for three nonrenewed instructors John Nichols William Mayson and Mary Wojciechowski amid claims of due process and information gaps The OOEA criticized board handling at the April 26 meeting and urged reconsideration while noting potential long term staffing and financial impacts.
An Eaton Township youth was charged with fleeing police and operating a motorcycle without a license after a chase by a Lorain County deputy through farm field dirt roads north of Capel Road in Carlisle Township. The bike battery fell off in a bumpy wheat field, and the youth was released to parents. Minor crop damage occurred on Park A. Dimaling fields.
A former Norwalk woman was arrested Saturday by California authorities on a child stealing warrant issued locally and an FBI fugitive warrant. Police said the suspect fled the area with seven year old Donavan Vartello, while custody was held by her former husband Richard Vattello who reported the disappearance on October 28, 1975.
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