Playgrounds Likely With City and PTA Co Operation
Elyria eyes a summer program to establish five school yard playgrounds for about six weeks at an estimated cost near $1,000. The plan emerged at the school board meeting with Mrs. Orlo Flint proposing PTA cooperation and city groups supplying equipment while the high school stadium program may be reduced to focus on children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elyria Board of Education
Orlo Flint
Parent-Teacher Association
Flint
Elyria Council of
Parent-Teacher Associations
Veteran firms add entries to Elyria quarter century list
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce will honor more veteran firms at a May 13 quarter century dinner. Notables include Glade Thomas and Brown dating to 1854, Western Automatic Machine Screw Company tracing to 1882, Kelling Seed dating to 1866, Foster-Fitch since 1876, and attorneys H. W. Ingersoll and Fritz Rudin. Also listed are Wallhead Coal and long practicing professionals Dr. George D. Nicholas and others with start years in the early 1900s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Chamber of Commerce
Glade Thomas and Brown Company
Rimbach Furniture Company
Friday and Thomas
Glade Thomas
Fritz Rudin
Rudin and
Keech
Wallhead Coal Company
Wallhead Brick Yard
Hst
George D. Nicholas
R. R. Bevard
George Bevard
George Gill
R. H. Rice
Weather Ohio Showers Tonight Through Wednesday
Occasional showers are expected tonight and Wednesday across Ohio with slightly cooler conditions on Wednesday. A central low over Illinois and Missouri, with a trough from Idaho to New Mexico, governs the pattern. High pressure dominates the Atlantic coast, northern plains, and Pacific Northwest as the northeastern high fades.
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Ohio
Illinois
Missouri
Idaho
New Mexico
Middle Atlantic States
Northern Plains States
Pacific North West
Florida
Ohio Valley
Pacific Coast
Closing Of Four Lorain County Schools Seen Likely
Four one and two room schools in Lorain County likely to close this year after an annual public hearing on reorganizing county schools for the next year. Carlisle Township would send elementary students to Elyria city schools on a tuition basis while Amherst Township maintains two small schools.
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Lorain County
Carlisle Township
Elyria Township
Elyria City
Lorain
Elyria
Ohio School Foundation
Amherst Township
Black River Township
Pittsfield
Pittsfield Township
Lake Avenue
Murray Ridge
Markley
A. R. Tolhurst
Ohio
Russia Township Board
Oberlin Village
Forty three take oath of citizenship in varied group
Forty three natives from nine European countries took the United States oath before Appellate Judge Perry Stevens and Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley. The group is the first of 104 to take final citizenship exams today. two applicants were denied for relief and residency issues while the rest were admitted. Countries represented include Great Britain Czechoslovakia Germany Hungary Italy Yugoslavia Poland Spain and Syria with counts listed for each.
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United States
Perry Stevens
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Judge Findley
Stevens
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Jugo Slavia
Poland
Spain
Syria
Two Elyria Teachers Do Not Apply For Contracts
Elyria school board received recommendations from Superintendent R C Maston noting two teachers who will not return next year and did not apply for new contracts. Miss Georgianna Taft English at Elyria Wish School and Miss Dolores Finley at Franklin School plan to leave. Finley will pursue missionary work in Venezuela.
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Elyria
Nhat
R. C. Maston
Elyria Board of Education
Georgianna Taft
Elyria Wish School
Dolores Finley
Franklin School
Finley
Venezuela
Taft
Elizabeth Brown
Garford School
Elyria High School
Miss Brown
U. M. Lee
Maston
Playground Planned Near Allen School By City
The city will prepare land owned by J. C. Crisp adjacent to Allen school on Abbe road for a playground and ball diamond after Councilwoman Henrietta Colburn announced Crisp consented. Service Director D. Faxon said grading and shaping will be done, while school officials declined use of school property due to cost of supervision.
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J. C. Crisp
Allen School
Abbe Road
Henrietta Colburn
Crisp
Service
D. Faxon
Annual School Census Plans Announced by Elyria PTA
Elyria's annual school census for school age children will be taken again this year by the Elyria Council of Parent-Teacher Associations. The Elyria Board of Education approved a $150 payment for the work required by state law. The census is to be conducted this month under C. M. Williams, the school attendance officer.
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Elyria
Elyria Council of
Elyria Board of Education
C. M. Willams
W. H. Vanoster
Richard F. Stevens
Jefferson
Vanoster
Lorain Street Railway Walkout Averted as Talks Open
Negotiations began to avoid a strike by Lorain street car and interurban workers after a last minute postponement. The workers seek 65 to 70 cents hourly, up from 40 cents, while the company offered 50 cents. A 3 PM meeting aimed to avert a 5 AM Wednesday shutdown impacting street car, east side bus, and Elyria interurban services. A. L. Spradling arrived from Detroit as union leaders navigate court concerns over a strike under receivership.
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Lorain Street Railway Company
E. A. Braun
Lorain
F. W. Coen
Coen
Frank Woodcock
Braun
Elyria
A. L. Spradling
Detroit
Lecturer Dorothy Fuldheim to Speak at Elyria
Dorothy Fuldheim, noted lecturer, will address two Elyria audiences on Thursday. She speaks at Elyria High School in the morning then at the Elyria Kiwanis Club luncheon at Hotel Billinghurst. She is expected to discuss the European situation, including Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Fuldheim
Elyria
Elyria High School
Child Injured By Auto Recovering At Home
Rosanna Boyle of 146 Elbe Street, a 10 year old pupil at St Agnes School, is reported improving at home after suffering a fractured skull when struck by an automobile on Lake Avenue April 27. She remains confined to bed and will need quiet for some time, according to her aunt Mrs Sarah Callahan with whom she lives.
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Rosanna Boyle
Elbestreet
Lake Avenue
Sarah Callahan
St. Agnes School
Modification of Zoning Restriction Near Broad Street
Council heard a committee recommendation approving changing zoning on the north side of Broad Street between Kipling and Sumner from residence to commercial. Vic Resar plans a warehouse for burial vault storage at the site. The area adjoins another commercial district and an ordinance will be prepared.
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Council
Broad Street
Kipling
Sumner
Vic Resar
Traffic officer proposal to manage shift-change traffic
Councilman Elmer Nelson proposed stationing a police officer at Cedar Avenue and Broad Street to direct traffic during factory shift changes. Council President Leonard Smith referred the suggestion to proper authorities.
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Elmer Nelson
Council
Cedar Avenue
Broad Street
Leonard Smith
Elyria Council Faces Opposition to Plumbers Licensing Ordinance
Councilmen Frank Henke and Elmer Nelson opposed licensing crafts arguing it protects local plumbers from outside competition. Letters from The General Industries Company and American Lace Company joined the debate claiming interference with their plants. Plumbers’ spokesman Krebs defended health and safety goals while noting exemptions. the measure was given first readings with two more meetings ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Henke
Elmer Nelson
General Industries Company
American Lace Company
Henke
Elyria
Nelson
Edward Krebs
Krebs
New Janitor Named For City Hall At $95 A Month
City Service Director I. D. Faxon announced Cecil Dilly of Tannery Street is permanently appointed city hall custodian at a salary of $95 a month. Julius Vanderson, formerly city hall janitor, now works in the cemetery division as a grave digger at $20 a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. D. Faxon
Cecil Dilly
Tannery Street
City Hall
Julius Vanderson
City to Sell Five Acres on Gulf Road and More
City committees will consult with Service Director I D Faxon on selling a five acre Gulf Road parcel bought in 1928 for sewage plant land. A potential buyer is named, and the city may buy 100 square feet on Columbus Street adjacent to Ridgelawn Cemetery. The old city hall boiler sale is authorized at 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I D. Faxon
Gulf Road
Faxon
Council
Columbus Street
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Elyria Savings and Trust Company
City Hall
Lorain County Bars Seek Original Secretary of State Papers
Indications today show the Lorain County Bar Association will pursue for the Lorain County Historical Society original communications and reports from the secretary of state about site selection for a Lorain County seat of justice. The papers, owned by Cleveland attorney P. Jerome Pasch, include the 1825 oath of office of the master commissioners, their site report, and a land declaration of trust. Pasch, a stamp collector, may trade the documents for rare stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Bar Association
Lorain County
Justice of the Peace
Horan
Bar Association
Plan to purchase oil for unpaved streets authorized
The council authorized Service Director I. D. Faxon to advertise for 30 000 gallons of road oil to dustproof the city’s unpaved streets and alleys. He planned a June start for the summer oiling program with an estimated cost of 2500 to 3000 dollars, compared with last year’s 2394 dollar contract.
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Council
I. D. Faxon
Faxon
Elyria Board Restores Former Teacher Salary Maximums
The Elyria Board of Education voted three to one to restore the former maximum salaries for teachers. High school ceilings return to 2600 and elementary to 1900, with gradual increases and year to year steps continuing. The action raises annual payroll by about 10000 for 1927 38 and affects roughly two thirds of local teachers.
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Elyria
Elyria Board of Education
Julia Martin
Ellen Shaw
Frank Spencer
Dedication Planned for Jeffer son Junior High Addition
Elyria board approves plan for dedication of the Jeffer son Junior High School addition costing 128 246 32 with final cost figures to be certified by W O McClellan and a PWA payment request of 1658 58. Board members will inspect the completed addition Thursday evening and plan a speaker and public inspection.
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Jefferson Junior High School
Elyria Board of Education
W. O. McClellan
PWA
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